A Messagefrom Marci and Peg
Marci Dollinger President, Board of Trustees
Dr. Peg Sandel Head of School
We are thrilled to share this issue of Impact '23-24 with you! The highlight of the year was the completion of our playground renewal project and the Rodef Sholom sacred space renovation. In May 2024, we opened our newly renovated "kindergarten kibbutz" outdoor classroom to joyful kindergartners who immediately started exploring the dry creekbed and water pump, the chicken coop, and garden area. We can't wait to see the imaginative play and deep exploration this space will inspire in generations of kindergarteners! Older students love the fresh new turf for soccer and other sports, as well as the amazing new playground equipment! Our students were almost sad to head off to summer! Graduation in the newly renovatedsacred space was incredible as our entirecommunity felt elevatedby the experience of sending off our graduates in this gorgeous new sanctuary. This was our first graduation in the sanctuary since 2019! The entire campus is buzzing with a sense of renewal, and we invite you to stop by for a tour.
Of course, the year started with the tragedy of October 7, and in many respects, our community response exemplified the best of Brandeis Marin. We stood in solidarity together. We learned and processed loss together. We welcomed Israel refugee families into our school community and gave them a warm place to feel the embrace of peoplehood and community. We provided a safe and joyful place to be and do Jewish during a time marred by rising antisemitism.
Through these highs and lows, our faculty and staff never lost sight of our mission to provide exceptional educational experiences rooted in timeless Jewish values to our students. As we look back on the past year, it is abundantly clear that your confidence in our school's mission has had a profound impact on our students' lives. We are deeply grateful for your support and partnership. Together, we are shaping the future. Your contributions have not only enabled us to reach our goals but have also inspired our students and teachers. As we move into the new year, our commitment to excellence in education remains steadfast, focusing on delivering an outstanding childcentered program and nurturing a culture of belonging and wellness.Together, we are growing and will continue to go from strength to strength.
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TOTAL INDIVIDUAL GIVING
TZEDEK (Righteousness)
$36,000+
Marci & Marc Dollinger
Jewish Community Federation & Endowment Fund
TL Heins & Jason Lehman
The Koum Family Foundation
Irene & Howard Levine
Hilda Namm z”l
Sunshine Polka-Dot Foundation
Diane & Howard Zack
CHAZAK (Strength)
$18,000 - $35,999
Barbara Iungano & Leslie Andelin
The Barlow Family
Ellen & Barry Finestone
Vanessa & Marty Friedman
Julie & Martin Franklin Family Foundation
Koret Foundation
Louisa & Roger Philipp
Jennifer & Tony Smorgon
Carol & Norm Traeger
Beth C. Seidenberg & Paul S. Vogel
Anonymous
OMETZ LEV (Courage)
$10,000 - $17,999
The Aaron & Marie Blackman Foundation, Inc.
Suzanne Felson
Sharon Grof & Jeff Ferris
Patricia & Richard Gibbs
Cathy Dobbs Goldstein & Phil Goldstein
Jeffrey Halbrecht, MD
Barry Hoffner
Colleen & David Horowitz
Jill Deitch & Garret Ippolito
Inbar Telem & Martin Lowenstein
The Nancy P & Richard K Robbins Family Foundation
Varda Rabin & Family
Wendy Rosov & Peg Sandel
Sharon & Orr Shakked
Deborah & Larry Stadtner
Marika Páez Wiesen & Eric Wiesen
Norma Zimmerman
TIKKUN OLAM (Repairing the World)
$5,000 - $9,999
Drs. Lana Nguyen & Scott Barshack
Mariah Calarco
Sarah Antle & David Donn
Elliott Felson
Brooke Schreier Ganz & Scott Ganz
Jacqueline & Steven Grossman
Megan & John Hutchinson
The Kanter Sarosi Family
Elvira Abramova & Alex Pinkhasov
San Francisco Humanities, Inc.
Orlee Rabin & David Shlachter
Roselyne Swig
Anonymous
AVODAH
(Service)
$2,500 - $4,999
Susan & Bernard Alpert
Lisa & Andrew Blum
Debbie & Barry Cohn
Jen & Joe Fraiman
Becky Genet
Joahn & Josh Ginsberg
Melinda & Sarina Godin
Erin & Jonathan Kahn
Simone & Steve Levinson
Limor Elbaz & Kyle McMahan
The Mdaka Family
Debbie Findling, Steve Moss, & Sara Moss
Anna & Roman Polonsky
Jennifer & Matt Reagor
Gisela & William Schecter
Esther & Sandy Stadtler
Stephanie & Ari Stavsky
Pamela & Jon Welner
CHAI
(Life)
$1,000 - $2,499
Elizabeth Lloyd & Engin Akyol
Vivien Braly & Ruben Arquilevich
Linda & Mike Baker
Rebecca & Raanan Bar-Cohen
Diane & Jeffry Bernstein
The Bernstein-Lawler Family
Fay Twersky & Jill Blair
Sofia & Jeff Chancey
Antoinette Grimes & David Cohen
Mary Cordes
Becky & Jim Cordes
Hannah & Bob Cordes
The Covenant Foundation
Deborah & Thomas Cullen
Jeannine Curley & Arend Dittmer
Nathalia Mejia & Jeremy Dover
Jo Anne & Benjamin Ginsberg
Noa Gold & Ariel Goldenberg
April Chan & Joseph Goodman
Anna & Matthew Gore
Barbara C. Harris
Jennifer Grossman & Steven Hong
Alexa & Jonathan Khersonsky
Elissa & Alan Kittner
The Kux Family
Rebecca & Eric Lendl
Beverly Pinto & Elliot Levin
Lisa & Jonathan Levy
Diane Lowenstein
Jennifer & Tom Michael
Sarit Simayoff-Cohen & Zack Namer
Jan Reicher & Daughters
Sue Reinhold & Deborah Newbrun
Nicole & Mike Rennie
Jessica Trubowitch & Juan Restrepo
Alison Roberts
Alissa Robinow
Ruth Rosenthal
Nancy Quick & Samuel Schecter
Carly Hall & Zachary Scott
Caroline & Aaron Silverstein
Maia & Brett Singer
Yawen Zhu & Yijun Wang
Amanda & Matt Wulfstat
Laurie Friedman & Eric Zimmerman
Jessica & Mark Zitter
CHESED
(Kindness)
$500 - $999
Monica Sandberg & Erik Ahlstrom
Michelle & Daniel Barenbaum
Katie Young & Laura Batie
Boukje Eerkens & Jason Beck
Rachel & David Biale z’’l
The Bigio Family
The Bilbija Family
Lisa Frydman & Mark Brilliant
Jean & Michael Chandler
Nehama & Baruch Cohen
Congregation Rodef Sholom
Sarah Sankowich & François Daoud
Diane & X Ecker
Rachel & Zach Felson
Mindy & Michael Findtner
Tamar Rabinowitz & Gregg Fine
Hallie Goldstein
Gittel Rice Goodman & Nachman Goodman
Tanya & Brad Juhasz
Kehillah Jewish High School
Carla Cassler & Rabbi Dean Kertesz
Traci Lanier
Yaniv & Yael Lipshitz
Drs. Marilyn Zimmerman & Robert Mickel
Jeannie Morawski
Osher Marin JCC
Amy Kirsztajn & Dan Panko
Jessica Keane & Sridhar Prasad
Kathryn Daskal & Craig Riordan
Dale T. Rogers Family
Heidi Sanders
Brianna Cutts & Donald Sibbett
Steven Sheffield & Brandon Soublet
Huong Lan Nguyen & Duc Tran
Barbara Cohen & Peter Zwerling
Anonymous
GESHER
(Bridge)
up to $499
Carol Antle
Max Armenante
Merav Steinberger & Gilad Arnold
Sarah & Jeff Artzi
Simona & Reuven Aviv
Molly & Samuel Baker
Steven & Angela Bileca
Kathleen & Tony Bloom
Dana Sheanin & Sue Bojdak
Bev & Rolly Boorman
Nicole Ecker & Aaron Bouskila
Deborah Burg-Schnirman, Rick, Josh, & Eli Burg
Lindsay Boughey & James Cambria
Sandra Jimenez & Jose Carro
Caroline Castaneda
Stephanie & Gilli Cherrin
Beth Cousens
Rebecca Golbert & Doug Crane
Amanda Wells & Jonathan Cristaldi
The Damani Family
Clare Parker & Nick Damner
Robin Mencher & Matthew Dimond
DSLTI Friends
Corinna Lu & Garett Dworman
Lauren Wilner & Adam Eilath
Karen Einbinder
Ashley Einhaus
Cara Buchalter & Jonathan Emanuel
Geraldine Barr & Maxine Epstein
Arcadia Farber
Evan Fenner
Micah Fenner
Sue & Michael Ferdinand
Melissa Freeman
Rabbi Stacy & Frank Friedman
Tricia & Steven Friedman
Moriah B. Geller
Ilene Genet
Daniel J. Gill
Dr. Dan Glass
Jennifer Lehr-Gold & Eric Gold
Ari Goldstein
Christine Leppones
& Brian Goldstein
Frayda Gonshor Cohen
& Rabbi Yonatan Cohen
Chari & Skip Goodman
Eleanore & Burt Greenberg
Anna & Ran Haimoff
Donna Hamilton
Molly Harmon
Michal & Michael Hartman
Rabbi Ed Harwitz
Bridget & Heidi Heffelfinger
Chalyn Henriques-Newman
Antonia Glenn & Scott Horstein
Rabbi Shena & Brian Jaffee
Tuvit & Orr Kaplan
Jamie & Lane Kasselman
Susan & Gene Kaufman
Ms. Fran Tannenbaum Kaye & Dr. Brian Kaye
Vicky & Rabbi Stuart Kelman
Tracey & Adam Klapow
The Kramer Education Group, LLC
Shanon Kristoff
George Kuniholm
Rod Kux
Amie & Michael Landau
Ellen Lefkowitz & Eric Lerner
Julie & David Levine
Melissa Teitel & Charles Levinson
The Lewis Family
Ava Lindenmaier
Loraine Magda
Or Mars
Pearl & Eric Mattenson
Alissa Mayer
Cheryl Lazar & Bill McKenzie
Molly & Sikhumbuzo Mdaka
Cynthia & Eric Mellinger
Anton Mironov
Victoria & Bradley Monash
Anne & Dr. Edward Oklan
Erin English & Per Olsson
GESHER (Bridge) contd.
Karen Palmer
Anjuli Basu & Fred Penczak
Elana Reinin & Marshall Platt
Meredith & Callen Pollick
Reut Porat
Kelly Shearon & Sachin Ranchod
Eva & Ben Raphael
Sandi & Malcolm Roberts
Eve R. Rosen
Rabbi Howard Jacoby Ruben & Jewish Community High School
Julie Fingersh & David Rudnick
Jennifer Noryko & Todd Ruggiero
Alix & Sam Salkin
Sara Sandel
Gaby Sandel
Rebecca Shpall & Ron Sandel
Eva Seligman-Kennard
Tchira Seligman
Robert Shlachter
Anya Shuteroff
Jen & Eric Silverman
Jacqueline & Dr. Lawrence F. Slayen
Jenn Franklin & Karissa Sparks
The Starhill Family
Uyanga & Muhammad Suleiman
Miriam & Rabbi Perry Tirschwell
Jill Tracy
Avital Schlesinger & Jay Vigilla
Julie Vlcek-Burke
Rena Dorph & Peter, Amitai & Naia Wahrhaftig
Deb Nelson & Adam Weisberg
Liz Wells
Nicole & Stephen Wilkes
Dr. Leslie & Todd Wilkof
Andrew Willheim
The Zaidenweber Family
Carri Abrahms & Chen Zhao Anonymous (2)
SPRING SIMCHA SPONSORS
PRESENTING $36,000
Irene & Howard Levine
PLATINUM $25,000
Marci & Marc Dollinger
Koret Foundation
DIAMOND $18,000
Ellen & Barry Finestone
Vanessa & Marty Friedman
TL Heins & Jason Lehman
Jennifer & Tony Smorgon
Sunshine Polka-Dot Foundation
Carol & Norm Traeger
Diane & Howard Zack
SAPPHIRE $10,000
Barbara Iungano & Leslie Andelin
The Barlow Family
Suzanne Felson
Patricia & Richard Gibbs
Cathy Dobbs Goldstein & Phil Goldstein
Jeffrey Halbrecht, MD
Varda Rabin
Wendy Rosov & Peg Sandel
Sharon & Orr Shakked
Deborah & Larry Stadtner
Marika Páez Wiesen & Eric Wiesen
GOLD $5,000
Sarah Antle & David Donn
Elliott Felson
Sharon Grof & Jeff Ferris
Jacqueline & Steven Grossman
Colleen & David Horowitz
Megan & John Hutchinson
Jill Deitch & Garret Ippolito
The Sarosi Kanter Family
Inbar Telem & Martin Lowenstein
Roselyne Swig
EMERALD $3600
Drs. Lana Nguyen & Scott Barshack
Becky Genet
Erin & Jonathan Kahn
The Mdaka Family
Debbie Findling, Steve Moss, & Sara Moss
RUBY $1800
Diane & Jeffry Bernstein
The Covenant Foundation
Deborah & Thomas Cullen
Jen & Joe Fraiman
Joahn & Josh Ginsberg
Barbara C. Harris
Beverly Pinto & Elliot Levin
Diane Lowenstein
Sarit Simayoff-Cohen & Zack Namer
Anna & Roman Polonsky
Sue Reinhold & Deborah Newbrun
Maia & Brett Singer
Esther & Sandy Stadtler
Pamela & Jon Welner
Amanda & Matt Wulfstat
Laurie Friedman & Eric Zimmerman
Jessica & Mark Zitter
Anonymous
SILVER $1000
Vivien Braly & Ruben Arquilevich
Rebecca & Raanan Bar-Cohen
Fay Twersky & Jill Blair
Sofia & Jeff Chancey
Antoinette Grimes & David Cohen
Debbie & Barry Cohn
Congregation Rodef Sholom
Becky & Jim Cordes
Hannah & Bob Cordes
SILVER $1000 contd.
Mary Cordes
Melinda & Sarina Godin
April Chan & Joseph Goodman
Jennifer Grossman & Steven Hong
Alexa & Jonathan Khersonsky
Elissa & Alan Kittner
Rebecca & Eric Lendl
Lisa & Jonathan Levy
Osher Marin JCC
Jan Reicher & Daughters
Alissa Robinow
Ruth Rosenthal
Gisela & William Schecter
Carly Hall & Zachary Scott
COOPORATE MATCHING
Abbott Laboratories
Apple
Cambia Health Solutions
Chevron
Fortress Investment Group, LLC
Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fund
Microsoft
IN-KIND GIVING
Bay Club Ross Valley
The Barlow Family
Drs. Lana Nguyen & Scott Barshack
The Bungalow Kitchen by Michael Mina
Amanda Wells & Jonathan Cristaldi
Clare & Nick Damner
Marci & Marc Dollinger
Far Niente Winery
Vanessa & Marty Friedman
Becky Genet
Gott’s Roadside
Innovative Resources Group, Inc.
Insalata’s
Jill Deitch & Garett Ippolito
Leah & Aaron Lamstein
Anna & Roman Polonsky
Rosov Consulting, LLC
Ross Valley Bay Club
Sharon & Orr Shakked
Deborah & Larry Stadtner
True Botanicals
SPRING SIMCHA CO-CHAIRS
Barbara Iungano
Anna & Roman Polonsky
This year’s SPRING SIMCHA gala raised over $490,000 (123% of the Simcha goal!) in support of Brandeis Marin.
VOLUNTEER LEADERS
PARENT ASSOCIATION TEAM
Co-Presidents: Sarina Godin, Amie Landau
Oneg Coordinators: Inbar Telem, Linda Raab
Room Parent Coordinator: Tchira Seligman
Oyes & Joys Coordinators: Joahn Ginsberg, Cynthia Mellinger
Community Social Coordinators: Mindy Findtner, Nicole Rennie
New Family Welcome Coordinators: Nancy Quick, Karen Einbinder
Lost and Found Team:
Sharon Grof & Jeff Ferris, Bridget Heffelfinger
Event Coordinators:
Tasha Vogel-Seidenberg, Caroline Silverstein, Sam Lewis, Jonathan Emanuel
ROOM PARENTS
Kindergarten: Jen & Joe Fraiman
1st: Avital Schlesinger, Nathalia Mejia & Jeremy Dover
2nd: Melissa Teitel & Charles Levinson
3rd: Nancy Quick
4th: Melinda Godin, Keren Amit
5th: Robin Bilbija, Michael Landau
6th: Corinna Lu, Clare Parker
7th: Anjuli Basu, Caroline Silverstein
8th: Brianna Cutts, Traci Lanier
BRANDEIS FUND RALLY TEAM
Joahn Ginsberg, Chair
Jill Deitch
Jen Fraiman
Barbara Iungano
Martin Lowenstein
MISH M’AHSH
Jen Fraiman
Sam Lewis
Nicole Rennie
Karissa Sparks
THE BRANDEIS AHSH
Keren Amit
Jen Fraiman
Nicole Rennie
Trish Tillman
Did you know?
Brandeis Marin’s Board of Trustees, staff, and families participate in giving at or near 100% because it affirms our commitment to each other as members of our community.