The dinner

Gala Dinner & Silent Auction WINE, DINE & SHOWTIME

www.ChabadNW.org/dinner

Chabad Lubavitch of Northwest Connecticut’s mission is to

reach out to others with acts of goodness and kindness. Chabad is a community-based nonprofit organization whose efforts are rooted in traditional Jewish values — and many of its programs help the needy regardless of background or belief.

Chabad came to Northwest Connecticut in 1996, and has grown to be the leading social service, educational and Jewish arts organization in the region; from hospital visitations to holiday programs, Camp Gan Israel to the JewishFest. Thanks to generous supporters, Chabad has been able to educate, comfort, and give hope to countless people in need.

Chabad Lubavitch of Northwest Connecticut never stops responding to the call of the soul.

Indeed, people helping people is not an item on the agenda. It is the agenda. Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

Chabad Lubavitch is part of the largest Jewish organization in the world, with over 2,700 branches spanning the globe. Chabad embraces a philosophy of study, meditation, and social outreach that combines rigorous academics with active community involvement. Chabad’s growing array of educational and social services programs has made it one of the most dynamic forces in modern Jewish life.

“Chabad” is a Hebrew acronym for “Wisdom, Understanding, and Knowledge,” and Lubavitch is the town in White Russia where the movement was based for more than a century. (The world “Lubavitch” actually means “brotherly love,” which is emblematic of the dedication that characterizes Chabad Lubavitch and its representatives.) Founded in 1772 by Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, Chabad promotes the mystical, traditional, legal and social principles of the Torah — while using modern methods and technology for education, community outreach, crisis intervention, and other social services.

Chabad has consistently been at the forefront of Jewish education and community activism. The work of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe who assumed leadership of the movement in 1950, is legendary. Motivated by a profound love for humanity and spurred by boundless optimism, the Rebbe lifted the global Jewish community from the ashes of the Holocaust and launched an unprecedented range of Jewish institutions, outreach programs and social services.

Around the globe, more than 4,600 of the Rebbe’s emissaries and a workforce of over 20,000 continue his mission to create a world of goodness, kindness and G-dliness. To learn more about Chabad, please visit www.ChabadNW.org.

FRIENDS OF

CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF NORTHWEST CT CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO JOIN OUR

Gala Dinner & Silent Auction

CELEBRATING 18 YEARS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE

Honoring

JOE CONNOLLY

SHOWTIME

RICHARD K. MERRELL JR.

Man of the Year

with Benny

Community Service Award

h SUNDAY, 12 TEVET, 5774 • DECEMBER 15, 2013 COCKTAILS 4:00 PM | SHOWTIME with BENNY 5:00 PM | DINNER 6:30 PM COCO KEY CONVENTION CENTER 3580 E MAIN ST, WATERBURY, CT 06705

h COUVERT: $250 PER PERSON • RSVP CHABADNW.ORG/DINNER BLACK TIE OPTIONAL

Honorary Dinner Chairs HON. HENRY A. KISSINGER Governor Dannel P. Malloy

Senator Chris Murphy

Congressman Jim Himes

Attorney General George G. Jepsen

Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty

Congressman John B. Larson

Senator Richard Blumenthal

Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro

Mayor Neal O'Leary

Past Honorees Ephraim Bartfeld MD & Jacqueline Lustig, MD

Mark Greenberg

Ellen P. Pollack

Donald Greenstein

The Shamsi Family

Michael Belfonti

Peter J. Jacoby, MD

Arthur & Alyssa Schaier, Esq.

Marty Berger

Curt Jones

Scot L. Stanton

Richard S. Braverman

Dr. Lawrence N. Kline

Yossie & Mica Soffer

William & Janet Dunbar

Scott H. Kurtzman, MD

Jeff J. Tinley, Esq

Norman S. Drubner, Esq.

Baruch Levy

Paul Tornaquindici

Charles Frosch

Robert A. Macfarlane

Jeffrey L. Weisman

Joel Garsten, MD

Rudy Mazurosky

Sherman I . Weisman

Tom Itamar Gessler

Neal O'Leary

Robert Zelinger, Esq.

Harvey Offenhartz