33rd Annual (virtual) Gala Event Journal

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CHAMAH

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Annual Virtual rd Gala Dinner

Tuesday evening December 15th, 2020 at 6 PM

honoring YAEL ECKSTEIN International Leadership Award HARVEY MACKLER Guest of Honor TOM & TRICIA CORBY Pillars of Chamah LAWRENCE BENENSON Guardian of Israel OLIVER STANTON Chamah Internatinal Co-Chairmand

420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 300 New York, NY 10170 Tel: 212-943-9690 • Fax: 718-744-9737 mail@chamah.org • www.chamah.org

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MITCHELL BENEROFE Dinner Chairman & International Co-Chairman

The year was 1952. Dark clouds amassed over the Jewish people of the Soviet Union. The hatred and badgering of the Jews intensified as newspapers printed daily stories about the ‘conspiracies’ planned by the Jews. Demonstrations and public meetings were held accusing the Jews of being traitors to the Communist Party and disloyal Soviet citizens. It was clear that the extermination of the 3 million Jewish people living in the USSR was imminent. Records show that Stalin planned to rid the Soviet Union of its Jews through the following plots: Allowing "honest" Soviet citizens to express their anger against the Jews by organizing pogroms would effectively kill one third of the Jewish population. Stalin, as the "father of humanity and a symbol of mercy", would then "save" the Jewish people from the angry crowds by isolating them from the Soviet citizens. They would then be transported to a remote area in Siberia where 40,000 barracks were prepared for them. Thus one-third would be killed by pogroms, one-third would die of hunger and cold while being transported to Siberia, and one-third would be "saved" in Siberia.

During these desperate and tragic times, Chamah—which is the acronym for Chavurat M'zakei Ha-Rabbim—was established.

Rabbi Moshe Nisselevitch, one of the founders of Chamah, then a young man in his 20s, gathered a few courageous young people and swore them to secrecy. Actions were taken to uplift the morale of the Jewish people, help the poor and educate the young. They were Hillel Zlatzman, Moshiach Chudaitov and Binyomin Malachovski.

Rabbi Nisselevitch was the source of inspiration for all the programs. A network of underground classes was founded in private homes and a charity fund was established to help the needy. Thousands of tons of coal were delivered to the poor for the frigid Soviet winter and food staple packages were distributed before the holidays. Matzah for Passover was baked underground and distributed.

Wedding ceremonies, circumcisions, Bar Mitzvahs, holiday celebrations and Jewish funerals were arranged. Siddurim (prayer books) published in Moscow in 1957 and 1966 were distributed throughout the country.

These programs helped Jews in over 35 cities throughout the Soviet Union. The activities were carried out in secret, hidden from the watchful eyes of the KGB, with full knowledge that it was at risk of being exiled to Siberia— or worse. It is, to this day, still incomprehensible to the

founders themselves how this work was successfully carried out.

In the 1960s, members of Chamah organized a Simchat Torah celebration for students in the Synagogue of Moscow and Leningrad. This awakened the Jewish spirit, causing a yearning for more spiritual uplifting, ultimately leading to mass demonstrations for Aliyah to Israel. This is when the whole world learned about the bravery of Russian Jewry.

Few know that it was Chamah who instilled that spark, and continues to spread the light and warmth of Judaism to this very day.

When the three dedicated Chamah workers finally succeeded in leaving Soviet Russia and reached American shores in 1972, they did not forsake the hundreds of thousands of their Russian brethren they left behind the iron curtain. They rose to the challenge of continuing their life-sustaining work and sought ways to alleviate their suffering.

But how did a group of young immigrants who barely spoke a word of English turn a dream into reality?

Through years of hard work and perseverance, they prevailed. Today, Chamah has grown into an international humanitarian and educational organization with multiple programs on three continents: the United States, Israel and Russia.

In the United States, Chamah has a "Meals on Wheels" program, an after-school program, a day camp, a Mobile Jewish Center, holiday programs and the Annual RussianAmerican Shabbaton fostering Jewish identity, attended by over 1,000 participants.

In Israel, the Chamah Community Center houses an employment and job training center, a day care center, soup kitchen, a holiday food distribution program, library and a summer day camp. In Jerusalem, Chamah runs a free breakfast and subsidized lunch program every school day and a program for “lone soldiers”.

In Moscow, Chamah has built and runs a state-of-the-art Medical and Rehabilitation Center, treating impoverished residents throughout the year, young and old, including many refugees from the Ukraine. Chamah operates a school for special needs children, the Esther Center, a network of soup kitchens, distributes thousands of pre-holiday food packages, and a Meals-on-Wheels program. Over 20,000 benefit from Chamah programs annually in Russia alone.

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When the pandemic took the world by storm in March 2020, common

CHAMAH $250,000 Centers. The elderly and needy who ate their only hot nutritious meal of COVID-19 EMERGENCY CAMPAIGN the day at our soup kitchens, were now forced into isolation. Many are sense dictated closing the Soup Kitchens at the Chamah Community

Forsole ninesurvivors monthsof our vulnerable brethren beenthem to the their families; elderly we knew we couldhave not allow in isolation. Help Chamah bring a ray of sunshine into their lonely lives with life-saving food and medicine

go hungry. With carefully planned logistics and at great additional cost, our dedicated workers instituted emergency measures to care for this vulnerable population.

EVERY DOLLAR YOU DONATE WILL BE DOUBLED!

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Fresh, generous  nutritious Hundreds meals, of generous food food packages packages, medication and PPE are delivered with basic necessities delivered to their regularly doors. Chamah to their Crisis doorsCenter is handling the influx of calls.

Food packages  Nutritious lunches delivered to school and meals are provided to young families children in quarantine in crisis.

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RUSSIA The  Meals-on-Wheels 6,000 nutritiousProgram meals is greatly expanded, delivering hundreds of meals a home-delivered every month Generous food packages with day. Generous food packages, medication necessities brought to At great and PPEbasic are brought to their doors. their personal riskdoors doctors and nurses from the  Doctors nurses from Chamah Chamah Medicaland Center in Moscow make Medical Center make home visits home visits. In Moscow and surrounding nurses Homevisit health Aidsregularly make regular cities homes to monitor home visits to keep the elderly their condition, provide personal care, safely at home personal hygiene products, and keep the  Life-saving medication and PPE houses safe and clean. delivered to their homes

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PROGRAMS of CHAMAH

ACTIVITIES IN ISRAEL a result of thesein events, Russian immigrants, youth and students, Chamah Community Center Kiryat Malachi

The 1970s saw a great increase in Russian immigration to Israel, as a small crack in the Iron Curtain finally allowed Jews to leave the great Soviet prison. These new immigrants fled Soviet Russia and arrived in Israel with no money and no knowledge of the language.

special needs children, and many others connect with their Jewish heritage and the traditions of our religion, and form a special bond with each other and the Jewish community.

Senior Citizens Center

Chamah was there for them.

To help the new olim with this difficult transition, Chamah built the Community Center in Kiryat Malachi. Two buildings, three and five stories high, totaling 40,000 square feet, are situated on beautifully landscaped grounds. For the past forty-five years it has been the home base of Chamah in Israel and the hub for their many humanitarian and educational programs, serving Kiryat Malachi and surrounding communities.

The activities of Chamah in Israel are maintained by the generous support of The Erwin Rautenberg Foundation, Thomas Corby, President. Mr. Corby is a forensic accountant, and was recognized in the U.S. Senate for greatly enriching the fabric of Jewish life. He is a member of the cuttingedge Grantmaking Committee of the Jewish Community of Los Angeles, under the leadership of Marvin Schotland, President and Chief Executive Officer, Elana Wien and Naomi Strongin. Mr. Corby has been instrumental in arranging the Israel Grant from the Community Foundation of LA, enabling Chamah to implement their extensive humanitarian work in Israel, changing the lives of many thousands.

The Corbys generously support the wide array of vital services of Chamah to benefit the needy in Israel and in Russia.

The Chamah Community Center is the go-to place for assistance in almost all areas of their lives. The wide range of humanitarian and educational services include:

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festive holiday meals, Shabbaton weekend retreats, a kindergarten and day care center, and celebrations prior to Jewish Holidays, Chamah Shabbatonim— weekend retreats throughout the year hosting a total of 2,000 guests, The Ma’on Chamah Day Care Center and Kindergarten, caring for one hundred children daily, twice yearly pre-holiday distribution of 2,000 packages to the needy, student tutorial services, library with books and videos on topics of history, religion, and Jewish culture helping olim acclimate to their new country, a banquet hall for life cycle events free of charge fifty times per year, prison visitations providing emotional support to help with rehabilitation, kosher food and literature, Publication Center, printing Russianlanguage books and brochures and Judaic materials, including Alef Magazine enjoyed by fifty thousand readers, Senior Citizen Center and Veterans’ Club, Synagogues hosting Kiddushim, festive Shabbat meals, and Kaddish services, excursions to different venues throughout Israel with a Russian-speaking tour guide, Ulpan Classes in Hebrew, and on Jewish topics of interest.

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Delegates from the Jewish Community Foundation of LA Visit Chamah Kiryat Malachi Campus

Chamah was privileged to welcome the leadership of the The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles to our Kiryat Malachi campus in July 2019.

The prominent delegates included Marvin Schotland, Elana Wien, Dan Rothblott, Tom Corby, Selwyn Gerber, Lorin Fife, Alan Gindi and Sara Hahn.

The Foundation sponsors the very successful Chamah Shabbatonim. Twenty weekend retreats throughout the year inspire hundreds from all walks of lives. The delegates were warmly welcomed by the Chamah leadership. They toured the Chamah campus, a hub of activity, and were impressed by the many programs running simultaneously. The delegates heard from several people who benefit from the many services offered at the Center.

Jay Marcus, President of the Central Fund for Israel, and a dear friend and supporter of Chamah, joined the visit, which was enjoyed by all the participants.

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ACTIVITIES IN ISRAEL a result of these events, Founders Russian immigrants, youth students, Joseph Alexander Foundation, ofandthe special needs children, and many others connect with their Jewish Chamah Community Center heritage and the traditions of our religion, and form a special bond with each other and the Jewish community.

Harvey A. Mackler, Randi Mackler Windheim Jessica Rosenberg, Alexander Snyder Mackler, Justin Windheim, Trustees

Senior Citizens Center

Founded by Mr. Joseph Alexander in the 1970's, the Foundation has earned a remarkable reputation for its staunch support of Jewish causes around the world. Since its inception the Joseph Alexander Foundation has granted over $27,000,000 to Jewish institutions in the United States and Israel, including Shaare Zedek Hospital, the Museum of the Jewish People, BarIlan University, and Yeshiva University.

Under the leadership of Mr. & Mrs. Alfred and Helen Mackler, OBM, the Joseph Alexander Foundation has played a pivotal decades-long role in providing humanitarian and educational services through the programs of Chamah in Kiryat Malachi, Israel.

Today, the charitable legacy of Joseph Alexander is perpetuated by the very capable son and daughter of Alfred & Helen Mackler, OBM, Harvey A. Mackler and Randi Mackler Windheim, and their niece and nephews, Jessica Rosenberg, Alexander Snyder Mackler, and Justin Windheim, the very dedicated trustees of the Joseph Alexander Foundation.

The Chamah Center in Kiryat Malachi, Israel, has become a second home to over 100,000 new immigrants and long time residents. Programs supported by the Joseph Alexander Foundation benefit the young and old, including a day center to spend time with friends, a soup kitchen, kindergarten, day care center, senior citizen's and veteran's club, pre-holiday festive dinners, food distribution to the needy and elderly, just to name a few.

In gratitude for the generosity and support of the Joseph Alexander Foundation over the past three decades, they have been named Founders of Chamah.

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The Alex Rovt Building at the Chamah Complex

The five-story 20,000 square-foot building on beautifully landscaped grounds in Kiryat Malachi is known as the Alex Rovt Building. Philanthropist Dr. Alex Rovt dedicated the building to the loving memory of his parents, Shimon and Lenke Roth, obm. The building is the venue for the very successful Chamah Shabbatonim Weekend Retreats, held throughout the year, benefitting new immigrants as well as long-time Israeli families.

Dr. Rovt MBA, PhD in Economics, is not only an astute businessman, but has distinguished himself as a philanthropist.

He donated a Torah to the Chamah Lone-Soldier Synagogue in loving memory of his mother, Lenke Roth, obm. The event was sponsored by Chamah International, whose Adopt-a-Hero Program is dedicated to serving the needs of lone soldiers. Six thousand young men and women volunteer in the IDF; these brave young people, on various levels of Torah observance, thousands of miles from home, can choose to pray, relax, socialize and be inspired by the atmosphere of on authentic Shabbat celebration. Having their own Sefer Torah lends much positive energy and Jewish pride to the members of this vibrant Center.

Alex Rovt was born in the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine.

He graduated the Lviv Business School in Ukraine with an MBA, and went on to earn a PhD in Economics, specializing in World Economy and International Economic Relations. In 1985, Dr. Rovt immigrated to the United States as Assistant to the President of IBE Trade Corp. In 1991 he became Vice President, and in 1996, President and Owner.

An ardent supporter of children’s charities, Dr. Rovt is the main sponsor, trustee and President of ZDR Yeshiva Rambam in Brooklyn, and named after his grandfather, obm, who perished in the Holocaust. Dr. Rovt supports scholarship programs for many international students who study in the US. He is the principle benefactor of the Jewish community in Mukachevo, Ukraine, where he was born, as well as other communities. Dr. Rovt was awarded the bronze statue from the Solomon Mikhoels’ International Art Festival for his work as a supporter of Jewish communities and public organizations.

Dr. Rovt resides on Manhattan’s Upper East Side with his wife Olga. They have two sons Philip and Maxwell.

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Weekend Retreats

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The Chamah Shabbatonim Holiday and Weekend Retreats at the Community Center in Kiryat Malachi welcome guests from all walks of life and from all parts of Israel. To date, approximately 25,000 people have experienced a Jewish holiday and Shabbat with Chamah. Twenty Shabbatonim are hosted throughout the year, with separate weekends for families with children, students, professionals, and mothers with special needs children.

Jewish Holidays and Shabbat have been the core of Jewish family life since the beginning of the Jewish Nation. Over the weekend guests absorb the Shabbat ambience; festive dinners are served, replete with much heartfelt singing. Lectures and workshops on a wide variety of topics provide insights into the beauty of Jewish life and heritage. Lasting bonds are formed between new olim and long-time residents, easing their

our Programs:

Today, there are hundreds of thousands of

whose parents are not able to provide them with food on a daily basis. Chamah receives integration into Israeli society, and making them proud membersmany of Israeli society. families, describing Each Shabbaton lasts a mere three days, but the inspiration desperate leaves a lifelong impact. gained bytheir the participants need andare made possible by the generous support of The Chamah Shabbatonim out the Jewish reaching Community Foundations of Los Angeles, under the leadership to us for help. of Marvin Schotland, Elana Wien, Selwyn Gerber and Naomi Strongin.

Chamah Our heartfelt thanks to Tom Corby for his steadfast support. distributes food parcels before the High Holidays and Passover to thousands of people, conducts various programs providing bread, milk, and infant formula for needy families, and supplies impoverished schoolchildren with breakfast and lunch on a daily basis.

Summer Day Camp in Kiryat Malachi

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Chamah utilizes the Mobile Feeding Center to provide food for needy, hungry children

Our annual summer day camp hosts hundreds of immigrant targeted by terrorists, and psychologists and medical professionals have indicated that a well-organized program in a safe and warm environment is essential to the mental and physical development of these children.

Ms. Regina Kislin, who took the initiative to begin thisJewish project. children with their heritage and traditions — as well as giving them the opportunity to easily integrate into Israeli society — our summer program offers exciting recreational activities such as trips, arts transportation and lunches for the children.

Chamah strives to achieve this goal each summer. Along with the educational benefits of acquainting immigrant

We express our deepest gratitude to Jonathan & Jeanette Rosen, George Rohr, Henry Schachar, Stephen Lovell and Eugene Schneur for their support.

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Children in Israel under Terror Attack School Bre & Lunch

Ofakim is a town in Southern Israel in close proximity to the Gaza strip. Nearly one-third of the inhabitants are supported by the welfare department. The unemployment rate is one of the highest in Israel

Ofakim has been the target of the barrage of missile attacks from Gaza. Those of us living in America cannot imagine what it would take to live and work in a town that exists under the constant cloud of terror.

In addition to missile attacks, the newest form of terrorism is the horrific incendiary balloons sent from Gaza, terrorizing the residents. Close to 1,000 such kites and helium balloons have been launched, causing over 450 fires. To date, more than 6,000 acres of agricultural fields and forests have been damaged by the fires. The loss to the farmers is estimated at $2 million.

But the real cost is much higher: the entire eco-system of the western Negev has been affected. Trees that have stood for generations have been destroyed. Experts say that it will take decades for the area to recover.

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Th scho have a healthy breakfast In response to the urgent, heartfelt pleas child deserves. of the principal of Ofakim Elementary School, Chamah has implemented the Breakfast & Lunch Program in Ofakim, as well as continuing to run the program at the elementary school in Mofet, one of the most impoverished neighborhoods in Jerusalem. The nutritious meals Chamah sponsors give these traumatized children some measure of comfort and allows them to grow and to thrive—and to concentrate on their studies. They are, after all, the futures leaders of tomorrow.

Chamah expresses heartfelt thanks to Lawrence Benenson for his concern for every child's welfare and for generously sponsoring this vital program

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In 1999, Chamah proudly opened the doors of the Children’s Day Care Center with the assistance Today, there are hundreds of thousands of the Russian Division of the UJA Federation of of New York. One hundred children are cared for by whose parents arelearn not able provide them nurturing professionals and and to thrive in the with food a dailyis basis. receives warm atmosphere.

TheonMa'on underChamah the dymanic directorship of Mrs. Miriam Blau. Educators from many families, around Israel come to view the Center, which is highly touteddescribing as a role model for other institutions to emulate. their desperate need and reaching out to us for help.

Chamah distributes food parcels before the High Holidays and Passover to thousands of people, conducts various programs providing bread, milk, and infant formula for needy families, and supplies impoverished schoolchildren with breakfast and lunch on a daily basis.

For a full day, kinder­garteners learn the Hebrew Alphabet, enjoy arts and crafts projects, playtime, and other stimulating activities. Parents appreciate our Day Care Center as it gives them the freedom to seek employment or to work full-time —knowing that their children are in a safe and nurturing environment. Chamah provides special grants and financial aid for parents who cannot cover the cost of tuition for their children.

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Chamah utilizes the Mobile Feeding Center to provide food for needy, hungry children Ms. Regina Kislin, who took the initiative to begin this project.

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Food Distribution to Indigent Families

There are hundreds of thousands of children in Israel living in poverty, whose parents cannot afford to provide them with nutritious meals. Chamah received letters from many families describing their desperate IN ISRAE ACTIVITIES need and reaching out for help.

Chamah distributes thousands of packages containing holiday essentials so that families who can barely cover their day to day living expenses can celebrate the holiday with joy. Without the help they receive from Chamah they would not have the wherewithal to celebrate.

Summer Day Camp in Kiryat Malachi

Our annual summer day camp hosts hundreds of immigrant

Before Passover Chamah distributes 1,500 packages of Pesach essentials. Each package includes Matzot, wine or grape juice, chicken, fish, oil, eggs and targeted by terrorists,Each and psychologists medical$57.96, professionals vegetables. package costsand Chamah totalingthat $86,940. have indicated a well-organized program in a safe and warm

environment is essential to the mental and physical development of these children.

Chamah strives to achieve this goal each summer. Along with the educational benefits of acquainting immigrant children with their Jewish heritage and traditions – as well as giving them the opportunity to easily integrate into Israeli society - our summer program offers exciting recreational activities such as trips, arts transportation and lunches for the children.

We express our deepest gratitude to Steve Lovell for his support of this program.

Aliyah Family Crisis & Aliyah Family Crisis Terror & Victim TerrorCounseling Victim Services

Counseling Services

Chamah activists set up counseling services throughout the Chamah activists set up counseling services

housing throughout and employment The advice and the country,opportunities. providing immigrants withproved free guidance in seeking valuable housing in andhelping settle counseling to be significantly employment opportunities.

The advice and the immigrant Russian Jews. Professional psychologists, counseling are vital in view of the ongoing educators, and social workers are hired to work one-on-one with terrorist attacks. Psychologists, educators, and immigrants in critical situations, helping them find the strength social workers are hired to work one-on-one and courage theyfamilies need toand adapt.

Chamah also opened a special to treat children traumatized by department reach out to survivors of terrorist attacks and their the to ongoing terrorism.

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Construction of a New Day Care Center in Kiryat Malachi, Israel

For over two decades Chamah has successfully operated a children’s day care center with the support of the Israeli Ministry of Labor and Department of Welfare.

The high standard of education, level of cleanliness and efficiency of the Chamah Day Care Center has drawn the attention of many day care centers around the county.

However, the Chamah Day Care Center has reached capacity and cannot accommodate the many children on their waiting list.

A new development is being built in Kiryat Malachi with housing for 1,000 families. Since almost all mothers in Israel work, the availability of good day care for their children is crucial.

Due to the overwhelming success of the Chamah Day Care Center, the Israeli government is gifting land to Chamah to build a new day care center. The Israel Land Authority has allocated 11,750 sq. ft. for a new center to accommodate 100 children.

The architectural plans include four large classrooms totaling 7,235 sq. ft.

The municipality has granted the contract to operate the new center to Chamah, and will bear 90% of the cost of the new construction. Chamah is seeking donors to cover 10% the cost, which Chamah must cover. Dedication opportunities are available.

A well-run day care center is essential for young children grown and to thrive. Happy children make for secure and successful adults. They are, after all, the future leaders of our nation.

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The First Jewish Medical & Rehabilitation Center in Moscow

The First Jewish Medical & Rehabilitation Center is a dream-come-true for low-income residents of Moscow in need of expert medical attention. The modern five-story facility is located on beautifully landscaped grounds on a half-acre of land, located in the Northern part of Moscow, home to a large Jewish population, and easily accessible via the Moscow subway system.

The Medical Center offers the kind of modern, life-saving medical attention that, until now, was available only to the very wealthy. Although Russia has compulsory health insurance, participating clinics are few, under-funded, grievously overcrowded and unsanitary. The wait for medical attention can last for weeks—sometimes even a few months. Those whose ailments are not deemed life-threatening are frequently turned away, as are seniors deemed “too old to treat.” Many children suffer from devastating birth defects and illnesses. State-run institutions offer substandard care due to poor management and lack of resources. As result, children receive little or no therapy and can remain permanently disabled for life.

After much hard work and tireless dedication, the Medical & Rehabilitation Center opened its doors in 2013. The top two levels of the five-story edifice house the rehabilitation and physical therapy facilities, and are fully licensed and operating, with 15 physicians on staff in various departments, such as cardiology, gastroenterology, stomatology, dermatology, ophthalmology, treating 4,500 needy patients, many of them children and elderly.

Dedication opportunities are available at this life-saving institution: Dedicating a room is $18,000, a wing is $50,000, and entire floor is $100,000 in honor or in memory of a loved one.

We are grateful to Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, obm, of IFCJ and Tom Corby of the Erwin Rautenberg Foundation

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Chamah Soup Kitchen

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one of the first programs of chamah in russia was the establishment of a soup kitchen, which was founded by the Four Hundred Fresh Meals Prepared Daily shvetz and Ganger families, and is now maintained by our One of the first programssuch of as Chamah Russia was the of a soup generous supporters, Fred andin evelyn shvetz, larryestablishment and kitchen, which wasandfounded millie magid, others. by the Shvetz and Ganger families, and is now maintained by our generous supporters, such as Fred and Evelyn Shvetz, Larry the kitchen serves tens of and Millie Magid, and others. thousands of hot, nutritious, and meals every year.

Fred well-balanced and Evelyn Shvetz they have also developed a special are dear friends of menu for hundreds who suffer Chamah and longom diabetes and have specific standing supporters dietary requirements.

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of their humanitarian activities. They sponsor over 300,000 meals annually in the Soup Kitchen, which is constantly teeming with activity.

Most of the daily visitors to the soup kitchen are not capable— Grocery & Medication nor have the resources—to provide for Delivery themselves; a hot, Programs nutritious meal, especially during the long, harsh Russian our Grocery program helps organize meals for our beneficiaries winters, in company of friends is virtually life sustaining. who cannot easily leave their homes, but can and want to cook their

meals tofounded their liking. chamah delivers food products that meet The Soup own Kitchen, the recommendations

by Mr. Alexander Shvetz, of dietitians regarding nutrition of the ill and elderly right to their o.b.m. began operation in homes. additionally, chamah distributes more than 5,000 individual food parcels in honor of the Jewish 1992, and the Shvetz family holidays. have been steadfast supports of this vitalalthough service government since then.subsidies are available for a variety of grocery medical supplies, not all of them are covered. those not included

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Fred Shvetz serves as Chairman and Director of Amerex Group Inc. Mr. Shvetz has been with Amerex Group Inc., since 1970.

Nutritionists at the Chamah Humanitarian Center plan special menus for those who suffer from diabetes and those who have specific dietary requirements.

Chamah expresses their heartfelt gratitude to IFCJ, Yael Eckstein, President, The Lier Foundation, Margot Gibis, President, and to UJA Federation for their generous support for the Chamah Soup Kitchen in Moscow.

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our vulnerable elderly brethren have been Chamah bring a ray of sunshine into their life-saving food and medicine

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Of the four hundred and fifty meals prepared at the Chamah Soup Kitchen, one hundred and fifty fresh, nutritious meals are delivered by volunteers daily to the home-bound. These ill and infirm elderly do not have the wherewithal nor the strength to shop and cook for themselves, and are at grave risk for malnutrition. For the elderly, these meals are literally life-saving.

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Chamah Humanitarian Center In Moscow, the beautiful historic city, a wealthy majority and an impoverished minority live side by side. After the collapse of the Soviet Union a most vulnerable group emerged: elderly and retired people whose meager pensions were insufficient to sustain them.

With the philanthropic support of the JDC, the IFCJ—under the leadership of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, OBM, Founder & First President of IFCJ, Tom Corby, President; Fred & Evenly Shvetz, Boris Kaplan, and the Arnow and Blavatnik families, Chamah was able to establish a Humanitarian Center in 2000 to cater to these elderly people's needs. Many of them are honored citizens; war veterans, leading scientists and artists. The programs at the Humanitarian Center give these gifted and productive members of society a sense of dignity, achievement, and self-respect that they so richly deserve.

The Chamah Humanitarian Center serves 20,000 people throughout Moscow and surrounding regions over the course of the year, providing food and medical assistance. Chamah also caters to those in need of financial, physical, mental and spiritual help.

ur Programs: The Humanitarian Center features a large library, an indoor recreational area and a beautifully landscaped outdoor area and gazebo, designed for the seniors as a place to relax, enjoy fresh air and chat with friends.

The park at the Humanitarian Center is dedicated in honor of Mrs. Doris Weiler, Of Blessed Memory.

Chamah expresses deepest gratitude to our generous sponsors for their ongoing support.

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CCCD: The Chamah Center for Child Development The Esther Center

To ease the plight of these unfortunate children and their families, Chamah opened the doors of its full-day school and physical therapy center, The Chamah Center for Child Development, in 2012. It has since changed the lives of over 1,000 children.

Compassionate professionals provide a wide range of therapies streamlined to each child’s individual disabilities. Specialized equipment and medication is provided. For the first time, these lonely children have friends to play with. Volunteers visit homes to advise parent on how best to handle their child.

When a handicapped child is born, it puts a pall of hopelessness on the entire family. Only aggressive physical therapy and specialized education gives these children a chance at a normal life. In America there is a plethora of government services available to ease the parents’ burden: early intervention, home therapy, child care centers for every kind of disability—even home attendants.

Conversely, in Russia, the parents are pressured by the hospital staff—and even family members— to place such a child in a state-run institution, where the child languishes for life. Those who opted to keep their children had few options.

Effective physical therapy was available only to those who had the means to pay.

The results are nothing short of miraculous. A child smiles for the first time. A three year old takes her first step.

A six year old utters his first word.

Suddenly there’s hope.

Suddenly there is a glimmer of nachas.

Chamah believes that every child deserves the best chance to reach their full potential.

News of the success of the school spread and soon every therapy room was booked for months ahead; there was a long waiting list. In order not to turn away a child in need and their desperate parents, Chamah has just completed an extensive expansion, adding a full floor to the Esther Center.

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Grocery & Medication Delivery Programs

Sunday School for Families

Our Grocery program helps organize meals for our beneficiaries who cannot easily leave their homes, but can and want to cook their own mealsOn to Sundays, their Gan Chamah hosts special events, games, and liking. Chamah delivers food products that meet the educational lessons for the whole family. Activities include special recommendations of dietitians regarding nutrition of classes on Jewish tradition, theater and arts groups, and sports the ill and elderly right to their homes. additionally, games. chamah distributes more than 5,000 individual foodIntegrated classes are also held for children with disabilities who are unable to attend regular school. Our Sunday parcels in honor of the Jewish holidays. school provides them with the opportunity to communicate and play with their peers. This kind of integration is considered one of the most important of the Sunday Chamahgoals volunteers visit school. dozens of hospitals, nursing homes and orphanages throughout the year, especially before the holidays, to deliver food packages and li the spirits of the many who would otherwise be forgotten

SOS Children’s Programs

“If not me, then who?” It is fair to ask ourselves, “If not us, then who will aid those helpless children who find themselves in difficult life situations?”

Chamah implements a unique program for children who find themselves Although government subsidies are available for a variety in these dire straits. This program is carried out with support of the JDC organization, the Russian Jewish of grocery medical supplies, not all of them arethe covered. those not included in the list of subsidized Congress, products and other donors. Over 400 children are helped with must then be purchased at their full price.expensive chamah medical procedures, therapies, medications. There are provides these medications to seniors whoseeven monthly children who need such basic necessities such as cribs and pensions barely provide for their basic necessities. desks, and they too are being helped.

Jewish Center in Otradnoye

For the first time in the last century, a Jewish Center has been built in an upscale Moscow region, Otradnoye, where over 10,000 Jewish families reside. Chamah has proudly undertaken this project to rejuvenate the Jewish community, and has developed a variety of educational and social programs for children, young adults, and senior citizens. The project is run

by Rabbi David Karpov, the director of Chamah in Moscow.

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Chamah Builds New Synagogue & Community Center in Moscow

Over the past ten years the local Sefaradi community has grown to six hundred families, and counting. They had been occupying one floor at the Chamah Community Center for prayer services, Torah classes and programs for children and youth. In response to the great need to accommodate the growing congregation, Chamah has built a brand new modern synagogue, The Magen David Synagogue and Community Center.

The new building also houses a soup kitchen, feeding one hundred poor and elderly of the community daily, including many Holocaust survivors.

The new building was joyfully welcomed by the community and has greatly strengthened it. Between twenty and forty congregants come to pray on weekdays, and up to one hundred and fifty join the prayers on the Shabbat and holidays. Torah classes on a wide range of topics and programs for children and youth, as well as community events, now have the space to comfortably accommodate large numbers.

The cost of construction was $250,000, and the upkeep is $36,000 annually. The cost of operating the soup kitchen is $100,000 annually.

Dedication opportunities are available.

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For almost four generations of the Soviet Regime, the Jews in Russia were denied a Jewish education and the opportunity to practice their beliefs, to acknowledge and practice their heritage. Starting in the late 60s, large numbers of Russian immigrants arrived in America.

Today, there are hundreds of thousands of Russian Jews living in the United States and Canada. Many of them lack a basic Jewish background, making it a struggle to preserve their culture and heritage and pass it on to future generations. Chamah, understanding this critical situation, instituted a variety of cultural and educational programs in New York, suited to the unique mentality of Russian Jewish immigrants in the United States. The programs of Chamah benefit the Russian Jewish community on a national level as well, through the establishment of a network that unites local communities and provides them with tools and opportunities to better serve their Russian Jewish members.

Summer Day Camp

Understanding that effective education begins at a very young age, Chamah opened a summer day camp, consisting predominantly of children of Jewish Russian immigrants, to familiarize them with their Jewish heritage and traditions. Most of the children attend public school year round. Since their parents were deprived of their right to learn about or practice their religion in the Soviet Union, they are unable to pass it on to the next generation.

Unfortunately, many of the children come from low-income homes. Chamah provides scholarships to these families, and it is very rewarding to receive letters and phone calls from grateful parents whose children enjoyed an educational and fun-filled summer, away from the unsupervised city streets where they would otherwise have spent the sultry summer days playing unsupervised on the streets. The Jewish experience children enjoy at the camp remains with them as they grow into adulthood. We have remained in contact with many of our alumni, who have expressed their gratitude for giving them an invaluable passion toward their Jewish identity, inspiring them to become community leaders in their respective areas.

Chamah express their heartfelt gratitude to the generous sponsors of this vital program: Oliver Stanton, Michael Rolnick, Jonathan & Jeanette Rosen, George Rohr, Norman Lipoff, Henry Schachar and Eugene Schneur.

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National Russian Shabbaton “A Weekend to Remember”

The Chamah weekend retreat was established to bring Russian-American Jewish communities together, and better acquaint them with the beauty of their heritage through celebrating Shabbat and attending inspiring and educational seminars, thus reaching our ultimate goal of uplifting their Jewish identity, instilling a love of Israel, and forming new and lasting friendships with other Jews.

Last year was the 11th Annual National Shabbaton will take place the weekend of Febraury 28th to March 1st, 2020, at the luxurious Crown Plaza Hotel in Stamford, CT. Among the 1,200 guests are families, couples, singles, students, teenagers, and young children, coming from across the U.S. and Canada. Seventy inspiring lectures and forty workshops are held—with famous speakers from Russia, Israel, and the US— in addition to panel discussions with rabbis, politicians, TV hosts and journalists, as well as enjoyable entertainment. Regardless of their diverse Jewish backgrounds, the traditional Shabbat meals, songs, and traditions experienced at the Shabbaton create a special, spiritual atmosphere where everyone feels like part of one family. Special programs are arranged for married couples, single adults, teenagers and children.

For many of our guests, the Shabbaton is their first Jewish experience altogether and the impact of the Shabbatons has been far-reaching; each year a number of parents enroll their children in Jewish schools and summer camps, some send their older children to study in Israel; several marriages take place each year between couples who met at the Shabbaton.

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Food Packages Delivered to Needy New Yorkers

New York is the city of opportunity, but New York leads the pack as the most expensive city in the United States. With a population exceeding 8.3 million, it also tops the list of the world’s most expensive cities.

The cost of living in New York is a whopping 120% higher than the national average. Everything costs more in New York, from groceries to transportation.

Not surprisingly, but unknown to many, 43.1 percent of New Yorkers live at or near the poverty level.

Holidays are meant to be a joyous time. But for Holocaust survivors, seniors on a fixed income and large low-income families who barely make ends meet year-round, the added expense of the holidays are a heavy burden.

Chamah was made aware that many were hard put to food on the table. In response, Chamah, in conjunction with Cong.

Shearith Israel, also known as the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, launched massive food distribution campaigns to deliver packages of holiday essentials to the door of needy elderly and large families in the NY Metropolitan area. Over 500 packages—containing wine, meat, fish, matzah and poultry— and matzah before Pesach—were packed and delivered before Pesach and Sukkot by volunteers to needy homes before both holidays. The food was packed in supermarket boxes to preserve the dignity of the recipients and to enable them to joyfully celebrate the holiday.

The response from the recipients were heartwarming, and yes, heartbreaking.

Those who lent their support to this vital Mitzvah were able to sit down to their holiday table knowing that they shared the joy of the holiday with others.

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Chamah New York Staff sends our warmest wishes to our dear colleagues at CHAMAH ISRAEL &

CHAMAH MOSCOW

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OFFICERS

Benzion Laskin Hillel Zaltzman Berri Spitezki Moshiach Chudaitov Menachem Chuzhin Binyomin Malachovski Controller CHAMAH STAFF Tziporah Fischer Levi Levin Esther Tauber Mushkie Edelman

Chamah Leadership

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mitchell Benerofe, International Co-chair Oliver Stanton, International Co-chair Douglas Benach Andrew & Froma Benerofe Thomas Corby

OF ADVISORS Florida Jonathan Mitchell Maryland Steven Hackerman Howard Friedman New Jersey

David Kessler

Warren Stieglitz

Stephen J. Lovell

New York

Leon Miller Ilya Novofastovsky Michael Rolnick, Chair Russian Division Henry Schachar Peter Schaffer Fred & Evelyn Shvetz

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NATIONAL COMMITTEE

Eugene Fershteyn Steven Oppenheim Gabrielle Propp Jonathan Rosen Ohio Robert Goldberg Washington, DC Edward H. Kaplan

Supporting Foundation

IFCJ Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, OBM Yael Eckstein, President The Joseph Alexander Foundation Harvey A. Mackler Randi Mackler Windheim Scott Mackler Jessica Rosenberg Alexander Snyder Mackler Justin Windheim

The Joseph Meyerhoff Family Fund Harvey Meyerhoff Elizabeth Minkin Terry Rubenstein Edward D. and Anna Mitchell Family Foundation Jonathan Mitchell Dover Fund Inc. Steven Oppenheim

The Shirley G. Benerofe Foundation Robert Arnow Andrew & Froma Benerofe Mitchell & Ada Benerofe James & Robin Benerofe Aaron & Cecile Goldman Family Foundation Jennifer Margolius-Fisher Philip Goldman-Margolius

The Albert B. & Audrey G. Family Foundation Albert Ratner Erwin Rautenberg Foundation Thomas Corby Joseph Rosen Foundation Jonathan Rosen

Joint Distribution Commitee Kaplan Family Foundation Edward Kaplan Kenneth A. Lattman Foundation Elliot M. Abramson Leir Foundation Morgot Gibis

Oliver & Elizabeth Stanton Foundation Oliver Stanton Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Sanford Bruckner ZS&M Wilf Foundation Mark Wilf

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Friends

Roy & Marilyn Barth Alan Braunshweiger David & Marsha Gordon Dr. Irwin Gribetz Judah Gribetz Phyllis Gutterman

Yossi & Batsheva Popack

Eleanor & Richard Rusnak Moshe Weiss Greg Yaris

Benefactors Eugene Grant

Ida Reich

Michael Jesselson

George & Pamela Rohr Michael & Julie Rolnik

Robert Arnow

Michael Kirsch Harold Hirsch Foundation

Boris & Tamara Aronov

Ludmila & Sam Kislin

Douglas Benach

Regina Kislin

Lawrence Benenson

Herman Koenigsberg

Herbert Blank

Merrill Kraines

Peter Schaffer Case Paper

Alex Blavatnik

Margot Gibis

Lawrence Schur

Leonard Blavatnik

Arthur Hoffman Ridgefield Foundation

Ida Shvetz

Neil Bruckner

William K. Langfan

Sanford Bruckner Simon Falic

Norman H. Lipoff Robert Russel Memorial Foundation

Ben Federman

June Baumgardner Gelbart Foundation

Russel Galbut Crescent Heights

Larry & Millie Magid Norman & Bettina Roberts Foundation Inc.

Elliot Abramson Kenneth Littman Foundation Susan Best Harry Kramer Foundation

Liane Ginsburg Albert & Pearl Ginsburg, OBM

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Boris Kerzner

Larry Milstein Amory Propp

Allan Glick

Gabrielle Propp

Alan & Miriam Goldberg

Albert Ratner & Family

Eric s. Goldstein UJA Federation of NY

Erwin Rautenberg, Erwin Rautenberg Foundation

Alex Rovt Marvin Samuels Henry & Beverly Schachar

Fred & Evelyn Shvetz Paul & Celia Sirotkin Mary Smart Irving Fletcher Smart Family Foundation Joel Stern Warren Stieglitz Peter & Galina Stiler Morris Tabacinic Lewis Topper Sylvia Urlich Gila Rosenhaus-Weiner Mark Wilf

Albert Abramson Arthur Aeder Madeleine & David Arnow Vladimir & Ludmila Baumblit

Supporters Tamar & Eric Goldstein

Joseph & Batsheva Popack

Anna & Burton Greenblatt

David & Vera Ptashny

Efraim Grinberg Stephen & Eleanor Hammerman

Ludwig & Lotte Bravmann

David Horvitz Richard Horvitz Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County

Ann & Ilya Brodsky

Ronald Kaiserman

Jenny & Ari Bronstein

Leonard Kestenbaum

Charles Borrok

David Kessler

Dr. Morton Coleman

Lini Lipton

Rabbi & Mrs. Benjamin Yudin Congregation Shomrei Torah

Ellen, Robert & Steven Leikind

Renee & Ezra Dabah Lev Dynkin Fred Ehrman Marvin Eisenstadt Steven Eisenstadt Cumberland Packing Co.

Leonard Litwin Arthur Marcus Jay Marchus Itamar Marcus Marcus Foundation Leon & Gloria Miller

Martin Rosenman Jack Rosenthal Michael Scheck Harvey Schussler Louis Slesin The Grodzins Fund Meyer & Jean Steinberg Family Foundation Abraham Shtern Jacob Solomon Jewish Federation of Greater Miami David Sterling Mark Taub Alexander & Svetlana Tounkel

Robert Miller

Helene Wolloch

Morris Offit

Rickard Wolloch & Joan Moss

Abe Friedman

Jerry Perl

Howard Friedman

Richard Perl

Shelton & Rory Zuckerman

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IN MEMORIAM Chamah pays tribute to those we miss Charles Boxenbaum

Jack Kay

Isaac Oberman

Joan Arnow

Stephen Kramer

Dr. Edward Steinberg

Albert & Pearl Ginsburg

Alfred & Helen Mackler

Hon. Herbert Tenzer

Ludwig Jesselson

Isaac Moinester

David Wasser

Honorary Benefactors Seymour Karpas

Alexander Shvetz

Arthur Aeder

Sidney Kraines

Alla Sinelnikov

Joan Arnow

Henry Leir

Leslie August

Leonard Litwin

Bernice Bruckner

Luba Malachovski

Gittel Tzivia Dynkin

Phyllis Margolius

Jack & Doris Weiler

Dr. Dovid Dynkin

Ilse May

Lewis Weston

Dr. Morry Fox

Abe Pollin

Adele Yudin

Joseph Ganger

Otto Pretsfelder

Dr. Donald Gribetz

Seymour Propp

Lillian Hackerman

Joseph Gruss

Hilda Riback

Estelle Hackerman

Lenke Rovt

Willard Hackerman

Simon Rovt

Ina Pretsfelder

Jerry Handler

Irving Schaffer

Joel Stern

Albert Abramson

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Honorary Founders

Ronald Stanton Ruth Stanton

Alex Klein David Kesser

May their memory be a blessing

DINNER HONOREES

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Yael Eckstein

INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD

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Yael Eckstein is the dynamic President and CEO of IFCJ.

Chamah is deeply grateful and humbled by the generous

A devoted wife and mother of four, a published author

continued support of IFCJ, critical to the continuation

and talented public speaker, Yael stepped up to the

of the extensive humanitarian programs of Chamah in

mammoth task of leading one of Israel’s largest charitable organizations. She surrounded herself with good people,

Russia.

and put her shoulder to the mission of answering G-d’s

Chamah salutes Yael for her invaluable leadership and

call to continue the rich legacy of her late father Rabbi

for her love and dedication to those in need. Indeed, by

Yechiel Eckstein, OBM, visionary Founder of IFCJ.

imitating G-d attributes, she is fulfilling the Almighty’s

Yael leads with courage and compassion, navigating

command: “Just as He is merciful, so should you be

the uncharted stormy waters of COVID-19, sustaining

merciful; just as He performs acts of loving-kindness,

millions of the forgotten elderly and needy.

so should you perform acts of loving-kindness. “

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Harvey Mackler GUEST OF HONOR

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Chamah is greatly pleased to have Harvey Mackler as Guest of Honor at this year's Dinner. He and his sister, Randi Windheil Mackler, are dear friends of Chamah. They, together with Jessica Rosenberg, Alexander Snyder Mackler, and Justin Windheim are the Trustees of the Joseph Alexander Foundation, dedicated to continuing their family's three decades long golden chain of generosity and support to Chamah and to Jewish institutions in Israel and the United States. The Joseph Alexander Foundation was founded by their uncle in the 1970s and overseen by their parents, Alfred & Helen Mackler, OBM, staunch supporters

of Chamah humanitarian programs in Kiryat Malachi, Israel.

Harvey Mackler is owner of Gempire, producing and purchasing emblematic jewelry and floral promotions.

He is dedicated to fundraising to support ALS patients and, along with his sister, Randi Windheim Mackler, established the The Scott A. Mackler Medical School Memorial Scholarship in memory of his beloved brother, Dr. Scott Mackler, OBM, who passed away in 2013 from complications of ALS, to ensure that Scott’s legacy lives on.

Randi Mackler Windheim is an outstanding American literature educator and reading specialist. She was named Upper Dublin Educator of the Year and the recipient of Medal of Excellence Outstanding Teacher.

She has been listed as a noteworthy literature educator

by Marquis Who's Who.

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Tom & Tricia Corby PILLARS OF CHAMAH

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Since 2010 Tom & Tricia Corby have been a driving force behind Chamah, and major contributors to their humanitarian work for the needy in Russia and Israel. Tom and Tricia Corby personify altruism and caring. Time and again they have responded with generosity to the call of Chamah in times of crisis.

Mr. Corby is President of the Erwin Rautenberg Foundation, and a member of the cutting edge Grantmaking Committee of the Community Foundation of Los Angeles.

Mr. Corby founded the Corby & Corby accountancy firm in 1984. As a forensic accountant, he has extensive experience in business litigation-related analysis for all types of businesses. He has given testimony as an expert witness before the Superior Court of the State of California

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more than fifty times. He is also president of TBC Energy Partners, an oil and gas development company, as well as President of Westside Professional Group and former president of The National Association of CPAs. The Corbys have toured the Chamah Community Center in Moscow, a go-to place for the indigent and lonely.

This past summer Mr. Corby joined the delegation of Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles to the Chamah Community Center in Kiryat Malachi, where the Foundation sponsors the very successful Shabbatonim Retreats.

Tom & Tricia Corby support and tireless efforts has literally turned around the lives of thousands, and earned their everlasting gratitude.

Lawrence Benenson GUARDIAN OF ISRAEL

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Lawrence Benenson has been a generous supporter of the humanitarian programs of Chamah for twenty five years.

For the past number of years Lawrence has sponsored the Chamah Breakfast and Lunch programs for needy schoolchildren in Ir Ganim, Jerusalem, and the border towns of Ofakim and Ashkelon. Many of these children come to school hungry, and if not for these nutritious meals, they would be unable to concentrate on their studies.

Lawrence has well earned the title, Guardian of Israel, for his deep caring for the welfare of schoolchildren from needy homes and for ensuring that they have a bright future.

As Partner and a member of the Benenson group’s investment committee, Lawrence Benenson manages the development and implementation of the company’s investment strategies and internal operations. His leadership has grown Benenson Capital Partners to become one of the nation’s premier owners of net-leased properties.

Lawrence defines charity as a short term response to a problem, but he believes that philanthropy focuses on rebuilding. Lawrence is dedicated to rebuilding— rebuilding lives. He is militant about philanthropy.

He is deeply committed to sharing his own wealth, and influencing others to do the same. He is an outspoken advocate for the downtrodden, for social and economic justice, education, and protecting the environment.

But he doesn’t stop at advocating—he lives it. In the Benenson family tradition, he not only gives his resources—he gives his time. He is Co-Chairman of the Institute for the Study of Global Anti-Semitism and Policy, a board member of many prestigious educational institutes and museums; he holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University, and is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York, and many others.

Lawrence considers his support of Chamah to be one of the best choices he has ever made.

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Oliver Stanton

CHAMAH INTERNATINAL CO-CHAIRMAN

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Chamah is truly blessed to have Oliver Stanton as their longstanding and devoted International C-Chairman.

Through the Oliver Stanton Foundation, he is a major supporter of Chamah. His generosity and dedicated efforts continue to sustain Chamah humanitarian programs.

Oliver is co-owner, Director and Vice President of Tansammonia, Inc. Transammonia is a trading company specializing in the international trade of chemical fertilizers, fertilizer raw materials, petrochemicals and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).

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Aer an initial beginning at Transammonia in the Tampa, Florida offices, Oliver worked in Europe, primarily London and Zurich, for seven years collectively. While in Zurich he was responsible for trading operations in the Ukraine and certain businesses out of Russia. He returned to the United States in 1999 and has since been working in the corporate offices in New York.

Oliver grew up in New York City and graduated om Tus University in 1987 with a bachelor’s of Arts degree in Political Science. Oliver is on the board of In-reach, the 92nd Street “Y”, and Congregation Shearith Israel, among others. He is also active at the UJA Federation of New York.

Mitchell Benerofe

DINNER CHAIRMAN & INTERNATIONAL CO-CHAIRMAN

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It is a great privilege to have Mitch Benerofe serve as Dinner Chairman for this year's dinner. His many years of leadership as Chamah Interantiona Co-Chairman, his endless devotion, steadfast support and sage advice are unparalleled. Mitch is continuing the Benerofe family’s more than 30 years of service to the organization.

Aside om the family business om their parents, the Benerofe brothers also learned the importance of doing good. as a principal in the business Mitchell has the opportunity to reach far beyond benerofe properties to

With their father’s family originating om Minsk, Russia, Shirley and Andrew Benefore, Mitchell’s mother and brother, were drawn to chamah due to our work with Russian Jews. the quality and depth of Chamah’s programs so impressed Mitchell that aer visiting them in 2001, he rolled up his sleeves to become involved and assume the Chairmanship.

In addition to his work at Chamah, Mitchell has spent more than three decades volunteering for the Westchester Association for Retarded Citizens. “I really like the idea of maximizing the potential of people who were previously considered a burden on society and now are a positive force in their individual communities,” Mitchell commented. For years, Benerofe properties has hired developmentally disabled employees and currently employs two who work as elevator operators in buildings they own.

Mitchell joined Benerofe properties in 1970 aer brief stints at an architectural firm and a civil engineering firm, and just three years aer his graduation om New York University with a degree in Civil Engineering. Founded

by Sidney Benerofe in 1922, Benerofe properties is a diversified real estate and private equity investment group with property and business holdings throughout the eastern United States. Mitchell, along with his brothers, plans and manages projects and properties, always assuring that the company’s core philosophy of applying strong owner energy and interest to all transactions remains a constant.

help people in his neighborhood, his community and the world.

The UJA Federation is another organization into which Mitchell has put his energy and enthusiasm. He served on the executive committee of the Westchester Real Estate Division in the 1980s and 1990s. The Westchester Business and Professional Leaders of UJA honored Mitchell and his brothers, Andrew and James, in 1995.

Mitchell and his Israeli-born wife, Ada, are the proud parents of 5 grown children. They make their home in Great Neck and oen travel to Israel.

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PILLARS

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Joseph Alexander Foundation Harvey A. Mackler, Randi Mackler Windheim Jessica Rosenberg, Alexander Snyder Mackler, Justin Windheim Trustees

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The Joseph Alexander Foundation has earned a remarkable reputation for its staunch support of Jewish causes around the world. Since its founding in the 1970s the Joseph Alexander Foundation has granted over $27,000,000 to Jewish institutions in the United States and Israel.

Harvey Mackler and Randi Windheim Mackler are dear friends of Chamah, and as trustees of the Joseph

Alexander Foundation, are dedicated to continuing their family’s three decades long golden chain of generosity and support to Chamah and to Jewish institutions in Israel and the United States. The other capable trustees are the third generation of the Mackler family, Jessica Rosenberg, Alexander Snyder Mackler, and Justin Windheim.

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John Catsimatidis

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John Catsimatidis is an international success story.

He immigrated to the USA from Greece as a child, and together with his wife, Margo, built a successful commercial empire that spans the globe.

John is a major philanthropist and business magnate.

He is the owner, president, chairman, and CEO of Red Apple Group, a conglomerate that owns and operates assets in the energy, real estate, finance, insurance, and supermarket industries.

over $5 billion dollars in annual sales. Additionally, Margo founded MCV Advertising Associates which grew into one of the premier print agencies in the New York metropolitan area.

Mr. and Mrs. Catsimatidis are greatly immersed in many philanthropic programs and initiatives.

He hosts a Sunday morning talk-radio show on a number of stations along the east coast, including Washington DC, and hosts a live radio program which airs in the New York City metro area. Mr. Catsimatidis was the runner-up to the Republican nomination for mayor of New York City in the 2013 election.

John founded and was co-chairman of Brooklyn Tech Endowment Foundation, benefiting his alma mater. Among the many charities he supports is the G&P Foundation for Cancer Research, and the John Catsimatidis Scholarship Fund at the New York University Stern School of Business, which has since 1988 awarded two scholarships each year.

His wife, Margo Catsimatidis (nee Vondersaar) was born in Indiana. This dynamic couple has guided the growth of Red Apple Group to a thriving business concern with

John and his wife Margo's pride and joy is their family. Their daughter Andrea and their son John Jr. are graduates of NYU University.

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Dr. Michael S. Maling

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Chamah is honored and privileged to have Dr. Maling’s generous support for their vital educational and humanitarian activities, which benefit tens of thousands of needy—young and old—in the United States, Israel, and Russia.

Northwestern University. He is a member of the curator board of Jewish Educational Media (JEM), serves on the board of directors of the Associated Talmud Torahs, American Friends of Bar-Ilan University, Keshet, The Illinois Holocaust Museum and many other worthy causes.

Dr. Maling, Psy.D, is a Chicago-based philanthropist, accomplished author and clinical psychologist in private practice for over twenty five years. He is the President of the Crain-Maling Foundation, which supports numerous spiritual and educational institutions, community programs, academic scholarships and institutions that strive to meet the needs of those who are unable care for themselves; He provides major subsidies for the arts, cultural events and festivals, medical translational research, venues for spiritual development, and human service organizations.

For his exceptional philanthropic efforts and accomplishments Dr. Maling was awarded the Arkansas Federation's prestigious Tikkun Olam Award and the Associated Talmud Torahs of Chicago Keter Award.

Dr. Maling was a medical staff member at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and was a faculty lecturer at

Dr. Maling is inspired by his grandfather, Samuel Goldberg, a founding director of the Hebrew Theological College. Following his lead, subsequent generations have been passionate about supporting educational and cultural institutions for the past four decades. Dr. Maling is a strong believer in the importance of moral education, and has been instrumental in perpetuating the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, whose educational guidance is so timely even—and especially today.

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Ari Kagan

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Ari Kagan was born in the city of Minsk in 1967. He graduated from Lvov Military College (currently Ukraine) in 1988 with a degree in Journalism. During the Gorbachev era he worked as a reporter for many Soviet military and civic newspapers.

Kagan immigrated to America with his family in 1993.

He graduated with honors in 1999 from Baruch College with a degree in Business Administration. Kagan worked as a reporter for many local Russian-language publications.

He is currently Community Liaison for the office of Comptroller Scott Stringer, and a Brooklyn district leader.

He is also a host of the popular weekly TV show “Here In America� on Russian Television Network of America, and of the morning radio news show on Davidzon Radio (620 AM).

For many years Ari Kagan was member of the boards at The American Brotherhood for Disabled People, The United Association of East European Jewry, Holocaust Memorial Committee (Brooklyn), Russian Outreach Committee at Manhattan Beach Jewish Center. Ari Kagan

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was an active member of the Board of Independent Press Association of New York. For the past 20 years he worked hard as a volunteer to help many seniors, tenants, war veterans, disabled people, underprivileged children, nursing homes residents and immigrants. For his journalistic achievements and community involvement Ari Kagan received numerous awards from NYS Assembly and Senate, NYC Council, political clubs, Jewish organizations and civic groups.

In 2006 Ari ran for the New York State Assembly (Brighton Beach and Coney Island) and received 49.2% of the vote.

In 2009 and 2010 he worked as a Community Liaison for U.S. Congressman Michael McMahon (Staten Island, Bay Ridge).

Ari is a prominent leader and advocate on behalf of the Russian-American Jewish Community.

He is devoted friend of Chamah in their humanitarian work, and a great asset to the organization in reaching out to the wider Russian-American Community.

Mr. Kagan lives with his wife, their son and their daughter.

Michael Petrov

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Michael Petrov, Founder and CEO of Digital Edge, a Data Center Services Provider, brings over twenty years’ experience in his field to his hi-tech company, which provides support and advanced services for enterprise networks, servers, and storage. Specializing in back-end technology management, Digital Edge is accredited with a proven track record; their corporate clients include Macy’s, Bloomindale’s and the March of Dimes, among others.

In the words of one of his clients, “Micheal Petrov is an outstanding technology innovator and one of the most honest and caring people I've had the privilege of working

with. One doesn't so much become merely a client or vendor with him. Rather, you become part of a supportive family.”

The identical sentiment is echoed by his clients over and over again.

Michael is a strong believer in the importance of children’s higher education, and their ability to be involved in technology. Speaking from his Russian heritage and extensive knowledge in multiple technical and intellectual backgrounds, he believes that technology is a huge factor as to why America is far more ahead than other countries economically. He was awarded for his dedication by the Comptroller of the City of New York.

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Eugene & Ekaterina Fershteyn

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Eugene Fershteyn was born in Kharkov, Ukraine, and emigrated to the United States with his parents, grandparents, and his sister. Eugene developed an interest in the financial world at a young age; he began working in the financial industry when he was only 17 years old, and continued doing so throughout his college years. He earned a BA in business from Pace University, and played college hockey.

Eugene runs a branch of stock brokerage firms specializing in wealth management, servicing hedge funds and high net worth individuals. He is also involved in financing real estate projects and hard money lending.

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Eugene is married to Ekaterina and they have three beautiful children, Abigail, Daniel, and Samuel. Ekaterina Fershteyn is the power that runs the family and provides the driving force to their spiritual growth and religious observance, such as in the mitzvot of Kashrut and Shabbat. The Fershteyns support various charities. They reside in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, and are affiliated with The Shtieble (Congregation Shaarei Torah), which is a vibrant Orthodox Jewish Congregation inspired by Rabbi Moshe Plutchok.

Eugene is a member of the National Committee of Advisors to Chamah and a dedicated friend and supporter of the activities of Chamah, and a leader in the Russian Jewish Community.

Marika Cherfas, M.D.

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Dr. Marika Cherfas has a thriving medical practice. She is proficient in conventional and holistic medicine as well as homeopathy.

Since immigrating to the United States of America in 1990, Dr. Cherfas has dedicated her life to helping others.

She was born in Riga, Latvia, which was impoverished and bedeviled by the scourge of Communism.

When she was fortunate to move to the United States, she embraced the opportunity and dedicated herself to her life's work. She completed her residency at New York University Hospital, worked for industry leaders in every bailiwick of the medical profession, and opened up her own medical practice which met with great success.

Helping others is the apotheosis of her life. This was inscribed in her by her mother from a very young age, who taught her that “service is the rent we pay for living.”

This is why she lives to heal.

Dr. Cherfas is a loyal friend of Chamah and a great asset to the many programs of Chamah for the benefit of the Russian-speaking Jewish Community.

Dr. Cherfas has received the following awards: Patient Choice Award, Compassionate Doctor Award and Woman of Distinction Award. She was among American Top Physicians from 2001- 2003 and named in Who’s Who in America from 2003 to the present.

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FRIENDS AND

SUPPORTERS OF CHAMAH

FOUNDER

In Memoriam CHAMAH pays tribute to

HRABBI

YECHIEL ECKSTEINg Founder of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews He was a true visionary and one of the foremost leaders of our generation. We were honored to have his friendship and support. He is sorely missed.

Hillel Zaltzman & Chamah Staff CHAMAH

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FOUNDER CHAMAH is honored to present

HYAEL

ECKSTEINg

President of IFCJ with the INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD In recognition of her leadership and for working tirelessly to enhance the lives of millions of our needy brethren.

Hillel Zaltzman & Chamah Staff

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HTOM

AND TRICIA CORBY g Tom & Tricia Corby are dear friends of Chamah. Their support and tireless efforts have literally turned around the lives of thousands.

Chamah is honored to grant Tom and Tricia Corby with the PILLARS OF CHAMAH AWARD

Moshiach and Bassie Chudaitov Mitch and Ada Benerofe

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This message comes from the thousands of our clients who have benefited from and continue to benefit from your generosity. Thank you for the meal, thank you for the elderly day care, thank you for the emergency medical treatment, thank you for the afterschool pizza and ice cream, thank you for the books and lectures and music, thank you for hosting my wedding (along with 49 other

couples), thank you for caring for my child every day and thank you for the many things too numerous to mention.

HTOM

ANDTRICIA TRICIACORBYg CORBY g HTOM AND we can all learn a lesson from your style, your humility, your thinking and your generosity.

With heartfelt thanks – Ada and Mitch Benerofe and the entire Chamah family.

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FOUNDER CHAMAH expresses gratitude to our dear friends and Board of Directors of the JOSEPH

ALEXANDER FOUNDATION Trustees

h HARVEY A. MACKLER g h RANDI MACKLER WINDHEIM g h JESSICA ROSENBERG g h ALEXANDER SNYDER MACKLER g h JUSTIN WINDHEIM g CHAMAH congratulates

H HARVEY MACKLER g the GUEST OF HONOR and thanks him for his dedication to continuing his family's three decades long golden chain of generosity and support to Chamah and to Jewish institutions in Israel and the United States

Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff CHAMAH

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FOUNDER Chamah is honored to present

HLAWRENCE

BENENSONg with the GUARDIAN OF ISRAEL AWARD and thanks him for sponsoring nutritious breakfasts and lunches for the unfortunate, hungry children in Israel

Hillel Zaltzman & Chamah Staff

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FOUNDER We express our heartfelt gratitude to our DINNER CHAIRMAN and Dear Friends

HMITCHELL

& ADA BENEROFEg For their steadfast friendship, hard work and dedication to our international humanitarian work

Moshiach Chudaitov Hillel Zaltzman Binyomin Malachovski & Chamah Staff CHAMAH

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FOUNDER CHAMAH salutes our INTERNATIONAL CO-CHAIRMAN and dear friend

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STANTON g and thanks him for his generous support and commitment to Chamah for many years

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FOUNDER CHAMAH salutes our dear friend

HDR.

ALEX ROVTg in recognition of his staunch support for Israel and for the humanitarian work of Chamah on behalf of the Jewish Nation His avid commitment to education and to fostering Jewish identity is unparalleled

Binyomin Malachovski & Chamah Staff

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HFRED &&EVELYN HFRED

EVELYNSHVETZg SHVETZ g FOUNDERS FOUNDERS OF OF CHAMAH CHAMAH INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL For For their their generous generous support support of of the the Chamah Chamah Soup Soup Kitchen Kitchen in in Moscow Moscow which which sustains sustains tens tens of of thousands thousands of of elderly elderly and and indigent indigent year-round year-round

Moshiach Moshiach Chudaitov Chudaitov & & Chamah Chamah Staff Staff

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Chamah extends extends deep gratitude to to CHAMAH deep gratitude

HGEORGE

& PAMELA ROHR g

HGEORGE & PAMELA ROHRg for their generous support of many years

for their generous support of many years Binyomin Malachovski & Chamah Staff Binyomin Malachovski

& Chamah Staff

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In memoriam we pay tribute to

HWILLARD

& LILLIAN HACKERMAN, OBMg Founders of the FIRST JEWISH MEDICAL & REHABILITATION CENTER in MOSCOW dear friends and supporters for many decades CHAMAH salutes

HSTEVEN

HACKERMANg and thanks him for his kindness and dedication towards the programs of Chamah in Russia, Israel, and the United States

Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff

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In memoriam we pay tribute to HENRY LEIR and the

HLEIR

FOUNDATIONSg for their generous support and enabling us to sustain the thousands of hungry elderly and infirm in our soup kitchen in Moscow

Hillel Zaltzman & Chamah Staff

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We pay pay tribute tribute to to our our wonderful wonderful friends friends We of many many years years and and generous generous supporters supporters of of our our humanitarian humanitarian programs programs in in Russia Russia of

HLEN

BLAVATNIK g HLEN BLAVATNIKg & &

HALEX

BLAVATNIK g HALEX BLAVATNIKg and the the esteemed esteemed and

HBLAVATNIK

FAMILY g HBLAVATNIK FAMILYg for making making the the dreams dreams of of Chamah Chamah aa reality reality for by feeding the hungry and providing medical assitance by feeding the hungry and providing medical to the elderly in Russia, thereby making the world assistance to the elderly in Russia, thereby making a better place to live in the world a better place to live in

Hillel Zaltzman &Hillel Genrieta Elinson Zaltzman & Genrieta Elinson

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CHAMAH congratulates our dear friend

HBORIS

KAPLAN g HBORIS KAPLANg for his kindness and generous support of the Chamah programs in Moscow

Hillel Zaltzman & Chamah Staff

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In memoriam we pay tribute to

HDAVID

KESSLER, OBMg Founder of the Chamah Community Center, Kiryat Malachi Israel He was a staunch friend of Chamah dedicated to enhancing the lives of the elderly, ill and needy, and a passionate supporter of Israel. He is sorely missed.

Moshiach Chudaitov Hillel Zaltzman & Chamah Staff CHAMAH

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CHAMAH salutes our long-standing supporters

HANDREW

& FROMA BENEROFEg and expresses their deepest gratitude for their generosity and dedication to Chamah

Binyomin Malachovski & Chamah Staff

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CHAMAH CHAMAH thanks thanks

HRONALD RATNERg HRONALD

RATNER g HCHARLES &&ILANA HCHARLES

ILANARATNERg RATNER g HJAMES RATNERg HJAMES

RATNER g HMARK &&NANCY HMARK

NANCYRATNERg RATNER g for their their generous generous support support over over the the years years for

Binyomin Malachovski Malachovski Binyomin & Chamah Chamah Staff Staff &

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In memoriam we pay tribute to

HALEX

& IDA SHVETZ, OBMg who dedicated their lives to helping all of humanity and established the first soup kitchen in Moscow, where tens of thousands of hungry people have been fed over the years They are sorely missed by their loving family and by us at Chamah

Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff

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HEUGENE

GRANT,OBMg OBM g HEUGENE GRANT, Founder of THE CHAMAH JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER in MOSCOW for his friendship, dedication and generous support to Chamah

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Chamah is eternally grateful to

HERWIN

RAUTENBERG,OBMg OBM g HERWIN RAUTENBERG, of THE ERWIN RAUTENBERG FOUNDATION founder of the FIRST JEWISH MEDICAL & REHABILITATION CENTER in MOSCOW, for his dedication of a floor in the First Jewish Medical and Rehabilitation Center in Moscow We extend our deepest gratitude for his many years of dedication and involvement in the various Chamah activities

Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff

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The Executive Committee of CHAMAH expresses their heartfelt condolences to the family of CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

HSANFORD

BRUCKNER, OBMg &

HBERNICE

YOHALEM BRUCKNER, OBMg We are forever grateful for their dedication to Chamah and our programs for over three decades, and for their generous dedication of a wing in the FIRST JEWISH MEDICAL & REHABILITATION CENTER in MOSCOW

Moshiach Chudaitov Hillel Zaltzman & Binyomin Malachovski CHAMAH

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HOTTO

PRETSFELDER, OBM g &

HINA

PRETSFELDER, OBM g devoted board member, and dear friends and supporters of Chamah for over four decades.

Our heartfelt condolences to their children EVY, STEVEN, & GARY. We wish them much success in all their endeavors.

Hillel Zaltzman Binyomin Malachovski Mitchell Benerofe Oliver Stanton & Chamah Staff New York | Jerusalem | Moscow CHAMAH

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HROBERT

ARNOW, OBM g who was a dear friend and supporter for many decades CHAMAH salutes

HDAVID,

JOSH, RUTH, AND PETER ARNOW g &

HTHE

ARNOW FAMILY g and thanks them for their generosity and dedication to our humanitarian activities in Israel and Russia

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HGANGER-ROMANO

FAMILY g for their many years of support of our HUMANITARIAN SOUP KITCHEN IN MOSCOW founded by their father

HJOSEPH

GANGER OBM g &

HALEXANDER

SHVETZ OBM g Moshiach Chudaitov Hillel Zaltzman Binyomin Malachovski & Chamah Staff

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HLIANE

GINSBERG g for her many years of friendship and support for Chamah

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HLARISA

TOKAR g the talented EDITOR-IN-CHIEF of ALEF MAGAZINE for her dedication to Chamah

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HEDWARD

& IRENE KAPLAN g for their generous support over the years, and expresses our deepest appreciation for their dedication to the Jewish people with their involvement in Jewish causes internationally

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It is our great honor to salute our dear friends

HWILLIAM

LANGFAN g &

HMARK

LANGFAN g and thank them for their many years of warm friendship, dedication and support

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HMR.

HARVEY MEYERHOFF HDR.

TERRY RUBENSTEIN HMS.

ELIZABETH MINKIN of the JOSEPH AND HARVEY MEYEROFF FAMILY CHARITABLE FUNDS who devote their lives to the Jewish people and Israel

In memoriam Chamah pays tribute to

HJOSEPH

& REBECCA MEYERHOFF, OBM Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff

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FOUNDER

CHAMAH expresses deep appreciation to

HRAV

BENJAMIN & SHEVI YUDIN g for their generous support over the years May Hashem bless you with abundance of blessings, and many happy, healthy years

Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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FOUNDER

CHAMAH salutes our dear friends

HHENRY

& BEVERLY SCHACHAR g and thanks them for their many years of friendship, generosity and dedication

Binyomin Malachovski & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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FOUNDER

CHAMAH salutes

HSHMUEL

& AYALA LEVIN g We express deep appreciation and gratitude to Shmuel for the great role he plays and for his leadership, dedication and tireless effort, in making the programs of Chamah in Russia and Israel a reality.

Chamah Executive Staff New York |Jerusalem |Moscow

CHAMAH

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FOUNDER

In Memoriam CHAMAH pays tribute to

ÂœCHARLES BOXENBAUM, OBMg

our dear friend of many years and beloved husband of our dear friend

HKHARLENE

BOXENBAUM g

founders of the FIRST JEWISH MEDICAL & REHABILIATION CENTER in MOSCOW for their generosity, friendship and commitment to Chamah and our programs, and for their dedication of a room in the First Jewish Medical & Rehabilitation Center in Moscow in memory of SIDNEY, LILLIAN & PETER BOXENBAUM, OBM

Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff CHAMAH Annual Virtual rd Gala Dinner

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CHAMAH Moscow salutes our dear friend

HSVETLANA

MUTERPEREL g and expresses our deepest gratitude for her dedication and untiring efforts on behalf of Chamah and our programs in Moscow

Greta Elinson & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

CHAMAH expresses deep gratitude to

HDR.

JEAN-JACQUES g &

HPERLA

EDDERAI g for their generosity and compassion in helping our brethren in need

Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

CHAMAH expresses appreciation to

HLEONID

GANDELMAN g ď ¨LEONID GANDELMANg for his devotion to the activities of Chamah

Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff

Annual Annual Gala Dinner Virtual nd Concert Gala Dinner rd &

CHAMAH CHAMAH

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CHAMAH expresses our deep appreciation and gratitude to

HMARVIN

SCHOTLAND g MARVIN SCHOTLANDg President and CEO of the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles &

HNAOMI

STRONGIN g NAOMI STRONGINg of the UJA FEDERATION OF LOS ANGELES for their many years of friendship, dedication and generous support

Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH CHAMAHAnnual Annual

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DIAMOND CHAMAH congratulates our Honorary Dinner Chairman

and dear friends

HJOHN

& MARGO CATSIMATIDISÂ? for their new initiative feeding thousands of elderly and needy in New York, their steadfast dedication to the less fortunate, and their generous support of our humanitarian activities.

Hillel Zaltzman Moshiach Chudaitov & Berri Spitezki CHAMAH

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DIAMOND CHAMAH salutes

HJOHN

A. CATSIMATIDIS JR.Â? son of our dear friends John and Margo Catsimatidis, for continuing in his family's tradition of giving to the needy and less fortunate.

Berri Spitezki Moshiach Chudaitov Hillel Zaltzman & Chamah Staff CHAMAH

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DIAMOND CHAMAH salues

HANDREA

CATSIMATIDISÂ? daughter of our dear friends John and Margo Catsimatidis, for continuing in her family's tradition of giving to the needy and less fortunate.

Berri Spitezki Moshiach Chudaitov Hillel Zaltzman & Chamah Staff CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

CHAMAH Salutes

HRICHARD

AND ELAINE WEINBERGg for their friendship and support.

Moshiach Chudaitov Berri Spitezki & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

CHAMAH expresses deep gratitude to

HEUGENE

& EKATERINA FERSHTEYNg Members of the Chamah National Committee of Advisors For their devotion and generous support of the international activities of Chamah in Israel, USA and Russia

Benzion Laskin & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

CHAMAH salutes

HINNA

KRUGLYANSKAYA g Director of GAN CHAMAH EDUCATIONAL CENTER in Moscow for her dedication and commitment in educating Jewish children and for her pivotal role she played in rebuilding the Chamah Center for Child Development, benefitting hundreds of children

Chamah Executive Staff New York | Jerusalem | Moscow

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

CHAMAH salutes

HNORMAN

& NANCY LIPOFF g of THE ROBERT RUSSELL MEMORIAL FOUNDATION and expresses their deepest gratitude for their generosity and dedication to Chamah and for their involvement and philanthropy in Jewish causes worldwide

Binyomin Malachovski & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

CHAMAH expresses deep gratitude to

HRABBI

ARON MAMUT &

HRABBI

DOVID KARPOV for the devotion to Chamah activities in Moscow

Greta Elinson & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

CHAMAH salutes our dear friend

HHARP

SANGHAg and thanks him for his generous support and commitment to Chamah

Berri Spitezki & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

CHAMAH salutes

HILYA

BRODSKY g &

HVADIM

ROJAVSKI g and the staff of MIDTOWN HVAC ENTERPRISES, LTD We wish them great success in all their endeavors

Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

CHAMAH salutes

HALEXANDER

& SVETLANA TOUNKEL g and expresses our deepest gratitude for their dedication and longstanding constant support of the programs of Chamah in Russia

Hillel Zaltzman & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

CHAMAH thanks

HMRS.

GABRIELLE PROPPg & HAMORY

PROPPg for their friendship and support

Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

CHAMAH salutes

HPETER

SCHAFFERg HROBIN

SCHAFFERg &

HTHE

SCHAFFER FAMILYg for their friendship and generous support of Chamah International and for dedicating a room in the FIRST JEWISH MEDICAL & REHABILITATION CENTER in MOSCOW in loving memory of Peter’s parents,

HIRVING

& GERALDINE SCHAFFER, OBM g Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

33

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND CHAMAH salutes

HPHILIP

MARGOLIUSg of THE AARON & CECILE GOLDMAN FAMLY FOUNDATION for his friendship and generous support to Chamah

CHAMAH expresses their heartfelt condolences to the family of

HJENNIFER

MARGOLIUS FISHER, OBMg We are forever grateful for her generosity and dedication to our humanitarian activities.

Chamah pays tribute to Philip Margolius's dear wife

HPHYLLIS

MARGOLIUS, OBM g whose legacy of giving lives on

Binyomin Malachovski & Chamah Staff CHAMAH

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DIAMOND CHAMAH MOSCOW salutes

HDR.

ALEXANDER P. TCHIGIRINSKYg for his dedication, friendship and generous support of Chamah From the very first day, Dr. Alexander Tchigirinsky played a great role in the success of the Chamah humanitarian and educational programs in Russia With his help, Chamah has been able to assist tens of thousands of needy children and elderly

Dr. Greta Elinson Tzalel Shtein & Rabbi David Karpov CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

In Memoriam of

HLEONARD

LITWIN, OBMg

A great man devoted to easing the plight of our less fortunate brethren He gave with an open hand and with alacrity to support the multiple humanitarian and educational programs of Chamah.

His friendship and warmth are sorely missed by us at Chamah His exemplary life serves as a role model for his daughters, CAROLE PITTELMAN & DIANE MILLER and their families to emulate

Hillel Zaltzman & Chamah Staff CHAMAH Annual Virtual rd Gala Dinner

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CHAMAH conveys our deepest gratitude to

HDR.

GRETA ELINSONg Executive Director of CHAMAH MOSCOW &

HTZALEL

SHTEINg for their incomparable dedication and uncompromising commitment to Chamah and their programs They are continuously making a tremendous difference in the lives of tens of thousands of people, helping the elderly and securing a brighter future for children

Chamah Executive Staff New York |Jerusalem |Moscow

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

CHAMAH expresses our deep appreciation to our dear friend

HALBERT

RATNER g for his friendship, dedication and generous support over the years May he be blessed with many more happy and healthy years!

Binyomin Malachovski & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

33

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND In memoriam we pay tribute to

HROSE

ARONOV, OBM g mother of our dear friend and supporter Boris Aronov.

CHAMAH Salutes our dear friends

HBORIS

& TAMAR ARONOV g of BA GOLD ENTERPRISES for their constant involvement in Jewish causes and their steadfast support of the international activities of Chamah

Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

CHAMAH pays tribute to our dear friends

HSTEVEN

& LUCILLE OPPENHEIM g and thanks them for their many years of friendship, dedication and support

Binyomin Malachovski & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

CHAMAH salutes

HDR.

ARNOLD COHEN g for his dedication to the needs of the Jewish Nation His outstanding tzedakah and chesed is commendable

Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

CHAMAH expresses deep gratitude to

HMICHAEL

PETROVg for his steadfast support of Chamah and their many humanitarian and educational programs, and especially for his commitment to supporting the lone soldiers in Israel

Benzion Laskin & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

CHAMAH salutes

HYERACHMEAL

JACOBSONg &

HTHE

JACOBSON FAMILYg for their dedication to Jewish education and the welfare of those in need in honor of

HFAIGY

JACOBSONg & in memory of their father

HBETZALEL

JACOBSON, OBMg a scholar and a great man who was very dedicated to his family

Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

33

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

CHAMAH salutes

HSIMON

& JANA FALICg for their many years of friendship, dedication and generous support

Binyomin Malachovski & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND CHAMAH salutes

HMISHA

MIGDALg and thanks him for his generous support to Chamah and his dedication to the Russian Jewish Community in the United States, Israel, and around the world You are a true friend

Benzion Laskin & Chamah Staff CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

CHAMAH MOSCOW salutes

HSOLOMON

ZAHARYAEVg and thanks him for his dedication and support of the programs of Chamah in Moscow You make the world a better place to live in

Greta Elinson & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

We salute our dedicated friends, supporters and Dinner Committee Members

HSIMA

& ILYA FELDSHERg for their dedication to Chamah and our multiple humanitarian and educational programs

Benzion Laskin Hillel Zaltzman Moshiach Chudaitov & Binyomin Malachovski

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

In Memoriam CHAMAH pays tribute to

HALEX

KLEIN, OBMg our dear friend and supporter.

CHAMAH salutes his dear wife

HMIRIAM

GUTWEINg and thanks her for her devotion to the Jewish people and land of Israel.

Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

It is our great honor to salute our dear friend

HMORRIS

TABACINICg and thank him for his many years of warm friendship, dedication and support

Binyomin Malachovski & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

Congratulations to

HMARK

WILF g for his dedication and support to Chamah

Binyomin Malachovski & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

CHAMAH salutes our dear friends

HARTUR

ARCADIANg &

HILONA

DZHAMGAROVAg for their achievements for the benefit of the Russian Jewish Community and their friendship and support to Chamah

Benzion Laskin & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

CHAMAH salutes our dear friend

HLAZER

MILSTEINg &

HFAMILYg

for his friendship, support and dedication to Chamah

Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

33

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND CHAMAH salutes

HMEYER

JOSEPH NIGRI g for his friendship, dedication and generosity towards the programs of Chamah in Russia, Israel and the United States We express our sincerest thanks to him for dedicating a room in the FIRST JEWISH MEDICAL & REHABILITATION CENTER in MOSCOW in memory of

HADELIA

AND JOSEPH NIGRI, OBMg and for his immense generosity towards this life-saving center

Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

CHAMAH expresses deep appreciation to

HPETER

& JUDY WEISERg for their generous support of the activities of Chamah

Binyomin Malachovski & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

CHAMAH expresses deep gratitude and appreciation to

HMENDEL

& CHANA RAKSINg Hillel Zaltzman & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

CHAMAH salutes

HDR.

EYAL AND YELENA LEVITg and thanks them for their dedication to the Jewish Community and their friendship and support.

Benzion Laskin & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

CHAMAH & LUBAVITCH YOUTH ORGANIZATION thank

EFRAIM & CHANIE ZALTZMANg & THE ZALTZMAN FAMILYg for organizing and running the CHAMAH DAY CAMP in BRIGHTON BEACH, for Russian-speaking children who attend public schools The camp has a great impact on these children, whose only Jewish interaction is through these seven fun-filled weeks We express our great appreciation for their involvement in the ANNUAL NATIONAL RUSSIAN SHABBATON and for organizing the children's program for the weekend

Hillel Zaltzman & Chamah Staff CHAMAH Annual Virtual rd Gala Dinner

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CHAMAH salutes

HIGOR

GRODSKYg and thanks him for his friendship and dedication to the Jewish Community.

Benzion Laskin & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

CHAMAH salutes

HLEV

& ROZA RIVKINg and thanks them for their steadfast friendship, generosity and caring for Russian Jewry

Benzion Laskin & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

CHAMAH salutes

HYOSSI

& BATSHEVA POPACKÂ? outstanding philanthropists who are devoted to many Jewish causes We express deep gratitude and appreciation to them for their friendship and support to the Chamah Shabbaton, A Weekend To Remember, which impacts a thousand of our brethren every year May your good deeds inspire all to emulate you

Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

In Memoriam CHAMAH pays tribute to

HSHMUEL

ISAAC POPACK, OBMg community askan and philanthropist, loyal Chossid of the Rebbe, devoted husband, father, grandfather and greatgrandfather Your legacy lives on Mah zaroh bachayim af hu bachayim

Chamah International New York|Jerusalem|Moscow

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

CHAMAH pays tribute to our dear friend

HDAVID

HORVITZg and thanks him for his many years of friendship, dedication and support

Binyomin Malachovski & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

We salute our dear friend

HALEC

TEYTELÂ? and thank him for his dedication to Chamah and his devotion to the Russian Jewish Community

Benzion Laskin & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

In Memoriam

HMRS.

RECHYL RAPPAPORT, OBMg bas R’ Avraham Chayim Yisroel &

HR’ AVRAHAM RAPPAPORT, OBMg They were founding members of Anash in Toronto, and dear friends and supporters of Chamah for over thirty years Together they built a warm, chassidishe home, always open to guests Their wonderful family emulates their ways

Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

CHAMAH salutes our dear friend

HRICHARD

HORVITZg and thanks him for his friendship and generous support for many years

Binyomin Malachovski & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

CHAMAH expresses their deep appreciation to

HELLIOT

M. ABRAMSONg for his many years of friendship and support to the Chamah humanitarian activities through the KENNETH A. LATTMAN FOUNDATION

Binyomin Malachovski & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

CHAMAH salutes our dear friend

HLEWIS

E. TOPPERg and thanks him for his friendship and generous support for many years

Binyomin Malachovski & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND CHAMAH salutes our long-standing supporter and dear friend

HSYLVIA

URLICHg & her son

HDR.

JONATHAN FOXg We thank her for dedicating a wing in the First Jewish Medical & Rehabilitation Center in Moscow in memory of

HDR.

MORRY FOX, OBMg In Memoriam we pay tribute to Sylvia Urlich’s dear husband DR. MORRY FOX OBM whose legacy of giving lives on

Binyomin Malachovski & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

In honor of

HBARRY

WEISSg for his dedication to our humanitarian activities and support for the FIRST JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER in MOSCOW

Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

CHAMAH salutes

HDAVID

& MONA STERLINGg for their warm friendship, dedication and support

Binyomin Malachovski & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

In Memoriam CHAMAH pays tribute to

혵 LEON AND MINA SRAGOWICZ OBM g parents of our dear friends

혵 ARI SRAGOWICZ g 혵 DR. JOHN SRAGOWICZ g 혵 JANE & ELI FREUND g Binyomin Malachovski Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff CHAMAH

33

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DIAMOND

CHAMAH expresses their deep appreciation and gratitude to

HMENDY

CHUDAITOVg for his involvement in and dedication to the programs of Chamah International His leadership among young professionals in supporting Chamah is admirable and certainly helps our needy brethren worldwide

Mitchell Benerofe Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

CHAMAH salutes

HDOUGLAS

& SHERA DUBITSKYg and thanks them for their friendship, dedication and support

Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

CHAMAH expresses our gratitude and sincere thanks to our dear friend

HDR.

IRWIN GRIBETZg for his many years of friendship and support to Chamah

Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

In Memoriam CHAMAH pays tribute to

HELI LIPSKER, OBMg father of our dear friend

HMENDY

LIPSKERg Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

CHAMAH expresses deep gratitude to

HVLADIMIR

& LUDMILA BAUMBLITg and thanks them for their many years of friendship, dedication and generous support May the Almighty bless them to continue their noble deeds for many years to come, in good health & good spirit

Hillel Zaltzman & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

33

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

CHAMAH salutes the CHAIR of Chamah's RUSSIAN DIVISION

HREGINA

KISLINg for her many years of dedication and support

Hillel Zaltzman & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

We would like to thank

HALEKSEY

IFRAIMOVg for his dedication, warm heart and support for our efforts on behalf of the Jewish people in Moscow May the Almighty reward you with good health and success in all your endeavors

Hillel Zaltzman Inna Kruglyanskaya & Aron Mamut

CHAMAH

33

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

CHAMAH expresses deep gratitude and appreciation to our dear friend

HMRS.

IDA REICHg for volunteering her time, and for her dedication and tireless efforts in ensuring the success of the Chamah programs in Israel

Hillel Zaltzman & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

CHAMAH Moscow would like to thank

HIGOR

ERMOLINg for his understanding, compassion and assistance with our vital work

Greta Elinson & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

CHAMAH Moscow expresses thanks to

HOLEG

YEVDAKIMENKOg for his warm feelings and support in helping needy children at Gan Chamah Educational Center in Moscow

Greta Elinson & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

33

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

CHAMAH salutes

HDR.

MARIKA D. CHERFESg for her dedication and involvement with CHAMAH

Benzion Laskin & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND

CHAMAH Moscow expresses their greatest appreciation to their dear friend

HBARUCH

KAPLAN (HAKOHEN)g for his dedication and support of the religious programs of Chamah in Moscow His generosity and kindness is saving Jewish souls

Rabbi Dovid Kapov & Rabbi Aron Mamut

CHAMAH

33

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

CHAMAH congratulates our dear friend and Dinner Committee Member

HJENNIFER

FELDSHERg for her longtime devotion and friendship to Chamah and for her tireless efforts on behalf of our international activities

Benzion Laskin Hillel Zaltzman Moshiach Chudaitov & Binyomin Malachovski

CHAMAH

33

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DIAMOND

CHAMAH Moscow expresses our gratitude to our dear friend

HMICHAEL

FRIDMANg Chairman of ALFA BANK, MOSCOW For his longstanding support and dedication to Chamah Your kindness and generosity is saving thousands of lives of the less fortunate

Greta Elinson & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

33

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

CHAMAH salutes

HDIMITRIY

GOLOBORODSKIYg &

HIRINA

RAKHLISg For their exemplary leadership to the Russian-speaking Jewish community and for their innovations in Jewish education True role models

Benzion Laskin & Chamah Staff CHAMAH

33

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND CHAMAH expresses deep gratitude and appreciation to

HNEIL

& WENDY BRUCKNERg & HFAMILYg

for their devotion to the international activities of Chamah for almost three decades We salute their dedication to the State of Israel and the Jewish nation

Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff CHAMAH

33

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

CHAMAH congratulates our dear friend and Dinner Committee Member

HSUZANNE

SMOLYARg for her commitment to Chamah and continuous efforts in making our international activities a success

Benzion Laskin Hillel Zaltzman Moshiach Chudaitov & Binyomin Malachovski

CHAMAH

33

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Annual Virtual Gala Dinner

DIAMOND

CHAMAH expresses their greatest appreciation to their dear friend

HSTEVE

LOVELLg & his son

HBARRY

LOVELLg for their dedication and support to Chamah and their programs Their generosity and kindness is saving lives

Binyomin Malachovski, Benzion Laskin & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

33

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DIAMOND DIAMOND

CHAMAH salutes our dear friend and supporter

DAVID GORDON and thanks him for nearly two decades of generosity and dedication to the international programs of Chamah Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH CHAMAH Annual Annual

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DIAMOND DIAMOND

CHAMAH expresses deep gratitude to

JAY MARCUS Your family's love and dedication to Israel and the Jewish nation is legendary. Your unwavering friendship and support of our humanitarian work is heartwarming.

Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff

Annual Annual Annual Gala Gala Dinner Dinner Virtual nd nd & Concert Concert Gala Dinner rd &

CHAMAH CHAMAH CHAMAH

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In Memorium CHAMAH pays tribute to

Joel Stern, OBM A dear friend and supporter for over two decades. He devoted his life to Israel and the Jewish people.

Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff CHAMAH CHAMAH CHAMAH Annual Annual

33 32 nd nd

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DIAMOND DIAMOND

CHAMAH salutes

NATAN RIVEN for his friendship, dedication, and support Moshiach Chudaitov Benzion Laskin & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH

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DIAMOND DIAMOND

CHAMAH salutes

EZZY AND MALKA RAPPAPORT and thanks them for their friendship and support. May they continue the Rappaport legacy of helping our brethren in need for many years to come.

Moshiach Chudaitov & Chamah Staff

CHAMAH CHAMAH CHAMAH Annual Annual Annual

33 32 nd nd

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DIAMOND DIAMOND

In memorium we pay tribute to

Mrs. Raya Rivkin, OBM ‫לע"נ‬ ‫חי' רחל לאה ע"ה‬ ‫בת הרה"ח‬ ‫הרה"ת ר' יוסף יהודא ע"ה‬ Dear parent of our friend and supporter Mayer Rivkin. She was a baalas tzedakah, known for her kindness and love for helping others.

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ď ¨RIMA (RAIZA) CHYNINA, OBMg mother of our dear friend and supporter Ilya Brodsky. She was a smart, educated, and deeply religious woman, and imparted her connection to Judaism to her son.

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HJEFFREY

KRAINESg & HMERRILL

KRAINESg and thanks them for continuing the Kraines legacy of giving.

As their father, Sydney Kraines, OBM, used to say: "When I sign a check for Chamah, I enjoy it more than Chamah enjoys receiving it"

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CHAMAH expresses our heartfelt gratitude to

HMARGOT

GIBISg of THE LEIR FOUNDATION for her generous support of the Chamah Food Program in Moscow.

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CHAMAH salutes

HGAIL

PROPPg and the

MORRIS AND ANNA PROPP SONS FOUNDATION for their friendship and support of our international activities

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In honor of the years of friendship between Moshiach and Arthur and Hadassah Marcus and their ongoing support of Chamah

Linda and Jay Marcus

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In honor of

HMITCH

BENEROFE g my father and hero for his dedication to the humanitarian work of Chamah

Jonathan More

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CHAMAH thanks our friends and generous supporters

HEZRA

& RENEE DABAHg for their dedication of a room in the FIRST JEWISH MEDICAL & REHABILITATION CENTER in MOSCOW

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HRICHARD

WOLLOCH g &

HJOAN

MUSS g for their support and dedication over the years

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CHAMAH salutes our dear friend

HDEBRA

KURTZ g and thanks her for her continued support for the activities of Chamah

Binyomin Malachovski, Moshiach Chudaitov & Berri Spitezki

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CHAMAH thanks

HZE'EV

RAV-NOY g for his generous support of the programs and activities of Chamah

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CHAMAH congratulates

HHENRY

EICHLER g for his dedication to helping Chamah and other Jewish institutions

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HSAM

& LUDMILLA KISLIN g for their many years of friendship and support

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CHAMAH salutes our dear friends

HDOUG

& SUE BENACH g &

HTHE

BENACH FAMILY g for their many years of friendship, support and dedication to Chamah

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CHAMAH salutes

HDONNY

& MALKA SILBERg for their friendship and support to the ongoing international Chamah activities May their good deeds inspire other young leaders to get involved in charitable causes of our brethren around the world

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CHAMAH MOSCOW expresses our sincerest thanks to

HLEV

ZLATINg for his generosity, compassion and devotion to the needy children at the Gan Chamah School in MOSCOW

Greta Elinson & Chamah Staff

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HVITALIY

BORISOV g for his devotion to Chamah activities in Moscow

CHAMAH

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CHAMAH expresses expresses their their gratitude gratitude to to CHAMAH

VADIM ALHAZOV HVADIM

ALHAZOV for his his dedication dedication to to Chamah Chamah programs programs in in Moscow Moscow for

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HIZZY &&CHAYA HIZZY

CHAYABENSHIMONg BENSHIMON g for their friendship and support.

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In honor of our dear friends

HADA

& MITCH BENEROFEg whose commitment and dedication to this charity is so inspiring

Michael and Susan Castle

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In recognition of our dear friends

HADA

& MITCH BENEROFEg and their dedication to this wonderful institution

Sandy & Bruce Goldwyn

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In honor of

HMITCH

BENEROFEg and his dedication to Chamah

Paul G. Levy

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In honor of

HMITCHELL

BENEROFEg thank you for all you do for Chamah

Gary Benerofe

D & D Elevator Maintenance Inc. 38 Hayes St Elmsford, NY 10523 (914)347-4344 CHAMAH

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Eagle Air Conditioning Inc. 16 Sherman Avenue White Plains, NY 10605

Much Success!

Property Management Services of Westchester 78 South Regent St. Port Chester, NY 10573

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In honor of

HMITCH

BENEROFEg Thank you for making Chamah part of your life's work

Frank Algier, Vanguard Organization

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Congratulations and best wishes to Chamah, and to

HMITCHELL

I. BENEROFEg for your fine work as International Chairman.

TWB Benerofe 6” w x 3.5” h 9-24-18

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We’ll Put Your Business on the Right Path. like the friendly and personal environment “ Iyou find at The Westchester Bank. They really care about making my business successful.”

ANDREW BENEROFE Chairman & CEO, CampGroup LLC, White Plains

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Public Insurance Adjusters

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Craig Spiegel, President craigspiegel@1800adjusters.com 4614 Avenue N Brooklyn, NY 11234

Visit us on the web at

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We are proud to honor

Mitchell Benerofe for his work on behalf of

Chamah and thank him for all that he does on behalf of our community.

Sylvia and Daniel Mermel and Family

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Lovingly Dedicated to

HL'ILUY

NISHMAS SHABTAI BEN YOSEF CHAIM

Chamah International

CHAMAH

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BRONZE "For there will never cease to be needy within the land. Therefore, I command you, saying, you shall surely open your hand to your brother, to your poor one, and to your needy one….” (Numbers 15:11)

In loving memory of

HRABBI

YECHIEL ECKTEIN, ‫ל״ז‬‎g There are no words to describe our loss…. and In tribute to

HYAEL

ECKTEIN g May you continue to be inspired by your beloved father. and In honor of

HMITCH

BENEROFE g and the other honorees Your commitment and generosity to the Jewish community are a true inspiration to us all.

May you continue to go from strength to strength.

The Propp Family CHAMAH

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Yellow Bird Auto Center 6302 16th Ave Brooklyn, NY 11204

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To

HMITCH

AND ADA BENEROFEg Keep up the good work!

Steve and Ellen Lehrman

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LAWRENCE LAWRENCEBENENSON BENENSONg friend friendand andsupporter supporter ofofChamah ChamahHumanitarian Humanitarianprograms. programs. www.crosscountycenter.com www.crosscountycenter.com

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