Na'amat USA 2022 Golda Meir Award

Enriching Lives

EMPOWERING WOMEN IN ISRAEL SINCE 1925

2022 Golda Meir Award

Honoring Anita Gray June 16, 2022

NA’AMAT USA

For almost 100 years, NA’AMAT USA, International Movement of Zionist Women, has had one mission: to support the women and children of Israel. To accomplish its mission, NA’AMAT – through its sister organization in Israel – provides a broad range of social services, from day care centers to domestic violence shelters; from legal aid to alternative high schools. NA’AMAT has services and facilities in communities throughout the country, from Kiryat Shemoneh in the north, to Eilat in the south.

NA’AMAT – “A Voice For Women & Children – A Voice For Israel.”

NA’AMAT Israel

On the public level – NA’AMAT mobilizes and leads women to bring about social changes by initiating campaigns to influence public opinion and increase public awareness. We work to reinforce women’s awareness of their rights and value in the work force while pressuring employers to adapt to the special needs of the woman and her family.

To Achieve These Goals We:

• Initiate legislation • Organize protests and demonstrations • Provide public information and organize lectures and seminars • Take part in Knesset committees • File petitions to the Supreme Court On the communal level – NA’AMAT provides support services to women, children and families in Israel. We provide the following:

Education Programs:

• Day care centers • Agricultural, residential high schools • Professional training programs for women • Technological high schools • College and university level scholarships for women

Social Service for Individuals and Groups: Legal Counseling – Intervention, treatment and prevention of domestic violence support groups for single parent families.

Cultural Enrichment Programs for Women – NA’AMAT can be found in every

corner of Israel. That is why we are fully aware of the changing needs of women and families. We make every effort to adapt our agenda based on these changes, while anticipating future needs.

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NA’AMAT USA Cleveland Council 2022 Golda Meir Award Honoring Anita Gray Introduction............................................................................. Marci Curtis, Cleveland Council, Executive Director

Prayer ............................................................................. Rabbi Josh Caruso, Fairmount Temple

NA’AMAT USA ......................................................................... Susan Seely, Executive Director

NA’AMAT Cleveland Council ............................................Melanie Kutnick, Board Chair

Guest Speaker ..................................................................... Steve Hoffman, Chairman of the Board, Mandel Foundation

Introduction of Honoree ........................................................... Tim Wuliger

Acceptance ................................................................................ Anita Gray

Closing .................................................................................... Marci Curtis, Cleveland Council, Executive Director

Throughout the program you will meet family and friends of our Honoree, Anita Gray

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TRIBUTE COMMITTEE Dr. Sylvia & Ron Abrams

Sid Good

Sheila & Manny Adler

Lottie Gray

Cheryl Davis & Jon Wise

Peter Herbruck

Eric Fingerhut

Robin Lieberman & Lou Kelsch

Rina Frankel

David Malik

Nancy Glick

Orna & David Schafer

Bobby Goldberg

Mark Silverstein & Lisa Meek

Brenda Goldberg

AnnMarie & Renny Wolfson

David Goldberg

Rob Zimmerman

Sally Good

Rachel Stolley Gray & Zahari Stolley

EVENT CO-CHAIRS Dr. Linda Schoenberg

Judith Shamir

Chuck Whitehill

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Marci Curtis

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s we approach summer, and the end of another organizational year, it is time to recognize and applaud Cleveland Council for a job well done. Your members give of themselves tirelessly both on the Council and National levels. Heartfelt thanks go to Melanie Kutnick, Judith Shamir, and Linda Schoenberg for the important roles they play on our National board. Special thanks to Marci Curtis, your Area Director who has become the essential “heartbeat” of the NA’AMAT Cleveland Community. Todah Rabbah to all the members of Cleveland Council. You make the dreams of young women in Israel the realities of their future.

I look forward to seeing you all at our convention. Although being held virtually, our amazing convention committee plans to bring all the excitement and sounds of Hollywood to you. Please join a local ‘watch’ party for our installation evening. It will be time to have fun, dress up, and drink a l’chaim with new and old friends.

So, tune in and watch who will be coming down the red carpet.

Wishing you a wonderful summer.

Jan Gurvitch National President NA’AMAT USA

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I am proud to be greeting you in my new role as NA’AMAT USA’s National Executive Director and pleased to join you in honoring the work of both the Cleveland Council and of Anita Gray, this year’s Golda Meir Award recipient.

I have just returned from a whirlwind trip to Israel to see firsthand our remarkable NA’AMAT Israel programming and facilities, and I can attest to the important work you all are contributing to with your support of and donations to the Cleveland Council.

It was clear to me on my visit that NA’AMAT Israel is woven into the very fabric of Israeli society, particularly where women are concerned. As the largest Women’s Movement in Israel, NA’AMAT’s top priority is to advance and strengthen the status of women in society and to provide them with relevant resources and access to education. In Jaffa, I visited with children who are benefitting from a bilingual Hebrew/Arabic curriculum and whose teachers and staff are both Jewish and Arab. NA’AMAT Israel has been working for the past 125 years to create meaningful, sustainable, and transformational impacts on the lives of children, women, and families of all backgrounds through education, mental health services, and systemic change.

The mission and values of NA’AMAT are well aligned with those of the 2022 Golda Meir Award Honoree, Anita Gray – her life and work are a testament to her love for Israel, her work against antisemitism and bigotry, and her advocacy for an equitable society with resources and opportunities available to all.

We appreciate all of you for your support of the Cleveland Council and NA’AMAT USA. With your help, we are making a difference – Thank you!

Susan Seely

National Executive Director

NA’AMAT USA National Executive Director

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Dear Friends,

NA’AMAT USA and Cleveland Council recognize Anita Gray’s many accomplishments with this special Golda Meir Award. This award is presented to individuals for their personal and professional involvement in our community to help empower women, children, and families in Israel and throughout the United States and other parts of the world.

We are thrilled to recognize Anita as our 2022 Golda Meir Award Honoree. Anita has answered the call for service in many roles locally, nationally and internationally. She is truly an aishet chayil whose mission is tikkun olam in the broadest sense. Her accomplishments are lengthy and can be found in her biography you’ve seen on the invitation.

We thank members of the Tribute Committee for their commitment to recognizing Anita and their admiration for her ideals in supporting their shared mission of NA’AMAT. In addition, we gratefully acknowledge each of YOU for your support of the children in our day care centers, especially the Cologne Peace Day Care Center in Jaffa, Israel which will benefit from the proceeds of this event. We hope that as these young children grow up together and learn together, we are nurturing future adults who are able to address the complex problems facing Israel together.

Event Co-Chairs, Dr. Linda Schoenberg

Judith Shamir

Chuck Whitehill

Event Co-Chair

Event Co-Chair

Event Co-Chair

“Make the most of yourself by fanning the flames of tiny inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.”

Golda Meir

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Cleveland Council Board Officers 2021-2022 President ............................................................................Melanie Kutnick

Vice Presidents for Programs................................................... Judith Shamir Hannah Szabo

Vice Presidents for Membership ............................................ Myrna Groger Natalie Landy Judith Solonche

Secretary ................................................................................. Phyllis Weiss

Treasurer ....................................................................Dr. Linda Schoenberg

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Sponsors

Premier Platinum Sheila & Manny Adler

Platinum

Dr. Linda Schoenberg & Bill Jones

Gold

Sandy & Tim Wuliger

Silver

Sanford Shore Rina Frankel Brenda & David Goldberg Rochelle & Harley Gross Susan & Gary Haas

Bronze

Susan & Bob Hurwitz Phyllis Marcus Nancy Olenick Chuck Whitehill

Contributor

Sylvia & Ron Abrams Alec & Marcia Berezin Ofelia Bernstein Cuyahoga Community College Cindy & Michael Duber Shu & Gerry Erenberg The Bookatz-Berkowitz-Kumin Families Berkshire Hathaway Home Services/ Sharon Friedman Marian & Stuart Gertman Sally Good Sid Good Lottie Gray Myrna Groger Peter Herbruck David & Becky Heller/The NRP Group Coldwell Banker Commercial/ Emmco Realty Group Andrew Soclof Jeffrey Soclof

Melanie & Richard Kutnick Natalie Landy Stacie Madow Leah Dicker & David Malik Marguerite Morris Gordon Safran Sharon Schmelzer Judith & Ishak Shamir Lisa Meek & Marc Alan Silverstein Nancy Glick & Randy Solomon Judith Solonche Rachel Stolley Gray & Zahari Stolley Hannah & Tibor Szabo Sukenik Family Video Impressions Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple Cheryl Davis & Jonathan Wise AnneMarie & Renny Wolfson Dara & Alan Yanowitz

Gale & Jim Jacobsohn

Rob Zimmerman

Luisa Aviv Noreen Koppelman-Goldstein Robin Lieberman & Lou Kelsch Edith Paller

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Friends

Miriam Rose Barbara Rosenthal Orna & David Schafer Phyllis Weiss

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Mazal Tov to Anita Gray on your well-deserved honor of becoming a Golda Meir honoree.

We can’t think of a more deserving person to receive this honor.

Sheila and Manny Adler

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AISHET CHAYIL. - A WOMAN OF VALOR A WOMAN OF MANY TALENTS Aishet Chayil, a poem found in the Book of Proverbs (31:10-31) is attributed to King Solomon and sung at every Shabbat Table. Below are qualities that resonate with me about our distinguished honoree, Anita Gray.

(10) Would that one finds a woman of many talents!

Far beyond rubies is her worth.

(25) She is dressed in strength and splendor; she smiles as she looks to the future.

(26) She opens her mouth and speaks wisely; her tongue teaches kindness and love.

(29) Many women have acted with strength, but you exceed them all.

(31) Extol her for her handiwork, and praise her in the gates for all she has done.

Mazal Tov! Kol Hakavod Dr. Linda Schoenberg and William Jones

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To a great mentor, activist, and friend Mazel Tov Anita

Sandy and Tim Wuliger

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Yasher Koach to NA’AMAT USA Kol Hakavod to Anita Gray on the 2022 Golda Meir Award A Well-Deserved Honor

Best Wishes Sanford M. Shore

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Anita

Your Community Salutes You! Mazel Tov for your Golda Meir honor with NA’AMAT!!!

You are the perfect choice!!

Chuck Whitehill

On behalf of the Board, Staff, and Members of NA’AMAT USA, we congratulate Anita Gray on receiving the 2022 Golda Meir Award from the Cleveland Council.

Anita’s lifetime of good deeds and labors of love reflect the values of NA’AMAT. We are happy to recognize that donations received will benefit the Cologne Peace Day Care Center in Jaffa, Israel. This Day Care Center, with its ArabicHebrew bilingual program, is a jewel in our network of day care centers. It reflects a respect for cultural diversity and a desire for peace – the very values that Anita Gray represents.

MAZAL TOV! NA’AMAT USA

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Dearest Anita,

Cong�at�lations Anita on this well-deser�ed honor!

Thank you for all you do and all you have done to make this world a better place.

Susasn & Bob Hurwitz

Mazel Tov on an honor well-deserved!

L’ chaim!

Ofelia Bernstein Cindy & Michael Duber Marian & Stuart Gertman Sid Good Peter Herbruck Leah Dicker & David Malik Lisa Meek & Marc Alan Silverstein Nancy Glick & Randy Solomon Cheryl Davis & Jonathan Wise AnneMarie & Renny Wolfson

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Proud Supporters of NA’AMAT USA – Cleveland Council.

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Mazel Tov Anita on receiving the 2022 Golda Meir Award. A Well-Deserved Honor. Anita Gray serves as a role model for leadership and community service.

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Mazel Tov, Anita on receiving the Golda Meir Award!

Thank you for all you contribute to our community.

Sharon Friedman

This honor is well-deserved, and we are so proud of you!!

Congratulations to Anita Gray on receiving the 2022 Golda Meir Award.

Love, Lottie, Rachel, Stolley, Azzizi, Marcus

The Bookatz-Berkowitz-Kumin Families

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In Honor of My Children

Tera Nicole Madow and Quinn Ashley Madow In Honor of My Grandchildren

Ryla Breeze Marshall and Landon Reese Marshall In Memory of My Husband

Ron Madow

In Memory of My Loving Parents

Lila and Kris Krangle

Saluting Anita Gray for Being a Role Model for Women and Children Rob Zimmerman

Stacie Madow & Family

Mazal Tov

on this well-deserved honor.

Mazel Tov! Fondly,

Sylvia & Ron Abrams

Marguerite Morris

Mazel Tov!

In Loving Memory of Parents Eva & Herbert Landy Son Daniel Steven Dachman

Thank you for the wonderful work you do!

Myrna Groger Dear Anita, Congratulations on a well-deserved honor.

May you continue to go from strength to strength!

Thanks, Judith Shamir

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You are truly a deserving Gold Meir Award recipient!

Mazel Tov Anita!

Natalie Landy

Mazel Tov Anita!

You are an inspiration to us all.

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Melanie and Richard Kutnick

In loving memory of Lucy Erenberg Fierer

Mazal Tov Anita!

Sally Good

Shu & Gerry Erenberg and Family

Dear Anita Congratulations upon receiving the Golda Meir Award from NA’AMAT. Thank you for helping people find respect for each other.

Hannah & Tibor Szabo

In honor of the graduations of grandchildren Emily Rosen from the University of Pittsburgh and Alex Rosen from Solon High School.

Judy Solonche

Mazel Tov to our own Anita Gray on receiving the 2022 Golda Meir Award.

Well-deserved!

Your friends at Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple

Mazel Tov Anita

Mazal Tov Anita!

You embody all the attributes this award celebrates.

Thank you for your ongoing service and commitment to our Jewish community.

Dara and Alan Yanowitz

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Everyone wants success those who follow a true approach get it.

Anita - you are an admired leader and an unyielding force in our community!

Congratulations!

NA’AMAT USA Cleveland Council

REMEMBER that giving to NA’AMAT assures the continuity of the vital social services and educational programs maintained in Israel for future generations.

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Past Presidents Rose Kaufman*..................................................... 1939-1941 Miriam Shapiro*................................................... 1941-1943 Sarah Halperin*.................................................... 1943-1945 Helen Levine*...................................................... 1945-1947 Sophie Novitch*................................................... 1947-1949 Ethel Levine*........................................................ 1949-1951 Ruth Vincent*....................................................... 1951-1953 Janet Merlin*........................................................ 1953-1955 Gertrude Rutsky*.................................................. 1955-1957 Dorothy Dannhauser*.......................................... 1957-1960 Annie Marks*....................................................... 1960-1963 Mildred Javitch*.................................................... 1963-1965 Edith Paller ........................................................... 1965-1967 Estelle Shore ........................................................ 1967-1969 Marguerite Morris ................................................ 1969-1971 Rina Frankel......................................................... 1971-1973 Edith Isaacs* ......................................................... 1973-1975 Gladys Weltman .................................................. 1975-1978 Luanna Katz Gamble ........................................... 1978-1980 Eileen Gordon ..................................................... 1980-1982 Adele Mendel ...................................................... 1982-1983 Mae Berkman*..................................................... 1983-1986 Raycine Spector ................................................... 1986-1988 Mae Berkman*..................................................... 1988-1989 Adele Mendel ...................................................... 1989-1991 Gale Jacobsohn ................................................... 1991-1993 Shirley Lev*.......................................................... 1993-1995 Sheila Adler ......................................................... 1999-2001 Florence Dobrin* ................................................. 2001-2003 Ruth Ness ............................................................ 2003-2005 Robin Lieberman ................................................. 2005-2011 Natalie Landy ...................................................... 2011-2014 Dr. Linda Schoenberg .......................................... 2011-2013 Susan Haas .......................................................... 2013-2014 Rita Frankel ......................................................... 2015-2017 Reva Zaretsky ...................................................... 2015-2017 Robin Lieberman ................................................. 2016-2019 Sheila Adler ......................................................... 2018-2019 Melanie Kutnick ............................................. 2020 - Present *deceased

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