Back row (l-r) Barbara Nordlicht, Hope Berger Nathan, Nancy Karp Front row (l-r) Faye Krawitz, Sheri Feldman, Elisheva Stein, daughter of Eva Torczyner
DEVELOPMENT NEWS long Island’s outstanding leaders honored
T
he 2012 AMIT Greater Long Island Gala took place in October at the Sephardic Temple in Cedarhurst, NY.
The theme of the event was “New Horizons for Children” and honored six women who have provided leadership in their respective communities and AMIT chapters.
(l-r) Chevi, Shlomit and Rabbi Ira Ebbin
Barbara Nordlicht of the Daroma Chapter of Long Beach was the recipient of the Keter Shem Tov Award. The regional honorees were: Nancy Karp-Massada Chapter of the Five Towns Hope Berger Nathan-Sabra Chapter of the Five Towns Sheri Feldman-Shoshana Chapter of West Hempstead
(l-r) Aviva Mansbach, Elizabeth Luxenberg, Leora Weisenberg
Eva Torczyner-Aliza Chapter of Oceanside Faye Krawitz-Batya Chapter of Plainview Special recognition was given to the young women from Long Island who were members of the fifth graduating class of Midreshet AMIT. Elizabeth Luxenberg of Great Neck, and a member of the class, delivered an inspiring D’var Torah. Shlomit Ebbin of Merrick spoke about her experience as a participant in AMIT’s Mitzvah Program in which she shared her Bat Mitzvah with a young woman who is a resident at AMIT’s Beit Hayeled. AMIT’s new video on the Mitzvah Program had its debut at the Gala. The Long Island Gala was co-chaired by Debby Gage, Risë and Harvey Kaufmann, Zipporah and Rabbi Arnold Marans, Esther and Donald Press, Betty Atlas Rumelt and Owen Rumelt and Sami Schindelheim.
(l-r) Lloyd and Nancy Karp
(l-r) Steve, Faye, Jason, Tali and Jennie Krawitz
(l-r) Barbara Nordlicht and Brenda Kalter WNTR13_devnews_p28-37_v5.indd 6
Hope Berger and grandson, Ariel Berger
(l-r) Richard, Sheri, Gabriella, Sarah and Tamara Feldman
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