2022 Annual Benefit Printed Program

2022

Annual Benefit Thursday, December 15, 2022 Harmonie Club, New York City

Program WELCOME

Bennett W. Golub President, JCRC-NY

OPENING VIDEO GREETINGS

Ambassador Asaf Zamir

Consul General of Israel in New York

Hon. Charles E. Schumer Majority Leader, U.S. Senate

Hon. Kirsten Gillibrand U.S. Senator

David L. Moore

Chair of the Board, UJA-Federation of New York ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND AWARD CEREMONY

Cheryl Fishbein

L’DOR V’DOR COMMUNITY BUILDER AWARD

Hal Fetner

Chair of the Board, JCRC-NY

President and CEO, Fetner Properties

Alex Fetner

Associate, Fetner Properties PRESENTER

Louise Carroll

SHOFAR AWARD

Michael P. Lustig

PRESENTER

Brian S. Cohen

Partner and Co-Chair, Affordable Housing and Community Development Practice, Katten

Officer, JCRC-NY

Lavine Family Executive Director, Columbia/Barnard Hillel Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life BRIDGE TO JUSTICE AWARD

Reverend Jacques Andre DeGraff

PRESENTER

Rabbi Michael S. Miller

CLOSING

Gideon Taylor

Social Justice Champion

CEO Emeritus, JCRC-NY

Executive Vice President and CEO, JCRC-NY

JCRC-NY Officers & Board of Directors Officers PRESIDENT Bennett W. Golub CHAIR OF THE BOARD Cheryl Fishbein VICE PRESIDENTS Sanford Antignas Josh Moskowitz Gene Rachmansky** Craig S. Unterberg EXECUTIVE VP & CEO Gideon Taylor CEO EMERITUS Michael S. Miller

SECRETARY Robyn Polansky Morrison** TREASURER Michael P. Lustig ***

Past Presidents

Janice W. Shorenstein Charles S. Temel* Laurence A. Tisch* Peggy Tishman* Ronald G. Weiner

Martin S. Begun* Kenneth J. Bialkin* Cheryl Fishbein Judah Gribetz Gedale B. Horowitz* Alan S. Jaffe Ezra G. Levin* Matthew J. Maryles Lester Pollack* Richard Ravitch

Honorary President

Ezra Friedlander David J. Friedman Zoya Raynes Friedman Ester R. Fuchs Ruth Golan Jonathan Greenspun Jessica Haller Jay Hershenson Matthew J. Hiltzik Suzanne Denbo Jaffe*** Richard I. Janvey Karen Spar Kasner Judy Kaufthal Bradley Korn*** Alisa F. Levin*** Jeffrey E. Levine*** Max J. Levine Richard S. Linhart Gustave K. Lipman

Jason D. Mack Joel R. Marcus Mendy Mirocznik Shira Nadel Michael Nussbaum Shelley Lieff Parker Simon “Shimi” Pelman Joseph Rafalowicz Andrew Rechtschaffen*** Eric Rechtschaffen Anna Propp Riesenberg Eugene Schneur M. Ronen Schwartzman*** Marissa J. Shorenstein Adam Shpeen**** Rada Sumareva*** Richard M. Weinberg Steven Wils Jacob J. Worenklein

Jack D. Weiler*

Honorary Officers George Klein Rabbi Israel Miller* Daniel Shapiro*

Board of Directors Jonathan Adelsberg Karen R. Adler George Arzt Sharri A. Berg Abraham Biderman*** Tom Blumberg*** Charles R. Borrok Jacques E. Brand W. Stewart Cahn Brian M. Cohen Steven D. Cohn ** Suzanne R. Davidowitz Suzanne W. Doft Camille Dunst Jennifer E. Falk David A. Fine Stuart Finkelstein Adam Fleishman**** Rachel “Ruchie” Freier

*Deceased

**Development Committee Co-Chairs

***Development Committee Members

****Observers

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Dear Friends, It is our pleasure to welcome everyone to the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York’s 2022 Annual Benefit. The core mission of JCRC-NY is to protect and enhance the quality of life of the New York Jewish community and of all New Yorkers. To accomplish its goals, JCRC-NY has always devoted a significant portion of its resources to security concerns and community-bridging programs - - emphasizing the values and interests that unite all New Yorkers, Jews and non-Jews alike.

As we celebrate our achievements this evening, we are pleased to pay tribute to Reverend Jacques Andre DeGraff, recipient of the Bridge to Justice Award; Hal Fetner and his son Alex Fetner, recipients of the L’Dor V’Dor Community Builder Award; and Michael P. Lustig, recipient of the Shofar Award. We are privileged to recognize these outstanding individuals for their commitment, dedication, and leadership.

We want to extend a special thank you to our Annual Benefit Co-Chairs and Sponsors, Development Co-Chairs Robyn Polansky Morrison and Gene Rachmansky, and Development Committee. The tremendous support we have received from these exceptional individuals and everyone gathered here this evening is a testament to JCRC-NY’s extraordinary achievements. Your faith in our mission and goals will ensure that our outstanding Officers, Board of Directors, and staff can continue to serve all the people of the New York metropolitan area for many years to come.

Thank you, and please enjoy the evening.

Sincerely,

Bennett W. Golub President

Cheryl Fishbein Chair of the Board

Gideon Taylor Executive Vice President and CEO

JCRC-NY REPRESENTS ALL OF JEWISH NEW YORK. As the voice of the mainstream Jewish community at the tables where the critical issues of the day are being discussed, we build bridges of dialogue and understanding with every segment of the city’s population.

For almost 50 years, JCRC-NY has been the primary community relations organization representing and advocating for the needs of the 1.4 million Jews in New York City, Long Island, and Westchester.

A collaborative network of over 50 member organizations, we foster relationships with the WHAT WE DO: • Create a more connected New York Jewish community • Nurture relationships with the broader New York community to address critical issues and build a shared society • Keep the Jewish community safe and secure

government and close to 200 faith-based and ethnic groups in our area. Our Board of Directors reflects the broad cultural, political, ethnic, geographic, and denominational spectrum of New York Jewry.

New York needs JCRC-NY now more than ever. Our advocacy work on behalf of the Jewish community is essential. Our expertise, our relationships, and our reach make us the most effective organization working to ensure a strong, vibrant, secure New York Jewish community.

• Strengthen support for Israel among New Yorkers • Speak out on important issues affecting the Jewish community, New York, and Israel

WHO WE WORK WITH: Our partners within and outside the Jewish community include: • • • • •

Ethnic and racial communities Faith communities Public officials Jewish leaders from all streams Non-profits

• Law enforcement • The labor, progressive, and conservative movements • Education systems

WHERE WE WORK: • Our reach extends throughout the five boroughs, Long Island, Westchester, and Israel.

THE JCRC-NY APPROACH: • We are a common table for New York Jews.

• We cultivate relationships with all city leaders, finding common ground and supporting the issues that are important to them.

• We show up to represent New York’s Jewish community, building relationships and supporting dialogue between Jewish and nonJewish groups. We care about all New Yorkers and cultivate mutual understanding, supporting issues that matter to other communities.

• In partnership with UJA-Federation of New York, through our community security initiative

• Our impact reaches far beyond New York, as we share best practices and consult regularly with Jewish nonprofits across the country.

(CSI), we have significantly upgraded the physical security of approximately 2,000 Jewish institutions in the New York area so that people of all faiths can feel welcome and secure in our communal spaces.

• We educate the educators, exposing them to different narratives and voices from israel.

We’re helping to educate our children about the Jewish community and other communities, to dispel myths and encourage mutual respect and tolerance.

www.jcrcny.org

BRIDGE TO JUSTICE AWARD

Reverend Jacques Andre DeGraff Social Justice Champion

Reverend Jacques Andre DeGraff has served on the pastoral staff at historic Canaan Baptist Church where he was ordained under the Reverend Wyatt Tee Walker, (Reverend Dr. MLK’s former Chief of Staff) and is a renowned champion for equity and inclusion.

Rev. DeGraff is a graduate of Hunter College and studied at the NYU School of Real Estate, New York Theological Seminary, and Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Rev. DeGraff has been an outspoken advocate for economic and social justice for communities of color. Well-known and respected in New York leadership circles, he has been a tireless advocate for minority and women owned businesses which create jobs in our communities, and he helped to lead the passage of Local Law1 to create municipal opportunities for MWBE contracts.

City and State Magazine featured him in a recent cover story as a leader in the national Black Church initiative to combat COVID in NYC. His activities also earned him inclusion on the list of New York’s Black Power 100.

Rev. DeGraff served as Co-Chair on the African American Council on matters of economic development and diversity for the Nielsen Corporation, the leading global provider of consumer information and analysis.

Rev. DeGraff was the featured speaker and U.S. Representative at the United Nations at its Commission on Violence against Women. He has been a leader and activist against gun violence

working with One Hundred Black Men, former Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, and the New York Police Department. Rev. DeGraff helped spearhead the acclaimed gun buyback program.

He is also a founding member of the world-famous Harlem Week.

Rev. DeGraff served as Chairman of the NewsCorp Community Philanthropic Awards and Scholarships Program and the past Chairman of Diversity Council for properties including Wall Street Journal, Fox News, 20th Century Fox Films, and other properties.

He is Past Chairman of the Board of the Urban Assembly, an innovative educational foundation that has created over twenty-two public schools in the City of New York.

He serves as Chairman and President of The Friends of Harlem Hospital, the fund-raising organization for the enhancement of the hospital and patient care.

He serves as the New York City Clergy Leader for Choose Heathy Life, a faith and Black Church initiative that ensures churches receive the necessary resources and support to address the COVID-19 pandemic health disparities, and to deliver preventive wellness programs.

He is Executive Director for the Velez Organization for the Mentor Technical Assistance Program at the School Construction Authority. This is the city’s premier capacity building mentor program for capital projects. MTAP has become a national training, educational, and technical assistance model.

L’DOR V’DOR COMMUNITY BUILDER AWARD

Hal Fetner

President & CEO, Fetner Properties

Alex Fetner

Associate, Fetner Properties

Under Hal’s direction, Fetner Properties has become one of the most well-respected real estate companies in New York.

Always on the forefront of the residential real estate industry, Hal has earned the reputation as one of the most sustainable builders in the city, with multiple LEED® Gold residential buildings to his name. Hal focuses on affordable and market rate housing and is currently developing three ambitious new projects in New York City.

A proud alumnus of Syracuse University, Hal serves on the University’s Board of Trustees, is Chair of the Facilities Committee at the University, and is a member of the University’s Whitman School of Management Advisory Council and the Whitman Real Estate Advisory Board. Dedicated to providing opportunities for future generations of Syracuse students, Hal established the Fetner Program fund, a scholarship at the Whitman School for students

Alex joined Fetner Properties in 2021. He helps lead the effort to source and evaluate new acquisition and development opportunities.

Prior to joining Fetner Properties, Alex was a Vice President at CBRE in the Investment Properties group. While there, Alex was instrumental in the execution of over $5B of transactions across the city. Alex joined CBRE from Eastdil Secured.

pursuing sustainability, and created the Fetner Sustainability Series as well as the Fetner Prize in Sustainable Enterprise. Hal sits on the Board of Governors and the Executive Board of the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) and is on the Board of Trustees of the Citizens Budget Commission — a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization pursuing constructive change in the finances and services of New York City and State.

Hal graduated from the Whitman School of Management and subsequently earned a Juris Doctor from New York Law School. In 1988, Hal took on the role of CEO at Fetner Properties as the third generation to take the helm. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable Joe Hynes, special prosecutor of the State of New York.

He and his family reside in Westchester County, New York.

Alex is a member of the Real Estate Board of NY. He attended Cornell University, graduating with a major in Government and minor in Business. As an alumnus, Alex served as the Chair of his fiveyear reunion fundraising campaign and currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Cornell Young Alumni Philanthropy committee. Alex resides in Manhattan, and in his spare time enjoys golf, tennis, and reading.

SHOFAR AWARD

Michael P. Lustig Officer, JCRC-NY

Michael Lustig retired after a 25-year career on Wall Street and now devotes the majority of his time and energies toward non-profit and impact-related enterprises.

Prior to retiring, Michael spent most of his career at the asset management firm BlackRock, where he was Managing Director overseeing Structured Mortgage & Derivative Products trading and Advisor/Portfolio Manager for the Federal Reserve’s Global Financial Crisis-Related Managed Assets.

He is President of the Baron de Hirsch Fund, an Officer of JCRC-NY and a Board Member/Trustee of: Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel, American Friends of OGEN, JLens, Israeli Forum for Impact Economy, Columbia/Barnard Hillel, the Hillel International Office of Innovation, AJCNY, and Congregation Shearith Israel. Michael is a graduate of Columbia College, Columbia

University, Adjunct Professor of Finance at NYU | Stern School of Business, and a lecturer at the College for Management Academic Studies in Rishon LeZion, Israel, the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, teaching full time elective courses for MBAs in Fixed Income, Capital Markets, and Impact Finance.

Michael serves on the Board of GigaWatt Global, the Israel-based solar energy company that built the first large-scale, grid-connected fields in East Africa (with more in-process!) He maintains several other corporate Advisory and Board positions through his impact and technology-focused investments. He has curated a number of exhibits at The Society of Illustrators and is a licensed NYC sightseeing guide.

Michael lives in Manhattan with his wife Rachel, and their three wonderful children.

2022 Annual Benefit Co-Chairs Michael Garner Suzanne Denbo Jaffe Jeffrey E. Levine David L. Picket Rabbi Joseph Potasnik Rabbi Peter J. Rubinstein Elizabeth Velez

2022 Annual Benefit Sponsors As of December 9, 2022

Presenting Sponsor Cindy and Bennett W. Golub

Leader The Fetner Family Gustave K. Lipman

Benefactor The Blumberg Family Cheryl Fishbein and Philip Schatten

Patron Jeffrey E. Levine, Ambassador Randi Charno, and Family Douglaston Development Tina, Steve, Lucy, and Kyle Price Vicki and Ronald G. Weiner

Partner BlackRock Corcoran Karen and Jay Kasner and Family Rachel R. Brody, Michael P. Lustig and Family Mount Sinai Health Systems

2022 Annual Benefit Sponsors (Continued) As of December 9, 2022

Chai Suzanne and Jacob Doft Hunter Roberts Construction Group Jason Mack Barbara and Barry Novick Anna and Gene Rachmansky Kim and Eric Rechtschaffen The Temel Family

Advocate Anita Sibony de Adelsberg and Jonathan Adelsberg Sandy and Stewart Cahn Reverend Jacques and Jacqueline DeGraff Jaimie and Stuart Finkelstein Suzanne Denbo Jaffe Katten Leora and Richard Linhart Marcus & Pollack LLC Newmark Rona and David Picket Rubenstein Vinson & Elkins LLP

Contributor Sanford Antignas Beth Goldman and Louis Solomon on behalf of Congregation Shearith Israel Suzanne R. Davidowitz Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP GFP Real Estate Marlene and Alan Gilbert Glenwood Goulston & Storrs Brian M. Cohen Greenberg Traurig, LLP Edward Wallace Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti, LLP JLL Capital Markets King Contracting Group NY Inc. Erica Temel and Max Levine

M&T Bank Gladys and Matthew J. Maryles Robyn Polansky Morrison and Dr. David Morrison Alisa F. Levin and Charles Nathan Joel I. Picket and David L. Picket Gotham Organization, Inc. Karen and Joseph Rafalowicz Rockpoint Group Nina and Ivan Ross Jeffrey Schoenfeld M. Ronen Schwartzman Klara and Larry A. Silverstein Silverstein Properties Urban Atelier Group Wells Fargo Madelyn and Steven Wils

2022 Annual Benefit Sponsors (Continued) As of December 9, 2022

Family George Arzt Julie Levi and Richard Blau BronxCare Health System Cosentini Associates Direct Builders Supply Benjamin Indig Barbara Duberstein Yan and Polina Erlikh Jill and Paul Fishbin Michael Foreman Corinne and Joe Franco David J. Friedman Zoya Raynes Friedman and Naftali Friedman Greenberg Trager & Herbst, LLP Jessica and Chad Haller Lauren and Ethan Klingsberg

Langan Jane and Reuben Leibowitz Shelly and Jay Lipman Lois and Eric Lustig Milrose Consultants The Pace Companies Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. Randi Fetner Sherman Janice W. Shorenstein Peggy Tanner Mark Tsesarsky Adrienne and Michael Turok Valley Bank Elizabeth Velez Robin Verges View, Inc.

Friend Adrienne and Michael Alexander Eugene Bebout Donald S. Bernstein Michelle Brody and Hal Blumenfeld Bousquet Holstein PLLC Robert Bressman Rabbi Joshua M. Davidson DeSimone Consulting Engineers Stephen DeSimone Lisa and Stephen Eisenstein FHS Risk Management Beth and Howard Fiddle Meir Feder and Abbe Gluck David and Beth Javdan in honor of Columbia Barnard Hillel

Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever, LLP Myra and Alon Mogilner New York Board of Rabbis Rabbi Joseph Potasnik Dale and Michael Nussbaum Brad Phillips Evelyn Kenvin and Art Rosenbloom Roni Rubenstein Dara and Eric Shapiro Sive, Paget & Riesel, PC Stacey and Oliver Stanton Michelle Treitel

Young Leadership Judah Klingsberg Marcus & Pollack LLC Shira Nadel and Jason Schifrien

Adam Shpeen Dylan Krouse and Robbie Tanner

2022 Annual Benefit Sponsors (Continued) As of December 9, 2022

Supporter Suzy and Michael Appelbaum Laurie Blitzer Brian S. Cohen Lavine Family Executive Director, Columbia/Barnard Hillel Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life Beth and Cliff Fetner Michael Garner Jonathan Greenspun Alyssa and Jack Hattem Hillel at Binghamton Board of Directors The Kalfus Family The Lichtenberg Family

MG Engineering D.P.C. The Marion & Aaron Gural JCC Ron Moelis Rebecca Chaplan and David Nathan Julie Persily Barbara and Guy Reiss Michael and Ellen Rubin Debbie and David Sable Ruth and Ira Salzman Ronnie and Andrew Schonzeit Harriet and Marc Suvall Sarene Shanus and Harold Treiber

JCRC-NY Staff & Consultants Gideon Taylor Michael S. Miller Adam Berish Robyn Berman Emily Bodgan Terence M. Byrne Ellin Delsener Liron Filiby Marcy A. Fishman Liz Gabay Noam Gilboord Jennifer A. Glick Seth Goodstein Susan Green William Hayes Dov Horwitz Tara Isler Sharon Jacker Robert G. Kaplan Leo Keech

David Kerner Daniela Kogan Peter Kohlmann Karen Lander Lafferty Rachel Lissy Jamie Matos Jill Mendelson Tiffany Moreno Gabi Negrin Karen Ostrove Jeremy Paulson Mindy Perlmutter Howard Pollack David M. Pollock Shahar Sadeh Jackie Shapiro Tzipporah Shapiro Halle Shumate Mitchell D. Silber Marc E. Wolf

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