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Continued from pg. 27 Mr. and Mrs. Brian Mendelson Mr. and Mrs. Myron Mensh Mr. Joseph Merwin Mr. and Mrs. Paul Metlin Mr. and Mrs. Yosef Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Tony Milian Mrs. Margaret Miller Mrs. Jo Miller Mr. Michael Miller Mrs. Melissa Miller Mr. and Mrs. David Miller Mr. and Mrs. Richard Miller Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Miller Mr. Daniel Miller and Ms. Lior Spring Mr. Glenn Miller and Mr. Michael Miller Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Millrood Dr. Stuart Millstone Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Mintzer Mrs. Shirley Mirkis Dr. and Mrs. Jon Mitzmacher Mrs. Judy B. Mizrahi Dr. and Mrs. Ed Mizrahi Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mizrahi Mr. and Mrs. Steven Mizrahi Mr. and Mrs. Alan Mizrahi Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Mizrahi Mrs. Annice Molinaro Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Montagna Dr. and Mrs. Craig Morgenthal Mrs. Sonya Morris Mr. and Mrs. Joel Morris Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Morris Mr. Ben Morse Ms. Anita Moss Mr. Andrew Yellen and Ms. Ruthellen Mulberg Ms. Geri Myers Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Myers Judge and Mrs. Bernard Nachman Dr. and Mrs. Peter Natale Dr. and Mrs. Alan Nathans Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Neadle Drs. Steven and Tmima Neihaus Mr. and Mrs. Lon Neuman Ms. Kym Newlen Mr. and Mrs. William Newman Mr. and Mrs. Robert Newman Mr. and Mrs. Michael Nicotra Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nied Drs. Michael and Sue Nussbaum Mr. and Mrs. Louis Nussbaum Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nykerk Ms. Linda Oberdorfer Mrs. June Oberdorfer Mr. Andrew Ocean Ms. Gloria Oehlman Mr. and Mrs. Moshe Ohayon Mr. and Mrs. Jais Ohayon Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Olesker Mrs. Donne Ordile Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Organes Ms. Allysondra Osborne Mr. and Mrs. Morrie Osterer Ms. Janice Ozer Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pagano Ms. Leah Palestrant Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Palevsky Mr. Michael Pallen Mr. and Mrs. Brian Pargman Mr. and Mrs. Todd Parker Mr. and Mrs. Richard Passink Mr. and Mrs. John Pataky Mr. and Mrs. Troy Patton Mr. and Mrs. Michael Paul Mr. and Mrs. Herman Paul Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Pearl Mr. and Mrs. Ira Peck Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Perin Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Perlis Dr. and Mrs. Gary Perlman Dr. and Mrs. Morton Perlman Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Persky Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Pies Mr. and Mrs. Michael Platzer Ms. Laura Platzer Mr. and Mrs. Richard Plotkin Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Plotkin Mr. and Mrs. Jay Plotkin Mrs. Lita Poehlman Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pollan Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Pollock Dr. Judy and Mr. Ronel Poppell Mr. and Mrs. Steven Porter Mrs. Phyllis Portnoy Ms. Elaine Portnoy Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Portnoy Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pozin Mr. and Mrs. Marc Preminger Mrs. Anne Presser Mr. Neil Presser Mr. Bradley Preuss Mr. Michael Price Mr. and Mrs. Sam Price Dr. Susan Price Mr. and Mrs. Ron Price Dr. Miriam and Mr. Jack Price Dr. and Mrs. Michael Pulley Dr. and Mrs. Marco Rand Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Spector Mr. and Mrs. Neil Rashba Dr. Todd Rasner and Dr. Inbal Cohen-Rasner William and Joan Rein Family Dr. Harry Reinstine Jr Mr. Edward Witlen and Ms. Marie Reitzes Mr. and Mrs. Harold Reiz Dr. and Mrs. Harold Resnick Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Resnick Ms. Sondra Resnikoff Dr. Amy and Mr. Jason Rice Mrs. Marian Rice Dr. Deena Richman and Mr. James Richman Mrs. Ina Richter-Shainbrown Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rickerson Mr. and Mrs. Matt Rickoff Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Rideman Mr. and Mrs. William Rifkin Mrs. Toby Ringel Dr. and Mrs. Harris Rittenberg Mr. and Mrs. Skip Roach Mr. and Mrs. David Robbins Mr. Martin Marquez and Ms. Effie Rocca Mrs. Linda Rodman Mrs. Colleen Rodriguez

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Mr. Howard Roey Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rogove Mr. and Mrs. Yoav Rogovin Rabbi and Mrs. Jim Rogozen Mr. and Mrs. Sam Rogozinski Dr. and Mrs. Chaim Rogozinski Dr. and Mrs. Abe Rogozinski Mr. and Mrs. Steven Rohan Mr. and Mrs. Don Rosborough Ms. Margaret Rose Mr. William Rose Ms. Gilda Roseman Mr. Paul E. Rosen Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Rosen Dr. and Mrs. Elliott Rosenbaum Mr. Jerome Rosenbaum Mrs. Janet Rosenblatt Dr. Eli Rosenblatt Mrs. Stacia Rosenblum Ronnie & Jerrold Rosenbaum Family Mr. and Mrs. David Rosenthal Ms. Marla Rosin-Borrousch and Ms. Pennie Rosin-Borrousch Mr. and Mrs. Alan Rosner Mr. and Mrs. Steve Ross Marc Rotenberg Dr. and Mrs. Neal Roth Mrs. Sandi Roth Mr. Simon Rothstein Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell Rothstein Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rothstein Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Rothstein Mr. and Mrs. Grigory Royzen Mr. and Mrs. George Rubens Dr. and Mrs. Devon Rubin Mrs. Arlene Rubin Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Rubin Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Ruby Mrs. Shirley Rudnick Mr. and Mrs. Leif Rush Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Sachs Mrs. Carol Sack Ms. Daryl Sadowsky Mr. and Mrs. Eliot Safer Mrs. Rubye Safer Ms. Eleanor Safer Mrs. Gaye Sager Ms. Bess Saliman Dr. and Mrs. David Sall Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Saltz Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Sandler Mr. and Mrs. Neil Sandler Drs. Jeff and Wendy Sapolsky Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Saraga Mr. and Mrs. Mark Saye Mr. and Mrs. David Schachnovsky Dr. and Mrs. Howard Schare Dr. and Mrs. Michael Scharf Dr. and Mrs. Jay Schauben Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Scheer Mr. and Mrs. Harold Schemer Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Schemer Judge and Mrs. Jack Schemer Mr. and Mrs. William Schemer Mrs. Shirley Schemer Mrs. Frances Schemer Ms. Amy Schemer Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schiller Ms. Ilene Schinasi Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Schlackman Judge and Mrs. Harvey Schlesinger Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schneider Judy and Robert Schnitzer Rabbi and Mrs. Avi Schochet Dr. Elana Schrader Mrs. Laura Schulman Ms. Regina Schuman Mr. Simon Schuster Mrs. Barbara Schuster Dr. and Mrs. Brian Schwam Shira and David Schwam-Baird Mr. Zachary Schwartz Mrs. Margie Seaman Mr. and Mrs. Allan Sebotnick Ms. Stephanie Seebol Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Seebol Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sekine Selevan Family Mr. Jack Merwin and Ms. Karen Selig Mrs. Mimi Selig Mr. Alan Selmanoff Dr. and Mrs. Robert Selwitz Mr. Howard Serkin Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Serkin Setzer Family Dr. and Mrs. Barry Setzer Mr. and Mrs. Alan Setzer Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Shacter Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shafer Mr. and Mrs. Steven Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. Joel Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shenkman Mr. and Mrs. Jay Sherline Mr. Steven Sherman Shorstein Family Mr. and Mrs. Mark Shorstein Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shorstein Mr. and Mrs. David Shuman Dr. and Mrs. Jules Sidle Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Siegel Mr. and Mrs. Edward Siegel Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Signer Mr. and Mrs. Leon Silke Mr. and Mrs. Gary Silverfield Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Silverman Ms. Barbara Berlin and Mr. Robert Silverman Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Simms Mrs. Deborah Simon Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Sims Mr. and Mrs. Richard Singer Mr. and Mrs. Federick Singer Mr. and Mrs. Barry Sinoff Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sisisky Mr. and Mrs. Adam Skala Mrs. Irene Sloat Mr. and Mrs. Alan Smiley Ms. Laurie Smirl Mr. and Mrs. Avi Smith Mrs. Francine Smith Ms. Dianna Smith Mr. and Mrs. Eric Smith Mr. and Mrs. Lon Smolensky Drs. Todd and Catherine Snowden Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Soffer Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Sohn Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Soilson Mr. and Mrs. Eugolio Soliven Dr. and Mrs. Michael Solloway Mrs. Carole Solomon Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Solomon Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Solomon

Mr. and Mrs. Damian Spector Mr. and Mrs. David Spencer Mrs. Elaine Stack Mr. Rob Armstrong and Ms. Barbara Stafford Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Stark Dr. and Mrs. Mandell Stearman Mr. and Mrs. Jay Stein Mr. and Mrs. David Stein Mrs. Marilyn Stein Ms. Ruth Stein Mrs. Susan Stein Mr. Daniel Stein Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Steinberg Mr. and Mrs. Martin Steinberg Ms. Talia Steiner Dr. and Mrs. Irving Sterman Drs. Barry and Rori Stevens Ms. Irina Stevens Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Stone Mr. and Mrs. Leon Stone Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Stone Dr. and Mrs. Richard Stromberg Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Sullivan Dr. and Mrs. Saul Sussman Sweetwater Chavurah Club Dr. Millie and Mr. Edward Tannen Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Tannenbaum Mrs. Marilyn Tanney Ms. Shelley Tarbox Mr. and Mrs. William Tatel Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Tavill Mr. and Mrs. Jason Teichman Mr. Larry Teitelman Mrs. Barbara Teitelman Mr. and Mrs. Lev Tillis Rabbi and Mrs. Howard Tilman Ms. Marion Tischler Dr. Karen Toker Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Toyzer Mr. and Mrs. Marty Trachtenberg Trager Family Mr. Asher Trager Mr. and Mrs. Brent Trager Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tromberg Ms. Esfir Tulchinskaya Mrs. Carol Turbow Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Turko Mr. and Mrs. Izrail Turovskiy Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Ullmann Mr. and Mrs. Steven Underkofler Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Van Mr. and Mrs. David Vandroff Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Vandroff Mrs. Dot Verstandig Ms. Sharon Voiron Mr. and Mrs. Vladimir Voloshin Mr. and Mrs. Jules Wagman Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Waitz Mr. and Mrs. Ilan Wajsman Mr. and Mrs. Blair Walker Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wallman Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Ware Dr. and Mrs. Steven Warfield Mr. Michael Waskew and Ms. Elsa Mitschele Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wasserman Drs. Paul and Marte Wasserman Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Watkins Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Weihnacht Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weiner Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Weiner Dr. Joseph Weinman Mrs. Renee Weinstein Mrs. Linda Weinstein Ms. Rachel Weinstein Mrs. Margie Weinstein Mr. Daniel Weinstock Mr. and Mrs. David Weintraub Mrs. Susanne Weisman Mr. and Mrs. Barry Weisman Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Weiss Mr. Mitchell Weiss and Mrs. Gale Cohen-Weiss Mrs. Sandra Weiss Dr. and Mrs. Jerome Weitzen Dr. and Mrs. Jeff Weitzner Mrs. June Weltman Dr. and Mrs. Gary Weltman Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Werner Mr. and Mrs. Todd Werwa Mr. and Mrs. Josh Whitman Mr. Jeff Wiener Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Wilde Mr. and Mrs. Gary Wilkinson Mrs. Linda Wilkinson Mr. and Mrs. Skip Willbach Mr. Stuart Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Steven Wilson Mrs. Dottie Wilson Mr. and Mrs. James Wiss Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Witt Mrs. Jacqueline Witte Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Witten Ms. Carole Witten Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Wohl Ms. Kathy Wohlhuter Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Wolchok Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Wolchok Mr. and Mrs. Judah Wolf Ms. Irene Wolfe Mrs. Lesley Wolfson Mrs. Carole Wolpin Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wolpoff Ms. Linda Woodard Mr. and Mrs. Frank Woodard Ms. Elaine Wright Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Wyzan Mrs. Marjorie Wyzan Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Yahre Mr. and Mrs. Evan Yegelwel Mrs. Elsie Yellin Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Yergin Mr. Leon Yergin and Ms. Caryn Kenny Dr. Harry Yoffee Mr. and Mrs. Charles Young Mr. and Mrs. Donald Young Dr. and Mrs. Larry Young Dr. Scott Zager Mr. and Mrs. Dana Zaifert Mr. and Mrs. David Zavon Ms. Anita Zeldin Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ziemba Mr. and Mrs. Lev Zilberman Mrs. Donna Zimmerman Mrs. Barbara Zimmerman Mr. Bradley Zimmerman Mr. Lanny Zimmerman Mr. Sandy Zimmerman Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zimmerman Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Zisser Mr. and Mrs. Barry Zisser Mr. and Mrs. Paul Zyserman

Continued from pg. 1 the entire community is amazing,” Flagler said of this unique partnership. In another amazing twist, both Margolies and Flagler had the benefit of meeting Marmari in person during their JCA and Federation joint journey to Israel this past spring.

“Alan and I met her in Israel, spending the better part of a day with her and she is a very bright and articulate young lady,” Flagler recalled of their interactions. “She works with people who have challenges, so you know she has a real caring personality and an empathy for people.” Jacksonville’s new Israeli emissary will be in the community for at least a year, with the option for her to stay on and continue her work for a second tour. For more information on Shlichim and all that they do, log onto jewishagency.org/shlichim.

Federation Executive Director Alan Margolies and President Sandy Zimmerman visit with Marmari during their July journey to Israel

Q&A with Jacksonville’s newest Israeli Intern

Dana Marmari Jacksonville Jewish News: What are you looking forward to most in coming to Jacksonville and working within the Jewish community here? Dana Marmari: I look forward to meeting and getting to know all the amazing people and projects that are there in the community. I’ve heard so many great things about Jacksonville and its Jewish community, I can’t wait to become a part of all the meaningful work being done. I hope that together, we will be able to strengthen the connection between the Jewish community in Jacksonville and Israel. JJN: Where are you from in Israel and what do you do currently? DM: I’m from Kfar Saba, a small city in the Sharon region, of the Center District of Israel (about 15 miles north-east of TelAviv). I currently work as a social worker in a protected accommodation for young adults with autism and special needs. JJN: Have you ever been to the U.S. before and if so what were the circumstances of your experiences? DM: As a child, I lived in the U.S. twice. At first, we moved to Fort Lauderdale when I was three-years-old for a couple of months and later on, at the age of 7, we moved to Chicago for three years. Since then, my family and I came back and visited every couple of years. In 2012, I was part of a delegation to Ramah Darom summer camp (in Clayton, Ga.), as a video counselor. Now, my older sister lives in Boston so most of our visits center around visiting her and her husband. JJN: What made you want to take on this role and leave your life in Israel for a year or two to become a Schliha here in the United States? DM: As an Israeli child living abroad in a Jewish community, I began to uncover the uniqueness and complexity of being part of a Jewish community in the U.S. After returning to Israel, questions and thoughts about Judaism, the state of Israel and the

connection between Jewish people worldwide began occupying my mind. Throughout the years, these questions echoed in my head and made me search for interactions and programs that would allow me to gain knowledge and make a positive change concerning these subjects. After becoming a social worker, my passion for working with people and as part of a community in order to make a change, grew. Mixing all these ingredients together lead me to take this role as a Schlicha and to set out on this new and exciting adventure that I hope will be a meaningful one for the community and for me. JJN: What is one thing you want to teach or share with American Jews about Israel that they might not otherwise know? DM: I would like to share the unique, complex and beautiful faces of Israel that are unseen in the global media. I would like to share my love for this amazing , multi-cultural state that deals with so many social, economical and security issues, but does not give up on its livelihood and development. Aside from that, as a young adult growing up in Israel, I would like to share how Israel is a normal home for everyday people who enjoy taking part their hobbies, such as music, movies, and spending time with their families.

Getting to Know Dana … Favorite food – Grandma’s vegetables salad Favorite singer or song – Justin Timberlake, Idan Raichel and Arik Einstein Favorite vacation spot – Chicago (or any quite beach) Number of countries you’ve visited – 11, and I can’t wait to see more! Last movie you saw in the theater – Finding Dory Last book you read or one you’re reading currently –‘Suite Francaise’ by Irène Némirovsky Where you get your news – Morning newspaper and news apps Social media site/app you spend the most time using Facebook What you do in your spare time to unwind – Watch movies, meet friends and go to the beach to see the sunset with Pesto, my dog Hidden talent – Photography Quote you live by - “Be the change you wish to see in the world,” -- Mahatma Gandhi