Jacksonville Jewish News • June 2012
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21st Annual Celebration of Jacksonville’s Jewish Agencies program Welcome Larry Appel
Invocation
Rabbi Jonathan Lubliner
Greetings from Israel Aviad Sela
Award Presentations Jewish Family & Community Services Howard Caplan Jewish Community Alliance Nancy Perlman Jewish Community Foundation of Northeast Florida Mark Green
Recognition, Election and Installation of Officers and Board Members Richard Sisisky
Award Presentations Jewish Federation of Jacksonville Larry Appel River Garden Mark Lodinger
Adjourn Officers and Board Members Jewish Community Foundation of Northeast Florida Board of Trustees Mark Green, Esq., president Dr. Scot Ackerman Andy Cantor, CFA Matthew Edelman, CPA, treasurer Jeff Edwards, secretary Leonard Elikan Dr. Ronald Elinoff Meredith Frisch Melvyn H. Fruit, VP *Mel Gottlieb Barbara Jaffe, CIMA Michael Korn, Esq. Mark Lodinger Andrea Mail Neil Presser, CPA, VP Dr. Hal Resnick David Robbins, Esq. Ellen Rosner Michael Schneider, Esq. Steven Sherman, CSM, CRPC. Mark Shorstein, CPA* Richard Sisisky* Sandy Zimmerman Barry Zisser, Esq. Of blessed memory Michele Block-Wiener, Esq. Michael Donziger*
Dr. Roy J. Sloat Honorary trustees Elliott Horovitz *past president Endowment Achievement Award Andrea Mail Ellen Rosner
Jewish Community Alliance Board of Directors Jan Lipsky, president Ali Korman Shelton, vice president Adam Frisch, vice president Suzette Allen, secretary David Wolf, treasurer Mary Edwards, asst sec/treas Positions Expiring in 2013 Debbie Banks Kitay Irene Cywes * Jon Kaplan Daniel Miller Chase Zimmerman Positions Expiring in 2014 Moti Demri * Simon Garwood * Katie Kight Alison Trager Susan Wolchok Positions Expiring in 2015 Andy Cantor * Ron Elinoff * Adam Marmelstein * Brian Mendelson * Gary Perlman * Past presidents David Miller Nancy Perlman Nominating Committee David Miller, Chair Mary Edwards Ken Jacobs Katie Kight Alison Korman Shelton Adam Marmelstein Nancy Perlman Chase Zimmerman Myron Flagler, staff * new term Howard Korman President’s Award Dan Kossoff Special Services Award Stephen Wolchok Special Services Award Alison Trager Special Services Award Rebekah Selevan
Jewish Family & Community Services Board of Directors Francine Kempner, president Ellen Rosner, first vice president Jodie Leach, Anne Lufrano, vice presidents Dr. Harold Resnick,
secretary Tom Harris, treasurer Howard Caplan, chairman Members (new members*) Caren Appel* Danny Berenberg* Mary Berger Mary Edwards Stephen Goldman Michael Katz Stuart Klein* Blanche Koegler* Jodie Leach Sue Levine* Jill Metlin Robert Morgan* Rick Plotkin Stephen Pollan Judy Poppell* Rabbi Avi Schochet* Vanessa Solomon* Glenn Ullmann Elaine S. Wright *new board member Past Presidents Dr. Guy Benrubi Dr. Sol Brotman Jack Coleman Albert Datz David Garfinkel Debbie Gottlieb Lawrence Jaben Jim Kempner Dr. Dennis Lafer M. H. Levine Leonardo Maiman Lew Meisel Mark Shorstein Isa Tanenbaum Gary Wilkinson Cathy Winterfield Honorary Board Larry Appel Richard Browdy Dr. Lawrence Goldberg Ken Goldman Beverly Goldstein Paulette Keifer Henri Landwirth Joan Levin Michael Lissner Dr. Milton Mann Dr. Edward Mizrahi Barbara Parker Jack Price Linda Rubens Shari Weitzner Eunice Zisser Rabbi Yaakov Fisch Rabbi Yossie Kahanov Rabbi Nochum Kurinsky Rabbi Joshua Lief Rabbi Jonathan Lubliner Rabbi Michael Matuson Rabbi Shmuli Novack
Iris Kraemer, vice president Mike Nussbaum, vice president Wendy Efron, vice president, Women’s Division president Erica Jolles, YLD chair Sandy Zimmerman, treasurer Ken Jacobs, secretary Risa Herman, women’s campaign chair Gary Perlman, immediate past president Stephen Silverman, presidential appointee Mark Green, Jewish Community Foundation president Board members Francine Kempner Mark Lodinger Jan Lipsky* Michael Abel* Jon Israel Michael Koren Michael Korn Michael Levin Andrea Mail Lenny Maimen Adam Marmelstein Jenifer Plotkin* Zach Sherman* Ellen Rosner Diane Rothstein Perrin Rubin Ben Setzer Mark Shorstein Mike Solloway Rori Stevens Susan Wolchok* Eugene Wolchok* Barry Zisser Rabbi Mona Decker Rabbi Yaakov Fisch Rabbi Joshua Lief Rabbi Jonathan Lubliner Rabbi Michael Matuson *new members Honorary Life Members Scot Ackerman Guy Benrubi Jack Coleman Ron Elinoff Leslie Held Joan Levin Mitchell Levine David Robbins Al Schneider Ken Sekine Leonard Setzer Stephen Silverman Richard Sisisky Arnold Vandroff Elliot Zisser
Volunteer of the Year Award Raven Transport
Irene Sari Selevan Young Leadership Award Risa Herman and Dan Jaffa Joe P. Safer Community Service Award Guy Benrubi
Jewish Federation of Jacksonville
River Garden Hebrew Home
Board of Directors Larry Appel, president Hal Resnick, first vice president, campaign chair Susan DuBow, vice president
Officers Mark Lodinger, president Michael Price, vice president, chairman of admissions
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Susan Cohen, vice president, co-chair of admissions Marsha Pollock, vice president, co-chair of admissions Morrie Osterer, vice president, chairman of house Judy Paul, secretary Cindy Demri, treasurer Trustees Karen Backilman David Cohen Susan Cohen Cindy Demri Susan Edelman Gloria Einstein Jeff Edwards Ron Elinoff Janis Fleet Nancy Rubin Friedman Sheldon Gendzier Larry Goldberg Rachelle Gottlieb Michael Greenburg Allen Gray Edward Grenadier Bruce Horovitz Michael Howard Charles Joseph Debby Kaye Randy Kammer Michael Lissner Mark Lodinger Lew Meisel Bernard Nachman Morrie Osterer Herman Paul Judy Paul Marsha Pollock Jack Price Michael Price Jerry Rothstein Rubye Safer Harvey Schlesinger Barbara Schneider Beth Shorstein Shari Shuman Fred Tromberg Sandy Zimmerman Volunteer Service Awards 5,000 Hours of Service Ira Duschoff Ed Schroeder 4,500 Hours of Service Leanore Nathanson 4,000 Hours of Service Sondra Resnikoff 3,000 Hours of Service Marilyn Datz Leslie Carmel 2,500 Hours of Service Alice Sherman Stella Eison Bernie Datz Roz Cassell 2,000 Hours of Service Barbara Safer 1,500 Hours of Service Lovie Callahan Frank Baltes 1,000 Hours of Service Jeanette Tabak Ruth Seebol Janice Hayflick Carole Ort
What’s inside Community................................. p. 4 Education.................................. p. 11 Federation ................................. p. 2 Jewish Family & Community Services.................................... p. 10 Jewish Community Alliance ...... p. 5 Jewish Foundation..................... p. 8 Lifecycles.................................. p. 20 Obituaries................................. p. 20 Perspectives............................. p. 18 River Garden............................... p. 6 Synagogues ............................. p. 14 Women’s................................... p. 15 For the Adult Education listing, please go online at jewishjacksonville.org under education.