WJC 2021 Spring Gala Tribute Journal

WESTCHESTER JEWISH CENTER

2021 SPRING GA L A HONORING

CINDY AND BEN GOLUB WITH A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO

THE WJC COVID TASK FORCE

WESTCHESTER JEWISH CENTER

2021 VIRTUAL SPRING GALA CELEBRATION HONORING

CINDY AND BEN GOLUB WITH A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO

THE WJC COVID TASK FORCE SUNDAY, M AY 23, 2021 71 ST ANNUAL CELEBRATION

WESTCHESTER JEWISH CENTER SPRING GALA CELEBRATION 2021

GALA COMMITTEE Laurie Girsky, Tara Slone-Goldstein - Gala Chairs Sherry Gench Thaler, Marisa de Sa - Tribute Journal Chairs Evan Schapiro - Virtual Event Chair/Video Producer Sarene Shanus - Community Outreach Chair Katie L. Schlientz - Social Media & Digital Communications

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR COMMITTEE Victor Badner & Frieda Kraft

Gail Marcus

Louise Cohen

David Nanus & Bonnie Silverman

Karen Everett

Barbara & Barry Novick

Meira & Tom Fleisch

Danielle & Stu Seltzer

Joan & Elliot Forchheimer

Erica Strongin

Stephen Girsky

Larry Thaler

Wayne Goldstein

Harold Treiber

Cindy & Randy Heller

Jennifer & Ian Winters

Cara & Larry Iason

Joy & Steven Zelin

To the WJC Staff Without Whom None of This Would Be Possible : David Goldstein, Rosie Aronin, Millie Briceno, Kim Lewis, Ally Paisley, Jose Luis Fonseca & his staff

WESTCHESTER JEWISH CENTER Senior Rabbi: ............................................................................................. Jeffrey Arnowitz Assistant Rabbi: ......................................................................................... Cornelia Dalton Cantor: ....................................................................................................... Ethan Goldberg Rabbi Emeritus: ................................................................................... Jeffrey T. Segelman Rabbi Emeritus: ................................................................................Dr. Irving Koslowe z”I Ritual Director Emeritus: ...................................................................... Max Friedman z”I Executive Director: ................................................................................... David Goldstein Education Director & Congregational Program Coordinator: ...................Aleza R. Kulp Early Childhood Director: ................................................................................Ann Pardes Librarian: ....................................................................................................... Arlene Ratzabi Building Superintendent: ....................................................................... Jose Luis Fonseca

OFFICERS President: ....................................................................................................... Seth Schafler Executive Vice President: ................................................................................Larry Thaler Financial Vice President: .................................................................................. Yale Zoland Treasurer: .................................................................................................... Michael Lapides Assistant Treasurer: ................................................................................Robin Nazarzadeh Financial Secretary: .......................................................................................Jeffrey Taffet Assistant Financial Secretary: ........................................................................ Susan Miller Administration: .............................................................................................Harold Treiber Adult Programming: ............................................................................................Laura Grill Children & Families: ..................................................................................Nancy Sherman Communications: ......................................................................................... Evan Schapiro Development: ....................................................................................................Ian Winters Spiritual Life: .....................................................................................................Larry Thaler Synagogue Arms: ............................................................................................Mark Berger Tikkun Olam: ......................................................................................... Eve Edelman Russ Recording Secretary: ...................................................................... Amy Levine-Kennedy Assistant Recording Secretary: ........................................................................ Alynn Perl Chair of the Board: .........................................................................................Randy Heller

TRUSTEES Ali Abrahms Rachel Aronow Stewart Ault Ilene Bellovin Jonathan Berg Mark Berger Alisa Cohen Barney Marisa de Sa Elise Dowell Eve Edelman Russ Amy Fastenberg Alison Gottsegen Laura Grill Randy Heller Howard Husock Lawrence Iason

WJC ARMS AND COMMITTEES Andre Kaplan Danielle Klein Richard Krasner Michael Lapides Glenna Lee Amy Levine-Kennedy Joanna Liebman Mia Mandel Susan Miller Susie Miller Ilana Moskowitz Cheryl Natbony Bill Natbony Robin Nazarzadeh Dina Nelson Alynn Perl

Jill Rivel Holy Rosen Fink Beth Rudich Seth Schafler Evan J. Schapiro Nancy Sherman Andrea Stoltz Jeffrey Taffet Steve Taubenfeld Laurence Thaler Harold Treiber Rob Weisstuch Ian Winters Yale Zoland

HONORARY TRUSTEES Victor Badner Alan Benet Dan Berkowitz Louis Brause Ruth Brause Beverly Cannold David Cannold z” I Jill Caslin Saby Castro z” I Louise Cohen Bobby Cohen Martin Freiman z” I Stuart Gilbert Jules Gorlitz Cindy Heller

Randy Heller Mark Jacoby Greta Koppel z” I Jeff Lavine Howard Lazarus Albert Lefkowitz z” I Jenny Levy z” I Gail Marcus Martin Marcus Richard Melchner Zabathy Meltzer Abraham Mizrahi Lenny Queen Shirley Queen z” I Josef Raboy z” I

Marilyn Reader Ronny Rosenberg z” I Elaine Stein Roberts Robert Savin z” I Sol Schargel z” I Stuart Schapiro Sarene Shanus Gerhard Spies z” I Norman Trieger z” I Edward Weinberg z” I Swain Weiner Rhona Wexler Irving Yasgur z” I Gerald Zeidner

On behalf of the entire community, we recognize the contributions of the following Chairpersons: Adult Education & Scholar-in-Residence: Myra Glajchen, Karen Everett, Carol Fasman Archivist : Jill Caslin Bikur Cholim: Mindy Feldman, Cindy Heller B’nei Mitzvah: Jacqui Kaplan Brotherhood: Craig Rubin, Stu Seltzer Capital Campaign: Jeffery Lavine, Jennifer Lavine Cemetery Association: Jill Caslin, Miles Federman, Sol Israel Comfy Spaces: Robin Nichinsky Communications: Evan Schapiro Covid Task Force: Victor Badner, Bunny Benenson, Howard Leaf, Charlotte Malasky, Heather Taffet Gold ECC Auxiliary: Tricia Tanzola, Joanna Askenazi ECC Committee: Julie Graham, Jackie Staub Family Youth Education Council: Jonathan Berg, Laura Grill Holocaust Learning Center: Dan Berkowitz House: Marc Karell Inclusion Task Force: Louise Cohen, Heather Taffet Gold Israel Affairs: Linda Alpert, Marc Karell JOY- Just Older Youth: Judy & Howard Zweig Kiddush: Jennifer Winters Koslowe Gallery: Amy Levine-Kennedy Landscaping: Cheryl Lewy Legal & Governance: Marty Marcus, Bill Natbony, Seth Schafler Library: Ilene Bellovin Music Enrichment: Alison Gottsegen Nominating: Jacqui Kaplan WJC Parents Association: Laura Grill, Mia Mandel, Marisa de Sa PJ Library: Louise Cohen Religious School: Susie Miller, Erica Sigel Security: Marc Berger Services-Contemporary: Alison Gottsegen Rhythm & Ruach: Pam Mizrachi Renewal: Randy Heller, Seth Schafler, Arlene Wexler Sisterhood: Glenna Lee, Marisa de Sa Spiritual Life: Albert Sassoon, Beth Jaret Social Justice Action: Sharon Silver SOJAC: Sharon Silver, Sondra Levy Interfaith: Sandi Rosenbaum World Jewry: Holly Rosen Fink SULAM: Larry Thaler Teen Engagement: Sherry Thaler, Amy Fastenberg, Rachel Felenstein Welcoming: Andrea Lightman, Erica Strongin World Jewry: Holly Fink

2021 SPRING GAL A HONOREES

CINDY & BEN GOLUB Cindy and Ben joined WJC when they moved to Mamaroneck 30 years ago and the community felt their presence immediately. Every Rosh Hashanah, we listen for the sound from Ben’s shofar to mark the New Year, as he serves as a Baal Tekiah. For many years, Ben served as a WJC Trustee and Cindy served on many fundraising and dinner dance committees. At the same time, Cindy has prepared meals for countless congregants in need of support because they are homebound, ill, or just had a baby. The Golubs are quiet mensches, giving of themselves - their time, ideas, hands-on involvement, and support.

Beyond WJC, Cindy and Ben are leaders in the Jewish community, passionate about Jewish education, and believers in service. They have longstanding and meaningful roles at UJA-Federation of NY and The Leffell School, among many others. Cindy is currently Westchester Regional Chair of UJAFederation of NY, representing the Westchester community on the Executive Committee, and a past chair of UJA-Women. Ben has served as chair of the UJA-Federation campaign at BlackRock since its inception, a trustee of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, and a trustee of The Leffell School.

Cindy and Ben are the proud parents of Alex, Phillip, Jill, daughter-in-law Mojgan, and future sonin-law Zach. If you ask the Golub children to describe their home, they will undoubtedly say warm, welcoming, and filled with Jewish values and traditions. In addition to being proud parents, Cindy and Ben are, and have always been, devoted children. Ben helped co-author Kaddishel- his father’s biographical account of his experiences growing up in Poland, escaping the Nazis, and his journey to America.

Ben is currently the Chief Risk Officer of BlackRock, Inc. and one of the eight original founding partners. When Ben is not working, volunteering, or spending time with family, he can be found captaining his boat around the Long Island Sound, playing tennis, or practicing his flute.

Cindy is a founding principal of G-Squared Advisory LLC- a fee only financial planning firm that helps people establish future financial security and differentiates itself with its practice area that caters to widowed and divorced women. When she is not working, volunteering, or baking, Cindy loves to travel or walk in the neighborhood with friends.

2021 WJC SPRING GAL A TRIBUTEES

THE COVID TASK FORCE

BUNNY (BLANCHE) BENENSON Bunny (Blanche) Benenson, MD is a Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in the Bronx. Bunny is director of resident training and associate fellowship director in Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics , as well as chair of the quality improvement committee for the Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center. Bunny and husband Andy Roth joined WJC when their daughter Samara was in nursery school in 1993, followed soon after by their son Bram.

HOWARD LEAF Howard Leaf, MD is an infectious diseases physician and hospital epidemiologist. Howard and his wonderful wife, Dr. Andrea Leaf, have been WJC congregants since moving to Larchmont in 1997, and look forward to many (pandemic-free!) years with all of you at WJC. Howard and Andrea have two children, Alexander and Rebecca.

CHARLOTTE MALASKY

VICTOR BADNER Victor Badner DMD, MPH is Chairman of the Dept. of Dentistry at Jacobi Medical Center and Associate Professor of Population Health at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY. He is past President of the Medical Executive Committee at the Hospital and part of Jacobi’s decision making team regarding Covid-19 infection prevention for staff and patients.

He has published papers on healthcare during the pandemic as well as designed infection prevention protocols for the NYC municipal hospital system (HHC). Victor and Frieda have been active members at WJC since 1988, were married here in 1989, had their children Rebecca, Emma, and Gabriel named and Bar/Bat Mitzvahed here and were honored as Gala Honorees in 2011. He is truly proud to have been part of the task force and thanks the synagogue for recognizing its efforts with this honor.

Charlotte Malasky, MD is a pulmonologist who has worked for many years in the Montefiore system in the Bronx. Now semi-retired, she works 1 day per week in the Jacobi Hospital Pulmonary Clinic as well as the occasional locum tenens in far off places such as Billings, Mt. She has been a member at WJC since 1993, driving up from the Bronx since a move from New Rochelle in 2014. Her husband, Dr Paul Mayo, has been very patient with all of the task force ZOOM meetings, unlike the cat, who inevitably makes his presence felt on screen. Charlotte and Paul have 3 sons and 2 granddaughters.

HEATHER TAFFET GOLD Heather Taffet Gold, PhD is professor of population health at NYU School of Medicine and past president of the Society for Medical Decision Making.

She’s trained in health services research and policy, and her work rigorously evaluates the trade-offs in healthcare, including costs and benefits of various health interventions in real-world settings. Heather has been a member of WJC since 2006, serves as co-chair of the Inclusion Task Force, and is married to Jeff Taffet. They have two teenage boys, Benjamin and Micah.

MESSAGE FROM RABBI ARNOWITZ

MESSAGE FROM THE WJC PRESIDENT

Dear WJC Family,

Welcome to our 2021 Gala.

One of my great blessings as the new rabbi of WJC is to be able to get to know, learn from and spend time with Cindy and Ben. From the moment Tami and I arrived in Mamaroneck they opened their house to us and the WJC community multiple times, first for a Meet & Greet and then for the Scholar in Residence Weekend.

We’ve seen Ben’s commitment to the mitzvah of blowing the shofar and heard his masterful shofar blowing indoors and outside by the Sound in a year that called for unusual efforts. Cindy’s leadership in the synagogue and throughout the greater Jewish community is also inspiring.

We have been endlessly impressed by their mastery of business balanced with devotion to their beautiful family, by their incredible accomplishments balanced by their down-to-earth demeanor and mostly just by what menschlich people they are. On every occasion and in every way Ben and Cindy have taught and led by example, being the incarnation of commitment and wisdom in their support of WJC, the Westchester Jewish Community and Jewish people all over the world.

Speaking of commitment, it is also our honor to recognize the members of the Covid-19 Task Force. This has been a challenging year for the shul community and all of its members to navigate. Our shul leadership could not possibly have served the community even half as well without the guidance, patience and, most importantly, wisdom of this exceptional group of healthcare professionals. They are successful and busy in their own work and yet they made time to use their incredible gifts to serve their WJC family. During various periods of the pandemic our Covid-19 Task Force met nearly weekly, and often within a few hours notice when an urgent health matter arose. The conversations were often challenging and the situation was nearly always stressful.

The pandemic has been longer than any of us imagined when we initially asked for their help in March 2020.

And yet these spectacular volunteers did not flinch from the added responsibility. I am so grateful to each of you for your exceptional efforts on behalf of our synagogue – any successes we have had at mitigating the health threats of this difficult year and providing meaningful and inspiring spiritual opportunities would have been impossible without your guidance.

Pirkei Avot, The Ethics of Our Fathers, was clearly prescient when it said, “Who is honorable? The one who honors their fellows.” How blessed are we to belong to a shul community with the likes of the Golub’s and the Covid-19 Task Force to honor on an evening like this. Thank you for your leadership and support.

In gratitude,

RJA

I’d like to begin by thanking our terrific Gala co-chairs, Laurie Girsky and Tara Goldstein, all of the members of our Gala committee and the WJC staff for organizing this afternoon’s event and to Evan Schapiro and Randy Heller for producing a wonderful virtual event. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication.

When I asked Cindy and Ben Golub to be this year’s WJC Gala honorees, I knew it was a long shot. Cindy and Ben – deservedly – have received many honors from the likes of UJAFederation and The Lefell School among many others. They scarcely needed another honor.

But, I explained, this is a family affair – an opportunity to celebrate the Golub family, including their beautiful children Alex, Phillip and Jill, as members of our WJC mishpacha – our WJC family. More than we honor them, they honor us by calling WJC their home.

Cindy and Ben have been members and generous financial and spiritual supporters of WJC for thirty years. Ben served as a WJC trustee for many years, and Cindy not only served on numerous dinner dance and fundraising committees, but has extended her hand in countless acts of hesed – loving kindness – providing meals and support for those in need in our community.

We have had the privilege of hearing Ben blow the shofar in the WJC study service for more than a decade and last year at the Harbor. I want to thank Cindy and Ben for everything they do and continue to do for our community. May we move forward from strength to strength with you and your family for many years to come.

And now for our Tributees, the WJC Covid-19 Task Force. You can’t imagine how many hours they spent since last March in countless meetings struggling with the many difficult health and safety decisions our synagogue has faced. They always acted not only with wise judgment, great seriousness and sensitivity to the issues at hand, but also with positive attitudes and terrific senses of humor, even when – or perhaps especially when – things looked bleak. Howard, Charlotte, Victor, Bunny and Heather, there is no way we could have functioned the way we did over the past year without your efforts. We owe you a huge debt of gratitude for all you have done and continue to do to help keep us safe. Thank you.

Friends, 2020 was such a unique year. Although physically distant, we managed to go beyond our walls to connect, to heal, to learn, to celebrate and to pray. Thank you to all of you for your continued dedication to WJC during a year unlike any other.

SETH SCHAFLER

MESSAGE FROM THE GALA CHAIRS It is hard to believe that this is the second Virtual WJC Gala. As the weather warms, flowers blossom, vaccine availability increases, we make progress against Covid-19, and the world continues to open up, we feel a deep sense of gratitude. With a full heart, we welcome Shavout and the first fruits, and we are so very excited to honor Cindy and Ben Golub and pay tribute to the WJC Covid Task Force.

Honoring Cindy and Ben is a personal joy for us. Their contributions are extraordinary. They are generous and humble. They have been our dear friends for decades, and we know our bonds of friendship will only strengthen as times passes. We love spending time with them and their wonderful family. We appreciate them for their passion to mitzvot, Jewish causes, and especially WJC. Paying tribute to the Covid Task Force is a privilege. Victor Badner, Bunny Benenson, Howard Leaf, Charlotte Makovsky, and Heather Taffet Gold brought their professional expertise, dedication and commitment, and worked overtime to keep our synagogue safe. They helped set protocols that allowed our community the freedom to focus its energy elsewhere. We appreciate the importance of the role they play, both directly and indirectly, in all our lives.

Thank you to the WJC team that worked to make this 2021 Gala a success. Thank you to the staff: David Goldstein, Rosie Aronin, Millie Briceno, Kim Lewis, Ally Paisley and Jose Luis Fonseca who worked tirelessly to keep WJC going strong as the center of our lives.

Thank you to our top-notch Gala Committee who showed up with smiles on Zoom, helped plan all aspects of this Gala, and devoted energy to reaching out to the WJC community, one-by-one.

Special shout outs to: the incredibly talented Randy Heller, the honoree introducer Barbara Novick, the super-organized Sherry Thaler for keeping us on track, the journal team - Sherry and Marissa de Sa, the community outreach organizer Sarene Shanus, and the treat coordinator Jennifer Winters.

A huge thank you to Evan Schapiro and Katie Schlientz for their professionalism and creativity. Without Evan, there would be no run of show.

Tonight we celebrate each of you, who have helped build and sustain our incredible WJC family.

Thank you for celebrating with us!

Warmly,

LAURIE GIRSKY AND TARA SLONE-GOLDSTEIN

2021 Spring Gala Co-Chairs

From a Brit Milah and two Baby Namings, to a Bar Mitzvah and two Bat Mitzvahs, to a Wedding, two Shivahs, years of Shabbat and Jewish holiday services, and for all the dear friends we have made, WJC has truly been the Center of our Jewish lives.

Thank you for honoring us tonight while also paying a well-deserved tribute to the WJC Covid Task Force.

The last fifteen months of our enforced separation has reminded us that “absence does make the heart grow fonder.” We very much miss so many of our formal and informal connections with the WJC community and hope and pray that our full communal lives can soon be restored.

Mazel tov to our dear friends Cindy & Ben Your leadership and generosity are inspiring!

May all those afflicted directly or indirectly by the pandemic make a speedy refuah sh’lema.

Thank you for your participation in this virtual 2021 WJC Gala and for making tonight’s event a success.

CINDY & BEN GOLUB

BARBARA & BARRY NOVICK

Wonderful friends Dynamic business partner Generous leaders of the community Thank you for all that you do for our WJC community and beyond!

Mazel Tov to Cindy and Ben Golub

You two are role models for us all!

on this well-deserved honor!

Love,

LAURIE & STEVE

WJC and the entire Jewish Community are stronger due to your care and dedication.

Mazel Tov to the Covid Task Force.

Thank you for all that you have accomplished.

LAURIE & STEVE GIRSKY

With Love and Admiration,

RUTH & STEPHEN HENDEL

“If I am not for me, who is for me; and if I am (only) for myself, what am I. And if not now, when?”

– Hillel, Ethics of the Fathers, 1:14

Dear Cindy and Ben,

Devoted parents, children, and family members Thoughtful and caring friends Accomplished professionals Involved community members Driven lay leaders Passionate philanthropists Welcoming hosts One sensational cook and one steady captain

To our dear friends who continue to encourage and inspire us to do and give more of ourselves to improve the Jewish community.

We are so lucky that we met you 23 years ago. Yasher Koach!

With love and admiration,

TARA & WAYNE ZACHARY & ELLA, JOSH, AND ADAM

Mazel Tov Cindy and Ben You are such an inspiration to our entire community We are proud to honor our dear friends as we support our Westchester Jewish Center.

––––– To the Covid Task Force, Thank you for your tireless work on behalf of our WJC community!

We are deeply appreciative of your expertise, time, and energy.

Yasher Koach!

With love and admiration,

TARA & WAYNE GOLDSTEIN ZACHARY & ELLA, JOSH, AND ADAM

JOY, STEVE, JORDAN & DANIELLE ZELIN

Ben and Cindy -

We have known Cindy and Ben for 30 years.

Congratulations on your much deserved honor.

They both just seem to get better and better

Your commitment to the shul and the broader

each and every year.

Jewish community is truly inspiring.

They have been and are a blessing to the

Keep up the great work.

Jewish Community worldwide –

And thanks to the Covid Task Force for keeping us

and to WJC in particular.

all safe during these unprecedented times.

Mazel Tov to you both!

MARK JURISH & JUDY YAVITZ

JEANETTE & FRED BOGART

With much appreciation, we congratulate and thank

Congratulations on this tremendous honor.

Cindy and Ben Golub and the WJC Covid Task Force

We are so proud and lucky to call you friends.

for creating a strong WJC and helping us thrive

Thank you for all you do every day to make

during these difficult times.

the world a better place.

ELLEN & HOWARD LAZARUS

ALAN, GISELLE, LAUREN, JACK & NICOLE WEISSMAN

Congratulations to Cindy and Ben

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We adore you both. This is a well-deserved honor for two people that devote so much of their time to help WJC and all of humanity. We are thankful for all the great times our families have spent together over the years and look forward to remaining close friends for a lifetime.

Much love,

BONNIE, DAVID, SHIRA, ZACHARY & NATASHA

YASHER KOACH! And Many Thanks to the Covid Task Force An extended thanks to Bunny, Victor, Heather, Howard, Charlotte, Larry and Seth who all worked tirelessly during this past year to keep the congregants and staff at WJC safe.

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BONNIE SILVERMAN & DAVID NANUS

Congratulations to Cindy and Ben on this honor!

Thank you for your commitment and generosity

Cindy and Ben,

through the years. You have been an integral part

Our honor to honor you....

of making WJC what it is today.

Mazel Tov on this recognition and just know that we admire

Thank you to the Covid Task Force!

all that you do to repair the world, here in our community,

Few know the tireless effort you have made to keep

and the larger Jewish community.

our community safe during this past year.

WENDY & YALE ZOLAND

With gratitude and always, love...

WENDY & NEIL SANDLER

Mazal Tov Cindy and Ben You are exceptional leaders of our Community We are grateful for all your hard work, generosity, and for our many years of friendship.

To the Covid Task Force Kol HaKavod

MEIRA & TOM FLEISCH

Mazel Tov and Todah Rabah to Cindy and Ben for your leadership and generosity in all you do for WJC and the broader community!

Thank you to the WJC Covid Task Force for your collective wisdom and guidance in keeping the WJC community together safely this year!

SHERRY & LARRY THALER

With great pleasure We honor

Congratulations to Cindy and Ben Golub.

Cindy and Bruce Golub

Our Jewish community has been enriched

for their hard work, inspiration and friendship

by your generosity and service.

We appreciate all you do for WJC

From our family to yours, we wish you only Nachat.

and our Jewish community.

SHARI & JOEL BECKMAN

BENNY & BELLA COHEN

Yasher Ko’ach Cindy and Ben,

Mazel Tov and Warmest Wishes

and the Covid Relief Task Force!

to

You are an inspiration to us all.

Cindy and Ben

LINDA & JEFF SOLOMON

BEVERLY CANNOLD

Mazel tov Ben and Cindy.

Thank you for all you have done for this community.

Thank you as well to the Covid committee for all your efforts to keep us safe.

Yashir Koach to all.

Dear Cindy and Ben, We are inspired by your Commitment and your Generosity to WJC and the Jewish community.

Warmly,

EVAN & TRACEY LEVY

MERRY & RICHIE & THE SLONE FAMILY

Cindy & Ben, About 30 years ago, our paths crossed (again) in Israel to only find out that we both lived in Westchester and belonged to WJC! It was beshert that our lives would be intertwined through WJC. Although you prefer to work quietly behind the scenes and under the radar, we are so thrilled to honor you publicly.

Your never ending commitment and involvement in WJC has been a blessing to our community.

Love,

JANIE & ADAM FRIEMAN

To Cindy & Ben You are an inspiration to all who know you.

Thank you for all your hard work and dediacation.

Mazel Tov on this well deserved honor !

And to The Covid Task Force Thank you for all of your hard work over the past year and for your continued commitment to the health and well being of all of us at the Center.

CAROL & STEVEN FASMAN

“It is not what one says, but rather what one does that makes all the difference in the world.”

-Pirkei Avot 1:17

Our Warmest Wishes and Heartfelt Congratulations To

Mazel Tov to

CINDY and BEN GOLUB

Cindy and Ben Golub and

Thank you for your inspiring leadership, your special friendship

The WJC Covid Task Force

and your incredible dedication! We are blessed with all that

Thank you for everything you have done for our

you have done to make a difference in our community.

WJC community!

YASHER KOACH!

With love and appreciation,

KAREN & ED FRIEDMAN PAM & BRUCE WEXLER

With deep gratitude,

CHERYL, DAVID, SAM, ANNA & SOPHIE BRAUSE

“Life’s persistent and most urgent question is ‘What are you doing for others?’”

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thank you Cindy & Ben

Mazel Tov and Heartfelt Congratulations to our Dear Friends

for all you do for our community!

Cindy and Ben Golub

Chazak Baruch

Your generosity, good deeds, and leadership serve as an inspiration to the entire Jewish community and beyond.

We are proud to call you our friends.

ELLEN ASCHENDORF-SHASHA JORDAN, DAVID & CAROLINE

Much love,

KAREN & DAVID EVERETT

“Acts of Kindness never die. They linger in the memory, giving life to other acts in return.”

-Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

To Cindy and Ben, You do acts of kindness every day, for individuals,

Congratulations to the Golubs,

for organizations like WJC and UJA, and for the community,

and thank you both for your dedication to WJC!

inspiring others to do the same. We are privileged to

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call you friends as well as role models.

To my Task Force colleagues, Heather, Charlotte, Bunny, Victor, David, Larry and Seth, it was a privilege to work with

To the Covid Task Force,

such a talented group; getting to know you all better

Bunny, Charlotte, Heather, Howard and Victor

was a silver lining to this past year.

(with a shout out to Larry and Seth), Your service to WJC has been an act of kindness to our community and we are grateful for your work and dedication.

SARENE SHANUS & HAROLD TREIBER

ANDREA & HOWARD LEAF

To our loving, inspiring and devoted parents: Mazal tov on this special and well-deserved honor!

We are so proud of you and your work to keep our community a thriving, warm and special place. WJC has been a backbone of our family for our entire lives and your consistent

Cindy and Ben, Your humble, persistent dedication and leadership for many worthwhile and important causes makes your family proud and provides valuable role models for us and many others.

Mazal tov on this well-deserved kavod.

devotion to it has made it feel like home.

Your unparalleled generosity has awed and motivated us and will certainly pass along l’dor v’dor.

Love,

All our love,

ALEX, PHILLIP, JILL, MOJGAN & ZACH

RITA, ELLIOTT, ADELE, BATIA & BRAM

TO LIFE! TO LIFE! L’CHAIM! L’CHAIM! L’CHAIM! THE GOLUBS! Congratulations

AND KOL HACOVID

to

TO THE COVID-19 TASK FORCE

Cindy and Ben Golub

Thanks to Ben and Cindy Golub

for your well-deserved

and the Task Force,

recognition.

with every sunrise and sunset WJC has gone from strength to strength!

With much love,

RANDY & CINDY With love and admiration from,

AHARON GOLUB, KENNETH MARTIN & ELIZABETH GOLUB

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Mazel-tov Cindy and Ben For the extraordinary work you do With great admiration and love for all that you do

on behalf of our community.

for the entire Jewish community.

We also want to commend the members of the

Mazel Tov.

WJC Covid Task Force who have worked so tirelessly for all of us during this difficult period.

Kol Ha Kavod.

STUART & JOAN SCHAPIRO & FAMILY

ELLEN, DON, REBECCA & BEN WALKER

Congratulations Cindy & Ben. Thank your for your many contributions to Mazel Tov Cindy and Ben Thank You For All You Do For Our Community.

WJC and the broader Jewish Community And thanks to the WJC Covid Task Force for your tireless and much appreciated efforts on behalf of the Center.

JILL & DONALD MILLER

GAIL & MARTY MARCUS

“Through faith we experience the meaning of the world, through action we give the word meaning”.

Mazel Tov Cindy and Ben Golub and Many Thanks to the WJC Covid Task Force

-Rabbi Leo Baeck

Cindy & Ben You are amazing leaders, role models and cherished friends.

We admire and are grateful for your commitment to WJC, your significant roles throughout the Jewish community and your dedication to Tikkun Olam.

Mazel Tov on this most well deserved honor!

LESLIE & HAROLD POROSOFF

MINDY & ANDREW FELDMAN

To Cindy and Ben Golub: Your quiet and steady leadership within the WJC community and the greater Jewish community continues to be a model for us and all who know you. Thank you for all you do to make this shul a true spiritual home for so many. May you and your family know only blessings, simchas and peace.

Congratulations and thank you for all you do

To the Covid-19 Task Force:

for WJC and the Jewish Community.

We are deeply grateful to each of you for enabling us to continue

Thank you also to the Covid 19 Task Force

functioning in whatever way has been possible for the last year.

for all your hard work and dedication.

With your wise and steady counsel, we were able to provide support, services and schooling that would have been otherwise impossible.

That is a lot of mitzvahs you made possible! Thank you.

Thank you to all the leadership of and our colleagues here at WJC, who in an exceptional and difficult year have worked tirelessly with our members and children to bring life to our Center and honor to the Jewish people.

LARRY & CARA NASH IASON

RABBI JEFFREY ARNOWITZ RABBI CORNELIA DALTON CANTOR ETHAN GOLDBERG

Mazel Tov Cindy and Ben. We’re so inspired by your steadfast devotion to our Mazel Tov to all the Deserved Honorees.

shul and wise leadership throughout the years.

Thank you to our esteemed clergy for being there

Kol Hakavod!

for all of us during these trying times!

Kudos to our WJC Covid Task Force.

Thank you for banding together and stepping up to guide us through the past year!

CYNTHIA, GLEN, NATHANIEL & ARIANNA APPLEBAUM

With deep gratitude & admiration,

THE GERSZBERG & TOLCHINSKY FAMILIES

Today we honor your devotion to family, applaud your deep commitment to WJC and gratefully acknowledge your life long philanthropy and good deeds in furtherance of both Jewish causes and the greater efforts for Tikun Olam.

Mazel Tov

Mazal Tov to Cindy and Ben! You set an amazing example of leadership in everything you do for the Jewish community.

Kol HaKavod!

May you go from strength to strength.

JACKIE & SOL ISRAEL

LOIS KOHN-CLAAR & GARY CLAAR

Many Thanks to the WJC Family Congratulations to the Honorees.

Cindy and Ben Kol Ha Kavod Your ongoing leadership is an inspiration to all.

UJA JUDAIC STUDIES GROUP

BENENSON ROTH FAMILY

Debbie Chapin, Emily Cohen, Judy Darsky, Carol Fasman, Ellen Gelboim, Laurie Girsky, Myra Harris, Cara Iason, Raelin Kantor, Juli Karson, Arlene Kleinman, Valerie O’Keefe, Suzi Oppenheimer, Fran Rosenfeld, Carol Scharff, Roz Scheidlinger, Shira Weinstein

Congratulations Cindy & Ben Golub Thank you for your support of WJC

Cindy and Ben,

and our larger Jewish community

A well-deserved honor for a couple

Congratulations

with an extraordinary record of service

To the WJC Covid Task Force

to and support of Jewish philanthropic activities.

Thank you for keeping WJC healthy and safe during this extraordinary time

With all our love and joy,

MARCIE & MARK BERGER

DEBBIE & MARK JACOBY ALI & AARON ABRAHMS

“I can no other answer make but thanks, and thanks, and ever thanks.”

Congratulations to all of this year’s honorees!

Thank you to Cindy and Ben Golub for all you do to make WJC the very special place that it is.

Another big thank you to the members of the WJC Covid Task Force for their guidance and dedication during this very challenging year.

-William Shakespeare

Ben and Cindy…

We appreciate all that you do to support and give of yourselves to WJC, UJA and other philanthropies.

You keep our community vibrant and thriving.

The WJC Covid Task Force Victor Badner, Bunny Benenson, Heather Taffet Gold, Howard Leaf, and Charlotte Malasky…

We are honored to call such capable health care professionals our friends.

With great appreciation,

THE ADLER, NATBONY & SHEIN FAMILIES

Your expert advice and guidance have kept us safe.

SUSAN & DAVID MILLER

Congratulations and

Thank You! Thank you to

Cindy and Ben Golub for all you do for WJC and the greater Westchester community.

CONGRATULATIONS TO CINDY and BEN On this well deserved honor Without your hard work and dedication, WJC would not be the same!

We are inspired by your passion and dedication.

We thank you for your years of commitment to WJC. And a very big Yasher Koach to the Task Force!

Thank you all for your time and commitment to helping us all get through the recent challenges.

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With our heartfelt thanks and appreciation,

ARLENE & NEIL WEXLER

Mazal Tov Cindy and Ben on a well-deserved honor.

Thank you for your unwavering support of our Center.

Kol Hakavod to the Covid Task Force:

Cindy and Ben

Victor, Bunny, Heather, Howard and Charlotte

Mazel Tov on this well-deserved honor!

Thank you so much for all the time you invested

Thank you for all you do for the WJC community!

in keeping WJC running safely!

We hope to thank you all in person soon.

SANDI & DAN ROSENBAUM MAX, BENNETT & GIDEON

THE WOLFF FAMILY

Mazal Tov to Cindy and Ben. Your big hearts and generosity are an inspiration to all!

And

A hearty salute to Cindy and Ben Golub!

Thank you to the members of our Covid Task Force.

Thank you so much for your

Your wisdom and guidance have been an immeasurable

magnanimous support of WJC.

resource for WJC during unprecedented times.

We cannot thank you enough!

Warmly,

Love,

LOUISE & BOBBY COHEN

THE SHASHA FAMILY ROBERT, ELLEN, JORDAN, DAVID & CAROLINE

Mazel Tov to Cindy and Ben

“All those who faithfully occupy themselves with the needs of the community will be blessed and rewarded”

- Pirke Avot- Ethics of the Fathers

Your compassion and commitment to WJC have touched so many.

Mazal Tov to our dear friends, Cindy and Ben,

Special thanks to the Covid Task Force for helping to

two amazing, caring, dedicated leaders who are an inspiration

create a safe environment that supports our

to us all! How fortunate are we to have you in our community.

Congregation’s spirituality.

May you continue your sacred work in helping the Jewish People and in making our world a better place.

RHONA & ARTHUR WEXLER JUDY & DANIEL BERKOWITZ

MARC & HARRIET KAPLAN SUVALL

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WELL DESERVING HONOREES

CINDY AND BEN GOLUB

CINDY & BEN GOLUB

AND

and TRIBUTEES

WJC COVID TASK FORCE

WJC COVID TASK FORCE

We salute your dedication and commitment

MAY YOU GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH

to the WJC Community.

AND CONTINUE TO BE PILLARS OF OUR WJC COMMUNITY

GAIL, FRANK, REBECCA, SHIRA & SETH JULIE

DOREEN & NEIL DAVIDOWITZ JACQUI & ANDRE KAPLAN

Westchester Jewish Center Gratefully acknowledges the support received from the

FUND FOR JEWISH EDUCATION Sponsored by Caroline and Joseph S. Gruss Life Monument Funds, Inc. And UJA-Federation of New York

:‫רב ירמיה אמר‬ .‫העוסק בצורכי ציבור כעוסק בדברי תורה‬ ‫ר‬

Rav Yirmiyah said: One who occupies himself with the needs of the community, it is as if he occupies himself with words of Torah.

Talmud Yerushalmi – Masechet Berachot 5:1

‫א‬:‫תלמוד ירושלמי — מסכת ברכות ה‬

The Leffell School is delighted to extend an extremely heartful mazal tov to our alumni parents and board members

Cindy and Ben Golub We also salute

Mazel Tov to Cindy & Ben Golub –

The WJC Covid Task Force

Thank you to Sherry Thaler and Marisa de Sa

Kol hakavod for your dedication, service, and commitment to Westchester Jewish Center.

for their exceptional collaboration on the 2021 journal.

We are honored to recognize your significant contributions to Jewish life and Jewish community and thank you for all you do for Westchester Jewish Center, our partners in raising the next generation of Jewish leaders.

With best wishes, The Leffell School Jason Friedland President, Board of Trustees

CARYL FERBER POSER & PETER POSER

Dr. Michael A. Kay Head of School

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“What does your God ask of you, that you do justice, love loving kindness, and walk humbly with your God” - Micah 6:8

Mazel Tov to our friends Cindy & Ben on this well deserved honor!

You epitomize this quote with your long-standing

For Cindy & Ben With Appreciation, Admiration and Affection.

commitment to WJC and our community.

Yasher Koach to a great team – the WJC Covid Task Force.

FRIEDA & VICTOR BADNER

SUZI & MARTIN OPPENHEIMER

Without the hard work and efforts of Cindy and Ben Golub over many years and the Covid Task Force over these too, too many months, where would WJC be today?

Fortunately, we don’t have to find out.

Thank you for all you do to support our community and the WJC. Mazel Tov on this well-deserved recognition

‫רבה‏רבה תודה‬

SHIRA & DAVID WEINSTEIN

ABBEY & STEVE MOSES

We congratulate the Golubs on this well deserved honor and thank them for their years of dedication and service to WJC. Thank you WJC for all you contribute to our lives.

We also want to acknowledge and thank the members of the Covid Task Force for their efforts and incredibly hard work during this challenging time.

DVORA RABINO & HERB LEVENTER

JENNIFER & IAN WINTERS

With appreciation and many thanks to Cindy and Ben

To: Cindy & Ben -

For all that you do to enliven and enhance WJC

With deep appreciation for all your years of work for WJC!

and the Westchester Jewish community!

To: The WJC Covid Task Force-

You are an inspiration to all of us.

With sincere appreciation for keeping us safe during the pandemic!

THE WEINER FAMILY SWAIN, JO ANN, MATTHEW & DANIELLE, & GRANT

Best wishes,

IRIS & LEE SCOPP

Mazal Tov Cindy and Ben on this well deserved honor.

In honor of Cindy and Ben,

Two community leaders who have been tireless in their efforts

You make our community a better place!

to support the Jewish community.

(Ben You are not all HOT AIR...from one Ba’al Tekiah to another)

xoxo,

RICK & JANE BERNSTEIN

Congratulations, Cindy and Ben, for being exemplary pillars of our community.

BETSY WOOLF & CLIFFORD WOLF

DANIELLE & STU SELTZER

Mazal Tov on this well deserved honor

KATIE BECKER MCLOUGHLIN

Dear Cindy and Ben Mazel tov on this well-deserved honor.

We are in awe of your inspired leadership and tireless devotion to the WJC community.

MYRA GLAJCHEN & DAVID COHEN

Congratulations to Cindy and Ben Golub and thank you to the Covid Task Force on this well-deserved honor.

SHARON & JEFF SILVER

Cindy & Ben With gratitude to a most deserving couple for your leadership and support.

To the Covid Task Force

Mazel tov to Cindy and Ben!

Thank you for all you’ve done to keep our WJC family safe.

Yasher Koach to All!

PAM & HOWARD MIZRACHI

THE MARANTZ FAMILY

Cindy & Ben Golub Mazel Tov on this Cindy, Ben and the Covid Committee

Special Honor

Thank you for everything you are doing to help keep

For All you both do

WJC a thriving and safe community.

To make our community And the world A better place.

MICHAEL WEINTRAUB & SUSAN W. BRECHER

ILEEN & RUSS GREENBERG

Mazel Tov to Cindy and Ben on a well-deserved honor!

Cindy and Ben,

We appreciate your many contributions to WJC and the larger communities.

Mazel Tov on your well deserved honor.

You truly make this world better. May you go from strength to strength!

Thank you both for making the world a better place.

…and our deep thanks to the Covid Committee for your time and attention.

You have addressed this difficult time with sensitivity and wisdom.

With Love,

ELESE & JEFFREY SILVERMAN

LIZ EHRLICH & LEON POTOK

We salute and honor Cindy Golub and Ben Golub, individually and together, for their indefatigable spirit

Mazel Tov to Cindy and Ben Golub on this well deserved honor.

and numerous actions to help so many people

Thank you to the WJC Covid Task Force for all of your hard work.

and the WJC community at-large.

With love and appreciation,

DEBBIE & HUNTER REISNER

Mazal Tov to Cindy & Ben Golub.

Huge thank you and Yasher Koach to the Covid Task Force.

Looking forward to your retirement!

HAZZAN ELLEN & GRAHAM ARAD

JENNIFER & JEFFREY LAVINE

With admiration for Cindy & Ben Golub, and with gratitude to the WJC Covid Task Force -- as well as the WJC clergy, leadership and staff -- for keeping our community knitted together, spiritually vibrant and engaged during such an unnerving year.

SHARON WEINSTOCK & JACQUES STEINBERG

Congratulations!

Mazal Tov, Cindy and Ben, on this well deserved simcha and honor!

Congrats to Cindy and Ben Golub, a well-deserving couple!

Congrats to the

COVID Task Force for all of their hard work during this trying time!

Best wishes, Ellie Rosenberg & family

Saluting tonight’s Honorees and all of our dear friends at Westchester Jewish Center

Thank you for serving our community as meaningfully as you do!

Thank you to the WJC Covid Task Force for all you have done this year to help our WJC community remain safe.

WJC SISTERHOOD

Congratulations Cindy We appreciate all you do for WJC, the community and much more.

We’re especially grateful that you also bring your insights and wisdom to our book group discussions.

Thank you!

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With great pleasure, we honor our dear friends, Cindy and Ben, for the work and support they devote, year after year, to their temple and their community.

to everyone with whom I have had the good fortune to work with on the Covid Task Force!

David Goldstein • Bunny Benenson Seth Schafler • Howard Leaf Larry Thaler • Victor Badner Heather Taffet Gold

Congratualtions to the Grand & Gracious Golubs -- Cindy & Ben -for all your contributions to WJC. You have enhanced our spiritual and physical growth.

Todah Rabah to Covid Task Force which also has protected WJC congregants’ spiritual & physical well-being.

JULI & DAN KARSON CHARLOTTE MALASKY

Mazel tov to Cindy & Ben!

Mazel Tov Cindy & Ben Golub

And thank you to the task force members

Thank you for all of your contributions

for being an incredible team!

to the Westchester Jewish Center.

HEATHER TAFFET GOLD & JEFF TAFFET

ISAAC, JAYNE, JONATHAN & STEFANIE KLIGMAN

MARILYN & BOB READER

Saluting an outstanding couple!

‫ישׁר כּוח‬

AILEEN NOVICK

Mazel Tov to this year’s honorees.

Congratulations to the

And a very special Todah to the Covid Task Force

Well deserved

Congratulations to Cindy and Ben

Golubs and Thank You WJC!

for their hard work and guidance in keeping our

Cindy & Ben.

friends, neighbors, colleagues for 35 years

congregational membership so safe.

With love,

JUDY & HOWARD ZWEIG

RUTH OBERNBREIT & BOB GLASS

THE ENTIRE SAYLES FAMILY

Congregation for allowing me to participate in

To our honorees, many thanks for all your

Thank you to the WJC Covid Task Force

Well deserved Cindy and Ben

evening Minyan and to say Kaddish for my mom

time and devotion to WJC.

for all that you have done and continue to do!

Mazel Tov

SOLANGE WARMUND

Thanks to WJC Clergy and its warm and welcoming

along with my sister Joan Forchheimer.

With Gratitude,

HOWARD TANENBAUM

JODI & AL SASSOON

TAMMY, EVAN, SAMANTHA, REBECCA, HILLARY & JESSICA COHEN

MYRA LEVINE-HARRIS

Mazel Tov to the honorees!

A special thank you to all the Congratulations to Cindy & Ben Golub

Covid task force who made everything

and many thanks to the

possible during the pandemic.

WJC Covid Task Force.

Having WJC was instrumental to our well being!

WJC was there for us this year by engaging us in

Mazel tov and warm wishes to our dear friends

WJC Services and events via ZOOM and Streaming.

Cindy & Ben on this well deserved honor.

Congratulations to Cindy & Ben Golub

We admire your continued dedication

on this special honor.

and generosity!!

MURIEL & BOB BRUSKIN

KAREN & ERIC GURWIN

We are grateful to all of you!

Warmest regards,

VIVIAN & MARK SWARTZ

DEBBIE & JEFF KATZ

Congratulations to our lifelong friends

Kol ha Kavod, Heather!

Congratulations on this

Cindy & Ben Golub

With love and respect,

well-deserved honor!

on receiving this well-deserved honor.

Your Carmel “mispacha”

Your dedication, kindness and generosity

Congratulations, Cindy and Ben We appreciate all you’ve done for our WJC community.

to others is an inspiration to all!

SHELLEY & STEVE ZELSON

GEORGE & LEE DOTY

ALIX & DAVID EBEN CARYN & ANDREW MOSS LYNN & BRIAN JABLOWSKY REBEKAH & LIRAN RAZ DIANE & ADAM SAFER REGINA & CHRIS YOUNG

NANCY, LARRY, AARON & JESSE THAUL

They say that “Leaders know the way, go the way and show the way.”

After 50 years of friendship, love and respect,

Thank you for knowing, going and showing us

we are happy to add our voices to the

what Tikkun Olam looks like.

community that honors you!

Mazal tov on this so-well-deserved honor!

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All our love,

SHELLI & JOEL PECK & THE KIDS

Thank you Cindy and Ben for your support

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Cindy and Ben

and dedication to the WJC Community

Thank you for all of your contributions to

Your leadership, dedication and commitment

and thanks to the Covid Task Force

WJC and the community at large.

have established a solid foundation

for keeping us all safe.

THE FINK FAMILY BRIAN, HOLLY, OLIVIA & MAX

for future generations.

VERONICA HOGASTEN ROBIN NAZARZADEH

JANE & STEVEN BERKOWITZ & FAMILY

Congrats to a couple, for many years always supportive of WJC. Happy having some friends in common.

THE SHIKES

Rabbi Shimon said: “There are three crowns: the crown of Torah, the crown of priesthood, and the crown of royalty, but the crown of a good name supersedes them all.”

Mazal tov to Cindy and Ben for being role models for all of us in so many ways.

In honor of

Mazel tov to Cindy & Ben Golub

Superwoman Heather Taffet Gold

and the WJC Covid Task Force

and the Covid Task Force

with appreciation for your dedication to WJC.

BARBARA & BERT TAFFET

AMY FASTENBERG & JAMES MARSH

That’s what our town is made of.

Special thanks to our wonderful librarian Arlene Ratzabi, for coordinating our Writing Workshop, now in its 5th year!

And thanks to Cindy and Randy Heller,

JOAN & ELLIOT FORCHHEIMER & FAMILY

JUDITH SUMMERFIELD, PHILIP ANDERSON & FAMILY

for helping us through the year.

Mazel Tov Cindy and Ben Mazel Tov Golubs on a well-deserved honor!

and thank you for all you do for

Thank you WJC Covid Task Force

WJC and our community.

for keeping us all safe!

Thank you to the WJC Covid Task Force

All the best,

MELISSA & DON SHOKRIAN

Yasher Koach to all honorees!

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And with thanks to the WJC leadership for keeping us safe medically and spiritually.

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Well Deserved and Best Wishes

SUE & ABE MIZRAHI

ADELE & BOB SHANSKY

Mazel Tov to the incredible honorees!

Thank you for all you do for the WJC community.

Much Love,

THE DE SA FAMILY

Who Joyfully Centers

Congratulations Cindy and Ben Golub.

Congratulations and thank you to

Thank you Covid Task Force

Cindy and Ben and to the Covid Task Force!!

for keeping WJC safe.

We sincerely appreciate all you have done.

Wishing our community strength,

WALTER & MARION REICHMAN BILL & JILL CASLIN

NEIL & LINDA SCHWARTZREICH

THE LEE FAMILY

THE LAPIDES FAMILY

Mazel tov and thank you to the

Yasher Koach to Cindy and Ben

Golubs and Covid Task Force

as well as the WJC Covid Task Force!

Mazel tov to Ben and Cindy!

In loving memory of

for everything you have done for the community.

Thank you for all that you have done for WJC!

Thanks so much to the Covid Task Force!

Shirley Queen

THE PERL FAMILY

THE SIRKIN FAMILY MERI, MARK, ROSHANA, GABE & MAIA

Us… health and uplift.

for a good, healthy summer and fall!

Mazal Tov, Cindy and Ben.

Thank you to WJC for always

Cindy and Ben Golub

Mazel Tov To All of the

being there for our community.

and

2021 WJC Honorees

The WJC Covid Task Force

PAULA & DAVID KRENKEL

great honor/event - and best wishes ahead

EVE & MARK RUSS

Congratulations to

BRENDA & MICHAEL BLOOM

Mazel to all - especially the Golubs on this

A well deserved honor in recognition for all you do to support and enhance the lives of others.

In appreciation for the hard work of the Covid Task Force over this past year.

CAROL & HERB CORBIN

RINA BEDER & IRVING COHEN

We are grateful to those on the

Congratulations, Cindy and Ben Golub!

Thank you for all you have done for our WJC community!

The Clay Art Center congratulates the WJC

Congratulations!

WJC Covid Task Force for all of your time and effort.

on its Gala and invites you to join us at our Springfest Sale outside the center on June 5, 2021.

Judaica on commission.

SHARON MOSESON & MARTY KROSELL

ANN & SAM COLIN

THE DUBROW FAMILY Mazel Tov to the Golubs on this well-deserved honor.

Hats off to Judy and Howard Zweig

Thank you for your endless efforts

for their dedication to the JOY Club!

benefitting our community.

Cindy and Ben: Thank you for your many contributions to WJC and the wider Jewish community. Mazal tov!

To Cindy & Ben

Deep appreciation to the members of the

A most deserving honor

MELINDA & STEWART GOLDMAN

ADDIE & ED STEIN

Mazel Tov to Cindy and Ben Golub

Mazal tov to Cindy and Ben Golub.

and the WJC Covid Task Force.

Many thanks to the WJC Covid Task Force

Thank you for all that you do!

for your ongoing work on our behalf.

ERICA & CHLOE STRONGIN

BETH & LARRY JARET

Covid Task Force who have volunteered their time and expertise to keep our community healthy.

CANTOR ETHAN & RABBI SHOSHI LEVIN GOLDBERG

BERNICE SCHARGEL

Your leadership, active engagement and contributions to not only WJC but the Jewish community at large including UJA, The Leffell School is very inspiring.

We are grateful to you both for your lifelong contributions

With deep gratitude to Cindy and Ben

and wish you continued success in enriching the

and to our extraordinary Covid Task Force

Jewish community with your presence.

Thank you for all you do for EVERYONE!!

So proud to call you my friends.

Congratulations and Mazal Tov

Mazel Tov to the Honorees

Mazel tov!

for being the Gala Honorees.

MAX NEGRIN & FAMILY

Cindy and Ben,

Best Wishes,

ILENE & MARSHALL BELLOVIN

AMY SCHOTTENSTEIN & FAMILY

BETTY WEISSMAN

A sincere mazel tov to Cindy and Ben Golub Congrats Cindy and Ben Your dedication to WJC over the many years is much appreciated.

for all they do for WJC, as well as for the global Jewish community. And a special thanks to the incredible Covid Task Force who kept us so well informed, especially during the scary and confusing

Mazel tov to Cindy and Ben Golub!

Mazal Tov and Best Wishes to Cindy and Ben

Thank you for your wonderful contributions to

for all your hard work for... and your love of the shul

WJC and to the Jewish community.

and the Jewish Community.

Thank you to the Covid Task Force for your hard work this past year!

early days of the pandemic.

Best Wishes,

CARYN & ANTONY LOEBEL & FAMILY

Mazel Tov to Cindy & Ben Golub and many thanks to the WJC Covid Task Force

RANDY & ROGER STAVIS

PATTY & ANDREW BAUMAN

NAOMI KOTKIN

RON, DEB, ADAM & REBECCA ELITZUR

Mazel Tov to Cindy & Ben Golub Mazel tov & best wishes

and

Congratulations to Cindy and Ben Golub

on this special honor

Todah Rabah to our intrepid

and the WJC Covid Task Force.

WJC Covid Task Force

MARCIA JAEGER

FERN & MYRON TANNENBAUM

ADRIA & HARVEY PASS

With gratitude to our honorees, Cindy and Ben Golub, Congratulations to the Golubs for all that you do,

and in appreciation for the Covid Task Force and their tireless commitment to keeping WJC congregants and staff safe through this unprecedented time.

Mazel Tov and thanks to Cindy, Ben and the Covid Task Force.

Many thanks,

NANCY, ERIC, JARED, COREY, & SARAH SHERMAN

HEATHER & MARK SEGAL & FAMILY

Congratulation to everyone.

Mazel tov Cindy and Ben

My best wishes.

Thank you to the Covid Task Force

HANNE HOLSTEN & FAMILY

ALAN & JANET ARNOWITZ

and many thanks to the Covid Task Force for your hard work this past year.

Linda & Marc Karell send their best wishes to

You are all incredible and greatly appreciated!

Ben and Cindy Golub and thank the Covid Task Force

Mazel Tov

for their hard work and dedication.

THE GOTTSEGEN FAMILY

LINDA & MARC KARELL

2021 WESTCHESTER JEWISH CENTER SPRING GALA SUPPORTERS Harriet & Ken Barish Julie BenAvram Jonathan, Virginie, Samuel & Noa Berg Cathy Dobkins & Dan Fitzgibbon Elise & David Dowell Monica Friedman Natalie Goldsmith Penny Goldsmith Gail & Robert Goodman Joanna & Adam Gross Judy Gross Judy Herbst Anita & Art Kaplan Hedy Levy Nina & Mel Meltzer Dina Nelson & Family Ann Pircio-Pardes Josh & Jill Rivel & Family Sarah & Jake Rosenwasser Susan & Ralph Sansolo Nancy Zaro

May 23, 2021 Dear Friends, It is a privilege to send greetings to everyone attending the Westchester Jewish Center's Spring Gala. Congratulations to Cindy and Ben Golub for their outstanding work to support the vibrant Jewish community in Westchester and beyond. Their involvement with organizations like the Westchester Jewish Center, UJA-Federation of New York, Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, and the Lefell School, to name a few, has shown their commitment to improving the lives of others.

The Westchester Jewish Center is a special place for those in the community to practice their faith and gather together. Since WJC's inception, members have worked consistently to support members of the Jewish and greater Westchester community through various charitable and civic work. I am grateful to individuals like each of you for your work to serve the community. It is my hope that your efforts inspire others to take part in actions large and small, public and private, to build a better and brighter future for all.

You have my best wishes for a memorable event and for many more years of continued success.

Sincerely,

A Kirsten Gillibrand United States Senator

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Steven Otis Assembly Member 91st District Westchester County

May 23, 2021 Dear Friends, Congratulations and best wishes to the Westchester Jewish Center (WJC) on its Annual Spring Benefit. We are all gathered virtually tonight to support and celebrate the great work and mission of WJC. I join you in paying tribute to your distinguished honorees, Cindy and Ben Golub for their exemplary leadership and passionate involvement in the WJC community. Ben served for many years as a WJC Trustee and Cindy served on several fundraising committees and prepared meals for homebound congregants. In the broader Jewish community, Ben and Cindy currently hold senior positions at UJA-Federation of NY and The Leffell School. Cindy serves on the Executive Committee of UJA-Federation of NY as the Westchester Regional Chair and Ben has served as chair of the UJA-Federation campaign at BlackRock. Ben is a trustee of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York and a trustee of The Leffell School.

My best wishes to all those virtually present on this special occasion. Every year, and particularly this past year, the Spring Gala is an opportunity to offer gratitude and recognition to those who enrich the worship, learning and outreach experience at WJC. Warm regards,

Steven Otis State Assemblyman

A GREAT COUNTY IS ONLY AS GREAT AS THOSE PERSONS WHO SET AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE, WHETHER THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS, THROUGH UNIQUE PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS, OR SIMPLY THROUGH A LIFETIME OF GOOD CITIZENRY; AND

WHEREAS

HISTORY HAS OFTEN TAUGHT US THAT THE MERIT OF ANY SOCIETY CAN AND WILL BE MEASURED BY THE ACTIONS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO, BY WAY OF UNPARALLELED EXHIBITIONS OF DILIGENCE AND CONVICTION, INSPIRE THOSE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BEAR WITNESS; AND

WHEREAS

BEN AND CINDY GOLUB ARE SUCH INDIVIDUALS WHO, THROUGH THEIR SELFLESS DEDICATION TO FAMILY INCLUDING THEIR CHILDREN: JILL, PHILLIP AND ALEX; FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, COMMUNITY AND CONGREGANTS AT THE WESTCHESTER JEWISH CENTER IN MAMARONECK, NEW YORK — HAS DISPLAYED A LEVEL OF COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION WORTHY OF THE HIGHEST PRAISE; AND

WHEREAS

BEN AND CINDY GOLUB, HAVE RESIDED IN MAMARONECK FOR 30 YEARS, WHERE THEY JOINED THE WESTCHESTER JEWISH CENTER AND ARE LEADERS IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, PASSIONATE ABOUT JEWISH EDUCATION AND BELIEVERS IN SERVICE; AND

WHEREAS

BEN AND CINDY GOLUB HAVE LONGSTANDING MEANINGFUL ROLES AT THE WESTCHESTER JEWISH CENTER, INCLUDING HANDS ON INVOLVEMENT AND SUPPORT LIKE PREPARING MEALS FOR COUNTLESS CONGREGANTS WHO ARE HOMEBOUND, ILL OR JUST BECAME NEW PARENTS; AND

WHEREAS

BEN AND CINDY GOLUB ARE DESCRIBED AS GIVING OF THEMSELVES, THEIR TIME AND IDEAS WITH BEN MAKING HIS MARK DURING ROSH HASHANAH AT THE WESTCHESTER JEWISH CENTER WITH CONGREGANTS LISTENING TO THE SOUND OF HIS SHOFAR TO MARK THE NEW YEAR; AND

WHEREAS

BEN AND CINDY GOLUB REMAIN ACTIVE AT THE WESTCHESTER JEWISH CENTER WITH BEN ONCE SERVING AS A TRUSTEE AND CINDY SERVING ON MANY FUNDRAISING COMMITTEES, THE COUPLE BEING HONORED AND RECOGNIZED DURING THE WESTCHESTER JEWISH CENTER’S ANNUAL GALA; AND NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT

RESOLVED, THAT AS THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY EXECUTIVE, I RECOGNIZE THAT IN BEN AND CINDY GOLUB WE HAVE OUTSTANDING CITIZENS, WHO ARE WORTHY OF THE ESTEEM OF ALL WHO ARE FORTUNATE TO KNOW THEM.

23rd Day of _______________ May, 2021 Given Under My Hand and Seal this ________ George Latimer, Westchester County Executive

______________________________________ Westchester County Executive

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