Mason Hillel Annual Report 2015

George Mason University

GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY HILLEL 2015 ANNUAL REPORT

BOARD OF DIRECTORS The Mason Hillel Board of Directors is composed of dedicated alumni, parents, faculty, students and community members.

The Board oversees Hillel’s operations, sets policy, engages in strategic planning, and ensures that Hillel has adequate resources to carry out its mission.

MESSAGE FROM BOARD PRESIDENT, ADAM AUGUST

MESSAGE FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ROSS DIAMOND

This is really an exciting time at George Mason Hillel and I am personally excited to serve as President of our Community Board as we continue our next phase of growth. Last year we enjoyed unprecedented successes at Mason Hillel, both tangible and intangible, in terms of our programming.

Think of a wind-up toy from your childhood. Maybe it is a waddling yellow duck, or a green smiling dinosaur, or a vintage “futuristic” robot.

Visualize it sitting on your kitchen table. Alone, by itself it does nothing.

It needs you to wind it up for it to come alive.

With our supporters’ help we have been able to grow to meet the increased demand in our community for Jewish engagement. We have invested heavily in providing Israel engagement, education and experiences through our own Israel Fellow program. It is no secret that we are facing unprecedented challenges on campus and we are the only voice for Israel at Mason. By empowering students with knowledge to understand more about Israel they can proudly share this part of their identity with their peers.

Board members for the 2015-16 year are: Adam August, President Joanne Wilkenfeld Wyman, Vice President Neil Schlussel, Treasurer Joshua Cantor, Secretary Rabbi Bruce Aft Dana Blumenfeld, Student President Sam Eisen z l Holly Gebel Jared Gold Deborah Kessler Asher Kotz Michael Medina Dvorah Richman Natalie Roisman Bernhard Saxe David Schneider Carol Weiss Past Presidents Natalie Roisman Rabbi Bruce Aft Scott Brown

Happily, we also enjoyed record generosity and support for our fundraising and have become financially stable due to leadership of the Community Board and the generosity of community, foundations, and Jewish Federations.

The Jewish journeys of our students are like these childhood toys.

They sometimes need help getting started and to stay motivated. By empowering our students, they are given the gift of exploring their own Jewish journey.

As an organization, we support many opportunities to assist our students’ Jewish journeys and their relationships with Israel. Some of those opportunities this past year included: • Good Deeds Day, when over 150 student leaders, 30 organizations and 2,000 participants spent a day together doing good.

• Concerts organized by student leaders (with advice from our Israel Fellow), presented Israeli mega stars Rita and Idan Raichel, who provided two unique Israel experiences on the GMU campus.

Our goals for this year involve building on our past successes and empowering our Executive Director and student leaders with the resources and opportunities to further our mission. There are so many ways to get involved, including our Israel Advocacy Committee and other Board Committees, supporting our Israel Fellow, making financial contributions, attending and supporting our programs, or becoming an advocate on the Community Board to enhance the reputation and stature of Mason Hillel.

• Our second annual Expressions of the Holocaust: Storytellers event, tirelessly organized by 40 student leaders, attended by 300 participants who heard Rabbi Laszlo Berkowits share his survivor story.

Thank you community members, parents, alumni, Community Board, Hillel International, Federations, foundations and students for helping us get to where we are today. We look forward to continuing our successes with our best year ever!

• Weekly Shabbat dinners and Jewish holiday meals, organized by students for students.

Adam August Board President

• A contingent of 46 students, whose Jewish identity gained greater context and meaning through their participation in a Birthright Israel trip.

By empowering student leaders, we are realizing our mission to inspire Jewish students to make an enduring commitment to Jewish life, learning and Israel. As we have empowered our students on their Jewish journey, you have empowered Mason Hillel to grow with your continued support. With your help, we have grown to meet demands for increased services for Jewish life, Israel engagement, and education.

Your support enabled us to bring our first Israel Fellow to campus. Last year our Israel Fellow, Yakir Daniel, brought Israel to Mason in a big way. His role in facilitating Israel experiences and connecting students with opportunities to travel to Israel was unprecedented. Our new Israel Fellow, Tal Avidov, will build upon Yakir’s efforts and bring us to greater heights of Israel engagement and knowledge on our campus this year.

You can read more about Tal and her story on (page 6).

Having an Israel Fellow on campus helped us address our greatest challenges, the continued growth of the anti-Israel movement at GMU and the perception by some national organizations that Mason isn’t a safe place to be a Jew. While anti-Israel activism is offensive, it is not always the same as anti-Semitism. We have worked with the university life and admissions offices to overcome this challenge. We have had some success and look forward to working with the university to continue this conversation throughout the school year. We will continue to be vigilant in our efforts to make sure that the university continues to be our partner in making Mason a safe and welcome place to be a Jew. We have so much to be grateful for despite the challenges we face.

Thank you for your unwavering support, which gives us the wherewithal to empower our students to continue moving forward on their Jewish journeys.

Ross Diamond Executive Director

George Billinson Arthur Goldberg Richard Peet

3

OUR YEAR IN NUMBERS

SARAH FORT SHOLKLAPPER CLASS OF 2010

2000

810

PARTICIPANTS

DID GOOD AT MASON'S GOOD DEEDS DAY

SHABBAT & HOLIDAY MEALS SERVED TO STUDENTS

46 MASON STUDENTS TRAVELED TO ISRAEL FOR THE FIRST TIME ON A

TAGLIT-BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL TRIP

80 STUDENT INITIATIVES

WERE FACILITATED BY MASON HILLEL IN 2014-15

280

ALUMNI PROFILE

250

EXPERIENCED IDAN RAICHEL AND RITA, ISRAEL'S DIVA

STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS

HONORED 22 SURVIVORS

AT THE EXPRESSIONS OF THE HOLOCAUST: STORYTELLERS

When people ask me where I went to college, I say, “Twenty minutes down the road from where I went to high school.” Often, the look on their faces are somewhat confused, and I don’t blame them because I never saw myself sticking around near high school, either. Ask my parents. I was going to go somewhere far away, a big city, and see all that cool, I don’t know, big city-stuff? Instead I came to Mason, a good bit of foresight on my part, since I wanted to study government and international politics and then go on to graduate school, and Mason seemed like a practical choice. And boy do I thank my eighteen-yearold self for that decision, or the loans for rabbinical school would be even more overwhelming!

After making my peace that Mason was not New York or some similar place, I kind of fell into Hillel. It so happened that there was a need, in the middle of the year, for someone to take on the vice president position. I stayed pretty much on the outskirts of the Hillel radar, such as it was, until that point. Stepping into that role changed everything. I had already grown up comfortable with and proud of my Jewish identity.

And I gained a lot of valuable experience teaching and leading youth groups at my synagogue, Congregation Olam Tikvah, which I would not have gotten anywhere else. But the opportunities I found by getting involved in student leadership with Hillel allowed me to learn in so many unique ways.

Pirkei Avot, or Ethics of the Fathers, quotes a rabbi named Ben Zoma who asks, “Who is wise? One who learns from everyone.” Through my time in Mason Hillel, I had the opportunity to learn from so many people, in so many ways. I collaborated with young Jews from different walks of life and communities, and in doing so I learned so many beautiful ways to be and do Jewish. I was allowed a sort of ‘incubator,’ a space in which my friends and I could experiment with different programs and events. Programs geared toward our own community, other student organizations, or the greater Mason community of tens of thousands of young adults: I was able to learn how to create Jewish experiences accessible to many different people.

Most importantly, I learned of my own passion for creating Jewish community. Midway through my college education – while knee-deep in coordinating Shabbat dinners, and teaching first graders about Israel, and corralling dozens of middle schoolers at youth group retreats – I realized something important: that I didn’t want to work for the State Department or a large multinational nonprofit, for which my degree was preparing me. I realized that I wanted to be what I had always been – a Jewish leader. So a year after graduation, I enrolled in the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, the Conservative rabbinical school in Los Angeles.

I realized something important: that I didn’t want to work for the State Department or a large multinational nonprofit, for which my degree was preparing me. I realized that I wanted to be what I had always been – a Jewish leader.

I have brought my passion for growing dynamic, meaningful Jewish communities (which was nurtured at Hillel and Olam Tikvah) with me on my journey through rabbinical school. From leading the Joint Distribution Committee’s Bar and Bat Mitzvah Camp in the Russian Far East (with my husband, Ariel Sholklapper, also a rabbinical student) to my year studying at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem, I have carried my love of and ability to cultivate Jewish community. In two short years I will, God willing, be ordained. So many people have been a part of my journey, a journey that began in a profound way at Mason Hillel. I saw the power a responsive, authentic Judaism has on young Jews and the community around them. I hope that I may continue the work that began at Hillel, and to work with the kind of amazing and engaged people I met there and elsewhere along this path.

5

INSPIRED ISRAELI COMES TO MASON

INSPIRED JEWISH ATHLETE LEADS ISRAEL ENGAGEMENT

TAL AVIDOV

MORGAN SILVERSTEIN, CLASS OF 2016

Our new Hillel Israel Fellow, Tal Avidov, comes to George Mason University from Oranit, Israel. She joins us having just completed her Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Multidisciplinary Studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, while working as an instructor at the Knesset and Israeli Supreme Court, as well as a researcher for the Joint Distribution Committee.

My journey as a Jewish student leader began in my hometown of Richmond, VA. Whether I was working at the Jewish Community Center, leading my BBYO chapter, or engaged in my Temple Beth El Religious School, being Jewish was an essential aspect of my life. While the Jewish community was a central part of my upbringing, having played basketball, my passion and commitment to athletics was a formative experience.

A granddaughter of Holocaust survivors on one side of her family and generations of Zionist pioneers on the other, Tal’s entire upbringing has revolved around Israel’s colorful history, culture and society. As she explains, “My childhood, later experiences in the army and work as a madricha at the Knesset and Supreme Court for high school students, has allowed me to interact and learn about the diverse fabric of my country. Mindful of this complex array of narratives, I am excited to bring my knowledge of Israel, in all its layers, to my American Jewish counterparts and the George Mason University community.”

Eager to strengthen the Israel-Diaspora and U.S.-Israel relationships, Tal looks forward to the opportunities her new post at George Mason Hillel offers as far as promoting Jewish identity and cultivating connections to Israel.

However, this engagement need not be limited to the Jewish members on campus. “As an honorary member of the George Mason community,” Tal exclaims, “I will be happy to interact with all walks of life and groups on campus. Students and faculty should feel open to approaching me on whatever topic: whether on cultural issues, the political situation, or to coordinate joint programs for the student population.

Recognizing my role as an unofficial ambassador for my country, I want to convey Israel’s openness to conversation and desire to listen and be understood, especially on university campuses where stories of dialogue and cooperation tend to be ignored and overshadowed by polarized coverage surrounding the BDS movement.”

Recognizing my role as an unofficial ambassador for my country, I want to convey Israel’s openness to conversation and desire to listen and be understood, especially on university campuses where stories of dialogue and cooperation tend to be ignored and overshadowed by polarized coverage surrounding the BDS movement.

After my first visit to George Mason University, I knew this would be a perfect match for my undergraduate experience. Coming to Mason, I assumed I would get involved with Jewish life and play club sports. My freshman year I was invited by a friend to try out with her as a walk-on for the rowing (crew) team. Having no experience, I didn’t expect to fall in love with this sport. It is quite demanding, considering you have to wake up at 5 AM every morning, but rowing gives me a satisfaction that I could not find anywhere else.

At the same time I was making my way into the Mason Jewish community. I began helping cook Mason Hillel Shabbat dinners weekly and was even appointed Shabbat chair. Throughout my time in the campus Jewish community I have made many new friends. One even connected me to Camp Perlman, where I am the summer 2015 Waterfront Director. This opportunity has led to the best summers of my life.

After attending Birthright Israel with Mason Hillel in May 2014, I returned inspired. This was a highlight of my summer and a life-changing experience. I decided to focus more of my time building a strong community that provides an accurate portrayal of the people of Israel and Israeli culture. This was in response to seeing so much negative and often incorrect information about Israel being spread on my campus. I took on a leadership position with the Israel Student Association and helped support the annual Good Deeds Day at Mason.

Entering my senior year of college my leadership opportunities grew. I have the honor of being the president of the Israel Student Association and a team captain for Mason’s NCAA Division 1 Women’s Crew Team.

I am excited to see what the upcoming year will hold for me, as well as my future as a leader in the Jewish Community. This year we will connect with many new students in regards to Israel, bringing them a fresh perspective and the opportunity to engage in conversation. I look forward to working with our team, including our new Israel Fellow, Tal Avidov, to accomplish this important mission.

After attending Birthright Israel with Mason Hillel in May 2014, I returned inspired... I decided to focus more of my time building a strong community that provides an accurate portrayal of the people of Israel and Israeli culture.

Tal says, “I look forward to joining the GMU Hillel family and helping it grow to new heights. Together, we can make George Mason truly a center of Jewish life, with strong ties to Israel. And GO PATRIOTS!”

Israel Student Association Executive leadership, Morgan Silverstein and Ari Benjamin, volunteering at Good Deeds Day.

7

A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL JILLIAN GOGEL, CLASS OF 2016

Participants celebrate after becoming B’nai Mitzvahs in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

Waking up at 3:45 a.m. proved worth it to see the sunrise over the Negev Desert from Masada.

In young Jewish communities there’s no shortage of stories about Birthright Israel experiences. Running far ahead of the actual free trip itself, is word of long days with little sleep, the jam-packed travel schedule, and the lavish collegiate activities that one expects on a trip comprising boisterous young Jewish adults.

Jillian Gogel enjoys an afternoon in the northern Israeli city of Tzfat.

I cannot say another thing before mentioning that nothing, none of the stories and testimonials I’d heard, prepared me for the inspirational and transformational experience of my 2015 Mason Hillel Birthright Israel trip.

One word summarizes those amazing 10 days: mishpacha, or family. In only 10 days, my 45 companions and the madrichim (leaders) and staff were transformed from strangers into family. Whatever the difficulty -- crowded bus, frustrating Wifi, or whatever -- our group became an enormous pillar of support for every individual.

Gogel explains a portion of the Torah as she became a Bat Mitzvah and took on a Hebrew name.

I know now that my journey has many miles ahead, yet I also know that this day symbolized an enormous step on a path I had been following all along.

Bus #1242 gets a first look at the holy city of Jerusalem.

George Mason students show off their Patriot pride.

Several of us on the trip, myself included, had visited some of the sites on the Birthright itinerary before. But this time, observing the sites through a lens of common Jewish peoplehood and identity, as well as experiencing them with passionate others, opened our eyes to what I would describe as a deeper sense of reality for the place.

Birthright takes a more traditional commute through the desert by camel.

Some opted to be closer to ground-level, riding by donkey.

I will never forget one moment in particular, the day several of us participated in a B’nai Mitzvah ceremony at the Kotel (Western Wall), near Robinson Arch. I was among the 12 participants that day, nervous and vulnerable, as we publically affirmed our Jewish faith and values. I shed wave after wave of tears as I realized more things about spirituality, identity, and Israel then I had previously. I know now that my journey has many miles ahead, yet I also know that this day symbolized an enormous step on a path I had been following all along. The fact that we shared this moment with the entire group, was particularly moving. I can only express my deepest gratitude and admiration to all of them.

Our large group, travelling in close quarters, spending hours together, proved that large parties can be far more intimate than smaller ones.

Swiftly and rather efficiently, one person bonded with another who in turn bonded with another until the whole group was affected. Revealing moments became more frequent, ideas shared among a few quickly spread, openness among one another was commonplace. Honestly, I’m still not sure how so much happened in 10 days, 10 mere days; it seems we traveled a lifetime in half a fortnight. I have never had such an uprooting, emotional, turbulent, and wonderful experience quite like I had in June 2015, and it’s likely that I won’t again for some time.

The love I feel sure we still hold for one another, the places we visited, and the range of sights, smells, tastes, and emotions all blend together in a delicious, eclectic memory for me. And the lessons I learned and experiences I had are truly some of the most splendid I can ask for at my young age. I feel honored to have been a part of this encounter.

9

DANA BLUMENFELD While walking outside my residence hall Freshman year I noticed a group around an ice cone machine. Hot as it was during the end of August, I walked over and Ross, the Mason Hillel director, immediately started speaking with me. I mentioned that I was interested in learning about the free trip to Israel my grandmother told me about. I didn’t expect to find a new community of people in addition to a free trip to Israel.

I participated in Birthright Israel the summer after my Freshman year.

After returning I no longer wanted to be just a member of Hillel, but someone who helps to advance the organization and build Jewish community. Officially I was the Vice President for Social Media and Marketing; unofficially, as the then President and close friend Lance Gebel would tell me, I was the person to go to, to get things done.

I was asked to be the annual Good Deeds Day coordinator. My mission was to convene organizations and individuals at Mason to participate in an international day of doing good. On March 19 2015, Good Deeds Day came to Mason in a partnership between Mason Hillel, GMU’s Center for the Advancement of Well-being, the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, and Ruach Tova. This day of service idea started in Israel in 2007 and is being held on our campus for the second year in a row.

The idea behind the day is simple: do a good deed. It can be as simple as opening the door for someone else, or as big as changing the world!

Nance Lucas, the Executive Director of the Center for the Advancement of Well-Being, explains, “The whole purpose around Good Deeds Day is about the other 364 days of the year – inspiring others to do good deeds small and large.”

I reached out to student organizations, faculty offices, and community groups to get involved. Over twenty groups had tables in the North Plaza of the Fairfax campus, a central hub for foot traffic. Each group was empowered to educate the Mason community about their different causes. They ranged from a charity drive for women’s toiletries (MedX) to handing out carnations (Gamma Phi Beta), to registering people for the bone marrow registry (Alpha Epsilon Pi).

Donate Life, an organization promoting organ donation sponsored a booth in memory of a former Mason faculty member, Steven Davidson z’’l. Steven passed away suddenly in January 2015 and made his last good deed the gift of his viable organs. We were grateful to be able to honor Steven’s memory during our day of service.

Our Good Deeds Day served as the kick-off for Spring into Well-Being, a month-long university-wide initiative sponsored by the Center for the Advancement of Well-Being. The goal was to get Mason Nation thinking more about their personal well-being. “Ask Me Tents” were set up throughout campus for passersby to come in and ask questions.

At the tents a “Reflections of Well-Being” volunteer held a floor-length mirror and asked those walking by: “What does well-being look like to you?” What seems like a simple question got varying responses. Those answering the question were invited to write their answers on the mirror.

The sisters of Gamma Phi Beta celebrate Good Deeds Day at Mason.

I look forward to continuing to build community at GMU as the president of Mason Hillel, with keeping our Jewish values at the center of our community. It is with this vision, collaboration, and passion that we will build a stronger Jewish community that adds value to the entire Mason experience.

WHERE OUR MONEY GOES

16%

18.9%

Federation Allocations ($31,577)

Gifts Over $1,000 ($37,276)

17.9%

Our vision is to make Good Deeds Day an annual tradition at Mason and it is well underway. I look forward to continuing to build community at GMU as the president of Mason Hillel, with keeping our Jewish values at the center of our community. It is with this vision, collaboration, and passion that we will build a stronger Jewish community that adds value to the entire Mason experience.

Grants ($66,416)

Total: $196,710

7.6%

5.6%

Event Revenue ($11,120)

Board Gifts ($14,963)

At the end of the day, we had 15 mirrors completely covered, 122 toiletries collected, 100 carnations handed out, 300 signatures and positive messages on Mason U’s banner, and countless good deeds done. We also gave out 400 Good Deeds Day t-shirts and 200 water bottles with the Mason Hillel logo. I don’t think the day could have been any more perfect!

33.7%

INCOME

Gifts Under $1,000 ($35,358)

18.8%

Operations ($34,859)

17.9% Development ($33,169)

EXPENSES TOTAL: $185,002

63.2%

Student Engagement & Israel Education ($116,974)

11

EXPRESSIONS OF THE HOLOCAUST On Tuesday November 11, 2014 Mason Hillel hosted its second annual Expressions of the Holocaust: Storyteller, a night honoring the survivors and victims of the Holocaust. The event focused on the Holocaust in Hungary, as this year marks the 70th anniversary of the German occupation of Hungary in World War II. Rita, Israel’s Diva wows a crowd with her incredible voice and story.

The event sold out with three hundred attendees, including students, faculty, staff, community members, and survivors. More than 100 student volunteers worked to make the night a success. Notable guests in attendance included 22 survivors, Congressman Gerry Connolly, Former Hungarian Ambassador to the U.S. András Simonyi, and Rabbi Laszlo Berkowits, Rabbi Emeritus at Temple Rodef Shalom in Falls Church, VA. Rabbi Laszlo Berkowits shared his story of survival as a Hungarian Jew and how he became the founding rabbi of the largest synagogue in Virginia. His story captivated the audience as he recalled in great detail his incredible journey.

The one-act play, Uniform, was written by Mason alumnus and playwright Aaron Sulkin. Featured in the 2014 DC Fringe Festival, Uniform is a fictional performance that involves three Jewish siblings hiding from the Nazis in Hungary. It is the story of keeping one’s humanity in an inhumane time.

Premiering at the event, More Than A Memory is a documentary that was created by the Delta Kappa Alpha Cinematic Arts Fraternity. The short film includes interviews with local survivors, Mason students, and faculty regarding their perspectives on keeping the memory alive for future generations.

In continuing with our annual event, Expressions of the Holocaust: Conversations will be held on Sunday, October 25, 2015 at George Mason University. This year we will convene students, survivors, faculty, and community members to speak about preserving the memory of the Holocaust for future generations.

This year we will convene students, survivors, faculty, and community members to speak about preserving the memory of the Holocaust for future generations.

Israeli musician, Idan Raichel, shared his views and songs at Mason.

13

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

Thank you to our supporters. Mason Hillel is dependent on the generosity of parents, alumni and community members. We thank you all for your contributions.

Adina and Glenn Ackerman

Robert Budoff

Livia Elgart

Lawrence Grylack

Michael Leavitt

Dr. Deborah Polayes

Jan and Marc Seidman

Martin Weiner

Sue and Rabbi Bruce Aft

Dr. & Dr. Kevin and Sarah Bunin

Jessica Emami

Gail Gurin

Lawrence and Constance Leibowitz

Lisa Pomerance

Julie and David Selden

Shalev and Joyce Weinstein

Neale Ainsfield

Joshua Cantor

Embassy of the Federal Republic

Paul and Jean Gurman

Julian and Natalie Levine

Marlo and Adam Primmer

Gail Sevin

Stephanie Weisbroth

Zivar Hallaji

Leonard and Mimi Levine

Dr. Michael Pritz

Dr. Carol Shapiro

Barrett Weiser

Michael and Marilyn Hausfeld

Gene Levinson

Cantor Sidney Rabinowitz

Roberta and Seymour Sherman

Karen Tovey and Edward Weiss

Avron Hecht

Jessica Levy

Sylvia Rabinowitz

Bernard Shultz

Ellen and Steve Weiss

Rhoda Ritzenberg and Kenneth Heitner

Susan and Rafael Levy

Rabbi Michael and Sarah Ragozin

Abbey Siciliano

Mark and Carol Weiss

Jacqueline Hess

Roberta Lisker

Susan and Howard Reichbart

Martin Siegel

Dr. Lenore Weitzman

Mike Hilert

Kathy London

Rabbi Steve Rein (Agudas Achim)

Howard Silberberg

Joan White

Arnie Hiller

Davida Luehrs

Michael Rice

Maurine Simon

Michael Williams

Heidi and Robert Hirsh

Betsy and John MacCarthy

Lorna Richards

Ellen Simonoff

Lauren Wingo

Rabbi Michael Holzman

Peter and Elizabeth Maer

Laura Fargotstein and Dr. John Riskind

Dr. Fred Singer

Women of Temple Rodef Shalom

Murray and Janet Horwitz

Mark and Ita Mandel

Craig Rocklin

John Sipos

Jim and Barbara Wright

Suzanne Hunt

Muriel and Allen Marcus

Natalie and Rich Roisman

Theodore Smith

Henry and Roberta Wulf

Rabbi Brett Isserow

Michael and Sasha Medina

David Roggen

Harriet Smith

Dr. & Ms. Bruce and Joanne Wyman

Mojgan Jamali

Elizabeth Margosches and Don Melman

Harold and Vivian Ronen

Michael Smith

David and Deborah Yaffe

Laura Jasso

Susan Miles

Rabbi Amy Rosenberg

Rohangiuz Sobhani

Steven and Janice Yohai

Claire Johnson

Lisa Miller

Phillip and Gloria Rosenthal

Prof. Ariela Sofer

Jennifer Johnson

Dr. & Mrs. William and Gail Moskowitz

Steven Rosenthal and Carol Gordon

Matt Spetalnick

Nathan Jourabchi

Susan Moscowitz

Michelle Ross

Deborah Spitzer

Rabbi David and Talya Kalender

Helen Moskowitz

Mark and Melinda Roth

Sharyn Stahl

Arthur and Abby Kalotkin

Ann Nachbar

Eric and Rachel Rothberg

David and Denise Stein

Charles Kapar

Candace Nachman

Marge Rothenberg

Gil St. Mark

David Kasminoff

Howard and Rhona Nachman

Eric Rozenman

Michelle and Steven Stravitz

Kim and Howard Kaufer

Richard Neifeld

Nicole Rubloff

Edward Stroger

Norman Kaufman

Andrew and Robin Neyman

Jody and Barry Saffran

Laura and Daniel Strouse

Matthew Kaufman

Michael Novice

Adam and Mikhal Salzberg

Gail and Howard Sulkin

Chet and Deborah Kessler

Sonya and Ric Okin

David Salzman

David Sussman

Marvin Klemow

Michael Orleans

Douglas Sanderson

Deborah and Raymond Swichkow

Hillel Kober

Alex Osinovsky

Joan Isenberg and George Samuels

Rhea Tannen

Richmond

Stanley Kober

Joel and Rachelle Palley

Bernhard and Joyce Saxe

Jordan Tannenbaum

Jewish Federation of Greater

Sherryl and Howard Kohr

Rabbi Ita Paskind

Neil Schlussel

Glenn and Marie Taubman

Robyn Lieberman and Asher Kotz

Raymond Paster

Heidi and Rob Schnapp

Merle and Michael Toobin

Julia and MAJ Ned Krafchick

Mary Patridge

David and Kelly Schneider

Anita Turk

Dr. & Mrs. Gary and Lida Kramer

Dorit Paz

Ingrid and Dr. Zvi Schoenburg

Jennifer and Steven Vale

Jeremy Krasner

Rabbi Amy and Gary Perlin

Stan and Judy Schretter

Irvin Varkonyi

Frederick Kraus

Svitlana and Prof. Mikhail Pevzner

Irene Schubert

Katharina VonMuenster

Lorraine Fischer and Marc Kremer

Stephen and Patti Philipse

Donna and Richard Schultz

Benjamin Wallen

Lisa Kreinces

Judith and John Philpot

Jonathon and Joyce Schwartz

Bruce Waxman

Susan and William Kristol

Raymond Pickholtz

Alexis Schwartz

Mark and Debbie Weber

Kristine Kruse

Prof. Steven Pilloff

Dr. Cary and Jill Schwartzbach

Dana Weinberg

Janice and Curt LaRock

James and Susan Pittleman

Seed the Dream Foundation

Ben and Halli Weiner

Diane and Stuart Altman Jacqeline Almassian Reuben and Sylvia Ambaruch Irwin Anolik Jack and Beth Arager Agudas Achim Sisterhood Prof. & Prof. Giorgio Ascoli and Rebecca Goldin Bruce Ashkenas Brooke and Adam August Avi Schaefer Fund Bamshad Azizi Herb Bachner David Bardash Kathryn and Ira Bartfield Rabbi Lia Bass Joy and Lenard Baxt Anne Bennett dottie bennett Shannon Bennett Morton Berger Marry Ann and Robert Berkowitz Miriam and Jeffrey Berkowitz Carol and Seymour Berman Bruce and Ariel Bernstein Sigal Bernstein Beth El Hebrew Cong WRJ Beth El Hebrew Cong. Brotherhood Barry and Zenia Bielsker Gary Black Nelson and Cookie Blitz Paul Blumstein Steve and Tanya Bodzin Mark Braunstein and Laurie Weiss-Braunstein Amy and David Brener Gloria Brissman Paul Brown Scott and Jane Brown Linda Buczek

Heather Caplan Rose and Robert Capon Sarah Carter Ilene Caruso Dr. Jay Cherlow Howard Clemons Pauline Coderre Sandy Coffsky Barbara and Robert Cohen Yuval Cohen Kenneth and Susan Cohn Cong. Olam Tikvah Men’s Club Cong. Olam Tikvah Sisterhood Congregation Adat Reyim Fred and Ilka Cooper Sam and Mindy Cramer Arie Croitoru Yakir Daniel Jeffrey and Marcia Dannick Oren Dearson Chessy Deitsch Prof. Rutledge Dennis Dr. Marion Deshmukh Fred Diamond Sarah LaFreniere and Ross Diamond Neal Dickman Ruth and Edward Diener Tobias and Cantor Elisheva Dienstfrey Hirad Dinavari Maryam Doroudi Rebecca and Lee Draznin Dvorah Richman and Paul Driessen Marcel Drimer Lynne and Elliott Dubin Christopher Duncan-Arauz Nancy and Stuart Dunn Samuel and Bernice Eisen Eric Eisenberg and Sara Levin Edward and Deedy Eisenson

of Germany Bonni Epstein Harriet Epstein Jacqueline Feldman Bnai Brith Uriah P. Levy Lodge James Finkel Liese Fischer Judith Flippen-Anderson Jim and Madelene Francese Robert Frank Paul Franklin Hal Freed Marilyn Freidkin Ruthann and Sidney Friedland Wendy Frieman Ronald Friedman Paul and Elizabeth Frommer Ellen Gale Gary and Ilana Gamerman Michael and Holly Gebel Michael and Susie Gelman Yaron Ginsberg Michele and Mark Glago Stuart Glickman Traci and Elliot Goldberg Ronald Golden Daniel Goldfarb Rabbi Michelle Goldsmith Arnold and Noemi Goldstein Bruce and Patricia Gordon Carol Gordon Peter Gorog Yair and Graciela Granek Carol Gray Henry Greenbaum Eugene and Judy Greenberg Marci Greenberg Burton Greenstein Phillip Gross

Organizational Partners The Birthright Foundation CAMERA The David Project Emanuel J. Friedman Philanthropies The Fela and David Shapell Foundation George Mason University Hillel International ICCGW Israel On Campus Coalition Jewish Community Federation of

Washington The Morningstar Foundation Sam and Marion Golden Helping Hand Foundation Seed The Dream Foundation StandWithUs Tidewater Jewish Foundation United Jewish Federation of Tidewater

15

George Mason University

George Mason University Hillel 4400 University Dr. MSN 2C7 Fairfax, VA 22030 (703) 993-3321 hillel.gmu.edu hillel@gmu.edu Facebook “f ” Logo

CMYK / .eps

Facebook “f ” Logo

CMYK / .eps

facebook.com/masonhillel twitter.com/masonhillel

ewish Fou rJ n te

tion da

Tidew a

Mason Hillel Receives Generous Support from the Following Jewish Federations and Foundations: Create a

le

at i ng

Legacy T h i rt

ea

Ce

br

rs

JEW SH yY