TOP L-R: Gala honoree Ben Schulman; The String Angels.
Heart and Soul Gala
our TOWN BY LINDA BENNET AND BETSY BARANOV, PHOTOS COURTESY JFS
Jewish Family Service held it’s annual Heart and Soul Gala on March 13 with more than 525 guests at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla. A silent auction started the evening, and in total, the social services agency raised $915,000. This year’s Mitzvah Honorees were Claire and David Ellman, Benjamin Schulman, and U.S. Bank. Enjoying the night were Danny Recht, Marc Channick, Marcia Foster Hazan, Malissa Winicki and Paul Hartwell, Alberta Feurzeig, Barbara and Mathew Loonin, Pamela and Edward Carnot, Barbara Bry and Neil Senturia, and Jennifer and Julian Josephson.
Birthdays...
Happy 89th birthday to Char Sultan! Happy 80th birthday to David Kroll! Happy 75th birthday to Beverlee Greene and happy 85th birthday to her husband, Pat Greene! Mazel Tov to Elana and Aaron Berger on the birth of their son Jack Ari! Jenna and Adam Leventhal announce the birth of their daughter, Ava Shellie Leventhal! On March, 22 Maya Esther Gimbel was born to San Diego natives Sarah and Jeremy Gimbel. Two and a half year old Ari has now become a big brother!
Anniversaries...
Beverlee and Pat Greene will also celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in June! Happy 54th anniversary to Ralph and Carol Levy! Happy 55th anniversary to Les and Harriet Niss!
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BOTTOM L-R: Gabrielle and Glenn Oratz with Karin Toranto; Logan Marcus, Staci Tiras-Jones, Kira Finkenberg, Danielle Sicklick.