RABBI MICHAEL ROSE KNOPF
Temple Beth El Study 203-322-6901
350 Roxbury Road
Stamford, CT 06902
Email: rabbiknopf@tbe.org
Fax: 203-322-0532
April 6, 2025
Dear Friends,
What a joy it is to gather for this year’s Cantor’s Concert an evening filled with beautiful music, heartfelt celebration, and the warmth of our Temple Beth El community.
It's especially meaningful to me that for my first Cantor's Concert at TBE, we are honoring Lisa and Jeff Manheim, two extraordinary individuals whose love for and devotion to our congregation and community know no bounds.
Jeff’s steady presence, quiet dedication, sharp intellect, and irreverent sense of humor have strengthened our congregation in countless ways, even if he never seeks the spotlight. Lisa, who is a bit more comfortable center stage, leads with undeniable passion and energy. Her wisdom, creativity, and tireless commitment have guided TBE through pivotal moments of transition and growth including, but by no means limited to, leading the search committee that brought me here. I will always be grateful to her for that, and for the many ways she, Jeff, and most importantly, Oz have embraced me and my family since our arrival.
From the moment we set foot in Stamford, Lisa and Jeff (and Oz!) welcomed us with open arms, offering their friendship, support, and generosity in ways too numerous to count. But that’s just who they are. They bring people in, lift others up, and make this community feel like home. To know them is to be their friend. And to be their friend is to love them. Their impact on our congregation is profound, and tonight, we celebrate not only their contributions but also the kindness, joy, and unwavering dedication they bring to all of us.
Of course, this evening wouldn’t be possible without Cantor Katie Kaplan, whose music and leadership continue to uplift and inspire us. Her voice is a source of comfort, joy, and spiritual connection, helping us find meaning in our tradition and in each other. It is a privilege to stand beside her on the bimah and to share in the transformative power of music with all of you.
Thank you for being here tonight to celebrate, to sing, and to support the community we love. May this evening fill your hearts with joy and your souls with song.
With gratitude and excitement,
Rabbi Michael Knopf
Temple Beth El
350 Roxbury Road
CANTOR KATIE KAPLAN
E-mail: cantor@tbe.org
Study: 203-322-6901, ext. 315 Stamford, CT 06902 Fax: 203-322-0532
Dear Congregation,
I’m so thrilled for our annual Norma and Milton Mann Memorial Cantor’s Concert this year. It is hard to believe that this is my 5th Cantor’s Concert at Temple Beth El already. Over the years, we have experienced Telling Our Stories Through Song with Nefesh Mountain, The Long and Winding Road for my Installation, Zamir Chorale and Zamir Noded, Some Enchanted Evening, and this year our concert, All That Glitters: An Evening of Opera and Song.
In the concert this year, we will feature the sparkling gems of beloved and recognizable opera arias and songs. I have always wanted to share the music of this style and genre with our congregation and the opportunity to do so with my esteemed and talented colleagues, Cantor Daniel Mendelson, Talya Smilowitz, and Scott Stein, is one that I am looking forward to with delight!
At this year’s concert we will be honoring Lisa and Jeff Manheim. Lisa was the president of TBE when I was hired and I’ve had the opportunity to witness her commitment, dedication, and love for TBE first hand for several years. She and Jeff have given so much of themselves to support our community and we honor Lisa, Jeff, Emmet, z’l, and Oz for all that they continue to bring in both body and spirit to our temple community.
As the music sparkles in your ears and hearts, I hope that you will smile for the opportunity to be present in a community that deeply values music and the creative process. There is something incredibly healing about music as a balm for the soul and even in a song that you may be hearing for the first time, you may find yourselves resonating with something ancient and at once familiar. So, thank you for the music and thank you for the love!
Mazal Tov Lisa and Jeff!
B’Shalom, Cantor Katie Kaplan
רוא יהי “Let there be light.”
To our luminescent Temple Beth El community, who have been a beacon of light in our lives.
With
gratitude, Lisa and Jeff Manheim
Lisa and Jeff
You’re are a blessing to the Jewish people and Israel, to your community, and to your friends and family.
Thank you for the example you set and for the love you show.
This is an incredibly well-deserved honor.
Love, Stephanie and Dop
Lisa, Jeff and Oz - Congratulations!
Cantor Katie - Thank you for another evening of musical enchantment!
Dana and Carl Weinberg
LISA and JEFF
Our community is blessed to have your love and dedication. We are honored to call you our dear friends.
With love and admiration, Devra and Parry
The Beth El Cemetery Association is proud to honor Lisa and Jeff for all they have done for Temple Beth El and our community.
Lisa and Jeff
Thank you for all you do for our community. This is a well-deserved honor!
Cantor Katie
Thank you for beautifully combining prayer with music.
With gratitude,
Sue Frieden
As pillars of the community and with their leadership, Lisa and Jeff Manheim have given so much to TBE.
When Lisa served as Temple Beth El President, she was the founder and driver TeeBeEes - now a growing program, and has led and served on so many other committees, it would take a whole page to mention them all.
Jeff served on the nominating committee and actively participates in the Men’s Club. Together, in loving memory of their son, they spearheaded and saw to completion what’s been called one of the best children’s play areas in Stamford, Emmett’ s Playground, which has turned out to be a huge bonus for our TBE community. In addition, Emmett’s Book Drive provides tens of thousand of free books for local school libraries.
Lisa and Jeff Manheim are so deserving of this honor and recognition. All of our love to both of you and your family. You are great role models for all of us at TBE and beyond.
Malerie Yolen-Cohen and Jeff Cohen
Mazal Tov Lisa and Jeff! You light up TBE and we love you!
Thank you to my Cantor’s Concert Committee for your support and love!
Thank you to the TBE clergy and staff for all that you do!
Thank you Danny, Talya, and Scott for a beautiful night of music!
TodahRabahto the entire congregation for supporting music at TBE and especially to the Mann family for their generous annual support of the Cantor’s Concert.
Thank you Eric, Ethan, and Vivian for helping me achieve my dreams.
In Gratitude, Love, and Song, Cantor Katie Kaplan
To our good friends Lisa and Jeff Manheim in honor of your never-ending support of TBE and dedication to the Stamford Jewish community. You inspire all of us.
And to Cantor Katie, thank you for filling our synagogue with beautiful music and your loving vision.
Liz and Scott Krowitz
To Lisa and Jeff Manheim
Your dedication and contributions to Temple Beth El go beyond words.
We are fortunate to have you as part of our community and as friends, and wish you and Oz the very best,
Lois Stark & Gary Lessen
The Malkins are singing your praises!
We are grateful for your friendship and all that you do for the community.
With love and gratitude
Karen, Jon, Isaac, Abby and Ethan
ANONYMOUS
Mazal Tov to Lisa and Jeff Manheim
Norma
and Milton Mann, z’l
Dad and Mom, Poppop and Nana
Your memories live on forever through your family and through this beautiful music.
Mann Family
Mazal Tov to a couple who is cherished by the entire community.
Thank you for all that you do.
Looking forward to another wonderful, uplifting evening at the Cantor’s Concert
Best wishes to you and your family aways.
Marsha Kaiser Shendell and Family
Miriam and Steve Sosnick
Jeff and Lisa Manheim set a perfect example of DEDICATION.
They are dedicated to TBE helping to make TBE better than ever.
They are dedicated to their careers.
They are extremely dedicated to being terrific parents.
They are dedicated to friendships in the synagogue and outside.
They are dedicated to everything they are passionate about which is why they are totally deserving of this honor today.
Thank you for all you do and the example you set for all of us.
Judy Dalgin Suchin & Norman Suchin
Mazal Tov on your well-deserved honor
LISA AND JEFF
Thank you for your beautiful music
CANTOR KATIE
Grateful to all of you
Marsha Colten and Robert Cohen
Congratulations to Lisa and Jeff on a well-deserved honor.
RICHARD DAVIES
We are thrilled to join with Temple Beth El to honor our dear friends, Jeff and Lisa, at this year’s Cantor’s Annual Concert. Their generosity and unwavering commitment to TBE and the Jewish community are truly unparalleled.
They are not only incredible friends, but they also embody the very best of what it means to be a part of a community. We are deeply grateful for their friendship and the love they share with everyone around them.
Congratulations, Jeff and Lisa. You are an inspiration to us all, and it is an honor to call you friends.
With love and admiration, Leslie and Neil
MazelTov,LisaandJeff.
Wearesoproudofyourleadership.
Through you and our grandsons, Emmet, z’l, and Oz, Temple Beth El is close to our hearts.
With much love, Fredda and Ed Goldstein
Mazal Tov to Lisa and Jeff!
You inspire us, and the entire community, with your commitment and energy. This honor is more than deserved and we are so proud to count you both as dear friends.
With much love, Josh, Ali, Avi and Zoë Hurwitz
Congratulations Lisa and Jeff on this well-deserved honor and recognition for all that you do for Temple Beth El. You are an ongoing inspiration to all of us.
Betsy and Peter Kempner
It is a pleasure to honor Lisa and Jeff Manheim whose worth is far more than diamonds or rubies.
Thank you for all you do for our community and especially children every where.
Carol and Allen Krim
Mazel Tov Lisa & Jeff!
Thank You for All You Do for Your Friends, Family, & Community! We Love You!
Kate, Paul, Ruby, & Vivienne Lashin
Who welcomes his friend with a smile is as one giving him the finest gifts in the world. -Avot Derabbi Natan Lisa and Jeff,
Thank you for giving us the finest gifts. Thank you for everything you do.
Love, Pam and David
Congratulations Lisa and Jeff Thank you for all you’ve done for TBE and the community
The Men’s Club
Congratulations to Lisa and Jeff Manheim!
Your hard work and dedication to your community is remarkable.
Mazal tov on your well-deserved honor.
Love,
Laura, Seth, Elissa, Hannah, Julia and Jacob Tobin
Thank you for your dedication and contributions to our Temple and the Stamford community. You are an outstanding example of what positive energy, commitment and leadership can accomplish.
With respect and gratitude,
Sharon and Jeff
Lisa and Jeff
Thank you for your time and commitment to our TBE community.
Mazel Tov on this well deserved honor!
Cantor Kaplan
Thank you for inspiring us with beautiful music.
Mia and Lonny Weinstein
Lisa and Jeff
We are inspired by your dedication to our community! Thank you for all you do!
With gratitude and admiration, Sheryl, Dan, Andrew, Marissa and Jeremy
Thank you to the Manheims for their tremendous contribution to TBE.
The Clergy and Staff at Temple Beth El
Lisa and Jeff
You are two Amazing People and thank you for all you do for TBE!!!
Cantor Kaplan
Thank you for always giving your heart and beautiful voice to all of us.
Debbie Adler-Klein, Samantha Klein, Ken Secco
Lisa and Jeff
You are role models par excellence.
Your resilience, joy and activism in the face of what life brings inspires us all.
Cantor Katie
Thank you for the joy and music you bring to our community.
Stephne and Kerrin Behrend
Mazel Tov to Lisa and Jeff!
Fran and Rabbi Gerry Ginsburg
Yasher Koach to Lisa and Jeff Manheim for everything you bring to our community with an extraordinarily generous heart.
And to Canton Katie for the wonderful gift of music.
Cheryl Bader and Stephen Goldblum
Mazel Tov Lisa and Jeff
Lisa and Jeff Congratulations on your honor and thank you for all you do at TBE and in the Jewish community.
Alan Jaffe
With love, Denise and David Greenman
Kol HaKavod, Lisa and Jeff, on this well-deserved honor!
The Temple Beth El community is so lucky to benefit from your talents and generous hearts. We adore you, and we are endlessly grateful to be in your orbit.
Mazal Tov!
Randi and Justin Kattan
In Judaism to lead is to serve.
Those who serve do not lift themselves high. They lift other people high.
...Rabbi
Lord Jonathan Sacks
Lisa and Jeff
Thank you for serving as leaders and lifting up Temple Beth El.
From Psalm 100…
“Serve the land with gladness. Come before God’ s presence with singing.”
Lieba and Steven Lander
CONGRATS
& MAZAL TOV!
TO OUR DEAR FRIENDS
Lisa and Jeff Manheim on this incredibly well-deserved honor.
What can we possibly say except there could not be two more deserving people to be recognized for all you do and for the amazing people you are.
WE LOVE YOU!
Love XXOO, Sharon, Matt, Jacob & Jesse Leshetz
Meryl and Hank Silverstein
Lisa and Jeff We honor and salute you for your commitment to Temple Beth El.
Thank you Cantor Katie for making this concert possible and for your musical and spiritual inspiration.
The Pomerantz & Feinberg Families
Special, special Mazal Tov hugz to you, Lisa and Jeff, with our thanks for allllllllll you do for our TBE family and for our entire community!!!
To our wondrous Cantor Katie Kaplan and visiting musicians, special, special thank you hugz for a wondrous night of music!!!
Judy Aronin
Lisa and Jeff
For who you are and for all you do...
Thank you.
“Aunt Eileen”
Two Special People One Magical moment
With deep appreciation and fondness, Barbara and Stan Friedman
With love to Lisa, Jeff and Oz!
Susan and Art Greenwald
Congratulations Lisa and Jeff
Such well-deserved recognition for two kind, generous, devoted, and all-around lovely people. You are the definition of mensches! We are so grateful for all you do for TBE.
Cantor Kaplan - You continue to innovate and bring joy to our ears and heart.
Congratulations
Vicki Kobliner and Sal DeStefano
Mazel to the mensches
Lisa and Jeff Manheim
Love, The Levines
Hayley, Josh, Wesley and Lila
Mazel tov Lisa and Jeff on your well-deserved honor!
Love, Shira and Marc
TBE is lucky to have the Manheims. Thank you for all you do!
With love, The Shapiros
Dani, Lael, Maya and Jonah
To our remarkable JEWelers
Lisa and Jeff Manheim
We are enriched by your commitment and friendship.
Leslie and Joe Heyison
Cantor Kaplan, thank you for another wonderful concert!
Lisa and Jeff, congratulations on your honor and thank you for all that you do for TBE! We are so happy that you are our neighbors and friends!
Ellen and Art Laichtman
Well-deserved! Grateful for all the time and effort you give to TBE.
Much more grateful for loving Oz. For all you do, thank you.
Marsha Matthews
Mazel Tov Lisa and Jeff!
Caryl Ferber Poser and Peter Poser
Stacy Ferber
We are truly in awe of all you do for this cherished community institution. Your generosity both in time and resources knows no bounds, from the beautiful playground you built in honor of our beloved nephew Emmet to the countless committees and boards you serve on and lead with dedication. TBE is incredibly fortunate to have you both as champions, and this honor is so well deserved. We couldn’t be prouder of all you do!
With love, Amy, Brian, Charlie & Oliver Staub
Somewhere over the RAINBOW, we celebrate LISA & JEFF whose WARMTH, KINDNESS and SPIRIT bring color and light to all of our lives.
XO always, Jen, Matt, Jake and Jordi Schwartz
To the most deserving young couple who have hearts of gold, a gift of giving and a love of family and community. We cherish you for all you do.
Fondly, Gail G. and Stephen Trell
A well-deserved honor, Lisa and Jeff! Your energy, passion and commitment to this community makes Temple Beth El a better place.
Thank you both for all you do to make the world more positive.
Nicole and Ron Zussman
Mazel tov on being honored for all you have done for TBE!
Todah rabah!
Suzanne Horn and Norman Stone
A Heartfelt Mazel Tov to the Amazing Cantor Katie Kaplan!
Congratulations and thank you to Lisa and Jeff Manheim for your commitment to and resulting good deeds apparent in the TBE and larger Stamford Community! Yasher Koach!
Caroline Temlock Teichman and Marc Teichman
All our best wishes
Harriet and Seymour Weinstein
MAZAL TOV TO LISA AND JEFF!
Jon, Jason, Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie Deaner
The Fruithandler Family
Amanda and Michael Geffner
Arin, Dayna, Logan and Eli Hayden
The Kelmans
The Lastoffs
Laura Markowitz
Melanie Massell
Brenda Piskin
Karen Resnick
Julie and Sol Rose
Barbara and Steven Rothstein
Janet and Marc Schneider
Sue and Carl Shapiro
Marilyn and Mitch Sofer
Joan Weisman
