YOUR HOSTS
DANIELLA & KEVIN PRUSSIA LIVE FROM TI
IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT! STEPPING OUT TEMPLE ISRAEL’S ANNUAL GALA SUPPORTING
THE FRIENDS ANNUAL FUND
2022! APRIL 2, 2022
STEPPING OUT A MESSAGE FROM OUR HOSTS “We are honored and excited to host the first ever mixed presence Stepping Out gala at Temple Israel. We have been proud members of TI since 2014 and feel fortunate to be a part of such an incredible community. Our girls, Gigi (7) and Bella (6) are graduates of the FJECC and currently attend religious school at TI. We have made wonderful friends through both Temple Israel and the preschool and are truly grateful for the opportunity to host such an important and wonderful event. Our hope is that we can enjoy a much anticipated evening amongst friends, and together support all the incredible work that makes TI so special.” — Daniella and Kevin Prussia
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2022 CLERGY AND STAFF
STEPPING OUT 2022 CHAIRS
Senior Rabbi Elaine Zecher
Daniella & Kevin Prussia
Cantor Alicia Stillman Rabbi Suzie Jacobson Rabbi Dan Slipakoff Rabbi Andrew Oberstein Rabbi Bernard H. Mehlman, Senior Scholar Rabbi Ronne Friedman, Rabbi Emeritus Cantor Roy Einhorn, Cantor Emeritus Dan Deutsch, Executive Director Amy Boloton, FJECC Director Shoshanna Goldberg, Director of Membership & Development Emma Savitz, Development Associate
OFFICERS Laurence Bailen, President Jessica Greenfield, Vice President Barbara Cevallos, Treasurer
STEPPING OUT 2022 HOST COMMITTEE Matthew Feinberg Georgia & Jesse Feldman Michele J. Fishel & Barry Weisman Barbara Frank & Michael Mazzello Rebecca Ginzburg & Paul Chen Rachel & Glen Goldman Joshua & Sarah Greenhill Ilisa Hurowitz & Nicholas Alexander Lesley & Ben Inker Nicole Leavenworth & Brett Levy Jane Flax Lewis Marc Maxwell Carol Michael Meredith Monaco David Paredes & Caitlin Rollins Leah Rosovsky Ben & Karen Stern
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STEPPING OUT PROGRAM Havdalah.................................................................................................................. Temple Israel Clergy Opening Monologue......................................................................Your Hosts, Kevin & Daniella Prussia A Zoom Mitzvah...................................................................... Rabbi Suzie Jacobson, Dr. Barbara Frank The Temple Update........................ Rabbi Andrew Oberstein, Rabbi Dan Slipakoff & Roberta Axeloons Ring Them Bells..................................................................................................... Cantor Alicia Stillman Support for the Friends Annual Fund...................................................................... Rabbi Elaine Zecher Closing Song............................................................................................................ Temple Israel Clergy
TEMPLE ISRAEL BAND Keyboard................................................................................................................... Plamen Karadonev Percussion..................................................................................................................... Dor Hershkovits Saxophone....................................................................................................................... Anthony Grant
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2022 SILENT AUCTION ITEMS PRIVATE CONCERT WITH CANTOR ALICIA STILLMAN Our fantastic and beloved Cantor Alicia Stillman is offering a private, in-home concert for the lucky winner of this prize. She and her “roadies” (fellow Temple Israel clergy) will join you and your guests for an exclusive and fun-filled evening of song, laughter and great conversation. Enjoy an evening of cocktails and schmoozing with your friends and the Temple Israel clergy team. This is a wonderful opportunity to get to know your clergy off the bimah. This prize includes a cocktail party bundle valued at $800, provided by La Bonne Maison catering — voted Best of Boston 2021 by Boston Magazine. 10-12 guests will enjoy a catered cocktail hour delivered directly to you, including customizable ready-to-serve hors d’oeuvres and a pre-batched specialty cocktail. Date must be mutually agreed upon based on availability. Labor can be added separately for a full service event. Prize must be redeemed within one year of winning date. Contact: Mary@Labonnemaison.com.
POKER TOURNAMENT RUN BY TEMPLE ISRAEL MEMBER DAVID PAREDES We are very excited to bring back the Temple Israel Poker Tournament run by Temple Israel member David Paredes. David Paredes is a professional poker player and World Poker Tour Champion with over $2.5M in tournament earnings. He is a Harvard graduate, and holds a JD and MFA in fiction writing from NYU. David will offer a lesson and general introduction to the game, which will be a single-table tournament which plays down from ten people to one winner. A mutually convenient date to be determined. $500 per seat up to 20 seats.
THE GOLDEN TICKET Sick of fighting for parking in the garage or on Riverway during High Holy Day services? This is your chance to win VIP parking on Nessel Way for both Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services. We are offering two parking passes for the early slot and two for the late.
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STEPPING OUT FRIENDS ANNUAL FUND The world has changed in the past two years, and Temple Israel has worked to adapt, adjust, and evolve. We have asked ourselves difficult questions, reaffirmed what it means to live our mission, and worked to be a place of belonging. The Friends Annual Fund allows Temple Israel to support, encourage, and lift up the members of our sacred community so we can continue to flourish and grow as a congregation. We have reimagined what a synagogue can be by adapting how we gather to pray, learn, celebrate, and mourn. With your help, we can continue to evolve, grow, and flourish as a community. Please join us in supporting the Temple Israel Friends Annual Fund with a meaningful gift this year. For more information, visit our website at www.tisrael.org/friends-annual-fund, or contact Shoshanna Goldberg, Director of Development, at 617-566-3960 or sgoldberg@tisrael.org.
FRIENDS ANNUAL FUND SUSTAINING SUPPORTERS* $20,000+ WISDOM
$15,000 - $19,999 UNDERSTANDING
Joel & Randi Cutler
William & Denise Finard
Mark & Marie Schwartz
David Feinberg & Marina Kalb
Gordon Freeman & Arlene Sharpe
Anonymous
Blake Gottesman
Margie Corkin Kaplan Richard & Susan Smith Family
$10,000 - $14,999 STRENGTH
Foundation
Estate of Saul Kurlat
John & Amy Smith Berylson,
Marc Maxwell
James Berylson
Matthew Milikowsky & Nicole Eldredge
Jonathan Block & Jennifer Berylson
James & Giang Wyner
Robert Katz &
Anonymous
Elizabeth Berylson Katz
Joshua & Sarah Greenhill Pam Kohlberg & Curt Greer Kyle & Douglass Karp Cameron Kerry & Kathy Weinman Dean & Pamela Richlin Kenneth & Jaime Smoller Justin L. Wyner
$5,000 - $9,999 KINDNESS
Rabbi Elaine Zecher & David Eisenberg
Jennifer & Eric Aronson
Marc and Sarah Zimman
Debra Smith Knez, Jessica Knez
Laurence Bailen & Jennifer Weber
Anonymous
Andrew & Krista Knez
Jennifer & Jonathan Block
Robert & Dana Smith, Madeleine Smith, Ryan Smith
*as of March 22, 2022
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2022 $3,600 - $4,999 INSPIRATION
Eric & Lori Lass
Mark Kaplan
Robert Bechek
Carol Michael
Leslie & Richard Kates
Jessica Greenfield & Paul Hummel
Robert & Susan Michaels
Myra Kolton
Samuel Kaplan & Rachel Wilson
Robert & Laura Peabody
Matthew & Kim Kozol
Aaron & Lauren Lapat
Donald & Frances Putnoi
Rabbi David & Carol Mersky
Meryl LeBoff & Avery & Scott Vafai
Sara Richlin & Luis Rivera
Marvin Miller
Gary & Mary Pforzheimer
Michael Rubenstein &
Miriam Pieper
Nancy Raphael Clyde V. Rockoff & Gail R. Slipakoff Leah Rosovsky
Elizabeth Skavish Jodi Sokoloff Cantor Alicia & Phillip Stillman Robin Weinberger
$1,800 - $3,599 VISION Bernard & Janet Aserkoff Joseph & Deborah Bates Christine & Leonard Bierbrier John & Jeanne Blasberg Dayl Cohen Ellen Cohen & Daniel Haber Brett & Abby Gordon Harriet Greenfield Ilisa Hurowitz & Nicholas Alexander Lesley & Ben Inker Ellen Kaplan Kardon Libby Keller Roger & Lisa Krakoff Shawn & Jill Kravetz Steven Lampert & Anita Feins
Scott & Robin Weisman
$1,000 - $1,799 CONNECTION Carol Agate Jonathan Benjamin Janet Berkeley & Robert Duboff Rhona & Steven Brand Gerald Davidson & Debra Kocar Wendy Ecker James A. Ellis
Andrea & Leon Ptaszek Michael & Susan Rees Esther Z. Rosenthal Lisa Robinson Schoeller & Richard J. Schoeller Selman Family Foundation Richard & Harriet Steinberg Kenneth & Gerri Sweder E. Joseph & Carla Wasserman Robert Weinstein & Elizabeth Ginsburg Michael Zimman & Ellen Rovner Judi Ross Zuker & Edward Zuker Anonymous
Esta & Robert Epstein Alison & Ezra Freedman Rabbi Ronne & Irene Friedman Sylvia Green Ted & Dru Greenwood Judith Herman
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STEPPING OUT I/We would like to support the 2022 Friends Annual Fund with a pledge in the amount of: $3600
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