he Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago is the central address for Chicago’s Jewish community, mobilizing the critical resources that provide food, refuge, health care, education and emergency assistance to 300,000 Chicagoans of all faiths who are in need. Federation funds a network of nearly 70 agencies and programs that care for people at every stage of life, regardless of the ability to pay. Thanks to community support for the Jewish United Fund (JUF), Federation is there, every hour of every day, giving help and hope to the most vulnerable people in our midst.

How we meet these challenges is the main topic of our Annual Meeting. You can help us be still more effective by voicing your views about emerging needs or other critical issues on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at our Members’ Forum at 10:00 a.m. in the Columbus Ballroom. Luncheon will follow at 12:00 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Chicago.

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Business Meeting and Members Forum: 10:00 a.m.

Hyatt Regency ChicagoEast Tower - Columbus Ballroom151 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago

No admission charge

Followed by:

Luncheon: 12:00 p.m.East Tower - Grand Ballroom

$30.00 per person$15.00 for senior citizens, Rabbis,

Jewish communal professionals and students

R.S.V.P. on the enclosed cardKosher dietary laws observed

No solicitation of funds

The estimated value of this luncheon is $30.00, which is not tax deductible

For more information contact Gina Ercoli at 312-357-4815 or annualmeeting@juf.org

To register online visitwww.juf.org/annualmeeting

Annual MeetingWednesday, September 15, 2010 • 7 Tishrei 5771

Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago

Annual MeetingWednesday, September 15, 2010 • 7 Tishrei 5771

Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago

Business Meeting and Members Forum: 10:00 a.m.Jewish Federation’s Annual Business Meeting will feature the election of Directors, awards to outgoing Board members, presentation of the annual Samuel A. Goldsmith Award and the Young Leadership Awards, and an opportunity to hear about and discuss with Federation and agency leadership matters of mutual concern. There will be stimulating reports on events of the past year, as well as projections for the future. All Federation members are invited to attend.

Luncheon: 12:00 p.m.The Luncheon meeting will include the report of the President, Dr. Steven B. Nasatir, presentation of the Julius Rosenwald Memorial Award to Rabbi Vernon Kurtz, guest speaker Natan Sharansky, Chairman of the Executive, Jewish Agency for Israel and special reports.

Luncheon charge is $30.00 per person, $15.00 for senior citizens, Rabbis, Jewish communal professionals and students.

2010 Jewish Federation Annual Meeting CommitteeRabbi Steven S. Mason, Chairman

Operation Exodus CommitteeHarvey J. Barnett, Co-ChairmanRichard L. Wexler, Co-ChairmanJulie Cohen BenensohnDebbie L. Berman

Dr. Betsy R. GidwitzDeborah Schrayer KarminRabbi Vernon KurtzOlga ShalmanLois Zoller

Our Distinguished Guest Speaker

Natan Sharansky

47th Annual Julius Rosenwald Memorial Award

will be presented to

David Brinn & Rachel Zimmerman

The Samuel A. Goldsmith Award

will be presented to

Lisa Konik Aronin & Jason Friedman

The Davis, Gidwitz & Glasser Young Leadership Awards

Rabbi Vernon KurtzIn recognition of his lifetime of service to the Jewish community in Chicago and around the world, the 47th Annual Julius Rosenwald Award will be awarded to Rabbi Vernon Kurtz.

Honoring the memory of Julius Rosenwald, one of America’s first great philanthropists, this award is presented each year to the individual who has achieved the most in the advancement of the goals of the Jewish Federation and for the welfare of the overall Jewish community.

Natan Sharansky is a human rights activist and promoter of democratic values and freedom for all the world’s citizens. After spending nearly a decade in a Soviet prison, Sharansky eventually won his freedom and the

right to emigrate to Israel in 1986. Following his arrival in Israel, Sharansky served in four Israeli governments as Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, published three bestselling books, and was a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He remains a champion of the right of all people to live in freedom, and believes that the advancement of liberty is critical to peace and security around the world. Natan Sharansky currently serves as the Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of one of the most extraordinary events in modern Jewish history, Operation Exodus. After two decades of intensive advocacy, in which our Jewish Federation joined others around the country and took a leadership role, the American Jewish community rescued 1.4 million Jews from lives of persecution in the Soviet Union.

20th Anniversary of Operation Exodus