2013 Annual Report

Friends

of Familythe

Anonymous (2) David and Alice Jacks Achtenberg Allen and Janet Agron Steve and Diane Azorsky Roman and Laura Breitberg Herb and Bonnie Buchbinder Caviar Family Foundation Donna Gould Cohen Ron and Sheryl Davidow Steven and Beatrice Fine Ed and Sandi Fried Gloria Gershun* Don Goldman and Martha Gershun Edward J. Goldstein Marc Hammer and Alana Muller G. Richard and Judy Hastings Marian Kaplan Stewart and Joy Koesten Brad and Amanda Koffman Rachel Krantz Richard and Gail Lozoff Aaron March Jim and Shelah Mueth Aaron Rabinovitz* Gerean Rudnick Amy and Peter Shapiro Scott Slabotsky Ann Stern John and Jennifer Stolte Lewis* and Shirley White

* of blessed memory

Please contact Rachel Krantz at 913-327-8299 or rkrantz@jfskc.org to discuss how you can help build for the future of JFS through your legacy gift.

We are grateful to the following people who plan to support JFS through their wills and estate plans.

Legacy Society

“I found a fruitful world because my ancestors planted it for me. So, too, will I plant for my children.” (Babylonian Talmud, Ta’anit 23a)

Thank you to our wonderful donors from 2013. Their generosity helped JFS improve lives throughout our community!

Abe & Anna Bograd Memorial TrustArnold & Carol Caviar/ Liberty Fruit Co.Larry Cohen & Donna Gould CohenCommunity Legacy FundDreiseszun Family FoundationLowenstein Family Supporting FoundationMorgan Family FoundationShirley WhiteWilk Family Philanthropic Fund

Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas CityJewish Federation of Greater Kansas CityJewish Heritage Foundation of Greater Kansas CityMenorah Legacy FoundationUnited Way of Greater Kansas City

Leadership $25,000+

Major Funders

Herb & Bonnie BuchbinderStanley Bushman & Ann CanfieldGerson Family FoundationHealth Care Foundation of Greater Kansas CityJosh LandyJacob L. & Ella C. Loose FoundationMenorah Women’s FoundationOppenstein Brothers FoundationPortman Charitable TrustRobinson Family FoundationSam & Sonia Schultz FundVivian & Hymie J. Sosland Charitable TrustTricia UhlmannWhole Foods Market

Marion & Henry Bloch Family FoundationBarton P. & Mary D. Cohen Charitable TrustFlo Harris Foundation

AnonymousAllen & Janet AgronRobert & Phyliss BernsteinBinswanger Glass FoundationBresky FoundationEd & Sandi FriedDon Goldman & Martha GershunStanley & Carolyn GoldmanRichard & Gail LozoffSam Price Family FoundationShawnee Mission Medical CenterSosland FoundationSt. Joseph Medical CenterLawrence D. Starr Charitable FoundationUniversity of Kansas Medical Center

Benefactor $10,000+

Visionary $18,000+

Irene BettingerIrwin & Rita BlittAlan Edelman & Debbie Sosland-EdelmanDavid & Sandy EisenbergGoldberg Family FoundationRon & Susie GoldsmithWilliam & Regina KortSandy & Erlene KrigelMichael & Sharon MilensRichard & Susan OdiamAaron Rabinovitz * Saint Luke’s Health System Larry & Joni Weiner

Sustainer $5,000+

Fellow $2,500+

*- of blessed memory

Doug Alpert & Fay BalkKenneth & Ann BaumBlue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas CityAvrum & Clara Feinstein Memorial Mazon FundIrene GoodmanEdward Goldstein & Rachel KrantzJohn & Jenny IsenbergStewart & Joy KoestenNorman & Elaine Polsky Family Supporting FoundationEd & Karen PorterIrvin Robinson & Ellen MillerJohn & Arlene RubensteinAnn Stern

AnonymousDavid & Alice Jacks AchtenbergThe Atriums Management Company, Inc.Peter & Sarah BerenLarry & Ruth BigusJacob & Frances O. Brown Family FundChildren’s Mercy HospitalCongregation Beth ShalomDelmar Gardens of LenexaBuzzah & Lisa FeingoldEddie & Gloria Baker FeinsteinChristopher FerraroSteven & Beatrice FineCary Fox & Cynthia Prince-FoxDiana FrickeyDavid Gale & Gina KaiserPaul & Susie GershonJim & Katie GersonMike & Debbie GillRichard Gilman & Lynn MurrayRudy & Phyllis GreenSteve GreenbergBarry GreensteinMary GunterRocky & Susan HorowitzBill & Lynn IntraterJerald EnsleinMike & Jennifer JohnsonLarry & Stephanie KatzifDavid KaufmanRobert & Carole KuminJohn Lantos & Martha MontelloPete & Enid LeviRobert & Linda LiebermanChad & Jennifer MarkeyJeffrey & Carol MarksJean MurphyArthur & Leslie NemitoffMichael OgedegbeRobert & Barbara PalanSteve Paul

Richard & Barbara AtlasSteve & Diane AzorskyGreg BaberIrvin Belzer & Sue McCord-BelzerVictor & Susan BergmanE. Bertram BerkleyBlock Real Estate ServicesCharles & Barbara GorodetzkyMarc Hammer & Alana MullerRich & Judy HastingsJim Abel & Deborah HaysBarnett & Shirley HelzbergHarry & Gail HimmelsteinHoward & Rosalyn JacobsonJohn & Trudy JacobsonCharles & Judy KahnMarge & Harvey KaplanBarry Kaseff & Jessica Rudnick KaseffDavid & Arlene KaseffBrad & Amanda KoffmanGinny KrystelSam & Danielle LevineAlan & Jane LondyAaron MarchMid America Assistance CoalitionEric & Shanny MorgensternMichael & Kathy RainenGerean RudnickDaniel & Miriam ScharfPeter & Amy Shapiro

Matthew & Bonnie SiegelSteven & Evelina SwartzmanMarshall & Hope TalbotTension Envelope Foundation

Patron $1,500+

Sponsor $1,000+

Partner $500+

*- of blessed memory

AnonymousDon & Christine AlexanderDavid & Lisa AmsterdamHeather AronoffEric BablerMary BridgensKen & Norma BuchwachPaul ChapmanArthur Chaykin & Paulette GiarratanaCongregation Ohev SholomRichard & Lina ConwayJim DoddMark Edelman & karin lichtermanAnn ElyacharGloria ElyacharMeggin EmertDavid Feingold & Trudi GalblumVladimir Feldman & Yelena PinzurJohn Goldberg & Marla BrockmanMichael GoldenSam Goller & Roberta PollackFred & Barbara GustinTodd & Paula HaglundRoger & Diane HarrisTom HedgesJohn Helgesen & Vicki Arndt-HelgesenJay & Terri HermanLawrence Himelstein & Diana Cashion-HimelsteinReed & Sharon Hoffmann

David & Judy JacobsJewish Community Center CDCDave JudyMarvin & Lonna KahnCarol KaneDavid KaplanEric & Miriam KaseffMichael & Carol KatzmanJeffrey & Carol KatzPhynice KelleyChad King & Amanda MorganEvan Luskin & Andrea KempfMark KlugmanCharles KopkeBarry KrigelLloyd & Lucinda LazarusJane LeiferMichael & Beth LissMel MallinJack & Frances MayerMissouri BankMartin & Ellen MonseesJules Moskowitz & Beti Weber MoskowitzJack & Marlene NagelMarcus NelsonSteve & Karen PackAmanda PalanSteven & Jen PaulOra ReynoldsDaniel & Ayala RockoffCy* & Esther RudnickRonald & Kathy SchikevitzJacob Schreiber & Edna Levy Arlene ShalinskyJerry Sheridan & Deborah Snow SheridanKenneth & Sheila SigmanMark SmithMark Myron & Deborah Smith Dan & Kelly SombergStewart & Esther SteinTodd & Shirley StettnerJohn & Jennifer StolteJoel & Sue VileGary & Gail WeinbergKeith & Andi WeiszChloe WhiteKeith WhiteStan & Joyce Zeldin

Scott & Bobbye PickerMike & Laurel RogoveinJudy & Stan SambergTom & Kay SchoenfeldRon Shesol & Cathy Boyer-ShesolJosh & Jane SoslandLloyd & Jackie StahlGary & Amy SteinmanHarvey & Donna ThalblumThe Temple, Congregation B’nai JehudahSally TraninJill Willen-KennellyThe Winans Group, Certified Public Accountants, PCRonald Zoglin & Deborah Shouse

Circle $250+

Council $100+

Daniel & Melanie AllmayerShelly AlthaberPaul Fingersh & Brenda AlthouseHerbert AltmanRobert AnthonyBradley & Elizabeth AppelbaumGreg & Susie AzorskyRichard BaumgartenDavid & Barbara BayerEdward & Phyllis BelzerDoug & Judith BensonErin & Aaron BergerMark & Kathy BergerWilliam & Maureen BerkleyMarian BerkowitzSteven Berman & Judy Jacks BermanMr. & Mrs. Jeffrey BermanSteven & Aimee BernsteinRandall & Elyse BlockMichael & Sherry BlumenthalMichael & Jenifer BlumDavid & Lynne BockStuart Bodker & Tensy Marcos-BodkerBoyd & Laura BolterValerie BordyKen Moran & Amy BreashearsSteven & Ellen BreskyJeffrey & Stevi BrickAlan & Vicki BronfmanScott & Donna BuescherAshley, Karen, Kelly, & Stephanie CannonTerry CarrHarriett CharnoJonathan & Ellen ChiltonCallan & Marilyn CohenDonald & Natalie CohenDavid CollisonDan CullinanRonald & Sheryl DavidowAruna & Sushil DawarLinda DossJonathan EdelmanAvi ElpernErnst & YoungAndrew & Cara Ernstein

Joel & Annette FishSteve & Milisa FlekierMichele FlickerMiriam FrankRobert FratoLarry & Lisa FrazenMaggie FriedSusan FriedSherrill & Elinor FriedmanHoward & Cherice GersonDouglas & Ann GhertnerByron & Gerri GinsburgSaul Gitomer & Sherry SeligsonDavid & Annie GlickmanMelvin & Elaine GlazerDavid & Henri GoettelDavid Goldberg & Ann DarkeGerry GoldbergMarcy GoldenbergMax & Julie GoldmanEugene & Elaine GoldsteinHarvey & Alice GrossmanNicky HallSteven & Susan HammerDaniel Hennessey-MaherDavid & Ellen HenryDawn HerbetPhillip & Jackie HermansonJoan HermanRon & Barbie Porter HillPhillip & Barbara HodesStan & Emily HouseTerry & Lyla HoylandRoger HurwitzVera IsenbergJohn & Elaine JepsonMax JevinskyRuth JohnsonSusan KahnSimon KalishJerry & Joy KaplanHarold Kaseff & Rhea Salasche KaseffWard & Donna KatzAndrew & Lynn KaufmanJustin & Jennifer KaufmannKurt & Stephanie Kavanaugh

*- of blessed memory

Kehilath Israel SynagogueMike & Randee KelleyPamela KileEd KishinevskyAdrienne KizerEdward & Alicia KleinJerry & Susan KlopperRichard & Trudy KoenigsdorfStephen & Ellen KortMiriam KrantzJoseph & Netta KrashinMitchell KrasnopolerStephanie LasterJohn & Jane LawlessAllen & Barbara LefkoBruce & Devra LernerJarret LevinHoward & Sharon LevitanHarry & Peg LevittLon LowensteinChucker Luetje & Susan BernsteinMichael & Linda LyonRick MalsickAlan MarkowitzHoward & Vicky MayerMary McClureElaine McIntoshBill & Doris MendelNancy MillerJill MinkoffAlex MoskowitzJim MuethJoseph & Staci ParelmanDavid & Carol PorterJay & Ellen PortnoyRachel PumperRabbinical Association Conversion ClassRabbinical Association of Greater KCLori RagsdaleAnnette RittmasterLewis & Cheryl RohtSherri RosenChris & Cindy RossEllen RothmanSteve & Lisa RubenJonathan & Marcelle Rudnick

Harold & Carol SaderSabra SandyAnthony SaperKen & Lisa SchifmanBill & Fannie SchifmanWilliam & Marjorie SchlosbergGloria SchlossenbergGloria SchoolmanHoward SchwartzLynn SchweigDave & Kate ScottShalon FundDavid & Jill ShapiroJerry ShareSteve & Judy SherryJohn & Stevie ShuchartPaulina SiegelRichard & Connie SimonMike Sinclair & Gayl ReinschSheldon & Cindy SingerLeonard & Jill SingerMax & Sonny SingerBruce & Karen SmithJoseph Smuckler & Marcia KarbankKen & Sheila SonnenscheinMax SoslandPatricia SteinMarvin & Eva SteinerStephen & Barbara StrasGene StraussMarilyn StraussSteven & Nan StreenJoseph & Judi TauberAdeline TrempyCliff & Carol TrentonSteve & Debbie TrentonHoward & Gerry TrillingDavid VranicarLouis WadeStephen & Dorothy WeberJordan WhiteConi WilliamsSam Yagan Family FundNancy & Jay YedlinLinda Zappulla

Friends $1+Nicole AbrahamsonEd AbramsIsaac AlmalehJeff & Cathy AlpertJeremy & Ashely AlpertMarlene AndersonLouis & Sandra AshnerDamon & Sondra AtherlySteve & Cathy BanksSue BartlettMichael & Linda BegleiterJudy BellLoren & Merilyn BerenbomRalph BeretsMorris & Hanna BergerJerry & Lisa BernardElizabeth BigusBruce & Suzi BlackmanAlex & Mary Beth BlackwellBonnie BlendEdward & Irene BlendFred & Cindy BodkerHarvey BodkerJoseph BolanderPiper BoldJeremy BorowickGary & Susan BoxerAlan & Laura BramStanley & Marjorie BrandJoel & Jean BrattAnne BrattPhyllis J. BrownKristin BrummCarla BurgessSharon BurksDavid & Rosalyn BurnsteinThelma ByersChaverim on the ScenePaul & Julie ChesisSteven & Toby ChodSteve ChoikhitDoris ChoppHaidee ClauerAlan & Linda CohenAmy CoopermanKerry Cosner

Brandon CosnerJerry & Barbara CosnerRandy & Joan CovitzMark & Diane DavidnerJerome & Elizabeth DavidowSydney DavisAlexander & Peggy DavisBinyomin & Gevura DavisMarie DiFilippoSusan DormanKarrie & Denise DukeDoug EdmondsSarah EdwardsMark Eisemann & Leslie MarkMartin EisenmanSarah ElyacharBrad & Ginny EpstenJerry & Marcia EsrigMark & Lauren FasbinderMichael & Ruth FedotinLynne FeinbergRobert & Cynthia FeldmanAnna FeldmanMarvin & Janice FinkelstonKevin & Karen FlatteryGermaine FlemingJan ForesmanCynthia FossMartin & Jeannine FoxMelissa FriedmanKathy FrenchGary & Patti FriedmanBradley FriedmanTom FriedmannShirley FrischerLonni FuchsHarold & Renee FuchsSteve & Eileen GaffenAri GaffenEli and Laura GershonsonLevi GersonJeff & Karen GersonMarvin & Evelyn GibianCandice GillLeonard GlassJeff & Missy GoldenbergSarah GoldmanTed & Jill Goldstein

Michael & Karen GortenburgIsaac GortenburgJohn & Dawn Grassman, Jr.Laura GreenbaumRobert & Susan GreenbergDavid & Tracy GreenbergPola GreenwaldJ. Alan GreyMaxine GrossmanAllen & Gail GutovitzEd & Rickie HaithDaniel HakanBrianna HakanMitchell & Lisa HamburgCarolyn HamburgShayna HamburgHanan & Natalie HammerAnita HampshireDiane HanerJan HarnessMary HealyNorman & Alison HeislerNerma HenryEd & Lisa HockenbergJeff & Susan HorenCarolyn HornLeticia HowellHyman Brand Hebrew AcademyMarcy JacobowitzBernard & Beverly JacobsonTom JacobsJodi JohnsonAnthony & Tracy JohnsonStuart & Gloria KaganMarian KaplanRichard KaplanZachary KaseffMeyer KatzmanNaomi KauffmanRichard KaufmanBruce & Eileen KershenbaumKatie KershenbaumAndrew & Emily KersteinSusanna KingJeff & Susan KivettTiberius & Carla KlausnerTodd & Mirra KlausnerHarold & Natalie Klopper

Harold & Joyce KochNeal & Tammy KolchinskyAbraham & Arlene KopecDavid KrantzScott & Susan KrigelMaryellen Nass & David KrollJudy LanesSolomon LangAllen & Susan LebovitzHarris & Beverly LeeKenneth & Sandra LernerPeter & Linda LevinLinda LevinTom & Alice LewinsohnLily LiebermanDanielle LipsmanDrew LissZachary LissMark & Bobbi LitchmanAnita LoebPeter & Sharon LoftspringGregory LondonRob & Elizabeth LowShawn & Tondee LuttermanBarry & Donna LydonEllen MakowskyJoan MarchJoseph & Jane MartinAdam & Kim MatsilJoseph MedinaJerome Medol & Rusty FleischerJay & Symie MenitoveMetrotaxWally & Deb MeyerRowena Milens *Rodney & Gerre MinkinJoshua Mitchell & Laura Goodman Mitchell Keith & Suzanne MorantzSteve & Leslie MulterAlan & Allison MyersBonnie MyersDebbie NasterDiana NewmanJeff & Barbara NovorrLarry & Ronna NussbaumAllie OltsikMarvin OrlovickSuzanne Parelman

*- of blessed memory

Steve & Sandy PasserMartha PastcanLindsey PaulMarvin & Mindy PazornickElinore PennerShelly & Stevie PessinFerdinand Plack, Jr.James PlummerLaurence & Rita PoisnerAndrea Poisner-CorchineAlissa PollackHarold & Janet PriceAnita PyleJamey QuelleUsha RaghunathAdrian RantillaErica RibnickAndrea RicklefsEvan RiesmanJeffrey Roitman & Kay GrossmanJimmy & Sunni RosenbloomMyrna RosenthalCarl & Hannah RothschildBen & Debra RubinMarilynn RudellMarjorie SackinJeffrey & Linda SanderJoseph & Katherine SandsArlene SaperRobert Golder & Heather SchlozmanCarol SegalSophie ShapiroJanet ShawRuth ShechterAnn ShepherdMike & Beth SherryMerna SieglerRenee Polsky SilverHerbert & Barbara SimonMark & Debra SingerStan & Beverly SingerGary & Naomi SitzmannJeffrey & Wendy SitzmannScott and Denise SlabotskyMark & Trudy SlatkinMichael SmithLeRoyce & Lynn SnyderZach Somberg

Neil & Blanche SoslandTimothy StarkLinda SteigmanPamela SteinMurielle SteinmanSherman SteinzeigLouis & Katherine StekollGrant & Jamie StephensErwin SternRobin StroblDiane StrykerJohn TannAaron TarjanJoie TenenbaumGail Ann ThompsonBrian & Jessica TorfYuriy TovMichael & Valerie TymoskoEarl & Shirley UnellDavid & Ellice VittorDavid & Mindy WajcmanBradley & Barbara WaradyBenjamin & Rachel WarnerJay Weiner & Alex Shuval-WeinerSeymour & Felicia WeinerDavid & Judith WeinsteinThe White FamilyJennifer WildingDan & Betsy WilinskyMarion & Dave WilsonManny & Lois WinstonVictor Wishna & Annie Berenbom WishnaElizabeth WolockAndrew & Ann WrightRobert & Carol YarmoPhillip YeltonNeal YoungYelena ZaslavskayaGary & Darlene Zimmerman

Friends

of Familythe

Neil & Deb BassHal & Cheryl BordyJeff & Andrea BourkeKathy BussingBill & Robin CarrKim CarsonCharles & Susan ChoucrounBrian & Lauren CohenCongregation Beth Shalom PreschoolCongregation Beth Shalom SisterhoodCongregation Beth TorahCongregation Kol AmiJacques & Denise CukierkornAdam Elyachar & Stephanie OzarTerry StonekingRandy & Dini FreedHayden & Sarah GallerBruce & Stephanie GershonZolan & Doris GilgusDavid GoodmanBob & Evie GrantNick Haines & Dawn AronoffElena Hermanson

Giving the BasicsHappy BottomsHarvestersHeart of America Humane SocietyHen HouseHyVeeMarket MerchandisersMassage EnvyMitzvah GardenOrange Theory FitnessPrice ChopperRubenstein Real EstateSalvation ArmyTrader Joe’sVCA Animal HospitalsWal-MartWaterway Car WashWhole Foods Market

James & Sally HohenseeHoward & Irene WeinerTim & Laura IntfenTaylor WhiteBaruch & Donna KaelterBill & Marcelle KaiserHenry & Kristi KanarekAndrew & Sheryl KaplanDouglas & Rosemary KaploeJerry & Susie KlinockGreg & Lisa KurzDorothy LambertMara LambertSteven & Liz LevyAmanda LivelyMichael & Linda LyonErin MargolinAnn MenendezMark & Julye RoseJacob & Marilyn SchulzingerNeal & Tamara SchusterAndy SchwartzVince & Rose SherlockLinda SilverDavid & Rachel SoslandAndrew StarrRobin StodgnillSeroj TerianBryan & Janet UnterhalterElizabeth VersaceJulie VitalisKurt WaierAlice WoodDave & Lezlie ZuckerHoward & Charmian ZurovskyJon & Kelli Zwillenberg

In-Kind

Corporate In-Kind

*- of blessed memory

Every attempt has been made to insure this list is accurate. Please report any inaccuracies to JFS at 913-327-8250.

JFS Executive Committee

Management Team

JFS Directors

Staff

PresidentSandi Fried

Vice-PresidentsFay Balk

David KaseffLon Lowenstein

TreasurerJohn Stolte

SecretaryAmy Shapiro

Immediate Past PresidentStewart Koesten

Erin BergerDavid Eisenberg

Cary FoxSteve Greenberg

Marc HammerG. Richard Hastings

Jerry Jones, Jr.Brad Koffman

Bob LiebermanAdam Matsil

Amanda MorganKen Schifman

Noah SlabotskyKelly Somberg

Steve AgronSarah Albin

Mary Ann AltenberndSondra Atherly

Greg BaberCathy Banks

Mary Beth BlackwellCari Boasberg

Amy BreashearsVicki CohenCarol Ducak

Pamela EisenreichAnna FeldmanLaura Gilman

Roger GoldblattNicky Hall

Jennifer HawkinsSusie Hurst

Christine JamersonAlisa Kartch

Joan KopelsonBetsy Low

Jennifer LydonCindy Myler

Brooke NelsonRichard Odiam

Dayle ReedDana SchwartzMary Scimeca

Debbie Snow SheridanSeroj Terian

Sandy TerwilligerSteve WendtDale Wilcox

Jaclyn Williams

Don Goldman, Executive Director & CEOCindy Ross, Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer

Celeste Aronoff, Director of Administration & CommunicationsDawn Herbet, Director of Older Adult Initiatives

Jo Hickey, Director of Food PantryRachel Krantz, Development Director

Richard Odiam, Director of Clinical ServicesGayl Reinsch, Director of Jewish Employment Services

Rabbi Jonathan Rudnick, Community ChaplainTaly Yeyni, Director of Volunteer Engagement