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JEWISH FEDERATION OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY
2015 Annual Report
THE JEWISH FEDERATION
CARE FOR PEOPLE IN NEED here at home, in Israel and around the world.
NURTURE & SUSTAIN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY today and for future generations.
By working with a broad cross-section of community members to raise and distribute funds, we ensure that the programs, institutions and values that enrich our Jewish community remainvibrant and strong. From feeding the hungry to
helping the unemployed, from supporting families with special needs to funding Jewish education and Israel experiences and advocacy, the Jewish Federation is focused on addressing the most pressing issues facing our community every day.
funds & supports a comprehensive network of organizations that do two things:
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Dear Friends,
When you are raising money for pressing needs year after year, it’s true that not every-thing can be an “emergency.” Yet, right from the start, the needs this year just felt more urgent.
We had barely closed our 2014 campaign when rockets began raining down in Israel. We quickly switched gears and, within days, opened an Israel Emergency Campaign. For seven weeks during Operation Protective Edge, we sent nearly daily updates to the community, organized a solidarity gathering and took seriously our role as a trusted part-ner in fundraising, raising more than a quarter of a million dollars.
As the conflict wound down, needs at home became apparent as our college students heading off for the semester were about to face increased anti-Israel sentiment on many of their campuses. To address this, we brought in a representative from the Israel Action Network to talk about BDS and pub-lished a four-page pullout section in HAKOL on the topic. A follow-up session was held with the students over winter break.
Then, January brought news of the shootings in France, including at a kosher supermarket. A month later we learned of an attack at a Denmark synagogue. Again we provided the community with an on-the-ground perspec-tive from our overseas partners, who used Federation funds to increase security at Jewish institutions and help the communities recover.
All the while, the crisis in Ukraine that began the year before wore on, and, through our partners, we provided the necessary means for the 350,000 Jews there to survive the winter.
This is all not to mention our needs at home:
Educating students at the Jewish Day School; providing a central place for Jewish life at the JCC; caring for our most vulnerable through Jewish Family Service.
Our Jewish Senior Life Connection program expanded this year to include PrimeTime at the J, which provides a broad range of activi-ties to keep seniors active in mind and body and connect them to Jewish life. Our Young Adult Division also expanded in both capacity and activity, and reinvigorated its tikkun olam initiative, collecting food for families in need at Thanksgiving and participating in a com-munity-wide mitzvah day on Super Sunday.
None of this would be possible without you, our committed donors, who have supported the Federation for so many years. To honor those commitments, we launched the Silver Circle Society this year, which recognizes donors who have given to Federation for 25 years or more. May we all aspire to join this elite group.
In times of “emergency” or not, the Federa-tion will continue to be there to address the needs of the community, whatever they may be, but it’s because of you that we are there.
Thank you for your ongoing support.
Mark H. Scoblionko President
Mark L. GoldsteinExecutive Director
Mark H. ScoblionkoPresident
Mark L. GoldsteinExecutive Director
The Federation distributed more than $3 million this year to help Jews at home, in Israel and around the world.
A MESSAGE from our leadership
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It is difficult to explain what it feels like when you tell your 8-year-old that he can go invite his friend from across the street to come over and play and as he finishes crossing the street, a siren goes off. You watch him turn back to you, his face panicked, and start running and you run to him and you pray that a car won’t kill us both because he is running without looking around and I have to get to him and I grab him and we run inside to the shelter.
- Yonit Peleg, Yoav resident & Partnership2Gether coordinator
When Israel needs us, WE ARE THERE.In the summer of 2014, rockets rained down on Israel for 50 days. Residents of southern cities such as Sderot, Ashkelon, Ashdod and Be’er Sheva, and those living in our sister region of Yoav, were left constantly fleeing to bomb shelters. Locations further north, including Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, also heard the sirens sound. Schools and camps were closed, businesses couldn’t operate and the economy was at a standstill.
The Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley partnered with local synagogues and Jewish communities across North America to “Stop the Sirens,” providing emergency aid to alleviate the pain and suffering of Israelis living in harm’s way.
The money we raised through the Israel Emergency Campaign helped provide care for homebound elderly and disabled adults during this time of terror, respite for tens of thousands of children fleeing rocket attacks and crisis counseling for Israelis who were overwhelmed by anxiety and in need of relief. It provided emergency grants to families directly impacted by the rocket fire.
In Yoav, our Partnership2Gether community, 70 percent of people do not have shelters in their homes. More than 40 per-cent of the public shelters they must rely on are unusable. The funds we raised are continuing to help refurbish these bomb shelters. In partnership with the municipality, our funds will also enable the creation of an emergency response center. The goal is that the next time the sirens sound, our Yoav family will be better equipped to respond.
was raised by our community to help Jews
in Israel during Operation Protective Edge
$250,000
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This isn't the first time Aza Grigorenko, 88, has been forced to leave her home because of war. As a teenager during World War II, she and her mother resettled in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk. There, Aza met her husband and gave birth to her only son, Alexsandr.
Even after Alexsandr moved to St. Petersburg, her husband died and she became increasingly frail, Aza stayed. The Federation’s overseas partner, the JDC, has cared for her for the last decade, sending healthcare
workers from the local Hesed social welfare center to her home.
But when the current crisis in Ukraine intensified, Alex-sandr came back to Slavyansk to relocate his mother. Mother and son now share a tiny two-room apartment in St. Petersburg and receive food, medicine and healthcare from their new local Hesed. As a citizen of a foreign country, Aza is not eligible for state social support. Alexsandr is not sure what else he can do. JDC is their only lifeline – their only support.
In peace or in crisis, WE ARE THERE.
The desperate situation in Ukraine speaks to the most fundamental reasons why Federations are so critical. We have not turned away. We are on the ground, and we are making a difference.
UNREST IN UKRAINE
Supporting the Most Vulnerable
Securing Schools and Community Centers
Delivering Emergency Aid to Homebound and Displaced People
Assisting 20,000 Families During Brutal Winters
Federations collectively have raised and allocated more than
$5 million through the Ukraine Assistance Fund
to supplement the ongoing support through our Annual Campaigns
Helping to Explore a New Life and Settle in Israel
Ensuring a Fear-free Summer for Teens
Monitoring and Reporting on the Crisis
Training Aid Workers on the Front Lines
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When anti-Semitism is on the rise, WE ARE THERE.Harassment of Jews throughout the world is at its highest level in seven years. In Europe, news reports describe a significantly deteriorating situation. Fatal attacks in France and Denmark this year, as well as vandalism against synagogues and other Jewish facilities throughout Western Europe, were shocking and disturbing. Here is what we are doing:
RAISING AND ALLOCATING FUNDSFederations have raised close to $1 million to supplement funds provided by the French Jewish community to address important needs in France. This money is being used primarily to help the community address urgent security needs, and also to assist with post-trauma counseling.
FUNDING ALIYAH FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO RELOCATE TO ISRAEL7,000 people made aliyah from France in 2014, triple the number in 2012 and equivalent to 1 percent of the entire French Jewish community. This is the largest number of French olim in a single year in Israel’s history, and it may double again in 2015.
ENHANCING OUR CAPACITY TO ADDRESS SECURITY The Jewish Federations’ Secure Community Network (SCN) has developed an unprecedented level of security expertise and close ties with the U.S. Department of Homeland Secu-rity, and today is assisting Jewish communities worldwide. Within hours of the attacks in France and Denmark, SCN staff was on the ground, providing on-site crisis management expertise and helping strengthen local security efforts.
COLLABORATING WITH OUR PARTNERSThe Jewish Federations convened a meeting of key organiza-tions that provide funding and services to Jews in Europe. Together we examined the rapidly changing situation, shared information and explored potential areas for collaboration.
Carole Sebbah grew up in a loving family in beautiful Nice, France. But as a Jew, she always felt a deep connection to Israel. With the rising tide of anti-Semitism in France, she reached out to the The Jewish Agency to help her make aliyah.
“Today, I’m proud to say that Israel is my home and my country,” Carole said. “With the help of Federation, I have made aliyah and can finally be a Jew without fear.”
When disaster strikes, we are there.In the wake of the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal in April 2015, we immediately started collecting funds for emerging relief efforts. Amid a quickly rising death toll and widespread destruction in Kathmandu and the surrounding region, our partners assessed the unfolding situation on the ground to ensure survivors’ immediate needs were addressed.
‘A Jew Without Fear’
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On a windy Wednesday in Febru-ary, five friends sat kibbitzing around a card table in the Auxil-lary Auditorium of the JCC. Their Mah Jongg tiles were clicking away. Empty bowls from that afternoon’s hot lunch – vegetarian chili with herbed rice and corn-
bread – were stacked on a nearby table. It was PrimeTime at the J.
The Jewish Community Center, in partnership with the Federation and Jewish Family Service through Jewish Senior Life Connection, launched PrimeTime this year to
address the social needs of active seniors in the Jewish community.
From PickleBall to current events, brunch and learn programs to bus trips, PrimeTime helps keep seniors engaged and involved in local Jewish life.
PrimeTime at the J keeps seniors engaged
When seniors in our community need us, WE ARE THERE.
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After singing, toasting and enjoying each other’s company, seniors at Country Meadows broke challah with Jewish Fam-ily Service volunteers in June as part of a pilot program to bring Shabbat into local residential facilities. The hope is to enrich the spiritual lives of seniors who may feel separated from their faith.
Cantor Kevin Wartell of Temple Beth El created a service that incorporated songs and prayers that had the whole
room singing, praying, swaying and sharing their stories with one another. The residents and volunteers could follow along with the service in transliter-ated Hebrew with an English translation.
“This is truly a community ef-fort,” said Carol Wilson, who coordinates senior programs at Jewish Family Service. “We want to make sure that every member of our community is able to partake in the spirit of Shabbat.”
Pilot program helps spread the spirit of Shabbat
The GO Program and Groups on the GOOne of the most pressing needs of seniors in our community is transportation. More than 30 seniors have signed up for The GO Program for free door-to-door rides to doctors’ appoint-ments, grocery stores and more. An expansion of this has been Groups on the GO, through which we provide funding to agencies to offset the cost of senior transportation to events.
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JDS students and staff celebrated Passover at a model seder in March with pre-K and kindergarten children from the JCC and with students from Sdot Yoav school in Israel via Skype.
The Middle School students at the JDS engaged in the school twinning program with Sdot Yoav throughout the year, sharing greetings and gifts for Rosh Hashanah, Chanukah and Purim.
In December, a group of educators from Yoav spent a week in the Lehigh Valley meeting with Jewish Day School and public school classes and teachers.
The project is a result of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley’s Partnership2Gether initiative, which creates people to people connections between the Lehigh Valley and Yoav.
Federation-supported school twinning program connects the Jewish Day School with Israel YOAV - LEHIGH VALLEY
Happy campers connect JewishlyNumerous studies have shown that Jewish children and teens who attend Jewish camp maintain greater connections to the com-munity throughout their lives. We are proud to support our own Camp JCC, as well as pro-vide scholarships for Jewish overnight camps.
To secure our Jewish future through schools, camps and
family programs, WE ARE THERE.
Holocaust Resource Center connects local students & survivors
Four Allen High School stu-dents listened intently as Ed-ward Posner talked about his childhood. As the students took notes and recorded the conversation, Posner described what it was like in the ghetto of Shanghai during World War II, how he ac-climated to life in the United States and his experience on a kibbutz in the 1970s.
This conversation was just one part of a project that has been years in the making. After receiving a grant from the Allentown School District Foundation, Allen history teachers Jeff Dutt and Matt Rohrbach began working with the Federation’s Holocaust Resource Center and their students to compile an oral history of the Holocaust in the form of interviews with area survivors.
In total, 40 students interviewed 10 Holocaust survivors from the Lehigh Valley. The recordings will be donated to the Holocaust Resource Center as well as the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
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Educational Opportunities
In addition to raising and distributing funds, the Federation provides a variety of services and programs that enrich the Lehigh Valley Jewish community.
THE STRENGTH OF A PEOPLE.The Power of Community.
Community Building
From forums on elec-tions and interfaith top-ics to panel discussions with members of the Maimonides Society for medical professionals, we sponsored a host of programs throughout the year that educated and enriched the Jew-ish community. Yachad University courses and partnerships with lo-cal universities further enhanced adult Jewish education.
As the central Jewish address in the Lehigh Valley, we unite the community for solidarity and celebration. This year, we stood together in support of Israel, performed mitzvot on Super Sunday, marked Yom HaShoah, celebrated Yom Ha’atzmaut and brought 700 people to Jewish Heritage Night at the IronPigs.
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Volunteerism and Networking
OutreachPublications
Focusing this year on social action, our Young Adult Division collected enough food at Thanksgiving to feed 30 Jewish families. The Lehigh Valley Jewish Professionals brought together Jews of all ages and stages for networking events at Chanukah and Passover.
We delivered books to 300+ kids through PJ Library, “sha-lomed” 18 babies and helped 10 Bnai Mitzvah to create meaningful service projects this year.
Our award-winning newspaper, HAKOL, serves as the voice of the local Jewish community, bringing news, information, human interest and event listings to more than 3,000 households per month. This year, we published our biennial magazine Shalom Lehigh Valley in partnership with Lehigh Valley Style, reaching 80,000 people across the region.
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ASSETS HELD: $23,934,386*as of June 30, 2015
Donor Advisory FundsDonor Advisory Funds provide many of the advantages of a private foun-dation while eliminating on-going legal and accounting costs, as well as exise taxes on investment income. The Jewish Federation offers two types of Donor Advisory Funds. The first, called “Legacy Philanthropic Funds,” permit donors to recom-mend distributions of a percentage of the fund’s value annually. The sec-ond, called “Donor Advised Funds,” our newest vehicle, permit donors to recommend distributions up to all of the fund’s value throughout the year.
Legacy Philanthropic FundsBaiman Family FundBelman Family FundMillie Berg Memorial FundHarry & Shirley Berman FundElaine & Ernest Boas FundAmy Born FundSam & Ann Born FoundationAydele Brenner Tzedakah FundBenjamin Brenner Tzedakah FundPearl S. Brooks Family FundElena S. Cohen Charity FundMartin D. Cohen FundEdward & Natalie Coleman Family FundPeter Cooper FundArianna Rachel Delin FundBenjamin Foster Delin Mitzvah FundNoah Ryan Delin FundLisa Born Ellis FundFinkelstein Family FundClaudia Fischmann FundDiana Fischmann FundVeronica Fischmann FundTama & Jules Fogelman Family FundFraenkel Family Fund
Julie Fraenkel FundFrank-Penn Family FundJi-In Friess Mitzvah FundSamuel Gevirtz Mitzvah FundNancy Gevirtz Memorial FundAlfred Gifford Family FundGoldfarb Family FundAleah Goldin-Israel Project FundMaia & Zev Gould Mitzvah FundSamuel Harris FundHertzmark Family FundKimmel Family FundRobert & Judith Auritt Klein Family FundMark & Patricia Klein Family FundKobrovsky Family FundKuhn Family FundMorton & Myra Levy FundBarbara & Robert Margolis FundDr. David Marvi Family FundSusan Mellan Memorial FundJamie Mellan FundHarry & Ethel Miller Memorial FundJoseph Mozes Memorial FundTaffi Ney Mitzvah FundMaurice & Bess Orgler Family FundPapir Family FundPomerantz Family FundAdina Poresky FundPurple FundRaab Fund in Honor of FatherJonathan David & Catherine Elizabeth Rau FundReitars-Braunstein FundRuth Markus & Alexander Wolf Rosenau Family FundGerald & Selma Roth Family FundRyan Sacher FundAlexandra Sacher FundElana Michelle Schettini FundNoah Daniel Schettini FundFrances & Abraham Schwab Memorial FundStuart Schwartz Family FundRandi & Donald Senderowitz FundRissa Senderowitz FundMarlee Senderowitz FundHarold Sheftel Memorial FundAmy & Jack Silverman Family FundAbigail Silverman FundJessica Silverman FundSpiro-Weinberger FundDanielle Staiman Mitzvah FundSterman-Goldin Family Fund
Fred & Barbara Sussman Family Fund Sol A. Taffet Memorial FundTenzer Family FundUfberg Family FundStephen & Beverly Volk Family FundArthur & Barbara Weinrach Family FundAlfred Wiener Family FundRenee Zales Family Fund
Donor Advised FundDanielle Goren Memorial FundLinda & Michael Miller Donor Advised Fund
Bequests & Unrestricted FundsThrough a Bequest, donors demonstrate an enduring commitment to the Jewish community and are likely to reduce estate taxes. Unrestricted Funds and Bequests ensure the survival of the Jewish community by providing a funding “safety net” and easing unforseen emergencies and changing community needs.
Frances Altstadt EstateHerman Bloom EstateCall Chronicle FundMeyer Cohan EstateCatherine Cohen EstateRobert D. Edwards EstateMelvin Friedman Memorial FundIrvin Jacobson Memorial FundJewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley General FundT. Barbara Kernis EstateRobert D. Klein EstateJoseph P. Klein EstateLilliam L. Larkey Memorial FundCecil Lipkin EstateAaron Litwak FundJudith Margolis Memorial FundEdith Mellner FundBeryl Oppenheimer EstateSylvia Pelson EstateAlma Stoler Perlis Memorial FundFrancis Philip EstateMartin H. Phillip Charitable Remainder UnitrustNathan & Rose Pisarev and Charles & Mollie Lutz Memorial Fund
Maurice Praid EstateWharton & Miriam Schneider FundPhilip & Blanche Schwartz Memorial FundHarry Simkowitz EstateSam Smith EstateJack Warsaw EstateRenee Zales Memorial FundZelickson Family Fund
Designated & Restricted FundsRestricted or Designated Funds are created by donors for a special pur-pose benefiting a specific program, agency, organization or field of inter-est. These funds can be established through a lifetime or testamentary gift.
Agudas Achim Cemetery FundB’nai B’rith Charities of Allentown FundRochel Baleh Free Loan FundSadie Berman LV Jewish Education FundChevre Kadisho FundCongregation Agudas Achim FundTara Epstein FundGeorge Feldman Memorial FundMelvin Goldberg Memorial FundHebrew Home Association FundJewish Fund for Human NeedsJFLV Tax Credit Scholarship FundBlanka & Walter Knie Holocaust Education FundSamuel Kobrovsky Memorial FundHelen & Sol Krawitz Holocaust Memorial Fund Gerson Lazar Family FundMorton & Myra Levy Hillel Award FundOrphan Cemetery FundSylvia & Morris Perkin FundDaniel Pomerantz Campaign Excellence Award FundDaniel Poresky Designated FundJack & Mollie Robins Family FundJanet West Rosen FundMortimer S. & Vera M. Schiff Family FundAbraham V. Schwab Memorial FundLillian Schwab Memorial Fund
LEHIGH VALLEY JEWISH FOUNDATIONTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY’S ENDOWMENT FUND | Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley
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Jewish Community CenterLillian Schwab Memorial Fund Temple Beth ElMorris & Lena Senderowitz Cultural FundNed Shulman Archives FundSpiro Special Gift FundSpiro Jewish Family Service Seniors FundSpiro Temple Beth El Religious School FundVISIT Israel Special Projects Fund
Supporting FoundationsA Supporting Foundation is a charitable corporation which, by affiliating with the Jewish Federation, obtains tax-exempt status as a public charity - earning maximum tax deductibility. These foundations are created by donors, families, nonprofit organizations, businesses or from an existing private foundation for the purpose of distributing grants to support causes in line with the Federation’s mission. Leonard & Enid Abrams Family FoundationFischmann-Berman Family FoundationGoldman Family FoundationAlvin & Rosalind Mishkin FoundationSylvia & Herb Rosen Foundation Wax Family Fund
PACE/LOJE FundsA Perpetual Annual Campaign Endowment (PACE) Fund
is a lasting legacy that will continue to make an annual gift to the Federation’s Annual Campaign. A Lion of Judah Endowment (LOJE) Fund enables a woman to be perpetually recognized as a Lion of Judah-level donor to the Annual Campaign.
Cindee Belman LOJE FundSadie Berman LOJE FundWendy G. Born LOJE FundCharlie Fletcher Memorial PACE FundSandra Goldfarb LOJE FundMorris & Dyna Gorfinkel Memorial FundBernard & Flo Kobrovsky Special FundElaine Lerner LOJE FundLisa Scheller LOJE FundLillian Schwab Memorial Fund
Trusts & Charitable Gift AnnuitiesCharitable Remainder Trusts and Charitable Gift Annuities are creative and tax-wise ways for donors to create a lasting legacy in their names and receive income for life or for a specified number of years. Upon expiration of that term, the remainder goes to the Federation or a Jewish organization to establish a permanent endowment.
Marvin Holtz Memorial- Annuity FundRoland & Dorothy Joseph Annuity FundElliot Marcus Charitable Remainder Trust
Linda S. and Michael R. Miller Deferred Charitable Gift AnnuityMorton Parmet 1999 Annuity FundMorton Parmet 2005 Annuity FundMorton Parmet 2007 Annuity FundMorton Parmet 2008 Annuity Fund
Agency FundsAgency Funds are the assets of various organizations who choose the Jewish Federation’s investment and managerial services.
Congregation Am HaskalahCongregation Brith Sholom Congregation Keneseth IsraelCongregation Keneseth Israel Cemetery Association FundCongregation Sons of Israel Congregation Sons of Israel - Frank & Ada Segal Family FundHebrew Family LeagueJewish Community Center of Allentown FundJewish Community Center Supporting FoundationJewish Community Center of Easton and Vicinity, Inc. Jewish Day School Endowment Foundation Jewish Day School Supporting FoundationJewish Family Service Supporting FoundationJewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley Lehigh Valley Clergy Group
The Heritage Society is for people of vision who remember the past and understand the
importance of investing in the future. Each has made a commitment of $100,000 or more
through the Lehigh Valley Jewish Foundation to strengthen, support and ensure Jewish continuity.
Leonard & Enid (z”l) AbramsMarc & Aliette Abo
Dr. Arthur & Phoebe (z”l) AltmanTara Epstein Baiman
Cindee BelmanNeil Belman
Sadie Berman EstateBob & Pat Born
Ross & Wendy BornNate & Marilyn Braunstein
Pearl BrooksMeyer Cohan Estate
Daniel & Nancy CohenMartin & Beth Cohen
Peter & Karen CooperJonathan & Iris EpsteinJeff & Roberta Epstein
Finkelstein FamilyRoberto & Eileen Fischmann
Fogelman FamilyTama Fogelman
Barnet & Lisa FraenkelFabian (z”l) & Anna (z”l) Fraenkel
Dr. Harold & Sandra GoldfarbSteven & Nancy Wax GoldmanMorris & Dyna Gorfinkel Estate
Robert & Bonnie HammelMarvin Holtz Memorial
Deanne & Arnold KaplanMark & Patty Klein
Robert (z”l) Klein & Judy Auritt KleinBernard (z”l) & Florence (z”l) Kobrovsky
Kobrovsky FamilyMartin & Judy Krasnov
Leslie (z”l) & Elaine LernerLawrence & Eva Levitt
Morton (z”l) & Myra (z”l) LevyDr. Aaron Litwak Estate
Michael & Linda MillerAlvin & Rosalind (z”l) Mishkin
Taffi NeyBeryl Oppenheimer Estate
Joel Orgler FamilyDr. Morton & Dorothy ParmetSylvia & Morris Perkin Estate
Martin H. Philip EstateMaurice Praid EstateSylvia & Herb Rosen
Lisa Scheller & Wayne WoodmanVera & Mortimer (z”l) Schiff
Philip (z”l) & Blanche (z”l) SchwartzDr. Stuart & Janice Schwartz
Milton & Ronnie SheftelAmy & Jack Silverman
Martin SpiroDr. Michael & Eileen Ufberg
Stanley & Vicki WaxIlene Wood
Renee Zales (z”l)
HERITAGE society
After her husband’s family business was sold, Judy Auritt Klein said, “we did the best thing we could do, philanthropically,” by establishing a Legacy Philanthropic Fund.
“We raised our family in Allentown and in the Jewish community and it was wonderful! We were grateful and wanted to
express that in tangible ways,” she said.
Judy and her children choose qualified nonprofit organizations to distribute funds to each year. Upon approval by the Federation Board, the staff takes care of all disbursements of funds for the family.
Judy said, “They make it so easy.”
Champion of giving reaches many through one fund
Because of your support of the 2015 campaign, we are able to help when help is needed, provide a safety net for those who must rely upon it, and nurture the core institutions that are the fabric of a rich and dynamic Jew-ish community.
THANK YOU.
* Indicates an individual woman’s gift to the 2015 Campaign for Jewish Needs
° Indicates members of the Silver Circle who have contributed for 25 years or more.
PRIME MINISTERS CIRCLE $100,000+Ross Born°Wendy Born*°Robert and Bonnie* Hammel°Just Born Inc°Charles and Figa* Kline Foundation°Anonymous (1)
THEODORE HERZL SOCIETY $50,000 -$99,999Master Family° Richard and Susan* Master MCS Industries Harry Louis Yanoff & Jeanette Master Yanoff Charitable FundShelley Stettner*°
KING DAVID SOCIETY $25,000 - $49,999Leonard Abrams°Fischmann Family Fund*° Roberto and Eileen* FischmannTama Fogelman* and Family°The Fraenkel Family°Dr. Harold and Sandra* Goldfarb°Robert J. and Susan* GreyThe Mortimer S. Schiff Memorial Golf TournamentJoseph B. and Rita* Scheller°
TREE OF LIFE SOCIETY $18,000 - $24,999The Deanne and Arnold Kaplan
Foundation*Lisa Scheller* and Wayne Woodman
KING SOLOMON CIRCLE $10,000 - $17,999Dr. Jeffrey and Jill* Blinder°The Philip and Muriel Berman FoundationCharles Cohen and Rebecca Binder*The Martin Cohen Family Foundation°Seidel, Cohen Hof & Reid LLC° Daniel and Nancy* Cohen Phillip and Ellen* Hof Chris and Tara Reid Norman Seidel (z”l)Peter and Karen* Cooper°Gary Fromer and Dr. Carol Bub Fromer*Richard Green Family and Firstrust BankRobert and Judy Auritt Klein Family Fund*°Kobrovsky Family Fund°Elaine Lerner*°Orgler Family Fund°Dr. Richard and Barbara* Reisner°Nan Ronis*Mortimer S. and Vera M.* Schiff Foundation°Jean Weiner*°Anonymous (1)
BUILDERS OF ISRAEL $5,000 - $9,999Dr. Marc and Aliette* AboDr. Arthur and Phoebe* (z”l) Altman°Sadie Berman Lion of Judah Endowment Fund*Hon. Alan and Donna* Black°Ellis and Lisa* BlockPearl Brooks*Dr. Sam and Sylvia* Bub°Marc and Judy* DiamondsteinAndrew and Dr. Lisa* EllisJonathan and Iris* EpsteinArnan and Marlene* FinkelsteinSusan Gadomski *°Dr. Jeffrey Gevirtz°Mark L. Goldstein and Shari Spark*°Allen and Patricia* Gribben°Nat and Erica* HymanDr. Arthur and Jane* Kaplan°Drs. Stephen and Barbara* Katz
Drs. Andrew and Deborah* KimmelMark and Patty Klein°Bernard and Florence Kobrovsky Special FundDr. Wesley and Beth* Kozinn°Dr. Lawrence and Eva* Levitt°Stanley R. Liebman EstateDr. William and Jane* Markson°Michael and Linda* Miller°Dr. Alan and Judith* Morrison°Daniel Poresky°Dr. Alex and Robin* Rosenau°Shaoli Rosenberg*Drs. Jarrod and Nicole* RosenthalLorrie Scherline*°Irwin and Ellen* Schneider°Dr. Stuart A. and Janice Schwartz°Mark and Deena* Scoblionko°Elizabeth Scofield*Larrie and Judy* Sheftel°Milton and Ronnie* Sheftel°Edith Simon*°Spira Family FoundationDr. Frank and Tama* TamarkinDr. William and Pauline* Trachtenberg°Dr. Michael and Eileen* Ufberg°Dr. Robert and Carol* WilsonIlene Wood*Dr. Israel and Valeska* ZighelboimAnonymous (3)
SABRA CIRCLE $2,500 - $4,999Alan and Marsha* AbrahamDr. Houman and Lori* AhdiehLeonard & Beverly* Bloch FoundationDr. David and Sara-Jane* Bub Dr. Ian and Patricia* Carlis°Scott and Beth* DelinGlenn and Jan* EhrichHenriette Engelson*°Dr. Peter Fisher and Kathy Zimmerman*Louis and Shirley* Furmansky°Stewart and Carol* Furmansky°Dr. Gene and Ann* Ginsberg°Dr. Mark and Carmyn Gittleman°Dr. Lawrence and Vicki* Glaser°Dr. Ronald J. and Linda* GlickmanSteven and Nancy Wax Goldman* Bennett GrossmanBarry and Carol R.* Halper°Dr. Steve and Audrey* KanoffDr. Jeffrey and Kim Kramer
Stuart and Lynda* KrawitzDr. Harold and Linda* Kreithen°Robert and Roberta* KritzerDr. Howard and Beth* KushnickDonald and Lois* Lipson°Dr. Richard and Roberta* London°Dr. Moshe and Lisa* MarkowitzDr. Jay and Marla* Melman°Dr. Holmes and Jeannie* MillerDr. Richard J. and Amy* MorseDrs. Steven and Nancy* OberlenderDr. Noah Orenstein and Diana Fischmann Orenstein* Dr. Robert and Lota* Post°Rhoda Prager*°Judith Rodwin*Sylvia and Herb Rosen FoundationCathy Sacher*°Frances & Abraham Schwab Memorial FundRonald and Martha* SegelJack and Amy* Silverman°Dr. Arthur and Audrey* Sosis°Dr. David and Barbara* Sussman°Alan J. and Abby* Wiener°Arthur and Barbara* Weinrach°Dr. Michael and Leslie* WeinstockJames and Linda* Wimmer°Gail Wolson*°Dr. Michael and Miriam* Zager and FamilyLarry and Carolyn ZelsonAnonymous (4)
GATES OF JAFFA $1,500 - $2,499Alan and Sandy* AbeshausDr. Howard AltmanRichard J. Mongilutz and Kelly Banach*Dr. Alan Berger°William M. and Peggy* Berger°Steven Bergstein and Nanci Goldman BergsteinDr. Marc and Lauren* Berson°Michael and Rita* Bloom°Dr. John and Ingelise* BrownDr. Michael BuschLawrence CenterMarilyn Claire*°Dr. William and Gail* CombsHelen Cook*°Justin and Erin* Corsa
Because of you, we are there.
Thank you for your supportJewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley 2015 Campaign for Jewish Needs
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Dr. Karen Dacey*Norman FalkClaudia Fischmann*Veronica Fischmann*Dr. Jay and Fran* FisherDr. Hal and Kimberly Folander Jerome and Sally FrankDr. Ronald and Emily FreudenbergerDr. Henry and Monica* Friess and FamilyNeil and Edyth* Glickstein°Dr. Gordon and Rose Lee* Goldberg°Mitzi Goldenberg*Dr. Marsha Gordon*Dr. Robert M. Gordon°Morris & Dyna Gorfinkel Memorial FundDr. David Greenberg and Bonna Sue Burtt-Greenberg*Kenneth and Ellen* GreeneDr. Robert and Tracy GrobDr. Paul Gross°Drs. Harvey and Melissa HakimEsther Halperin*°Hausman FamilyMark and Amy* HoltzRoslyn Holtz*Dr. Howard HorneDr. Howard and Susan* IsraelDr. John Jaffe°Dr. Jeffrey and Nancy JahreRoland and Dorothy JosephRabbi Allen and Toby* Juda°Dr. Robert and Janice* KaplanMuriel Kosen*Martin and Judy* Krasnov°Dr. Joshua and Teri* KrassenDr. Robert and Stephanie* Kricun°Ferne Rodale Kushner*°Merry Landis*°Dr. Michael and Carole* LangsamDr. Brian LeFrockDr. Paul and Diane* Lemberg and FamilyMonica Lemelman*°Mort & Myra Levy Philanthropic FundDr. Jay and Evelyn* Lipschutz°Lois Lipson*Dr. Eiran and Janet* MandelkerDr. Gerald and Ethel* Melamut°Robert and Betty* MendelsonDr. Michael and Cary* MoritzDr. Robert and Amy MorrisonTaffi Ney*°Dr. Mark and Alice* Notis°Dr. Michael and Ruth* Notis°Dr. William and Marjorie Ofrichter°Dr. Robert and Joanne* PalumboFrank Penn Family FundDrs. Andrew and Flora* PestcoeRabbi Seth Phillips and Marge Kramer*Rhoda Prager*The Ringold* FamilyDr. Edward RosenfeldDr. Marvin and Janet Rosenthal°Dr. Abraham and Nancy* Ross and FamilySelma Roth*Dr. Michael and Lynn F.* RothmanDr. Wayne Saunders
Dr. Darryn and Lorey* ShaffDr. Elliot ShearRuth Sheftel*Marshall and Nina* Silverstein°Dr. Raymond and Bonnie SingerLynda Somach*°Richard and Allison StaimanDr. Sidney and Lenore* StecherDr. Ronald and Melissa Stein and FamilyDr. Frederic A. and Gilda Stelzer°Dr. Jay and Margery* Strauss°Fred and Barbara K.* SussmanDr. Adam TeichmanDr. Ryan and Carah* TenzerDr. Kenneth and Alla* ToffDr. Edward Tomkin and Sandra WadsworthDr. Darren and Stefanie* TraubDr. Marc and Susan* Vengrove°Dr. Andrew WaksteinGordon and Kathy* WeilDr. Benjamin and Ellen Weinberger°Abby Wiener*°Steven and Margo* Wiener°Susan Wild*Dr. Eric and Helaine* YoungDr. Larry and Debra Zohn°Anonymous (5)
CHAVERIM $500 - $1,499Richard and Karen* AlbertSteven AronskyDr. Richard and Judith* Aronson°Marietta Banach*Tama Lee Barsky*Dr. Sherri Bassner*Sanford and Patricia* BeldonDr. Harry and Donna BergerLarry and Susan W.* Berman°Joseph and Sharon* BernsteinRonald and Linda* BlackDr. Robert and Linda BlochRance and Sheryl* BlockAkiva and Rachel* BoonswangDr. Stuart and Joan* BoreenDr. Jeffrey and Nan* Bratspies°Regina Brenner*Dr. Scott Brenner and Cheryl Figlin-Brenner*Edna Brill*°Evelyn H. Brown*°Drs. Sylvan and Sharon BrownRichard and Kira* BubGordon CampbellHarvey and Elizabeth* CartineDr. Robert Cohn and The Harold and Matilda Cohn Family Fund°Dr. William CombsMeir Dardashti and Ricki Notis*Hon. Maxwell and Barbara Davison°Deborah Degani*Richard and Ruth* Derby°Gerald Weisberger and Gail Ehrens*°Eduardo and Jeanette* Eichenwald°Dr. Mark and Ellyn* Elstein°Dr. Thomas and Roni* Englert and Family°
Joan Epstein*°Howard and Shirley* FalkDr. Bruce Feldman°Dr. Michael FeldmanDr. Neil and Ellen* FeldmanSamuel and Lynn* Feldman°Dr. Eric J. and Amy* FelsFinkelstein Family FundJules and Tama Fogelman Family Fund*Dr. Ari and Mia* ForgoshHon. Robert and Ronnie Freedberg°Ronald and Olga* GelberVicki Glaser*Dr. Brian GoldbergBarry Goldin and Cheri Sterman*Dr. Eric GoldmanLance and Ellen* GordonDr. Jeffrey GouldAlan Greenberger°Irwin and Diane Greenberg°Ralph and Anna Mae* Grossman°Jay Haltzman°Ronald and Joan* Harrison°Arthur and Susan* Hochhauser°Dr. Arthur Hoffman°Carol Hoffman*Alex Hornstein°Dr. David and Susan Hyman°Gwen Jacobs*Selma Jacowitz*Audrey Kanoff*Seth and Kathi* Katzman°Dr. Jay and Phyllis* Kaufman°Dr. Corey and Lisa* KirshnerDrs. William and Susan* Kitei°Maxine S. Klein*°Dr. Elwood and Marilyn* Kolb°Dr. Mark and Iris KosharPaul and Dore KottlerKaren Kuhn*°Dr. Michael and Fay* KunDr. Hartley Lachter and Dr. Jessica Cooperman*Lawrence M. Lang and Elaine N. Deutch*Dr. Paul H. and Elaine* Langer°Gerson Lazar Family FundMartha B. Lebovitz*°Bernard and Laurie Lesavoy Lesavoy Butz & Seitz LLCThe Eva Levitt Knitting ProjectDr. Lisa Lindauer*Dr. Sheldon and Paula* LinnScott and Allison* LipsonEric LuftigJean Mandel*°Dr. Norman MaronDr. David and Robyn Meir-LeviDavid and Judy* MickenbergEdith Miller*°Dr. Gary and Debbie* Miller°Morton and Judy* MillerMichael Molovinsky°James and Shelah MuethDr. Jonathan MunvesJay and Bobbi* NeedleSandy Newman*Marc Nissenbaum°Dr. David and Carole* Ostfeld°
Myra Outwater *Dr. David and Ann* PackmanLeon and Elaine* Papir°Alan and Roberta* Penn°Phyllis Perkin*Allen and Sandra* PerlmanAlison Post*Michael and Ilene* Prokup°Dr. Mitchell and Carol RabinowitzRabbi Moshe and Adina Re’emDr. Max L. and Helen RobbinsElaine Rappaport-Bass*°Dr. Howard and Lisa* Rosenberg°Joseph Rosenfeld and Jonathan RosenfeldDrs. Jason Rudolph and Stacey Resnick*Adam and Penny* Roth and FamilyJudd RothDr. Norman and Jett* Sarachek°Sheila Saunders*°Marcia Schechter*°Jane SchiffNathan and Rusty* SchiffDr. Michael and Heidi* Schiffman°Michael and Brenna SchlossbergJohn SchneiderBernard and Sara* SchonbachLillian Schwab Memorial FundRenee Schwartz*°Schwartz Family FundDr. Howard and Tamara SeldenDr. Edward and Sally* Shapiro°Elliot and Linda* Sheftel°Howard and Susan* ShererDr. Andrew and Rachel* ShurmanHelaine Sigal*Richard SilbergDr. Bruce and Donna SilverbergDr. Howard and Diane* Silverman°Rabbi Michael Singer and Alexis Vega-Singer*Dr. Bruce and Ardeth* Smackey°Marcy Staiman*Dr. Phil and Diane* SteinDr. Richard and Arlene* Stein°Dr. Stanley and Manya SteinHon. Robert L. Steinberg Kevin StempelCheri Sterman* Aimee Stewart*Dr. David and Laurie StrassmanDr. Michael F. Stroock°Fred and Barbara K.* Sussman Fund°Marsha Timmerman*°Ron Ticho and Pam Lott*Dr. Mark and Abby* TrachtmanDr. Stanley and Judith* WalkerDr. Ronald and Beverly* Wasserman°Robert and Sandy* Weiner°Louise Weinstein*Gerald Weisberger and Gail Ehrens*Deborah Weiss*Jerry and Flossie* Zales°Martin ZippelDebbie Zoller*Anonymous (29)
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SHORASHIM $250 - $499Isabella Alkasov*Vivian Appel*Dr. Mark AuerbachJoan Balkwill*Miriam Bandler*°Dr. Peter and Barbara BarbourRandy and Jodi* BarsonRichard and Joan* BassDr. Harry and Donna BergerDavid and Clara* BergsteinRichard Bergstein°Dr. Neil and Christy Boderman°Amy Born Fund*Sally Brau*°Barbra Butz*Robert and Jane* Cohen°Marcia K. Cohen*°Robert Cohen and Michelle HindinTemple and Ann ColdrenHoward and Catherine* ColemanRoger and Sharon* CollinsDonald Denburg°Dr. George Diamond°Fred and Gail* EisenbergJack and Shirley* Engelson°Eleanor Extract*Melissa Falk*Susan Fegley*Dr. Alex Feig°Marcia Felkay*°Harry FisherCharles Fletcher Memorial FundBrian and Emily* FordPhyllis Ford*Neil and Marjorie* ForgoshRabbi Jonathan Gerard and Dr. Pearl RosenbergDr. Eric and Debbie* GertnerAlfred T. Gifford Family FundRenee Gittler*°Rhoda Glazier*°Glazier Furniture°Ann Goldberg*Libby Golomb*°Nathaniel and Joanna GolubAllan and Mary Goodman°Alvin and Sharon GorenDr. H. William and Ruth* Gross°Lothar and Wendy GumberichLes and Ricky* HochhauserDr. Neil and Janet* HoganCarol Jaspan*Lisa Jeffery*James and Andrea* JesbergerAndrew and Nancy KahnIrving Kaplan°Dr. Binae Karpo*Carolyn Katwan*Phyllis Kaufman*Renee B. Kleaveland*Iris Klein*°Dr. Neal KramerSuzanne Lapiduss*Dr. Judith Lasker*°Dr. Henry and Susan LehrichAlice Level*Dr. Edward Levy
Gilfrid and Michele* LevyDr. Arthur Levine and Dr. Janet Schwartz*Herbert LitvinDr. Robert and Elizabeth* MalacoffDr. Norman and Roberta* MarcusPaul and Natalie Millrod°Alex and Elaine* MorrowJudith Murman*Dr. Douglas and Ruth* NathansonDr. Michael and Martina ObenskiPapir Family FundHonorable Edward PawlowskiStephen PhillipsDaniel Pomerantz FundEdward and Beth* Posner°Raab FundJulian Rappaport and Toby Brandt°Harry and Carole* Rose°Rosenau Family FundMichael and Linda RosenfeldGerald Roth Memorial FundJune Rothkopf*Cary RothsteinKeren Saltz*Joel and Linda ScheerTerry Schettini and Barbara Yudis*Henry and Isabel Schiff°Jane Schiff*James and Sandra* Schonberger°Dr. Andrew and Jacqueline SchwartzReba Scoblionko*Lynne Shampain*H. Sheftel Memorial FundDr. Laurence and Mimi* Silberstein°Stuart and Susan* Shmookler°Dr. Roger and Marna* SimonBeth El Sisterhood°Keneseth Israel Sisterhood°Sons of Israel Sisterhood°Adam and Stephanie* SmartschanPeter and Sheila* SokalskyRabbi Aryeh and Beth* SperaMichael and Jane* SpitzerDr. David and Cindy* SteinDr. Mark Stein and Sharon Albert*Stephanie Szilagyi*°Norman TahlerDr. Jonathan Tenzer Family FundSelma Tomkin*Danny and Ben WaxRobert and Marcia* WeillMartin and Frances* WeinbergJoel, Susan, and Gershen Weiner°Joseph Weiner°Kristina Weiner*Michael WeinsteinDavid and Deborah* WienerRabbi David and Dr. Rachel* WilenskyBernard and Adele* Wolensky°Bruce and Alicia* ZahnDr. Robert and Susanna* ZembleDebbie ZievAnne Zuckerman* Anonymous (20)
KEHILLAH $100 - $249Linda Adler*Richard and Maria* Ain
Florence Applebaum*Elaine Atlas*°Pnina Avitzur*David and Carmit* BachKaren Bader*°Joan Balkwill*°Karen Bardawil*Dr. Marsha Baar*°Michael and Barbara* BassanoDr. Neil BelmanMillie Berg Memorial FundElaine Berk*Neal BerkowitzScott BermanJeffrey and Lisa* BernfeldDr. Jason and Roslyn* BirnbaumDr. Joan Bischoff*Randi Blauth*Andrew and Dr. Christy* Block and FamilyGlenn and Melisa Block°Stephen and Ellen* BlumbergIlya BorshanskyJohn Botzum and Miriam Harris* BotzumAydele Brenner Tzedakah FundIzzy (z”l) and Joan* Brody°Pearl Brooks Family FundRobert and Gail* BurgerVictor and Leslie* BunickBetty Burian*Sara Camuti*Allen and Marjorie* CarrollMuriel Charon*Audrey Cherney*°Coleman Family FundJerome and Audrey* Cylinder°Arianna Delin*Ben DelinNoah DelinKathy Detzi*Leah Devine*Brooke Dietrick*Dr. Wayne and Heather DubovDavid and Vikki* DunnDr. Abbott and Judy* D’ver°Barbara Einhorn*Lisa Ellis Fund*Michael Finley and Audrey Ettinger*Dr. Ellen Field*Brad and Robyn* FinbergHarris and Sandi* FineVivian Fishbone*Lance and Marian* FlaxMarian Flax*Atty. Jeffrey Fleischaker Andrea Denny Foucek*Jerry and Bette* FriedenheimJulie Fraenkel Fund*Dr. Allan and Sandra* FuternickMurray and Linda* Garber°Jerome and Gloria* GinsburgGary and Pat* GlascomLauren Glick*Becky Goldenberg*Julia Goldberg*Brian and Judith* GoldmanSusan Goldman*Dr. David Goldner
Arlene Gorchov* and Mark KennedyAaron GorodzinskyDonald GreenbergJeff and Elizabeth* GreenbergSidney Greenberg and Joan Lesavoy°Arlene Griffin*°Merle Grollman*Tom and Rita* GuthrieSharon Hamilton*Etta Heller*Alvin and Arlene* HerlingMarjorie Hertz*Anita Hirsch*Stuart and Hope* Horowitz°Dr. Michael and Stacy* HortnerCharles and Dale Inlander°Dr. Joseph JacobsBaron JasperSusan Kamber*°Lorraine Karess*Katz FamilyDr. Lewis and Joan* KatzDaniel and Anne* KayeLudmila Khodorkovsky*Renee B. Kleaveland*Mark Klein Family FundLillian Kobrovsky*Dr. Arnold and Barbara* KritzRuth Kugelman*°Kimmel Family FundDr. Michael KunGary and Jennifer* LaderPeter and Madeline* LangmanGilbert and Judy* LappenMary Laronge*Dr. David LeffFrederick and Sherry Lesavoy°Paul Levy and Helen Mack-Levy*Steven Markowitz°Joan Lichtenstein*Boris and Ellen LifschutzDr. David and Elizabeth* LischnerDr. Henry and Pat LuftmanRobert and Shirley* Malenovsky°Susan Mellan Memorial Fund*Donald and Julia* MilesGary and Diane* Miller°Norman and Maxine* Miller°Rabbi Alan and Patricia* Mittleman°Gladys Morgenstein*°Joyce Morse*Henry and Jill* Narrow°Howard and Jill NathansonJerome and Norma* Neff°Richard and Audrey* NolteRobert OrensteinDebbie Ovitz*°Dr. Ilan and Sima PelegJoseph and Eve* PetersonDr. Peter PettitLinda Piesner*Mark and Nina* PinsleyJay and Marlene* PlotnickDr. Matthew and Denise* PollackPatti Price*Abram and Alyssa PureMartin RapoportDavid ReiffRuth Reiter*
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Charles Richter and Lynda Pollack*Ira and Erica* RobbinsDr. Joel RosenfeldMyra Rosenhaus*Debra Ross*Monro and Mimi RothRyan Sacher Phil FundGerald and Etta* Salman°Alan and Mary* Salinger°Michele Salomon*Richard and Amy* SamsHelene Rae Scarcia*Seith SchentzelElana Schettini FundNoah Schettini FundMike and Ellyn* Schindler Sol (z”l) and Dolly* SchockerIvan and Jill* SchonfeldLeon SchneiderDr. Michael SchwartzBrian SegelAdrian Shanker and Brandon PariserStanley ShragerBarry Siegel°Serita Silberg*Linda Silowka*°Abigail Silverman*Jessica Silverman*Marna Simon*°Rabbi Melissa Simon*Robert SimonRuth Skoglund*Dr. Yehuda and Victoria* Smooha°Anne Snyder-Lyons*Susan Sosnow*Michael and Sybil* StershicDavid Vaida and Cantor Ellen Sussman*Matthew and Tracy* SussmanJulie Thomases*Sharon Trinker*Dr. William and Rae Tuffiash°Dr. Mark and Gayle* Unger°Sharone and Lora* VakninVolk Family FundDr. Arkady and Ilana* VoloshinLynn Waite*Debbie WaltherDavid WeinerJoel and Susan WeinerEugene and Helene Weiss°Alfred Wiener Family FundNorman and Sandra* WrubleZelickson Family FundRichard and Cherie* Zettlemoyer Anonymous (33)
GENESIS $1 - $99Marvin and Sylvia* AdlerJoseph AflaloAaron AlkasovGregory and Seli* AllenRichard and Regina* AngelScott ApplemanMax AverbachZoey Averbach*Timothy BacakKristian Ball and Elizabeth Rich*Jayson and Nurit* Baron
Nurit Baron*Dr. Susan Basow*Marla Beck*Belman Family FundDr. Cindee Belman*Michael BenioffLillian Benton*Arthur BergStephanie BermanJeffrey and Lisa* BernfeldMarc BernsteinNancy Bernstein*Ronnie BlaufarbJerome and Loretta (z”l) BlockIgor and Alla* BolotovskyDr. Edward and Lila* BorshanskyBenjamin Brenner FundRose Breuer*Lawrence and Rebecca* BrismanRon BrodskyNeil and Diane BrownVictor BunickKate Burdick*Ivan BuyumJoyce Camm*Dena Cedor*Fran Chizeck*Linda Chmielewski*°Dr. Barry and Robbie* CohenElena Cohen Charity FundGinny Cohen*Dr. Karen G. Cook* and Caity KanengiserKarli Cozen*Edwin DavisShane and Lauren* DavisDavid DenebergEileen Denitz*Betty Diamond*Marilyn Doluisio*°Michael and Cheryl DonahueCindy Drill*Sandra Dror*Shelley Drozd*Vicki Duerr*Helen Ebert*Wendy Edwards*Emily Eider*David EiskowitzJoseph Epstein and Sheryl FeinsteinMordechai EskovitzAnita Evelyn*Inna Eyzerovich*E.G. Jerry FarrisStuart and Susan FauseSharon Feldman*Anna Figlin*Brenda Finberg*Fredda Fischman*Claudia Fischmann FundDiana Fischmann FundVeronica Fischmann FundAdele Fisher*Diane Fisher*°Melanie FranklinLauri Franko*Marla Freedman*Michael and Sandra FreemanAnn Friedenheim*
Barbara Friedenheim*Peter Friedman Fran Gaines*Lewis and Roberta* Gaines°Dr. Todd and Laura* GarberDr. Debra Garlin*Arnon and Hagit* GavishGail Gelb*Candice Gerber*Ian GertnerNancy Gevirtz Memorial FundSamuel Gevirtz Mitzvah FundCathy Gilbert*Sally Glascom*Libby Glass*Jeff and Carrie GlazierBernice Glickman*Elliott and Shari GluskinCaroline GoldblatAnita Goldman*Dr. Malvin and Lillian* GoldnerMartin Goldstein°Nissa Gossom*Thomas GrecoBetty Greenberg*°Rabbi Zalman GreenbergRosaly Greenberger*Harry and Paula* GrinesErvin GrossLila Gross*Maryalice Gross*Shirley F. Gross*°Dr. Henry GrossbardMarcel and Sharon GuindineMarion Halperin*°Rabbi Yaacov and Devorah* HalperinGloria Hartglass*Dolores Heller*Greg Heller-LabelleTed HersteinPhilip HeymanRima Hirsch*Syman HirschCarolyn Hoffman*Dorothy Hoffman*°Robert and Arlene* HurwitzDr. Lubov Iskold*Nina Jackson*Dr. Donald and Carol Jaffe°Douglas and Amy* JaffeSidney and Helene* KaplanHarriet Karess*Stephanie Katz*°Francine Katzman*Chaim and Carol KaufmannLionel and Ellen* KierHerbert KlivanJerry and Heidi* KnafoRosine Knafo*°Deborah Kohler*°Fred and Alyssa* KomarowBarry KonigsbergJames and Kathleen KoonesBarbara Kowitz*Sondra Krem*Brett and Hilary KricunDiane LaBelle*Jill Lang*
Selma Lerner*Maur and Doe* Levan°Bob and Ilene* Levin-DandoScott LevineMichael and Barbara* LevinsonDr. Ken and Kathy LevittLeonard and Janice* LevyNancy Levy*Eileen LewbartStacy Lewis*Omri and Liron* LibovitshHoward and Alice* LiebermanDoris Lifland*Yuri LifschutzDr. Zalman and Maya* LissEmilia Livezey*Raymond and Emilia* LivezeyDavid and Marilyn* Louick°Rebecca Lovingood*Rochelle Lower*Art LukoffHoward and Edith LustigLeonard Lutsky°Michael and Pam MagnanRonald and Patricia MalvinItzik and Elvira ManaSilvia Mandler*David and Susan* ManelaMindy Manhoff*Louise Mapstone*Joe and Rebecca* MarcheseKen and Vicki* MaresseHerman Albert MargolisAviva Markowitz*Talia Markowitz*Aliza Martin*Chahine Marvi*Sherry Max-Sweeney*Robert Mayer and Jan Muzycka*Ruth Meislin*°David MelmanEugene Meyer and Dr. Lisa Jean Todes*Betty Mikofsky*Janis Mikofsky*Dr. Robert and Ellen Miller* and FamilyRobert and Joy* MillerStanley MillerSusan Mohr*Anne Morris*Philip and Carol* MoskowitzRene Moskowitz*Joseph Mozes Memorial FundDavid and Jane* MuchWilliam and Sharon* MullinJeffrey and Sharon MurdochDr. Scott and Barbara* NaftulinScott and Phyllis* NaidenMattathias NeedleMyra Needle*Terry David and Shirley* NeffRichard and Paula* NelsonGary NussbaumMaurice and Sandy* OjalvoEllen Osher* and Robert PrichardLena Packer*Cantor Jill Pakman*Dr. Alan Parker
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Matan and Cantor Jennifer* PeledHoward and A. Jane* PitkoffThe Pitkoff FamilyRobert Platt and Jane Silverblatt*Daryl and Suzanne* PolinerMildred Poliner*°Igor and Anna* PolonskyAron and Adina* PreisThe Purple FundAlex and Nava RabanAlan RaismanEric Rappaport and Choty Andres*Lillian Ratarsky*Linda Rich*Michael RockmakerPhyllis Rothkopf*Steven and Ilene* RubelBarbara Rudolph*Deborah Sarachek*David and Myra SaturenMary Lou Scarf*Jon SchaefferMelvin and Pearl* SchmierHelaine Schonberger*Lewis Schor°Lorraine Secouler*Philip SegalMarlee Senderowitz FundRissa Senderowitz Philanthropic FundRichard and Dr. Cheryl* ShadickRobert and Maryanne Appleby-Shaffer*Alan ShapiroEzra ShapiroShay and Allison* ShimonDr. Carl and Rhonda* ShulzeDiane Silverman*Silverman Family FundAbigail Silverman FundJessica Silverman Philanthropic Fund*
Debra Skinner*Danielle Staiman Mitzvah Fund*Alan and Lori StarrBruce and Jill* SteigerwaldArieh SternbergCarl StevensonLinda Stevenson*Rabbi Danielle StillmanNorman and Cindy* Sussman°Robert SussmanCarrie Tamutus*William and Elizabeth TaylorTemple Covenant of PeaceSandi Teplitz*°David TeumimHarriet Theodore*Sondra Toland*Saul and Sheila* TopolskyRobert TrotnerUfberg Family FundJanet UlmanInna Vishnevetsky*Nicholas and Jessica* VolchkoDori Wallace*Alice Ward*°Anne M. Warschauer*°Cantor Kevin Wartell°Isadore and Dorothy* Weiner°Marcia Weingartner*Les and Anita* WeintraubMarjorie Weiss*Dr. Brian Wernick and Joy Rothman*Jon and Francine* WolfeBarbara Wolfgang*Rabbi Yitzchok and Frima YagodGladys Yass*Herman and Jessica* YtkinKrista Ytkin*Zatalya Zabezhinskaya*Anonymous (28)
Aliette AboLeonard AbramsIsabella AlkasovTama Lee BarskyFran BassettBBYOSheila BergRichard BergsteinLarry BermanSusan BermanLauren BersonMarc BersonLawrence BittermanJeffrey BlinderAndrew BlockEllis BlockLisa BlockRance BlockRoss BornWendy BornNathan BraunsteinRegina BrennerScott BrennerSylvia BubCarol Bub FromerSara CamutiLawrence CenterMarilyn ClaireCharles CohenDaniel CohenKaren CooperJessica CoopermanErin CorsaJustin CorsaCRELauren DavisMelody DavisShane DavisScott DelinMarc DiamondsteinNiles DubinGlenn EhrichJeanette EichenwaldAndrew EllisLisa EllisIris EpsteinEileen Fischmann
Roberto FischmannHarry FisherPeter FisherBrian FordBarnet FraenkelGene GinsbergPat GlascomLawrence GlaserVicki GlaserHarold GoldfarbSandra GoldfarbHarvey HakimBarry HalperRabbi Yaacov HalperinRobert HammelRonald HarrisonHillel Students at Muhlenberg, Lehigh, Lafayette, and MoravianEllen HofLinda HurwitzJohn JaffeRabbi Allen JudaAndrew KahnSeth KatzmanBeth KozinnJoshua KrassenStuart KrawitzRoberta KritzerBeth KushnickMerry LandisDiane LembergPaul LembergEva LevittLawrence LevittHenry LuftmanElvira ManaMoshe MarkowitzWilliam MarksonBetty MendelsonRobert MendelsonJeannie MillerLinda MillerMichael MillerJames Mueth
Taffi NeyMark NotisMichael NotisRabbi Seth PhillipsMark PitkoffRobert PlattLota PostElaine Rappaport- BassRabbi Moshe Re’emBruce ReichSamuel ReichgottNan RonisCarole RoseJarrod RosenthalNicole RosenthalSelma RothLynn RothmanMark ScoblionkoHoward ShererAmy SilvermanMichael SingerRabbi Daniel SteinMark SteinFrank TamarkinTama TamarkinRyan TenzerEileen UfbergMichael UfbergRobert WaxStanley WaxVicki WaxFrances WeinbergMartin WeinbergArthur WeinrachBarbara WeinrachGerald WeisbergerCarol WilsonRobert WilsonMichael ZagerMiriam ZagerAlicia ZahnCherie ZettlemoyerIsrael ZighelboimValeska ZighelboimDebbie Zoller
CAMPAIGN Volunteers
We launched the Silver Circle Society this year to recognize donors who have given to
Federation for 25 years or more. We are proud to say that more than 400 donors make up this
elite group of people who have remained committed to our mission to strengthen the
Jewish community here and around the world. 22
Maimonides SocietyMarc AboHouman AhdiehArthur AltmanHoward AltmanMarcus AverbachAlan BergerMarc BersonJeffrey BlinderScott BrennerJohn BrownDavid BubSam BubCarol Bub FromerIan CarlisMitchell CooperKaren DaceyBeth DelinTamar EarnestLisa EllisJay FisherPeter FisherHal FolanderHenry FriessJeffrey GevirtzGene GinsbergMark GittlemanLawrence GlaserRonald GlickmanHarold GoldfarbMarsha GordonRobert GordonDavid GreenbergRobert GrobHarvey HakimEric HolenderHoward HorneDavid HymanHoward IsraelJohn JaffeJeffrey JahreSteve KanoffArthur KaplanRobert KaplanBarbara KatzStephen KatzDeborah KimmelWesley KozinnJeffrey KramerJoshua KrassenHarold KreithenRobert KricunHoward KushnickBrian LeFrockPaul LembergLawrence LevittRichard London
Eiran MandelkerMoshe MarkowitzWilliam MarksonGerald MelamutJay MelmanMichael MoritzAlan MorrisonRobert MorrisonRichard MorseMark NotisNancy OberlenderSteven OberlenderWilliam OfrichterGary OxfeldRobert PalumboRobert PostRichard ReisnerMichael RingoldAlex RosenauJarrod RosenthalMarvin RosenthalNicole RosenthalMichael RothmanWayne SaundersAndrew SchwartzStuart SchwartzHoward SeldenDarryn ShaffElliot ShearAmy SilvermanRay SingerArthur SosisRonald SteinFrederic StelzerJay StraussDavid SussmanFrank TamarkinAdam TeichmanRyan TenzerKenneth ToffEdward TomkinWilliam TrachtenbergDarren TraubMichael UfbergMarc VengroveStephen VolkAndrew WaksteinRobert WaxBenjamin WeinbergerMichael WeinstockRobert WilsonEric YoungMichael ZagerIsrael ZighelboimLarry Zohn
Aliette Abo*Sadie Berman*Rebecca BinderDonna BlackJill BlinderNancy BlochWendy Born*Pearl BrooksCarol Bub FromerNancy CohenKaren Cooper*Judy DiamondsteinIris Epstein*Roberta Epstein*Eileen Fischmann*Tama Fogelman*Lisa Fraenkel*Susan GadomskiSandra Goldfarb*Susan GreyBonnie Hammel*
Erica HymanDeanne Kaplan*Judy Auritt Klein*Beth KozinnElaine Lerner*Eva Levitt*Barbara ReisnerNan RonisShaoli RosenbergNicole RosenthalLisa Scheller*Rita Scheller Lorrie ScherlineVera Schiff Elizabeth ScofieldRonnie SheftelEdith SimonShelley StettnerVicki Wax*Jean WeinerCarol Wilson
Ilene Wood*
*Endowed Lion of Judah
Lions of Judah
Sandy AbeshausMarsha AbrahamSheila BergBeverly BlochLisa BlockSylvia BubPatricia CarlisMarilyn ClaireHelen CookErin CorsaKaren DaceyBeth DelinTamar EarnestLisa EllisMarlene FinkelsteinClaudia FischmannVeronica FischmannAnn GinsbergLinda GlickmanEdyth GlicksteinNorma GoldenbergNancy GoldmanMarsha GordonPatricia GribbenCarol HalperEsther HalperinEllen HofJane KaplanBarbara KatzDeborah Kimmel
Lynda KrawitzLinda KreithenRoberta KritzerFerne KushnerMerry LandisMonica LemelmanLois LipsonLisa MarkowitzJane MarksonJeannie MillerLinda MillerJudith MorrisonAmy MorseTaffi Ney*Nancy OberlenderDiana OrensteinLota PostRhoda PragerJudith RodwinRobin RosenauSelma RothCathy SacherDeena ScoblionkoMartha SegelJudy SheftelRuth SheftelAmy Silverman*Lynda SomachAudrey SosisShari Spark
Dena SteinBarbara SussmanTama TamarkinPauline TrachtenbergEileen UfbergLaurie WaxBarbara WeinrachLeslie WeinstockAbby WienerGail WolsonValeska Zighelboim
*Endowed Pomegranate
Pomegranates
Lions of Judah are at the pinnacle of our Women’s
Division, donating $5,000 or more to the Annual
Campaign.
Proud pomegranate women donate $1,800 or more to
the Annual Campaign.
The Maimonides Society is made up of donors
in the health care profession who give
$1,800 or more to the Annual Campaign.
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2015 CAMPAIGN for Jewish Needs
Local causes: $1,414,598
Jewish Federation Community Development - $285,526
Jewish Family Service & Jewish Fund for Human Needs - $90,188
Bethlehem and Easton Community Grants - $36,100
Other - $11,300Institute for Jewish-Christian Understanding,Lehigh Valley Kashrut Commission,Orphan Cemeteries, etc.
Jewish Day School - $308,000
Jewish Education Services & Jewish Continuity Grants - $50,600University Hillels - $29,100Muhlenberg CollegeLehigh UniversityLafayette CollegeMoravian College
Jewish Community Center - $325,000
Jewish Federation Administration - $256,784
Designated Gifts - $22,000
Together, we raised
$2,512,870
Local causes: $1,414,598 (see graph on right)
Overseas causes: $742,582
Fundraising expenses: $332,690
Including unrestricted endowment grants, interest, HAKOL income and Pomegranate Pin income
Reserve: $23,000
$2,316,628 through the 2015 Campaign
We were able to distribute
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Albert Einstein Medical CenterAlexander Muss High School in IsraelAmerican Associates of Ben-Gurion UniversityAmerican Friends of the IDFAmerican Jewish Joint Distribution CommitteeAmerican Technion SocietyAnti-Defamation LeagueAssociation for the BlindBBYO - Allentown AZABBYO - Allentown BBGBBYO - Central Region EastBergen County YJCCBirthright Israel FoundationBnai Abraham SynagogueCamp Ramah in the PoconosChabad of the Lehigh ValleyChance Cosgrove FoundationCharles Kline B’nai B’rith LodgeCommunity Action Committee of the Lehigh ValleyCommunity Music SchoolCongregation Am HaskalahCongregation Beth ElCongregation Brith SholomCongregation Keneseth IsraelCongregation Keneseth Israel
Cemetery AssociationCongregation Mikveh IsraelCongregation Rodeph ShalomCongregation Sons of IsraelFriends of Ethiopian Jews, Inc.Friends of Kol Ha NeshamaGood Shepherd HomeHadassah of Greater PhiladelphiaHandmaker Jewish ServicesHebrew Family LeagueHillside SchoolHolocaust Museum and Education Center of Southwest FloridaInstitute for Jewish-Christian UnderstandingJ Street Education FundJaffa InstituteJCCA-JWB Jewish Chaplains CouncilJESPY House, Inc.Jewish Cemetery Association of Allentown (Agudas Achim)Jewish Community Center of AllentownJewish Day School of the Lehigh ValleyJewish Family Service of the Lehigh ValleyJewish Federation of Greater PhiladelphiaJewish Federation of Lee County
Jewish Federation of Northeastern PAJewish Federation of Palm Beach CountyJewish Federation of South Palm Beach CountyJewish Federation of Southern ArizonaJewish Federation of Southern New JerseyJewish Federation of the Lehigh ValleyJewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley Holocaust Resource CenterJewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley PJ LibraryJewish Federations of North AmericaJewish Institute for National Security AffairsJewish Resource CenterJillian Loyden FoundationKehillat IsraelKidsPeaceLafayette College HillelLehigh University Hillel/Jewish Student Advisory BoardMaccabi USAMeals on WheelsMoravian College Hillel SocietyMuhlenberg College HillelNational Museum of American Jewish History
National Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases Assoc.Neve Michael Childrens VillageNew Israel FundNortheast Middle SchoolPA Breast Cancer CoalitionPenn State HillelPhoebe HomePinemere CampSalvation ArmySecond Harvest Food BankSimon Wiesenthal CenterTemple Beth ElTemple Beth El SisterhoodTemple Beth OrTemple Covenant of PeaceTemple Emanuel of the Pascack ValleyTucson Jewish Community CenterUnited Hebrew InstituteUnited States Holocaust Memorial MuseumUnited Way of the Greater Lehigh ValleyVA Tech HillelValley Youth HouseWeizmann Institute of ScienceWorld Jewish Congress Foundation
2015 Designated and Advised Endowment Grants
Community Agencies and ServicesBethlehem and Easton Community GrantsChabad of the Lehigh Valley Friendship CircleHolocaust Resource CenterInstitute for Jewish-Christian UnderstandingJewish Community Center of AllentownJewish Day School of the Lehigh ValleyJewish Education ServicesJewish Family Service of the Lehigh ValleyJewish Federation of the Lehigh ValleyJewish Fund for Human NeedsJewish Orphan CemeteriesLehigh Valley Kashrut CommissionPennsylvania Jewish Coalition Pinemere Camp
Hillels - College Jewish Student UnionsLafayette College Hillel Lehigh University HillelMoravian College Hillel Muhlenberg College Hillel
Synagogues Bnai Abraham SynagogueCongregation Am HaskalahCongregation Brith SholomCongregation Keneseth IsraelCongregation Sons of IsraelTemple Beth El Temple Covenant of PeaceTemple Shirat Shalom
Camp and Teen Scholarships Alexander Muss High School in IsraelBBYO
Camp JCC Camp JRF Camp Moshava Camp Ramah in the Poconos Camp Young Judaea/Tel Yehudah National Federation of Temple YouthNCSY Summer ProgramsNew Jersey Y CampsPanim el Panim Teen Service and Leadership ProgramPinemere CampURJ Camp HarlamURJ L’Taken Teen ProgramUSYVISIT Israel Savings Partnership
National and International American Associates of Ben-Gurion University American Jewish Joint Distribution
Committee Anti-Defamation LeagueBirthright Israel Ethiopian National ProjectIsrael Mission Subsidies JAFI Lone Soldiers Program Jewish Agency for IsraelJewish Council for Public Affairs Jewish Federations of North AmericaJewish Telegraphic AgencyMeir Panim Neve Michael Childrens Village ORT-Maalot High School/Israel ORTShaare Tzedek Medical CenterWestern Galilee Hospital-Nahariya Israel World ORT World Zionist Organization Yad Sarah Yoav Regional Council
2015 Annual Campaign Allocations & Unrestricted Endowment Grants
$3,382,920 * total distributedAnnual Campaign & Endowment beneficiaries
*Annual Campaign, earned interest, endowment grants and designated gifts. Excludes agency transfers/withdrawals.
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PENNSYLVANIA’S Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program Through its participation in Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program, the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley has been able to distribute over $1.6 million in scholarships benefitting low-income families at the Jewish Community Center of Allentown and the Jewish Day School of the Lehigh Valley.
The scholarships are awarded to children from families whose household incomes meet the Commonwealth’s guidelines.
Businesses can donate to the program at virtually no cost. Pennsylvania provides generous tax credits, upwards of 90% to 100%, for participation in the EITC program. The charitable contributions also qualify for the Federal tax deduction.
DISTRIBUTED IN 2015 JCC: $9,119 - Pre-K & KindergartenJDS: $107,181 - Pre-K, Kindergarten & Grades 1-8
Participating businesses in 2014 and 2015:
MORTIMER S. SCHIFF MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENTSponsors
Title SponsorLexus of Lehigh Valley Event SponsorMortimer S. Schiff Family Foundation Supporting Sponsors Morgan Stanley Fraenkel-Cichocki GroupNational Penn Investors Trust Co.
Eagle SponsorHoward & Linda Epstein
Birdie SponsorsThe Morning CallSands Casino ResortVinart Dealerships
Putting Contest SponsorMorgan Stanley - Scott Waldman
Golf Cart SponsorsBobby & Bonnie HammelJay & Paulette Stiver
Driving Range SponsorsCaruso Benefits Group, a Division of National Penn Insurance
Gross McGinley - Stuart ShmooklerRKLWorking Dog Press
Hole SponsorsGoldman SachsKnopf AutomotiveAdams Outdoor AdvertisingCampbell, Rappold & Yurasits LLPCity Center Investment Corp. Concannon Miller & CO., P.C.Congregation Keneseth IsraelEastern Pennsylvania Gastroenterology and Liver Specialists, PC Embassy Bank Heather Gogal PhotographyJLS Realty AssociationJust BornKnafo Law OfficesLehigh Valley Center for SightThe Loomis CompanyNational Discount Cruise - Elaine LernerPain Specialists of Greater Lehigh Valley, PCPhoebe FloralReMaxSenior Solutions
The following individuals and businesses contributed to the 2015 Campaign for Jewish Needs by serving as sponsors of the 4th Annual Mortimer S. Schiff Memorial Golf Tournament. This year’s tournament generated $90,000 in revenue.
ABS Lines VA, Inc. American BankBHC Holdings Inc.Capital Advantage Insurance Co.Capital Blue CrossEmbassy BankHighmark Insurance
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co.Michael I. Rothman, MD, LLCMortgage AmericaMovers Specialty Svc.Susquehanna BankWeis Markets
For more information, visit www.jewishlehighvalley.org/EITC.
SUPER SUNDAYSponsorsLehigh Valley IronPigsMortgage AmericaBalloons by Paulette
Gross McGinleyHalo Branded Solutions - Barry Kahan
Just BornScherline & AssociatesSprint
CORPORATE contributions
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OfficersPRESIDENTMark H. Scoblionko
VICE PRESIDENTSKaren CooperCarol Bub Fromer, MDSandra GoldfarbNan RonisNicole Rosenthal, DORobert Wilson, DO
SECRETARYLawrence Center
TREASURERIris Epstein
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENTBarry J. Halper*
Board of DirectorsMarc Berson, ODJeffrey Blinder, MDLisa BlockRance BlockWendy Born*Richard BubDaniel E. Cohen*Lisa Ellis, PhDJay Fisher, MDStewart FurmanskyVicki GlaserRobert J. Grey*Bennett GrossmanRobert Hammel*Ellen HofStuart KrawitzHartley Lachter, PhDEva LevittJay Lipshutz, DOMichael MillerMichael Notis, PhDJudith RodwinFrank Tamarkin, MDRyan Tenzer, MDMichael Ufberg, MD*Robert L. WaxSusan Wild
Ilene WoodIsrael Zighelboim, MD
ClergyRabbi Melody DavisRabbi Yaacov HalperinRabbi Seth PhillipsRabbi Moshe Re’emRabbi Michael SingerRabbi Daniel SteinCantor Ellen SussmanCantor Kevin WartellRabbi David Wilensky
TrusteesAlvin MishkinRosalind Mishkin (z”l)Vera SchiffMax Stettner (z”l)
Honorary OfficersPRESIDENTSRoss Born*Bernard Kobrovsky* (z”l)Morton Levy (z”l)
VICE PRESIDENTS Leonard Abrams*Bob BornNathan Braunstein* Barnet Fraenkel*Murray GoodmanStanley Wax*Martin Zippel
TREASURERSRoberto FischmannFabian Fraenkel (z”l)
Committee LeadershipALLOCATIONSRance Block
CAMPAIGNIris Epstein
COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCILBarry J. Halper
EASTON LEADERSHIP COUNCILNan Ronis
HAKOL EDITORIAL BOARDMonica Friess
LEGALAlan Penn
LVJF COMMITTEESandra Goldfarb
LVJF INVESTMENTStanley Wax
MAIMONIDES SOCIETYFrank Tamarkin, MD
NOMINATING COMMITTEEBarry J. Halper
PERSONNELRobert Hammel
PJ LIBRARYAlyssa PureVicki Wax
SENIOR SERVICES COMMITTEEPatty GlascomNan Ronis
SHALOM BABYJennifer Oxfeld
VISIT ISRAELKira BubBeth Kushnick
WOMEN’S DIVISION Carol Wilson
YOUNG ADULT DIVISIONErin CorsaJustin Corsa
* Denotes Past President
2014-15 Board and Leadership
Mark L. GoldsteinExecutive Director
Judy DiamondsteinAssistant Executive Director
Temple ColdrenDirector of Finance & Administration
Stephanie SmartschanDirector of Marketing
Jim MuethDirector of Planned Givingand Endowments
Aaron GorodzinskyDirector of Outreach and Community Relations
Wendy EdwardsOffice Manager/Administrative Assistant
Allison MeyersSenior Graphic Designer and Director of Electronic Communications
Laura RiggeHAKOL Editor/Marketing Associate
Marlene K. OzarkExecutive Assistant
Stephanie BolmerOffice Assistant/Receptionist
Diane McKee*HAKOL Advertising Representative
Abby Trachtman*Project Coordinator
Shari Spark*Holocaust Resource Center Coordinator
Carah Tenzer*Senior Services Planning Coordinator
*Flex or Part Time or Independent Contrator
Staff of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley
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