2015-16 Impact Report
Federation touches more Jewish lives than any other organization in the world. By investing in Jewish education, identity, leadership development, advocacy and care for those in need we sustain Jewish life - here, in Israel and in more than 70 countries around the world.
Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven
We are Here
Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven
360 Amity Road, Woodbridge 06525
(203) 387-2424
Message from our Leadership:
"Gearing up to extend our outreach in the community"
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JEWISH EDUCATION
We ensure that the rich legacy of Jewish life, learning, values and traditions will be transmitted to a new generation.
"Jewish education has been a central part of our family life since our eldest started at Ezra Academy in 2001. Over the years, each of our four children has grown to develop their own unique Jewish identity based on a solid foundation of education and experience. While we have given each of them a very similar foundation that includes formal education at Ezra, less formal education at Camp Yavneh, and regular synagogue participation, they have all come to their own conclusions on personal observance, Jewish community leadership and faith. We are proud that each of them has a strong Jewish identity, deep connection to and love of Israel, and the knowledge, values, and belief system needed to live their lives with Jewish values. Jewish education, through formal and informal, is critical to keeping Judaism relevant and alive in the next generation" -Evan Wyner, father of four.
309 Children in our community are enrolled in Jewish day schools.
Federation provides $800 tuition offset for every child.
By supporting the Annual Campaign, you can help young people build strong Jewish identities and connections to Israel.
JEWISH IDENTITY
We foster a Jewish identity by bringing the community together - whether virtually or physically - in moments of joy, commemoration and revelation.
From the Summer 2016 Shalom New Haven:
IsraelFest New Haven was a collaboration of Greater New Haven synagogues and the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven, also known as Kesher. “The significance of IsraelFest is in bringing the community together from across the spectrum of Jewish life, generating a sense of peoplehood, and fostering the interrelationships within the Jewish community of Greater New Haven,” said Judy Alperin, CEO of Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven. Participants echoed Ms. Alperin's remarks: “I can't imagine feeling 'community' even more than we did at IsraelFest. It is great being a part of such a beautiful family together!” said Sherri from Temple Beth Shalom of Hamden.
More than 1,000 people participated in Jewish programs and events supported by Federation
Shalom New Haven, The Voice of the Greater New Haven Jewish Community, is printed in 10,000 copies.
By supporting the Annual Campaign, you can help more people in our community experience the joy of Jewish life.
A vigil was held at the JCC by Rabbi and JCRC Director Joshua Ratner
JEWISH FUTURE
at Camp Laurelwood
at JCC Day Camp
From left to right, current Wexner Fellows: Meir “Chesky” Holtzberg, Scott Hurwitz, Lauen Hass, Dema Schulman-Green, and Sharon Hasbani
More than 164 Jewish teens are active in social and educational programs after school
673 children enrolled at JCC Day Camp and Camp Laurelwood in summer 2015
7,100 students are engaged in Jewish life on Campus
555 children receive free books through PJ Library
By supporting the Annual Campaign, you help bring a wide variety of Jewish experiences to children, teens and young adults in our community.
For Lauren Hass, the Wexner Heritage Program gave her the tools and confidence to be a Jewish leader, in a way she might not have been otherwise.
Lauren had a strong Jewish upbringing. Her family observed Shabbat and holidays, and she was instilled with the sense being Jewish is important, she said. She attended a Jewish day school, was active in BBYO growing up, and participated in Hillel during college. Her sense of Jewish identity was clear. “It was always who I was,” she said.
In the Wexner program’s New Member Institute, the program director talked about the imposter syndrome, or the belief that some people might not believe they deserve to be in the program. This resonated with Lauren, who, looking around the room, realized that we all feel doubtful of our ability to lead. Wexner helped her realize that yes, she could do this, and that you don’t need to be a superstar to be a successful leader.
When someone believes in you, it can be easier to start believing in your own abilities. Wexner has given Lauren the confidence to be a leader, and to do it well, she said.
Taking part in Wexner was like “winning the Jewish lottery,” Lauren said. She feels lucky and grateful to have been chosen to participate. Even though she initially didn’t intend to apply because she hadn’t heard of it and didn’t think she could handle the rigors of the program, Lauren quickly learned that the program was not something to say no to. “It changed the trajectory of my life,” she said.
Lauren is appreciative of Federation and the investment they made in the program and in her. Now, she feels, is her time to pay it forward by helping Ezra Academy continue to be a vital and vibrant part of our New Haven Jewish community.
The community needs people to say yes, Lauren said, and she might never have said yes to taking on the role of president at Ezra Academy without her Wexner experience.
We ensure a Jewish future by extending opportunities for children, teens and young adults to strengthen their ties to the community. We invest in leadership development.
We promote tikkun olam, the repair of the world, through advocacy and action. We represent the Jewish community's interests and concerns to public officials and agencies, the media and the community at large.
JEWISH ADVOCACY
JCARR volunteers prepare first night dinner for our first resettled family.
Marie and Fabior at the Library
Partnering with seven public schools in Greater New Haven, this program recruits, trains, places, and supports volunteer reading partners. More than 350 students benefit from the interaction with a caring adult, every year.
351 children served through Jewish Coalition for Literacy
151 volunteers engaged in Refugee Resettlement through JCARR
By supporting the Annual Campaign you are strengthening the voice of the Jewish community within the secular community
In April of 2016, the Jewish Community Alliance for Refugee Resettlement (JCARR) welcomed its first refugee family which consists of four young adults and a two-year-old boy all from the Democratic Republic of Congo. They came to the United States by way of Rwanda, where they had lived in a refugee camp with their extended family for more than a decade.
In just a few months, the family has made remarkable progress as they adjust to their new life in the U.S. Their goal is to become independent as quickly as possible, and they take every opportunity to master the skills necessary to accomplish this goal. The young adults are working hard to improve their English, both through language classes and through interactions with JCARR volunteers and other community members.
They completed different levels of high school before leaving Rwanda, and each of them dreams of attending college in the United States. JCARR is collaborating with other local agencies to help each family member develop an educational plan and an employment search that fits with his/her needs, interests and goals.
In addition to helping the family navigate local educational resources, JCARR volunteers have organized an odd jobs network to help each family member learn skills that can improve his/her employment prospects. One family member has secured a steady part-time job in which he is thriving. Another attends a weekly class at IRIS where she is enjoying learning to sew.
JCARR includes volunteers from Temple Emanuel, Congregation Or Shalom, Congregation Beth El-Keser Israel, Congregation B’nai Jacob, and Congregation Mishkan Israel, with support from the Jewish Federation of New Haven.
ISRAEL & OVERSEAS
By strengthening the connection to Israel and world Jewry, we strengthen Jewish identity, build Jewish communities in Israel and around the world and grow Jewish philanthropy.
We sponsor young emissaries from the Afula-Gilboa region of Israel to come to the Greater New Haven Jewish community and serve as a bridge for children and youth to Israeli culture.
At-risk youth in the Afula-Gioboa region benefit through an After School Program for children from struggling and disadvantaged families and/or families in crisis.
The Endeberrya family fled with only the clothes on their backs after a bomb destroyed their home in the heart of conflict-ridden eastern Ukraine. With JDC, Federation is helping them and thousands of other displaced Jews with uncertain futures find temporary homes.
400 girls in a centrist religious high school in Hadera, Israel, now have access to computers for use in learning while at school and as tools to help facilitate distance learning experiences as well.
Federation partners with global partners to deliver impact in Israel and in more than 70 countries around the globe.
800 local students experience Israel through our young Israeli Shlichim Program.
Your Annual Campaign contribution affects more Jewish lives than any other organization in the world.
In a shared effort to promote regional development in Israel, unity, and Jewish identity, the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven, along with other Federations in our Southern Connecticut Region, partnered with the Jewish Agency for Israel to make an impact in the Afula-Gilboa region, which has experienced higher rates of unemployment, new immigrants and weaker educational infrastructures.
Federation helps at-risk youth in the Afula-Gioboa region through an After School Program for children from struggling and disadvantaged families and/or families in crisis—identified by professionals. Through this program, children stay in a protected educational environment for most of the day (until 4:30 p.m.). The program operates five days a week during the school year. Fifteen elementary school age children attend the program, receiving a hot meal, assistance with homework and enrichment activities.
Operated by Bayim Cham, which specializes in special needs populations, this holistic program integrates the home, parents, school and club's staff.
Internationally, Federation partners with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), the world’s leading Jewish humanitarian assistance organization. Together we work in more than 70 countries and in Israel to alleviate hunger and hardship and provide immediate relief and long-term development support for victims of natural and man-made disasters.
The Endeberrya family—mother, father and two children—fled with only the clothes on their backs after a bomb destroyed their home in the heart of conflict-ridden eastern Ukraine. With JDC, Federation is helping them, and thousands of other displaced Jews with uncertain futures find temporary homes, as well as supplying them with urgently-needed food, clothes, medical attention and financial support.
TIKKUN OLAM
We make the world a better place by caring for those in need and doing acts of tzedaka. Federation is the safety net.
Shopping for JFS Food Pantry
252 children served through Food4Kids program
425 seniors enjoyed cultural programming
132,000 lb of food distributed through JFS food pantry
758 families and individuals received emergency assistance
By supporting the Annual Campaign, you can ensure that counseling, support groups, the food pantry, and senior services through JFS, Tower One / Tower East, as well as through the JCC of Greater New Haven are available to all who need them, regardless of their ability to pay.
The Ellisons* are a young family of four who were in crisis when they went to the JFS Food Pantry in June of 2015, telling a JFS social worker that they were out of food and out of options.
Al* lost his plumbing job in October of 2014 and remained out of work for seven months. Although he was now working 30 hours per week as a landscaper and Kathy* had received extra hours during the last few months in her part-time job as a CNA, they had not yet found an apartment that they felt they could afford. They had accumulated a great deal of debt over the preceding months and were unable to pay many of their bills. After providing them with a 30 lbs. package of emergency food, the JFS social worker met with Al and Kathy to map out a plan to prevent the family from becoming homeless. JFS Emergency funds were used to stabilize their short-term living arrangements until a longer-term housing solution could be implemented. Simultaneously, an aggressive, proactive case management approach helped them to procure SNAP/Food Stamp benefits, financial assistance through Operation Fuel, and some moderate help with their car expenses, school expenses, and other basic needs.
The Ellisons recently moved into a new apartment, where they have been able to stay current with the $850/month rent payments every month to date. They continue to come to the JFS Food Pantry for supplemental food once per month, and the children have been receiving counseling at JFS on a weekly basis.
*Original names have been changed to protect the privacy of the clients
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Michael Diamond
Eagle Leasing
Yvette Eder LOJE Fund
Jewish Foundation PACE Fund for Federation
David & Ina* Fischer
Barry & Gila* Fischman
Gerald & Marilyn* Fishbone
Steven & Andrea Fleischman
John & Lili Foggle
Gerald & Karen Freedman
Suzanne Gallant
John & Marcia Gell
Samuel & Marcella Glazer PACE Fund
Godfried PACE Fund
David & Joanne Goldblum
Howard Goldstein
Eric Green & Dena Schulman-Green*
Neil & Marlene* Greenberg
Robert & Rena* Grodd
Fred & Ina* Gross
Elaine Grossman
Jon & Joan Grossman
Roberta Grossman
Gail Halprin
Martin & Jessica Halprin
Lawrence Handler
Mark Harrison
Moshe & Nancy Hasbani
Hellerman Family
Stanley & Donna* Hersh
Seth & Patti Hollander
Chesky & Chaya Holtzberg
Norman & Heidi* Hurwitz
Scott & Jocelyn Hurwitz
Bruce & Irene* Jacobs
Ruth Jacobson
Peter & Stephanie* Jatlow
Norman & Laura* Kaplan
William & Carol* Kaufman
Richard & Susan* Kaufman
Beverly Kaye
Barry Kelmachter
Ronald Zlotoff & Donna Kemper*
Alan & Joan Kliger
Michael & Caryl* Kligfeld
Jon & Tina Kislak
Lawrence & Jacqueline Knoll
Bernard & Nechama* Langenauer
Henry Harrison & Ruth Lambert
Joel Leabman
William & Kate Lee
David and Cindy Leffell
Roslyn Lerner
Robert & Ruth* Lesser
Robert & Bernice Linsky
Benjamin Liveten PACE Fund
William & Karen Longa
Amy McCauley
Mike & Toby Meisel
Sam & Rose Merriam Family Endowment
William & Irene Miller
Leonard & Ellen Milstone
Ira & Marsha Moses
Howard & Willa* Needler
Arthur & Ann* Nishball
William & Lauren* Ortman
Zelma Pacella PACE Fund
Roberta Peck
Dan Perkins
Arnold & Madeline* Potash
Alan & Elizabeth* Reznik
Peter & Susan* Rogol
R & W Family Foundation & Rita Rubin
Edward & Gloria Sack
Howard & Linda Sadinsky
Schaffer Associates, LLC
Edwin & Lorrie*Schaefer
Louis & Enid* Scheps
Mark & Cindy* Schoenfeld
Harry & Dana Schwartz
Mark & Heni* Schwartz
Alan & Marsha* Schwartz
Tracy & Helen* Selmon
Arthur & Reena* Seltzer
Jerome & Cecelia* Serling
Mimi Setlow
Paula Shemitz
H. William Shure
Patricia Shure
Jay Sokolow & Ina Silverman*
Nathan Silverstein
David & Barbara Silverstone
Craig & Nanci Sklar
Scott & Rhoda Soloway
George & Linda Spivack
Joel Zackin & Celeste Suggs
Joshua & Linda* Teplitzky
Andrew Testa z”l
Sydney Travis
Andrew Ullman
Sandra Vlock
Edward & Laury Walker
Wayne Larrison & Melanie Waynik*
Philip & Lenore Weisinger
Steven & Ana* White
Marc & Carol Weitzman
Marian Wexler
Andy Schatz & Barbara Wolf
Theodore & Ellie Zanker
Sherman & Ruth Zudekoff
KEHILLAH
$1,000-$1,799
Irving Schloss & Deborah Abildsoe
Richard & Elaine Ades
Elliot & Carol Agin
Elliot & Diane* Alderman
Bruce & Darcy*Altman
Richard Amerling
Betsy Barnston
Robert & Jennifer Bayer
Leonard & Linda Bell
Martin & Frances Bernstein
Rabbi Herbert & Elin Brockman
Phyllis Brodoff
Irving & Harriet Calechman
Kenneth & Barbara Campbell
Jeffrey & Linda* Chaffkin
Donald & Pearl Cohen Fund for The Jewish Federation
Rhoda Cohen
Henry & Sharon Cohen
Stephen & Clo Davis
Alan Diamond
Barry Zaret & Renee Drell
Elaine Dworkin
Glenn & Peggy Duhl
John & Elizabeth* Edelglass
Daniel Hoffnung & Sarah Eldrich
Joseph & Laura* Elman
Edward Etkind
Jack & Harriet* Fast
Jacob & Barbara Feigenbaum
Sidnie Feit
Robert Forbes & Joanne Foodim
Kevin Fox
Sylvia Frumer
Myron & Phyllis* Genel
Alan Gerber & Rachel Wiseman-Gerber
Gary & Patricia Ginsberg
Tsilia Glinberg
Lindy Gold
David Berg & Robin Golden*
Isaac & Dianne Goodrich
Israel and Adele Gordon Family Fund
Leonard & Betsy Grauer
Harold & Carole Greenbaum
Paul & Audrey Greenberg
Arnold & Vivian Heiser
Roger & Judith Hess
Robert & Carla Horwitz
Dov & Tali Horowitz
Richard & Caroline Jacobs
Richard & Gail Jacobs
Fred & Linda Kantor
Marilyn Katz
Stuart & Marni*Katz
Jonathan & Susan Katz
Robert & Danielle* Kinstlinger
Edward Konowitz
Gary & Hedda Kopf
Jackie Koral
George & Susan* Krall
Robert N.& Goldythe B. Langerman PACE Fund
Lawrence & Sue Langerman
Ethel & Abe Lapides Foundation
Dori Laub
Deeva Laubstein
Stanley & Joyce Lavietes
Jack & Elaine Lawson
Edward & Rhoda* Lemkin
Marvin & Helaine Lender PACE Fund
Paul & Margaret Lerner
Richard & Jane* Levin
Bernard Levine
Sidney & Donna* Levine
The Goodwin-Levine Foundation Inc.
John Levy
Leonard & Roz Liss
Charles & Eileen Mantell
Michael & Elaine Margolies
Alan Masarek
Alan & Mary Mathog
Jo-Ann Maynard
Evelyn Maze
Helene Meltzer
David & Susan Millen
Sandra Milles
Boris Mizhen Family PACE Fund
David Moll
Peter Mohrer
George Mostow
Kenneth Musen
Peter & Susan Naiman
Irwin & Esther* Nash
Sheldon & Geraldine Natkin
Jack Novick
Dan & Jeanette Oren
James Graham & Melissa Perkal
David & Shelly Pinkert
Gary & Marlene Rappaport
Barry & Joan Richter
Stanley Rosenbaum
Robert & Roberta Rosenberg
Cynthia B. Rubin
Kert & Karen Sabbath
Sol Hitzig & Joyce Saltman
Henry & Berta Samson
Bruce & Jill Schaefer
Michael & Barbara Schaffer
Robert & Merle Schlessel
Mark & Lynne* Schpero
William & Carol* Schreiber
David Kaminsky & Rochelle Schreibman
Paul Schwaber
Kenneth & Maureen Schwartz
Jerome & Marlene* Schweitzer
Lawrence & Sherry* Shanbrom
Lawrence & Carol Shapiro
Seymour & Harriet Shapiro
Martin & Julia Shubik
Alan Siegal
Edward Cantor & Rise Siegel*
Avi Silberschatz
Tina Silidker
Karen Grodd-Simon
Morris Bell & Raina Sotsky
Sally Spiegel
Charles Sterling
Lawrence & Betsy* Stern
Robert & Jane Stern
Walter & Esther Stutzman
Richard & Marcie* Sugarmann
Larry & Maddy* Tannenbaum
Howard & Martha Taubin
Murray & Sara Trachten
Ronald & Amy Vender
Joel & Leslie* Wasserman
Gerald & Tina Weiner
Peter & Myrna Weinstein
Bertrand & Martha* Weisbart
Alexander & Elane Weiss
Alan & Rhona Weiss
Sydney & Esther* White
Stephen & Rachel Wizner
Steven & Elsa Wolfson
David Wright
Joel & Naomi* Young
CHAVERIM
$365-999
Dalton King & Michele Abrams
Susan Alpert
Jason A & Suzanne Alderman
Rabbi Bruce & Terri Alpert
Marvin S. Arons
Stephen & Rosalind Atkins
Robert & Irma* Bachman
Julian & Sarah* Bader
David & Susannah Bailin
Muriel Banquer
Rachel Bashevkin
Marvin & Mildred* Bargar
Michael & Chana Baron
Henry & Sonya* Barron
Richard & Peggy Becker
Brad Beckerman PACE Fund
Marsha Beller
Doron & Jo Ben-Atar
Michael & Laura Bench
David & Sharon Bender Family PACE Fund
Rabbi Jon-Jay Tilsen & Miriam Benson*
Jon & Jacqueline Biller
Nan Birdwhistell
Joseph & Betty Lou* Blumberg
James Blume
Norman & Marjorie Botwinik Fund
Stanley Botwinik Memorial PACE Fund
Stephen & Cindy* Brenner
Leslie & Susan Brisman
Richard Bronen & Ilene Rosalimsky Bronen*
Stanley & Marian* Brownstein
Kenneth & Linda Buckman
Herbert & Susan Burstein
Mark & Linda Caplan
Ari Caroline
Elaine Savitsky Chapman
Gerald & Miriam Cohen
Scott & Lori Cohen
Steven Fraade & Ellen Cohen
Sue L. Cohen
William Cohen z”l
Dalia Coleman
Zelda Cooper
Nedra & Jack Crane
Andrew & Lorri Danzig
Joseph & Sterna* Deitsch
Richard Goldberg & Lynne Ditman
Lynne Drazen
Henry Kasha & Ursula Duba
Efraim & Michelle Eckhaus
Miriam Edberg
Eileen & Andrew Eder PACE Fund
Rabbi Richard & Judy* Eisenberg
Irma Evans
Jack Evans Fund
Leonard & Stephanie Farber
Barry & Fern Feldman
Harvey & Susan Feinberg
Robert & Dale Felice Family PACE Fund
Jonathan Bell & Deborah Fernbach
Seth & Sharon Feuerstein
Steven & Susan Floman
Gerald & Bayle Forman
Rabbi Rona Shapiro & David Franklin
Gary & Linda* Friedlaender
Stanley & Roberta Friedman
Jonathan Levine & Suzanne Frisch
Martin & Lana* Gad
Richard & Shelley Gans
William & Debra Gaudette
Jaime & Cindy* Gerber
Donald & Jan Germaine
Simon & Yelena & Simon Gerovich
William Ginsberg
Susan Glantz
Jason & Kate Glazer
Edward & Rose* Gleich
Ephrem & Miriam* Glenn
Martin Gold & Rena Cheskis-Gold*
Betty Goldberg
Jonathan Goldberg
Phillip Goldblatt
Miller-Goodman Families PACE Fund
Robert & Sue Goodman
David Rosen & Barbara Goren
Andrew Graham
Eric Grubman & Stephanie Green
Ian & Holly Green
Norma Greene
Larry Greenberg
Sarah Greenblatt
Jack Greenspan
Stephen & Frances* Grodzinsky
Ian & Melanie Gross
Elizabeth Haas
David & Lauren Hass
Kenneth & Reyna Harrison
Randy & Bonnie Harrison
Geoffrey Hartman z”l
Eric Hendlin
Stuart & Randi Herskowitz
Allan Hillman
James & Sandra* Horwitz
Lewis Hurwitz z”l
Steven & Rosie Jacobs
Joseph & Rochelle Kanell
Burton Kaplan
Cari & Keith Kaplan PACE Fund
Moreson Kaplan
Philip Kaplan z”l
Joel & Iny Karp PACE Fund
Ivan & Barbara* Katz
Nanci Kay
Louis & Beatrice Kaye Charitable Fund
Elliott & Sandy* Kerzner
Robert Kesselman & Jill Maller-Kesselman
Leon Kier
Ira & Ruth Kleinfeld
Lawrence & Nancy Kline
Carl Klorman
Joel & Cindy Kramer
Rochelle Lambert
Wilbur Land
Julius & Lauren Landwirth
John Lapides
Bennett & Irene Lebov
Susan Leff
David & Cindy Leffell PACE Fund
Robert & Jeannie Lerman
David & Mary Lesser
Andrew & Ellen* Levada
Rabbi Murray Levine
Richard & Stacey Levine
Robert & Shelley* Levine
Beverly & John Levy PACE Fund
Lance Lichtor
Inna Maranets
Penny Marcus
Amy Margolis
David Margolis
Lester & Bernice Margolis
Stephen & Ronda Margolis
Scott & Lauren* Miller
Stephen & Janice* Miller
Frederick & Marcie* Naftolin
Claire B. Newman
Ron & Wendy* Novick
Paul & Estelle* Nussbaum
Gerald & Judy Oppenheim
Perry & Susan Opin
Hap & Stacey Jackson Perkins PACE Fund
Jonathan & Irit Perkins
Irving Perlmutter
Simon Persky Fund
Jodi & Richard Pollack Family PACE Fund
Rabbi James & Elana Ponet
Stephen Press
Martin Pressman
Daniel & Sharon* Prober
Judy Rabkin
Dennis & Barbara Rader
Linda L. Randell
Because of your support of the 2016 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 Jewish community.
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PRIME MINISTERS CIRCLE
$100,000+
Irving Eckhardt PACE Fund
Andrew & Eileen* Eder
Karen Pritzker* & Michael Vlock
KING DAVID SOCIETY
$25,000-$99,000
David & Ruthann* Beckerman
Ian & Lori Freeman
Jeffrey & Betsy*Hoos
Laticrete International, Inc.
Boris & Angelina Mizhen
Jeffrey & Barbara* Orell
Stanley & Marcia* Reiter
Morris & Sylvia Trachten Family Foundation
JOSHUA SOCIETY
$10,000-$24,999
Lucille Alderman
Stephen & Judy* August
Eric & Civianne* Bloch
Samuel Bobrow & Paulette Lehrer Bobrow
Jim Vlock & Gail Brekke*
Howard Reiter & Jody Ellant*
Richard & Debra* Epstein
Stephen Stein & Emily Fine*
Bruce Mandell & Lillian Garcia
Rose Gingold Pace Fund
Judith Hahn
Jay & Marjorie* Hirshfield
Gloria Hoder
Joel & Iny* Karp
Kenneth & Robin* Kramer
Robert & Elana Levine
Arthur & Betty* Levy
Daniel & Sharon Milikowsky
Sydney Perry
Hap & Stacey* Perkins
David Adler & Mona Pierpaoli
Michael & Jo-Ann* Price
Mal & Jane* z’l Rudner
Stephen & Mary Beth* Saltzman
Lance Sauerteig
Shirley Scholder
Sirot Family Foundation
Mark & Judy* Sklarz
David & Judy* Skolnick
David & Stacey* Trachten
Barry & Hyla* Vine
Ruben Kier & Stephanie Wain*
Barbara Wareck
Peter & Leslie* Zackin
Shifra Zamkov
Martin & Linda* Zwerdling
BUILDERS OF ISRAEL $5,000-$9,999
John & Madeline Baer
Gerald & Debbi Barker
Marc Wallman & Cynthia Carr
Benjamin & Freda Cohen Memorial PACE Fund
Harriet Cooper
Jack & Helen Davis
Judy Alperin Diamondstein
Frederick & Elizabeth Edelmuth PACE Fund
Marshal & Arlene* Elovich
Mary & John Falek PACE Fund
Paul & Susan* Fiedler
Kalman Watsky & Deborah Fried*
Stephen & Sally* Glick
Linda Greenhouse
Stuart & Velma* Grodd
David Schaefer & Janet Hall
James Shure & Lisa Kapp*
Marvin & Helaine* Lender
Hannah Malkin
Stuart & Joan* Margolis
Cindy Miller
Jeffrey & Deborah* Pollak
Norman & Karyn* Ravski
Pam Reis
Richard Weiss & Lynda Rosenfeld
Lillian Rothberg z”l
Marilyn Saltzman Memorial LOJE Fund
Ronald & Melrene* Savin
Thomas & Jane* Shernow
Doug & Susan* Skalka
Greg Colodner & Lisa Stanger*
Jeffrey & Robyn*Teplitzky
Milton & Joan* Wallack
Suzanne Weinstein
Alan & Pnina Weiss
GATES OF JAFFA
$1,800-$4,999
Meredith Abel
Josef & Cecle* Adler
Norman & Caron* Alderman
Astmann Family & Linda Astmann
Hillel & Sara Ann* Auerbach
Charles Barr
Rosalyn Ben-Chitrit
Norman Bender
David & Sharon Bender Family Foundation
Sidney & Ina Berson
Harvey Bixon
Gerald & Elaine* Braffman
Irwin Braverman
Jay & Lynn* Brotman
Henry & Laura Cabin
Catlin Foundation PACE Fund
Barbara Cimmino
Martin & Doris Cobern
Kenneth & Linda* Cohen
Gloria Cohen
Nancy Cohen
Alan & Judy* Cooper
Jack & Helen* Cooper
Yair Grinberg & Liz Coyle
Michael Diamond
Eagle Leasing
Yvette Eder LOJE Fund
Jewish Foundation PACE Fund for Federation
David & Ina* Fischer
Barry & Gila* Fischman
Gerald & Marilyn* Fishbone
Steven & Andrea Fleischman
John & Lili Foggle
Gerald & Karen Freedman
Suzanne Gallant
John & Marcia Gell
Samuel & Marcella Glazer PACE Fund
Godfried PACE Fund
David & Joanne Goldblum
Howard Goldstein
Eric Green & Dena Schulman-Green*
Neil & Marlene* Greenberg
Robert & Rena* Grodd
Fred & Ina* Gross
Elaine Grossman
Jon & Joan Grossman
Roberta Grossman
Gail Halprin
Martin & Jessica Halprin
Lawrence Handler
Mark Harrison
Moshe & Nancy Hasbani
Hellerman Family
Stanley & Donna* Hersh
Seth & Patti Hollander
Chesky & Chaya Holtzberg
Norman & Heidi* Hurwitz
Scott & Jocelyn Hurwitz
Bruce & Irene* Jacobs
Ruth Jacobson
Peter & Stephanie* Jatlow
Norman & Laura* Kaplan
William & Carol* Kaufman
Richard & Susan* Kaufman
Beverly Kaye
Barry Kelmachter
Ronald Zlotoff & Donna Kemper*
Alan & Joan Kliger
Michael & Caryl* Kligfeld
Jon & Tina Kislak
Lawrence & Jacqueline Knoll
Bernard & Nechama* Langenauer
Henry Harrison & Ruth Lambert
Joel Leabman
William & Kate Lee
David and Cindy Leffell
Roslyn Lerner
Robert & Ruth* Lesser
Robert & Bernice Linsky
Benjamin Liveten PACE Fund
William & Karen Longa
Amy McCauley
Mike & Toby Meisel
Sam & Rose Merriam Family Endowment
William & Irene Miller
Leonard & Ellen Milstone
Ira & Marsha Moses
Howard & Willa* Needler
Arthur & Ann* Nishball
William & Lauren* Ortman
Zelma Pacella PACE Fund
Roberta Peck
Dan Perkins
Arnold & Madeline* Potash
Alan & Elizabeth* Reznik
Peter & Susan* Rogol
R & W Family Foundation & Rita Rubin
Edward & Gloria Sack
Howard & Linda Sadinsky
Schaffer Associates, LLC
Edwin & Lorrie*Schaefer
Louis & Enid* Scheps
Mark & Cindy* Schoenfeld
Harry & Dana Schwartz
Mark & Heni* Schwartz
Alan & Marsha* Schwartz
Tracy & Helen* Selmon
Arthur & Reena* Seltzer
Jerome & Cecelia* Serling
Mimi Setlow
Paula Shemitz
H. William Shure
Patricia Shure
Jay Sokolow & Ina Silverman*
Nathan Silverstein
David & Barbara Silverstone
Craig & Nanci Sklar
Scott & Rhoda Soloway
George & Linda Spivack
Joel Zackin & Celeste Suggs
Joshua & Linda* Teplitzky
Andrew Testa z”l
Sydney Travis
Andrew Ullman
Sandra Vlock
Edward & Laury Walker
Wayne Larrison & Melanie Waynik*
Philip & Lenore Weisinger
Steven & Ana* White
Marc & Carol Weitzman
Marian Wexler
Andy Schatz & Barbara Wolf
Theodore & Ellie Zanker
Sherman & Ruth Zudekoff
KEHILLAH
$1,000-$1,799
Irving Schloss & Deborah Abildsoe
Richard & Elaine Ades
Elliot & Carol Agin
Elliot & Diane* Alderman
Bruce & Darcy*Altman
Richard Amerling
Betsy Barnston
Robert & Jennifer Bayer
Leonard & Linda Bell
Martin & Frances Bernstein
Rabbi Herbert & Elin Brockman
Phyllis Brodoff
Irving & Harriet Calechman
Kenneth & Barbara Campbell
Jeffrey & Linda* Chaffkin
Donald & Pearl Cohen Fund for The Jewish Federation
Rhoda Cohen
Henry & Sharon Cohen
Stephen & Clo Davis
Alan Diamond
Barry Zaret & Renee Drell
Elaine Dworkin
Glenn & Peggy Duhl
John & Elizabeth* Edelglass
Daniel Hoffnung & Sarah Eldrich
Joseph & Laura* Elman
Edward Etkind
Jack & Harriet* Fast
Jacob & Barbara Feigenbaum
Sidnie Feit
Robert Forbes & Joanne Foodim
Kevin Fox
Sylvia Frumer
Myron & Phyllis* Genel
Alan Gerber & Rachel Wiseman-Gerber
Gary & Patricia Ginsberg
Tsilia Glinberg
Lindy Gold
David Berg & Robin Golden*
Isaac & Dianne Goodrich
Israel and Adele Gordon Family Fund
Leonard & Betsy Grauer
Harold & Carole Greenbaum
Paul & Audrey Greenberg
Arnold & Vivian Heiser
Roger & Judith Hess
Robert & Carla Horwitz
Dov & Tali Horowitz
Richard & Caroline Jacobs
Richard & Gail Jacobs
Fred & Linda Kantor
Marilyn Katz
Stuart & Marni*Katz
Jonathan & Susan Katz
Robert & Danielle* Kinstlinger
Edward Konowitz
Gary & Hedda Kopf
Jackie Koral
George & Susan* Krall
Robert N.& Goldythe B. Langerman PACE Fund
Lawrence & Sue Langerman
Ethel & Abe Lapides Foundation
Dori Laub
Deeva Laubstein
Stanley & Joyce Lavietes
Jack & Elaine Lawson
Edward & Rhoda* Lemkin
Marvin & Helaine Lender PACE Fund
Paul & Margaret Lerner
Richard & Jane* Levin
Bernard Levine
Sidney & Donna* Levine
The Goodwin-Levine Foundation Inc.
John Levy
Leonard & Roz Liss
Charles & Eileen Mantell
Michael & Elaine Margolies
Alan Masarek
Alan & Mary Mathog
Jo-Ann Maynard
Evelyn Maze
Helene Meltzer
David & Susan Millen
Sandra Milles
Boris Mizhen Family PACE Fund
David Moll
Peter Mohrer
George Mostow
Kenneth Musen
Peter & Susan Naiman
Irwin & Esther* Nash
Sheldon & Geraldine Natkin
Jack Novick
Dan & Jeanette Oren
James Graham & Melissa Perkal
David & Shelly Pinkert
Gary & Marlene Rappaport
Barry & Joan Richter
Stanley Rosenbaum
Robert & Roberta Rosenberg
Cynthia B. Rubin
Kert & Karen Sabbath
Sol Hitzig & Joyce Saltman
Henry & Berta Samson
Bruce & Jill Schaefer
Michael & Barbara Schaffer
Robert & Merle Schlessel
Mark & Lynne* Schpero
William & Carol* Schreiber
David Kaminsky & Rochelle Schreibman
Paul Schwaber
Kenneth & Maureen Schwartz
Jerome & Marlene* Schweitzer
Lawrence & Sherry* Shanbrom
Lawrence & Carol Shapiro
Seymour & Harriet Shapiro
Martin & Julia Shubik
Alan Siegal
Edward Cantor & Rise Siegel*
Avi Silberschatz
Tina Silidker
Karen Grodd-Simon
Morris Bell & Raina Sotsky
Sally Spiegel
Charles Sterling
Lawrence & Betsy* Stern
Robert & Jane Stern
Walter & Esther Stutzman
Richard & Marcie* Sugarmann
Larry & Maddy* Tannenbaum
Howard & Martha Taubin
Murray & Sara Trachten
Ronald & Amy Vender
Joel & Leslie* Wasserman
Gerald & Tina Weiner
Peter & Myrna Weinstein
Bertrand & Martha* Weisbart
Alexander & Elane Weiss
Alan & Rhona Weiss
Sydney & Esther* White
Stephen & Rachel Wizner
Steven & Elsa Wolfson
David Wright
Joel & Naomi* Young
CHAVERIM
$365-999
Dalton King & Michele Abrams
Susan Alpert
Jason A & Suzanne Alderman
Rabbi Bruce & Terri Alpert
Marvin S. Arons
Stephen & Rosalind Atkins
Robert & Irma* Bachman
Julian & Sarah* Bader
David & Susannah Bailin
Muriel Banquer
Rachel Bashevkin
Marvin & Mildred* Bargar
Michael & Chana Baron
Henry & Sonya* Barron
Richard & Peggy Becker
Brad Beckerman PACE Fund
Marsha Beller
Doron & Jo Ben-Atar
Michael & Laura Bench
David & Sharon Bender Family PACE Fund
Rabbi Jon-Jay Tilsen & Miriam Benson*
Jon & Jacqueline Biller
Nan Birdwhistell
Joseph & Betty Lou* Blumberg
James Blume
Norman & Marjorie Botwinik Fund
Stanley Botwinik Memorial PACE Fund
Stephen & Cindy* Brenner
Leslie & Susan Brisman
Richard Bronen & Ilene Rosalimsky Bronen*
Stanley & Marian* Brownstein
Kenneth & Linda Buckman
Herbert & Susan Burstein
Mark & Linda Caplan
Ari Caroline
Elaine Savitsky Chapman
Gerald & Miriam Cohen
Scott & Lori Cohen
Steven Fraade & Ellen Cohen
Sue L. Cohen
William Cohen z”l
Dalia Coleman
Zelda Cooper
Nedra & Jack Crane
Andrew & Lorri Danzig
Joseph & Sterna* Deitsch
Richard Goldberg & Lynne Ditman
Lynne Drazen
Henry Kasha & Ursula Duba
Efraim & Michelle Eckhaus
Miriam Edberg
Eileen & Andrew Eder PACE Fund
Rabbi Richard & Judy* Eisenberg
Irma Evans
Jack Evans Fund
Leonard & Stephanie Farber
Barry & Fern Feldman
Harvey & Susan Feinberg
Robert & Dale Felice Family PACE Fund
Jonathan Bell & Deborah Fernbach
Seth & Sharon Feuerstein
Steven & Susan Floman
Gerald & Bayle Forman
Rabbi Rona Shapiro & David Franklin
Gary & Linda* Friedlaender
Stanley & Roberta Friedman
Jonathan Levine & Suzanne Frisch
Martin & Lana* Gad
Richard & Shelley Gans
William & Debra Gaudette
Jaime & Cindy* Gerber
Donald & Jan Germaine
Simon & Yelena & Simon Gerovich
William Ginsberg
Susan Glantz
Jason & Kate Glazer
Edward & Rose* Gleich
Ephrem & Miriam* Glenn
Martin Gold & Rena Cheskis-Gold*
Betty Goldberg
Jonathan Goldberg
Phillip Goldblatt
Miller-Goodman Families PACE Fund
Robert & Sue Goodman
David Rosen & Barbara Goren
Andrew Graham
Eric Grubman & Stephanie Green
Ian & Holly Green
Norma Greene
Larry Greenberg
Sarah Greenblatt
Jack Greenspan
Stephen & Frances* Grodzinsky
Ian & Melanie Gross
Elizabeth Haas
David & Lauren Hass
Kenneth & Reyna Harrison
Randy & Bonnie Harrison
Geoffrey Hartman z”l
Eric Hendlin
Stuart & Randi Herskowitz
Allan Hillman
James & Sandra* Horwitz
Lewis Hurwitz z”l
Steven & Rosie Jacobs
Joseph & Rochelle Kanell
Burton Kaplan
Cari & Keith Kaplan PACE Fund
Moreson Kaplan
Philip Kaplan z”l
Joel & Iny Karp PACE Fund
Ivan & Barbara* Katz
Nanci Kay
Louis & Beatrice Kaye Charitable Fund
Elliott & Sandy* Kerzner
Robert Kesselman & Jill Maller-Kesselman
Leon Kier
Ira & Ruth Kleinfeld
Lawrence & Nancy Kline
Carl Klorman
Joel & Cindy Kramer
Rochelle Lambert
Wilbur Land
Julius & Lauren Landwirth
John Lapides
Bennett & Irene Lebov
Susan Leff
David & Cindy Leffell PACE Fund
Robert & Jeannie Lerman
David & Mary Lesser
Andrew & Ellen* Levada
Rabbi Murray Levine
Richard & Stacey Levine
Robert & Shelley* Levine
Beverly & John Levy PACE Fund
Lance Lichtor
Inna Maranets
Penny Marcus
Amy Margolis
David Margolis
Lester & Bernice Margolis
Stephen & Ronda Margolis
Scott & Lauren* Miller
Stephen & Janice* Miller
Frederick & Marcie* Naftolin
Claire B. Newman
Ron & Wendy* Novick
Paul & Estelle* Nussbaum
Gerald & Judy Oppenheim
Perry & Susan Opin
Hap & Stacey Jackson Perkins PACE Fund
Jonathan & Irit Perkins
Irving Perlmutter
Simon Persky Fund
Jodi & Richard Pollack Family PACE Fund
Rabbi James & Elana Ponet
Stephen Press
Martin Pressman
Daniel & Sharon* Prober
Judy Rabkin
Dennis & Barbara Rader
Linda L. Randell
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The donors noted above represent gifts to the JFGNH 2016 Annual Campaign. Every effort is made to correctly recognize all of our generous donors and honor their listing requests. If there are any inaccuracies or omissions, please call the Federation office at (203) 387-2424.
*Indicates an individual woman's gift to the 2016 Annual Campaign
Financials
As we publish the Annual Report, we are struck by the knowledge that this retrospective speaks to the time when significant improvements were in process with regard to the structure of the Federation/JCC enterprise that was gaining significant momentum before the fire broke out in our Jewish community building on Amity Road in Woodbridge on December 5, 2016. Since that time, our professional and volunteer teams have been working in concert to address significant challenges while continuing the services our community has come to expect.
This report provides an overview to recount the 2015-16 program year, its milestones, challenges and successes. 2015-16 witnessed the completion of the tenure of our longtime leader, Sydney A. Perry’s tenure as CEO of the Jewish Federation. In concert with Sydney’s reputation as an educator extraordinaire, $600,000 was raised to endow the Wexner Fellowship program, for lay leader development, which will ensure that future leaders of our Jewish community benefit from the excellence that the Wexner program offers. The inaugural class of 5 Wexner Fellows from our community completed their course of study and all have grown to assume significant mantels of leadership in the community, serving organizations including: Ezra Academy, JCC of Greater New Haven & Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven, as well as their synagogue communities.
As we said shalom to Sydney, we welcomed Judy Alperin as our new CEO. Judy hit the ground running on a quest to get to know our community and held many meetings from Milford to Chester, Cheshire to Woodbridge. At the same time she focused intently on understanding Federation/JCC operations, finances and staffing. This resulted in the delivery of an on-time, realistic budget in May, significant fiscal enhancements to strengthen our financial position and the restructuring and re-organization of internal operations to complete the integration of the Federation and JCC as well as create a new development department to streamline and increase fundraising activities across the enterprise.
We also bid JCC Director, Shelly Gans adieu as she departed for new adventures and welcomed Scott Cohen back as JCC Executive Director. Scott’s career in New Haven never led him far from the JCC and his resumption of the role was a natural transition.
Special programmatic highlights included IsraelFest, a large community-wide celebration whose success could be measured equally by the enthusiastic participation of each and every synagogue and agency as well as the 1,000 community members who proudly celebrated Israel’s birthday. This was also the inaugural year of the Beckerman Film Series, with quality films offered throughout the Greater New Haven area. The Jewish Foundation continues to make an impact with almost $2 million in investments to local Jewish organizations and synagogues and its stewardship of the Create a Jewish Legacy program which has built endowments to sustain several congregations and agencies.
This past year was a year of transitions with a new CEO and new presidents of the Federation, Foundation and JCC. We wish to thank Dr. Stephanie Wain, past president of the Jewish Federation, Bob Felice, past president of the JCC, Jeffrey Hoos, past chairman of the Jewish Foundation, Shelly Gans, former JCC Director and Sydney Perry, former CEO of the Jewish Federation for their guidance and support. We are standing on your shoulders and thank you for all you have invested toward strengthening our community and ensuring our collective future success.
With gratitude,
Dr. Norman Ravski Judy Alperin
Jewish Federation President CEO
Scott Hurwitz Scott Cohen
JCC President JCC Executive Director
Dr. Steven Fleischman Lisa Stanger
Jewish Foundation Chairman Foundation Executive Director
Dr. Norman Ravski
President
Judy Alperin
CEO
Scott Cohen
JCC Executive Director
Lisa Stanger
Foundation Executive Director
Scott Hurwitz
JCC President
Dr. Steven Fleischman
Foundation Chairman
