Holy Gratitude 5781

We are deeply grateful to this past year’s lay leaders, major donors, and volunteers, who gave so much of themselves during 5780/2019-2020 to build and strengthen the BJ Community.

*Denotes Chair or Committee Leader

Board

For investing in our community and steering B’nai Jeshurun in times of crisis and celebration.

Bradley Abelow
Karen Adler, Vice President
Dale Bernstein
Ellen Corenswet, Secretary and General Counsel
Susan Fishman
Mike Gantcher
Marvin Israelow
Michelle Jacoby
Steven Koppel, Vice President
Julie Kowitz Margolies
Paula Kramer Weiss
Shira Nadich Levin, Vice President
Galit Lopatin Bordereau
Alan Mantel, President
Lisa Mednick-Owen
Les Nelson
Josh Penzner
Ilene Rosenthal
Irvin Rosenthal, Chair
Suzanne Schecter, First Vice President
Jonathan Schwartz, Treasurer
Gideon Taylor
Marjorie Vandow
Lisa Zucker
Ariel Zwang

Chairs and Committee Leaders

Harriet Abraham- Lapsed Member Outreach 2019-20
Vicki Abrams- Race and Us Steering Committee
Myriam Abramowicz- Archives Committee
Martha Ackelsberg- BJ/SPSA Racial Justice Committee
Shoshana Akabas- Refugee & Immigration Committee, Family Support Team
Sharon Anstey- Hevra Kadisha
David Coleman- Refugee & Immigration Committee, Refugee Employment Partnership
Sandy Davidson- BJ Reads
Richard Fields- Refugee & Immigration Committee, Refugee Employment Partnership
Carol Gelles- Judith Bernstein Lunch Program
Ayal Glezer- BJ/SPSA Homeless Shelter
Rina Goldberg- Aviv Committee
Laurie Graff- BJ/SPSA Homeless Shelter
Nancy Greenblatt- Mishebeirakh Callers
Susan Grodnick- Shabbat Ushers and Greeters
Robert Gruenspecht- Hevra Kadisha
Helen Hanan- BJ/SPSA Homeless Shelter
Michelle Jacoby- Kadima Advisory Council
Les Judd- BJ Environmental Advocates
Debra Kalmuss- Refugee & Immigration Committee, Job Preparation Team
Bob Kanter- Cemeteries Committee
Elaine Klein- Refugee & Immigration Committee
Robert Klein- Refugee & Immigration Committee
Julie Kowitz Margolies- Race and Us Steering Committee
Jordan Longert Blitzer- Aviv Committee
Galit Lopatin Bordereau- Bikkur Holim
Ellen Metzger- Connections Committee
Peggy Moss- Minyan Committee Co-chair
Shira Nadich Levin- Minyan Committee Co-chair
Les Nelson- Bikkur Holim
David Rhode- Shabbat Connections/ Phone Buddies
Sandra Rocks- BJ Environmental Advocates
Esta Rose- Judith Bernstein Lunch Program
Rebecca Rosenthal- Young Families Committee
Nadine Rothman- Teen Engagement Parent Committee
Susan Salwen- BJ/SPSA Homeless Shelter
Eva Sax-Bolder- Hevra Kadisha
Ellen Schechter- BJ Reads
Dava Schub- BJ/SPSA Homeless Shelter
Beth Siegel- Judith Bernstein Lunch Program
Eliana Slurzberg- Race and Us Steering Committee
Sandy Soffin- Refugee & Immigration Committee, Job Preparation Team
Susan Thal- Refugee & Immigration Committee, Riverside Language Program English Tutoring, and co-chair Pro Bono Team
Dana Trobe- Young Families Committee
Robin Tunick- Judith Bernstein Lunch Program
Henry Weinberger- Shabbat Ushers and Greeters
Elizabeth Weiss- BJ/SPSA Homeless Shelter
Marjorie Vandow- Refugee and Immigration Committee, Pro Bono Team

Major Donors

For providing essential financial support for the BJ community.

Bradley and Carolyn Abelow
Harriet Abraham
Anonymous
Karen Adler and Laurence Greenwald
Robert and Jane Baum
Georgette Bennett and Leonard Polonsky
Vitina Biondo and Yosef Riemer
Shirley Bisgeier
Jeannie Blaustein and Peter Bokor
Stacy Bolton
Edward Brill and Michele Levin
Brad Ruskin and Susan Brooks
Anomymous
Rodney Cohen and Sheryl Green
Deborah Colson and Mark Diker
Elizabeth and Jay Cooper
Ellen Corenswet and John Morgan
Marvin Davis and Adeena Karasick
Carol and Andrew Dikman
Rise Dimson and John Hatleberg
Barbara and Eric Dobkin
Alisa and Daniel Doctoroff
Rochelle Etingin
Christopher and Kai Falkenberg
Alex Federman and Tamar Kotz
Jeffrey and Michelle Feig
Michael Feldberg and Ruth Lazarus
Carl and Judith (z”l) Felsenfeld
Debra Fine and Martin Schneider
Donald Fishbein
Barbara and Joseph Friedman
Kay Gardiner
Michael Gertzman and Carole Balin
Jeffrey and Laurie Goldberger
Sally Gottesman
Vicki Gross and Jonathan Levine
Amy and Ronald Guttman
Elaine Heffner
John and Silvia Heller
Joanne Hubschman
Dorian Goldman and Marvin Israelow
Richard and Rosemary Kalikow
David Karnovsky and Sue Kaplan
Marina and Stephen Kaufman
Earle Kazis
Beth and Jonathan Kern
Franklin and Julie Kern
Stephen and Susan Kippur
Theo Kisch
Anomymous
Lynette and Steven Koppel
Anomymous
Tony Kushner
Mark Lehrman and Marya Pollack
Debra and Eric Lerner
Laurence and Stephanie Levy
Ricki Lieberman
Andrew and Sara Litt
Israel and Julie Lowy
Melanie Katzman and Russell Makowsky
Allan Malz
Barbara Manocherian
Cynthia and Jeffrey Manocherian
Alan and Jessica Mantel
Nathan and Rebecca Milikowsky
David and Maria Molton
James Levin and Shira Nadich Levin
Donna Nadler and Robert Gould
Jill Hayman and Leslie Nelson
Eve Klein and Robert Owens
Anomymous
Anomymous
Kathleen Peratis
Claudio and Penny Pincus
Charlotte Behrendt and Bernard Plum
Constance and Maurice Povich
Ruth Jarmul and Irvin Rosenthal
Anomymous
Anomymous
Suzanne Schecter and Todd Ruback
Lenore Ruben
Anomymous
Andrea Feirstein and Frank Schiff
Renee Schwartz
Jonathan Silver and Orli Etingin Silver
Marilyn and Jim Simons
Michael Simonson and Beth Lief
Michael Sonnenfeldt and Katja Goldman
Janet and Gilbert Spitzer
Lauren Levine
Amy Bennett-Staub and Arthur Staub
Alexandra and David Stern
Carl and Miriam Stern
Jack and Judith Stern and Dana Trobe
Sarah Sternklar
James Stulman
Stephen Stulman
Paul and Danielle Taubman
Anomymous
Anomymous
Richard Fields and Marjorie Vandow
Marian Warden
Marian Williams
Gary Nestler and Anna Winderbaum
Susan Etra and Michael Yoeli
Daniel and Lisa Zucker

Archives Committee

For helping to preserve, and share, the history of the BJ community and sanctuary.

Myriam Abramowicz*
Asya Berger
Ted Berger
Madeline Cohen
Shelly English
Ted Fisher
Stephen Friedgood
Carol Gelles
Marvin Lange
Judith Lipton
Ellen Metzger
Anne Millman
Ilene Richman
Lisa Sobelsohn
Sylvia Vogelman
Carol Zwick

Aviv Committee

For building the 20s/30s community at BJ by helping to shape engagement and programming.

Ruthie Fierberg
Rina Goldberg*
Jordan Longert Blitzer*

BJ Environmental Advocates

For pursuing climate and environmental justice and seeking to make our local, state, and national communities more resilient for all for generations to come.

Myriam Abramowicz
Anita Altman
Manor Ben-Shaul
Darice Berg
Janet Burak
Michael Ekstract
Les Judd*
Gil Kulick
Linda Movish
Sandra Rocks*
Ronda Small
Phyllist Weisenthal
Cheri Zeldis

BJ Reads

For providing patient and relationship-based reading partners for young students in our neighborhood.

Ellen Bender
Asya Berger
Janet Burak
Sandy Davidson*
Galit Lopatin-Bordereau
Ellen Schechter*
Melanie Sherman
Dorothy Tydings

BJ/SPSA Homeless Shelter

For supporting New Yorkers experiencing homelessness and providing respite with dignity and care.

Beryl Abrams
Adi Anker
Adam Arenson
Manor Ben-Shaul
Jesse Bodine
Ryan Brenner
Jeanette Brizel
Marion Capriotti
Rebecca Chynsky
Alisa Doctoroff
Aliza Dubois
Anne Ebersman
Fred Endelman
Susan Farkas
Alex Federman
Alyona Feingold
Amy Feldman
Ted Fisher
Daniel Flamberg
Fern Flamberg
Joy Fleisig
Larry Fraser
Sarah Friedman
David Gass
Ayal Glezer*
Ilana Goldman
Stephen Goldstein
Laurie Graff*
Paul Grobman
Bob Gruenspecht
Gloria Gutkin
Marlene Halpern
Helen Hanan*
Claire Heilbron
Dan Heilbron
Lauren Henkin
Alison Horowitz
Ruth Jarmul
Vicky Kahn
Edward Kane
Lisa Keill
Karen Kertesz-Sklar
Harriet Klein
Martha Kransdorf
Marvin Krislov
Gil Kulick
Daniel Lambert
Richard Lieberman
Allan Malz
Carrie Marlin
Terry Marx
Elle Melaver
Anne Millman
Abigail Moore
Sonia Orenstein
Sheldon Ostrow
Jody Prusan
Jonathan Reiss
Gail Ressler
Sharon Richter
Cindy Rosenthal
Nina Roth
Ilana Ruskay-Kidd
Scott Ruskay-Kidd
Susan Salwen*
Dava Schub*
Oriyan Schwartz
Amy Singer
Niki Singh
Sadie Sklar
Karen Stern
Russell Stern
Lori Sumberg
Tammy Tuller
Anne Vaturi
Eli Vaturi
James Wagman
Len Wasserman
Lily Weinberg
Eric Weisberg
Elizabeth Weiss*
Jack Widman
Karen Youdelman
Deborah Zeigler

Havurah Leaders

For co-creating community and building ways for BJ members to connect.

Myriam Abramowicz
Theodore Berger
Mandy Braun
Ryan Brenner
Ellen Carni
Marcy Einhorn
Yosefa Galchen
Carol Gelles
Nili Gitig
Marissa Harris
Marvin Israelow
Betty Jane Jacobs
Debra Kalmuss
Abigail Katz
Nancy Kopans
Lisa Machlin
Anne Millman
Ben Piven
Karen Radkowsky
Lester Schwalb
Toni Siegel
Jonathan Silver
Leslie Verter
Ira Wolfman

Hevra Kadisha

For supporting mourners in our community with love and compassion.

Myriam Abramowicz
Martha Ackelsberg
Seth Akabas
Anita Altman
Gail Amsterdam
Sharon Anstey*
Stephen Arpadi
Michael Bailenson
Carole Balin
Robert Baum
Lois Bender
Emily Benedek
Ted Berger
David Bernard
Sheila Bleckner
Barbara Blum
Dana Bodine
Larry Bolder
Charles Borrok
Mandy Braun
Sandee Brawarsky
Joni Brenner
Ellen Carni
Todd Chanko
Sandy Cheiten
Renee Cherow-O’Leary
Tamar Crystal
Thuy-thi Daily
Penny Dannenberg
Gabriel Deards
Paul Deards
Donna Divine
Sylvia Dresner
David Dreyfuss
Gordon Edelstein
Shelley English
Susan Fein
Ruth Feldman
Susan Fishman
David Fitterman
Larry Fox
Michael Freed
Nancy Freireich
Paul Freireich
Rochelle Friedlich
Jane Fuchsberg
Judy Geller-Marlowe
Carol Gelles
Louis Geser
Sian Gibby
Judy Gitenstein
Bruce Gitlin
Robin Glasser Sacknoff
Karyn Gold
Linda Golding
Jenny Golub
Harriet Goren
Joyce Gottlieb
Maor Greene
Susan Grodnick
Robert Gruenspecht*
Miriam Harris-Kaplan
Jennifer Heettner
Miriam Herscher
Seth Hochman
Lily Hughes-Robinson
Margo Hughes-Robinson
Robert Imershein
Ben Jablonski
Judith Jacobson
Ruth Jarmul
Jeffrey Johnson
Les Judd
Lana Kalickstein
Laurel Kallen
Debra Kalmuss
Marcia Kaplan
Ilene Katz
Jeff Klein
Susan Kohn Green
Nancy Kopans
Amy Korn
Lorraine Korn
Neil Kurshan
Ellen Landsberger
Mark Lehrman
Lizzie Leiman Kraiem
Sara Levine
Judith Lipton
Jules Love
Judy Love
Fran Manushkin
Ilene Marcus
Jack David Marcus
Dova Marder
Susan Margolis
Henry Meer
Ellen Metzger
Anne Millman
Abigail Moore
Peggy Moss
Ilene Nadel
Harvey Newman
Susan Olderman
Sonia Orenstein
Aliza Orent
Shelly Ostro
Shuli Passow
Michael Piazza
Jim Posner
Nina Priven
Jill Prosky
Ellyn Rabinowitz
Paula Rackoff
Jessica Radin
Elenor Radzivilover
Pene Raphaely
Gladys Reich-Gansl
Ilene Richman
Elana Roberts
Stephen Roberts
Lillie Rosenthal
Irv Rosenthal
Todd Ruback
Merryl Sack Klein
Moshe Samuels
Robin Sanders
Eva Sax-Bolder*
Suzanne Schecter
Lois Segal
Marie Sevy
Toni Siegel
Jon Silver
Charles Simon
Joel Soffin
Sandy Soffin
Howard Spivak
Samara Stern
Lauren Stern
Judith Stern Peck
Nancy Tepper
Rachel Tiven
Bernice Todres
Edmond Torn
Karina Totah
Lawrence Tydings
Jan Uhrbach
Susan Viuker Lieberman
Sylvia Vogelman
Ayala Wasser
Len Wasserman
Abi Weber
Donna Weinstein
Emily Weiss
Harriet Wolf
Ira Wolfman
Meryl Zegarek
Regina Zimmerman

Race and Us Steering Committee

For shaping and shepherding this past year’s Race and Us initiative, and engaging the BJ community in these important conversations.

Bradley Abelow
Vicki Abrams*
Martha Ackelsberg
Ellen Bender
Theodore Berger
Nilda Dicker
Carmen Keels
Julie Kowitz Margolies*
Paula Kramer-Weiss
Judith Plaskow
Suzanne Schecter
Lucy Slurzberg
Eliana Slurzberg*
Ira Wolfman

Kol Nidre Solicitors

For building and strengthening relationships with BJ members who provide critical financial support for the community.

Harriet Abraham
Karen Adler
Sharon Anstey
Mike Brown
Madeline Cohen
Elizabeth Cohen
Ellen Corenswet
Helena Diamant Glass
Jessica Feder Mantel
Mike Gantcher
Nancy Greenblatt
Moshe Horn
Ruth Jarmul
Robert Kanter
Steve Koppel
Paula Kramer Weiss
Galit Loptain-Bordereau
Alan Mantel
Lisa Mednick-Owen
Peggy Moss
Shira Nadich Levin
Les Nelson
Josh Penzner
Ilene Rosenthal
Irv Rosenthal
Suzanne Schecter
Jonathan Schwartz
Beth Siegel
Marjorie Vandow
Lisa Zucker
Ariel Zwang

Refugee & Immigration Committee

For supporting all those seeking a better life in our country, with care and compassion.

Shirley Abraham
Shoshana Akabas*
Anita Altman
Arlene Baily
Toby Baldinger
Dove Barbanel
Anna Bernstein
Dale Bernstein
Sheila Bleckner
Laura Brass
Eve Brunswick
Sandy Cheiten
David Coleman*
Penelope Dannenberg
Michelle Ender
Richard Fields*
Fern Flamberg
Judy Geller-Marlow
Louis Geser
Karen Gorstayn
Anne Griffin
Betty Jane Jacobs
Les Judd
Judith Kahn
Debra Kalmuss*
Linda Kates
Robin Kerner
Elaine Klein*
Robert Klein*
Galit Lopatin Bordereau
Dova Marder
Susan Margolis
Lisa Mednick-Owen
Rachel Mehler
Maia Michaelson
Ellen Perecman
Vivian Port
Renee Rachelle
Maya Rackoff
Paula Rackoff
Kate Rice
Judith Rosenbaum
Judy Rosenberg
Judy Rosenthal
Rebecca Rosenthal
Sarah Rosenthal
Jamie Russell
Peggy Samuels
Ellen Schechter
Andrea Schwartz
Daniela Sciaky
Harriet Seller
Linda Senat
Jonathan Shapiro
Leah Silver
Sandy Soffin*
Renata Stein
Nancy Tepper
Susan Thal*
Amy Veltman
Leslie Verter
Jennifer Weintraub
Harriet Wolkoff
Mandy Wolkoff
Shelley Wong-Chassine
Ariel Zwang

 

Young Families Committee

For shaping programming and building community among families with young children.

Amy Bennett
Michelle Lebowits
Hilel Pohulanik
Rebecca Rosenthal*
Rebecca Schofield-Cohen
Eilon Shomron-Atar
Justin Smolen
Dana Trobe*
Aly Viny

Occupy the Zoom

For organizing opportunities for our community to learn about social issues through film.

Theodore Berger
Abby Katz
Judith Tractenberg
Sylvia Vogelman

Connections Committee

For developing programming to engage and connect older adults in the BJ community.

Asya Berger
Elizabeth Cohen
Judith Lipton
Galit Lopatin-Bordereau
Ellen Metzger*
Marcia Moosnick
Leslie Nelson
Susan Viuker Lieberman

Teen Executive Board

For providing the teen community with ways to engage and connect with one another.

Max Bordereau
Sari Bovitz
Rachel Bovitz
Abigail Bromberger
Sophie Fishman
Peri Friedman
Sydney Greene
Ian Krupp
Henry Michaelson
Julia Rothman
Alex Sherman
Abigail Sylvor Greenberg
Eli Weiss

Bikkur Holim

For providing loving care and support to BJ members who are ill.

Nancy Beal Mostow
Asya Berger
Isabel Berkowitz
Andrea Bigelisen
Mandy Braun
Joni Brenner
Susan Charney
Penny Dannenberg
Susan Fein
Ruth Feldman
Fern Flamberg
Rochelle Friedlich
Harriet Goren
Nancy Greenblatt
Connie Gruber
Miriam Harris-Kaplan
Susan Hyman
Ruth Jarmul
Alisa Koch
Marcy Kopakin
Amy Korn
Neil Kurshan
Ellen Landsberger
Galit Lopatin Bordereau*
Miriam Lox
Les Nelson*
Jody Prusan
Pene Raphaely
Merryl Sack Klein
Ellen Schecter
Amy Singer
Ariella Soffer
Sandy Soffin
Margie Stern
Lauren Stern
Tammy Tuller
Dorothy Tydings
Sylvia Vogelman
Barbara Willinger
Harriet Wolf

What Matters Facilitators

For facilitating clarifying conversations about end of life care with BJ members.

Jeannie Blaustein
Alan Cohen
Rochelle Friedlich
Linda Golding
Miriam Herscher
Debra Kalmuss
Ellen Landsberger
Lois Perelson-Gross
Eva Sax-Bolder
Sylvia Vogelman

Lapsed Member Outreach 2019-20 Volunteers

For reaching out to lapsed members and engaging them in conversations about the meaning of membership at BJ.

Harriet Abraham*
Martha Acklesberg
Madeline Cohen
Robin Fleischner
Alison Holden
Ruth Jarmul
Jill Lebwohl
Judith Trachtenberg

Cemeteries Committee

Jessica Feder Mantel
Bob Kanter*

 

Shabbat Connections/Phone Buddies

For providing critical touchpoints to older adults in the BJ community and breaking down isolation.

Myriam Abramowicz
Sima Ariam
Michal Bowen
Rochelle Friedlich
Deborah Friedman
Nora Gaines
Sian Gibby
Betsy Imershein
Cindy Levy
Linda Marshall
Sonia Orenstein
David Rhode*
Eric Schneiderman
Paula Weiss

Mi Sheberakh Callers

For reaching out to BJ members who are ill, or who have loved ones who are ill, to provide a touchpoint of spiritual support during illness.

Neal Aponte
Sheila Bleckner
Penny Dannenberg
Fern Flamberg
Edna Ginsberg
Joyce Gottlieb
Nancy Greenblatt*
Debbie Lerner
Wendy Linderman
Mimi Lox
Lilli Platt
Irma Radus
Dorothy Tydings
Susan Viuker Lieberman
Barbara Willinger

Judith Bernstein Lunch Program

For providing delicious and nourishing meals to New Yorkers experiencing food insecurity and all who wish to share a meal with dignity and a warm welcome.

Bradley Abelow
Hadley Allen
Asya Berger
Leonard Bloom
Max Bordereau
Ellen Carni
Judith Davidoff Rosen
Reva Egdal
Alyona Feingold
Judith Felsenfeld z”l
Linda Fisher
Lydia Forster-Brock
Carol Gelles*
Frima Hofrichter
Betsy Imershein
Nina Jaroslaw
Toby Kovacs
Rachel Laiserin
Jill Lebwohl
Sara Levine
Wendy Linderman
Esther Maliyanker
Naomi Meyer
Susan Newman
Lisa Nivin
Jim Posner
Renee Rachelle
Micki Reiss
Esta Rose*
Eric Schneiderman
Naomi Seigel
Beth Siegel*
Sharon Stein
Robin Tunick*
Eric Weisberg
Eli Weiss
Inez West
Lois Winkler

Blood Drive

For warmly welcoming blood donors to our sanctuary and gracefully navigating them through the donation process.

Sylvia Dresner
Abby Katz
Trudi Levine
Miriam Lox
Jack David Marcus

Teen Engagement Parent Committee

For supporting and advocating for the teen community.

Debbie Friedman
Theodore Metzger
Edward Miller
Renee Rachelle
Nadine Rothman*
Stu Slavin
Sara Spinnell

BJ/SPSA Racial Justice Committee

For working in partnership with the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew, and the Alliance of Families for Justice, to address injustices in our prison system.

Beryl Abrams
Martha Ackelsberg*
Ellen Bender
Ted Berger
Debra Kalmuss Kalmuss
Ellie Krupnick
Ellen Landsberger
Galit Lopatin-Bordereau
Susan Miller
Anne Millman
Sonia Orenstein
Judith Plaskow
Jonathan Reiss
Ira Wolfman
Lisa Zucker

Wise Living Facilitators

For facilitating this year’s Wise Living groups, which help BJ members arrive at new life stages with resilience, grace, and spiritual wellbeing.

Mandy Braun
Rochelle Friedlich
Marvin Israelow
Ira Wolfman

Voter Engagement with Reclaim our Vote

For helping to organize our efforts to fight voter suppression and get out the vote.

Ellen Bender
Debra Kalmuss
Abby Katz
Ellen Landsberger
Galit Lopatin-Bordereau
Linda Movish
Jennifer Ritter
Sandra Rocks
Nancy Tepper
Gail Tuzman

Shabbat Ushers and Greeters

For providing a warm welcome to all who enter our sanctuary.

Avi Ashman
Susan Grodnick*
Marlene Halpern
Michael Isenberg
Gail Landis
Edward Miller
Steven Morey Greenberg
Irma Radus
Chaya Stern
Samara Stern
Lori Sumberg
Nancy Tepper
Susan Viuker Leiberman
Henry Weinberger*
Holly Zabitz
Ariel Zwang

Shabbat and Morning Minyan Gabbais

For organizing and coordinating our weekday and Shabbat morning services.

Freddy Goldstein
Mark Lehrman
Henry Meer
Peggy Moss
Shira Nadich Levin

Torah, Haftara, and Megillah Readers

For adding their voices to Shabbat and Holidays through the chanting of sacred text.

Martha Ackelsberg
Eliza Anker
Sharon Anstey
Rabbi Carole Bailin
Abigail Behrendt
Eliza Bender
Jacob Bergson
Yael Berkman Mintz
Ari Birnbaum
Max Bordereau
Samuel Bovitz
Annie Bovitz
Stephanie Bromberg
Anastasia Kiva Brown
Mira Cohen
Thomas Darmon-Sanger
Isabella Davidman
Isaiah Dicker
Micah Dicker
Hannah Diker
Alisa Doctoroff
Susan Etra
Benjamin Falkenberg
Abby Finkle
Isaac Finkle
Elijah Fraiman
Ari Freed
Paul Freireich
Rochelle Friedlich
Sofie Friedman
Monica Fuchs
Bob Gass
Judy Geller-Marlowe
Mia Gerstein
Martha Ginsberg
Nathaniel W. Glass
Laura Glesby
Noa Glezer
Rabbi Simon Glustrom
Samuel Gold
Rafi Gold
Freddy Goldstein
Jenny Golub
Harriet Goren
Noa Greene-Houvras
Robert Gruenspecht
Miriam Harris-Kaplan
Rutie Havazelet
Jonathan Henkin
Ella Hochstadt
Douglas Hochstadt
Orli Hockenstein
Vicky Kahn
Chloe Kaplan
Mirabelle Karz
Samantha Katz
Eli Katzen
Eli Klotz
Eliza Knoepflmacher
Jacob Kogan
Steven Koppel
Jon Kose
Jessie Kotz Federman
Lizzie Kraiem
Ian Krupp
Rabbi Neil Kurshan
​Alisa Rubin Kurshan
Celia Nicole Lambert
Elisheva Layman
Nina Legum
Eilam Lehrman
Kelin Levin
Sara Levine
David Lieberman
Wendy Linderman
Valerie Lissaur
Israel Lowy
Mimi Lox
Dova Marder
Matan Marder Friedgood
Malka Margolies
Truman Margolies
Malka Margolies
Noam Medjuck Bruckner
Shira Meer
Rachel  Mehler
Anne Millman
Abigail Mosesson
Ida Narli
​Seth G. Park
Jesse Pollock
Mariel Priven
Sofia Priven
Harvey Raben
Maya Rackoff
Elenor Radzivilover
Rebecca Rhode
Yosef Riemer
Lev Roda
Sarah Rosenthal
Julia Rothman
Rabbi Joanna Samuels
Moshe Samuels
Rabbi Eva Sax-Bolder
Theo O. Schimmel
Oriyan Schwartz
Scarlett Schwimmer
Barbara Schwimmer
Diana Senechal
Leah Silver
Gavriel Silver
Elias A. Silver
Maya Silver-Lewis
Ella A. Silver-Lewis
Sarah Silverman
Jonah Singer
Rabbi Joseph Skloot
Julia Slavin
Lisa Smith
Jacqueline A. Spinnell
Rabbi Mychal Springer
Arthur Staub
Sarah Stephenson
Chaya Stern
Sabina Sternklar-Davis
Jacob Stone
Abigail Sylvor Greenberg
Ella Vanderhoek
Barry Waldman
Ayala Wasser
Leonard Wasserman
Hadassah R. Weiner
David Weiser
Eli Weiss
Paula Kramer Weiss
Mia Evelyn Wilcox
Ira Wolfman
David Zack
Ariel Zwang

Minyan Leaders

For providing spiritual leadership to morning and evening minyan.

Burton Budick
Madeline Cohen
Elizabeth Cohen
Robert Gruenspect
Neil Kurshan
Mark Lehrman
Dova Marder
Ellen Metzger
Shira Nadich Levin
Marya Pollack
Irv Rosenthal
Max Rudin
Joanna Samuels
Leonard Wasserman

Building Committee

Susan Fishman
Michael Gantcher
Steve Koppel
Shira Nadich Levin
Les Nelson
Rachel Park
Irv Rosenthal

Home Hosts for BJ Programs

For opening their homes (when it was still safe to do so) to foster connection and community among BJ members.

Linda Golding and Diane Wondisford
Debra Kalmuss and Richard Katz
Galit Lopatin Bordereaux and Sam Bordereaux
Josh and Julie Penzner
Lois Perelson-Gross and Stewart Gross
David Rhode and Helaine Harte
Gideon Taylor and Deborah Kazis
Ariel Zwang and Gordon Mehler

Kadima Advisory Council

For helping to shape and guide Kadima@BJ curriculum and programming.

Amber Entenberg
Christina Gantcher
Laura Goldenberg
Amanda Hoffman
Alison Holden
Sofia Hubscher
Michelle Jacoby*
Julie Kowitz Margolies
Warren Turk
Elaine and Barry Waldman

Israel Engagement

For leading opportunities for our community to engage more deeply with Israel, its culture, and its language.

Carole Balin
Nili Gitig
Michal Nachmany
Jennifer Sylvor