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With Gratitude to All Who Contributed this High Holy Days Season

Todah Rabbah!

After more than three weeks of celebration, the haggim have come to an end. As we move into 5783 with renewed hearts and stirred, seeking souls ready for change, we take a moment to pause and appreciate the hard work our many volunteers put into creating the High Holy Days at BJ.

Below, you’ll see all of the names of the volunteers who helped make BJ the place you know and love. It’s our honor to recognize them for all they’ve contributed to the High Holy Days season.

Elul and Tishrei Shofar Blowers: Samuel Bruce, Stephen Friedgood, Elana Roberts, Jonathan Silver

Holy Rollers (for rolling 14 Torahs to the correct spots for Torah readings): Myriam Abramowicz, Nancy Beltrandi, Barbara Blum, Jennifer Blum, Madeline Cohen, Susan Fein, Lynda Fisher, Melissa Fisher, Stevie Friedgood, Carol Gelles, Freddy Goldstein, Joan Goldstein, Donny Lee, Sara Levine, Dova Marder, Ellen Metzger, Peggy Moss, Sonia Orenstein, Shelly Ostro, Abby Park, Seth Park, Rachel Park, Yosef Riemer, Sam Rosin, Sue Salwen, Abigail Wile, Zoe Wile Sporn, Bob Wolfson, Regina Zimmerman

Head Ushers: Judith Trachtenberg, Henry Weinberger, Ilene Rosenthal, Ryan Brenner

Ushers and Greeters: Bradley Abelow, Karen Adler, Shoshana Akabas, Stephen Arpadi, Marjorie Backman, Arlene Baily, Tzvi Barak, David Bernard, Dale Bernstein, Andrea Bigelisen, Mandy Braun, Joni Brenner, Kristin Brophy, Sheryl Checkman, Heidi Cohen, Nilda Dicker, Marcy Einhorn, Andrea Feirstein, Shira Fernandes, Elissa Fishman, Frima Fox Hofrichter, Louis Geser, Diane Goldkopf, Irene Guiter Mazer, Marlene Halpern, Helaine Harte, Rabbi Miriam Herscher, Jennifer Hirsch, Betsy Imershein, Joan Jankell, Jan Katz, Sherry Kohn, Steve Koppel, Nathan Kornfeld, Martha Kransdorf, Jeffrey Krauss, Donny Lee, Ricki Lieberman, Wendy Linderman, Mimi Lox, Joshua Lubarsky, Harry Lutrin, Silvia Marx, Elle Melaver, Audrey Melkin, Steven Morey Greenberg, Shira Nadich Levin, Andrea Newman, Shelly Ostro, Renee Rachelle, Jodi Reiskind, Cindy Rosenthal, Suzanne Schecter, Jonathan Schwartz, Cecily Schwimmer, Leah Silver, Jonathan Silver, Renee Silverman, Jeffrey Singerman, Miriam Steele, Margie Stern, Lori Sumberg, Jennifer Sylvor, Nancy Tepper, Dana Trobe, Dorothy Tydings, Susan Viuker Lieberman, Nancy W. Greenblatt, Regina Zimmerman, Lisa Zucker, Ariel Zwang

Torah and Haftarah Readers: Ella A. Silver-Lewis, Martha Ackelsberg, Abigail Behrendt, Yael Berkman Mintz, Max Bordereau, Jacob Bordereau, Joshua Bromberg, Anastasia Kiva Brown, Eden Chanko, Micah Dicker, Alisa Doctoroff, Susan Etra, Elijah Fraiman, Jenny Golub, Harriet Goren, Orli Hockenstein, Natan Hockenstein, Max Kirschner, Shira Kirschner, Eli Klotz, Celia Nicole Lambert, Dova Marder, Abigail Mosesson, Rebecca Rhode, Simon Rosenthal Arenson, Leah Silver, Arthur Staub, Lori Sumberg, Ezra Tiven-Gottesman, Maya Turk, Barry Waldman

Eleh Ezkerah Speakers: Sherry Kohn, Michael Yoeli

Lead Gabbaim: Carol Gelles, Myriam Abramowicz

Gabbaim: Sharon Anstey, Hadley Allen, Avi Ashman, Ellen Bloch, Jonah Bloch, Max Bordereau, Sandee Brawarsky, Ruth Feldman, Susan Fishman, Rochelle Friedlich, Martha Kate Ginsberg, Susan Grodnick, Susan Hyman, Paula Kramer Weiss, Mark Lehrman, Sara Levine, Susan Margolis, Ellen Metzger, Toni Siegel, Eli Weiss

Family Services Lead Gabbai and Head Usher: Dova Marder

Family Services Ushers and Greeters: Hannah Bayer, Samantha Berman, Jennifer Blum, Oriyan Gitig Schwartz, Alison Holden, Sofia Hubscher, Avery Jacobs, Camryn Jacobs, Lindsay Jacobs, Robert Jacobs, Vicky Kahn, Evie Klein, Adam Klotz, Anna Krayn, Aaron Krayn, Rachel Laiserin, Annie Libertalis, Eylon Neuman, Yotam Neuman, Ron Neuman, David Rhode, Sam Rosin, Maya Schwartz, Dana Trobe, Tahlia Trobe

Family Services Gabbaim: Stephen Friedgood, Robin Kerner, Galit Lopatin Bordereau, Sam Rosin, Andy Sherman, Barry Waldman, Zoe Wile Sporn

Family Services Musicians: Eliza Anker, Raphaëlle Eckhardt, Ari Freed, Robin Kerner, Eli Klotz, Aiden Sol

Family Service Leaders: Sari Bovitz, Emma Caligor, Eli Fraiman, Noa Glezer, Orli Hockenstein, Joshua Kovacs, Eli Klotz, Julia Slavin

Family Services Shofar Blowers: Anastasia Kiva Brown, Stephen Friedgood, Ian Nachman

Kol Nidre Solicitors: Harriet Abraham, Karen Adler, Toby Baldinger, Alan Cohen, Elizabeth Cohen, Madeline Cohen, Ellen Corenswet, Helena Diamant Glass, Jessica Feder Mantel, Don Fishbein, Elissa Fishman, Christina Gantcher, Michael Geller, Sian Gibby, Nancy Greenblatt, Ruth Jarmul, Steve Koppel, Paula Kramer Weiss, Galit Lopatin Bordereau, Judith Love, Alan Mantel, Lisa Mednick Owen, Ellen Metzger, Shira Nadich Levin, Les Nelson, Seth Park, Yosef Riemer, Ilene Rosenthal, Irv Rosenthal, Suzanne Schecter, Jonathan Schwartz, Oriyan Gitig Schwartz, Leah Silver, Judy Stern, Judith Trachtenberg, Marjorie Vandow, Ira Wolfman, Lisa Zucker, Ariel Zwang

Sukkot, Hoshanah Rabbah, Shemini Atzeret, and Simhat Torah (Torah and Haftarah readers): Micah Dicker, Susan Etra, Stephen Friedgood, Bob Gass, Bina Geffen, Joan Goldstein, Freddy Goldstein, Jenny Golub, Harriet Goren, Lizzie Kraiem, Mariel Priven, Elenor Radzivilover, Rabbi Joanna Samuels, Leah Silver, Arthur Staub

Simhat Torah honorees: Dova Marder, Matan Marder Friedgood

Bimah flowers and new High Holy Days Torah coverings were generously sponsored by Helena Diamant Glass.

We worked very hard to ensure that all our volunteers are listed here. If we inadvertently omitted your name, please accept our apologies and let us know so that we can make it right!