Cincinnati Community Kollel Welcome to the Kollel’s 2016 Year-End Update. The theme o this update is e Impro ed because so much o hat hap- pened at the Kollel this year is exactly that ne and impro ed. ith the help o so many o you the Kollel realized its dream o adding an additional our scholars to our sta . This addition allo ed us to mo e the Kollel or ard in many ays.
Expanded Staff ost signi icantly the expansion has impro ed the Kollel s primary mission o ad anced Torah study. ull minyan o ten scholars studying together has greatly enhanced the learning en ironment. The Kollel is also better e uipped to help the many people seeking learning opportunities ith our sta . This expansion has put Cincinnati on par ith many larger e ish communities hich boast irst-rate Kol- lels ith a ull complements o scholars.
2016 Year-End Pillars of the Kollel Diamond Sponsors Platinum Sponsors CCH Healthcare Beth e rash ovoha Benesch, rie lan er, Coplan Honor Roll e ish oun ation o Cincinnati Ca ri ge Charita le Arono LLP he ose ale ilhei oun ation ehu ah aigie Bienstock a ilies n e ory o Chicago itle nsurance Co pany ichar eilan a i elig har stein, l oseph Chai Hertanu ol son a ily li Horn ao Paulo, Bra il e ish e eration o Cincinnati ene lise esh iking Partners 2016 Year-End Update Akiva Lin a agschal
Over a 24-hour period, the Kollel raised over $280,000 to kick off the first year of the Kollel’s expansion. This campaign was made possible through our lead partners, The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati, New Housing CCH Healthcare, Beth Medrash Govoha, and in memory of To house these additional scholars, the Kollel purchased an additional two apart- Rabbi Sharfstein z”l, along with hundreds of others. The platform ment buildings, adjacent to the Kollel’s three existing apartment buildings. These we used was the Charidy 24-hour online campaign. It was extreme- real estate purchases also help to secure the neighborhood for the future of the Jew- ly exciting, gratifying, and fun, for all who even just followed it online. ish community. Charidy Campaign: June 22–23, 2016 New Associate Director Another important step this year in the Kollel’s advancement was the elevation of long-time Staff Scholar Rabbi Chaim Heinemann to the position of Associate Director. Rabbi Heinemann has been a very popular figure in the Kollel, and he is now using his significant scholarship and organizational skills to both enhance the staff’s own learning and create new opportunities for the community to benefit from the Kollel.
New in Campus Outreach Another staff addition has been the hiring of Rabbi Aryeh Pridonoff as our new College Campus Outreach Director. A U.C. “brat” himself, Aryeh reconnected with his Judaism over ten years ago through the Kollel’s campus outreach, under the leadership of Rabbi Rafi Weinschneider.
Gold Sponsors Silver Sponsors Greg & Julie Meyers Chai Sponsors Patrons Dr. Leonard & Marilyn Horwitz M/M Shraga Schorr Dr. Ray & Nancy Warren Allstate Medical Supplies Drs. David & Ann Alden Rookwood Properties Tomer Cohen Dr. Eric & Sharon Bramy Ronnen & Dr. Lara Isakov Yitzchok & Toby Schwartz Dr. John & Tzippy Winestone Anonymous Drs. Jay & Melissa Bernstein Elad Shoshan Robert & Arna Fisher M/M Harry Brown Eli Kessler Sam & Tamara Shaffer Aubrey & Arlene Herman Caller Family Gayle Statman Drs. Steven & Rachel Frankel Eric & Jennifer Dauer Moshe & Tovah Kirschner Fishel & Rachel Singer Jon Hoffheimer Charitable Foundation Louise Wolf Dr. Hillel & Cathy Gray Drs. Jeffery & Ingrid Epstein Rabbi Avraham & Erica Krauss Abbie & Gitty Spetner Medassure Shimon Glick Dr. Ira & Miriam Younger Minster, and Kahn Rabbi Avrohom & Renee Gedalia & Ahuva Litke Jonathan & Channie Spetner Bobbie Statman Yehiel & Shulamis Kalish Bill & Elinor Ziv William & Dr. Sarah Lazarus Fruchthandler Zach Michelson Yehuda & Chaya Spetner Steven & Leah Klein Dr. Daniel Lucas Jonathan & Miriam Goldstein Malkiel & Tova Nechamkin Binyamin & Penina Teitelbaum Jeremie & Shira Lederer Yaacov & Chava Rabenstein Dr. Herbert & Eileen Halpern Rabbi Adi & Shaindel Roland Philip & Nancy Travis Howard & Marlene Mayers Rabbi Raffe & Sherri Zuroff Jeffrey W. & Larisa Harris Bob & Cynthia Rosen Rabbi Binyomin & Elisa Travis Dr. Ned & Esti Mehlman David & Estee Helmreich Rabbi Shai & Tova Scherer Brian & Judy Wallace
2 3 New Kollel Partners Leadership The Kollel Partners program has gotten a boost with the hiring of a dynamic couple to run it: Rabbi Mechael & Kayla Soroka. Having a husband and wife team run- ning all of the Kollel Partners activities helps the Kollel reach out more effectively throughout the community. RABBI AARON KOTLER New Nightly Program Doubles Attendance On Monday, September 12, the Kollel celebrated its twen- One of the most noticeable changes is the doubling of the Kollel’s nightly attendees. ty-first anniversary, and welcomed its expanded staff, at Led by Staff Scholar Rabbi Tzvi Fishman, a group of more than twenty participants a dinner at the JCC. Two of the Kollel’s “Mother Ships,” study advanced Talmud, Sunday through Thursday evenings, in the Kollel’s Library. Ner Israel Yeshiva in Baltimore, and Beth Medrash Go- This is in addition to the existing group of participants who join the Kollel in indi- voha of Lakewood, NJ, sent their presidents, Rabbis Shef- vidual and group study every evening in the Kollel’s Beis Midrash (Study Hall). tel Neuberger and Aaron Kotler, to honor this event. The ever inspiring and entertaining Rabbi Moshe Tuvia Lieff, our guest speaker, was a special treat for all who attended. Staff Scholars and Their Own Studies RABBI SHEFTEL NEUBERGER This year the Kollel’s Staff Scholars are spending their mornings in in-depth study of the laws of kashrus. At the end of each section they will be tested, and at the end of three years they will receive an advanced ordination. Every afternoon, they study Talmud Chullin, in a program designed to complete this complex tract at the end of two years, including weekly tests.
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Benefactors R/M Rick Fox Robert & Marcy Klein Rabbi Dovid & Chaya Gittle Sponsors Yehiel & Sarah Fishman Rabbi Yitzchok Isaac & Nechama Simeon & Dr. Alissa Gross Nancy Apfel The Gabbour Family Roger Leist Spetner Shimon & Lisa Ben-Hur Josh & Lindsay Frankel Gila Kahn Oppenheim Pnina Arbesfeld Joseph & Adena Goldberg Moshe & Yocheved Miriam Levy Meir Tauber Alex & Galit Benzaquen Shneur & Mashi Friedman Neal & Jennifer Kash Rabbi Avrohom & Adena Pfeiffer Snir Asdi Rabbi Eliezer Goldstein M/M M. Ninio Gary & Malka Torgow Dr. Sadia & Julie Benzaquen Tuvia & Penina Gilbert Jacob & Reba Lesch Fred D. Polsky Shimon & Rachel Bachrach Seymour & Penny Greenstein M/M Avi Ohad Rabbi Boruch & Kayla Berger David Glaser Shai Magidi Alter & Chana Raubvogel Dovid & Sarah Brotsky Oscar & Cynthia Jarnicki Yoseph & Miriam Ottensoser Dr. David Bienenfeld Yoel & Ahuva Goldman Daniel & Melanie McDonald Ben & Dr. Ronna Schneider Sergey & Dr. Lyudmila Chiripko M/M Boruch Karfnkel Platinum Billing David Blumberg M/M Elchonon Goldstein David & Mazil Mizrachi Greg & Gabriella Schwartzberg Charles Deutsch Daisy Kattan Shlomo Pollak Paul & Lorie Charron Roman & Jana Gomon Steve & Susan Mombach Hillel & Leah Shapiro David & Yana Duke Yosef & Shanny Katzman Eli & Yehudis Polsky Dr. Michael & Naomi Cowen Malachi Gruenhagen Rabbi A. D. & Shifra Motzen Dr. Rick & Beverly Skurow Berish & Chaya Edelman Moshe & Leila Kibel Michael & Batya Rosenbaum Myron & Jeri Fish Dr. Michael & Sydney Harris Barry & Barbara Nagler Yitzchak & Stacey Sperka Andrew & Aviva Feinman Yosef & Elka Kirschner Dr. Jonathan Sorscher Marc & Evelyn Fisher Rabbi Chaim & Sarah Heinemann Larry & Carol Neuman Avigail Spetner
4 5 The Kollel Family
Standing (L–R): Administrator Alter Raubvogel; Staff Scholars Rabbis Moshe Dovid Zeffren and Michael Soroka; Outreach Director Rabbi Yitzchok Preis; Staff Scholars Rabbis Yisroel Kaufman and Tzvi Fishman; Directors Rabbis Meir Minster and David Spetner; Staff Scholars Rabbis Ezra Stettin, Yisroel Zalman Epstein, Moshe Tzvi Crystal, and Moshe Fuchs; Associate Director Rabbi Chaim Heinemann; and Campus Outreach Director Rabbi Aryeh Pridonoff
Sponsors continued Donors Dove Bramy Mrs. Basya Fishman M/M Michael Glenner Lee & Frumie Hanover Michael & Dona Kahn Rabbi Boruch & Shira Leff Raphael & Dena Weinschneider Rabbi Rachamim & Leah Aboud Rami & Gail Churi Rabbi Tzvi & Sarah Fishman Rabbi Ezra & Elyssa David Harris Bracha Kahn Eli & Rochel Leshkowitz Rabbi Dov Aharon & Anne Wise Eliyahu Babad David Decker John & Lisa Fox Goldschmiedt Dovid & Shifra Heinemann Uzi & Paulina Kattan Omri Levi Bruce & B. G. Younger M/M Adam Balkany E C G Resources/David Glazer William & Harriet Freedman Avi Goldstein Elaine Henn Dov & Avigaille Katz R/M Joseph M. Levy Paul Zwelling Chaim & Sharon Barry Menachem Yosef Edelman M/M Mordechai M. Friedman Golf Manor Synagogue Ayelet Henn Clecki Michael D. Katzman Eric & Racheli Littman Drs. Doug & Fran Behrman Motti & Stacey Edelstein Aharon Dov & Debbie Friedman Golf Manor Synagogue Rabbi’s Stuart & Ricki Hodesh Rabbi Yisroel & Yocheved Hanan & Dr. Irina Malul Dovid & Yiddes Bidnick R/M Eisemann Michael B. Ganson Discretionary Fund R/M Nuta Horowitz Kaufman Penny Manes Mendy & Esti Blau M/M Avraham Englard Ms. Sara H. Geizhals Stuart Goller Alex & Manya Howie Avner & Karen Chriqui— Rabbi Yisroel & Chana Alta Glenn & Nellie Bochner R/M Uriel Feldman Zev & Tova Gerstein Michael Greenspan Debra Howie Kinneret Café Mangel Rabbi Avram & Leah Bogupolsky M/M Yitzchok Felsenberg Yitzchok & Rochel Leah Ginsburg Simon & Florence Groner Dr. Jonathan & Heidi Ida Steven & Jane Kovel Drs. Kenneth & Barbara Manges M/M Diego Boykier Moshe & Etty Fink David Glaser Dr. Simon Hakim Mayer & Chaya Kahn Eitan & Rivka Laghaie Melech & Hadassah Mann
6 7 staff scholars and their own studies continued Every week, the Kollel’s Beis Midrash plays host to CZE’s successful “Shivti” in- depth Torah study program, using materials prepared by Beth Medrash Govoha of Every week, via Skype, the staff receives a lecture on Jewish thought from one of Lakewood, NJ. the world’s most significant Torah scholars, Rabbi Zvi Berkowitz. The staff also hears a weekly in-depth talk from either Rabbi Minster or Rabbi Heinemann on Every Sunday, Rabbi Moshe Fuchs and others lead learning groups for fourth- that week’s studies, plus a Torah portion class from Rabbi Spetner. through eighth-grade boys at the Kollel. This is in addition to learning partner- ships with elementary school children from various backgrounds throughout the Highlights of Other Kollel Activities: week. Kollel Partners @ the J continues to provide one-on-one study, with tailor-made Every month, more than fifty people from all backgrounds join together for a deli- Torah-mentors, each Tuesday evening. cious Sunday morning brunch and an entertaining, informative Torah class led by Rabbi Chaim Heinemann. Monthly Kollel Partners Lunch & Learn @ the J: JCC, Jewish Federation, and JFS staff are joined by Kollel faculty and lay leaders, for stimulating discussion of Every Sunday Rabbi Moshe Dovid Zeffren leads a skills-based Talmud class for relevant topics of interest. beginners. The Kollel staff takes turns delivering classes every Shabbos at Golf Manor Syna- Rabbi Preis and Rabbi Michael and Kayla Soroka facilitated a well-attended Part- gogue, Congregation Shaarei Torah and Congregation Zichron Eliezer (CZE). ners-style interactive learning session at the Mayerson JCC Day of Learning. A new & improved Cincinnati Torah parasha (Torah portion) sheet has been Yad Vashem docent Rabbi Henoch Teller presented “Heroic Children,” at an redesigned by Rabbi Moshe Tzvi Crystal and Alter Raubvogel, and it’s chock full of event coordinated in conjunction with Center for Holocaust and Humanity Edu- interesting features every week. cation and hosted by CZE.
Donors continued Ed & Nina Paul Yehuda Y. Raubvogel Dr. Jeffrey & Deborah Rubinstein Dr. Michael & Erica Statman Marvin & Janet Weisberger Supporters M/M Yissochor Fishman Noam Manory Leonard & Avigail Penn Igor & Goldie Rebel Scott & Pammy Samuelson Yitzie & Dena Stern R/M Menachem Winter Benetta Abrams R/M Mayer Freedman Dr. James H. Marcus Rabbi Yehuda & Deena L. Pfeffer Rabbi Yaakov & Atara Robinson Josias & Alison Schon Donald & Donna Taplits Aliza Wucher M/M Avie Bachrach M/M Moshe Fromowitz Esther Berger Melcer Alan Phillips Michael Rodner Rabbi Dani & Dina Schon Samuel Teitelbaum Egal & Caryn Ziv Rabbi Hanan and Barbara Balk Vincent & Deborah Fullan Asher & Michal Mendelsberg Shmuel & Dr. Elana Plotsker Rebecca Ronn Steve Schuver R/M Moshe Teitelbaum Yosef & Adina Zoimen Rabbi Yirmiyahu & Esther Eitan Esther Gerstman Atara Minster Ellen Pollock Yitzchok & Shoshana Roodman Elliot & Tamar Smith Josh Tomaino Benyowitz Jonathan Gesserman Menachem & Susan Minster Rabbi Yitzchok & Rivka Preis Shelley & Rochel Leah Rosenberg Tehilla Sollofe Ilya & Sahra Verzub Elazar Bronstein Eleanor Glass Emmeram Morning Rabbi Aryeh & Nina Pridonoff Dr. Marc & Joy Rothenberg Rivka Sollofe Dr. Michael & Paula Weinberg Max Cobey Uriel & Rachel Gleiberman Mordechai & Shelly Morris Eugene & Elizabeth Pridonoff Dr. Neal Rothman Chanoch & Eliana Spetner Barry Weinberger Ruth Cohen Joe & Susan Goldmeier Yitzchak & Julie Muskal Ari & Chana Rochel Rabinowitz Dr. David & Sondra Rube M/M Donald Spetner Sori Weinrib R/M Moshe Tzvi Crystal Yishai Goldstein Jonah & Rebekka Ottensoser Marc & Dr. Haviva Randolph Mrs. Anita Preis Moshe Spetner Rabbi Avrohom & Ayala Weinrib James & Susan Farber Michael D. Goller
8 9 Financial Statements
highlights of other kollel activities continued Assets for fiscal year 2015 Torah Treasures @ the J now meets weekly on Monday mornings. Cash Cash 206,885.87 “Jewish Jargon: What You Need to Know to Sound Like an Educated Jew” was Petty Cash 0.00 well received by the entire staff of Camp Livingston, during their orientation week. Total Cash 206,885.87 This calendar year included four special Cincinnati Shabbat Project events. Guest Other Receivables Deposits 134.57 Liabilities & Equity: speakers were Rabbi Leiby Burnham, Mrs Ruchi Koval, Rabbi Mordechai A/R (NCSY) 2,150.00 Becher, and Saul Blinkoff. Lots of great plans are in the works for end-of-winter Bureau of Workers Comp 6,815.00 Payroll Withholding Liability and spring Shabbat programming. Total Other Receivables 9,099.57 Fed & FICA Taxes Payable 2,524.42 State Tax Payable 364.88 An Enchanted Evening @ the J, in conjunction with Aish on Campus, Camp Other Assets 3,149.00 Local Tax Payable 604.56 Livingston, PJ Library and Hadassah, featured a Havdalah concert and Saul Closing Costs—net 0.00 Total Payroll Withholdings 3,493.86 Blinkoff’s fascinating and inspiring “True Disney Story.” Fixed Assets Short Term Liabilities Sephardic High Holiday services hosted by the Kollel attracted Israelis from Land 182,656.06 Notes Payable 2,526.00 throughout Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. The “Israeli Chevra” has Building 845,597.03 Total Short Term Liabilities 2,526.00 Building Improvements 366,138.83 been enjoying weekly Torah classes, led by Rabbi Ezra Stettin, in rotating homes. Furniture & Equipment 52,323 .30 Long Term Liabilities Total Fixed Assets 1,451,715.22 Chase 304,737.70 All of this is in addition to the many, many one-on-one study partners that the Total Long Term Liabilities 304,737.70 Kollel provides, in the Kollel and throughout the community. Accumulated Depreciation A/D—Building –436,677.27 Equity A/D—Leasehold Improv –67,518.17 Retained Earning—Prior 744,874.16 A/D—Furniture & Equipment –43,597.27 Retained Earning—Current 67,425.23 Total Accumulated Depreciation –547,792.71 Total Equity 812,299.39
Total Assets 1,123,056.95 Total Liabilities & Equity 1,123,056.95
Supporters continued Anton & Cindy Loon Darell & Bracha Radin R/M Benzion Twerski Morton & Judith Zemel Friends R/M Shmuel Field M/M Yosi Heber M/M Joshua Heber Alexander Matsukevich Faiga Raubvogel Marat & Olga Vaysman Rabbi Yehuda & Tehila Zweig Perry & Rivka Abramowitz Frederick Fink Sarah Hess Rabbi Moshe & Pnina Heigh Steven & Tamar Mayers Ilene Raubvogel Jenny Lyn Walker Noam Benari Martin & Lynn Freed Yehudis Kahn R/M Moshe Heinemann Scott Miller Joseph & Pamela Resnikoff Kalman Weinrib Frieda Berger Rabbi Shraga & Tzipporah M/M Yitzi Karasick Michael Jacobson Billy & Rochelle Moskowitz Ahuva Spetner M/M Dov Weller R/M Yaakov Berkowitz Freedman Marc & Bea Katz William & Nancy Gildenblatt Adam Myers Rachel Spetner M/M Andrew Wiener Rabbi Moshe & Janet Berlove M/M Shmuel Freedman Shmuel Kuhnreich Kahn Moriya Naamat M/M Bernard Spitz Steven Winkler Rachel Bernstein Rabbi Yechiel & Blumi Gabay R/M Naphtali Lavenda Marc Katz Rabbi Sheftel & Judith Neuberger Gregory & Pearl Spitz R/M Z. Wohlgelernter M/M Asher Block Dr. Jack & Marcia Gniwesch R/M Daniel Lebovits Maier & Adinah Kutoff Dovi & Sarah Nussbaum Andrew & Wendy Sue Steinberg Aaron Wolasky Menachem & Miriam Deutch Rabbi Mordechai Gold R/M Yitzchok Z. Levin Rabbi Stuart & Karen Lavenda Dov & Beila Pachtinger Michoel & Tova Stern Chana Wolfson Ephraim & Agnes Eisenberger Mel & Cheryl Gross Aaron Lundner R/M Henoch M. Levin Rona Peerless Leeby Travis Binyomin & Sora Yudin Michael Ekster Rabbi David & Baila Heber Jeffrey Mendelsberg
10 11 nan a tate ent contin ed Expenses
Building Improvements 42,597.02 Equipment/Machines 11,380.36 We appreciate your support! Mortgages/Loans (principal) 14,050.81 Automotive Expenses 16,450.02 Honorariums 6,023.50 The Kollel accepts PayPal and credit cards online: Charitable Contributions 10,350.00 cincykollel.org/support-the-kollel Event Expenses 15,770.84 Dues & Subscriptions 44.00 Gifts 130.00 You can mail contributions to our secure mail address: Informational Advertising 766.06 P. O. B. 37145 Liability Insurance 10,331.35 Benefts - Health Insurance 111,412.93 Cincinnati OH 45222-0145 Food & Entertainment 13,053.62 Repairs and Maintenance 27,766.87 Please remember the Kollel Ofce Supplies 5,180.62 with a gift in your will, trust, Printing and Postage 26,138.14 Wages 153,632.13 retirement account, Payroll Taxes - OBES & BWC 1,017.55 or life insurance policy. FICA & Medicare Taxes 11,752.98 Fellowships 151,810.16 Thank you! Parsonage 93,722.52 Property Taxes 56.87 Telephone and Data 9,392.18 Total Expenses 804,034.21 Travel 17,962.09 Utilities 29,822.61 Income 799,103.44 Miscellaneous 1,113.84 Cincinnati Community Kollel Interest and Banking Fees 22,305.14 Balance –4,930.77 is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Federal Tax ID: 31-1426973
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