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Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life Presents Avraham Infeld with its Renaissance Award June 2, 2010 New York City

The International Board of Governors, Board of Directors, Students and Professionals of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life

Proudly Present

Avraham Infeld

with the

Renaissance Award

June 2, 2010 20 Sivan 5770 Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia University New York City

EVENT CHAIRS karen and neil moSS

EVENT VICE CHAIRS Carol and irving Smokler

PATRONS CindY and adam Bronfman edgar m. Bronfman CherYl and david einhorn eduardo elSztain JudY and aBel friedman Jane goldman and BenJamin lewiS kathY manning and randall kaplan JoSeph and harveY meYerhoff familY CharitaBle fundS tad tauBe, koret foundation diane and howard wohl

HONORARY HOST COMMITTEE

Yehuda avner liSa eiSen ChuCk newman SandY Baklor david ellenSon dr. Stephen oppenheimer YoSSi Beilin edith everett Julie wiSe oreCk harveY Beker waYne l. fireStone miChael B. rukin laurie Blitzer daniel gordiS lYnn SChuSterman thomaS BlumBerg Stephen m. greenBerg JameS Shane amY a.B. BreSSman gidi grinStein roSalie Shane Sandra Cahn dr lYnne B harriSon mark r. Shenkman ruth Calderon william J. heller roSalind Shenkman mark Charendoff lee m. hendler andrew Sklover JoSeph CieChanover alan hoffman levi Shem tov aBBY JoSeph Cohen riChard m. Joel Sharon margolin ungerleider david m. Cohen arlene i. kaufman miChael wieger SCott S. Cowen Sam levine einat wilf ilana delaneY mort lowenthal Carol B. wiSe alan derShowitz BeatriCe S. mandel mark g. Yudof Yuli edelStein ruth meSSinger Hillel’s International Board of Governors 2010 randall kaplan david einhorn howard lorBer Chairman New York, NY New York, NY Greensboro, NC eduardo S. elSztain peter maY Buenos Aires, Argentina New York, NY edgar m. Bronfman edith B. everett aBe mitChell founding Chairman New York, NY Mobile, AL New York, NY aBel friedman aBe pollin, z”l Chicago, IL Washington, DC lYnn SChuSterman miChael C. gelman howard roSenBloom founding Co-Chair Washington, DC Baltimore, MD Tulsa, OK roBert goldBerg keith roSenBloom Cleveland, OH New York, NY miChael Steinhardt Jane h. goldman nina Sandler founding Co-Chair New York, NY Dix Hills, NY New York, NY david S. gotteSman StaCY h. SChuSterman New York, NY Tulsa, OK harold grinSpoon and mark r. Shenkman diane troderman Greenwich, CT CarloS aBadi Longmeadow, MA viCtoria SimmS Buenos Aires, Argentina lYnne B harriSon Beverly Hills, CA S. daniel aBraham MetroWest, NJ Carol Smokler Palm Beach, FL howard JonaS Boca Raton, FL william a. aCkman Riverdale, NY helene Spiegel New York, NY JoSeph kanfer Beverly Hills, CA rene-pierre azria Akron, OH david tepper New York, NY edward h. kaplan Short Hills, NJ harveY Beker Washington, DC iSaaC thau New York, NY toBee kaplan Vancouver, British Columbia roBert m. Beren Greensboro, NC leSlie h. wexner Palm Beach, FL ellie meYerhoff katz New Albany, OH mandell l. Berman Fort Lauderdale, FL mark and Jane wilf Southfield, MI arlene i. kaufman Short Hills, NJ alexander Blavatnik Palm Beach, FL garY winniCk New York, NY roBert kogod Beverly Hills, CA adam Bronfman Washington, DC diane wohl Paradise Valley, AZ harveY m. krueger Mill Neck, NY CharleS r. Bronfman New York, NY CareY wolChok New York, NY reuBen leiBowitz New York, NY daniel a. BuraCk New York, NY mordehai woSk Harrison, NY JerrY levin Vancouver, British Columbia aBBY JoSeph Cohen and New York, NY david m. Cohen guStave k. lipman Hollis Hills, NY New York, NY Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life Board of Directors 2009/2010 Officers marCelo CYnoviCh, Montevideo, Uruguay deBorah kalliCk, Los Angeles, CA BeatriCe S. mandel lee dranikoff, Short Hills, NJ david karSenti, Northwestern University Chair, Los Angeles, CA edith B. everett, New York, NY miChael kaSSen, Westport, CT amY a. B. BreSSman william heller, Cleveland, OH leiBa krantzBerg, Ottawa, ON Vice-Chair, New York, NY BarrY J. levin, Philadelphia, PA mark lainer, Los Angeles, CA Stephen m. greenBerg mort lowenthal, Stamford, CT SCott lefton, Texas A&M University Vice-Chair, New York, NY karen moSS, Columbus, OH danielle leShaw, Hillel at Ohio University lYnne B harriSon dana rauCher, New York, NY david levY, Colgate University Jewish Vice-Chair, MetroWest, NJ andrew Sklover, White Plains, NY Union adam kornetSkY JeffreY Summit, Tufts Hillel norman lipoff, Miami, FL Vice-Chair, Tufts University Carol B. wiSe, New Orleans, LA frederiCk margulieS, Glencoe, IL Carol Smokler edward marlowe, Delray Beach, FL Vice-Chair, Boca Raton, FL roBert w. matankY, Chicago, IL diane wohl Members marla meYerS, Hillel of Greater Vice-Chair, Mill Neck, NY lawrenCe S. BaCow, Boston, MA Philadelphia JameS Shane SandY Baklor, Palm Beach, FL larrY moneta, Durham, NC Treasurer, Boston, MA harrY Baumgarten, The George Stephen oppenheimer, Atlanta, GA BruCe Sholk Washington University Julie wiSe oreCk, New Orleans, LA Assistant Treasurer, Baltimore, MD miChelle BlumenBerg, University of JoSeph paperman, Montreal, QC david m. Cohen Arizona Hillel lee perlman, New York, NY Secretary, New York, NY andrew S. BoranS, Indianapolis, IN SidneY pertnoY, Miami, FL waYne l. fireStone amY Born, Washington, DC Brette peYton, New York, NY President, Washington, DC phillip BrodSkY, Boston, MA Sarah rapoport, Brown University edgar m. Bronfman edward e. a. BromBerg, Orlando, FL ruSS roBinSon, Houston, TX Ex-Officio, New York, NY marShall BrookS, Philadelphia, PA keith roSenBloom, New York, NY randall kaplan daniel BuraCk, Harrison, NY BarBara roSwell, Baltimore, MD Ex-Officio, Greensboro, NC JoSeph CieChanover, tel aviv, israel lindSeY rYB, Kent State University BruCe Coane, Houston, TX morton owen SChapiro, Chicago, IL Past Chairs nanCY duBer, Washington, DC roBert ShlaChter, Portland, OR Julian Sandler, z”l, Dix Hills, NY BarrY effron, White Plains, NY Jordan SillS, San Francisco, CA david l Bittker, z”l, Detroit, MI david einhorn, New York, NY Jenna Silverman, University of Maryland randall kaplan, Greensboro, NC iriS feinBerg, Atlanta, GA adam Simon, Washington, DC neil m. moSS, Columbus, OH daniel ferman, York University edgar SnYder, Pittsburgh, PA ChuCk newman, Ann Arbor, MI hannah fiSher-arfer, Portland State andY SternlieB, New York, NY miChael B. rukin, Boston, MA University Bluma Stoller, Boston, MA david gedzelman, New York, NY SuSan turnBull, Bethesda, MD Jane gellman, Milwaukee, WI Sharon margolin ungerleider, Executive Committee CaSSandra gottlieB, Baltimore, MD Eugene, OR laurie Blitzer, New York, NY alex halBerStein, Aventura, FL CareY wolChok, New York, NY thomaS BlumBerg, New York, NY walter harriSon, Hartford, CT david Yaffe, Washington, DC Sandra Cahn, New York, NY garY hirSChBerg, Chicago, IL JudY Yudof, Oakland, CA paul Cherner, Chicago, IL ari iSrael, University of Maryland Hillel louiS howard YuSter, Los Angeles, CA philip h. Cohen, Miami Beach, FL Sarah BatYa JoSelow, Harvard University loiS zoller, Chicago, IL dear friends, thank you for joining us tonight as we pay tribute to our beloved friend, teacher and leader avraham infeld. during his four years as interim president and president of hillel, avraham significantly increased hillel’s commitment to israel, enlarged our presence in the former Soviet union, and made tzedek, social justice, a cornerstone of our work.

But avraham’s impact on our lives cannot be measured by those four years alone. as a community leader and lecturer avraham has shared his passion for israel, the Jewish people and social justice with generations of students of all ages. he has inspired us to work for the “significant survival of the Jewish people.” he has taught us how to be “distinctively Jewish and universally human.” today, avraham’s students are leaders and teachers themselves. they are spreading his message around the globe — but never with the eloquence of the master himself. we are grateful that avraham continues to draw from his endless reserves of wisdom and energy to influence our lives and to shape a brighter Jewish future. may he go mechayil lechayil, from strength to strength, for many years to come. randall kaplan Chairman hillel international Board of governors

BeatriCe S. mandel Chair, Board of directors hillel: the foundation for Jewish Campus life waYne l. fireStone president and Ceo AVRAHAM INFELD: The Lesson of Leadership INSPIRING. INVITING. INTRIGUING. these three words only begin to describe speaker, Avraham’s infectious optimism teacher, leader avraham infeld. You could add to the about what can be done motivates list: international. innovative. indefatigable. and, “all who surround him to reach incorrigible. for excellence in pursuing a joyous Jewish future. Avraham never lets avraham has inspired tens of thousands of people realism limit his dreams and the world over with his unique approach to israel and aspirations. As Hillel president Jewish life. a zionist visionary, avraham is a throwback he travelled the country and the to previous generations of Jewish leaders who world constantly, at great conceptualized ideologies and lived by their ideals. sacrifice to his family life, to he is a larger-than-life character who does not shrink be with students and Hillel from a challenge — or a joke. directors, always inspiring them hillel presents its renaissance award to avraham, with his vision. I feel blessed an individual whose bold vision and transformative to work with him. His enduring initiatives enrich the campus, the Jewish community friendship continues to and the world. enrich my life.

a native of South africa, avraham’s father was a neil moSS, former Chair, Board of direCtorS hebrew linguist and a Jewish educator who raised his ” son in an ardently zionist atmosphere. naturally, Sandy Cahn was on a federation Young leadership avraham immigrated to israel as soon as he graduated Cabinet mission to israel in the 1980s when avraham from high school in 1959. delivered a lecture to her group at the western wall. “i will never forget his words: ‘we were together at he attained a degree in Bible and Jewish history from Sinai!’ i thought he was only talking to me that day! the hebrew university of Jerusalem and a law degree the way he walks around and comes up close to you from tel aviv university. he married ellen infeld, with those piercing eyes it makes you think you are the originally from woodbridge, n.J., and they share four only one in the room.” Cahn says that avraham’s words children and 14 grandchildren. began her love affair with the history of the State of israel and the Jewish people. “it was avraham who in the 1970s, avraham founded melitz, a non-profit helped me begin to understand the tie that we as Jews educational service institution that fosters Jewish have with our ancestors. he has been a huge motivator identity rooted in a pluralistic understanding of Jewish for me over the decades and has had a great impact on life and the centrality of israel. he also served as me, my activism, and my achievements.” Cahn went chairman of arevim; founding chairman of San on to chair the Jewish federations of north america francisco federation’s amutot program in israel; and national women’s philanthropy Campaign. today she is chairman of the Board of israel experience, ltd., an a member of the Board of directors of hillel, serves on independent company created by the Jewish agency. the new York uJa-federation’s Board of directors, and is co-founder and financial resource development chair of position that enabled him to lecture on more than 60 limmud in the former Soviet union (fSu). campuses on three continents. “avraham firmly believes in the sanctity of the story,” Joel says. “he creeps into hillel Board of directors vice Chair Carol Smokler was people’s souls through his grand narratives. i can hear impressed by avraham’s command of his subject when avraham tell a story he borrowed from me and still gain she first met him at a federation national Young insight. he makes us richer as a teacher by the content leadership Conference. he conveys and the context “three of us were in which he lives. avraham scheduled to appear on a makes us richer by allowing panel about the importance [Avraham taught me to] us to feel a connection that of forming people-to- speak from your heart, to be is real and deep. he makes people relationships “confident in what you have to us richer by being a true between israelis and say and spend more time knowing ben Torah (follower of the diaspora Jews,” she recalls. torah) who wears his what you have to share “i worked hard on my 10 Jewishness with pride.” minutes. the second than writing speeches. panelist arrived with note with his extensive experi- cards. Just as the audience Carol Smokler, viCe Chair, hillel Board of dir”eCtorS ence on campus and his was being seated the third international reputation, panelist arrived. it was avraham was named interim avraham. he was harried and a little out of breath. president of hillel when Joel left hillel to become he turned to me and said ‘here i am. what’s the topic?’ president of Yeshiva university in 2003. neil moss served of course, avraham was the star. he spoke off the cuff as chairman of hillel’s Board of directors when avraham and eloquently. avraham, always the teacher, taught me was named interim president. “to say that working with much that day. i learned from him to speak from your avraham is stimulating and wonderful would be a gross heart, to be confident in what you have to say and spend understatement,” moss says. “his infectious optimism more time knowing what you have to share than writing about what can be done motivates all who surround him speeches.” to reach for excellence in pursuing a joyous Jewish future. avraham never lets realism limit his dreams and avraham continued to influence generations of young aspirations. as hillel president he travelled the country leaders as president and chairman of israel forum, a and the world constantly, at great sacrifice to his family nationwide volunteer movement he helped found in 1990. life, to be with students and hillel directors, always he conducted breakthrough work in bringing together inspiring them with his vision. i feel blessed to work with secular and religious israelis as director general of the him. his enduring friendship continues to enrich my life.” Shalom hartman institute and director general of gesher education affiliates. he was also director of the taglit- avraham was named president of hillel in 2004 and Birthright israel planning process. worked closely with newly elected Board Chair randall kaplan. kaplan remembers attending a hillel student in 2001, then-hillel president richard m. Joel asked leadership conference where avraham “captivated the avraham to join hillel as Consul for Jewish affairs, a students with his sage teachings one minute and in the next he was dancing furiously with them celebrating the first hillel in the country was founded at the hebrew being Jewish. all the while his eyes were gleaming with university of Jerusalem in 1951. he understood that pride and his sheepish smile revealed his deep love for hillel could play an increasingly important role in helping his people. he is a master teacher and a pied piper for to shape the Jewish identity of israeli college students global Jewish peoplehood.” kaplan became chairman of who often lacked a deep understanding of their Jewish hillel’s international Board of governors in 2009. traditions or connections with the Jewish people world- wide. during his tenure as hillel president, avraham in recognition of his contributions to Jewish education, worked with israeli hillel professionals and lay leaders in 2005 avraham was awarded the hebrew university to dramatically expand hillel israel from three to 11 of Jerusalem’s prestigious Samuel rothberg prize for centers throughout the country. “avraham’s guidance, Jewish education, the first specialist in informal Jewish inspiration, and support helped us to make this a reality,” education to be so honored. he was also given an recalls hillel israel Chairman Joseph Ciechanover. “his keen honorary doctorate by muhlenberg College in may 2006 and insightful understanding of the needs and interests of for his work in the field of education. israeli young adults helped us articulate our vision and mission to our students, partners and supporters.” Shannon Sarna first heard avraham speak when she was a student on a taglit-Birthright israel trip. “when i got the avraham also strengthened hillel in the former Soviet call years later from hillel asking me if i wanted to work union. hillel Board of directors vice Chair karen moss, as avraham’s assistant, it was like getting a phone call to who had known avraham for decades, traveled with him go work for a rock star,” she says. to moscow to celebrate the tenth anniversary of hillel in the former Soviet union in 2004. Sarna worked for avraham for two years and calls him “the most unique boss i ever had.” She often spent Shabbat at his washington, d.C., home. “avraham did not just give lip service to the concepts of Jewish people- hood, learning and a welcoming community: he embodied them every day,” she says. “he welcomed anyone to his Shabbat table. if someone at friday night services did not have a place for dinner, he would bring them home — sometimes drag them home — sit them right next to him, and stuff them with shepherd’s pie and meatballs that he cooked himself, like they were one of his own family members. i try to live every day by the example he sets as a true leader. my Shabbat table is never too small to welcome another person.” Sarna continues to work for the Jewish community as a professional with the Samuel Bronfman foundation. when he took office as president, avraham inherited a Infeld with students and Hillel International Board of hillel program in israel that had been in operation since Governors Chairman Randall Kaplan. currently serves as senior consultant to the Nadav Fund. He has sought to promote Jewish values among Israelis as president and chairman of Israel Forum, a nationwide volunteer movement he helped found.

Avraham’s strong belief in Jewish peoplehood and social justice can be traced to his upbringing in apartheid South Africa. He has worked tirelessly for minorities and spoken out passionately about the importance of tzedek, social justice, in Jewish life. Emily Pearl Goodstein served as the social justice fellow in Hillel’s Charles and Lynn Schusterman International Center during Avraham’s term as president. “Avraham led an organization that helped to shape my Jewish identity in a very significant way,” Above and below: Avraham Infeld with students at the 2006 she recalls. “The culture of the organization was directly Charles Schusterman International Student Leaders Assembly. influenced by Avraham's vision and emphasis on social justice, tzedek. He created a space for Jewish youth to The high point of their trip was a gala event in a baroque thrive and professionals to flourish creatively.” Goodstein auditorium in Moscow that was attended by 1,000 left Hillel to educate young people about reproductive students as well as by city government officials, rights and now helps non-profit organizations to harness prominent philanthropists, and leaders from across the the power of the social media. FSU. The students performed a series of original, dazzling selections of drama, music and dance. At the end of the Avraham’s background also informed his approach to Jew- performance, representatives from each of Hillel’s 27 ish identity. Throughout his teaching, he emphasizes five groups in the FSU stood on stage in a semi-circle with core principles of Jewish identity: Memory, Family, Avraham at the center. When Hatikvah began to play, Covenant, the Land of Israel and the Hebrew Language. the students — many of whom had just discovered their Jewish identity — sang Israel’s national anthem with gusto. “Tears began to stream down my cheeks,” recalls Moss who is co-chair of Hillel’s FSU Committee. “Avraham was their visionary and inspirational teacher. He believed in their Jewish future and understood that our collective Jewish future — the future of a global Hillel and klal yisrael, the Jewish people — would be incomplete without them. This man, who lived to teach and share his passion for Torah and the Jewish people, was witness to a phoenix — Jewish life that rose from the ashes.”

Avraham retired from the Hillel presidency in 2006 but he has not ceased working for the Jewish people. Not only concerned with Jewish young adults in the Diaspora, he Former Hillel Bronfman Fellow Avi Mayer defines himself Every moment with [Avraham] as an “Infeldian Jew” who has been profoundly is unique and filled with his influenced by Avraham’s teachings. He explains that “special approach to life. It’s the Avraham “possesses the uncanny ability to simplify the pause and the smile that says most complex questions of Jewish life, to crystallize them “I KNOW you and I LOVE you” in such a way as to make them almost axiomatic. Students It’s the way he lives the dream of and professionals alike find themselves drawn to his ideas sustaining the significant about Jewish identity and peoplehood, and his powerful words — projected in a manner no less compelling — echo survival of the Jewish people. in their minds hours, days, and even years later.” Mayer ADAM R. BRoNFMAN, MEMBER, enlisted in the Israeli Army after completing his one-year HILLEL INTERNATIoNAL BoARD oF GovERNoRS ” fellowship and serve in the IDF Spokesperson’s office where he works with the foreign media. He is considering a career in Jewish education at the end of his service. alive. Students hang on every word. He is an exceptional teacher and a compassionate man.” Avraham also had an important influence on another young Hillel professional, Aviva Perlman. Perlman first met Avraham Fellow Board of Governors member Adam R. Bronfman as a college sophomore in 2003 and heard his lectures both agrees: “Avraham articulates and personifies the value of when she served as a Hillel intern and as a Hillel professional. Jewish educational excellence with grace and humility. In 2008 she was staffing a Taglit-Birthright Israel trip when Every moment with him is unique and filled with his special her group attended a lecture by Avraham. She remembers approach to life. It’s the pause and the smile that says “I the profound impression his lecture made on students, and KNoW you and I LovE you” It’s the way he lives the dream on her: “Avraham taught us that Jewish identity is made up of sustaining the significant survival of the Jewish people.” of five components and that these components are like a five-legged table, a minimum of three legs are needed to For two decades, Lisa B. Eisen has watched Avraham create Jewish identity. I looked around the room at the educate, inspire and electrify listeners. She has observed hundreds of students, not surprisingly, mesmerized by Avraham illuminate the meaning of Zionism for members Avraham's words, and I wondered how many of these students of Congress on a Project Interchange seminar in Israel, had those minimum of three legs. I guessed that a majority celebrate the bar mitzvah of Hillel in the Former Soviet of them did not. At that moment I pledged that in my Union in Moscow, dance with students at Hillel’s Charles career as a Jewish educator I would help Jewish children, Schusterman International Student Leaders Assembly, and teens and adults to build the sturdiest table that they speak to college students about the meaning of Jewish could.” Perlman is now pursuing a graduate degree in Jewish citizenship on July 4 in Washington, D.C. “I have seen education at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Avraham’s passion for Jewish peoplehood ignite sparks of understanding, inspiration and hope,” says Eisen, the Hillel Board of Governors member Diane Wohl has seen national director of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Avraham’s spellbinding effect first hand. “I was impressed by Family Foundation in Washington, D.C.. “He has offered Avraham from the first time I heard him speak to a group of thousands a compelling vision of global Jewish peoplehood students ,” she says. “He just makes Jewish history come that will have reverberations for generations to come.” Hillel’s Vision: hillel SeekS to inSpire everY JewiSh Student to make an enduring Commitment to JewiSh life.

Hillel’s Mission: hillel SeekS to enriCh the liveS of JewiSh undergraduate and graduate StudentS So that theY maY enriCh the JewiSh people and the world.

Hillel’s Values:

hillel is committed to n Creating a pluralistic, welcoming, and inclusive environment; n fostering student growth and the balance in being distinctively Jewish and universally human; n advancing social justice, Jewish learning, and spirituality; n embracing israel and global Jewish peoplehood; n delivering excellence, innovation, accountability, and results. Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life

WHO WE ARE WHAT WE DO hillel is the largest organization in the world with a focus hillel seeks to engage every Jewish university student, on university-age Jews, serving young adults at more from those with strong Jewish backgrounds to those than 550 colleges and communities in north america, with none at all. they may take advantage of hillel’s South america, israel, and the former Soviet union. leadership opportunities, travel experiences, israel Since its origin in 1923, hillel has played a critical role in education and advocacy, Jewish spiritual and intellectual ensuring the future of our Jewish community by creating enrichment, holiday services, volunteer projects, and a welcoming environment for Jewish students and young more. By creating warm, supportive Jewish communities, adults and by demonstrating how Jewish tradition can hillel encourages emerging adults to take ownership of be incorporated into their lives. hillel helps expand their their Jewish experience and define “Jewish” their own Jewish knowledge, hone their leadership skills, bolster way. Success is gauged not only by the number of their ties to israel, and present opportunities for social attendees at an event, but also by the creation of justice work. Just as the university establishes a meaningful relationships and experiences. professional foundation for students’ futures, hillel builds a Jewish foundation for their lifetime. hillel equips today’s students and young adults to be the supporters and leaders of tomorrow’s Jewish community. SIGNIFICANCE TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY

over 85% of all u.S. college-age Jews, approximately 400,000, attend an institution of higher learning. add to this the near 180,000 college-age Jews in israel, 110,000 in europe, 100,000 in the former Soviet union, 65,000 in South america, and 10,000 in australia, and you will find that there is no other window of time in which the Jewish community can find such a vast part of our population. the university environment and emerging adulthood encourage young Jews to contem- plate their futures and grapple with serious questions of meaning, values, and identity. hillel reaches young adults during this decisive time when they are open to influences and experiences that will shape their commitment to the Jewish people. By making Judaism accessible and meaningful, hillel builds a foundation Students participate in an Alternative Break in Tampa, 2009. for Jewish life that extends far beyond the university.

HOW WE ARE STRUCTURED Students at a Taglit-Birthright Israel: Hillel trip. hillel welcomes any and all Jewish students to take advantage of its resources, initiatives, and services; no membership is required. local hillels do not pay a fee to belong to the global enterprise, which operates on an annual budget of nearly $95 million. hillel relies on each local affiliate to provide young Jewish adults with activities, services, and enrichment that suit their campus or community. the Charles and lynn Schusterman international Center, hillel’s global headquarters, supports this work by offering local hillels a compre- hensive spectrum of resources and services, including content or consulting in the areas of institutional advancement, strategic planning, leadership development, fundraising, human resources, fiscal administration, student engagement, and communications. in addition, the Joseph meyerhoff Center for Jewish experience provides students and young professionals with Jewish educational resources and learning curricula. OUR LEADERSHIP HILLEL AND ISRAEL

hillel is supported by individual benefactors and hillel is steadfastly committed to the support of israel foundations, Jewish federations of north america, and as a Jewish and democratic state with secure and the national federation/agency alliance through its recognized borders and as a member of the family of supporting federations. hillel’s professional staff is led free nations. through the work of the edgar m. Bronfman by president wayne l. firestone. the hillel Board of hillel israel Center, hillel is inspiring a renaissance of directors, which includes volunteer lay and student Jewish life in nine communities throughout israel. around leaders from around the world, sets hillel policy and is the world, hillel considers israel advocacy and education chaired by Beatrice S. mandel of los angeles, Ca. the not only essential to strengthening Jewish life, but also hillel international Board of governors, chaired by an opportunity to engage young adults in conversations randall kaplan of greensboro, nC, provides counsel to about themselves as Jews and as members of the Jewish the Board of directors. the founding chairman is edgar m. people. Bronfman of new York, nY, and founding co-chairs are lynn Schusterman of tulsa, ok, and michael Steinhardt of new York, nY.

Hillel Stories: ALAN YANCELSON Former Campus Entrepreneur Intern, University of Texas Austin

Born in mexico City, mexico, alan moved to texas a few years after becoming a bar mitzvah. although he was bilingual, he found the high school transition difficult: “every time i spoke, kids would laugh. i was a double minority as an immigrant and as a Jew.”

at the university of texas, austin, alan joined the alpha epsilon pi fraternity and attended Shabbat services at hillel on friday nights. he was recruited to become a Campus entrepreneur intern where he leveraged his relationships with Jewish students across campus to help them strengthen their Jewish identities. a business major, alan founded JoBS, the Jewish organization of the Business School, which holds weekly meetings for any Jewish students interested in business. and when a sports injury laid him up, he worked with Senior Jewish educator devora Brustin to co-found a weekly yoga class called “hamsa Yoga” – yoga with a Jewish twist.

now that he is graduating, alan will put his Jewish passion and his relationship-building skills to work as a field representative for aepi. SOME MAJOR HILLEL INITIATIVES

Enriching Lives, Building Communities The Campus Entrepreneurs Initiative (CEI) and the local hillels are the backbone of the global organization. Peer-Network Engagement Internship (PNEI) these hillels enrich the lives of young Jews and challenge Based on a peer-mentoring model, these initiatives them to explore and celebrate what it means to be Jewish. select previously uninvolved students to engage 60 or hillels create safe, supportive communities in which 40 peers respectively from their social networks. Since its young people can best take advantage of opportunities to inception in 2006, student interns have built relationships grow personally, intellectually and Jewishly. with over 20,000 previously uninvolved Jewish peers on 17 campuses. Hillel’s Guide to Jewish Life on Campus (www.hillel.org/guide) Senior Jewish Educators JloC is the world’s foremost source on Jewish campus this initiative places 10 experienced Jewish educators life.every year, over 500,000 high schoolers, parents, on campus to work with Cei student interns and offer guidance counselors, and others turn to our guide for in-depth Jewish educational content to students. over details about Jewish life on campus. the next three years, hillel aims to add a senior Jewish educator on five campuses annually to reach a total of 25 by 2012.

Hillel Stories: MARISA JOHNSON Former Campus Entrepreneur Intern, Northwestern University

“my journey to Jewish leadership began with my year as an intern for hillel’s Campus entrepreneurs initiative, my first glimpse of the Jewish community's most pressing mission: to engage the uninvolved, show them a world of Jewish possibilities, and give them the tools to build a meaningful Jewish life. now, as an advisor to the current interns, i have mentored a young woman who led a 28-student humanitarian mission that brought 1000 lbs of medical aid to Cuba. another intern reignited the holocaust awareness group on campus, bringing together more than 100 students for the opening of the illinois holocaust museum, a Yom hashoah walk and a memorial service on campus.

“i have learned that my actions can have a much broader impact beyond my direct reach. and i continue to realize how much is possible, not only for the Jewish community, but also for myself. i approach the future with enthusiasm and confidence that i have gained through my experiences with hillel. ready to be part of our Jewish community wherever my journey takes me, i go forward with the knowledge that everything is possible.”

Excerpted from remarks to the opening plenary of the 2009 Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly. Alternative Breaks these seven- to ten-day trips combine hands-on volunteer service with Jewish learning and reflection. as the leading provider of alternative Breaks for Jewish students, hillel has offered over 8,000 students the chance to join their peers in pursuing social justice in a Jewish context locally and globally.

Israel on Campus Coalition (ICC) the iCC is a partnership of the Charles and lynn Schusterman family foundation and hillel in cooperation with a network of over 30 organizations committed to promoting israel education and Hillel Stories: advocacy on college campuses. Andrey Gorozhankin Odessa Hillel

Taglit-Birthright Israel Born under the Communist regime and raised in an independent, Supported by the israeli government, Jewish post-Soviet ukraine, Jewish identity was not part of andrey federations and philanthropists, this partnership gorozhankin’s life. that changed after he participated in a offers thousands of young Jewish adults a free, taglit-Birthright israel: hillel trip. first-time trip to israel with their peers. more than 35,200 Jewish college students have experienced “i was intrigued and wanted to learn more about Jewish a first visit through hillel since 2000. culture, traditions and way of life – so i decided to come to hillel,” he says. “Since i started going to hillel, my life has changed. i try to attend all the Jewish learning activities at Campus Israel Fellows hillel and to participate in all the Jewish holidays because this initiative, in partnership with the Jewish agency this is something i did not get growing up.” for israel, partners young israelis with local hillels to serve as peer educators and foster support for israel. andrey, a student leader in odessa hillel, is one of thousands this year, israel fellows at 20 hillels can reach about of young people outside north america who turn to hillel for 80,000 young Jews. Jewish inspiration and celebration. hillel has groups across the vast lands of the former Soviet union (fSu), israel, MASA Interns uruguay, argentina, Brazil, and a nascent unit in paraguay. in the 2009-2010 academic year, hillel and maSa “hillel is an amazing organization that does something special launched a partnership in which hillels on 48 for young people,” andrey explains. “Students make great campuses hired maSa interns as part of their Cei friends at hillel. they develop their own Jewish identity. they and pnei cohorts to increase american students’ connect to the Jewish people and they learn how to be leaders participation in long-term programs in israel, such in their own communities. in the fSu — especially where Jewish as study abroad or post-graduation volunteering. communities are still very young — we need to continue to invest in the young leaders who will lead them in the future.” Hillel and Israel every day, hundreds of thousands of university students when israel and the Jewish community look to the next worldwide depend on hillel’s dedicated on-the-ground generation, hillel develops passionate student leaders leadership, staff and network to support, understand and who understand israel’s important role in our world. engage with israel. working with our partners in the Jewish federations of north america, the Conference of hillel firmly believes that israel is both an end in itself, presidents of major american Jewish organizations, a core value of Jewish life, and a means to engage aipaC, the israel on Campus Coalition and others, hillel is students in a conversation about their own Jewish educating students and their campuses about israel. identity, their role as members of the Jewish people, and their relationship to the Jewish homeland. when students seek knowledge and meaning, hillel proactively delivers with authentic israeli voices and when israel is attacked, hillel stands up for israel and immersive experiences. organizes the response. israel education is both an obligation stemming from hillel is steadfastly committed to the support of israel hillel’s commitment to strengthening Jewish life and an as a Jewish and democratic state with secure and opportunity to create meaningful Jewish experiences for recognized borders and as a member of the family of students. with the most diverse array of ongoing israel free nations. in close partnership with the entire programs and initiatives across the country, hillel reaches pro-israel community, hillel works tirelessly to speak up more students in more ways than any other organization for israel on campus. on campus.

HILLEL ISRAEL

through the work of the edgar m. Bronfman hillel israel Center, hillel is inspiring a renaissance of Jewish life on campuses throughout israel, serving thousands of israeli, new immigrant, and overseas students, and providing a unique vehicle for Jewish experiences, cultural expressions and social change in israeli society. throughout the country, hillel provides a variety of opportunities for Jewish students to explore and celebrate their Jewish identities and take ownership of their individual Jewish journeys. the first hillel in israel was created at the hebrew university of Jerusalem in 1951. today, 11 hillels serve 35,000 students at hebrew university mt. Scopus and givat ram campuses, tel aviv university, Ben-gurion university of the negev, haifa university, technion- israel institute of technology, haifa City Center, interdisciplinary Center herzliya (idC), Sapir College, tel hai academic College, and emek Yezreel academic College. Students celebrate Chanukah with Hillel at Israel’s Interdisciplinary Center. n hillel student activists and professionals create meaningful israel programs that celebrate israel and respond to anti- israel propaganda.

n hillel regularly organizes a variety of immersive experiences in israel, including intensive leader- ship missions, alternative breaks and introductory trips through taglit-Birthright israel.

n hillel created a nationwide student campaign on campuses across north america — Student Coalition against nuclear iran — calling for international action against this looming threat to israel’s security.

n eleven hillels in israel, administered from the edgar m. Bronfman hillel israel Center in Israeli Hillel leaders. Jerusalem, enable israeli students to take owner- ship of their Jewish identities in new ways. Major Accomplishments: n hillel’s presence on over 500 campuses world- Israel on Campus Coalition student leaders at Israel’s Knesset. wide is the backbone of the pro-israel community, providing resources, activists and information for the entire campus community. n hillel and the Jewish agency for israel have partnered to place recent israeli university and idf graduates on campuses to educate students and the community about israel. n hillel co-founded and hosts the israel on Campus Coalition, the leading coalition of national pro- israel organizations, dramatically improving the effectiveness of all education and advocacy efforts on campus. n hillel professionals and students participate in large numbers at aipaC’s policy conference and have received the ally of the year award annually. Israel Fellows

in the aftermath of the Second intifada, hillel partnered with the Jewish agency for israel to Hillel Stories: place a network of recent israeli college graduates Boyanna Grubeshich and idf veterans on strategic campuses across Israel Fellow, Hillel at Baruch College north america to help young Jews build a personal connection with israel and to present a different Boyanna grubeshich, a refugee from war-torn Bosnia- image of israel on campus than the one portrayed herzgovina, found a meaningful Jewish identity through hillel. by the news media.

Boyanna fled ethnic violence with her family at the age of now located on 19 campuses, israel fellows have 12 in 1995 and spent her elementary school and high school become an integral part of their local hillels. as years in the goldstein Youth village in israel. “during my key members of the local hillel staff, fellows play second year at tel aviv university i participated in a hillel a pivotal role each and every day on campus: social justice program,” she explains. “i found lots of individuals just like me who were concerned about their n empowering and supporting Jewish students Jewish identity and israeli society. i became a student who are already engaged with israel; enhancing leader and created my own programs. at hillel i found their knowledge base, and providing them with my community.” tools to initiate israel activities on campus;

n engaging uninvolved Jewish students through today, Boyanna is giving back to meaningful informal interactions, personal the community as a Jewish story-telling and formal programs that help agency israel fellow at Baruch them explore their relationship with israel in a College hillel. “Because i safe and welcoming environment; come from a multicultural background and because i n educating the broader campus community moved from one place to an- about the importance of israel and the unique other i had to discover who i role it plays in the geopolitical arena; am. i think that most of the people in the post-modern n encouraging participation in israel travel world try to understand what’s experiences and educational programs — such as their story, what’s their taglit-Birthright israel and maSa — thereby identity,” she says. “By expanding the number of Jewish students helping Baruch College visiting israel each year. students explore these questions i get to answer them for myself.” underwrite creative, cutting-edge ideas to strengthen Jewish identity among college youth. the talented and dedicated staff and lay leaders of the uJa-federation of new York provide support and guidance to help advance the hillels. uJa-federation also supports capacity- building efforts of hillels in the metropolitan area with added-value training for hillel professionals and trustees. hillel is also grateful for the support of federations in albany, Buffalo, rochester and Syracuse.

hillels serve Jewish college students on the following new York State campuses: university at albany; Baruch College; Binghamton university; Brooklyn College; university at Buffalo; City College of new York; Colgate Hillel volunteers work in a Bronx, N.Y., Jewish community center. university; College of Staten island; Columbia university; Cornell university; eastman School of music; fashion Hillels in New York institute of technology; hamilton College; hofstra university; hunter College; long island university – new York State, with approximately 65,000 Jewish Brooklyn and C.w. post Campuses; manhattanville students on 81 campuses, is critically important to hillel’s College; university at new paltz; new York university; global network. hillel is deeply committed to enriching pace university; purchase College; Queens College; the lives of Jewish college students throughout the state. university of rochester; rochester institute of technology; our Charles and lynn Schusterman international Center Sarah lawrence College; Skidmore; Stony Brook university; maintains a presence in manhattan – in the offices of the Syracuse university; vassar College; westchester Jewish federations of north america – to further our Community College. national development work and to support our collective efforts to strengthen Jewish campus life. Hofstra Hillel marches in the New York Salute to Israel parade.

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You are a true partner in our continued goal to create a welcoming and open community for the Jewish people. Congratulations on a well-deserved honor.

Edgar M. Bronfman and The Samuel Bronfman Foundation Congratulations on receiving this well-deserved honor. You have been an inspirational teacher and leader to manY Young and old.

Your leadership of hillel during Your tenure has made an enduring impact on the hundreds of thousands of Jewish students around the world.

You are inspiration to all of us who care about the future of the Jewish people.

We love you,

Randall Kaplan chair, hillel’s international board of governors and Kathy Manning chair, board of trustees, the Jewish federations of north america JoshuabenPerahayahtaught: “find yourself a teacher; acquire a colleague for study.” pirke avot 1:6

the teacher thousands have found and the colleague hundreds treasure, avraham’s infectious passion for the Jewish people has shown us all how to be distinctively Jewish and universally human. thank you, avraham, for lessons we cannot forget and for being a continuing source of inspiration in the world.

THE JOSEPH AND HARVEY MEYERHOFF FAMILY CHARITABLE FUNDS harVey m. meyerhoFF Laura CutLer eLeanor m. Katz thomas Katz terry m. ruBenstein saLLy Katz Lee m. henDLer WaLter Katz zoh hieronimus DanieL Katz Joseph meyerhoFF, ii

My dear Uncle Avraham,

As we join a chorus of voices honoring you and your work, we can all declare one thing with certainty:

The survival of the Jewish people is ever more significant due to the love and work you give to it.

We love you...

Adam and Cindy Bronfman In honor of a very special man and teacher whether educating our Hillel students or leading a panel at Limmud FSU in Israel, wherever you go, whomever you meet, your transmitted knowledge changes that person forever. You are definitely a force to be reckoned with. May you continue to enlighten and transform people of all ages and may they become your ambassadors in the joy of learning.

With fondness and respect, DIANE AND HOWARD WOHL .lYNuc tkt lYNc YReT LA

Read not “your children,” but “your builders.” (Talmud, Berachot 64a)

We applaud Hillel and its committed leadership for inspiring Jewish college students to become the next generation of builders of Israel and Jewish communities here and abroad.

SOL GOLDMAN CHARITABLE TRUST

JANE GOLDMAN, Trustee

DR. BENJAMIN LEWIS, Trustee Northwestern University Hillel salutes our honoree,

Avraham Infeld

For making Jewish life flourish on campuses worldwide and for bringing so many Jewish students home to Israel.

Judy and Abel Friedman and Northwestern University Hillel mazeL toV aVraham anD CongratuLations to hiLLeL For engaging anD inspiring stuDents to Bring your Vision oF ‘DISTINCTIVELY JEWISH AND UNIVERSALLY HUMAN’ to LiFe!

Cheryl and David Einhorn e Einhorn Family Charitable Trust Hillel ArgentinA

Hillel Argentina Salutes Avraham Infeld

for his dedication and commitment to Jewish university students and young adults around the world and we invite everyone to visit the extraordinary Hillels in Latin America. Hillel salutes

UJA-Federation of New York

From Long Island, Westchester, and the five boroughs, Hillel and UJA-Federation of New York provide meaningful Jewish experiences for thousands of Jewish college students of all backgrounds.

JOHN M. SHAPIRO JOHN S. RUSKAY SUSAN FRIEDMAN President Executive Vice President Managing Director, Jewish and CEO Communal Network Commission JERRY W. LEVIN Chair of the Board LOUISE B. GREILSHEIMER DEBORAH JOSELOW Senior Vice President for Managing Director, HELEN SAMUELS Agency and External Relations Commission on Chair, Jewish Communal Jewish Identity & Renewal Network Commission ALISA RUBIN KURSHAN Senior Vice President for ALISA DOCTOROFF Strategic Planning and Chair, Commission on Organizational Resources Jewish Identity & Renewal Hillel is grateful for the strong partnership and support of the

THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA

For the past five years since Hurricane Katrina, the Jewish Federations of North America has helped Hillel send more than 3,500 students to volunteer in the Louisiana Gulfport.

For the past ten years the Jewish Federations of North America has been a key partner in sending more than 40,000 Jewish students on Taglit-Brithright Israel through Hillel.

And for more than twenty years the Jewish Federations of North America has partnered with Hillel to bring today’s Jewish students to the General Assembly to become tomorrow’s Jewish leaders.

Every hour of every day the Jewish Federations of North America helps Hillels throughout North America enrich the lives of Jewish undergraduate and graduate students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world.

KATHY MANNING MICHAEL I. LEBOVITZ JERRY SILVERMAN Chair, Board of Trustees National Campaign Chair President and Chief Executive Officer MICHAEL C. GELMAN HESCHEL I. RASKAS Chair, Executive Committee Treasurer “Avraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him. For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice.” Bereishit 18:18-19

Avraham,

You have amazed us with your energy, inspired us with your wisdom, and challenged us with your vision. You have enriched us with your leadership and blessed us with your friendship.

Thank you for your contributions to Hillel, to Israel and to the Jewish people.

With deep gratitude, admiration and love,

The Chairs (Neil, Randall, Chuck, Michael) Former Chairmen, Board of Directors, Hillel: e Foundation for Jewish Campus Life Dear Avraham, as hillel president you travelled the country and the world constantly — at great sacrifice to your family life — to be with students and hillel directors, always inspiring them with your vision. Your fundraising skills are legendary. the question was always not if, but howmuch! to say that working with you is stimulating and wonderful would be a gross understatement. Your infectious optimism about what can be done motivates all who surround you to reach for excellence in pursuing a joyous Jewish future. You never let realism limit your dreams or aspirations. we feel blessed to know you and to partner with you.

Your enduring friendship continues to enrich our lives.

With love and admiration, Karen and Neil Moss

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“Every blade of grass has an angel that bends over it and whispers grow, grow.”

–The Talmud

Congratulations Avraham Your voice inspires a Jewish renaissance in us all.

Madeleine and Bill Berman “ItIstruethatweasPIretoourancIentland. ButwhatwewantInthatancIentlandIs anewBlossomIngoftheJewIshsPIrIt.” theodorherzl

Avraham,

As an educator you are keeping ancient aspirations alive and bringing about new blossoms of meaning. Thank you for everything you do for Hillel, Israel and the Jewish people.

With admiration and best wishes, The Sandler Family Congratulations and Best Wishes to Avraham Infeld [\

Jayne and Harvey Beker

HILLEL URUGUAY is proud to honor Avraham Infeld.

Avraham is an educational giant whose vision, insight and passion have inspired the Uruguayan Jewish community and the Jewish world.

We are honored to call you our teacher and even more so, to call you our friend.

May you go from strength to strength and Mazel Tov on this much deserved recognition. HILLEL ARGENTINA salutes our dear friend and colleague AvRAHAm INfELd

for his commitment to developing vibrant Jewish communities and his vision for unifying the global Jewish people.

We are grateful for his inspiration, his vision, and his passion in helping to establish and build Hillels throughout Argentina.

felicitaciones on this wonderful achievement

and well-deserved honor! HILLEL ARGENTINA IS HONORING AvRAHAM Y WITH A SPECIAL LUNCHEON JUNE 6TH WHERE Y THEY WILL PRESENT THE AvRAHAM INFELD AWARD. The campus is the crossroads where Jews from around the world meet on their journey to adulthood. Hillel has the opportunity, and the obligation, to guide them in the right direction. Kol Hakavod, Avraham!

your vision of Jewish peoplehood and commitment to education have strengthened our community and inspired a new generation of Jewish leaders. thank you for your many years of leadership, partnership and friendship.

CharLes anD Lynn sChusterman FamiLy FounDation www.schusterman.org

Mazal Tov to our dear friend,

Avraham Infeld

A bold visionary and magnificent leader, For his invaluable contributions to the Jewish future

With admiration and affection,

Edith Everett and Family CONGRATULATIONS TO AVRAHAM INFELD

FROM

ABBY AND DAVID COHEN AND YOUR FRIENDS AT CORNELL HILLEL 5 we salute

AVrAHAM inFeLD

no one is more deserving of this award than this pioneer of Jewish renaissance.

with admiration,

SHENKMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. new York • stamford • london HILLEL RIO pays tribute to AVRAHAM INFELD, a dynamic educator and leader who challenges us to shape the future of our community by fortifying our connection to Jewish memory, tradition, the State of Israel, and the Jewish people. With his indomitable energy and passion, Avraham is an inspiration to thousands of Brazilian students and to countless others within the community.

We are proud to share in this celebration and to recognize Avraham on the occasion of this much-deserved honor. Mazel Tov, Avraham!

"IF YoUr aCTIonS InSPIre oTHerS To DreaM More, learn More, Do More anD BeCoMe More, YoU are a leaDer"

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Avraham - a true leader - with gratitude and joy we honor your dazzling vision, inspiring passion, boundless energy and your huge heart which reaches out to so many and so deeply loves the Jewish people With love and admiration,

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JoelAlPersoN stACyANDDAViDFisHer sANDyANtigNAs CHAyAANDHowArDFrieDmAN BArBArAAroNsoN mArlAlANDis sHAroNBellANDFreDZimmermAN JeNNiFermeyerHoFF BryNABermAN weNDyANDsCottNewBerger lAurieBlitZerANDsAmleViNe gAilANDelliotNorry sANDyCAHN lewisNorry DANCoHeN JoDisCHwArtZ timr.CoHeN BetsyriBAKoFFsHeerr KAreNFrieDmANCooPerANDPeterCooPer melANiesturm lAurACutler Juliewise-oreCK irisFeiNBerg JANeANDmArKwilF mArCFelgoise Hillel’s Vision:

Hillel seeks to inspire every Jewish student to make an enduring commitment to Jewish life. Hillel’s Mission:

Hillel seeks to enrich the lives of Jewish undergraduate and graduate students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world. We are privileged to join

In paying tribute to our

Dear friend

Avraham Infeld

n SANDY AND STEPHEN GREENBERG Mazel Tov

to Avraham on this wonderful honor

AMY AND BOB BRESSMAN thAnk

THANK YOU AVRAHAM,

For your vision, leadership and commitment to the joint Hillel/UJA Federation of New York initiative to strengthen Hillels in New York

TOM AND LANIE BLUMBERG you Stamford, CT

salutes

our friend

Avraham Infeld “The Genius is not only the discover of new truths or inventions, but the man that is a light and blazes a new trail for his generation by virtue of his great personal influence.”

-S Y Hurvitz

three generation of Jews, world wide, together wish you yasherkoach!

Carolyn and Steve Oppenheimer Oregon Salutes our friend, teacher and visionary AVRAHAM INFELD many generations of oregon hillel students have been inspired by avraham’s compelling teachings and mission to challenge each one of us to “find and own” our personal Jewish stories. in avraham’s presence we all discover that we have been heroes, warriors and pursuers of justice.

Knowing and listening to avraham challenges each one of us to find the passion to reunite with our people and our history. and most of all we thank you for putting the magic back into our sense of Jewish peoplehood.

OREgON HILLEL PORTLAND HILLEL THE UNgERLEIDER FAMILY To Avram Infeld, the father of International Hillel, our teacher, inspiration and friend.

May you and your family go from strength to strength,

With the greatest admiration,

Rosalie & Jim Shane An old man was planting a tree. A young person passed by and asked, “What are you planting?” “A carob tree,” the old man replied. “Silly fool,” said the youth, “Don’t you know that it takes 70 years for a carob tree to bear fruit?” “That is okay,” said the old man. “Just as others planted for me, I plant for future generations.” Talmud, Ta’anit 23a

Avraham, Mazel Tov!

Your extraordinary contributions to the Jewish people and particularly its youth are legendary. Thanks to you that “carob tree” is now bearing fruit.

Judy and Isaac Thau Vancouver, Canada Mazal tov to

Avraham infeld and Hillel

for your inspiration, dedication, commitment and leadership towards ensuring a stronger future for the Jewish people around the world

TINA AND STEvEN PRICE MAZAL TOV HILLEL Best wishes to AVRAHAM INFELD Recipient of the Annual RENAISSANCE AWARD

is is a well-deserved honor for your efforts in promoting Jewish identity, your devotion to Israel and your vision of “peoplehood” Harold Grinspoon and Diane Troderman

“And you shall show them the way they should go” Exodus 18:20 To our dearest Avraham,

You have given so much to the world.... We are privileged to be part of the thousands who have benefited by your wisdom, knowledge and love of the Jewish people.

With all of our love and best wishes to you on this wonderful occasion,

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Love

Jane and Larry Sherman (and the Treadmill Co) AVRAM INFELD

We are blessed to have you as a leader and thank you for your dedication and fabulous contributions to young adults and the Jewish people.

Mazel Tov to a lekker ou!

Best wishes

Linda Mirels, Martine and Stanley Fleishman In Honor of

Avraham Infeld,

a giant in the world of Jewish education and continuity, an inspiration to everyone he touches and a role model for the masses in Tikkun Olam and selflessness. You are loved and respected and have created a legacy that is unique to you.

Sending blessings for many years of health, happiness and the ability to enjoy your family.

Chaiki and Ziel Feldman mazel tov to

AVRAHAM INFELD

aneducatorparexcellence committedtoinspiringJewishprideandpeoplehood.

thank you to the UJA FEDERATION OF NEW YORK formakingitpossibleforustobringavraham’svisiontolife throughyourcontinuedsupportofhillel’sworkoncampus.

hillel at binghamton Queens college hillel hillel at the college of staten island tanger hillel @ brooklyn college edgar m. bronfman center for Jewish student life at nYu columbia/barnard hillel hunter college hillel hillel at baruch college hofstra hillel hillels of westchester stony brook university hillel hillel of long island university Mazal Tov to Avraham Infeld on being honored by Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life

You are an inspiration to Jewish students, young adults, and leaders in Israel and around the world.

Hillel said, "Where there is a need, stand up and address it." (Avot 2,6)

Avraham Infeld is the embodiment of this precept.

We wish you good health as you continue to go from strength to strength.

Adam Bronfman, Chair Joseph Ciechanover, Co-Chair Yossie Goldman, Director General Hillel Russia is proud to pay tribute to

AVRAHAM INFELD,

a man who has helped bring about a renaissance of Jewish life throughout russia.

over his lifetime, avraham has transcended language and cultural barriers to inspire tens of thousands of russian Jews. as the beneficiaries of his wisdom, humor, and kindness, we are privileged to honor him for his wonderful achievements. ., Hillel CASE honors Avraham Infeld,

a friend, a mentor, and a leader who has inspired the Jewish journeys of tens of thousands of young people across Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Moldova, and Azerbijan.

We are proud to celebrate this wonderful recognition of such an extraordinary individual. May Avraham continue to go from strength to strength! Edgar Bronfman

SASHA GRANOvSKIY YOSIF AKSELRUD Chair Regional Director Have you heard the one about the bank in Manhattan (“At their bank you have a friend, at ours we’re all mishpocha!”)?

Or the one about the rain we pray for in the Diaspora, which is the same rain that falls in Israel?

Or about why Judaism is NOT a religion!?

You may have been lucky enough to hear avraham’s stories once twice or fifty times, but now you can hear them again!

coming soon is www.5leggedtable.org, a new website dedicated to collecting and disseminating avraham’s insights, ideals and zest for life. for all students of avraham infeld - to learn, enjoy and connect to the wisdom of this great teacher.

Initiated by Avraham’s colleagues and students, from Melitz, MAKOM and beyond.

for more information, email [email protected] Raya Strauss Ben-Dror and Shmuel Ben-Dror are proud to honor Avraham Infeld . , for his life-long commitment to Jewish and Zionist education, for the hundreds of thousands of young people and many leaders that he has inspired, and for the great institutions that he built and led.

May his legacy continue to grow in the decades to come! In honor of Mr. Avraham Infeld - a warm and passionate soul - a (grand)fatherly figure to thousands - a pillar of identity in a time of challenge and confusion

One who knows, above all, that the greatest joy of our Creator is the unity of His people which reinforces the eternity of His Torah

To a man who has given more than he would ever accept or will ever receive Mazel Tov on this recognition. May others learn from you how a true love of Torah and of the Jewish people are ultimately the twin pillars of our survival

RABBI LEvI SHEMTOv American Friends of Lubavitch, Washington, DC MAZEL Tov

Mazel tov to

Avraham Infeld

on the Renaissance Award.

Congratulations to the Bronfman Center and the entire Hillel staff on all your hard work and dedication.

Job well done to Hillels all over the world for inspiring students of the next generation.

Love

Alan and Elisa Pines and Family Avraham, We don’t just love you. We also like you. Mazal Tov on this well-deserved honor.

Hillel’s SchustermanL Intoervnaet,ional Center Fellows Classes of 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and beyond

Represented by:

Rachel Alexander Zach Gelman Reuben Posner Jessica Beitch Emily Goodstein Stephanie Schwartz David Bernay Danny Greene Lisa Stella Amy Born Jen Gubitz Lina (Dreyfus) Wallace Eric Buckstein Jonathan Horowitz Naomi (Korb) Weiss Julie Finkelstein Aaron Juda Congratulations Avram

Thank you for inspiring so many generations with your wisdom, wit and warmth

Michael and Andrea Leeds Avraham Infeld has brought to the NADAV Foundation his vast experience and knowledge, his love of the Jewish People and a wonderful sense of humor. He is truly an ambassador for Jewish Peoplehood, a value he has dedicated his whole life to. Avraham is our wisdom and inspiration and we are very proud that he is receiving this award.

IrInA nevzlIn KogAn President of the NADAV Foundation You once taught us, as your father taught you, “there is no such thing as Jewish history, only Jewish memory.”

For all of the generations you inspired as students to become teachers of Jewish memory, thank you. vcr vsu`

Wayne L. Firestone President Hillel: e Foundation for Jewish Campus Life

on behalf of the thousands of Hillel staff around the world (past, present and future) Avraham- For your years of service to Hillel and the Jewish people… For your commitment to making our world a better place… For your mentorship of our professional staff… For your wisdom and leadership… We salute you!

Hillel at Kent State Cohn Jewish student Center 613 e. summit street - Kent, ohio 44240 www.kenthillel.org 330-678-0397 Thank you for your visionary leadership

AVRAHAM INFELD our leader and our teacher

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“May you go from strength to strength”

www.clevelandhillel.org Cornell Hillel congratulates AVRAHAM INFELD for his award.

From generation to generation may his teachings inspire future Jewish leaders as they have inspired us.

Marc Schlussel ’77 MBA ’78, Board Chair, Cornell Hillel, & Ronnie Schlussel, Parents of Emily ’13 on behalf of the Cornell Hillel Board of Trustees & Staff Cavanaugh Press Yossi son of Yoezer of Zeredah said: “Let your house be a meeting place for scholars; sit at their feet in the dust and drink in their words thirstingly.” Pirkei Avot 1:4

Avraham,

It has been our pleasure to work shoulder-to-shoulder with you in fulfilling a vision for Hillel that is “distinctively Jewish and universally human.” Your teaching continues to influence our work and enrich our lives. We look forward to sitting at your feet for many years to come.

The Staff of Hillel’s Charles and Lynn Schusterman International Center Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life Charles and Lynn Schusterman International Center Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building 800 Eighth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20001-3724 (212) 284-6801 www.hillel.org