“It is not good for people to be alone.” Genesis 2:18

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Celebrating the 18th anniversary of Jewish Healing Connections and the dedication of the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing. Do not cast me off when I am old; Don’t abandon me when my strength is failing. Psalm 71:9

Marjie, thank you and your team of professionals and volunteers for 18 years of commitment to those in our community in need of support as they face life’s challenges. Your work was an inspiration to Betty Ann and she was proud to call you her friend.

Betty Ann, your caring and commitment to those in need always amazed me. It has made me a better person and the world a better place. I am so blessed that you entered my life and so honored to be able to name this Center in your memory. We love you and miss you so.

Dan Miller Adam and Matthew Miller PROGRAM

AN EVENING OF DEDICATION Marjorie U. Sokoll Director, Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing

REFLECTIONS Barry Shrage President, Combined Jewish

TESTIMONIALS David Breakstone Joyce Zakim Raquel Morales

BETTY ANN’S LEGACY Daniel Miller

CLOSING REMARKS Rimma Zelfand CEO, JF&CS

1 Dear Friends,

Jewish Healing Connections (JHC) was founded in 1998 to bring the solace of Jewish tradition and community to people who would otherwise be disconnected from these sources of inspiration and comfort when burdened by illness, loss, or isolation. Over the past 18 years, JHC programs have offered compassionate support to thousands of people of all faiths and backgrounds. Tonight we celebrate our chai anniversary and the renaming of JHC with the dedication of the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing.

In 1998, I could have never envisioned this day. I am profoundly grateful to our dedicated donors, inspiring members of the JHC Advisory Council under the leadership of long time co-chairs, Marilyn Ross and Nancy Rossman, devoted Friendly Visitor volunteers, and committed colleagues, Barbara Sternfield and Sue Spielman. All have been essential to JHC’s success.

Betty Ann was a founding member of the JHC Advisory Council and my dear friend. Over the years, she taught me so much by graciously sharing her personal experience of living with illness. She also understood the importance of philanthropic support to sustain JHC’s mission, lending her formidable skills to the JHC cause over and over again.

Tonight, I extend my heartfelt gratitude to Betty Ann’s husband, Dan Miller, for ensuring the future of our enduring mission in recognition of Betty Ann’s legacy, and I invite you all to join us in supporting the ongoing work of the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing.

Shalom,

Marjorie U. Sokoll, MEd, Director Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing

2 BETTY ANN GREENBAUM MILLER In 2001, Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller, z”l, participated as a client in a Jewish Healing Connections (JHC) spiritual support group for caregivers and people living with serious illness. As a teenager, she had survived Hodgkins lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system. Intensive year-long treatment left her weakened and prone to chronic medical issues. In need of some professional emotional support for managing her daily life with her husband Dan and their two young sons, Adam and Matthew, she came to JF&CS. Betty Ann was so impressed and moved by the program’s mission that after her support group ended, she became a founding member of the JHC Advisory Council in 2002. She transitioned from someone who came to JF&CS to be helped to someone who could be a creator of the next wave of supportive activities for others. “I personally feel very connected to the kinds of experiences that folks have when they’re in difficult times,” said Betty Ann in 2011. “The opportunity to comfort, listen, and be present with another person in moments of loneliness or distress is profoundly meaningful. I feel honored to be part of JHC, whose mission is just that. Many people don’t have support systems, loved ones, resources, or community,” she continued. “I want to be one of the voices who says ‘don’t forget them, help support them’.” Despite ongoing heath challenges, Betty Ann became a skilled fundraiser for JHC. Proudly, she cultivated many relationships in order to raise awareness and increase involvement to help people in the Jewish community deal with the challenges of illness, loss, or isolation. In recent years, Betty Ann was able to develop her for compassionate care by becoming a professional chaplain through Hebrew SeniorLife’s Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) program. She was drawn to the only Jewish geriatric CPE program in the country because she wanted to help people facing trauma and crisis in the course of daily living. In a 2011 interview, Betty Ann was asked about her most memorable moment since she became a JHC supporter. She recalled a Passover Seder for elders in the JHC program in which she and Dan were seated at a table with a 95-year-old Holocaust survivor. “We had a fantastic conversation as we shared a meal with him,” she explained. “We were struck by the fact that we thought we were going to do a mitzvah, but [instead] he gave to us. Jewish Healing Connections creates opportunities for simple and meaningful connections like that.” Sadly, Betty Ann passed away last August. In her memory, Dan made a very generous gift to JHC, and the program has been renamed the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing. Along with sons Adam and Matthew, Dan knew how important this free program was to Betty Ann and recognized that she would have wanted these services to be available to all who might need it. JF&CS is extremely grateful to the Millers for their generosity and for ensuring that Betty Ann’s legacy will continue to inspire our community.

*of blessed memory 3 Poetry by Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller, z”l

Betty Ann’s husband, Dan Miller, explained what inspired his wife to write the poem Tapestry:

During a very difficult surgical procedure over 20 years ago, Betty Ann experienced a vision. It was a vision of life and community as a tapestry or prayer shawl of the intertwined threads of our lives. This vision gave her tremendous comfort and strength to live with the challenges of chronic illness. She struggled for years to express this vision in writing; the result ultimately being this poem. I have read it countless times in the year since her passing. I have shared it with family and friends. It has given all of us a great deal of comfort in knowing Betty Ann is indeed still here with us, still connected to us through time and space.

Tapestry

I see each individual life represented by a single thread. Each thread is tied on and woven into the other threads that were there before and that come after. The varieties of threads create a beautiful pattern that flow through the fabric as if on the breath of life itself.

When I am closest to the image of the tapestry, all I can see is my own thread and the few threads directly around me. When I stand back and look at as much as I am able, I see that my life thread is but a fragment of a whole whose beginning and end is out of my view. I also notice other things. I notice that the pattern of the tapestry changes and yet feels familiar. I notice there are knots, and frays and warped areas throughout the shawl. I notice vibrant colors, and even deadly colors. Colors that make me weep with joy, and colors that cause my retreat. I notice holes, tears, rips, and uneven weave. I notice patches, and darning, and do-overs.

4 When I look very closely, I see my thread has many frays and knots and pulls. I see places where it seems that the thread is even broken and then resumes its weave farther on in the pattern. I see when my thread has been ripped. Other times, I can see my thread blowing in a breeze, barely connected with any will and no strength….that is when the other threads around me hold my space in the tapestry.

Even as they weave their own definition of color and texture, they remind me of my place. They share mending materials; they make suggestions for knots. They show me different and new directions of weave, maybe stronger ones and simpler ones. They even might share a piece of their own thread, which can be very close to breaking too. They always pull me back in, when my broken thread is beginning to float away…

This is when the real healing begins and the tapestry repairs its holes. This is when the threads of the many separate lives take on an inexplicable iridescent gold aura. This is when I am no longer afraid and alone because someone has held onto my thread for me with his or her own life. They hold on, while I mend my own thread.

The whole tapestry is once again salvaged and strengthened. Its beauty is calming and comforting. It seems to be life itself, or maybe life’s companions, love and compassion. The golden thread is woven so gently into so many of the single threads. In and out, all over every perfect and imperfect thread of the tapestry, it continues its elegant journey, floating effortlessly and endlessly through time and space with our frayed and broken… and golden threads in it.

5 Written in honor of the seventh anniversary of Jewish Healing Connections

So Many Hands To Hold

So many hands to hold. So many tears to share. So many stories to tell. Humor and love abound. But so does fear.

We are all broken in one way or another. Some of us wear our brokenness in plain view; Others of us don’t even know that we are less than whole We are all broken. Especially without one another.

Together we begin to share our frailties And then our strengths. We begin to see ourselves for the human beings that we are. How precious each of us is to the whole.

The healing comes In the holding, the sharing, the telling We begin to believe in our human wholiness-- How holy we become at that moment of human connection And then, all of the angels, even the ones with broken wings, can fly!

May every person always have a hand to hold and a soft place to fall.

6 7 THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

HEALERS Combined Jewish Philanthropies Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Nancy & Mark Belsky, MD | Scott K. Belsky Susan B. Kaplan | Gila K. Belsky Daniel L. Miller, Adam and Matthew Miller Susan & Daniel (z”l) Rothenberg George and Beatrice Sherman Family

CAREGIVERS Rabbi Suzanne & Andrew Offit Stepheny & Robert Riemer Marilyn & Mitchel Ross Judith M. Spielman

COMPANIONS Diane & Chester Black Deena & Michael Blau Linda & Michael Frieze Helga & Joseph Greenbaum Beth & Larry Greenberg Joyce Zakim & Peter Greenspan Rabbi Jamie & Harold Kotler Dorie Alexander Mufson & Michael Mufson Joyce & Bruce Pastor Nancy & Richard Rossman Jill Cohen & Michael Savit Marjorie & Rabbi Mark Sokoll

8 Lisa & Neil Wallack THANK YOU TO OUR EVENT SUPPORTERS

Susan & Aron Ain Levine Chapels Edward & Janet Austin The Miller Family Rachel Albert Marilyn & Dale Okonow Judith Feins & Bruce Bell Marilyn Pappas Elizabeth Baum & William Berman Barbara Penzner Amy & Marshall Brinn The Rashi School Barbara Gaffin & Doug Cahn Korina Greenbaum Masters Danielle Darish and Richard Ross Carolyn Drapkin Susan & Glenn Rothman EllenJoy Fields Ellie & Barry Shrage Ellen Fishman Midge Merlin Diane & Arthur Fulman Margot LeStrange & Andrew Stern Ruth & Arvin Grabel Temple Shir Tikva Allan Goroll Arnee & Walter Winshall Frances Goroll Barbara & Rabbi Henry A. Zoob Hebrew College Katherine & John Kaufmann *As of September 16, 2016 Rabbi Daniel Lehmann

9 ABOUT THE BETTY ANN GREENBAUM MILLER CENTER FOR JEWISH HEALING

The Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing helps people feel a sense of connection when facing the challenges of illness, loss, or isolation by offering spiritual and communal supports to foster hope, comfort, and wholeness guided by Jewish tradition. “It is not good for people to be alone.” (Genesis 2:18)

Serving people facing illness, loss, or isolation • The Friendly Visitor Program matches trained volunteers with isolated or vulnerable elders to provide companionship, promote aging with dignity, and offer a treasured connection to the Jewish community. With the help of volunteers, the program also provides holiday gatherings for vulnerable elders receiving services from JF&CS. • The award-winning Nursing Home/Assisted Living Shabbat and Holiday Program provides regular Shabbat and holiday gatherings for Jewish residents living in nonsectarian assisted living facilities and nursing homes. • End-of-Life Services provides spiritual support for people facing terminal illness. • Bereavement Services offers support groups, spiritual support, and holiday bereavement workshops for people dealing with loss. • Our prayer booklet, Jewish Prayers, Psalms, & Readings for Comfort, Hope, and Support is distributed at hospitals and can be downloaded from our website. • Spiritual Support is provided to JF&CS Charlotte & Richard Okonow Parkinson’s Family Support. Serving the community through training and education • The Caring Communities Resource Network (CCRN) supports synagogue efforts to create and sustain caring communities through synagogue and community-wide trainings, consultations, and conferences. The CCRN is a collaboration of JF&CS and Jewish Family Service of Metrowest. • The Spirited Aging program, inspired by the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, supports people of all ages in their search to find meaning, joy, and spirituality in their lives as they grow older. • The Healing Circle is an innovative model of self-care for human service professionals, designed to be replicated in a variety of workplace environments. • Information and referral

10 JHC Programs and Services are offered in the following locations: • Arbour — HRI Psychiatric Hospital, Brookline • Avery Manor Nursing Home, Needham • Cadbury Commons Assisted Living, Cambridge • The Falls at Cordingly Dam Assisted Living, Newton • Goddard House Assisted Living, Brookline • Greater Boston Hospitals • Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston • Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly • Jewish Family & Children’s Service Aging Well At Home Program, Greater Boston, North Shore • Jewish Family & Children’s Service, Waltham • Jewish Family & Children’s Service Residential Programs • Meadowgreen Nursing Home, Waltham • Presentation Manor Nursing Home, Brighton • Providence House Assisted Living, Brighton • Rogerson House — for people with memory loss, Boston • Senior Centers throughout Eastern and Central MA • Stone Institute Nursing Home, Newton • Synagogues throughout Eastern and Central MA • Traditions of Wayland Assisted Living, Wayland • Waban Health and Rehabilitation Nursing Home, Newton • Waltham Crossings Assisted Living, Waltham • Worcester Jewish Community Center

Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing Staff Marjorie U. Sokoll, MEd Founder and Director

Barbara Sternfield, MA Program Specialist

Sue Spielman, MPA Manager, Friendly Visitor Program Manager, Caring Communities Resource Network

11 CELEBRATING 18 YEARS OF JHC WITH 18 MILESTONES

1 6 1996 Nursing Home/Assisted Living 2000 End-of-Life and Bereavement Shabbat and Holiday Program begins Services begin with a bi-weekly Jewish with funding from the Lenny Zakim Fund bereavement group, held at the JCC with their in-kind support and open to the whole 2 community 1998 Synagogue Bikur Cholim/Visiting the Sick Program begins with funding from CJP 7 2001 Jewish Spiritual Support Group 3 for people living with serious illness and people caring for others begins 1998 Jewish Healing Connections begins as additional staff are hired with funding from CJP 8 2002 Jewish Healing Connections 4 Advisory Council is formed 1999 The award-winning Nursing Home/Assisted Living Shabbat and 9 Holiday Program wins first place from UJA 2005 First Jewish Healing Connections Federations of North America as a model fundraiser is held at the home of Betty program for Jewish older adults Ann* & Daniel Miller 5 10 1999 Monthly JF&CS Staff Healing 2005 Jewish Prayers, Psalms, & Readings Circle and Jewish Holiday “Lunch and for Comfort, Hope, and Support, is Learn” begin published and distributed in area hospitals; includes original prayers by Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller* and David Breakstone; can be downloaded from the JF&CS website

12 11 15 2006 First annual Friendly Visitor Passover 2014 Jewish Healing Connections hosts Seder and Chanukkah Celebration for Wise Aging Training/Institute for Jewish JF&CS vulnerable elders held with funding Spirituality with funding from the Rita J. from the George & Beatrice Sherman and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation Family Charitable Trust 16 12 2015 Spirited Aging Program begins 2007 Synagogue Caring Communities Resource Network launches as an 17 outgrowth of the Synagogue Bikur 2016 JewishBoston’s The Wandering is Cholim/Visiting the Sick Program Over Haggadah is translated into Russian for the Friendly Visitor Passover Seder 13 and can be downloaded from the JF&CS 2007 “The Healing Circle: A New Model website for Nurturing Spirituality in Jewish Family Service Agencies,” by Marjorie U. Sokoll, 18 is published in the Journal of Jewish 2016 Jewish Healing Connections is Communal Service renamed the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing in memory of 14 founding Advisory Council member Betty 2009 Blessings for the Journey: A Ann Greenbaum Miller* Jewish Healing Guide for Women with Cancer is published by Mayyim Hayyim in collaboration with Jewish Healing Connections

*z”l, of blessed memory 13 Dear Friends,

Welcome to an Evening of Dedication as we celebrate the 18th anniversary of Jewish Healing Connections (JHC) and the dedication of the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing.

The Talmud teaches us that “As my ancestors planted for me before I was born, so do I plant for those who will come after me” (Talmud, Ta’anit 23:a). We cannot think of a more illustrative way to honor the memory of Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller, z”l*, than through this teaching. Betty Ann first came to JHC as a client. The compassionate support she received inspired her to become a member of the JHC Advisory Council as well as a JHC fundraiser so that others could benefit from this important community program.

Through their philanthropic support, Betty Ann’s family has ensured that the program’s mission will continue to help countless others. It is especially meaningful that the Miller family was able to leave this legacy on the eve of the 18th year of the program. The numeric value of the Hebrew word chai, which means life, is 18. Consequently, the number 18 is a significant number in Judaism, filled with meaning and symbolism. How appropriate that Betty Ann’s mission can be extended to enhance the lives of others.

In 1996 Marjie Sokoll first suggested that isolated elders in nursing homes and assisted living facilities needed some connection to the Jewish community, and the precursor to JHC began. We are incredibly proud of this program and its dedicated staff and devoted volunteers, and we are extremely grateful to all of the organizations and people who have, through their financial support, allowed this program to grow, flourish, and become what it is today.

We would also like to express our sincerest gratitude to tonight’s speakers as well as everyone who helped in planning tonight’s dedication event. We hope you have a wonderful and inspirational evening and we thank you for your continued generosity.

Very truly yours,

Rimma Zelfand David Schechter Chief Executive Officer President, Board of Directors

14 *of blessed memory JF&CS BOARD JEWISH HEALING Rimma Zelfand CONNECTIONS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER ADVISORY COUNCIL David Schechter Marilyn Ross PRESIDENT CO-CHAIR Jamie Grossman Nancy Rossman PRESIDENT ELECT CO-CHAIR Steven Weil Bruce Bell VICE PRESIDENT Deena Blau Bill Weinstein David Breakstone TREASURER Rabbi Samuel Chiel, z”l Sylvia B. Perlman, PhD Linda Gelda CLERK Donna Lupatkin BOARD OF DIRECTORS Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller, z”l Stephen Bernstein Joyce Field Pastor Robert M. Cashman Anita Redner, z”l Jill Cohen Nancy R. Smith Danielle Darish Elinor Svenson Penny M. Goodman Candice F. Wolk Harvey M. Greenberg Melissa Weiner Janfaza Joyce Zakim Henry Kay Peter M. Lefkowitz Fred Leif Michael Levinger Alan E. Lipkind Joseph F. Mazzella Robin Neiterman* Dale S. Okonow Lewis J. Pearlson Andrew Pearlstein James Rabb, MD Jay D. Rosenbaum Jack Swartz Wayne Ushman Susan Wilk Jonathan Yellin

*Immediate Past President

15 For 150 years, JF&CS has focused on a singular, powerful mission: to improve people’s lives.

Guided by Jewish values, JF&CS provides a broad range of personalized services for anyone seeking care, guidance, and a purposeful, independent life. We strengthen families, enhance the quality of life for older adults and people with disabilities, and provide a safety net to people in need.

Today, JF&CS has the greatest breadth of social services under one roof in New England. In 2015 alone, we served more than 17,000 people in more than 250 Massachusetts communities through our network of 40 programs and helped people of all faiths, races, and ages.

Visit jfcsboston.org to learn more. | 781-647-JFCS (5327)

Stay connected:

16 OUR PROGRAMS

Jewish Family & Children’s Service is a leading provider of comprehensive human services, delivering personalized and integrated care that improves people’s lives.

Center for Early Relationship Support® Older Adults • Early Connections® • Aging Well at Home • Oliver, Ian, and Serenity Wolk • Alzheimer’s/Related Disorders Fragile Beginnings Family Support • Healthy Families • CJP SeniorDirect • Infant-Parent Training Institute • Friendly Visitor • Parent and Sleep Consultations • Guardianship • Project NESST® • Schechter Holocaust Services • Support Groups • Charlotte & Richard Okonow • Lauren & Mark Rubin Visiting Moms® Parkinson’s Family Support • Suicide Prevention Children & Adolescents • Your Elder Experts • Adoption Resources • Autism Navigation Community Services • In-Home Services • Center for Basic Needs Assistance • School-Based Consultation o Bet Tzedek Legal Services o Emergency Family Assistance People with Disabilities o Family Table • Clinical Services • Hunger and Nutrition • Day and Employment Programming • Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller • Disabilities Resource Network Center for Jewish Healing • Disability Lifespan Solutions • Journey to Safety • Social Connections • Mental Health Clinic • Special Needs Trusts • New American Services • HALO Swim & Sing • Shoulder to Shoulder • Supported Housing

17 EXPANDING OUR REACH

Over the last few years JF&CS has expanded our reach to the North Shore and Central MA. We also now offer two of our critical programs in the South Area of Massachusetts. Last fall, CHAI Works South, a community-based day program for adults with disabilities, and Family Table South, an extension of our kosher food pantry, both opened in Canton. We are proud to be a caring presence in all the communities we serve, helping people of all faiths, races, and ages with the challenges of life. Contact us at 781-647-JFCS (5327) to learn how you can get involved and support our work in these areas.

SERVICES OFFERED IN SERVICES OFFERED ON CENTRAL MA THE NORTH SHORE Center for Early Relationship Support® Center for Early Relationship Support® Lauren & Mark Rubin Visiting Moms® Lauren & Mark Rubin Visiting Moms®

Children & Adolescents Children & Adolescents Adoption Resources Adoption Resources In-Home Services Autism Navigation School-Based Consultation In-Home Services

People with Disabilities People with Disabilities Disabilities Resource Network Adult Family Care The Club (for adults with disabilities) Disability Lifespan Solutions

Older Adults Older Adults Guardianship Café Hakalah CJP SeniorDirect Friendly Visitor Your Elder Experts

Community Services Caring Communities Resource Network Emergency Financial Assistance Family Table North Shore

18 Thank You to our Supporters

19 Healer

“Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement... get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.” Abraham Joshua Heschel

In loving memory of Betty Ann Miller, whose goal in life was to live in radical amazement. She took nothing for granted. She never treated life casually. Betty Ann Miller was deeply spiritual and was one of the earliest supporters of JF&CS Jewish Healing Connections. Now proudly named the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing, her lasting legacy will provide that people feel a sense of connection when facing the challenges of illness, loss, or isolation. Spiritual and communal comfort that foster hope will reinforce that “It is not good for people to be alone.” Genesis 2:18.

The Rita J. and Stanley H. K aplan Family Foundation Nancy & Mark Belsky Scott Kaplan Belsky Gila Kaplan Belsky Susan B. Kaplan

20 Healer

Congratulations on celebrating the 18th anniversary of Jewish Healing Connections and the renaming of the program to the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing.

It is an honor to represent my late husband, Norton, of blessed memory, and the George and Beatrice Sherman Family Charitable Trust on such a momentous occasion.

I pay homage to all involved in tonight’s event and special regards to Marjie Sokoll, Barbara Sternfield, and Sue Spielman.

Claire Sherman

21 Caregiver

May Betty Ann’s compassion and kindness remind us, May Betty Ann’s strength and courage guide us, May Betty Ann’s memory be a blessing for those of us who knew her, And for those who will be touched by her loving force, With this gift from her beloved husband Dan.

Rabbi Suzanne & Andy Offit

22 Caregiver

Celebrating 18 years of Jewish Healing Connections and the caring work of the newly named Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing.

With special appreciation to my wonderful daughter, Sue Spielman, for her important work with the Friendly Visitor Program.

I’ve been proud to attend more than a decade of her Friendly Visitor Passover seders and Chanukkah celebrations with the generous funding of the George and Beatrice Sherman Family Charitable Trust.

Congratulations! Judith Spielman

23 Caregiver

Of blessed memory — Betty Ann — a loving, wise, and inspiring woman.

Marilyn & Mitch Ross

24 Companion

There are few who understand the essence of life and the values by which we should live the journey. Betty Ann was that person.

Betty Ann brought to every encounter abundant wisdom and holiness. We were grateful beyond words for her friendship. ToY

Chester & Diane Black

25 Companion

Mazel tov on our 18th anniversary to Marjie and her staff, to all the volunteers and to the Miller family who have so well honored the memory of Betty Ann who we so loved and admired.

Deena & Michael Blau

26 Companion

We remember, cherish, and honor Betty Ann.

With love, Jill Cohen and Family

27 Companion

We honor the memory of Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller, who has left a legacy of love and caring — a true blessing to our community.

Linda & Michael Frieze

28 Companion

May Betty Ann’s light continue to shine and inspire hope and comfort for all in need of healing.

Much love, Beth & Larry Greenberg

29 Companion

We are so delighted that Jewish Healing Connections is being renamed the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing.

As a long-time member of the Advisory Council, I had the privilege to spend time with Betty Ann. This honor is so well-deserved... she was an amazing woman, filled with insight and compassion.

How fitting that the renaming should take place as we mark the 18th anniversary of the many good works of Marjie, Barbara, and Sue.

I am so proud to have been able to play a part in this important work for so many years.

Joyce Zakim & Peter Greenspan

30 Companion

Our Rabbis taught: Deeds of loving-kindness are superior to in three respects. Charity can be accomplished only with money; deeds of loving-kindness can be accomplished through personal involvement as well as money. Charity can be given only to the poor; deeds of loving-kindness can be done for both rich and poor. Charity applies only to the living; deeds of loving-kindness apply to both the living and the dead. BT Sukkah 49b

In loving memory of our dear friend, Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller, z”l, who dedicated her life to gemilut hasadim, the giving of loving-kindness, in great abundance. Betty Ann’s too-short life taught us the healing power of interpersonal connection.

Dan, through your sustaining generosity, you have enabled Betty Ann’s legacy to ripple out into the future; her loving- kindness continues to heal and repair the world.

With love and admiration for all you have done, and continue to do in our community, and with gratitude to JF&CS for its dedication to improving people’s lives.

Jamie & Harold Kotler

31 Companion

We miss Betty Ann so much and we think about her and Dan a lot.

Fran & Bobby Lent

32 Companion

“Heal me, O Lord, and let me be healed; Save me, and let me be saved; For You are my glory.” Jeremiah 17:14

In memory of our dear friend Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller, z”l, whose legacy remains timeless with the creation of the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing.

With love, Dorie Alexander Mufson & Michael Mufson

33 Companion

May the memory of Betty Ann be a blessing for us all.

Joyce & Bruce Pastor

34 Companion

Our dear friend Betty Ann has been a cheerleader to many, her bravery has been an inspiration. Her impact on Jewish Healing Connections will live on forever.

We are blessed to have had her in our lives! Her memory will be cherished by us all.

Nancy & Dick Rossman

35 Companion

On this chai anniversary of the newly named Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing we are inspired more than ever to continue giving the gift of healing to those in need. The generosity of Dan, Adam, and Matthew Miller has made that possible. This is the enduring legacy of their wife and mother and our friend and teacher, Betty Ann, z”l. May her memory always be for a blessing.

Marjorie & Rabbi Mark Sokoll

36 Companion

With appreciation to JF&CS for its great work on behalf of our community and in honoring the memory of Betty Ann in such a meaningful way.

We miss Betty Ann’s amazing heart, spirit, and will to live meaningfully, joyfully, and intentionally and we feel lucky to have been blessed to have her as a part of our lives and our community.

Lisa & Neil Wallack

37 Betty Ann is the perfect inspiration for providing strength, love, and spiritual guidance through acts and study of Jewish healing in community.

We fondly remember her leadership and inspiration and honor the great ongoing work of the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing.

Amy & Marshall Brinn and Family

38 In honor of my beloved daughter, Barbara Sternfield, for her twenty years of outstanding dedicated service on behalf of JF&CS.

Frances Goroll

39 In honor of Marjie Sokoll for her great work in the community.

Susan & Glenn Rothman

40 Honoring the memory of our dear friend, Betty Ann Miller.

A deeply spiritual woman whose courage and commitment to all who needed healing was an inspiration to us and to our community.

With gratitude for all she did to create, inspire, and sustain JF&CS Jewish Healing Connections.

Ellie & Barry Shrage

41 “Sometimes the strongest among us are the ones who smile through silent pain, cry behind closed doors, and fight battles nobody knows about.”

As we celebrate the chai year of Jewish Healing Connections and the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing, may Betty Ann’s memory be of a blessing and an inspiration to us all.

Arnee R. & Walter A. Winshall

42 In honor of Marjie Sokoll!

Barbara Gaffin & Doug Cahn

COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES celebrates the Chai Anniversary of Jewish Healing Connections and the dedication of the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing We join Jewish Family & Children’s Service and the Greater Boston Jewish community in honoring Betty Ann and her legacy of devotion and service. Betty Ann exemplified community, kehillah. She was an incredible source of support and compassion for those facing loss, illness, or isolation. May her memory continue to be a blessing — and to inspire and bring light to our community.

MAY YOU GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH

43 It’s an honor to celebrate the 18th anniversary of Jewish Healing Connections and the renaming of this wonderful program to the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing. Celebrating Betty Ann’s life and enormous influence at Jewish Healing Connections feels just right!

Linda & Steven Gelda May her Memory be a Source of Blessing

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44 Levine_Preserving_BRG_4.25x3.75.indd 1 7/29/14 11:32 PM What an incredibly fitting tribute to Betty Ann! She brightened up our world with her kindness, quiet strength, empathy, and compassion and her light will continue to inspire us always. We were honored to call her our friend. May the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing bring comfort to others in need of healing.

Marilyn & Dale Okonow

The Rashi School commends Jewish Family & Children’s Service for their commitment to honoring Betty Ann’s legacy through the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing. Betty Ann’s deep dedication to Jewish spirituality and learning will forever be alive through the Center’s services.

45 On the 18th anniversary of Jewish Healing Connections and the renaming to the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing, In honor of Barbara Sternfield’s we offer our gratitude that this work for JF&CS! important work will continue due to the generous support of her Allan Goroll beloved husband, Dan. May her memory be a blessing.

Liz Baum & Bill Berman

46 In honor of the memory of our beloved niece, Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller. Betty Ann was a very special person.

In loving memory of Betty Ann. All that she went through, she still had a feeling and caring Mom & Dad Miller for others. It is fitting to have and the Miller Family the Center carry the name Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing.

Korina Greenbaum Masters and Richard A. Ross

“And in the end it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years!” Abraham Lincoln

Betty Ann taught all of us how to live life to the very fullest. Her spirituality, her Betty Ann’s memory sense of gratitude, her love and dedication to her family and her community was a is for a blessing. model for me personally. I treasure my own memories of Betty Ann and Barbara & Rabbi Henry A. Zoob know that I am a better person because of what I learned from her. The Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing will carry on Betty Ann’s legacy and spirit for generations to come.

Wendy Schiffman Wilsker

47 UPCOMING JF&CS EVENTS: SAVE THE DATES

JF&CS Annual Benefit Thursday, March 2, 2017 The Castle at Park Plaza

Each spring, Jewish Family & Children’s Service hosts the annual Benefit, our largest fundraising event of the year. Funds raised ensure that resources are available to support the innovative and comprehensive programs that JF&CS provides the community. Each day brings new challenges, from young parents in crisis and families facing financial emergencies to isolated elders and people with disabilities in need of help. JF&CS assists individuals and families in need regardless of their background or ability to pay.

Join us as we pay tribute to this year’s honoree Ellie Svenson, a longtime supporter of JF&CS and a leader through her many years serving on the Board. Ellie’s passion and to help others have inspired her family and friends to become involved with JF&CS as well.

Women’s Breakfast Wednesday, June 7, 2017 Westin Waltham Hotel Co-Chairs: Leslie Pucker and Beth Schlager

Join us for the JF&CS Women’s Breakfast, benefitting the Center for Early Relationship Support® (CERS). CERS is a center of excellence for direct services, training, supervision, and consultation that focuses on the earliest infant-parent relationship.

Our services are designed to meet the many complex needs of families in the first three years of their child’s life. They are grounded in the knowledge that nurturing maternal strengths within a caring community promotes secure infant- parent attachments. We serve families of all cultures and religions throughout eastern and central MA.

For more information, please contact Raquel Morales at [email protected] or 781-693-5036.

48 Jewish Healing Connections became a very important part of Betty Ann’s continued effort to help provide for those of us who need support during very hard and trying times.

Thank you all for honoring our daughter and sister…. who, beginning at a very young age, supported, shared, and cared so much for so many.

Like the flame from one candle to another, Betty Ann’s legacy continues to touch so many of us and we’re sure somehow it will continue to grow in our hearts.

From Betty Ann’s written word: “We are all meant to share the journey in order to fully realize our full potential of compassion, humility, passion, and love. So choose wisely how.”

With love, Helga, Joe, and Jacqueline Greenbaum

A JF&CS makes a difference in 250 Massachusetts communities.

n Award-winning programs n Respectful and for the earliest parent-child compassionate care relationships to individuals with disabilities and autism n Helping families grow stronger by promoting n Responsive to low-income healthy family functioning individuals and families with the most basic needs n Expert care for older adults

For more information visit jfcsboston.org or call 781-647-JFCS (5327).

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