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Young Israel Shomrai Emunah ANNUAL BANQUET May 31, 2010 18 Sivan 5770 Young Israel Shomrai Emunah Annual Banquet Honoring Rabbi Dovid and Atara Rosenbaum celebrating five years with YISE and Michael and Sharon Shimoff Young Leadership Award Youth Honorees Tova Hillman Sarit Klugerman Adam Paisley Jeremy Rosenthal Our congregation and community mourn the loss of our rabbi and teacher HaRav Gedaliah Anemer z"l His presence and leadership will be greatly missed by our community and everyone who knew him. His wisdom and teachings continue to be sources of inspiration. May his memory be a blessing and comfort for us, our families and all of K'lal Yisroel. PROGRAM 6:00 PM Buffet Dinner 7:45 PM Testimonials Master of Ceremonies Mr. David Hornestay Appreciation and Presentation to Rabbi Dovid and Atara Rosenbaum Dr. David Mazel Acceptance Rabbi Dovid Rosenbaum Appreciation and Presentation to Michael and Sharon Shimoff Rabbi Dovid Rosenbaum Acceptance Mr. Michael Shimoff Presentation of Youth Honoree Awards Miss Aviva Khaldar Rabbi Tzvi Klugerman Mrs. Evelyn Davis Mrs. Lee Oppenheim Mrs. Barbara Price Remarks Mrs. Nancy James Mrs. Barbara Price Banquet Co-Chairs Desert Birkat Hamazon Maariv THE MEMBERS WHO HELPED MAKE THIS BANQUET AND JOURNAL A SUCCESS Committee Chairs Nancy James Barbara Price Committee Members Vicki Binstock Jay Marcus Rosalyn Bramson Jules Meisler Josh Breitstein Lee Oppenheim Aliza Chlewicki Donna Rosenbloom Evelyn Davis Deborah Rudmann Gloria Feldman Elise Saks Celia Finkel Adam Segal Simi Franco Becky Simkovich Seth Green Rachelli Simon Mordechai Litwack Jason Unger Allison Marcus Alan Zimmerman Journal Committee Jules Meisler, Chairman Rosalyn Bramson Mordechai Litwack Bobbi Meisler Elise Saks Catering by Signature Caterers Photography by Ron Sheinson and a special thank you to all the respective spouses who allowed us to work on this event Rabbi Dovid and Atara Rosenbaum abbi Dovid and Atara Rosenbaum are both local products. Both attended the Hebrew Academy of Greater Washington and the Yeshiva Rof Greater Washington. Both studied at the University of Maryland. Finally, both are very proud to be associated with Young Israel Shomrai Emunah. Rabbi Rosenbaum’s parents, Rabbi Roy and Judy Rosenbaum, brought their family to the Kemp Mill community from St. Louis in 1985. They were members of our shul, where Rabbi Rosenbaum’s bar mitzvah took place. (Little did they know that it was an audition!). He attended the Hebrew Academy from grades four through eight, then transferred to the Yeshiva for high school. After graduation, Rabbi Rosenbaum attended Yeshiva Lev Avrohom in Yerushalayim. After spending one year in Israel, he returned to Silver Spring to be part of the first class of the Yeshiva Gedolah, the Yeshiva’s post-high school division. He was a student at the Yeshiva Gedolah for the next five years, joining the inaugural group of Kollel Zichron Amram, dedicated in memory of Amram Feldman, a”h, and eventually receiving yoreh yoreh Semichah from Rabbi Anemer zt”l. He also studied accounting at the University of Maryland University College during that period. tara, daughter of Emil and Sarah Braun, was a member of the Woodside community from birth until her marriage. She attended the Hebrew AAcademy through sixth grade, then the Yeshiva from seventh grade through high school. She spent one year in Israel at Bnos Chava Seminary before returning to the Washington area where she studied history at the University of Maryland College Park while working as a teacher’s aide at the Torah School of Greater Washington. She ultimately became the morah for sixth grade girls, working a total of eight years at the school. The Rosenbaums married on August 13, 1998 and were honored to have Rabbi Anemer as mesader kiddushin. They spent the first two years of their marriage living in Kemp Mill as members of YISE. Atara was a Judaic studies teacher at the girls division of the Yeshiva, teaching both middle school and high school students, and has been teaching there ever since. Though Rabbi Rosenbaum was primarily a kollel fellow at the time, he did give occasional shiurim in the shul, sometimes teaching the Shabbos afternoon parsha class, both at Arcola and University. For a few summers, he also taught the gemora class for the Senior Kollel program organized by Rabbi Hirsh Mendlowitz. Atara taught a Shabbos afternoon navi class for the women of Forest Knolls. In August of 2000, the Rosenbaums moved to Bethesda, where Rabbi Rosenbaum served for five years as spiritual leader of the Am Hatorah Congregation. In addition to developing warm relationships with the members of their close-knit congregation, they also acquired a love for the rabbinate and serving community. Rabbi Rosenbaum became a rebbe at the Yeshiva of Greater Washington in 2001. He continues to work there, having taught boys and girls at the middle and high school levels as well as a beginners’ gemora shiur in the Yeshiva’s Foundations Program for college-aged baalei teshuvah. The Rosenbaums moved back to Kemp Mill in August of 2005 when Rabbi Rosenbaum assumed the position of Assistant Rabbi at YISE. Atara has given a number of shiurim and lectures for women over this period. Most notable has been her opportunity to resume her shiur in Forest Knolls. They have enjoyed the opportunity to serve the community from which they themselves benefited at earlier points in their lives. It has been a special privilege to live together with so many contemporaries and family friends whom they have known for years. There have been many wonderful experiences in their YISE years, but the clear highlight was the birth of their son Yosef on Purim day, 2009. Rabbi Dovid and Atara Rosenbaum feel very privileged to live among and serve the YISE community and hope to do so for many years to come. Michael and Sharon Shimoff haron and Michael Shimoff met in Washington, DC in November 2000 when Sharon was pursuing her Bachelors degree in Human Services at SGeorge Washington University and Michael was working for the Air Force. Exactly nine months to the day after their first date, they were married in Philadelphia. They have lived in Kemp Mill and have been members of YISE since they were married in 2001. Sharon was born in Philadelphia, PA where her family has a long history of service to the Jewish community. Her parents, June and Peter Olster, raised their family in Wynnewood, PA where they continue to reside. Sharon’s mother is an early childhood educator, and her father owns a kosher catering company started by his parents over 50 years ago. Sharon graduated from Lower Merion High School in 1997. In college, she served as both secretary of the Hillel Board and as president of EMES, the Orthodox Jewish student group on campus. After graduating, she worked for the United Jewish Communities Washington Action Office until 2003 when their first child, Dovie, was born. Sharon has served the community at the Mikvah Emunah Society and the Chevra Kadisha. She has also served the YISE community as a member of the Nursery School Board and as a member of the search committee for a Youth Director in 2008. ichael was born in Baltimore, where his parents were college professors at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. MAfter graduating from Talmudical Academy of Baltimore in 1994, he spent two years in Israel, one of which as the gabbai (assistant) to the Bostoner Rebbe ZT”L. After Israel, Michael attended UMBC where he served as treasurer, vice-president, and president of the Jewish Student Union and as a member of the Hillel of Greater Baltimore Board. He has worked for the federal government in acquisitions since earning his Bachelors degree in Political Science from UMBC in 1999. He is expected to graduate in July with a Masters of Science of Strategic Intelligence from the National Defense Intelligence College. Michael has served on the YISE Board as a trustee and vice president. During his tenure, he has served on the Kiddush, Youth, and Nursery School committees. He helps run the Dor L’Dor and Torah, Tefilah, and Tofutti children’s educational programs with YISE Youth Director Scott Miller. Both Sharon and Michael have strong ties to community service instilled in them by their parents, grandparents and great grandparents. Sharon’s family has been active members of Hadassah, the Jewish National Fund, and the Jewish Federation of Philadelphia for over four generations. Michael’s family has been active in Yeshiva University, Israel Bonds, and Congregation Shomrei Emunah of Baltimore. Sharon and Michael strongly feel that family and community service are important in raising their own children. The Shimoffs are blessed with four children: Dovie (6), Eli (5), Noa (3), and Yonah (7 months). Dovie and Eli have been integral members of the chair moving squad for Dor L’Dor and other shul functions! Builder We are so happy with Sharon and Michael Shimoff and their involvement in the Jewish community, and especially of Young Israel Shomrai Emunah, and the Jewish values they continue to teach our children and grandchildren. Love, June, Peter, and Scott Olster Benefactor To Sharon and Michael, Mazel Tov on being recognized for the work that you do for your community. I am so happy and proud of you and your achievements. My hope and prayer is that you continue to grow and contribute to your community. I feel blessed to be your mother and the grandmother of your wonderful and beau- tiful children - Dovie, Eli, Noa and Yonah Love, Dr. Sandra Shimoff (Mom) Benefactor Benefactor We appreciate the honorees' hard work for our shul and community. Aaron and Rona Lerner Benefactor Mazel Tov and Best Wishes to Rabbi Dovid and Atara Rosenbaum, Michael and Sharon Shimoff and the Youth Honorees Marina, Gregory, Michael and Esther Shmunis Benefactor Mazel Tov to Rabbi and Mrs.