Friends of Yemin Orde Transforming immigrant and at-risk youth into productive members of Israeli society.

2018 Annual Report

Elevating Lifting Education Lives

The Village Way

1 PROFESSIONAL STAFF Yemin Orde Village Way Educational Friends of Yemin Orde Gerry Hoch, Manager, Initiatives Karen Sallerson, Shmuli Bing, Director* Database & Administration Dr. Chaim Peri, Founder-President Executive Director* Susan Weijel, Deputy Director* Ellen Balfour, Consultant, Robert Gurmankin, Director, Amit Treister, Director of Informal Haim Rubovitch, Chief Executive Graphics & Design Major Gifts Education Officer* Daniel Ripps, Consultant, Lianne Goldsmith, Western Dotan Levi, Director, Derech Kfar Strategic Planning Ronit Weizman, Finance Director Region, Development Director Educational Institute Barbara Sherbill, Director, Susan Weijel, Deputy Director* Marketing & Communications Ronit Weizman, Finance Director Leslie Kline, Director, Finance *Executive Committee

2 2018-2019 LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chair Judy Kaye “What you’re doing is the great act of reshaping human lives.” George Blank* Beth Landman* National Campaign David Lonner Dear Friends, Last year, we honored Israeli visionary and educator, Chair Dale Okonow* Chaim Peri, with the Friends of Yemin Orde Tikkun President Reuven Rivlin in a taped message Robert Arogeti* Rabbi Michael Paley Ha’Lev Award at our first gala in New York City. We delivered this remark to 750 educators at the Village plan to host this elegant evening program as an annual Immediate Past Harvey Potter Way Educational Initiatives (VWEI) conference on April opportunity for fundraising and community-building. Chair Steven I. Rosenfeld MD 4, 2019, at University. President Rivlin’s comment Charles Gwirtsman* Please mark your calendar for Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, Seth Rosenzweig aptly validates our vital mission to empower Israel’s at-risk when we will honor Seth Merrin and the late Chair Emeritus youth to move from a mindset of survival to leadership. Michael Salzhauer* Anne Heyman at The Pierre hotel in New York City. Michael Frieze* Eric Schwartz* Our 2018 Annual Report reflects our remarkable success One year ago, as part of our strategic planning process, Board Members David Schwarz in addressing Israel’s complex educational environment Friends of Yemin Orde embarked on a rebranding David Amar while, simultaneously, lifting the lives of fragile Barry Shrage project to result, among other things, in a new name, a Allen Applbaum youth in 49 diverse communities across Israel. These Lewis Shubin new tagline and a new logo. Soon, Friends of Yemin Orde communities include Ethiopian, Bedouin, Arab, Michael Azeez* will formally be called ImpactIsrael. Our new tagline will Robert Shubin Druze, French, Brazilian, Russian, religious and Mimi Bengio be: Elevating education and lifting lives the Village Way. Board Observers secular populations. Harriet Blank Watch for emails and announcements as we roll out our Michael Rosenfeld Mark Claster* Since 2006, VWEI has touched the lives of 18,500 youth new look. Daryl Shore and 2,300 educators in Israel. Our goal, by 2021, is to Michelle Bond This new name and identity is only relevant to our U.S. Copelin Lifetime Trustees impact 25,500 at-risk youth and 2,800 educators in Israel. fundraising organization; the names of Yemin Orde Jonathan Cordish Dr. Chaim Peri Youth Village and Village Way Educational Initiatives will The Village Way is building education careers in a Alan Cornell Paul Silberberg remain intact. Mark I. Solomon myriad of environments. We are now providing Village Don Crawford Jr. Way training to commanders and education officers We hope our progress in 2018 will inspire you to Honorary Trustees within the Special Populations department of the Israel Marty Davis strengthen your commitment to Israel’s at-risk youth. David Cordish Defense Forces (IDF). These IDF officers now call David Frieze The personal gratification that will result from your victor gelb z”l themselves “educators” and work to instill a sense of Victor Hammel* involvement in our unique national movement will be belonging among all soldiers in their unit. *Executive Committee among the most profound of your lifetime. Join us on this Jeffrey Hirschfeld As our work expands across Israel, Yemin Orde Youth sacred mission. Village remains a model of educational excellence. In Respectfully, 2018, Yemin Orde’s high school placed among the top 4.3 percent of all 1,664 high schools in Israel. The ranking, published by Israel’s Ministry of Education, evaluated high schools according to the academic, social and ethical achievements of their students. This is an outstanding accomplishment for the Village, its George W. Blank educators and our youth and we could not be prouder! Board Chair Friends of Yemin Orde L-R: Robert Arogeti, George Blank, Charlie Gwirtsman 3

YEMIN ORDE YOUTH VILLAGE - KEY PROGRAMS

emin Orde Youth Village provides a loving facilitate discussions and activities and help cook. Yhome, school and safe haven to 430 at-risk and Hikers return to the Village jubilant from their immigrant youth from Ethiopia, the former Soviet accomplishment. They are an inspiration to their Union, France, Brazil and native Israelis. Its youth younger peers. are first or second generation Israelis between 14 and 19 years of age. Most of Yemin Orde’s youth Empowering Adolescent Girls have endured destructive childhoods framed by This program is designed to help all of Yemin poverty, family dysfunction, loss or violence. Orde’s teenage girls navigate the tensions and dilemmas faced during adolescence. Activities Through a highly successful and holistic educational include workshops in self-defense, nutrition and methodology, called the Village Way, plus a skilled health, meetings with women leaders in Israeli team of dedicated educators and professionals, society, and discussions about healthy relation- Yemin Orde’s youth receive the tools to learn, grow and ships, bullying, self-image and developing social succeed as productive and upright citizens of Israel. self-awareness. This program creates a unifying Jewish Identity bond among all of the Village’s girls as they share their experiences. Jewish identity is woven into the fabric of daily life at Yemin Orde. The Jewish value of social respon- Creative Arts sibility – Tikkun Olam – is an integral part of Yemin The creative arts programs provides therapeutic Orde’s social and moral fabric. Youth volunteer at healing through art, music and dance. Drawing, community centers and hospitals, and organize painting and ceramics classes focus on the food drives for underserved families. By helping process rather than the end product, encouraging others, at-risk youth heal their hearts and souls. confidence and artistic freedom. The music program Integrated Tools encompasses voice or instrument lessons, music theory, a youth choir and band, as well as a Master The Integrated Tools (IT) program is a collaboration Class where youth meet well-known musicians. The between the Israel Defense Forces elite intelligence dance program provides classes in movement and corps and Israeli high tech partners. It offers creative freestyle. motivated youth in grades 10-12 the opportunity 2018-2019 VILLAGE POPULATION to learn and excel in cyber-security and high-level Eco-Farm computer technology, skills prized by the IDF and Yemin Orde’s Eco-Farm is a model of sustainability. 33% ETHIOPIA the Israeli private sector. Youth care for the farm’s animals, oversee its organic 100 Kilometer Challenge Hike vegetable gardens, learn carpentry and blacksmith 24% FORMER SOVIET UNION skills and gain confidence and organizational skills in The annual Challenge (Etgar) Hike for high school 17% FRANCE a supportive and nurturing setting. The Eco-Farm’s seniors is one of the most popular activities at “Green Basket” program operates under the 16% NATIVE ISRAELI Yemin Orde. On the hike, youth build friendships, collaborative Community Supported Agriculture strengthen self-confidence, put team-building and model (CSA) and provides fresh and healthy produce 8% BRAZIL leadership skills to the test, and use new outdoor to customers in the local area. Youth learn about busi- survival skills. Staff members accompany youth to ness entrepreneurship in an interactive and fun way. 4

The Village Loves Visitors!

• Personal tour of the Village • Stay for lunch • Meet youth and staff Yemin Orde Youth Village, on Mt. Carmel, will leave a special place in your heart! 1

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1. Temple Israel, West Bloomfield, MI 2. Deanna and Sidney Wolk, Boston, MA 3. Isaac Frank Leadership Group, Atlanta, GA 4. Tracy and Paul Berger Am Shalom, Glencoe, IL 5. Boston JCRC, Christian Clergy 6. Temple Tifereth Israel, Cleveland, OH 7. Keith Greenwald, Atlanta, GA, Chaim Peri 8. Barbara and Donald Tallering, Port St. Lucie, FL, Susan Weijel (center) 9. Batya Shmueli, Chaim Peri, Etta Somekh, Los Altos, CA 10. L-R: Rabbi Alon Levkovitz, Gal Levkovitz, Haim Rubovitch, Bruce Cohen, Temple Beth Am, Jupiter, FL 11. David Amar (center), 13 14 Los Angeles, CA 12. Sarit Giora-Doodai, Tracy Rosen, Boston, MA, Dotan Levi, Dale Atkins, NYC, Susan Weijel 13. Jewish Federation of Reading, PA 14. Lieber Family, Miami, FL 5 OUR GRADUATES

Tamir Temesgen Zalaw “I learned so much at Yemin Orde. I learned how to dream and how to follow my dreams,” he said. “My teachers also taught me the meaning of life and how Tamir Temesgen Zalaw grew to be an independent youth.” up in a small village near Gondar, Ethiopia and made Tamir enjoyed the Village’s robotics program, a to Israel when he was popular extra-curricular activity geared toward 15 years old. His family lived encouraging interest in computer science and in a refugee compound in mechanical and electric engineering. In 2009, Gondar for eight years before Tamir’s robotics team won first place in an they received government Israel-wide robotics competition, which permission to fly to Israel. qualified them to compete in the international competition’s final round in Atlanta, GA. His team Inside the refugee compound, also met Israel’s former President and Prime Minister Shimon Peres z”l. Tamir attended classes in Hebrew and Jewish learning in preparation for his new life as an Israeli. Once in Tamir later served three years in the Israel Defense Forces elite unit of Israel, his family lived in an absorption center in . paratroopers. He then attended Ono Academic College, near Tel Aviv, for his undergraduate degree. In Spring 2019, he received a law degree from Ono. “At first, it was very hard as I did not understand anybody. I could read and write Hebrew but I could not actually speak it or understand what people were During law school, Tamir volunteered in several programs that provided legal saying,” said Tamir. aid to Ethiopian-Israelis, as well as to underserved families and individuals in the general population. Yemin Orde Youth Village welcomed Tamir shortly after his arrival in Israel. He actively participated in volunteer programs and regularly visited with frail Tamir recently got married. He hopes to have a legal career either as a seniors and Holocaust survivors. prosecutor or as an attorney in the social impact field.

Liora Zenou Without Hebrew skills, Liora felt alone and homesick. A group of French youth, who had arrived earlier, embraced her as a new friend and helped alleviate her fears. “I At the age of 16, Liora Zenou realized that I was not alone in this situation,” Liora said. was uneasy with fielding questions about her religious Liora’s teachers supported her learning and always made time to ensure she under- beliefs from classmates in her stood the day’s lessons. She excelled in math and science and enjoyed extra-curricular Toulouse, France community. activities such as running, photography, ceramics, and pottery. These outlets helped She was uncomfortable her relax and work through her emotions in an expressive and therapeutic way. explaining why she could not “Yemin Orde helped me integrate into Israeli society and be proud of being able eat at their homes, why she to live here. I learned how to be more independent and how to focus on what was could not eat the meat at important to grow into a mature young adult, building self-esteem and confidence,” school, and why she stayed said Liora. Her younger brother joined her at Yemin Orde in 2015. home Friday nights. Liora graduated in 2017, made Aliyah and joined the military. She served as an In 2013, Yemin Orde Youth Village opened its program for young French immigrants artillery fighter and, thanks to the self-confidence she learned at Yemin Orde, Liora due to the increase in French fleeing to Israel as a result of the rise in applied and was accepted into Israel’s prestigious officer training school. anti-Semitism. Liora and her family were thrilled to learn of Yemin Orde’s program “I know that I can always come back here. This is my home,” said Liora. She is and, in 2014, she arrived at the Village. thrilled that her parents and younger sister are now making Aliyah. 6 OUR GRADUATES The Village Way. This isn’t just Israel at its best. It’s our collective Israeli hope. It’s proof that education truly leads society. —Israel President Reuven Rivlin

A Promise To Our Graduates n Reunions: Graduates gather for class reunions On Graduates Day, alumni return to receive at the Village. scholarships and meet current students who view The promise that “Yemin Orde will always be there them as positive role models. This annual program is n Care Packages: For soldiers without family for you” is a distinguishing feature of the Village. primarily supported by gifts to Friends of Yemin Orde. in Israel. The Village’s Graduate Home provides temporary housing for graduates with no other home in n Mentoring: Retired IDF veterans help newly- Israel following graduation. Accommodations are released IDF soldiers adjust to civilian life, among Yemin Orde is a available for military breaks, Shabbat, holidays or other mentoring opportunities. “ whenever needed. Yemin Orde also provides: magical place for n Special Events: Graduate weddings, n Scholarships: Stipends provided for academic, celebrations and other life cycle events are hosted me. I made many vocational and gap-year leadership programs. at the Village. friends at the n Village Liaison for Graduate-Soldiers: Staff members attend IDF ceremonies and remain Graduates Program Village with whom in contact with graduate-soldiers. Yemin Orde’s Graduate Program provides financial I am still in touch n Networking Opportunities: Graduates remain support and advice in times of need throughout a with today. connected to the Village through social and graduate’s life. ” Roi is currently serving in —Graduate Roi Etenesh professional networking platforms. In 2018, a total of 130 graduates received academic Israel’s naval forces as an engineering officer. or need-based scholarships.

7 VILLAGE WAY EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES - BY THE NUMBERS 49 Partners 22 Youth Villages 900 20 High Schools Commanders & 3 Therapeutic Villages Officers in the 3 Mechinot (Gap Year) 1 Juvenile Prison IDF and Border Police all use Village Way training. College students have taken 300 a Village Way course. 130 Staff at Ofek Juvenile Prison received Village Way training. 2,300 Educators 1 Anchors in the Past

2 Anchors in the Future 18,500 3 Earth (Environment)

Youth 4 Sky (Spiritual Environment) Tikkun Ha’Lev (Repairing the Heart) Thousands more 5 impacted in 6 Tikkun Olam (Repairing the World) outreach programs. 7 Reliable Representations of Parental Wholeness 8 Community of Meaning 9 Dialogue Core Components of the Village Way 10 10 Minimizing Institutional Characteristics 8 OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS GAP YEAR LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS — MECHINOT New Communities High Schools (started 3-year process 2018-2019) • Adivi Ort Technology (Ashkelon) Village Way Educational Initiatives manages three Youth Villages • Amal Technology (Ashdod) pre-military leadership programs for young immigrant • Desert Stars (Negev) • Beit Ha’arava Ort Technology () men and women. Classes include financial management, public speaking and conflict resolution as well as training in • Ramat Hadassah Youth Village (south of Haifa) • Beit She’an Ort Technology (Beit She’an) physical fitness and leadership skills. The goal is to provide • WIZO Nahalal Youth Village (Jezreel Valley) • Branco-Weiss Tachkimoni School () • Atid Daliyat Al Carmel (Haifa) marginalized immigrant youth with important life skills to High Schools • Ibn Rushd Tamra Technology (Tamra) help ensure a successful military experience and productive • Amal Energy Tech High School (Hadera) • Mahat Akko Ort Technology (Akko) life following military or national service. • Geula Ort High School (Tel Aviv) • Marom Akko Ort Technology (Akko) • Gross High School (Kiryat Gat) • Mitrani Ort High School (Central Region) 100 Participants Annually High • Naamat Ein Mahal High School (north of ) • Nahalat Yehuda (near Tel Aviv) Percentage of • Naamat High School () • Shimshon Amal Technology High School (Lower 900 Graduates Participants are • Tvunot High School (southwest of Jerusalem) ) Officers and 90% Meaningful Service Commanders Continuing Communities • Tel Aviv Amal Technology High School (Jaffa) • Yad Shapira Ort Technology (Tel Aviv) Youth Villages • Zoharim Youth Village (near Jerusalem) Residential Communities High Schools • Bet HaBoger – Therapeutic community for teenage boys in the Sharon region • Emunah Torah and Arts High School (Jerusalem) • Eden – Therapeutic community for teenage girls • Jisr a-Zarqa Atid Technology High School near Ashkelon (Jirs a-Zarqa, central coast) • Talpiot – Therapeutic community for children • Makr-Jdede Naamat High School (east of Akko) under 14 in Hadera, with two sections: a residential • Miftan Tamra High School (Tamra) program and a day-program • Ormat High School () • Pisgaot Ort High School (Migdal HaEmek) Additional Partnerships • Tel Nof Ort Air Force Technology High School • Ofek Juvenile Prison () • Israel Defense Forces IsraElite Women’s Mechina • Yitzchak Shamir High School () • Yemin Orde Young Men’s Mechina • IsraElite Women’s Mechina Graduate Communities • Yemin Orde Youth Village Youth Villages • Echad Meshelanu Mechina • Aloney Yitzchak (near Caesarea) • Hadassah Neurim (on the coast, near ) • Kedma (northern Negev) “The Village Way has a direct impact • Kfar Hassidim (, near Haifa) on our youth. We stop, listen, and talk • Ktziney Yam Ort Ashdod (southern coastal region) about their goals for the future and • Manof (northern region) where they want to go.” • Neveh Amiel Therapeutic Youth Village (near Haifa) Director, VWEI Partner Youth Village Yemin Orde’s Men’s Mechina • Neveh Hadassah (in the Sharon region) • TOM (on the coastal plain) 9 Israeli visionary educator, Chaim Peri, received the Friends of Yemin Orde Friends of Yemin Orde Tikkun Ha’Lev Award for lifetime devotion to Israel’s at-risk youth at our 2018 international gala in New York City. The gala raised $1.15 million for programs Tikkun Ha’Lev Award Gala and activities at Yemin Orde Youth Village, as well as for Village Way Educational Initiatives to expand the Village Way methodology throughout Honoring Chaim Peri Israel. 430 guests from around the United States and Israel attended the gala. May 8, 2018 Vocalist Matisyahu performed. The 2019 Tikkun Ha’Lev Award Gala will be Monday, November 18, Mandarin Oriental, New York at The Pierre New York. Save the Date!

Shuli and Chaim Peri, Marion Wiesel George Blank, FYO Board Chair Jeffrey and Kimberly Hirschfeld, Gala Co-Chairs

Tamara Schein Shneor, Yemin Orde graduate

David Cordish, Chaim Peri, Suzi Cordish Vocalist Matisyahu performed. 10 YOUR DOLLARS AT WORK

A $7,000 annual gift will provide the critical life skills and academic support not covered by the government of Israel for one child at Yemin Orde Youth Village (YOYV). From survival

Your support also allows Village Way Educational Initiatives (VWEI) to empower more educators throughout Israel in to leadership. the Village Way educational methodology. In so doing, educators can better meet the psychological, emotional and Your gift makes educational needs of their vulnerable students and help turn their troubled lives around. Your investment transforms the lives of hundreds of at-risk youth in Israel. a difference. Care package for $100 one graduate in $7,000 Support one child for Israel’s military one year $500 Art, music and $9,600 Equipment for hiking theater enrichment and camping trips

Need-based 2018 B’nai Mitzvah Jeffrey and Kimberly Hirschfeld, Gala Co-Chairs Challenge (Etgar) $1,000 scholarship for one $18,000 hike program for Wall of Honor Additions graduate senior class Talia Argov Newton Highlands, MA Orthodontic Jewish Identity $2,500 treatment for $36,000 celebrations, programs Ilan Brusso one child Mt. Kisco, NY Rose Buchdahl Science Enrichment at New York, NY $3,600 Tikkun Olam projects $50,000 YOYV, VWEI Alex Potter New York, NY Adopt one Village $5,000 Eco-Farm upgrades $75,000 Way educational community for one year 11 FINANCIALS: FISCAL YEAR ENDING 12.31.18 Sustaining

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES (AUDITED) 47% Friends YEMIN ORDE INCOME A Friends of Yemin Orde YOUTH VILLAGE 35% Contributions, Grants and Pledges $7,210,458 Sustaining Friend is a donor VILLAGE WAY Interest and Investment Income ($534,401) who makes or renews a EDUCATIONAL commitment of $1,000 or TOTAL INCOME $6,676,057 INITIATIVES more to the current year’s EXPENSES Annual Campaign AND ALLOCATION agrees to renew the annual Program Services: OF EXPENSES commitment for the Grants for Yemin Orde Youth Village $4,453,347 following year or more. Grants for Village Way Educational Initiatives $3,219,161 We are grateful to the donors, recognized in Total Program Services $7,672,508 bold type on the following

Honor Roll pages, who have Support Services: indicated by May 31, 2019 General and Administrative $1,009,424 7% their intent to continue their Fundraising $659,396 11% FUNDRAISING 2018 gift in 2019 or beyond. Total Support Services $1,668,820 GENERAL AND Sustaining Friends enable us ADMINISTRATIVE to set our fundraising goals TOTAL EXPENSES $9,341,328 with confidence. If you are interested in becoming a Changes in Net Assets from Operations ($2,666,431) FRIENDS OF YEMIN ORDE Sustaining Friend, please Net Assets (Beginning of year) $26,008,574 ENDOWMENT BALANCE call 202.237.0286 or email

[email protected]. NET ASSETS (END OF YEAR) $23,342,143 $16,000,000 ------$14,000,000 ------$12,000,000 ------Friends of Yemin Orde Yemin Orde is continues to receive a Four Star $10,000,000 ------rating from Charity Navigator a microcosm $8,000,000 ------for exemplary fundraising of the Israel of administration. $6,000,000 ------$4,000,000 ------our dreams. $2,000,000 ------–Dr. Chaim Peri ------2018 2017 2016 12 Noreen Gordon Sablotsky Joseph and Rose Falowitz Esther and Richard Salinsky Beverly and Dick Fink Sherri Samuels Marcy Bass and Scott Fisher Thank You for Your Generosity! Jana and John Scarpa Kathleen and Dan Francis Anonymous (2) Rachel and Eric Schwartz joan and vic z”l gelb One 8 Foundation Deisi and Max Blankfeld Kerry and Jeremy Sclar Lifetime Giving Irvin G. and Beatrice M. Shaffer June Baumgardner Gelbart Schaina and Josephina Carl Marks Foundation - Barbara and Kenneth Wexler Fund of Berks County Foundation Lurje Memorial Foundation Mark and Susan Claster Helen and David Zalik Community Foundation Albert B. Glickman Family ACHARAI Arlene and Bernard Potter Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation Marilyn and Josh Shubin Foundation Foundation (Follow Me) $1,000,000 + Jewish Federation of Reading and Family Edward R. Goldberg HMS Foundation $10,000 - $24,999 Anonymous (3) Aviva and Paul Silberberg Christine and Robert Small Eve and Brett Goldberg Iranian American Jewish Jewish Federation of Greater Aline and Leo Jacobsohn Maxine Snyder Dena and Morey Goldberg Federation of New York (IAJF) Foundation Atlanta Ruth & Bill Weinstein Goldring Family Foundation HONOR ROLL Jill and Steve Karp The Azeez Foundation Barbara and Allen Applbaum Weinstein Foundation Cynthia and Bennett Golub These categories reflect total Jewish Federation of Greater Atmos Foundation Harriet and George Blank Eveline and Guy Weyl Dinny Starr & Alan Gordon giving January 1 through Los Angeles Suzi and David Cordish and Bank Leumi Suzanne Bunzl Wilner December 31, 2018. Sustaining The Percy Fund The Gorlin Family Foundation Family Terrie and Brad Bloom Sidney Wolk Friends are listed in bold type. Linda and Arthur Schwartz Freda Greenbaum Fineshriber Family Foundation Bert E. Brodsky Sandy and Tim Wuliger Barbara and Ed Shapiro Isadore and Bertha Gudelsky Linda and Michael Frieze $1,000,000 + Suzanne F. Cohen z”l Family Foundation, Inc. Susan and Barry Tatelman Gelfand Family Charitable Trust Michelle and Bill Copelin $5,000 - $9,999 Arlene and Don Hirschfeld The Marcus Foundation The Viener Family The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Edith Everett Anonymous Israel Children’s Aid Network, FL Foundation $500,000 - $999,999 $25,000 - $49,999 Janet and Jake z”l Farber Amy and David Abrams Nancy and Terry Italia Paula and Jerry z”l Gottesman Nancy and Steve Fischman Sohelia Adelipour Arlene and Bob Kogod Nancy and Stephen Grand Linda Dresner and Ed Levy Jr. Melissa and Paul Anderson - Neubauer Family Foundation Patricia Freysinger Jane and Norman Alpert Julie and Howard Levine Nancy Reichman and $250,000 - $499,999 Deborah Frieze Diane and James Levy Charlie Gwirtsman The Argo Family Fund David Amar Tamar and Kenneth Frieze Linda and Joel Appel Annabel z”l and Philip Lindy z”l Arlene and Bob Kogod Linda and Michael Frieze Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Meryl and Ron Gallatin James Aresty Harriett and Richard Liroff Linda Dresner and Ed Levy Jr. Nancy Reichman and The Baron de Hirsch Fund David Gitlitz Elisabeth and Blair Axel David Lonner The Marcus Foundation Charlie Gwirtsman Gail and Jack Bendheim Katja Goldman and Abbe and Steven Becker Sally Mendelsohn and Linda and Arthur Schwartz Michael Sonnenfedlt $100,000-$249,999 Judy and Nick Bunzl Vicki and Gerry Benjamin David Lowenfeld Paula and Mark Solomon Tibor Gonda Toby and Leon Cooperman Sandra Berbeco Coen B.L. Manger Foundation, Inc The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Anonymous (2) Beth and Larry Greenberg Cynthia and William Marcus Foundation The Azeez Foundation Jane and Alan Cornell Peninah and Albert Berdugo Penny and Jeff Hecktman Carol and Derek Morrison Judy and Josh Weston Suzi and David Cordish Yoly and Mark Davis Susan and Marvin Berenblum Abby Friedman and and Family Janie and Adam Frieman Birmingham Jewish Federation- Linda and David Moscow Harry Heiman Fineshriber Family Foundation Donna and David Frieze Israel World Jewry Bureau Ebby Moussazedeh Herbert Bearman Foundation BONIM Gelfand Family Charitable Trust Barbara Goldman Sandy and Sid Brown Yvette and Peter Mulderry Judith and Thomas Iovino (Builder) $500,000 + Michael Gordon Marcy and Robert Haber Frances Bunzl Judy and Bernard Newman Peter Johnson Paula and Jerry z”l Gottesman Hammel Family Foundation Ann and Samuel Colin Robert Niehaus Judy and Nick Bunzl Joseph & Sherrie Garfield Colony NorthStar Advisors, LLC Marianne and Kenneth Novack Carl Marks Foundation - Nancy and Stephen Grand Heyman-Merrin Family Charitable Foundation, Inc. Foundation Congregation Emanu-El of the City Jewish Federation and Family Mark and Susan Claster Judith and Douglas Krupp Michael and Kristin Karp Stanley and Audrey Goldstein of New York Services of Orange County CMS Companies One 8 Foundation Ann and Michael Kay Foundation Don Crawford, Jr. Susan Patkin Edith Everett Harriette and Ted Perlman Kimberly and Jeffrey Hirschfeld Ari Levy United Jewish Federation of Janie and Adam Frieman Helen Cytryn The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Greater Miami Jewish Federation Pittsburgh Foundation Judy and Steve Kaye Margot and Jonathan Davis Michael Gordon Tamara and Richard Morgenstern Klarman Family Foundation Rags for Riches Foundation Hammel Family Foundation Paula and Mark Solomon Candy and Freddy DeMann Yadira and Todd Patkin Barbara and Frank Resnek Judy and Josh Weston Beth and William Landman Loren Brown and Jewish National Fund Jerome Perl Carol and Larry Levy Moran Eizenberger Stepheny and Robert Riemer Jill and Steve Karp $50,000 - $99,999 Richard Master Arlene and Bernard Potter Rabbi Shira Milgrom and Fran and Eric Rosenfeld Klarman Family Foundation Dr. David Elcott Marilyn and Dale Okonow Robert Russell Memorial Daryl and Steven Roth Judith and Douglas Krupp Anonymous Foundation The Epstein Family Foundation Amanda and Michael Salzhauer Jordan Roth and Richie Jackson Beth and William Landman Harriet and George Blank Lisa and Steven Rosenfeld Sandra and Donald Epstein Susan and Glenn Rothman We apologize if we have inadvertently missed your name on the Honor Roll. 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13 $5,000 - $9,999 (continued) Aviva and David Rubin Richie and Mark Heiman $1,000- $2,499 Sharyn and Stuart Frankel Leonard Kulick Rabbi and Mrs. Peter Rubinstein Jill and Wade Rubinstein Paul Heiman Razelle and William Frankl Selena Chana and Joshua Kutin Victoria and Daryosh Sakhai Merrick Adelstein Susan and Hank Salzhauer Herman Foundation Herbert Fredman Luis and Lee Lainer Karen and Ron Sallerson Dr. and Mrs. Todd Albert Luly and Maurice Samuels Ronne and Donald Hess Gail and Avram Friedman Sheila and Bill Lambert Janice and Jeffrey Sandelman Am Shalom, IL Peter & Donna Schlessel and Family Foundation Mikki and Morris Futernick Serene Lazar Rhoda and William Sapers Marcia Antopol and Jeffrey Moskin Sarah and David Schwarz Kim Heyman LJ Gallagher Marcia and Alan Leifer Susan and Robert Scheinman Suzy and Michael Appelbaum Seed The Dream Foundation Larry Heyman Shifra and Terry Gardner Roni and Robert Lemle Mary and John Schmelzer Dale Atkins and Robert Rosen Barbara and Malcolm Sherman Andrea Fastenberg and Chuck Gedinsky Lenore and Maximillian Lerner Marcia and Albert Schmier Marcel Kahan Sylvia Atkins Aviva and Paul Silberberg Dafna and Leslie Gelb Edwin Levine Lois Schnitzer Lazarus Investment Partners, LLLP Jennifer Weber and Fabienne and Doug Silverman Michael Zweig and Hillary and Jeff Liber Carol and David Schulman Fred and Kathy Lawrence Laurence Bailen Eta and Sasson Somekh Michelle Gersen Fred and Sarah Lipsky Foundation Barbara and Daniel Schwartz Sherry and Alan Leventhal Shelley and Jon Ballin Jewish Federation of Somerset, Judy and Richard Gershman Florence Lipsman Rabbi Jeffrey and Marla Segelman Rebecca and Bennett Lindenbaum Helaine and Joe Banner Hunterdon & Warren Counties Barbara and William Gersten Ellen and Mark Lipson Seth Seifman Dan Miller Natalie and Brett Barth Raine Figueroa and Stephen and Laurie Girsky Susan Lobel Stefanie Seltzer Sherman Starr Barbara and Milt Moritz Karyn and Charlie Bendit Kenneth Glassman MIllie and Larry Magid Olivia and Gerald Shapiro Harriet and Marc Suvall Miriam Newman and Daniel and Mimi Bengio Maris and Donald Goldberg Judith and Paul May Nanci and Doug Sharon Michael Pinnolis Rose and Ed Berman Penni and Steve Weinberg Jeff Goldstein Carole and Mort Olshan Pamela and Martin Bernard Nancy and Michael Merel Neil Shaughnessy Wheelock Street Capital, LLC Tara and Wayne Goldstein Elisa and Jeffrey Port Nikki and Corey Bialow Marilyn and Martin Metz Rona and Jeffries Shein Michal and Mordechai Wiesler Sheldon Golombeck Martin Reisig Nathan Billig and Gail Weinmann Rita and Bob Miller Barbara and Ray Sherbill Woldenberg Foundation Robin and Robert Goodfriend Sharon and Howard Rich Diane and Chester Black Philip L. Miller, MD Sue and Joel Sherman Sue and Stephen Goodman $2,500 - $4,999 Sally and Bruce Rogers Danielle and Adam Blank Debra and Sam Moed Jane and Larry Sherman Omra and Michael Goren Jerome N. Moff Julie and Steve Shifman Judy z”l and Hal Abroms Afton and Michael Rosenfeld Sandra and Howard Blank Leila Grad Diane and Ed Murray Leigh and Robby Shubin Judith Bass and Jack Levy Ellen and Martin Rosenman David Bliden Steve Greenberg June and Monte Nathanson Linda and Mark Silberman Lisa and Eric Becker Elizabeth Scheuer and Lois Blonder Peter Joseph Greenwich Jewish Federation The Jewish Federation in the Debbie and Rich Silverstein The Beckman Family Foundation Abby Meiselman and Ken Bloom Ronald Grodsky Heart of New Jersey Alison Lorber and Ed Siskin Barbara and Arthur Sheer Jerome and Elaine Blumenthal Joan and Steve Belkin Beth and Louis Guttman Dale and Michael Nissenson Sklare Family Foundation Endowment Fund Adam Smith David Bochner Claire and Sidney Handler MaryAnn and Stanley Snider Carol and Rick Boas Northwell Health Jordan Smoller Deanna and Alan Brody Harold Handler Myra and Robert Snyder Marjorie Boas-Levins Leslie and Josh Ostrin The Snider Foundation, Laura and Neil Chasin Melisa and Jeffrey Harrison Craig Snider Marlene and Michael Sperling Bernard Bress Pamela Gellen and Arthur Palmer Edward A. 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