JEWISH FEDERATION OF MADISON February 2013 Shevat 5773 Inside This Issue Simchas & Condolences ..................................4 2012 Tzedakah Campaign Thank You ........14-15 Lechayim Lights ........................................21-24 Jewish Federation Upcoming Events ................5 Business, Professional & Service Directory ......17 Israel & The World ........................................27 Congregation News ......................................8-9 Jewish Education ......................................18-20 Community Purim Carnival ............................28 A Record-Setting Jewish Federation of Madison Annual Tzedakah Campaign Campaign raises over out the world. The process of raising and Register for $1,018,000 from gifts allocating these funds to over 20 pro - grams and services is a critical commu - Camp Shalom from 1,392 donors nity-building activity. The strength of our people is the power of community. ONLINE on Thanks to your generosity and hard Please see page 13 for a listing of the agencies and programs currently funded work, the Jewish Federation of Madison’s J March 6th 2012 Annual Tzedekah Campaign set a by the Campaign. EW 18 The 2012 Campaign was chaired by IS 0 new record, closing at $1,018,095. Com - H MADISON 2 We are thrilled that Camp Shalom pared to last year, this represents an ab - Jim Stein with the help of the Financial will have online registration again this solute increase of over $15,000 and a Resource Development Committee that those in need in our local and world-wide year. Camp Shalom is for children en - relative increase of 1.5%. We received includes Shanee Ellison, Jeff Levy, Deb - communities. JFM leadership will con - tering kindergarten through ninth 828 gifts from 1,392 donors. Of those orah Minkoff, Dan Mitchell, Rob tinue working on Jewish Madison 2018, grade. Registration will begin on gifts, 181 were from new givers or those Roquitte, Alicia Schiff, Beth Schreiber, which emphasizes the growing and Wednesday, March 6, 2013. It does who did not give last year. Overall, this Judy Schreiber, Marc Shovers, Diane changing needs of the Madison Jewish NOT matter what time of day you reg - was an extremely successful campaign Seder, and Jim Youngerman. Eighty- community while maintaining our collec - ister. Registration policies will be with a record amount of money raised and seven volunteers, recognized on page 3, tive responsibility to our global Jewish available online. We will accept regis - a healthy increase in new and retrieved generously contributed their time, ideas community. trations based on a first-come, first- gifts. and talents. We'd like to give special We express our sincere appreciation to served basis according to the date The successful 2012 campaign will thanks to the Goodman Foundation, the the community members who so gener - people register, starting with March 6th. help the JFM meet its critical mission of Tzedakah Campaign’s largest contributor. ously contributed to the Tzedakah Cam - Please visit www.JewishMadison.org building a strong and unified Jewish com - JFM volunteer committees and the paign. The Madison Jewish News will and follow the directions for online munity in order to ensure the survival, Board of Directors already have started continue to keep you updated throughout registration. If you have questions well-being and continuity of the Jewish the important responsibility of determin - the year about the needs being met by before registration begins, please contact people in this area, in Israel and through - ing how to allocate these funds to help your contributions. [email protected] . If you will not be able to register online, please contact the Jewish Fed - Marcus Entertains and Educates eration of Madison IN ADVANCE to request the registration materials. Please email, call, fax or write to: at Second Roundtable Event Camp Shalom 6434 Enterprise Lane Forty people attended the second to Frank Productions for their sponsorship Business and Professional Roundtable. If Madison, WI 53719-1117 meeting of the Jewish Business and Pro - of this engaging event. Another round - you have questions, concerns, or feed - 608-278-1808 (phone) fessionals Roundtable on January 25th at table event will be planned for May, so back, please email Dori Falk at 608-278-7814 (fax) Nakoma Country Club. Greg Marcus, please check the Madison Jewish News [email protected] or call 608- [email protected] CEO of Marcus Corporation, spoke to the and JewishMadison.org for more infor - 278-1808. If you are a business interested www.JewishMadison.org group comprised of professionals from mation on the next event. This group is in sponsoring a roundtable event, please the Madison area with varying interests, open to all members of the community contact Dori Falk for more information on We encourage everyone to register backgrounds, experiences and lines of who have an interest in joining the Jewish sponsorship opportunities. online. We look forward to a great business. This event, sponsored by Frank summer of 2013! Productions, began with networking and breakfast followed by discussion and Q and A with Mr. Marcus. Greg was very entertaining as he spoke about his experi - . 1 . E g 4 s r i G 3 ences as the third generation CEO in a O 1 A W t T . , i family business that employs 6500 peo - D f o S I n o N o r A O s t ple. He graciously answered questions P i P i P - d . m n a r S about how his family began their busi - o . e M N U P ness, challenges they face as the entertain - ment industry evolves, and how the economy and technology has changed the face of how they do business and where their priorities lie at any given time. Jon N O Eckhardt, co-chair of the Roundtable, elo - S I D quently interviewed Greg and kept the A M conversation relevant. Feedback from F participants was overwhelmingly posi - O d 9 e t N tive, with several people hoping there 1 s 7 O e 3 I u would be more than the three slated pro - 5 e T q n n e A i a s grams for this calendar year. The Round - R L R n E e e o c s c D table was created in 2012 with the intent i i r s v E i r p F r e W of connecting Jewish business executives e S , t H n n e S o and professionals within our area and to E I g s Guest speaker Greg Marcus (right) with Jon Eckhardt, co-chair and Business i n 4 d a W 3 provide programming dedicated to the in - a h 4 Professor at UW’s School of Business and Executive Director of the Weinert Center E C M J 6 terests of this group. A sincere thank you for Entrepreneurship. jewishmadison.org The central information source for the entire Madison Jewish community Jewish Federation of Madison expresses its sincere appreciation to these businesses for their generous support of our website. SILVER SPONSOR SILVER SPONSOR Who The Leaders Turn To y h p a Madison Computer Works r g o t o The Computer Mavens h P r e b a Have anti-virus/spyware “protection” and you’re still r G d e r getting infected? Standard AV/AS isn’t enough. 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For information about becoming a website sponsor, contact: Andrea Stein, Website Business Development Director, [email protected], 278-1808 February 2013 Madison Jewish News /3 Our community expresses its sincere appreciation to these dedicated volunteers who made the 2012 Tzedakah Campaign another record success Melissa Barmore Lisa Friend-Kalupa Dan Kaplan Don Miner Judy Sidran Linda Berman Johanna Funk Sasha Kerlow Deborah Minkoff Dan Siegel Niles Berman Adam Gamoran Lorna Kniaz Joel Minkoff Jeanne Silverberg Ghita Bessman Naomi Gamoran Jeff Kravat Michael Minkoff Carl Sinderbrand Hal Blotner Roger Gantzarow Diane Kravetz Daniel Mitchell Missy Sosman Kathy Blumenfeld Debbie Garten Stone Merilyn Kupferberg Lester Pines Hannah Stein Ariela Bohrod Sholom Gliksman Stefanie Kushner Rob Roquitte Jacob Stein Jill Boissonnault Fred Graber Alex Kushner Bruce Rosen Jim Stein Carol Brumer Emily Grant Emily Kushner Karen Roth Barb Temkin Naomi Chesler Heidi Greengus Rachel Kushner Alicia Schiff Marjorie Tobias Lainie Cohen Paul Grossberg Lowell Lakritz Beth Schreiber Harry Tobias Cher Diamond Vicki Gustafson Mark Laufman Judy Schreiber Elizabeth Walter Jon Eckhardt Diane Gutmann Jeff Levy Dave Schwarz Fran Weinstein Vivian Ehrlich Rachel Halstead Susan Lipp Diane Seder Jim Youngerman Shanee Ellison Marsha Harnett Jonathan Lipp Marc Shovers Nan Youngerman Morgan Falk Jim Harnett Jan Loeb Ben Shovers Grace Fantle Claudia Haus Harvey Malofsky Sam Shovers Gary Friedman Julia Kaplan Marty Megeff Joe Shumow jewishmadison.org PLATINUM SPONSOR Proud supporter of: Unity and community. 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