Hineini 2022-2023 Thank You Reception and Honor Roll
With thanks to the generosity of hundreds of B'nai Israel members, our synagogue remains on a strong foundation as we approach our 100th anniversary in 2025. Thank you to our congregation for your generosity!
To celebrate and honor this commitment to our community, all supporters of our 2022–2023 Hineini Annual Campaign are invited to a special event:
Nancy and Wayne Eig, Hineini Campaign Chairs
Dina Cohen Gruber, VP of Development
Avery Sudow, Communications and Development Director (contact for any questions)
We are delighted to recognize the 2022-2023 Hineini Campaign participants. We sincerely appreciate their dedication and generous commitment to B’nai Israel and thank them for sustaining and strengthening our synagogue.
Scott Hodes, President
Dina Cohen-Gruber, VP Development
Leadership Circle ($5,000 & above)
Anonymous
David Baum
Gary and Carol Berman
Vicki Berman & Yeheskel Dori
Jennifer Cassell
Jeffrey Distenfeld & Yvonne Schlafstein Distenfeld
Wayne & Nancy Eig
Thelma Fisher
Elaine Goodman
Dr. Patricia Greenwel-Rojkind
Gerald & Barbara Herson
Edward & Irene Kaplan
Thelma Lenkin
Wilma and Ronald Lenkin
Dr. Stuart & Dr. Ellen Lessans
Robert & Susan Loewy
Jonathon Nevett & Karen Post
Randi & Robert Poli
Charles & Mindy Postal
Dr. Philip & Abby Rogers
Howard & Diane Schilit
Laurence & Susan Schor
Bruce & Marla Schulman
Dr. Chester & Rita Stein
Brian & Marjorie Tommer
June & Rep. David Trone
Jay & Nanci Wechsler
Mark & Nancy Weinberger
Sustainer Circle ($1000–$4,999)
Anonymous
Dr. Lillian Abensohn
Daniel & Wendi Abramowitz
Vickie Abrutyn
Lois Alperstein
Rabbi Mitchell Berkowitz & Rebecca Ravski
Cantor Sarah Bolts & Michael Chernicoff
Gary & Lora Byala
Steven & Kimberly Cohen
Rabbi Tirza Covel & Dr. Albert Schmelzer
Dr. Frank & Dr. Joanne Crantz
Morris & Kathy Dweck
Ronald & Nava Dweck
Susan Dweck
Mark Ellenberg & Nancy Abramowitz
Wendy Fanaroff
Michael & Elinor Flyer
Robert Fonner
Barry & Carole Forman
Bernard & Annette Forseter
Jeffrey & Debra Fredman
Gregory & Harriet Friedman
Philip Goldman
Fred & Stephanie Goodman
Nathan & Beth Greenbaum
David & Anita Gross
Jay Gruber & Dina Cohen Gruber
Charles & Bonnie Harab
Scott & Rochelle Hodes
Deedee & Jeremy Jacobsohn
Dr. Milton & Susan Koch
Dr. Jerome & Barbara Kopelman
Douglas & Sarah Kotlove
Stefan & Tracy Krantz
Dr. Lawrence & Marjorie Kravitz
Judith & Harry Lapping
Denise Leish & Suzanne Wandersman
Craig & Robin Lenkin
Harriet Levi
Marc & Susan Levine
Paula Pascal Levine
Solomon & Suzanne Levy
Aaron & Jessica Lieberman
Dr. Ira & Phyllis Lieberman
Louis & Helyn Fanaroff Charitable Foundation Ltd
Joel & Jane Lubin
David & Jaime Matyas
Stuart Metro & Paula Pascal Levine
Craig & Jennifer Meyers
Benjamin & Linda Molayem
Dale Morton & Irma Goff-Morton
Hal & Rachel Ossman
Barrett & Frances Penan
Dr. Gerald & Nancy Reed
Jeffrey & Linda Reisner
Richard & Lorraine Rose
Steven & Shelley Rothenberg
Jacob & Ellen Rothmel
Gene & Gail Rubinson
Rabbi Michael & Sharon Safra
Dr. Victor Schneider & Wilma Braun
Rabbi Jonathan & Beverly Schnitzer
Estelle Schwalb
Sheryl & Bradley Schwartz
Michael & Adrienne Selis
Lawrence & Roberta Shulman
Rabbi Matthew Simon & Dr. Sara Rubinow Simon
Craig & Amy Strent
Avery & Noah Sudow
Richard & Susan Taffet
Marc & Cara Tommer
Lawrence & Sherry Wachtel
Mark & Marilyn Wetterhahn
Morton & Cynthia Zetlin
Supporter Circle ($500–$999)
Anonymous
Gary & Debby Bortnick
Simon & Treva Bustow
Robert & Bonnie Chernikoff
Myra & Rick Cohen
George & Rona Eisenberger
Joey Franco
Lewis & Lynn Gertz
Daniel & Deborah Glazer
Dr. Michael & Eleanor Goode
Rita Hoffman
Roy & Adele Igersheim
Ann Jacobs
Anne Jarrett & Shelley Honikman
Stuart & Sherry Kaswell
Jeffrey & Deborah King
Dr. David & Marilyn Levine
Martin Levine
Alan & Dina Lipschultz
Jeffrey & Fonda Lowe
Lorin & Arleen Luchs
Eric Luftman
Cheryl Luria & Mark Mlynarczyk
Ted & Phyllis Meyerson
Avidan Meyerstein & Dana Lande
Dr. Sylvan & Rina Mintz
Mincy Neil
Richard & Naomi Resnick
Andrew & Ruth Ritwo
Richard & Linda Rosenbluth
Aaron & Alisa Rulnick
Judith Saks
René Schecker
Mark & Jodi Shulimson
Norman & Anne Silberman
Dr. Yaron & Tema Sternberg
Thomas & Michele Sudow
Frank & Ruth Vernet
Dr. Gerald Wolf
Builder Circle ($180–$499)
Anonymous
Hugh & Carol April
Howard & Sandra Arnold
Ian & Pamela Arwas
Dr. Gilbert & Bernice August
Judith Avrunin
Irwin & Ilene Barney
Eugene Becker
Wayne & Francine Benjamin
Laurence & Fern Bensignor
Paul Berger & Stephanie Mensh
Mark & Leslie Berlin
Haidee Bernstein
Ann Berman
Vicki Berman & Yeheskel Dori
Wayne & Denise Berman
Dr. Nancy & Ernst Billig
B'nai Israel Men's Club
B'nai Israel Sisterhood
Diane Boehr
Kenneth Brown & Juliann Goldman
Barry Buchman
Lawrence & Lisa Cines
Hayley & Sam Cooper
Viviana Cruz
Dr. Herschel Cutler
Richard & Barbara Daumit
Dr. Craig & Bonnie Dickman
Sharon Doner
Joyce Dubow
Eric & Valerie Eisenstein
Dr. Nicholas & Jo-Anne Fleischer
Theodore & Harriet Fredman
H. Richard & Judith Freeman
Arthur & Sharyn Fuchs
Garden of Remembrance Memorial Park Inc
Robert & Lesley Gasperow
Jill & Asher Gendelman
Robert & Marjorie Gertner
Karen & Manny Gerton
Marc & Margaret Gold
Sanford Gold
Jonathan & Victoria Goldberg
Patti & Michael Goldman
Jill Goldstein & Luke Attardi
Donald Goodman
Builder Circle ($180–$499) continued
Amy Gordon
Morton & Ellen Greenberg
Ilene Gruenfeld
Amy Gudelsky
Marion & Andrew Haberman
Alice Harris
Barry & Carol Hartman
Dr. Steven Hausman
Lester & Ruth Heltzer
Laurence Herman
Allan & Barbara Hoberman
Allan & Barbara Hurwitz
Alan & Alisa Isenberg
Andrew & Rochelle Iserson
Dr. J. Steven & Eleanor Kahan
Allison & David Karasik
Dr. Julia Katzen
Kenneth & Lara Kaufmann
Bruce & Marcia Kay
Dr. Steven & Elaine Keller
Dr. Robert & Dr. Marcia Kerchner
Andrew & Jill Klein
Lawrence & Leslie Kline
Dr. Scott & Dr. Robin Koenig
Anita Kornbluth
Stanley & Emily Kotler
Dr. Louis & Rene Kozloff
Harold & Joan Krauthamer
Daniel Lacoretz & Jill Furman
Frederic & Stefanie Langsam
Alvin & Anita Lann
Dr. Jules & Marcia Levine
Stephen & Sharon Levine
Dina & Alan Lipschultz
Fonda & Jeffrey Lowe
Silvia Mandler
Michael & Sharon Meliker
A. Howard & Sharon Metro
Rabbi James & Dr. Karen Michaels
Joel Michaels & Jennifer Russel
Michael & Lisa Miller
Dr. Lawrence & Mindy Nadel
Ivan & Stephanie Nalibotsky
Martie & Dr. Jack Nebb
Jason & Jessica Neuringer
Evan & Judith Novenstein
Aaron Oser & Liz Lauren-Oser
Brenda Pascal
Madeline Pellish & Mike Teller
Craig & Marcie Peters
Dr. Adam & Dr. Marci Possner
Stanley Ratner
Dr. Joel & Beverly Reiskin
David & Linda Richin
Jeremy & Alexis Robbins
Bernard & Cheryl Rod
Nicholas & Deborah Rodin
Barry & Linda Rosenberg
Rabbi Herbert Rosenblum
Amy Rosselle & Robert Kallman
Randi & Dr. Russell Rothenberg
Dr. Robert & Anne Rubinovitz
Bradley & Lisa Sachar
Stanley & Carol Sachar
Hortensia Saginor
Dr. David & Stacy Schlactus
Joel & Putnimit Schwarz
Sarit Scott & Russell Scott, Jr.
David & Stacey Shapiro
Nancy Shapiro
Jason & Cheryl Sheer
Richard & Beth Sheer
Dr. Peter & Gail Sherer
Gerald & Leslie Solomon
David & Carolyn Stein
Dan & Debra Stillman
Rabbi Cheryl Stone & Shaul Janes
Charlotte Streidel
Barry & Audrey Suskind
Dr. Jeffrey & Bluma Sussman
Gary & Susan Tabach
Robert Tebeleff
Sheldon & Miriam Tommer
Dr. Donald & Carol Vogel
Janna Lynn Wallen
Dr. Jay & Dr. Gail Wasserman
Andrew Weiss & Sheri Steisel-Weiss
Arnold & Judith Westerman
Michael Wilcove & Susan Weinmann
Benjamin & Erin Willcher
Dr. Sam Zaremba
Joel & Pamela Zingeser
Jason & Anna Zuckerman
Joanne & Steven Zuckerman
Friends ($18–$179)
Anne & Dr. Jeffrey Abend
Milton & Esther Adelman
Harriet Albersheim
Joel & Charlotte Albert
Robert & Bonnie Altneu
Morris & Harriet Altschuler
Darren & Melissa Ash
Bill Bakshi
Rachel Becker
Leah & Jeremy Belin
Robert & Roslyn Black
Karen Bolnick
Linda Boris
Barbara & Stewart Bushman
Todd & Michelle Chaikin
Michael Chernikoff
Sheila Chodorov
Glenn & Cindy Easton
Seth Edlavitch & Melissa Segal
Suzanne Edwards
Emanuel & Joan Eisenfeld
Jacob & Mona El-Gamil
Ruth Elenberg-Eisenberg
Sylvia Rozines z”l
Daniel Fisher & Ellen Rice
Charlotte Freeman
H. Richard & Judith Freeman
David Geber
Joseph & Rina Gelman
Sharon Glickman
Stephen & Marjorie Goldberg
Stanley & Carol Goldman
Jerry & Joan Goldstein
Marc Gordon
Shelley Gordon
Stuart Graff
Barry & Kay Greenberg
Judy Grosberg
Dr. David & Karen Grossberg
Brian & Hillary Gruber
Andrew & Barbara Halpern
Margaret Hanerfeld
Bram & Gina Hass
Michael & Marlyn Heiserman
Charles & Linda Heller
Dr. Michael & Deborah Herbst
Perry & Deborah Immerman
Herbert & Brenda Jacobson
Ira & Dr. Susan Jaffe
Bonnie & Robert Johnson
Ilana Jolson & Daniel Amodeo
Joshua & Paulette Kaffee
Robert Kaplan & Mona Chase
Ted & Gayle Kaplan
Jeffrey & Sheri Kaufman
Albert & Sharlene Klotz
Norma Krupenie
Dr. Joseph Kullback & Toby Newman-Kullback
Michael Kurman & Patricia Hoff
Scott & Rachel Lanman
Alan & Agnes Leshner
Lawrence & Susan Lesser
Eric & Wendy Levine
Bruce Lewis
Gail Libin
Shirley Light
Judith Magiday
Avi & Clara Margolis
Dr. Neli Melman
Steven & Cheryl Morris
Arthur & Gail Nimetz
Dr. Peggy Pearlstein
Ira & Harriet Platt
Jean Polatsek
Jeffrey Pollak & Karen Foxman
Nancy Robins
Bertram Rothenberg
Rabbi Arthur & Dr. Adrienne Rulnick
Randy Sager
Jonathan Salant & Bonnie Cole
Dr. Edward Saloman
Eric & Rebecca Scherr
Gail Schwartz
Sharon Seidel Moss & Stephen Moss
Stuart & Pamela Shalloway
Alan & Marjory Siegel
Harriet & Dr. Harvey Stein
Janet Stein
Barry & Harriette Steine
Adam & Dawn Stern
Douglas & Rachel Sunshine
Rebecca Taffet
Esther Teller
Leslie Terner
Eddi Tisch
Sidney & Marsha Tishler
Lawrence & H. Linda Trope
Dr. Kenneth & Sandra Ullman
Dr. Lisa Vardi
Philip & Elizabeth Weintraub
Rabbi Bernice Weiss
Dr. Leon & Signe Wetrogan
Allan & Leah Zendel
The "Thank You" Reception is for supporters of
B'nai Israel's 2022–2023 Hineini Annual Campaign.
It is not too late to participate if you have not yet done so!
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Fri, January 10 2025
10 Tevet 5785
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