Celebrating Jewish Life in Collier County
Federation Star Published by the Jewish Federation of Collier County serving Naples, Marco Island and the surrounding communities
www.JewishNaples.org Y info@jewishnaples.org Y June 2012 - Sivan/Tammuz 5772 Y Vol. 21 #10 INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
5 Community Relations Comm. 6 Women’s Cultural Alliance 8 Community Focus 11 Jewish Interest 14 Tributes 15 Israel & the Jewish World 18 Focus on Youth 20 Commentary 23 Synagogues 25 Organizations 28 Business Directory 30 Community Calendar 31 Community Directory
2012 Federation Annual Meeting
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n Tuesday, May 8, the Jewish Federation of Collier County held its Annual Meeting in the Federation Community Room. 80 members attended the program, commencing with presentations of our Community Relations Committee’s “Upstander” and “Stand Up For Justice” Educator Awards. Following a dessert reception, the meeting continued with the Nominating Committee report, offered by Dr. Joel Waltzer, and Installation of our new Trustees and Officers by outgoing Federation President Rosalee Bogo. Many existing Trustees and Officers were re-elected for an additional
term and the Federation welcomes the following new Trustees: Dr. Tracey Roth, Arlene Sobol, Dr. Daniel Wasserman and Barry Zvibleman. The two new Officers elected are Judge Norman Krivosha, President, and Jerry Sobelman, Treasurer. We welcome all these new leaders
to the important work of the Federation. Our new President, Judge Norman Krivosha, has served on many other organization boards and expressed his pleasure and honor to serve the Federation and our community in this capacity.
See pages 2, 3 and 5 for David Willens’ and Rosalee Bogo’s reports at the Federation’s Annual Meeting.
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4 Annual FED CUP a huge success
Annual Meeting photos courtesy of Ivan Seligman
7 2012 Educator Award – “Stand Up For Justice”
Incoming President Norman Krivosha
The new Federation Board of Officers and Trustees
2012 Collier County Upstander Award By Melissa Keel, Community Program Coordinator
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9 Up, Up and Oy Vey! at the Holocaust Museum
10 ZOA update
he Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation of Collier County established the Collier County Upstander Award to acknowledge an individual in our community who stands up and speaks out on issues important to the Jewish community. The Community Relations Committee proudly presented the 2012 Upstander award to Ruth Dorfman. Ruth Dorfman is an exceptional person. Locally, she is a member of the board and a great advocate of PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays). This organization promotes the health and well being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons, and their families and
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friends, through support to cope with an adverse society. It also provides education to enlighten an ill-informed public and advocacy to end discrimination and secure equal civil rights. Five years ago, Ruth founded the PFLAG Interfaith Convocation that has been held annually since then. At this event, the community is brought together through music and prayer to foster a sense of acceptance and belonging for all people of faith to pray together without discrimination, disenfranchisement or stigma. This year the convocation was held at Temple Shalom on May 6.
Ruth Dorfman, Founder of the PFLAG Interfaith Convocation, and Ann Jacobson, Community Relations Committee Chair
Only 7 seats left for the WCA/Federation trip to Israel April 4-12, 2013. See page 7 for details.