Annual Report 2010 by JCC of Greater Baltimore

2010

JCC Annual Report

Building On Our Past, Enhancing Our Future:

Creating New Traditions

JCC Mission Statement

he Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore promotes and strengthens Jewish life and values through communal programs and activities for individuals and families.

The JCC of Greater Baltimore is a constituent agency of THE ASSOCIATED Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore.

JCC Vision Statement The JCC will develop, promote and maintain a Jewish neighborhood that strengthens and celebrates the Baltimore Jewish community by: • Nurturing smaller communities within our JCC Neighborhood among Jews who visit our JCCs, live in the Baltimore community, and connect with us virtually; • Maintaining that all Jews are bound together as a community and responsible for one another; • Promoting inclusive, spirited environments that celebrate the diversity of our community and the uniqueness of every Jew, along with their family and friends; • Establishing and enhancing mutually beneficial partnerships with Jewish and other communal institutions; and • Enhancing the ability of JCC professionals and volunteer leaders to exemplify Jewish values in their daily interactions. Our “JCC Neighborhood” invites individuals to progress along their personal journey of Jewish identity and learning by connecting them with pathways filled with meaningful Jewish experiences.

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From the Chairman of the Board

Eric Nislow Chairman of the Board

The JCC and its predecessors the Hebrew Young Men’s Literary Association, the Jewish Educational Alliance and the Young Men’s and Women’s Hebrew Association, have been serving the Baltimore Jewish community for 156 years. In that time we have been a home away from home for tens of thousands of Jews, providing recreational, educational, social and leadership programming. As we head into the second decade of the 21st century we continue to provide these services to youth and adults. In fact, many of the youth that came to play basketball or connect with friends at the JCC in the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s are now active participants in our adult programs. Some of these longtime members will be highlighted in this annual report.

We serve many generational cohorts here at the JCC. In my role as Chairman of the Board I have asked our professional staff and lay leadership to learn about the backgrounds, desires and needs of these constituents that demographers have labeled, from oldest to youngest: the GI Generation, the Silent Generation, the Baby Boomers, Generation X and the Millenials. Our goal is to examine these groups and to determine whether or not we are serving them to the best of our ability. In this report you will learn more about each cohort and how we are currently serving them in new and meaningful ways. Many of the new programs you will read about represent new traditions here at the JCC. Their implementation will help us to secure a solid future for our organization moving forward. One very exciting new tradition that we are starting this summer in Baltimore is the debut of the first ever combined JCC Maccabi® Games and JCC Maccabi® ArtsFest. This new JCC Maccabi Experience is designed to help Jewish teens with diverse interests forge new friendships and develop an appreciation for each other. On a purely financial level, it is more economical for visiting JCC’s to send their coaches and kids to one city instead of many. To top it off the decision was made that the theme for this year’s ArtsFest would be Traditions. This means that participants in the visual, written and performing arts will weave Jewish traditions into their creations. Another hallmark of the coming year will be to implement our new JCC Mission and Vision. Our Mission Statement has been shortened in length but broadened in scope. It is more inclusive of the community as a whole. Our Vision Statement gives us the guidelines to continually achieve our mission. It encourages us to reach out to Jewish Baltimoreans with JCC programs right in their own neighborhood while also directing us to nurture the many diverse communities that thrive here within the walls of the JCC. It celebrates the diversity of our Jewish members along with their family and friends. It speaks of enhancing upon and building new partnerships in the community and it encourages our lay leaders and staff to practice Jewish values in their daily JCC interactions. I feel honored to lead a dedicated and creative team of lay leaders and professionals who love the JCC and are invested in its success. It is thanks to them that we have been able to recreate our Mission and Vision, meet the diverse interests of our JCC constituents, and bring about new traditions, like the JCC Maccabi Experience, all by building on the strength of our past. B’Shalom, Eric Nislow Chairman of the Board

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GI Generation Defined by Tom Brokaw as “The Greatest Generation”, these adults who are now in their mid 80’s and above grew up during the Great Depression, then helped save the world in WWII. With the help of the G.I. Bill they went on to build gleaming suburbs. This was the first generation to make major strides in scientific innovation. The parents of the first wave of baby boomers, this group is considered assertive and energetic, loyal, community-minded and excellent team players. We have them to thank for retirement communities and the promise of the good life in our golden years. There is never a dull moment at Weinberg Village when our JCC programming staff is on hand. The residents of this independent living community, located adjacent to our Owings Mills facility, participate in Yoga, Tai Chi, Wii sports, Line Dancing, and numerous activities that tap into their creative side, including choral music and cabarets with residents performing. When they are not entertaining themselves they enjoy the talents of others who come to entertain them.

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Within the walls of the JCC we offer a myriad of daytime programming for older adults including low impact fitness and water aerobics classes that help to strengthen muscles and improve balance and flexibility. For those artistic seniors we offer classes in sculpture, ceramics, painting and drawing. We also help this generation keep up with the times – teaching them basic computer skills providing a forum for discussions on Foreign Policy, and bringing them interesting speakers on everything from world travel to healthy living.

Our JCC continues to be a wonderful gathering place to celebrate Jewish Holidays. Each year we reach out to Jewish older adults living in the Park Heights corridor, and beyond, inviting them to join us for our Rosh Hashanah dinner and our Passover and Tu B’Shevat seders. We recently added a festive celebration of Israel’s Independence Day to the mix. These heart-warming gatherings provide a wonderful opportunity for younger volunteers to celebrate with this great community. Several days a week our JCC works in partnership with the Eating Together Program of Greater Baltimore to serve a nutritious lunch to area seniors. Served in a sunlit room, this program provides a much needed opportunity for socializing. Many of the participants are familiar faces at the JCC and may also be found taking a fitness class or chatting with a friend in the café.

We reach out to our older adult neighbors all over Northwest Baltimore through Senior Friendly Neighborhoods bringing programming into the various apartment buildings along Park Heights Avenue. With our Warm House initiative, we bring group programming into the homes of seniors who are aging in place, many still in single family homes. This spring we honored a special group of JCC seniors with their own exhibit entitled “Grace.Dignity.Humility.Compassion.” Produced by the club’s director Lisa Shifren, it tells the stories of the members of our Holocaust Survivors Social Club with moving photographs and biographies.

Meet Chic Paper I still remember coming out of the JEA building (the predecessor of the JCC) after playing basketball with my friends and seeing the news about Pearl Harbor. That was a life altering moment. I joined the service but made it back to Baltimore. After all these years the JCC is one of the things that is constant in my life. I have a great group of guys that I am friendly with here. I participate in Eating Together and workout up to three times per week. Polina, who works in the Fitness Center, speaks Yiddish with me and we have a good time conversing and kibitzing. The JCC is a very relaxing place to be and I really enjoy it here.

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S ilent Generation Ranging in age from 65 to 83, the Silent Generation spent their formative years during an era of extreme conformity. After WWII they found good jobs and stayed loyal to their employers. They bought homes in the suburbs and learned about the changing world through the miracle of television. The drumbeats of the civil rights movements and the birth of feminism came into their living rooms and gave them new ideals to consider. In their prosperous retirement they feel entitled to the rewards of travel, arts, learning and fitness. They are also a generous cohort that not only gives back to the community but also helps out their children and grandchildren. Now that life has taken on a more leisurely pace these mature adults are enjoying the many arts and culture options available to them through the JCC. Each year our offerings have expanded. The William & Irene Weinberg Family Baltimore Jewish Film Festival for instance has not only increased its screenings each spring, it has sprouted a successful CineFest offshoot that runs in the fall. Live performance offerings have grown in number this year. Our in-house theatrical troupe, the Jewish Theatre Workshop increased its productions to four touching plays. Local artist, Smadar Livne, gave new meaning to the term “audio-visual experience” by hosting intimate classical music concerts amongst the artwork on display in the Norman & Sarah Brown Art Gallery. And nostalgia reigned in Park Heights in December when the talented Folksbeine Yiddish Theatre group from New York City performed “Mama’s Loshn Kugel” to a full house.

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Travel is a popular activity for this age group and the JCC makes the planning simple with day trips in and around Baltimore as well as Washington D.C. and its environs. For those looking for a more in-depth get away we offer our popular Spring LearnInn held in Westminster, Maryland. This brings together retired adults from around the Mid-Atlantic region for a mini learning vacation filled with stimulating discussions, nightly entertainment and fitness opportunities. Our PJ Library story time, which is held Saturday afternoons in our Owings Mills facility, offers a terrific opportunity for this older generation to spend quality time with their grandchildren. If they want to make a bigger time commitment they can volunteer as a special guest in our Early Childhood Education centers as well. One needs to stay healthy in order to enjoy all these activities. At the JCC we offer numerous fitness and wellness opportunities

for adults as they age. Our new Zumba Gold classes appeal to adults with rhythm and a desire to get moving while our fitness and aquatics classes are designed to strengthen muscles and bones through low-impact activities. As the risk of heart disease and diabetes increases many adults in this age range find the need to change

their eating habits. The JCC is working with a local nutritionist to take members on a healthy eating tour at the local Trader Joes. We have also teamed up with the University of Maryland to present a Healthy Stimulus Plan Workshop to help adults establish better eating habits.

Meet Danny Marcus My participation in the JCC began over 60 years ago when the building was downtown. My kids all went to the JCC’s Camp Milldale and my family even hosted Israeli counselors one year. I remember serving on the Board when we voted on the creation of the Gordon Center. Now I attend Gordon Center shows on a regular basis. I am a self described jock, and one thing that I love about the JCC is the camaraderie that my workout buddies and I share. We go to dinner once a month and celebrate birthdays together. That unique element is something that you won’t find at just another “gym”.

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B aby Boomers Raised by stay-at-home moms in strong economic times, this “me” focused generation consists of two waves. The elder boomers, ages 56 to 64, are the group we credit for the Consciousness Movement. For them life is full of opportunity and they want to live it to the fullest. The second wave, ages 46 to 55, came of age after the protests for peace and civil rights. They tend to be more skeptical and materialistic. Many boomers are in dual-career marriages and are highly mobile if it means a better job. Self-improvement is their mantra in their quest to feel “forever young.” They are ethical and demanding, competitive and not as loyal to organizations as their parents. Fitness plays a huge role in the Baby Boomers’ quest to stay “forever young.” For those intent on shedding pounds we introduced Weight Loss Wars this year with work out support, weekly weighins, and inspirational emails to keep participants motivated. Five weeks to a 5K is another goal oriented program that we created to help lackluster runners improve their skills. For others the continual challenge of a new BODYPUMP release or a heart-pumping Zumba Party is enough to keep them coming back for more. Many of our boomer members are addicted to fitness. Last year we made it easier to keep their routine going by making Group Fitness classes free. This was especially crucial during an economic downturn when the extra fee may have discouraged some from continuing.

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Our pools also saw a big boost this year with the installation of a new salinated system that now enables us to use significantly less chlorine. This was a welcome change for all our members but especially our hard-core Boomer swimmers who could see and feel an improvement both in the water and afterwards. Wellness is the big buzz word these days. At the JCC it encompasses everything from workshops in nutritious eating or Ayurveda, to shopping for locally grown pro-

duce at our Farmers’ Market (in Owings Mills) to taking a Yoga or Pilates class. This year we opened a new Mind/Body Studio in Park Heights to handle the growing population of women looking to the reduce stress of body and mind. Nostalgia runs high among Baby Boomers who look back fondly on their formative years. They love the music of the 60’s, 70’s & ‘80s and flock to concerts at the Gordon Center featuring acts that perform Folk music, Motown tunes to the harmonizing vocals of the Frankie Vallie and the Four Seasons. Boomers are our biggest and most vocal constituents at the JCC and by meeting their demands we are often pleasing all the other members as well. When they told us we could be more welcoming we took it seriously. About a year ago we started a new tradition of informal conversations here at the JCC that continues to be enhanced through staff training. So far the feedback has been very positive.

In this competitive marketplace we continue to test out new initiatives that will make our members feel nurtured and appreciated. In addition to our annual gift of honey for a “sweet new year” we also gave our members Chanukah gelt and a chance to win valuable JCC gifts during the eight days of the holiday. Referral fees are offered to those who bring in new members and incentive gifts will be offered for new members who complete the Chai Fitness Challenge - 18 workouts in 60 days.

Meet Karen Katz I grew up as a secular nonJew in a Jewish neighborhood in Los Angeles. After converting to Judaism and marrying, I moved to Baltimore. I have lived here since then, with the exception of seven years in Upstate New York. Upon returning to Baltimore, I became a JCC member and currently use the fitness facilities about four or five days a week. The JCC plays a very important role in my life and I have developed a very pleasant group of friends here. I love the atmosphere and the intermingling of so many generations and Jews of many different affiliations, plus the sprinkling of non-Jewish members adds nicely to the diversity.

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G en X The Gen X generation, ages 29 to 45, was raised by time-starved, permissive and sometimes divorced parents. As a result many in this generation grew up street-smart and isolated. They channeled this self-reliance into an entrepreneurial spirit. We can credit them with the dot.com boom and the growth of facebook. Growing up in integrated schools with Title 9 initiatives, has led to a generation of adults who are comfortable with ethnic diversity and who are less threatened by women taking the lead. Most parents of this generation strive to give their children the attention and support they did not receive. They are concerned about their childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s safety and security and make every effort to schedule family activities, even if they are last minute.

Our Kids Center after school program provides a nurturing and safe home away from home for the children of GenX parents. Counselors help with homework, play games with the kids and will also take them to swim, tennis or karate lessons and more. Our Schoolsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Out program is run by the same staff and caters to all working families who need a safe and fun place for their child to hang out when school is closed for vacation, snow days, water main breaks, etc.. In response to the difficult economic times we reduced the cost of Schools Out this year and intend to do the same for Kids Center in the year ahead. During the summer months families have the option of sending their kids to JCC Camps at Milldale or to the Owings Mills and Park Heights JCC. In each case we have created flexible schedules, extended day options and a car-

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ing and secure environment that parents have come to expect from the JCC. In our Park Heights community families are more in need of childcare assistance on Sunday mornings. Two years ago we introduced the enormously successful Super Sundays. For a very reasonable fee families can drop off their school age children for three hours of camp-like activities at a very reasonable rate. Along these same lines we also introduced one week mini-camps that are held during vacation days. We created Wonder Wednesdays during the summer months for families looking for an

afternoon of exciting child-friendly entertainment without having to go downtown. In these demanding times family plans are often made at the last minute and with small budgets in mind. These days many of our family events are designed to allow for last minute commitments. This may explain why our annual December 25th event gets bigger every year, or why our free Saturday night Hamantashen Hunt – which included open gym and swim, was such a big hit. Other programs that struck a cord this year included Havdalah at the Aquarium, the Chocolate Seder, and Summer in the Snow – a free program put on by the Noah’s Ark preschool camp team. Today more young families are raising their children in neighborhoods outside Baltimore’s Northwest suburbs. Many are transplants from other areas and are looking for a way to get connected to each other and to the greater Jewish community. Our JCC Parenting staff has been reaching out

to these families in recent years through the popular Got Shabbat program which brings Jewish families with young children together for a low cost Friday night meal. This year we have taken our Outreach to a new level. On any given month you will find Baltimore city families attending our JCC Tot Shabbat or Hands-on-Holiday programs being held at the Jewish Museum of Maryland or at the Pratt Libraries in Canton or Federal Hill. Outreach to these families has been done through listserves like the Downtown Baltimore Jewish Family Network. Our parenting team has also made headway into Carroll County this year with similar programming and partnerships with area synagogues and Chavuras. With the growth of the group fitness phenomenon the JCC has become the place for today’s stressed out GenXer to get a serious workout. In recent years we’ve introduced BODYPUMP™, BODYSTEP™, TurboKICK™, boxing and intense group personal training classes that have all lived up to the fitness demands of this population. They are especially popular with women in their 30’s and 40’s who have grown up with a strong sense of their physical potential.

Meet Amy Eisner I set up the Downtown Baltimore Jewish Family Network two years ago, mostly to help families find each other. We now have 100 members on our listserv. We get together every couple of months for a Shabbat dinner, attracting at least 10 families - half of whom are new. The JCC Parenting group has been warm and responsive to our needs as we’ve grown. They have offered to run whatever programs we wanted -- downtown! Now we see them at the library and the Jewish Museum and at downtown events. To me, the JCC is not about defining a particular community of practice but about sustaining the fabric of the community as a whole.

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M illenials Coming of age at the turn of the 21st century, the Millenials â&#x20AC;&#x201C;ages 9 to 28 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; have experienced the tragedy of September 11, war in Iraq and the instability of the global economy, yet they remain optimistic, idealistic and civic minded. These ideals are channeled into a volunteering spirit and a passion to improve the environment. Millenials are inspired by their doting parents and continue to keep a close relationship with them as they mature. Their quest for a good education has driven up the competition for college admissions while their clever and resourceful use of technology has fueled the social networking phenomenon. Unfortunately this is also the generation that is growing up on computer games and fast food and is now battling an epidemic of childhood obesity. Each year our JCC has added new programming to help keep kids active and healthy. In recent years we introduced lessons on good eating habits to our Early Childhood Education students. This fall we started providing them with healthy snacks and this spring we are planting our first large scale vegetable garden. We offer numerous fitness and dance classes, as well as swim lessons and competitive swim teams for grade school children and teens to help them stay active. This year we introduced the hugely popular Latin-dance workout Zumba in a kid-friendly version. We have made great strides in improving our fitness offerings for youth in our Park Heights facility. This past year we focused our attentions on growing our fitness program for teen girls, enabling them to take the same challenging classes as their mothers but in a class geared toward teenage bodies and minds. 12 JCC of Greater Baltimore

This year our Baltimore BBYO Chapter, now over 200 kids strong, initiated a partnership with Back On My Feet, a Baltimore nonprofit which promotes the selfsufficiency of the homeless population by engaging them in running as a means to build self-esteem. Our teens have been training with a team from the Helping Up Mission. They have raised funds and have brought them to the JCC for an indoor basketball game. Breast Cancer has affected so many women that even todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teens have known someone with the disease. This spring JCC Swim Team

member, Paige Berman and her friends swam three miles in our Owings Mills pool to raise money for Breast Cancer research and in the fall BBYO sponsored Manisfor-a-Cure and turned a day of beauty into a fundraiser netting over $1,600. A few years ago our teens created JEYO ( Jewish Environmental Youth Organization) and it continues to be active. In the fall they teamed up with BJEN (Baltimore Jewish Environmental Network) to host an electronics recycling event at the Owings Mills JCC. Last year we enriched our partnership with the Jewish Volunteer Connection by helping to recruit teens for a variety of summer Service Camps that included work with inner city youth, trailblazing at Kayam Farm and building assistance with Habitat for Humanity. For those teens looking to earn community service hours and spend their days making a difference in the lives of children, we continue to offer counselor-intraining opportunities at Camp Milldale and Noah’s Ark preschool camp. Each year the programs are enhanced with more opportunities to learn leadership and communications skills. As our JCC readies itself for the first ever JCC Maccabi Experience we give thanks to the parents of all

of the talented teens who will be participating as an athlete or artist in the JCC Maccabi Games® and JCC Maccabi ArtsFest®. While their sons and daughters are having the experience of their lives meeting Jewish teens from all over the world, their parents will be behind the scenes transporting and feeding their own kids and teens visiting from afar. They will attend opening and closing ceremonies and sporting events, cheering on their kids and sharing in the spirit of this memorable summer. Parents play an integral role in the college planning process. Our College Center at the JCC offers workshops and individualized assistance for high school students and their parents along with ACT and SAT training and college application classes to give teens an edge on the competition. Starting this summer the JCC will offer a new program for young adults with special needs. Designed for ages 16-24, KLAL, which means “community” in Hebrew, will offer six weeks of vocational training and lessons in life skills. Participants will also have opportunities to engage in projects that will ultimately benefit the community. Each day will be balanced with typical camp activities like swimming, athletics, art, Tae Bo, nature and games.

Meet Samantha Ulick My involvement in JCC programs goes back to when I was a kid and spent summers at Camp Milldale. Since starting High School, I’ve been very involved with BBYO and I am always at the JCC. I spend most of my weekends working on community projects with BBYO and Back on My Feet. I love being able to combine social networking and social action in a way that is both fun and meaningful. The JCC is so supportive of the momentum that BBYO has generated. There is an immense effort made to cater to my generation- with the Teen Lounge, SAT Prep courses, Driver’s Ed, Lifeguard Training and much more!

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Grants & Foundations

Financials

9.2%

Fiscal Year 2010 INCOMING FUNDS Grants & Foundations

$1,217,119

Other Income

38.6% Program Fees

3,590,002

The Associated

2,706,215

Program Fees

5,084,424

TOTAL INCOMING FUNDS

Other Income

27.3% Membership

576,515

Membership

4.4%

20.5% The Associated

$13,174,275

Jewish Education & Cultural Arts

OUTGOING FUNDS

9.7%

Jewish Education & Cultural Arts

$1,276,505

Camping

1,683,879

Fitness, Wellness & Aquatics

3,595,679

Families & Preschool

6,545,015

Total Outgoing FUnds

12.9% Camping 50.0% Families & Preschool

$13,101,078

27.4% Fitness, Wellness & Aquatics

Fiscal year 2010 incoming funds are projected to exceed outgoing funds which will allow us to begin rebuilding our reserves after a difficult FY2009. FY 2011 is budgeted to break even.

Officers Officers

Neil Demchick

1st Vice Chair

Sue Kohn Vice Chair

Will Minkin Vice Chair

Elise Rubenstein Vice Chair

Debbie Vogelstein Vice Chair

Jon Lewis Treasurer

Randi Hertzberg Secretary

Photo credit: Stuart Zolotorow

Eric Nislow Chairman of the Board

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Officers

Eric Nislow Chairman of the Board Neil Demchick

1st Vice Chair Sue Kohn Vice Chair Will Minkin Vice Chair Elise Rubenstein Vice Chair Debbie Vogelstein Vice Chair Jon Lewis Treasurer Randi Hertzberg Secretary Board Andy Attman Randi Buergenthal Dr. Andy Cardin Jan Cardin Marty Cohen Dr. Howard Davidov Suzette Desser Maury Garten Lori Gerstley Dr. Randal Getz Rabbi Jay Goldstein David Greenberg Tammy Heyman Kenneth Katz Tom Kohn Harry Kozlovsky Claire Landers Suzanne Silverman Lapides Alice Mann Carol Noel Larry Plant Mitchell Platt Royal Pollokoff Dr. Robert Riederman Howard Rosenbloom Sandy Rosenbloom Joanne Rosenthal Laura Rubenstein Ellen M. Saval Annette Saxon Jerome Schnydman Sandy Silberman Randall Singer Dr. Stuart Varon Robert Wertheimer Morry Zolet

Past Chairmen of the Board Louis J. Fox, 1951-53z”l Bernard Manekin, 1953-55z”l George Gump, 1955-58z”l Charles Mindel, 1958-61z”l Betty Hamburger, 1961-64z”l Jack H. Pearlstone, Jr., 1964-66z”l Marvin C. Wahl, 1966-68 Robert W. Catzen, 1968-70 Wilbert H. Sirota, 1970-72 John H. Heller, 1972-74 Pacy A. Oletsky, 1974-76 Michael K. Hettleman, 1976-77 Robert M. Hankin, 1977-79 Sue Glick Liebman, 1979-81 Charles Heyman, 1981-83 Jacob Cohen, 1983-85 Monte Fried, 1985-87 Peggy K. Wolf, 1987-89 Robert A. Manekin, 1989-91 Bruce S. Hoffberger, 1991-93 Myrna E. Cardin, 1993-95 Joseph Meyerhoff II, 1995-97 Marcy K. Kolodny, 1997-99 Michael S. Saxon, 1999-2001 Arthur H. Adler, 2001-03 David M. Max, 2003-05 Lawrence I. Rosenberg, 2005-07 Beth Mayers 2007-2009 z”l, of blessed memory Executive Staff Louis M. Sapolsky President Dale G. Busch Executive Vice President Ken Karsh Senior Vice President, Finance Phil Miller Vice President Ronald L. Siegel Vice President Gail Zuskin Vice President Management Staff Eileen Berman Special Projects Director Jodi Fishman Director, Early Childhood Services Park Heights Nancy Goldberg Gordon Center For Performing Arts Director Esther Greenberg Development Coordinator Bill Kirkner Aquatics Director

Paul Lurie Teen Director Ilene Meister Early Childhood Education Director Robin Rose-Samuels Director of Communications & Customer Relations Amy Schwartz Fitness & Wellness Director Jill Shapiro Human Resources Director Lisa Shifren Adult Life Director David R. Zahn Plant Operations Director Dori Zvili Camp Milldale Director Program Staff Arlene L. Abrams Esther Apt Mark Bonitatibus Claudine Davison David Eske Jacqueline Foreman Roman Gertsovich Michael Justice Stacey Israel Solomon Kleiner Jana Klejner Linda Lapidus David Lapin Gerry Laue Mitchell Liebeskind Amanda Max David Mitnick Gayle Newman Shira Ocken Ellen Olson Israel Orange Judith Oser Lynn Rosen-Stone Jane Rosenfeld Melanie Schatten Nicole Schwartz Deborah Schwartzman Sharon Seigel Karyn Smith M. Sue Szembroth Lara Wellerstein Abbe Zuckerberg Malka Zweig Support Staff Marilyn Anderson Howard Bauer Lilas Beckford Tonja Bender Lynn Benton Marty Brown

Harriet Bunch Danean Cameron Brenda Carter Vanessa Carter Marsha Curry Jeffrey Dargan Jack DiLeonardi Lauren Dobres Gila Epstein Veronica Faulcon Muriel Fisher Kennie Garnett Sonia Guggenheim Leon Haft Della Hicks Eileen Himmelfarb Sharon Holland Melvin Jones Curtis Kearney Lori Levitas Torriance Lightner Carol Marks Dina Melamed Dianne Newborn Mark Newton Neal Ogle Shirley Parker Emily Peisach Joanne Polun Marguerite Royster Lilya Shafir Sara Silverberg Linda Snyder Polina Spirt Al Anthony Stewart Jan Stewart Ellen Sztajer Harry Taylor Susan Venick Laurence Weis David Williams Marilyn Zvili EARLY CHILDHOOD STAFF Homa Akhamzadeh Brooke Akins Angelica Anshel Diane Appel Roni Bar-Shir Helena Blitstein Fran Block Sonia Bodner Karen Bowling Gina Cohen Sandra Cole Jennifer Cooper Vanessa Culp Amy Cummings Kim Davidson Shoshana Delrahim Amy Eisenberg Farah Fakheri Lisa Ferrandi

Laura Fink Arlene Fox Gabrielle Furman Jeri Goodman Jodi Grossman Ines Grossman Karyn Grossman Carolyn Handler Judith Harrow Curlene Hunte Katina Hurt Faige Kasten Freda Kaufman Aleksandra Khodjaeva Kerry Kirkpatrick Nancy Kirson Dan Kleiman Elaine Klein Kyra Kraft Melanie Kress Arlene Kurek Arlene Leiberman Mindy Leiner Carla Lerner Gale Lev Arlene Levin Karen Levin Tzipporah Levin Sherri Lichtman Stephanie McDonough Lynn Meier Ruth Nagler Cynthia Niemeier- Crandall Stephanie Okonkwo Mariel Otter Heather Plotkin Joan Plotkin Rhona Plunka Sheila Pool Ivory Rich Trqacey Robbins Michelle Rosenthal Deena Rubinstein Anita Schein Barbara Schlanger Judy Schuchalter Sara Schwartz Jodie Silver Barbara Stadd Alexandria Stepney-Smith Barbara Strauss Sharon Wallach Doris Weeks Sheryl Willen Jessica Winn Beth Wise Linda Wright Elyssa Yankelov Mila Zauberman Laurie Zeitlin Dana Zucker

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Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Jewish Community Center 5700 Park Heights Avenue Baltimore, MD 21215 Ben and Esther Rosenbloom JCC on the Weinberg Campus 3506 Gwynnbrook Avenue Owings Mills, MD 21117