Chai Life Spring 2013

Volume 8 • Issue 3 Spring 2013

AN EPIC YEAR

The 2013 Annual Meeting DESTINATION DC Women on a Mission

THE PAC IS BACK

A Visit to Our Homeland

one youth at a time Making a Difference in Israel

RAISING THE RUACH

Community Celebrates Israel at 65 1 CHAILIFE

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SinaiSpotlight EvErything to gain: Even though they had practically been neighbors in the Boca Lago community for twenty years, Irwin “Irv” Weiner and Lauree Gable only sinai ad met five years ago. The two may have crossed paths on the golf course countless times before fate brought them together in 2008. For the past five years, they have been having a wonderful time together. as they move forward, an exciting future awaits them at Sinai Residences of Boca Raton.

They play plenty of golf and are frequent patrons of the theater. “Lauree has made a cultural person out of me,” he notes. “Thanks to her, I have developed an appreciation for the symphony and other cultural outings.”

While it was two different journeys that brought them together, Lauree and Irv now find themselves at the same crossroads in life. “We are both thinking of our future,” says Lauree, “and Sinai Residences has attracted us for a number of reasons. Foremost, we want to make these important decisions for ourselves.” Her children, she points out, are very pleased with her decision. “My son thinks it is a wonderful idea, and my daughter said, “Mom, I cannot thank you enough for taking this off our shoulders.”

As longtime residents of Boca Raton, the location of Sinai Residences is also key to both Irv and Lauree. “We had looked at several Independent Living communities, but when we found Sinai, we realized irwin “irv” wEinEr that it is everything we are looking for; it will be Originally from Pittsburg, Irv is an enthusiastic Steelers new, close to where our friends live, and on the fan. After serving in the Army for three years during e had looked at several Independent grounds of the Jewish Federation of South Palm World War II, Irv married his high school sweetheart Living communities, but when we Beach County campus. And, the community will be in 1946. In 1955 Irv embarked on a 50-year career as a wholesale furniture rep, working 27 years in found Sinai, we realized that it is everything a virtually self-contained unit,” says Irv, “offering arts Pittsburgh and then for 23 years in Florida.. Irv we are looking for; it will be new, close to and crafts, lectures and card games, just to name a few perks.” and his wife had three children—a daughter Lori, a where our friends live, and on the grounds of physical therapist in Ashville, North Carolina; a son the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach Lauree is looking forward to the cultural Fred, a chiropractor in Tuscon, Arizona; and ason County campus. And, the community will opportunities, as well as the amenities and services.

Gary, a small-business owner in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Irv also has three granddaughters and one be a virtually self-contained unit,” says Irv, “There are so many interesting things going on at grandson. Irv’s wife passed away in 2008 after 62 “offering arts and crafts, lectures and card the Federation,” she says. “And, I love that we won’t have to shop for, prepare, and clean up after meals. years of marriage. games, just to name a few perks.”

I’ll have the opportunity to cook if I want to, but I won’t have to, and that is a plus.” She also plans LaurEE gabLE on frequenting the spa and pool, and taking full Lauree was born and raised in New York. When she advantage of the social offerings. married in 1950, she and her husband relocated to Norwalk, Connecticut. There they raised a son and a daughter while Lauree While they are focused on fun, the benefits of the continuum of care are not obtained her BA in education and went on to earn an MA during her tenlost on this forward-looking couple. “We are healthy now, but no one knows year career as a teacher. When she retired from teaching, Lauree joined her what tomorrow will bring,” says Lauree, “and a Continuing Care Retirement husband in running the family business selling propane gas for residential Community is like an insurance policy.” Irv points out that the timing of the and industrial users. Upon retiring in the late ‘80s, the Gables relocated to community was also an important factor in their decision. “We aren’t quite a winter residence in Boca Lago, where Lauree has since enjoyed tennis, ready yet,” he says, “but by the time Sinai Residences becomes available in a golf, bridge, crafts, and attending the theater. After 55 years of marriage, her husband passed away in 2006. Her son, David, now runs the family business couple of years, we will be.” in Connecticut, and her daughter, Viki, is a potter and sculptor living in It was most important for Irv and Lauree to be situated where they could Massachusetts. Lauree has three granddaughters and three great-children. continue to nurture their well-established Boca Largo connections. “We don’t have to give up anything,” says Irv, “and we only stand to gain a whole thEir FuturE togEthEr new community.”

Since their introduction in 2008, Irv and Lauree have been having a wonderful time enjoying each other’s company and their community. “A For more information about Sinai Residences of Boca Raton, contact mutual friend, who happens to be my neighbor, first introduced us,” recalls 561-338-9595 or visit www.sinairesidences.com.

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CONTENTS

Everything Can Change

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An Epic Year

The 2013 Annual Meeting

10

Caring, Giving, Leading Ellen R. Sarnoff

11

Building Community Together

New Partnerships Abound

DEPARTMENTS 12 Campaign 2013 20 Dorothy P. Seaman Department of Women’s Philanthropy 26

Young Adult Division

Our Women on a Mission

30

Business & Professional Division

34 Raising the Ruach

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Jacobson Jewish Community Foundation

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Israel & Overseas

49

Jewish Community Relations Council

50

Jewish Education Department

54

Local Beneficiary Agencies

22 Destination DC

Thousands Celebrate Israel

39 Securing the Future

Richard Steinberg

40 The PAC is Back

From Our Homeland

48 One Youth at a Time

58 Synagogue Updates 60 Corporate Sponsors

Making a Difference in Israel

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Welcome to Chai Life A New Dawn for Our Jewish Community As our season draws to a close, you have once again brought the words Feed, Protect, Teach, Inspire, Save and Comfort to life. You have responded with generosity and compassion. And we couldn’t be more proud or grateful.

Yet something new and exciting is also among us. You can feel the exhilaration on our campus, at meetings, on missions, at events and activities, as we greet each other and work together. It’s been building since our women roared into the Big Apple last Fall with the largest delegation from outside the NYC area at the International Lion of Judah Conference… through the joyful, moving Sandler Family Major Gifts Event…to THE EVENT, a community-wide celebration that brought together 500 people from synagogues, partner agencies, schools and beyond, from seasoned leaders to newcomers.

The momentum kept building as our season culminated last month at Israel Fest 65, where nearly 3,000 people saw, heard and felt our vibrant Jewish diversity. All ages, backgrounds, and neighborhoods joined together to celebrate the miracles of our homeland and showcase our collective resources and talents. The pride and love were palpable — for Israel, for our people — and for our own Jewish community.

It’s nothing short of a transformative revitalization of our community coming together to care for each other.

Our recent 2013 Annual Meeting looked back on “An Epic Year,” and envisioned a bright future for our community. Our Annual Campaign and endowments are up. We’ve launched new initiatives for everyone from, infants to major donors. There’s no doubt that our efforts are indeed building a stronger community. We extend deepest thanks to a few key leaders who are moving on after helping us reach this juncture: Joseph Mishkin, Campaign Chair; Stephen Mendelsohn, Planning & Allocations Chair; Betty Kane, Chair, Israel & Overseas; and Rabbi David Steinhardt, who chaired our JCRC. Another promising development for the campus and the Federation is Sinai Residences, the luxurious state-of-the-art Continuing Care Retirement Community, that is moving toward construction on the north campus. We look forward to having new neighbors in 2015. Learn more at www.sinairesidences.com or call 561.922.7156.

And it’s not too late to contribute to the Annual Campaign! To make or increase your gift, visit www.jewishboca.org/donate or call 561.852.3142.

Have a wonderful summer and get ready to do even more extraordinary things together next season.

This publication is produced by the Marketing & Communications Department of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County.

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Senior Vice President, Marketing & Communications Andrew M. Rose Chai Life Editor, Communications Director Andrea Schuver Director of Marketing Erryn Abiri Chai Life Designer, Creative Director Shanna Vinig Advertising Sales Mandee Baulo Web & Print Production Manager Paul Kranowitz Marketing/Communications Assistant Jessica Cavallaro Cover and additional photos: Jeffrey Tholl Photography Federation Officers Chair Ellen R. Sarnoff Vice Chair, Financial Resource Development Anne L. Jacobson Vice Chair, Campaign Betty Kane Vice Chair, Jacobson Jewish Community Foundation Richard D. Steinberg Vice Chair, Women’s Philanthropy Emily Grabelsky Vice Chair, Planning & Allocations Joseph S. Mishkin Vice Chair, IOC Eric Stein Vice Chair Wesley E. Finch Vice Chair Carol S. Smokler Vice Chair Etta Gross Zimmerman Secretary Debra Halperin Assistant Secretary Albert Gortz, Esq. Treasurer Stewart Kasen Assistant Treasurer Arthur Goldberg Senior Federation Professionals President & CEO Matthew C. Levin Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer Mel Lowell Executive Vice President, Financial Resource Development Marla Weiss Egers ON THE COVER March of the Living alums at Israel Fest 65: Alex Stein, Brittany Pressner

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he sun rises in the east and it will set in the west but – in the blink of an eye – it seems as if nothing else will ever be the same. The job you counted on is gone. A rocket falls. A truth is revealed.

We cannot control what life may throw our way. But when we stand together, we can find the strength to face anything.

Here are three stories that show how, through your gifts, together we do extraordinary things.

Learn from yesterday When Moshe and Yocheved first came to Ashkelon, Israel, there was only sand where their house now stands.

They worked hard to build not only a home but a nation.

“I saved every cent to build this house,” Moshe says as Yocheved nods in agreement.

Due to ongoing rocket attacks, Moshe, Yocheved and their neighbors now live in a constant state of emergency. When asked if she wanted to relocate to protected housing, Yocheved didn’t hesitate. “No, no!

We don’t want to move under any circumstance,” she replied. “You feel the best at home.”

As founders of the State of Israel – and as Holocaust survivors – that simple home means the world to them.

For the past three years, Moshe and Yocheved have been part of a Supportive Community, an American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) program that provides a range of services to elderly Israelis who wish to remain in their homes. Each group has at least one “community father,” an individual responsible for responding to the ‘members’ needs, from changing a light bulb to holding a hand.

The Supportive Community also includes organized activities such as guided tours, classes and social events. “This is a community that creates activities and everybody participates!” Yocheved exclaims from the comfort of her own home.

With Federation donors by their sides, Moshe and Yocheved know they never need to face their challenges alone.

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Live for today A real estate developer, Ken has graduate degrees in architecture and business.

He and his wife live in a beautiful home with their two teenage sons and a yellow labrador named Tikva. For two decades, Ken successfully climbed the corporate ladder. “I was sitting on top of the world,” he says. “Then, overnight, I found myself unemployed.”

Ken turned to Federation – his family had always donated to the Annual Campaign, never imagining that he would one day be on the receiving end of vital Federation supported services – and began attending programs designed for unemployed people like himself. “You realize that you’re in good company with other very smart, accomplished, successful businesspeople who have simply found themselves out of luck in hard times,” he says. “It reorients you.” Indeed, Ken has come to view his business setbacks as the force that brought him closer to Judaism.

Ken believes that he will soon be back at work and, when he returns to the corporate world, he has vowed to maintain the connections he made and remember the lessons he learned while unemployed. “Federation has kept me connected with other positive, like-minded, caring Jews who offer their support and encouragement,” he says. “It just makes you feel like you’re not alone. With a little faith and with good company, we will come out of these difficult times with a new appreciation for our community and the Jewish Federation.”

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Hope for tomorrow Ever since she could remember, Kelsey had wanted to go on the March of the Living.

In 2007, she had her chance. “There’s nothing like that feeling of walking under that “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign at Auschwitz for the first time,” she says. “It’s otherworldly.”

While immersed in the March of the Living two-week-long Holocaust education program, supported in part by generous gifts from Federation donors, Kelsey heard many stories of survivors returning to the concentration camps with their families. She was particularly moved by the experiences of one survivor and his adult son.

KEN

“Unbeknownst to his dad, the son had gone to a market and gotten all these different foods to have a picnic because his dad had said the hunger and the suffering was what you never got over. You got over the death and you became numb to it but the suffering you just never got over. They sat and had a picnic at Treblinka,” she says. “There’s something about this that just pulls at the heartstrings and makes the emotions go a little crazy because it is bringing life to a place that was full of death.”

Kelsey was so moved by her experience that she earned a degree in Holocaust Studies, paving the way for future generations to “never forget.”

KELSEY

“There are those of us who are going to carry the torch. We do care and we are going to step up. I’m going to collect as many stories as I can and keep passing them on. Ultimately,” she says, “we do all belong to each other in this world.”

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An Epic Year

2013 Annual Meeting A Hollywood Oscar-themed Zinman Hall was the transformed setting for a celebration of Federation’s accomplishments and leaders, at the 2013 Annual Meeting on April 30, 2013. From the red carpet entrance until the final curtain call, the sense of pride and partnership among 250 of our passionate, committed community leaders and donors was a true testament to “An Epic Year.” Roxane and Michael Lipton chaired an evening of warmth, joy and optimism that will resonate for a long time, as it set the stage for the coming year.

The multimedia State of the Federation Address delivered

by Board Chair Ellen R. Sarnoff left no doubt that the Federation’s efforts are on target: we are indeed building a stronger community to care for each other. Ellen began her third year as Chair later in the evening, when the membership accepted the 2013-14 report from Nominating Committee Chair Thomas R. Kaplan.

Speaking at his first Federation Annual Meeting, President & CEO Matthew C. Levin presented a vision for our community that resonated far beyond the people in the room that night, encompassing our entire community.

To cheers and rousing applause, four of our community’s brightest stars received significant awards at the event. The awardees’ moving remarks heightened the deep satisfaction in feeling part of a caring family at this elegant event.

“We are poised to move forward and fulfill our potential as a strong, dynamic and caring Jewish community as we help feed, protect, teach, inspire, save and comfort thousands of people every day, everywhere.”

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- Ellen R. Sarnoff, Chair of the Board

Ellen R. Sarnoff, Matt Levin, Roxane & Michael Lipton

Donna Klein Jewish Academy students led the anthems.

Joseph Mishkin was presented with the James H. Nobil Community Leadership Award by Anne Jacobson

David Hamilton, Grace Halabi and Chris Clark of BB&T, generous corporate sponsor of the 2013 Annual Meeting; Roxane & Michael Lipton

Tom Kaplan, David Pratt

Janet Izaak was presented with the James H. Nobil Professional Achievement Award by Matt Levin and Ellen R. Sarnoff

Emily Grabelsky, Eric Stein

Donald & Barbara Werner, Ron & Meryl Gallatin

Rabbi Josh Broide received the James and Marjorie Baer Outstanding Young Leadership Award from Margie Baer

Diane & Larry Feldman

Robin & Gary Rubin

Jane & Al Gortz

Rabbi David Baum delivered an inspiring d’var Torah

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Profile in Giving: Ellen R. Sarnoff

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ot long after Ellen Sarnoff moved from New York to Boca Raton, a donor and friend asked her to write a $5,000 check to the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County. “I was new to the community,” Ellen says, looking back with a smile. “I was afraid to say no.” When he came back for more the following year, she decided it was time to find out about where her money was going.

Moved by the work undertaken every day by Federation and its partner agencies, Ellen’s involvement quickly grew. “I felt I had found a new family,” she says. “I still feel that way.”

Since then, Ellen has demonstrated her commitment to Federation and her passion for our mission in countless ways. Now in her third year as Federation Board Chair, she previously led three Annual Campaigns, as well as the King David Society, Lion of Judah Endowment and Financial Resource Development Committees. A past Women’s Division Chair, Ellen was inaugural recipient of the Dorothy P. Seaman Leadership Award, and now sits on the JFNA National Women’s Philanthropy Board. She serves on the Jacobson Jewish Community Foundation Board, and is a charter member of the Jewish Women’s Foundation. Ellen has also served on boards of our beneficiary agencies.

She now chairs the Federation CCRC Development, LLC, as it develops Sinai Residences on campus, a project to which she is firmly committed.

Ellen is focused on the continuing effort to build strong bridges that will connect committed, compassionate supporters and diverse community partners with people in need. “When Ellen sets her mind to something, success is never far away,” says Matthew C Levin, President and CEO of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County. “Her quiet strength belies the power of her leadership. Ellen has been absolutely instrumental in helping guide our Federation through a transitional period.”

Ellen shrugs off the effort. “I get more out of this than what I give, there’s no question,” she says. “I just feel great every day thinking about the good that we do.”

What has been your highest priority as Chair of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County?

It’s very important to me that people feel good about being a part of this Jewish community because of what we can achieve together.

What would you say has been your greatest accomplishment in that role?

No question - bringing Matt Levin on board as our CEO. He’s an outstanding leader, who has changed the face of our Federation. We’ve absolutely turned the corner. He’s lifted our spirits.

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NEW INITIATIVES

Building Community through New Local Partnerships This year, our Federation began building and enhancing collaborations through two new local funding initiatives that are making a difference across our Jewish community.

Through the Jacobson Jewish Community Foundation’s Kamsly Teen Program Fund, we’re supporting dynamic Jewish youth activities at fifteen different synagogues and organizations. Eleven synagogues and organizations also

received new grants through our Planning & Allocations process for Outreach programming.

Jules L. & Dorothy M. Kamsly Teen Programs Fund In accordance with the Kamslys’ directive, the Jacobson Jewish Community Foundation (JJCF) allocates income from this endowment fund to support Jewish teen programming. The 2013 JJCF Grants Committee awarded $60,550 in one-year allocations to 15 applicant organizations.

Adolph & Rose Levis JCC The JCC Maccabi Games

Community Outreach Grants This year, the Federation’s Planning & Allocations Committee, as recommended by the Community Outreach Task Force, allocated $30,000 in grant funding to 11 applicant organizations toward building and enhancing a vibrant and sustainable Jewish community in South Palm Beach County.

We’re proud to be helping these partners – some of which had never before received funding from us – with their remarkable creative, strategic efforts. Together, we are doing even more extraordinary things.

B’nai Torah Congregation Friday Night Live

BBYO - Gold Coast Region Chapter Leadership Training & Program Excellence

Boca Raton Jewish Experience TED Talks

BBYO - Gold Coast Region Guest Educators & Songleaders for Regional Conventions B’nai Torah Congregation Mark S. Bertuch “Make a Difference” Retreat

Boca Raton Synagogue BRS Community Purim Carnival

Boca Raton Jewish Experience Film-Based Education Program

Congregation Beth Adam Pass-over to Celebrate Being Jewish

Boca Raton Synagogue The Israel Advocacy Program

Congregation B’nai Israel Mommy Minyan

Congregation B’nai Israel 8th, 9th, 10th Grade Confirmation Retreats

Congregation Shirat Shalom A Rabbi’s Tale Told through Puppetry Jewish Community Relations Council

Congregation Shaarei Kodesh School of “Jewish” Rock (Jewish Rock Band)

Community Service Day for Jewish High School Students ImagiNation Israel Video Contest

Hillel Day School 8th Grade Graduation Trip to Israel

Jewish Adoption & Family Care Options

Jewish Day School Partnership of SPBC Century Village Kickoff- TLC

JAFCO Breaking the Cycle of Abuse JerusalemOnlineU.com Israel Inside U - The Campus Experience

Jewish Student Connection Public School Jewish Culture Clubs

Jewish Education Center of South Florida Camp Nageela Boca Temple Beth El Purim in the Park

Jewish National Fund Alexander Muss High School in Israel Jewish Student Connection After School Clubs Temple Beth El Journey Through Judaism

Faith . . . Family . . . Friends

Temple Sinai of PBC Religious School JLeaders

Teen/Parent Education Program Faith . . . Family . . . Friends

Temple Sinai of PBC Religious School Jleaders

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campaign As the FRD Chair, and in my own philanthropy, I am passionate about securing the well-being of our Jewish community as well as our people, today and into the future. While we are a large community, we are still very young compared to cities like Chicago, Boston or New York, where endowments have been in place for generations. We’re committed to meeting the ever-growing needs around us.

As I complete my three-year tenure as Campaign Chair, I am thrilled to report that our Annual Campaign is increasing. There’s a buzz in the air. If you’ve come to some of our dynamic campaign events recently, you’ve seen and felt it. From our country clubs and divisions, from Women’s Philanthropy, and major donor functions to THE EVENT, the revitalization of our campaign and community is unmistakable.

So I’m thrilled that we’re moving to a new stage of life as a community, coming together to take great strides toward a brighter Jewish future. Our Foundation’s brand new Promises Kept Endowment Campaign has already brought in over $3.2 million in received and expected dollars. The 15 local synagogue, agency and school partners in our Create a Jewish Legacy program have raised more than $4 million in expected funds as the initiative ends its second year. In addition, 16 visionary women protected their annual Lion of Judah gifts forever with generous endowments.

And our Annual Campaign is up with signs of growth and expansion everywhere. Today, the future of our Federation is looking bright!

We’re reaching out wider and deeper than ever before to engage people throughout our community at all levels – with new King David Society programming, initiatives like Emerging Jewish Philanthropists, the rejuvenated Business & Professional Division, young adult activities and more. We’ve jumpstarted with Campaign Ignition and restored the Campaign Cabinet. We’re traveling to Cuba, DC, Russia, Greece and, of course, Israel, returning inspired to do more.

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As I move on to chair Planning & Allocations, please join me in welcoming our next Campaign Chair, Betty Kane.

With gratitude for your extraordinary efforts,

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King David Society Thank You Features Mideast Briefing with Bret Stephens Members of our Federation’s prestigious King David Society (KDS) enjoyed an up-to-the-minute Middle East briefing at their season’s Thank You Reception on April 24. Board Chair Ellen R. Sarnoff opened her beautiful home in Boca Grove to this deeply committed group of generous philanthropists who contribute $25,000 or more to our Federation’s Annual Campaign.

Joe Mishkin, Barbara Feingold, Bret

Barbara Feingold, KDS Chair, welcomed the guests to the Stephens, Ellen R. Sarnoff elegant evening. To date, our Federation has 100 families at the KDS level and above, adding 17 new families this season alone.

Amy Ross, Phyllis Sandler, Robin Rubin

Larry and Diane Feldman, KDS Mission Chairs shared details of the next exclusive KDS travel opportunity: A Mission to Greece and Israel.

While for many, Bret Stephens needs no introduction, Joe Mishkin did the honors – including congratulating Bret on his recent Pulitzer Prize for Journalism Commentary.

Stephens, a former editor in chief of The Jerusalem Post and now Deputy Editorial Page Editor of The Wall Street Journal, was riveting as always.

In his last appearance as Campaign Chair, Joe Mishkin thanked the generous group and introduced 2013-14 Campaign Chair, Betty Kane.

Sally & Aubrey Strul

Ruth Taubman, Judith Swartz, Meryl Gallatin

Betty & Herb Kane

Dan & Selma Weiss, Larry Phillips

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For additional information, call Jennifer Koenig at 561.852.3129 or email jenniferk@bocafed.org

Mission ChairS: Diane & Larry feldman KDS Chair: Barbara Feingold The King David Society recognizes donors whose annual contribution is a $25,000 minimum gift to the UJA/Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County Annual Campaign.

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EJP: New for Our Young Major Donors Emerging Jewish Philanthropists (EJP), South Palm Beach County’s exciting and inspiring new community for our Federation’s younger major donors, is off to a great start in its inaugural season. Chaired by Gail & Warren Greenspoon, EJP is bringing together relative newcomers to longtime committed leaders, who contribute a $10,000 minimum combined gift to the UJA/Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County Annual Campaign.

These successful, philanthropic individuals and couples are enjoying an array of meaningful experiences specially geared to their shared values, interests and passions in the Jewish world. Together, they’re sharing the incredible endeavor of renewing and strengthening the Jewish community and our people – here at home, in Israel and around the world. For more information about EJP, email Dana Vizner danav@bocafed.org or call 561.852.3270.

EJP Rocks with Bon Jovi In their first adventure together, Emerging Jewish Philanthropists headed to BB&T Center in Sunrise on March 2 for an extraordinary night out. Thirty of these Federation donors enjoyed dinner, drinks, great company, and an awesome Bon Jovi concert on his 51st birthday, in a private suite generously provided by Cliff Viner.

EJP Gets Up Close & Personal with Top Fashion Moguls The group recently spent an exclusive evening enjoying dinner and dialogue with George Feldenkreis, Chairman and CEO of Perry Ellis International, and his son Oscar, President and COO. At the beautiful home of Loren & Eric Stein, EJP donors heard father and son tell their compelling stories of immigration, entrepreneurship, Jewish communal leadership and philanthropy.

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It was a SUPER SUNDAY On March 17, three hundred passionate volunteers from South Palm Beach County’s Jewish community kept the phones ringing throughout the area on behalf of those who depend on the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County. Coming together for the annual Super Sunday phone-a-thon, they demonstrated once again the power of volunteerism and tzedakah! Thanks to their efforts, by day’s end more than 900 donors had contributed $550,000 to the Federation’s 2013 Annual Campaign for Jewish Needs.

All ages and all streams of our vibrant Jewish community worked together to make sure that vital needs will be met for their neighbors and extended Jewish family.

Volunteers also collected and packaged food donated for clients of the Jacobson Family Food Pantry at JFS. The day full of ruach and caring was co-chaired by Kathy & Ken Green and Wendy & Elliot Koolik with a teen initiative led by Alexa Green, Lindsey Koolik and Gabby and Serena Deutch.

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OUT AND ABOUT Deepest thanks to our community and country club members and leaders for unwavering commitment and tireless efforts. Their compassion, creativity and perseverance inspire us all as they do so much to help those in need, in our own community and worldwide.

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STONEBRIDGE Stonebridge Pro-Am Golf Tournament & Dinner 16. Floris & Murray Leipzig, Buzz Cohen, Larry Levy 17. Sandy Feinman, Nanci Goldman, Jerry Edelman, Jeff Newman, Philip (Buzz) Cohen, Nancy Edelman, Richard Stolls; (below) Joe Mishkin 18. Danielle Cohen, Florrie Fingerhut, Prudy Cohen

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Dorothy P. Seaman Department of Women’s Philanthropy Shalom!

What an incredible year! I have never been more proud of our Federation and our Women’s Philanthropy Department! Not only have we raised increased dollars for our Annual Campaign, but we have encouraged hundreds of new and potential donors to be part of our Jewish community’s mission of outreach, engagement, tikkun olam and tzedakah. We have proven that we can truly do extraordinary things that change the lives of those who need our support both locally and globally.

Together we have made Women’s Philanthropy a warmer, more inviting, inclusive place where women can feel proud to donate their time, expertise, passion, resources and love. It truly takes a village to accomplish our goals. I am forever grateful for each community member’s support and encouragement during this past year, as well as the commitment and vision of our talented staff partners. It’s a new day at our Federation. I am lucky to be sharing these exciting times with you. I know that next year will be just as phenomenal...we are a great team!

Women’s Philanthropy Installation Celebration Celebrating another successful year and setting the scene for an outstanding 2013-14 season, 60 caring, committed and generous women gathered on March 21 for the annual Women’s Philanthropy Board Installation Celebration.

Dorothy Wizer chaired the brunch event, which brought the warmth of spring and family into Zinman Hall on the Federation campus.

Anne Jacobson conducted an inspirational ceremony to install the officers who will lead Women’s Philanthropy into 2013-14, continuing to extend WP’s warm, inviting and inclusive welcome farther into the community.

Dotti Seaman presented Barbara Lewin with the 2013 Dorothy Seaman Leadership Award. Rabbi David Steinhardt provided a fitting d’var Torah, and Lawrence Katz was on hand to receive kudos for Wells Fargo Private Bank’s very generous 2013 sponsorship of the Dorothy Seaman Department of Women’s Philanthropy.

Barbara Lewin, Dotti Seaman

Dorothy Wizer; Lawrence Katz, Wells Fargo Private Bank

Emily Grabelsky, Janet Sahr

May we go from strength to strength!

Emily Grabelsky Chair, Women’s Philanthropy

Past Women’s Philanthropy Chairs: Anne Jacobson, Ellen R. Sarnoff, Margie Baer, Meryl Gallatin, Dotti Seaman

Adele Lebersfeld, Barbara Werner, Judi Schuman

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Emily Grabelsky, Chair of Women’s Philanthropy Judi Schuman, Vice Chair, Women’s Philanthropy April Leavy, Vice Chair, Lion of Judah Kathy Green, Vice Chair, Pomegranate Barbara Werner, Vice Chair, Endowment Barbara Lewin, Vice Chair, Education Eydie Holz, Vice Chair, Outreach

Rebecca Appelbaum, Vice Chair, Social Media Marilyn Barry, Secretary Carol Rifkin, Officer at Large Janet Sahr, Officer at Large Lyna Zommick, Officer at Large Meryl Gallatin, Immediate Past Chair Dotti Seaman, Ex Officio

Dorothy P. Seaman Department of Women’s Philanthropy

Just for You: Beautiful Story in a Beautiful Setting for Top Women Donors The season’s second “Just for You” event brought fifty of our community’s most caring, generous women to the home and garden of Judi Schuman, Judy Schuman, Josh Fogelson, Katya Potapova, Emily Grabelsky Women’s Philanthropy Vice Chair of Major Gifts, on March 7, 2013. The brunch gathering featured a powerful story of tzedakah, tikkun olam and philanthropy from Katya Potapova, American Jewish Joint Distribution Center (JDC) Deputy Director for Community Development in St. Petersburg, Russia. The JDC’s Josh Fogelson also spoke about the agency’s important overall mission.

The guests also heard from Emily Grabelsky, Women’s Philanthropy Chair. “Just for You,” chaired by Judi Schuman, is especially for women who contribute to the Federation’s Annual Campaign at the $10,000 Major Gifts level or higher.

Jan Savarick, Boca Raton Regional Hospital; Larry Katz, Wells Fargo; Judi Schuman; Barbara Marsh, Wells Fargo

Shirley Solomon, Kinnie Gorelick, Meryl Gallatin, Barbara Levy

Adele Lebersfeld, Diane Feldman

Margie Baer, Gail Greenspoon

Marla Weiss Egers, Phyllis Seresky, Barbara Wolk, Marilyn Weissglass, Charlotte Stein

Norma Geller, Joy Binkovitz

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Twenty-eight dedicated Federation women took their caring and commitment to a new level and a new location, heading to Washington, DC. On April 10-11, Mission Chairs Jill Deutch, Debra Halperin and Wendi Lipsich led the enthusiastic group through two whirlwind days to advocate on areas of great concern to the Jewish community: Charitable Giving Incentives, the Older Americans Act and women’s issues.

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Exercise Exposé – After Hours at Levis JCC In their “workout chic,” women of all ages enjoyed an evening of Zumba, yoga and spinning; juices, smoothies and exotic flavored waters; and a workout wear trunk show on April 23. Right on the Federation campus, the season’s second “After Hours” event showcased the newly renovated Adolph & Rose Levis JCC Fitness Center as it focused on women’s well-being.

The guests also heard about the important work of Women’s Philanthropy at the Federation, from event chairs Ellen Channing & Dr. Gail Rubin Kwal, and Eydie Holz, WP Vice Chair, Community Development. Rabbi Josh Broide also provided a d’var Torah.

The Department of Women’s Philanthropy’s empowering evening social group, “After Hours” brings together women whose lifestyles and schedules make evenings the time to socialize and learn.

Gail Rubin Kwal, Eydie Holz, Ellen Channing

Lisa Marton

Iris Schoenbrum, Joanne Schosheim

Dale Filhaber, April Leavy, Emily Grabelsky

Cindy Bergman, Linda Levy

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A Very Appetizing Pomegranate Evening Women making a difference in the world through the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County spent an evening tasting sumptuous cuisine from one of the most innovative chefs in South Florida.

The annual Pomegranate Thank You Event brought them together on March 11 at the beautiful home of the evening’s Chair, Kathy Green. They enjoyed a cooking Robin Salmon, Nancy Gefen, Rebecca Applebaum, Emily Grabelsky, Chef Michael Saperstein, Linda Gefen demonstration by “Top 10” Chef and Kathy Green, Joan Hauser restaurateur Michael Saperstein, followed by a dessert reception amid Regency Collection place settings. The Pomegranate Level recognizes women who contribute to the Federation’s Annual Campaign at a minimum $1,800 level.

The Dorothy Seaman Department of Women’s Philanthropy is generously sponsored by Wells Fargo Private Bank. The Boca Raton Observer was the evening’s Exclusive Magazine Sponsor.

RABBI GREG WEISMAN

Betty Apple, Dolores Krugman, Jill Deutch, Phyllis Liss

Barbara Pressman, Phyllis Beresin

Jill Deutch, Robynn Ginsburg, Wendi Lipsich, Randi Winter

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Young Adult Division Bubbe and Zayde Would Be Proud Last fall, I wrote about the lessons of our grandparents’ generation and the enormous shoes young adults have to fill. Today I am happy to report that Bubbe and Zayde would indeed be proud of the giant steps in outreach, engagement and fundraising made by YAD this year.

Hundreds of new faces joined in handson service, mingled at happy hours, taught children tzedakah, learned leadership skills and danced the night away to the sights and sounds of the 1980’s. And, while the brilliant smiles you see on the surrounding pages are evidence of the fun we had, YAD’s campaign also increased, achieving its highest total in many years.

The shoes are still big and there is still much filling to do. However, at least tonight, our community might sleep a little easier knowing that young adults in South Palm Beach County are truly stepping up to give it their best try.

B’ Shalom,

Bryan Drowos Chair, Young Adult Division (YAD)

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PREPARING TO LEAD YAD’s Leadership Education and Development Series continued to ready both first and second year classes to step up to community leadership.

Sessions were led by Federation lay leaders, agency professionals and experts in the field of leadership development.

In addition to building personal and professional networks and leadership skills, the LEADS participants were given an in-depth look at how Federation addresses the essential needs of the Jewish community— locally, in Israel and around the world.

Young Adults Honor Earth Day with Beach Cleanup Energized YAD participants spent Sunday morning, April 21 at South Inlet Park in Boca Raton. But there were no paddle boards, blankets, lounge chairs or leisure involved. Instead, these young Jewish adults concerned with the environment honored Earth Day by collecting eight big barrels of trash from the picnic area, dunes and beach. A park ranger provided supplies and direction, and away they went.

Singles and couples, familiar faces and newcomers enjoyed their morning - and look forward to other opportunities to roll up their sleeves, do good and get to know each other better. The Earth Day Beach Cleanup was chaired by Emily Einhorn.

Young Adult Division

Playdate with a Purpose and a Parachute: Israeli Dancing HIGHLIGHTS YAD EVENT It definitely wasn’t the same old playdate when enthusiastic, energetic young participants headed to the Weisman Delray Community Center of Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service. And it wasn’t the usual Israeli dancing as leader May Nu incorporated a parachute, rings and more for the younger set.

Seniors at the Center joined in to watch, play and dance as well, for an amazing intergenerational afternoon with new friends and old. Chaired by Erika Lewin-Harris, Playdates with a Purpose is a Federation YAD series designed for parents and caregivers with children ages two to eight.

Passover Comes to Bloomies: Delicious Date Night for Young Couples Young couples headed to Bloomingdale’s in Town Center for Date Night on March 14 for a Passover cooking demonstration. Celebrity Chef Michael Saperstein provided some tasty updates on traditional favorites.

The wonderful evening was chaired by Nicole & Matthew Kaplan.

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YAD LOVES THE 80S AT SEASON’S PREMIER NIGHT OUT FOR YOUNG JEWISH ADULTS In the neon-lit lounge atmosphere with the sounds of Duran Duran, Kiss, Motley Crue and even Boy George spun by DJs, surrounded by Simply Irresistible chic wear, big hair and the finest in young company, it was ultraclear that our young Jewish adults truly loved the 80s.

On May 18, the night was young at Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center with throw-back 80s cocktails, desserts and TAB, song dedications, live music from the band Bounce, and even a break dancer. But the guests really showed their True Colors in the extremely popular photo booth and on the dance floor.

They also saw how young adults are a vital part of this community, and had an amazing time celebrating their shared identity. As donors, they were reminded about all the good their generosity is doing, hearing about our Federation’s work overseas through Liz Fine from the American Jewish Joint Distribution Center (JDC) as well as experiencing the local power of their dollars by meeting a recipient who’s really one of their own.

The evening was chaired by Brett & Margo Schneider and Andrea & Jesse Lieberman.

The Young Adult Division of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County is generously sponsored by The Sandelman Foundation. The in-kind sponsors of the evening were Atlas Party Rental, Salon Edge of Boca Raton and L’Chaim Kosher Vodka.

Photo Credit: Tom Tracy

Brett & Margo Schneider, Event Co-chairs; Matt Levin, Federation President & CEO; Andrea & Jesse Lieberman, Event Co-chairs; Joanna & Bryan Drowos, YAD Chair

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Wishing The Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County success in the 2013 Annual Campaign.

Our deepest gratitude and admiration to all the committed, generous volunteers and supporters whose dedicated efforts meet vital human needs for so many in our community, in Israel and overseas.

Jeffrey Sandelman

YAD Happy Hours Wander through Tryst and into Summer Wherever YAD wanders for Happy Hour, it’s the place for young Jewish adults in their 20s to early 40s to see and be seen. Most recently, on April 11, the crowd enjoyed great drinks, camaraderie and ambiance at Tryst. They also heard about young adults’ important role in helping the community from Federation President and CEO Matt Levin. Whether you’re new to town, a veteran young leader or anything in between, you’ll enjoy great evenings with company you’ll want to keep, in venues you’ll want to visit!

This year’s wanderings included the best spots on Atlantic Ave. in Delray, in Mizner Park and around Town Center.

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Happy Hour

MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THE FOLLOWING DATES: June 20 Blue Martini & Bar 6000 Glades Rd., Boca Raton

July 25 Morton’s Steakhouse 5050 Town Center Cir., Boca Raton

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business & professional Division (B&P) The Best in Networking and Helping the Community It’s hard to believe that B&P’s inaugural season is wrapping up. Apparently, time really does fly when you’re having fun. In just a matter of months, B&P has grown from an inspiring idea into a dynamic community. Word is that we offer South Palm Beach County’s premier networking opportunities. And it’s true!

We thank each and every one of our Cabinet Members who really stepped up and, in less than a year, redefined the concept of business networking!

Through the energy, enthusiasm and commitment of our Cabinet and participants, B&P has emerged as an incredible vehicle to make powerful connections - not only for business, but also for the well-being of our neighbors and our people.

We’re looking ahead to another amazing year with exciting new Icon Events and more in the works. It will be hard to top our first season, but we believe in aiming high. And we hope you’ll join us.

Sincerely and successfully yours,

Gary Lesser Co-chair, B&P

Bob Marton Co-chair, B&P

Keep up-to-date with information regarding B&P Like us on Facebook facebook.com/JFSPBCBusiness Connect with us on Linkedin jewishboca.org/bp/linkedin

B&P CABINET makes it happen The B&P cabinet represents a wide range of professions, backgrounds and stages of life, but these visionaries share a commitment to the well-being of our community and our people. Their enthusiasm, skill and generosity have launched and grown this new division beyond expectation. Together, they’ve spread the joy and satisfaction of building one’s business while helping meet vital human needs throughout the community.

“The wonderful cause and tremendous need are what got me to donate my money to Federation. The great people are what got me to donate my time. The great networking opportunities and learning experiences I get at the B&P and Federation events are what keep me involved and inspire me to do even more to help.”

- Eric Lebersfeld, Capitol Lighting “After being out of the Federation loop for quite some time, I fell upon an Icon event which I fully enjoyed. It brought me back, and I am enjoying my role with the B&P Cabinet. It’s good to connect with old friends while making new connections and helping the Jewish community both here and overseas.”

- Lauren Cohen, Esq., Business Plans by the Write Professionals “Our move here wasn’t going to be permanent. Then I toured the Federation campus, met the B&P Director and others. As the new feeling of being part of something very special grew, we decided to expand our business and make the move permanent.

Joining B&P was a great first step to meet other successful professionals and business owners who share our commitment to the community.”

- Howard N. Silverstein, Choice Employee Benefits Group LLC

2012-13 B&P Cabinet Mark Berkowitz, Mark J. Berkowitz, P.A.

Gary Lesser, Lesser, Lesser, Landy & Smith PLLC

Andrea Bernstein, Fowler White

Dan Levine, Kaplan, Krauss & Levine, LLC

Scott Brenner, Brenner Real Estate Group

Becky Lightman, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

Jason Brodie, Brodie & Friedman, P.A.

Wendy Lipsich, Office Of Congressman Ted Deutch

Dana Charles-Kodner, Dana F. Charles, PA

Jason Marks, Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman & Levine

Meryl Charnow, Merrill Lynch Lauren Cohen, Business Plans By The Write Professionals

Bob Marton, The Marton Bute Marcus Wealth Management Group of Merrill Lynch

Dori Eden, KBKG, Inc.

Stephanie Midler, Wells Fargo Advisors

Joshua Friedman, Brodie & Friedman, P.A.

Jeremy Paul, RLP Wealth Advisors, LLC

Guy Fronstin, Law Offices Of Guy Fronstin

Rick Paul, The Limited Brands, (Retired)

Greg Gefen, Vice President/Investments - Gefen Asset Management

Jessica Roof, CLC Enterprises

Nancy Gefen, Nester Poletto Sotheby’s International Realty

Jon Sahn, Ascendant Planned Giving

Rob Gerstein, Woodfield Distribution, LLC

Shari Schwamm, Zeuner Realty

Barry Goldberg, Wells Fargo

Jeff Shavitz, Charge Card Systems

Stephen Grabelsky, Center For Hematology/Oncology

Howard Silverstein, Choice Employee Benefits Group LLC

Kathy Green, Nester Poletto

Jared Strasser, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

Brad Gucciardo, Scarlett, Gucciardo & Hirsch

Marc Strasser, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

Zev Herman, Superior Lighting

Pamela Weinroth, Freedom Medical Services Inc

Scott Hirsch, Scarlett, Gucciardo & Hirsch

Fred Weinstein, Goldstein, Zugman, Weinstein & Poole, LLC

Eric Lebersfeld, Capitol Lighting

Craig Zeuner, Zeuner Realty

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B&P Kicks Networking into High Gear at Excell Auto Group Revved up for some fast and furious networking, 70 business leaders, entrepreneurs and professionals who care made vroom in their busy schedules for the B&P season’s closing event on May 6, 2013. Amid the finest in luxury and exotic cars at Excell Auto Group in Boca Raton, they enjoyed hors d’oeuvres and drinks including L’Chaim Kosher Vodka cocktails. For multitasking sports fans, a huge screen aired the Miami Heat playing the Chicago Bulls in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Once again, B&P proved the place to be to accelerate business while helping the community. Event Co-chairs Stephanie Midler and Jon Sahn thanked all the guests, each of whom made a minimum $180 gift to the Federation’s Annual Campaign. Federation CEO Matt Levin gave great kudos to B&P leaders including Co-chairs Gary Lesser and Bob Marton for stepping up to give the new Division an extraordinarily successful first year.

Gary Lesser, Jon Sahn, Stephanie Midler, Bob Marton

Guy Fronstin, Brett Greenberg, Phillip Rich

Gary Lesser, Arye Corbett, Matt Levin, Dan Levine

Craig Zeuner, Jon Sahn, Eric Lebersfeld, Matt Levin

Robert Weinroth, Amy Morris, Jessica Roof, Pam Weinroth

Jay Berkowitz, Jeff Shavitz, Bob Marton

Lewis Fogel, Dorian Duff, George Kagan, Jay Mussman Photo Credit: David Bear

Andrea & Ari Bernstein, Fred Weinstein

Jeremy Cohen, Matt Kutcher, Bryan Drowos, Brennan Rimer, Elyssa Kupferberg

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business & professional Division (B&P)

Subway Entrepreneur, Philanthropist Larry Feldman Headlines 4th Industry Icon Event Amid premium networking, business leaders and professionals from throughout the area had a great opportunity to hear how Larry Feldman, one of the community’s most admired entrepreneurs and philanthropists, got from Brooklyn to Boca. On March 20, 2013, more than 130 people gathered for the breakfast event in Zinman Hall on the Federation campus, wrapping up the season’s groundbreaking Industry Icon program with wisdom and finesse.

Feldman shared his journey to success, with lessons

Gary Lesser, Larry Feldman, Bob Marton

Anne Jacobson, Larry Feldman, Kathy Green

from his three-plus decades of distinguished franchise experience as CEO of Subway Development Corporation.

The group also learned about the important work of the Federation from President & CEO Matthew C. Levin. They left assured that the Federation’s B&P Division is good for business as well as the community.

The B&P Industry Icon Series was generously sponsored by Bibby Financial Services.

Craig Novek, Joshua Goldglantz, Jeremy Cohen, Nicole Livadas, Scott Hirsch

Jonathan Diamond, Rick Paul, Dani Comart

Scott Brenner, Gary Lesser, Mark Glickman

Norman Jacobson, Jan Savarick, Stan Barry

Ken Lebersfeld, Orli Zimmerman, Michael Zimmerman

Barbara Lane, Rhonda Small, Elise Feldman

SAVE THE DATES

For UPCOMING B&P EVENTS NETWORKING HAPPY HOUR July 30, 2013 • 6 p.m.

Euro Fusion, Boca Raton

INDUSTRY ICON EVENTs October 16, 2013 November 21, 2013

January 29, 2014 March 26, 2014

Zinman Hall, Jewish Federation of SPBC Campus, Boca Raton Chairs: Bob Marton & Gary Lesser

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Sinai Residences of Boca Raton, a planned Life Care community opening in 2015, will be the most prestigious senior living address in the area, providing an impressive lifestyle located on the campus of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County. Interest and questions are on the rise for this in-demand, exclusive way of life.

type of lifestyle will Sinai Residences offer?

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design. exceptional amenities, attentive personal services and a comprehensive approach to wellness, supported by maintenance-free living and gourmet dining including Kosher options, make this outstanding community radiate with opportunities. it’s a place your whole family will appreciate ... recognizing and honoring your heritage.

is a Life Care community?

2. What as a planned life Care community, residents can be assured of first-rate health care at predictable monthly costs, for life, with refundable entrance fee options. once you become a Charter Club member, you’ll have guaranteed acceptance into health care from the moment of move-in, if necessary, bringing uncompromised peace of mind.

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mid Israeli flags and falafel, nearly 3,000 people of all ages filled Mizner Park Amphitheater on Sunday May 19, 2013. With ruach emanating throughout the community, they stood together in unmistakable commitment to celebrate the 65th anniversary - and the miracles - of the modern State of Israel.

South Palm Beach County’s vibrant Jewish diversity was on full display at the area’s largest annual Jewish community event, presented by the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County and its Jewish Community Relations Council. Synagogues, schools, agencies, organizations and Judaica artists gave the day a festival atmosphere, colorfully displaying their work at 35 tents around the amphitheater.

Children’s activities welcomed families, who stayed throughout the festivities. The crowd moved to and was moved by the upbeat internationally renowned a capella group, The Maccabeats, and a beautiful performance by the Boca Raton Symphonia.

The next generation’s bond with Israel was manifest, as students from Donna Klein Jewish Academy and Weinbaum Yeshiva High School provided dance and music, and Hillel Day School presented a traditional daglanut Israeli flag routine. A combined children’s choir from B’nai Torah Congregation, Congregation B’nai Israel, Congregation Shaarei Kodesh and Temple Beth El also spread across the stage.

Former Palm Beach County Commissioner Burt Aaronson, a longtime supporter of the annual community-wide Israel celebration, greeted the audience. The crowd was also stirred by Chaim Shacham, Consul General of Israel to Florida & Puerto Rico, Congressman Ted Deutch, and Pastor Tye Riter of Calvary West Boca as well as Federation CEO Matt Levin and Campaign Chair Betty Kane.

Many thanks to Israel Fest 65’s generous sponsors: Bronze -TD Bank, Land Design South, Sunstates Security, and Direct Nursing Care Services; Gold - Boca Raton Observer, Exclusive Magazine Sponsor.

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Anne & Norman Jacobson Jewish Community Foundation Another Stellar Year of Community Investment The Jacobson Jewish Community Foundation (JJCF) is concluding another stellar year. We launched our Endowment Campaign, Promises Kept, which Elyssa is honored to chair. To date we have brought in over $3.2 million in cash and expected dollars!

All our Foundation’s programs and committees: Create a Jewish Legacy, the Jewish Women’s Foundation, the Mitzvah Society, the Professional Advisory Committee and Women’s Planned Giving and Endowments have made major strides, as you’ll read on the following pages.

We thank our outgoing Chair of the PAC, Marjorie Horwin, whose leadership for these past three years has been invaluable. We congratulate Matthew Kutcher, our incoming Investment Chair; and Ken Pritzker and Joel Yudenfreund, our incoming PAC Chairs. Last but not least, we must extend our deepest thanks, respect and admiration to David Pratt for five truly extraordinary years as our JJCF Chair. We thank him for the lasting legacy he has left with us all!

Have a wonderful summer,

Richard Steinberg Chair

Elyssa Kupferberg Vice Chair

Spreading the Love and Creating a Legacy: Generosity Brings Canine Companions to JARC Dorothy Seaman never misses the JARC clients’ heartwarming annual play, one of their cultural arts activities made possible by a gift in memory of her husband, Larry. This year, an impromptu touching conversation with a JARC resident on a bench during intermission inspired her to make a second $100,000 endowment gift to JARC, for another realm of rewarding programming.

“When she asked if I had a dog, I told her how Pepe, my ten-year-old Shih Tzu, just wants to be loved, sit in a lap and be petted. I thought of how he sat with my husband when he was ill, how he knows if I’m not feeling well and comes to comfort me,” said Dotti. “Then a light came on: we could have dogs in the JARC homes so our residents can experience that feeling for themselves!”

Dotti found Dr. Debra Hallow, JARC’s Executive Director and another great animal lover, immediately receptive. In fact, having had successful therapy dog visits and requests for pets in the JARC homes, they were already looking for a way to expand animal therapy. With Dotti’s generous gift, they’re now looking forward to sharing the fun, as well as proven benefits of having dogs, including longevity, health, developing empathy and learning responsibility through hands-on caregiving.

For now, JARC will be carefully preparing homes and residents for the coming responsibilities, finding pro bono veterinary care, and holding a contest for residents to name the program. But, soon enough and for the years to come, JARC residents will be sharing their homes with the joy and comfort of furry companions.

“I wanted this to be part of my legacy so our JARC clients can experience the great emotional and physical rewards I know a dog can provide,” said Dotti. “I just wonder why I didn’t think of it before.”

Now in their second year with Create a Jewish Legacy, the program’s fifteen agency, synagogue and school partners have already raised more than $4 million in expected funds. With training, materials and support from the Jacobson Jewish Community Foundation, they are engaging their constituents to make a major impact in their organizations and our community for generations to come. For more information, contact 561-852-3173 or micheleb@bocafed.org.

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A Timely Gift: Appreciated Stock With the stock market reaching higher levels, it may be time to consider donating appreciated securities, stocks, corporate bonds, State of Israel Bonds, and mutual funds. These vehicles will build our community and your legacy, while avoiding the tax on capital gains: • A Donor Advised Fund (DAF) with the Jacobson Jewish Community Foundation (JJCF) establishes a “philanthropic bank” to receive your donated securities, which are then sold.

The DAF funds are then invested, and you recommend their distribution to the charities you care about.

• A JJCF Endowment Fund* provides annual funding for a specific program or for general use, in perpetuity.

• A Lion of Judah Endowment (LOJE)* or Perpetual Annual Campaign Endowment (PACE)* fund protects your annual gift to the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County’s (JFSPBC) Annual Campaign for Jewish Needs in perpetuity.

• You may use the proceeds from donated securities to pay your annual pledge to the JFSPBC annual campaign for current or future years.

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PROMISE WILL YOU MAKE TO FUTURE GENERATIONS?

The Jacobson Jewish Community Foundation is here to help fulfill your promise that there will always be a strong and thriving Jewish community and people.

As a reminder, if you are of age 701/2 or older and are required to withdraw a Minimum Distribution from your IRA or Retirement account, you may do that directly to the JFSPBC and avoid the appropriate tax on income received.

To find out more about tax-smart investments and arrange a confidential discussion, contact Steve Rose, Director of the JJCF at 561-852-3114. In all situations, please discuss the financial, tax and legal implications of establishing a charitable gift plan with your own personal professional advisors. *Additionally, when you establish one of the above Endowment Funds through our JJCF, you may also be recognized in local and national honor societies.

Learn about the easy ways you can keep your promise, l’dor v’dor, from generation to generation. Please consult with your trusted financial advisor or a member of our Foundation’s professional team at 561.852.3342.

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PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Caring Estate Planning Professionals Honor their Own at Mitzvah Society Reception Local estate planning professionals committed to philanthropic giving and the future of the Jewish community came together on March 19, 2013 at St. Andrews Country Club for the Professional Advisory Committee’s (PAC) 9th Annual Mitzvah Society Cocktail Reception. They paid tribute to their own Richard Steinberg as this year’s Mitzvah Society honoree.

PAC Chair Marjorie Horwin also inducted Eliot Popper, the newest and 56th Mitzvah Society member. This year’s “repeat Mitzvah Society members” Elyssa Kupferberg, Mark Schaum, Rich Steinberg, Adam Bankier, Tom Kaplan

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and Dan Levine were also recognized for their continued successes in fulfilling the philanthropic wishes of their clients on behalf of our community.

Margaret Kottler, Jerome Wolf, Linda Melcer, Albert Gortz

Deepest Appreciation to Our Mitzvah Society Members whose client referrals have resulted in planned gifts that are gratifying to the donors and invaluable to our Jacobson Jewish Community Foundation (JJCF).

M. Adam Bankier, Esq. Jeffrey A. Baskies, Esq. Steven A. Belson, Esq. Howard Bienenfeld Laurence I. Blair, Esq. Stuart E. Bloch, Esq. Edward Bobick* Francine Cole* Craig Donoff, Esq. Mary Sue Donohue, Esq. Kenneth Edelman Janet S. Elinoff Stephen A. Fattel, CPA Edward L. Flank, CLU Robert Friedman Glen R. Golish, LUTCF Sal Gorge, Esq. Albert Gortz, Esq. Steven I. Greenwald, Esq. Marjorie A. Horwin, CPA Jeffrey S. Kahn, Esq. Thomas R. Kaplan Thomas O. Katz, Esq. David A. Katzman, CPA Barry Kaye Elyssa J. Kupferberg Paul Labinor Lawrence Larche

Carol L. Lasek Daniel J. Levine, JD Jodi R. Lustgarten, Esq. Fred MacLean Seth A. Marmor, Esq. Linda A. Melcer Stephen G. Melcer, Esq. Burt Moss, EA Eliot S. Popper David Pratt, Esq. Marcy W. Robbins Paul Roman Madeleine H. Rothman, Esq. Jonathan Sahn, CLTC Mark A. Schaum, Esq., CPA Jeffrey Schildkraut Howard L. Schwartz, Esq. Ronald L. Siegel, Esq. Ralph Solomon* Robert Spallina, Esq. Mitchell Starr Mindy Stein, MSW, JD Richard D. Steinberg, CFA Donald R. Tescher, Esq. Marilyn Travis-Berman George Weinstein, Esq.,CPA *Of blessed memory

PROFILE IN GIVING: Richard Steinberg, 2013 Mitzvah Society Honoree At its annual Mitzvah Society reception, the Professional Advisory Committee (PAC) of the Jacobson Jewish Community Foundation (JJCF) honored Richard Steinberg for his exemplary service and leadership.

Professionally, Steinberg is President and Chief Investment Officer of Steinberg Global Asset Management, and a frequent guest on CNBC’s Squawk Box and PBS’ Nightly Business Report. As a volunteer, he’s an active PAC member, was Vice Chair of JJCF and chaired its Investment Committee, has been Vice Chair of corporate sponsorships, twice co-chaired Super Sunday, and is a recipient of the Federation’s James and Margie Baer Young Leadership Award. And he’s now the incoming JJCF Chair.

“Rich is a great leader, friend and confidant, with an incredibly strong passion for our Jewish Federation, our Jewish heritage and Israel,” said David Pratt, outgoing Chair of JJCF. “With Rich’s incredible talent and vision, the JJCF is poised to continue growing by leaps and bounds.”

• What inspired you to become involved with Jewish philanthropy?

When we first moved here, my wife, Naomi, became very involved in Federation. We wanted to feel part of the community and teach our kids that not everyone lives “La Vida Boca.” Steinberg Global was a young company and my attention needed to be on the firm.

When Naomi started her business, our volunteer roles began to switch. The community’s investment in both of us through leadership development, mission experiences and more has been instrumental to our continued, deepening engagement here.

• What principles guide your approach to philanthropy?

My main principle is you need to give until it helps. My second principle is to connect clients with projects that they are passionate about and connect those links. My last principle is that primarily only Jews give to Jewish causes. There are certainly exceptions, but the gift is different than giving to a museum or performing arts charity.

• As the incoming Chair of the Foundation, what are your goals – and what do you see as the biggest challenges?

My primary goal is to build our unrestricted endowment. That is the lifeblood of our ability to help the community in the future. It is our primary goal and our primary challenge. I just want to build on the amazing job that David Pratt has done. He has given me a roadmap for the future prosperity of the Foundation.

I also want the Jewish community at large to understand that the Foundation is there for everyone. At the same time, we need to build their awareness of the importance of investing in the future of our community and our people through the JJCF. • What is something about you that might surprise people?

People may be surprised that, despite my bravado, I am actually a softy inside. On a recent mission to Cuba with other leaders from the Jewish Federation, I cried like a baby as we discussed ways to leave a lasting imprint on the Jewish Community there. It wasn’t the first time this has happened, and I am sure it won’t be the last!

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Mission to Israel Packs Power for PAC The bonds among caring estate professionals in our Professional Advisory Committee along with their connections to Israel strengthened once again during a remarkable mission in April 2013. After spending a week together traveling throughout our homeland, the group returned deeply moved, thoroughly energized and even more ready to make a difference!

Led by Mission Co-chairs Matt Kutcher, Jerry Wolf and Joel Yudenfreund, along with Federation CEO Matt Levin, the packed itinerary took twenty-five PAC members, including estate and trust attorneys, financial wealth advisors, accountants and insurance professionals to see in person how our Federation’s dollars are making a difference -as well as to some of Israel’s most awe-inspiring sites. From first-time to seasoned Israel visitors, together they experienced the Golan Heights on ATVs, modern Tel Aviv, and the rich Jewish diversity of Jerusalem including the Old City and the Western Wall in daylight and at midnight, Yad Vashem and Masada. Colonel (ret.) Danny Tirza, the IDF’s Chief Architect for the Security Fence, led a seam line tour for the PAC members.

Some of the most memorable experiences took place in our Sister City, Kiryat Bialik. PAC members formed and deepened friendships, learned about the area, and visited shared projects - discovering how connected our communities have become since 2002 through Partnership 2gether (Formerly P2K).

In an unforgettable evening before leaving Jerusalem, the PAC members walked to the Kotel. After a meaningful Shabbat dinner together, they gathered around to reflect on their time spent in the land of Israel, sharing experiences, sites and people they wanted to remember. With this powerful last Mission experience, the group truly returned as family.

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-Dan Levine

Estate Professionals Learn and Network at PAC’s 29th Annual Seminar Nearly 150 local estate professionals gathered at Woodfield Country Club on May 21, 2013 to learn and network at the PAC’s 29th Annual Seminar for Professionals. Many of the community’s most influential members of the legal, accounting, investment advisory, banking and insurance fields were represented. The audience heard from nationally renowned tax and estate expert Donald O. Jansen, and many earned Continuing Education Credits.

E. Brian Singer, Donald Jansen, Eliot Popper, CEO Matt Levin

Chaired by Eliot S. Popper and Brian Singer, the evening also featured a lavish cocktail reception.

David Pratt, outgoing Jacobson Jewish Community Foundation Chair, honored Marjorie Horwin on completion of her three years as PAC Chair, and reviewed the JJCF year’s accomplishments.

Craig Donoff, Lindsey Donoff, Seth Marmor, Amy Beller

GOLD Sponsors: E. Brian Singer, CLU, ChFC, EBS Responsible Wealth; Delvin Joyce, Prudential; Shay Ben-David, Bryant Security; Teri Sullivan-Yelko, Prudential; Eliot Popper, The Popper Kaufman Katz Group at Morgan Stanley

David Katzman, Marjorie Horwin, Al Gortz

Jerry Wolf, E. Brian Singer, James Ballerano, Ira Herschben

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JEWISH WOMEN’S FOUNDATION

JWF GRANTS WISHES, CELEBRATES 10 YEARS HONORING ROXANE LIPTON WITH DELIGHTFUL DISHES BY CHEF MICHELLE BERNSTEIN Hands-on philanthropists of the Jewish Women’s Foundation of South Palm Beach County (JWF) and guests gathered at Boca Rio Country Club on March 6 for the 2013 Granting Wishes Reception. They celebrated JWF’s tenth anniversary, as JWF announced their 2013 grants and honored their founder Roxane Frechie Lipton.

Over the past ten years, our JWF has allocated more than $560,000 to organizations that improve the lives of Jewish women and children. This total includes the new 2013 grants of $121,060.

hors d’oeuvres, food stations, desserts, wine and soft drinks, was chaired by Linda Brodie and Mady Friedman.

The nearly 175 women also enjoyed a vivacious presentation and cooking demonstration by Chef, restaurateur and community activist Michelle Bernstein.

The evening, which included an abundant array of festive

Representatives from event sponsors joined in the celebration, including: Tammy Gleason and Duane Smith of Toshiba Business Solutions; and Linda Behmoiras of The Boca Raton Observer.

Thank you gifts were generously provided by Regency Collection.

Mara Reuben, Mady Friedman, Chef Michelle Bernstein, Linda Brodie, Roxane Lipton

Beth Mishkin, Chef Michelle Bernstein, Dale Pratt, Marlene Silver, Jeanne Fibus

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Roxane was lauded by Matthew C. Levin, the Federation’s President & CEO; by Mara Reuben, JWF Chair; and by Sheila Fuente, past JWF Chair. The JWF Trustees, who pool their philanthropic resources and together select how to direct them, made a donation to the JWF in Roxane’s honor. Chef Michelle Bernstein was introduced by Alice Kemper, JWF Membership Chair.

Alice Kemper, Cindy Orbach Nimhauser, Janice Obuchowski

Dani Sonnenblick, Sheila Fuente, Roseanne Kadis

Barbara Glazer, Roxane Lipton, Dorothy Seaman, Helen Goldband

Michael & Roxane Lipton, Larry Phillips, Ellen R. Sarnoff

Granting Wishes Reception sponsors: Robin Rose, Linda Behmoiras, Tammy Gleason, Linda Gefen

Some of the cutting-edge philanthropists of the Jewish Women’s Foundation of South Palm Beach County

JWF – Making a Difference for Jewish Women and Girls

JEWISH WOMEN’S FOUNDATION GRANT FUNDING 2013

around the Corner and in Israel

In 2012, the Jewish Women’s Foundation of South Palm Beach County allocated $107,250 to seven Israeli and local projects personally selected by the JWF trustees. Here’s how three of those programs have been changing lives for a variety of Jewish women and girls through the vision and generosity of this Jacobson Jewish Community Foundation initiative:

Total Allocation: $121,060 LOCAL iPads for Autism - Jewish Federation of SPBC, Special Needs Department Lending library, educator training and technical support for Jewish women and children on the spectrum

PJ Library - Jewish Federation of SPBC SAVVY – Adolph & Rose Levis JCC SAVVY has offered workshops to enable young local Jewish women and teen girls with special needs to learn self defense, and build skills to strengthen their physical and emotional health.

Two sessions totaling 30 classes were based on a structured curriculum incorporating Jewish values. The women and girls learned to protect themselves physically, and by working with a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. In the process, they developed confidence to consider new possibilities in self development with peers, family, classmates, work and fitness.

Empowerment Program for Teenage Girls at Risk – Ethiopian National Project JWF has also been changing teenage girls’ lives through the Girls Empowerment Program at the Ethiopian National Project’s Youth Outreach Center in our Sister City, Kiryat Bialik. From meeting with inspirational female role models to exploring the many issues facing them as adolescent and immigrant girls, the project is creating a cadre of future young Ethiopian-Israeli women leaders motivated to succeed and fully integrate into Israeli society.

Young Women for Future Leadership Training – WePower This leadership development program has been preparing women activists between the ages of 25 and 55, who possess a sense of mission and a desire to create and lead social change. The program features 10 bi-weekly four-hour sessions, moderated by a professional group leader. Together, the women develop leadership skills, learning about Leadership, Politics and Gender Issues; Analyzing the Local Political/Public Environment; Setting & Reaching Personal Goals; and Learning from Role Models/Networking with local women leaders and government officials.

Jewish children’s literature and music mailed monthly to Jewish homes free of charge

Let’s Get Healthy - Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service Nutritional counseling for women clients of the Jacobson Family Food Pantry

ISRAEL Empowering At Risk Women for College Completion The American Committee for Shenkar College in Israel Tutors/mentors to help students from disadvantaged and immigrant backgrounds complete college

Cracking the Glass Ceiling – Promoting Young Women to Science - Kol Israel Haverim Help for at-risk-young women to build self-esteem and empowerment, and excel in science studies

Enabling Disadvantaged Women to Break Out of the Cycle of Poverty through Access to Technology Machshava Tova Opportunities for underprivileged women to acquire computer skills toward better jobs and a fuller life

Developing Women’s Leadership in the Municipal Arena - WePower Preparation for increasing numbers of women to run for and be elected to city council and mayoral positions

Bringing Women to the Fore: A Feminist Partnership – Itach-Maaki (National Collaborative Grant in Israel) Our JWF is one of 17 groups each making two-year allocations to a cooperative effort of 8 leading Israeli women’s organizations

Rapid Response Overview JWF also maintains a Rapid Response Fund that provides one-time urgent assistance with health, housing, respite care or child care for single Jewish working mothers in our own community.

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LOJE Ultimate Thank You: Philanthropy and 50 Years of Fashion Meet at High Tea Nearly 100 of our Federation’s most visionary, generous women enjoyed an unforgettable afternoon of fashion history, high tea and philanthropy at the Boca Raton Museum of Art on March 12. They are among the remarkable women of our community whose Lion of Judah Endowment (LOJE) gifts will continue to make a difference to countless people in need locally, in Israel and overseas forever.

Barbara Werner, Sandy Lenger

Toby Weinman Palchik, Cindy Orbach Nimhauser

Led by Barbara Werner, Chair of Women’s Planned Giving and Endowments, the women memorialized the 40 LOJEs who have passed on, and welcomed the season’s new LOJEs to this powerful, prestigious sisterhood. With 268 LOJEs, South Palm Beach County continues to lead the country.

This year’s LOJE Ultimate Thank You featured docentled tours of IMPACT: 50 Years of the Council of Fashion Designers of America. Sponsored by Neiman Marcus, the breathtaking exhibit included 80 outfits and accessories by the most impactful fashion artistes of the last half century. Sandy Lenger, a Vice Chair with JFNA National Women’s Philanthropy, provided a keynote address. The guests also heard from David Pratt, outgoing Chair of the Jacobson Jewish Community Foundation.

Congratulations and deepest thanks to the sixteen women who have generously endowed their Lion of Judah gifts in perpetuity during the 2012-13 season.

Barbara Werner, David Pratt, Anne Jacobson

Some of our newest LOJEs: Margaret Kottler, Judi Schuman, Bonnie Sunness, Marilyn Weissglass, Barbara Werner, Eleanor Jaffe, Pamela Kaplan, Rita Judson, Rita Haddow, Helene Paul

With foresight and commitment, their compassion and caring have helped ensure the survival and well-being of our Jewish community and our larger Jewish family for future generations. Learn more about the many ways to protect today’s gift for tomorrow’s needs by contacting Ida Novack at idan@bocafed.org or 561.852.3342.

Elaine Abrams Marilyn Barry Sheila Fuente Rita Haddow Eileen Ingerman Eleanor Jaffe Rita Judson Pamela Kaplan

Margaret Kottler Phyllis Liss Helene Paul Michele Pritzker Judi Schuman Myrna Gordon Skurnick Bonnie Sunness Marilyn Weissglass

Anita Shalley, Dotti Seaman, Helen Goldband

Lyna Zommick, Eleanor Epstein

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Summer is here – time to edit your wardrobe, update your home décor or make room for next season’s latest trends. The Levis JCC Thrift Shop is currently accepting donations of:

Clothing • Accessories • Jewelry Household items • Furniture • Art Decorative accessories • Cars

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PARTNERSHIP 2gether Partnership 2Gether: A New Decade of Fortifying Bonds with Our Sister City Since 2002, P2Gether (formerly Partnership 2000/ P2K) has been building living bridges between residents and institutions in South Palm Beach County and our Sister City, Kiryat Bialik. Over the years, many women, teens, educators and other professionals from both communities have taken part in a variety of exchanges. Coming together around common experiences and needs, they’ve formed lasting friendships and collaborated on projects of mutual concern, from a playground to bomb shelters, from special needs school equipment to after-school programming for Ethiopian children, and beyond.

Legacy of Love Helps Seniors in Sister City Lewis Rosenthal established the Mollie Rosenthal Memorial Fund with our Jewish Community Foundation in 1989 to honor his mother, who was born in Russia in 1876 and immigrated to New York barely into her teens. When the Great Depression took its toll on her family, Mollie persevered to provide a haven for those in need and ensure that her children went to college. Her efforts touched many lives and enabled Lewis to become a successful dentist with a passion for Israel.

This year, the Mollie Rosenthal Memorial Fund has honored Mollie’s spirit and compassion by funding two American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) projects in our Sister City, Kiryat Bialik, Israel.

With support from the fund, the Supportive

Community Program has expanded to provide vital day-to-day assistance and urgent medical care to an additional 103 elderly residents ages 73 to 90. The neighborhood-based program helps them age in the comfort of their homes while remaining connected to the community.

The Glickman Center for Education and Training in Kiryat Bialik has also received essential funding to build and enhance the skills of those who care for the elderly in varied capacities. Services offered include training, advanced studies, and human resource development. This training is becoming ever more important with the area’s rising senior population and their increasingly complex needs.

Local and Kiryat Bialik participants in Federation’s recent Women’s Exchange visited the Glickman Center

PARTNERSHIP2gether(P2G) WOMEN’S EXCHANGE JOINT FUNDRAISER Though 6,500 miles away, our Federation’s Sister City, Kiryat Bialik, Israel, keeps getting closer through bonds of friendship and understanding. This past November, we were privileged to travel to Israel and share a remarkable week with 6 wonderful women from Kiryat Bialik, as we participated in the third South Palm Beach County Partnership2gether Women to Women’s Exchange. We had so many meaningful and powerful moments together, but when we visited the after-school program for disadvantaged Ethiopian Israeli children at the Pisgot elementary school, we knew that we had to help in some way.

The after-school program has too many children and not enough staff. They do their best, but if we could provide them with one more staff member, many more of these children would have the opportunity to get extra help in basic reading and math. The benefits of one more staff member are enormous.

The cost per year for this additional teacher is $6,000. Your help at any level will be greatly appreciated!

While we’re raising money in SPBC for the teacher, our Kiryat Bialik sisters will be collecting toys, games and school supplies for the children at the Pisgot Elementary School after school program. Working together as a Boca-Bialik team, we will improve the lives of 99 children every afternoon!

For more information, please contact Dana Vizner at danav@bocafed.org or 561.852.3270. Visit jewishboca.org/p2gwomen to make a donation today!

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PAC Stops in Sister City Of course, the PAC’s Israel Mission included a visit to Kiryat Bialik. Their highlights included meeting with Mayor Eli Dukorsky at the “Yad LeBanim” fallen soldiers memorial followed by a visit to the “Moadonit” afterschool program supported by the PAC members, themselves. Community leaders also graciously opened their homes for intimate meetings – some strengthening family relationships begun during the recent Women’s Exchange or other visits.

Kiryat Bialik Mayor Eli Dukorsky, Federation CEO Matt Levin

PARTNERSHIP 2gether

Learning Together across the Globe – Virtually

Educators and students from South Palm Beach County and Kiryat Bialik have been forming relationships, exchanging visits and collaborating on projects for a decade. This year, they’ve been thoroughly enjoying learning and working together through virtual exchanges. The Boca-Bialik connection continues to grow and succeed!

Students at B’nai Torah Congregation in Boca Raton and Donna Klein Jewish Academy have been using Skype to “meet” online with their peers at Kadima School in KB. While they began with our local students speaking English and the Israelis speaking Hebrew, by the end of the year they were communicating in each other’s languages.

Congregation B’nai Israel in Boca Raton and Habonim School in KB have been emailing letters and photos to stay in touch.

When Kiryat Bialik Mayor Eli Dukofsky toured the Federation campus this year, he took time to speak with DKJA students about our Sister City and being part of Klal Yisrael, the Jewish people.

Robert Spallina and Richard Newman

March of the Living Visits Kiryat Bialik While in Israel, the 52 students in South Palm Beach County’s 2013 March of the Living delegation followed precedent. They enjoyed home hospitality for a night with new and old friends in Kiryat Bialik, with whom they’re sure to stay in touch electronically. The students also participated in both the municipal and ORT High School observances of Yom HaZikaron, Israel Memorial Day, laying wreaths in moving ceremonies that made clear the impact of the widespread losses experienced by families through war and terror.

We are very pleased and proud to announce plans for a community-wide leadership mission to Israel November 5-13, 2013. The mission includes our participation in the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) General Assembly in Jerusalem (November 10-13). The goal and purpose of this mission is to bring together the lay and professional leadership of our community – Federation, synagogues, day schools, and organizations – to learn and experience Israel together. As part of the GA we will join our friends and colleagues from around the world to discuss the issues facing the Jewish world today. .

We will have the opportunity to hear from top level government officials, Jewish thinkers, NGOs and entrepreneurs.

We believe this will be a transformative moment for our community. We will celebrate Israel @ 65 and use our time together to learn, challenge and inspire each other to become even better Jewish leaders!

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JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL

Jewish Teens Learn and Make Friends at JARC on Service Day Fifty teens from eleven area schools joined their friends and made new ones at JARC at a very special event on April 21 - while earning community service hours.

Jewish Teen Service Day was devised by a group of local teens convened by the Jewish Community Relations Council of South Palm Beach County (JCRC) to help bring local Jewish youth from public and private schools together for an appealing and meaningful activity.

The afternoon kicked off in Zinman Hall with a kosher barbecue lunch and a bit about the work of the Jewish Federation. A walk through the Federation campus to JARC helped bring this learning home. Dr. Debra Hallow, JARC Executive Director, oriented the rapt students to relationship building and sensitivities in socializing with persons living with different types of special needs. Then, the teens and JARC residents played Bingo and talked together. Before leaving, a number of students requested information about volunteering there on a regular basis.

Instrumental to Teen Service Day’s success was the partnership effort of local schools, synagogues and teen organizations with the JCRC for planning and recruitment. Some of their staff were on hand for the event: Daniel Mesa and Jen Coane of Jewish Student Connection; Justin Pollack from BBYO; and Shira Englander of Weinbaum Yeshiva High School. Together, our community provided a great day of service and companionship for teens and JARC residents, with connections that will continue developing for the benefit of all.

boca Teen Wins Israel at 65 Video Contest South Palm Beach County students in Grades 9-12 were invited by the Jewish Community Relations Council to submit a short YouTube video highlighting one or more of the many achievements of the State of Israel in this 65th anniversary year of the Jewish homeland.

The winner of the contest was announced at the Federation on Tuesday, May 28. Simcha Stadlan, a 9th grade student at Weinbaum Yeshiva High School, accepted the prize, an iPad Mini, in the presence of his parents and others who attended a screening of the video.

Simcha’s video cited Israel’s achievements in the areas of Technology & Science, Tikkun Olam (Repairing the World), Culture & Arts, Lifestyle & Leisure, the Environment, and People & Heritage. This remarkable production will appear on the Jewish Federation’s website, and on the JCRC’s webpage for viewing by the public.

Simcha said that it took many hours to compile and arrange photographs, create titles and set the piece to music. The son of Liz and Dr. Carmi Stadlan, he’s visited Israel twice– once with family, and again on a trip with the Hillel Day School.

(Simcha also attended the Levis JCC Zale Early Childhood Center)

This video has provided our community with a three-minute snapshot that will educate and inspire viewers about the miraculous modern State of Israel. See it now at: jewishboca.org/imagination.

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Jewish community relations council/Jewish Education

JCRC Hears Florida Session Wrap-up Our Federation’s Jewish Community Relations Council met on May 8 to review the Florida Legislative session. Bernie Friedman, Esq., longtime lobbyist for Florida’s Association of Jewish Federations, reported on areas of concern to the Federation, its beneficiary agencies and the Jewish community.

Friedman lauded the JCRC for its success with funding for Federation Transportation Service, Holocaust survivors assistance, adult day care and Kosher meals. He also explained the unanimously passed Holocaust Victims Insurance Act which will allow the State of Florida to pursue insurance companies for policies never paid out during the Holocaust.

Bernie Friedman

Bill Schwartz, JCRC

There was also good news on Israel, with two long-sought allocations. A recurring $1 million will foster collaborative aerospace research, development and commercialization with Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor. Further, a $100,000 annual allocation will establish an Enterprise Florida office in Tel Aviv for Florida and Israel companies interested in doing business together.

Adults Receive Melton “Diplomas” At the height of graduation season, 28 men and women received Certificates of Jewish Studies from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem on May 23, 2013. The 5773 class of the Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning had completed their two-year curriculum.

Together, in weekly classes, they had discovered what it really means to be Jewish through the history, heritage and culture of Judaic tradition in this non-denominational learning opportunity designed for busy adults.

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The graduates and their guests were welcomed by Rose Weitz, Founding Chair of the Melton International Alumni Association and Chair of the local Melton Advisory Board. Weitz also read a poem by Florence Melton, whose vision and philanthropy, together with The Hebrew University, developed the widespread international program.

Great Jewish Personalities Paul Azaroff Mon. 10 – 11:30 a.m.

Oct. 7 – Dec. 16, 2013 Sandler Center on the Federation campus

New! Bamidbar: Leadership Defied and Defended - Paul Azaroff Mon. 10 – 11:30 a.m.

Jan. 6 – Mar. 17, 2014 Sandler Center on the Federation campus

Marion Hirschman and Rabbi David Steinhardt, members of the dynamic, scholarly local Melton faculty, addressed the group and presented the certificates with pride and affection. Art Stark, a new Melton graduate, shared his powerful experience in the program.

Shemot I – From Slavery to Sinai Marion Hirschmann Thurs. 10:30 a.m. – 12 noon Oct. 10 – Dec. 29, 2013 B’nai Torah Congregation

New! Bamidbar: Leadership Defied and Defended - Marion Hirschmann Thurs. 10:30 a.m. – 12 noon Jan. 9 - Mar. 13, 2014 B’nai Torah Congregation

To find out more about Melton, visit www.jewishboca.org/melton, email barbarak@bocafed.org or call 561.852.6050.

Tuition is $300 per course.

Classes will fill up quickly, so call 561.852.6050 or email barbarak@bocafed.org soon!

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A Project of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Sponsored locally by the Department of Jewish Education of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County

Jewish Education

PJ Library Supporters & Partners Celebrate at Cocktail Reception Excited about the forthcoming launch of PJ Library® in our community, project supporters and partner representatives gathered for a cocktail reception at the beautiful home of Ilene & Peter Wohlgemuth on February 27. The guests included PJ donors, local rabbis and board members from PJ Library affiliated synagogues.

The guests heard from Ilene Wohlgemuth, local PJ Library Chair; Toby and Leon Cooperman, project supporters; and partner representatives Kathy Elias (USCJ), Rabbi Dan Freelander (URJ), and Matthew C. Levin, JFSPBC President & CEO. Harold Grinspoon sent a video thanking the partners.

By May, PJ Library SPBC had registered over 700 families.

Ilene Wohlgemuth, Ellen R. Sarnoff, Toby & Leon Cooperman, Dotti Seaman

Rabbis Josh Broide, Robert Silvers, David Steinhardt and David Baum

Barbara Extein, Marilynn Yentis

Four local representatives recently headed to the 5th Annual PJ Library Conference in Baltimore, to learn with their PJ peers from 180 North American communities.

Photo caption: Elana Ostroff, local PJ Library Director; Harold Grinspoon; Ilene Wohlgemuth, local PJ Library Chair. Marilynn Yentis, URJ representative to the local PJ Advisory Committee and Dana Vizner, Federation Assoc. VP, also attended.

All families in South Palm Beach County raising Jewish children from age six months through eight years are welcome to sign up for PJ Library. Families will receive a free high-quality Jewish children’s book every month.

SIGN UP NOW at pjlibrary.org and select South Palm Beach County like us now on facebook at pjlibrarysouthpalmbeach for updates and events

For questions or information, please contact PJ Library Director, Elana Ostroff at 561.852.6080 or email at pjlibrary@bocafed.org

The PJ Library® - South Palm Beach County Partnership is made possible by generous support from the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, Union for Reform Judaism, Leon and Toby Cooperman Family Foundation and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation.

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Jewish Education

Students from Four Day Schools Come Together to Learn the Meaning of Chesed More than 500 first through fifth grade students from our community’s diverse Jewish Day Schools gathered at the Federation campus on February 27 to learn about and practice the Jewish responsibility to take care of the people around us. Filling Zinman Hall with colorful uniforms, kipot and ruach, the students from Donna Klein Jewish Academy (DKJA), Hillel Day School and Torah Academy heard from Federation CEO Matthew C. Levin and Director of School Educational Services, Marilyn Nachman, and learned with Hadassah Smolarcik, Hillel’s Judaic Studies Coordinator. They also viewed a video about chesed produced by students from Weinbaum Yeshiva High School (WYHS) before moving on to DKJA classrooms for hands-on activities.

Older students also played an important role, learning and teaching. Earlier in February, the high school students of DKJA and WYHS researched chesed, chose two projects for this year’s program, and provided lessons for the day schools’ middle school grades. Later, middle school students accompanied Grades 1-5 to the activity rooms, explaining the chesed projects and assisting the younger students – who worked with partners from other schools. This year, Grades 1-4 decorated picture frames with Hebrew inserts for disabled Israeli veterans at Beit Halochem rehabilitation centers in Israel. The high school students chose this project to thank those who gave so much for their homeland as Israel’s 65th birthday approached. Grade 5 decorated Caps for Kids to be distributed to children living with cancer.

The day was planned by the high school students with professional staff from the four day schools, and the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County’s Department of Jewish Education School Educational Services.

Early Childhood Focus: Our Students, Our Families. . . Ourselves!

As always, music and merriment joined serious learning when more than 200 Early Childhood educators from eight local centers came together on February 8, 2013 for the Annual Jewish Educators Early Childhood Conference. Gathered at Congregation B’nai Israel, they sang with Susan Shane Linder before settling down to two major workshops.

They started with Kids Haven’t Changed but Parents Have: Tips and Strategies for Connecting with Millennial Parents, led by Karen Deerwester. Owner of Family Time Coaching and Consulting and author of three parenting books, Deerwester is frequently featured in local and national media. Emily Teck, a national Jewish music educator and recording artist, then facilitated G-d is My BFF: Developmentally Appropriate Prayer Practice for the Very Young.

The conference is coordinated each year by our Federation’s Department of Jewish Education’s School Educational Services and the Council of Early Childhood Directors of South Palm Beach County.

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Participating Early Childhood Centers: Betty & Marvin Zale Early Childhood Learning Center, Adolph & Rose Levis JCC • Hillel Day School of Boca Raton Jewish Early Childhood Center • Maimonides Institute for Jewish Learning Early Childhood Center, Temple Beth El • Maurice A. Halperin Torah Tots Early Childhood Center, Chabad of Boca Raton • Nadel Center for Early Childhood Education, Congregation B’nai Israel • Ruth and Edward Taubman Early Childhood Center, B’nai Torah Congregation • Torah Academy of Boca Raton

Jewish Education

Flags & Festivities on Campus for Israel’s 65th The ruach was palpable from the parking lots as the Federation campus observed Yom HaAtzmaut, Israel Independence Day, on April 18. With Israeli music, dance, flags and cheers, the vibrant, colorful celebration brought all generations together from throughout the campus for several hours, right in Dedication Plaza. The Federation’s Department of Jewish Education and Donna Klein Jewish Academy collaborated on the lively program, which included professionally led Israeli folk dancing with Silvio Berlfein of Horah Entertainment.

Amid a sea of blue and white flags, balloons and paper chains, the DKJA classes took turns parading into and dancing in the plaza.

They were cheered on by Levis JCC’s Zale preschoolers with handdecorated flags, Jewish Association for Residential Care (JARC) clients, senior residents of Gould and Weinberg Houses, and employees & visitors from throughout the campus.

If that wasn’t enough to transport the Federation to Israel, DKJA’s Israel for Real interactive exhibits filling Zinman Hall a few feet away – including a Western Wall replica - were sure to do the trick.

Inspired and Dedicated, Teens Return from March of the Living Deeply committed to bearing witness to the Holocaust and keeping the spirit of “Never Again” alive for generations to come, another group of local students has recently returned from the annual March of the Living. After months of class preparation, fifty-two high school juniors and seniors boarded planes to a snow-covered Poland on April 4 to begin the renowned two-week trip that culminates this extraordinary, life-changing Holocaust education program.

From the depths of the Holocaust in the camps, the ghettos and the remnants of what were thriving Jewish communities in Poland, they marched from Auschwitz to Birkenau on Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Remembrance Day with 12,000 cohorts from 45 countries. From there they went on to discover and celebrate the glory of the modern State of Israel, observing Yom HaZikaron/Israel Memorial Day and Yom HaAtzmaut/Israel Independence Day there.

Throughout, they formed powerful relationships that continue with the dedicated adults who accompanied them, including Holocaust survivors Rosette Goldstein, Mary and Joe Eckstein, and Nina Frisch; and Rabbis Josh Broide and Yaakov Green. Recruitment for the 2014 trip (April 23 - May 7) is now underway for students entering grades 11 and 12 in August, as well as for a 5-star adult bus.

Visit www.molsouth.org or call 561.852.6045.

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LOCAL BENEFICIARY AGENCIES ADOLPH & ROSE LEVIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER (JCC) 561.852.3200 • www.levisjcc.org The Levis Jewish Community Center was founded in 1983 by Adolph & Rose Levis and, for the last 30 years, has been a cornerstone for our community, providing a broad range of enriching programs and services for individuals of all ages and abilities to meet the diverse needs of members, the Jewish community and the community at large. The updated Fitness Center, Spinning and Babysitting Rooms, and the Group Exercise Studio in the Sports & Wellness building have brought overwhelmingly positive responses from members and guests.

In February, the Levis JCC celebrated its 30th anniversary and honored three of its most committed volunteers at the annual HaNadiv Gala. In March, a group of “Dreambuilders” gathered to honor and support the Levis JCC Helene & Roy Schwedelson Special Needs Programs.

Another year of fun, friendship and learning has come to a close at the Levis JCC Betty and Marvin Zale Early Childhood Learning Center with another fun-filled, fantastic summer for hundreds of children at the Levis JCC Marleen Forkas Summer Camps eagerly anticipated.

Whether enjoying classic camp activities such as swimming, archery and crafts, or flying high on our Flying Trapeze, campers will fill our campus with laughter all summer long.

The Levis JCC promotes and enhances Jewish culture, heritage and values through educational, spiritual, social, wellness and recreational programs for individuals of all ages at the Phyllis & Harvey Sandler Center for Jewish Life Enhancement. With a preschool, summer camp, family activities, athletics, cultural arts, adult enrichment and special needs programming, as well as one of “Boca’s Best” thrift shops, the Levis JCC offers something for everyone.

DONNA KLEIN JEWISH ACADEMY (DKJA)

DKJA Friends of the Arts Co-Chairs: Grandparent Chair Carole Cornell, Community Chair Judi Bukaitz, and Parent Chair Julie Weinstein.

Rosenblatt High School junior Brynna Kaplan with Congressman Ted Deutch..

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561.852.3300 • www.dkja.org Donna Klein Jewish Academy provides a unique educational experience emphasizing the importance of Jewish living, learning, and academic achievement. The school’s Mission is to educate our children and the DKJA community to be knowledgeable and responsible citizens of the world, committed to Jewish values and lifelong learning. DKJA’s rigorous college-preparatory curriculum integrates the arts, science, mathematics, Judaic studies, the humanities, and athletics.

As the only K-12 Jewish Day School in the country to have earned recognition as a FrankinCovey Leader In Me School, DKJA serves approximately 700 students. Now in its 34th year, DKJA continues to expand as a premier Jewish Day School, led by President Lesley Zafran, and Head of School Karen Feller.

Donna Klein Jewish Academy’s Arts Programs Flourish Donna Klein Jewish Academy’s visual and performing arts programs often receive accolades and recognition on a local, state, and national level. Through the support of DKJA’s Friends of the Arts (FOA), a volunteer group of parents, grandparents, and community leaders, students’ lives are enhanced through music, art, and drama. Pictured Above: FOA Co-Chairs - Grandparent Chair Carole Cornell, Community Chair Judi Bukaitz, and Parent Chair Julie Weinstein. The success of the school’s arts programs is evidenced throughout the campus. Recently, Claire and Emanuel G. Rosenblatt High School junior Brynna Kaplan (pictured at left with Congressman Ted Deutch) earned second place in the Annual Congressional Art Competition for her painting of a mango fruit in a metal bowl. The competition provides members of Congress with the opportunity to showcase the talents of their creative high school constituents. Since the competition’s inception in 1982, countless numbers of students have been able to participate at a local level. In April, Brynna and participating Rosenblatt High School students Ethan Plotsker and Pamela Wolf had their work exhibited at the Baker Sponder Gallery in Boca Raton.

LOCAL BENEFICIARY AGENCIES JEWISH ASSOCIATION FOR RESIDENTIAL CARE (JARC) 561.558.2550 • www.jarcfl.org “The Magic that is JARC Florida” JARC Florida a non-sectarian organization, provides group homes, apartments and vocational training for adults with developmental disabilities. JARC strives to assist each individual in becoming all he or she is capable of being and we encourage this growth in a caring, nurturing environment. JARC mission, in partnership with the families of the agency’s clients, is to promote independence, dignity and self-respect in order to create more fulfilling lives.

On March 10, 2013 over 500 JARC supporters gathered at Boca West Country Club. This magical event was chaired by Linda and Ivan Gefen, and the Silent/Live Auction was chaired by Ellen Gechter and Barry Kaufman. For a second year, Michael Williams of WPTV News Channel 5 the Master of Ceremonies. Judy Levis Markhoff was awarded the 2013 Humanitarian Award for her continued support of JARC. Rabbi Daniel Levin of Temple Beth El was the honoree of the night. He was presented with an original art piece by JARC Client Michelle Kingan. Rabbi Dan was honored for his commitment, leadership, and guidance.

On March 21 Dr. Yoram Dahav from Donna Klein Jewish Academy led JARC clients and family members for JARC’s annual Passover Seder. Café 95 provided the delicious meal that included Matzo Ball Soup, chicken with vegetables, potatoes, and decadent macaroons for dessert. The clients were able to participate in the service in front of their families and friends.

RUTH RALES JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE (JFS)

561.852.3333 • www.ruthralesjfs.org Generous Neighbors & Professionals Make a Difference Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service has been committed to enhancing and improving the quality of life for all members of the community since 1979. JFS offers help, hope and humanity through a comprehensive range of programs and services which support people of all ages and beliefs, with locations in Boca Raton and Delray Beach.

More than 200 senior JFS clients - many with wheelchairs, walkers or aides - enjoyed what was likely their one opportunity to observe the Passover tradition with a group at the 20th annual Model Seder. The cost of the meals and transportation was generously covered by Boca West’s Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County donors, who raised $13,000 from their neighbors. Boca West volunteers also helped and visited with guests.

Reuniting, remembering and enjoying companionship, local Holocaust survivors will soon head to another Café Europa. Every June and December, JFS holds this program where survivors reminisce, exchange stories and socialize, and a number of powerful reunions have resulted.

The June program, including transportation and lunch, is again supported by residents of Polo Club through the Jewish Federation and with funds from the Claims Conference.

The new Financial Consulting Program at JFS has begun providing help beyond immediate crisis assistance. Responding to increasing requests for help with reduced family incomes, rising debt, increased living costs with fixed incomes, real estate concerns and more, the program screens and links clients with pro bono services from professionals through the Jewish Community Foundation’s Professional Advisory Committee, the Federation’s Business & Professional Division and other sources. For more information about volunteering or obtaining help, call 561.852.3334 or email bethl@ruthralesjfs.org.

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LOCAL BENEFICIARY AGENCIES BBYO GOLD COAST REGION • 954.252.1912 • www.goldcoastbbyo.org In 2012-13, Gold Coast Region BBYO engaged over 1,300 Jewish teens in 6th-12th grade and will be sending almost 100 teens on a BBYO summer experience. The region also raised over $3,000 for global Jewry. Gold Coast partnered with numerous organizations, including the Jewish Federation of SPBC, Congregation Ramat Shalom (Plantation), Stand With Us, Habitat for Humanity, and JSC. BBYO is always looking to grow and connect with the SPBC community. Contact them to connect Jewish teens in 6-12th grades with a quality, social Jewish experience. Jewish young adults 21+ interested in being a mentor or volunteer to teens, and BBYO alums are also encouraged to connect and hear about the latest amazing growth. They’ll all find BBYO is an outstanding organization to partner with, to make our teens stronger Jewish communal leaders. To connect, or for information on upcoming events, call 954.252.1912.

FEDERATION TRANSPORTATION SERVICES • 561.852.3280

www.jewishboca.org Federation Transportation Services, Inc. (FTS), was established in 1993 to respond to the overwhelming demand in South Palm Beach County for transportation services for the elderly and disabled in our community. The organization services the continuing and growing need for transportation visits to get to medical and life sustaining activities such as doctor’s appointments, grocery shopping, pharmacies and local congregate hot meal sites when families cannot provide assistance. FTS provides buses, vans and cars for fixed route, door to door and curbside service. The majority of the fleet is wheelchair accessible. Financial assistance is available based on each client’s eligibility to qualify for government programs. For more information, please contact the FTS office.

HILLEL DAY SCHOOL OF BOCA RATON • 561.470.5000 • www.hilleldayschool.org Hillel Day School of Boca Raton has embraced technologically enhanced teaching methods, providing its students with a comprehensive 21st century education in both Judaic and secular studies. Hillel’s introduction of portable iPad carts complements daily classroom lessons and encourages collaboration among students in both lower and upper school classes. The iPad makes learning more accessible by allowing students to be creative using multiple media, and to discover new information at their fingertips.

Recently, the Judaic department has piloted creating iPad textbooks that provide students with textual materials and an array of multimedia that bring ancient texts to life. Students in computer classes work on state-of-the-art hardware and software. The integration of the latest IOS and Web 2.0 application includes student creations of documentaries, movie and music productions, animation, and computer programming.

Hillel recognizes the challenges of 21st century learning. The impact of technology in the school has been significant, advancing how students learn and how instructors teach.

HILLEL OF BROWARD AND PALM BEACH • 561.297.4100 • www.hillelcenter.org Hillel of Broward and Palm Beach recently sponsored an Israel Independence Day Celebration on the campus of Florida Atlantic University. A carnival-like atmosphere with free Israeli style food, attracted hundreds of Jewish and non-Jewish students, faculty and community members. Comments were delivered by Hillel’s “Owls for Israel” leaders, local rabbis and Christian clergy members, and read on behalf of Congressman Ted Deutch.

Hillel was excited to display, for the first time, their new acquisition of 16 colorful panels, each 7 feet high, that collectively tell Israel’s story through photographs and basic facts.

Called “Israel Matters,” the panels attracted lots of attention from participants and those passing by, helping Hillel students to educate their peers and tell Israel’s story. Hillel’s vision is to help every Jewish student make an enduring commitment to Jewish life, learning and Israel.

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LOCAL BENEFICIARY AGENCIES TORAH ACADEMY OF BOCA RATON • 561.347.1821 • www.torahacademybr.org

Torah Academy Expands Its Borders Torah Academy opened its doors this school year with the addition of a new campus! The original or Northern Campus is home to the Elementary School and vibrant new Girl’s Middle School, while the Southern Campus (just 300 yards up the block!) houses the Pre-School and Boy’s Middle School Division. With 62 new students joining TABR’s roster for the 2012-2013 school year, for a total of 252 students, the new campus is a welcomed blessing. The new facility houses two independent buildings. The dedicated Preschool building contains all of the bells and whistles including spacious, canopied playgrounds, lovely garden areas and large, open classrooms. The second building houses the school’s bustling Beis Medrash, the Boy’s Middle School headquarters and the school’s financial offices. Torah Academy’s mission to instill Torah values and Jewish unity via a challenging, cutting edge educational curriculum is being achieved in more spacious and comfortable surroundings this year.

WEINBAUM YESHIVA HIGH SCHOOL • 561.470.5000 • www.wyhs.net Weinbaum Yeshiva High School inspires 260 students to make a life-long commitment to Jewish values, learning and observance through the prism of Torah, within an excellent college and yeshiva preparatory program. WYHS is delighted to announce that Rabbi Jonathan Kroll will assume the position of Head of School beginning with the 2013-14 school year. Rabbi Kroll has served as Associate Principal for S.A.R High School in Riverdale, NY since 2003. Prior to that, he held teaching and administrative roles at Yeshivah of Flatbush High School in Brooklyn. WYHS selected Rabbi Kroll based on his outstanding record of academic leadership, his commitment to a high standard of excellence, and his ability to foster productive relationships with all constituency groups of our school community. Although Rabbi Kroll will formally begin his position on August 1, he has already made several trips to the school this spring and is involved in planning for the upcoming year.

Weinberg and Gould Houses • Weinberg House: 561.482.0523 Gould House: 561.487.5840 Residents and staff of the Shirley H. Gould House are celebrating completion of a major remodeling project and their 24th Anniversary. Together the Gould and Weinberg Houses offer 206 apartments for the community’s low-income elderly and/or mobility impaired, primarily funded through HUD programs. The Houses are located right on the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach campus. Residents have their own affordable private apartments with balconies, set in garden surroundings.

Through partnerships with the Federation’s beneficiary agencies, residents have access to a wide range of services and programs including health management, socialization, recreation, immigration and English classes, intergenerational activities, computer and internet training, volunteer opportunities, meals and transportation.

Due to the shortage of affordable housing and the demographics, there is an extensive waiting list. Please call for more information.

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Synagogue Updates B’NAI TORAH CONGREGATION (C)

6261 SW 18th Street, Boca Raton • 561.392.8566 • www.bnai-torah.org Cantor Steven Hevenstone will be leaving B’nai Torah after years of extraordinary service and dedication. This summer, B’nai Torah will welcome Cantor Benjamin Tisser, who served a New York City congregation while completing his masters degree and cantorial investiture at JTS. An active composer, he was recently selected as a 2013 Shalshelet Jewish Music Festival finalist. Please join B’nai Torah in welcoming Cantor Tisser and his family to the community, and wishing Cantor Hevenstone much success in his future endeavors.

Boca Jewish Center/Shaaray Tefilla (O)

21065 Powerline Road, Boca Raton • 561-477-8872 • www.bjcst.org Boca Jewish Center/Shaaray Tefilla welcomes Jews of all levels of observance to daven, learn, attend services and enjoy activities and events. In addition to daily and weekly classes Rabbi Gibber offers one-on-one learning and spiritual guidance. The dynamic Sisterhood has doubled its size in the last year. From Torah study to cooking demonstrations, from teens working to earn community service hours to Bugle babies, activities for every age and stage of life are offered in a warm and supportive Jewish environment.

BOCA RATON SYNAGOGUE (O)

7900 Montoya Circle, Boca Raton • 561.394.0394 • www.brsonline.org Not planning on attending a High Holiday service? Think again… Consider joining the fastest growing Jewish outreach and engagement program this year. Rabbi Josh Broide and the Boca Raton Jewish Experience (BRJE) have designed a special “High Holiday Beginners Services,” in which the prayers and customs are fully explained, and are designed to provide a meaningful experience for everyone – free of charge. Your High Holidays may never be the same. For more information please visit www.MyJewishExperience.org Chabad of East Boca (o)

120 NE 1st Ave, Boca Raton, FL 33432 • 561.417.7797 • www.ChabadBocaBeaches.com Chabad of East Boca recently celebrated its Bar Mitzvah year with a concert at the Mizner Park Amphitheater, starring the “King of Jewish Music” - Mordechai Ben David and child prodigy, Ethan Bortnick. The celebration was attended by over 1,000 people and many described it as “an event of a lifetime.” Chabad honored 18 community members for their outstanding leadership, activism and philanthropy.

CONGREGATION B’NAI ISRAEL (R)

2200 Yamato Rd., Boca Raton • 561.241.8118 • www.cbiboca.org The Baby Center Child Care Program is opening August 15, 2013! For babies ages six weeks to two years, the program will run Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Experienced educators will help children grow in an environment just like home. The Baby Center is the only child care program that creates an individual education plan, complete with a customized schedule of activities for baby’s development. Space is limited. Visit www.cbiboca.org/babycenter. For a tour or to register, contact Rebeca Rosenblatt at 561.241.1484 or Rebeca@cbiboca.org CONGREGATION SHAAREI KODESH (C)

19785 Hampton Dr., Boca Raton • 561.852.6555 • http://shaareikodesh.org Congregation Shaarei Kodesh, a vibrant multi-generational conservative congregation in West Boca, continues to reach out to our community with acts of tikkun olam. On a very chilly February morning, a group of more than 20 joined together and gleaned green peppers in order to provide fresh produce to the local food pantries. The CSK Mitzvah Corps can also be found at the Jacobson Family Food Pantry during their monthly food bagging events.

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Synagogue Updates CONGREGATION SHIRAT SHALOM (R) PO Box 971142, Boca Raton • 561.488.8079 • www.shiratshalom.org The congregation recently presented the community with a hilarious rendition of the famous Yiddish tale about a crowded house. Rabbi David Degani played the rabbi and the teen drama group used puppets for the rest of the characters. Rabbi David and Cantor Lee are well known for using Puppetry and Story Telling to teach Jewish values. Students in the Hebrew School especially benefit and thoroughly enjoy their experiences with the puppets!

CONGREGATION TORAH OHR (O)

19146 Lyons Road, Boca Raton, FL • 561.479.4049 • www.TorahOrhBoca.org Congregation Torah Ohr, Century Village, Boca Raton, has experienced huge growth over the past several years. A vibrant, welcoming synagogue, Torah Ohr serves as the spiritual, educational and social center for its more than seven hundred members. Services, educational programs, holiday celebrations and many fun filled social events attract members and friends from throughout the community. New Rabbi, Benjamin Yasgur, is helping guide the synagogue to become a large and significant South Florida Jewish institution. Torah Ohr is a member of the OU and participates with other synagogues nationwide in educational events and programs in support of Israel. Couples and singles are invited to join in Torah Ohr’s many activities.

TEMPLE BETH EL OF BOCA RATON (R)

333 SW 4th Ave., Boca Raton; 9800 Yamato Rd., Boca Raton 561.391.8900 • www.tbeboca.org Join Rabbi Dan Levin, Rabbi Jessica Spitalnic Brockman and Cantorial Soloist Lori Shapiro in welcoming two new colleagues to Temple Beth El. Rabbi Greg Weisman is a native of Chicago and recent graduate of Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles, where he completed his rabbinical education and earned a Master of Jewish Education. Cantorial Soloist Lawrence Dermer is an accomplished composer and performer of original Jewish music, following a successful career in popular music that earned him several Grammy nominations and BMI awards.

TEMPLE EMETH (C)

5780 West Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach • 561.498.3536 • www.temple-emeth.org Temple Emeth is having a concert featuring the synagogue’s Cantor Steven Texon on Sunday, August 4th at 2:00 PM. Popular and highly acclaimed, Cantor Texon has thrilled and inspired the most prestigious congregations across the continent in prayer and in concert. He has served both the Aventura-Turnberry Jewish Center and B’nai Torah Congregation of Boca Raton.

Temple Sinai (R) 2475 West Atlantic Avenue, Delray Beach • 561.276.6161 • http://templesinaipbc.com The congregation came together for a Yom Hashoah Service on April 15, 2013, where Holocaust Survivors, assisted by religious school students, were called upon to light six candles representing the six million who died in the Holocaust. The congregation also enjoyed a wonderful first night of Passover seder at the Temple. Rabbi Greg Kanter is continuing his Lunch and Learn Series. The congregation is also looking forward to being entertained by the Israeli Scouts.

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