Chai Life - Winter 2009 Edition

A Guide for Jewish Living and Giving in Boca Raton, Delray Beach and Highland Beach

Volume 4, Number 2 Winter 2009

Major Gifts PG. 4

Elie Wiesel pierces the heart.

Out and About in our Country Clubs PG. 10 Excitement, creativity and caring personified.

Women’s Philanthropy PG. 14

Leading the nation.

Stories of Hope PG. 19 Made possible by you.

Super Sunday PG. 27

Oh yes it was!

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

A wish for my grandchild and yours

Senior Vice President, Marketing & Corporate Development Andrew M. Rose

From Stewart G. Harris, Chairman of the Board

My wife Gloria and I welcomed our eighth grandchild into the world on February 9th. His name is Jack Jacoby and he was born in Ra’anana, Israel, where his parents Alan and Rachel (our daughter) and three grandchildren have been living since June of 2005.

Director of Marketing Operations Erryn Abiri Public Relations Director Andrea Schuver Editorial Director/Senior Copywriter Patricia Como

The birth of a child, of course, fills one’s heart with enormous hope and optimism, for we are so focused on the wants and wishes for this child, that all of the concerns and negativity about finances, the economy and world events fall into the background.

I found myself envisioning Jack living a healthy, happy life with peace and tranquility all around. I envision him walking freely in the world, proudly practicing his Judaism wherever he chooses to go. I envision him living in an Israel that enjoys peace with its neighbors all around and that is a thriving, vital metropolis, continuing to contribute tremendous good to the world in science and technology, the arts and humanities.

I envision him fulfilled with his chosen profession and able to provide well for his family, and to give much to his community, his country and the world. I envision him being able to go as far and as wide as his dreams allow.

I feel greatly uplifted in putting forth these wishes— not only for my grandchild but for all of our children and grandchildren. Especially with the backdrop of this economy, with rockets continuing to soar further into our Homeland, and with more people around the world experiencing greater hardship, I believe it is critical to keep our dreams and our hope kindled brightly. Nothing seems to do this as well as a new baby in the family.

May we emerge from these challenging financial times stronger and more united than ever in our Jewish values and faith.

B’Shalom,

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Federation Officers Chair Stewart G. Harris Vice Chair, Campaign Ellen R. Sarnoff Vice Chair, Jewish Community Foundation David Pratt Vice Chair, Women’s Philanthropy Anne L. Jacobson Vice Chair, Planning & Allocations Ted Struhl Treasurer Michael J. Weinberg Secretary Albert Gortz Assistant Secretary Stephen A. Mendelsohn Vice Chair Jill Deutch

Stewart G. Harris Chairman of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County

Vice Chair Cindy Orbach Nimhauser Vice Chair Robin Struhl President & CEO William S. Bernstein, MSW Federation/UJA Campaign Chair, Campaign Ellen R. Sarnoff

shining chailights additional section

Vice Chair, Campaign David Schimel, M.D. Metro Division Co-Chairs Ollie Louis Susan Rahn Jonathan Sahn Campaign Professionals

Gloria Baker “Although we are all involved in a troubled economy, I have made an additional contribution to the Jewish Federation in memory of my beloved husband Leon Baker, who was passionate about helping those in need, thereby making our world a better place.”

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Dotti Seaman “When I thought of the Jewish people served by our Federation, I realized that, with lower gifts coming in, I had to step up and give more than I had in the past – to help those who have the least and are hurting the most.”

Michael Weinberg, with Caren “The Jewish community at home and abroad is very important to my wife, Caren, and to me. Although we are concerned about the economy, we both felt, deep in our hearts, that this was the time to do more.

If ever our community needed us, it is now. We are honored to be able to increase our support of the Jewish community, at this time, because we know that this is the year it will truly make a difference in people’s lives. This is the year some members of the community and certainly many in Israel will need help with basic shelter, food, and medicine and we are committed to contribute as much assistance as we can. We feel fortunate to be able to play a significant role - this year more than ever.”

Executive Vice President, Financial Resource Development Irv E. Geffen Senior Vice President, Campaign & Community Development Marla Weiss Egers

Bill Newman “If you’re fortunate enough to be in a position to help out at this time, do so. It’s more important than ever.”

Hava Leipzig Holzhauer and Adam Holzhauer

“My husband Adam and I decided to increase our gift because of our personal discovery of the relevance and importance that Federation-supported programs have for our family, and our Jewish community and world communities. Among so many worthy causes, the wings of Federation expand to humanitarian assistance from hunger to shelter to education to rescue to literacy to natural disasters. We are committed to helping, and confident we are doing so by giving to Federation.”

“Through my deep involvement in this community over the years, I know the incredible needs we have locally, as well as in Israel and overseas - needs that will only continue to increase. I believe that as a leader, it is important to lead by example, and we are fortunate to be able to help keep our community strong and whole. If we as leaders do our best to explain to others what lies beyond the gates of our country clubs, they will also learn how important it is for them to help.”

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SHINING

Richie Ravin

Meryl Gallatin

“Now, when these tough financial times might only get tougher, those who receive assistance through our Jewish Federation need it most. We can’t forget them and think only about ourselves and our immediate families. This is the time to dig deeper and step up to support our larger family, those who need help more than ever before.”

LIGHTS

Deep appreciation goes to the Shining Chai Lights of our 2009 Annual Campaign who gave generously, when they are needed more than ever. Their generosity in increasing their gifts this year is inspiring others, as it brings hope and relief to so many in need - in our own community, in Israel and in 70 countries worldwide. A few of our Shining Chai Lights share their motivations here.

Alan Mushlin, with Jessica, Mikayla, Lily and Alexa “The Jewish Federation has been an important part of my family’s life. By teaching my children the importance of donating and performing a Mitzvah for those less fortunate, it helps them to understand how important it is to preserve the Jewish community around the world and what it means to be Jewish today.”

Ellen R. Sarnoff, 2009 Annual Campaign Chair “Knowing there are people in our community going hungry while I have everything at my fingertips has deeply moved me. I keep thinking of our neighbors in such need. So I made some hard decisions to shift my priorities like changing travel plans, shopping and dining habits, and the type of car I drive.”

Sylvia Fried

Norm Jacobson with Anne

“I was aware that calls for help were increasing, and had already planned to raise my gift. But then came Bill Bernstein’s powerful presentation at the Hamlet Opening Event. He conveyed the depth and immediacy of the needs, putting personal faces on poignant situations in our own community and Israel, as well as in Tblisi, which he’d recently visited. Then I knew I had to do even more, and I increased my gift at the end of that evening.”

“With the downward spiral of the economy, Annie and I are concerned that those with the least are not only the most vulnerable, but have the most to lose. Thank goodness, our family will not have to go without a meal or medicine. This is not the case with many of our neighbors. There are so many of the elderly and the new disadvantaged whose income has either been greatly reduced or, in some cases, has vanished altogether, who need our increased participation and commitment just to survive and live with dignity.”

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EVENING OF VALOR

‘Justice, Justice You Shall Pursue’ With its theme of “Justice, Justice You Shall Pursue,” the Major

the event with her husband, Warren. “This resonates deeply

Gifts Evening of Valor on January 18 could not have had

with our major donors of all ages and from all streams of

a more fitting speaker. More than 300 major donors of the

Judaism,” she continued. “The future of the Jewish people,

Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County gathered at

and of humanity, depends on what we do in the present.”

the Polo Club of Boca Raton to hear one of the most important voices of our time: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Holocaust survivor and lifelong human rights champion, Elie Wiesel.

Professor Elie Wiesel

“the oldest group prejudice in history, transcending years, religions and nations, and existing even where there are

Through a multimedia presentation narrated by William S.

no Jews,” to Israel’s current situation in Gaza, “an absolute

Bernstein, Federation President and CEO, major donors left

necessity for Israel as thousands of rockets have been falling

with poignant stories and pictures of those they have helped,

and now a million Israeli residents are within range.” He

as well as a compelling sense of the escalating calls for help

further condemned “terrorists so cowardly they hide behind

amid an annual campaign in what Bernstein called “a period

children and put them in harm’s way.”

of tremendous challenge.”

Rani Garfinkle

Wiesel’s presentation also ranged from anti-Semitism,

“The destiny of Israel is the destiny of the Jewish people,”

And they also left with Wiesel’s timely and powerful message

Wiesel continued. Our work is to suffer with Israel , have joy at

of hope and inspiration.

her victories, and recognize how powerfully Israel impacts us.”

“Most of us will not change the world like Elie Wiesel - the

Wiesel concluded with some brief advice, “Whatever you

voice of all that was lost in the Holocaust and the voice of the Jewish people speaking out - but those of us here tonight do make a difference, changing the world a little bit every day, especially when we work together,” said Rani Garfinkle, Co-chair of the Evening of Valor, the Federation’s largest annual fundraising event.

do in your life, think higher and feel deeper,” which deeply affected Ellen R. Sarnoff, Federation’s Campaign Chair. “I keep turning over these words,” said Sarnoff. “They are especially powerful because Professor Wiesel has gone through so much, yet his caring for humanity has become so integral to him.”

“Our major donors are our local champions, raising 65% of

L-R: Elaine Stein Roberts, Bernard Roberts

Wiesel, whose own philanthropy has not been immune to

the more than $20 million we raise and allocate each year,”

the challenges of the times, offered words and examples that

continued Sarnoff. “They truly understand that while tough

called those present to action, “Night, my book about the

economic times mean some inconvenience for those more

Holocaust, is by far the most popular, but I am not as proud

fortunate, more and more in our community are overwhelmed

of what I’ve done for memory as I am of what I’ve done for

with costs of daily living, fears of losing their homes, and

others, such as Soviet Jewry. . . . I can deal with my own

choosing among food, utilities and medicine. And now we

suffering. I know how to sublimate it into my books and how

are called upon to ‘think higher and feel deeper’.”

to handle it. But I cannot deal with yours, except by taking a stand for those who are suffering.”

Reflecting on Wiesel’s words, Rani Garfinkle concluded, “With needs escalating and so many people devastated in our own

L-R: Elie Wiesel, Harvey & Phyllis Sandler

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“From witnessing the depths of human cruelty during

neighborhoods, in Israel and elsewhere overseas, now is the

the Holocaust, Wiesel has embraced human grace and

time for everyone to examine their hearts, their souls and their

dedicated his life to stopping and preventing atrocities and

checkbooks.” Paraphrasing a sage of a previous time, she

other human suffering,” said Robin Struhl, who also chaired

added, “If not now, when? And if not us, whom?”

TOP JEWISH FEDERATION DONORS LAUNCH ANNUAL CAMPAIGN SEASON WITH WELCOME BACK RECEPTION

Elie Wiesel Inspires Major Donors Amid Stories of Escalating Needs The Evening of Valor was co-chaired at four giving levels by Phyllis and Harvey Sandler (Prime Minister’s Council); Jeanette and Sherman Vogel (Leadership Gifts);Diane and Larry Feldman (King David Society) and Elaine Stein Roberts, and Pamela and Robert Weinroth (Crown of Judah and Joshua Societies).

The Federation’s Major Gifts Program is generously sponsored by Kaplan, Krauss & Levine, LLC; Proskauer Rose LLP; and Steinberg Global Asset Management, Ltd. All Evening of Valor proceeds benefit the 2009 UJA/Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County Annual Campaign, which supports critical services locally, in Israel and around the world.

WELCOME BACK CAMPAIGN KICK-OFF

A warm reception at the beautiful St. Andrews Country Club home and garden of M.L. Bedowitz welcomed back more than 50 champions of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County in December. Top major donors gathered with campaign professionals and just-returned leaders of the Federation’s Israel @ 60 Mission to launch the 2009 Annual Campaign season.

Federation President and CEO, William S. Bernstein, paid tribute to and drew inspiration from the commitment of past campaign chair Steve Bedowitz, whose passing last June is still deeply felt by his Federation friends and colleagues. Bernstein also introduced the 2009 Campaign video, and provided an update on the work of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in India.

Leadership and philanthropy in uncertain times was the timely topic of featured speaker Carole Solomon’s call to action. Solomon, immediate past chair of the Jewish Agency for Israel’s Board of Governors, and current chair of the Agency’s North American Council, also urged those present to work on reaching out to newcomers with opportunities to involve them in the Annual Campaign.

L-R: Elie Wiesel, Robin and Warren Struhl

L-R: front: Rani Garfinkle, Ellen R. Sarnoff, Robin Struhl; back: Al Gortz, Warren Struhl, Elie Wiesel, Stewart Harris, Tom Kaplan, Ken Pritzker, Norman Steinberg

L-R: Bill Bernstein, Federation President & CEO; Richard Steinberg (Major Gifts/Event Sponsor, Steinberg Global Asset Management, Ltd.); M.L. Bedowitz, Event Host; Tom Kaplan and Danny Levine (Major Gifts/Event Sponsors, Kaplan, Krauss and Levine LLC)

L-R: Dr. David Schimel, 2009 Annual Campaign Vice Chair; Ellen R. Sarnoff, 2009 Annual Campaign Chair; M.L. Bedowitz, Event Host; Stewart Harris, Federation Chair; Anne Jacobson, Women’s Philanthropy Chair; Bill Bernstein, Federation President & CEO

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L-R: front: Pamela Weinroth, Robin Struhl, Diane Feldman; back: Harvey Sandler, Phyllis Sandler, Robert Weinroth, Elie Wiesel, Rani Garfinkle, Warren Struhl, Larry Feldman, Sherman Vogel, Jeanette Vogel

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Gross Winners: Joe Mishkin Barry Sylvetsky Mort Handel

Closest to the pin winners: Lee Saginor Mitchell Pollak

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L-R: Golf Event Co-chair Michael Lipton, Presenting Sponsor Ron Krancer, Co-chair Joe Mishkin

L-R: Tim Johnson and Bob Gittlin of JKG Printing, Golf Umbrella Sponsor

While Helping The Community at Inaugural Golf Classic Seventy-two philanthropic men enjoyed an unprecedented opportunity to experience the most exclusive local golf experience while helping to meet vital community needs. On the lush, serene course, and at the awards dinner in the contemporary elegance of the clubhouse, by all accounts the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County’s First Invitational Men’s Golf Classic at Boca Rio Golf Club on January 26 was a rousing success.

“We’re already looking forward to next year,” said Michael Lipton, who co-chaired the event with Alan Cornell and Joseph Mishkin. “Boca Rio is the perfect place to bring together our longtime and new male donors – men who truly care about others as well as about great golfing.” A $5,000 minimum men’s gift to meet critical needs through the 2009 UJA/Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County Annual Campaign entitled each donor to play in the tournament and bring a guest.

“Having enjoyed Boca Rio membership for more than twenty years, and having served on their board, I knew it was time for Boca Rio and the Federation to come together,” said Presenting Sponsor Ron Krancer. “I’m very proud and delighted to have helped make this venture possible.”

Krancer’s name will be engraved on the base of the crystal Bedowitz Trophy, along with those of Net Winners Howard DuBosar, Eric Matheson, Gary Saginor and Lee Saginor.

“Four years ago Steve Bedowitz first conceived the idea of a community-wide Federation Men’s Golf Tournament,” explained Trophy Sponsor Ron Gallatin.

“Especially in this difficult economic time, it is only fitting that the trophy be dedicated to the memory of this man who did not know how to say no to anyone in need, who gave from his heart. I know if Steve were here tonight, he would find a way to inspire all of us that are still able, to give what additional we can to make sure that no one goes to bed hungry, in Israel, in Boca, in the Former Soviet Union, or anyplace in the world where the agencies we support are helping our people.”

Other awardees were: 2nd Net Winners Herb Kane, Dave Polen, Martin Greenberg, and Stephen Irwin; 3rd Net Winners Dan Weiss, Joseph Dubrofsky, Murray Gross, and Steven Landsman; 4th Net Winners Joe Sitrick, Edwin Early, Tim Johnson and Bob Gittlin; Gross Winners Joe Mishkin, Barry Sylvetsky and Mort Handel; and Closest to the Pin Winners Lee Saginor and Mitchell Pollak.

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L-R: Golf Event Co-chair Joe Mishkin, Bedowitz Cup Sponsor Ron Gallatin, Co-chairs Michael Lipton and Alan Cornell

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Out and about

The Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County Country Club Events Gold Coast – BNY Mellon Wealth Management, The Galluzzi Group, The Sandelman Foundation

L-R: Gold Coast Campaign Co-chairs Joseph Sitrick and Diana Stein; Joseph Galluzzi, corporate sponsor/The Galluzzi Group; honoree Toby Weinman Palchik; Elyssa Kupferberg, Gold Coast Sponsor/BNY Mellon

Kick-Off Event

L-R: Gold Coast Kick-off Event Co-chairs Dr. Alan and Roni Freedman, honoree Barbara Weprin, Gold Coast Campaign Chairs Diana Stein and Joseph Sitrick

Addison Reserve – Marcus Group/UBS, Wachovia/Wells Fargo, A & J Philanthropic Fund/Nahmad Family Foundation Mitzvah Project

L-R: Arthur Goldberg, Co-Chair, Addison Reserve Federation Campaign; Harvey Leff, Co-Chair, Mitzvah Project; Richard Stropp, Addison Reserve CC Clubhouse Manager; George Giller, Food and Beverage Director; Barbara Feingold, JFSPBC Board and Past Co-Chair Addison Reserve Campaign; Don Kabat, Co-Chair, Mitzvah Project; Harriet Mironov, Mitzvah Project Committee; $15,000.00 was raised by over 200 residents to fill 225 Chanukah gift food bags for neighbors in need at Kings Point

Boca Grove Plantation - BNY Mellon Wealth Management; Nat Steinart & Associates Insurance, LLC

Pacesetter/Discovery Day

Boca Lago

Opening Event

L-R: Pacesetter Co-chair Liz Goldstein, Pacesetter Co-chairs Liz Goldstein L-R: Pacesetter honoree Beverly Discovery Day Chair Dan Lushan (back row, center) L-R: Event Committee: Florence and Barry Friedberg, Sally Balkin, Mel and Elaine Kofsky, Ed Goldstein, Chair, Grace Guest speaker Alina Spaulding, and Judy Kay, Corporate sponsor Shapiro, Campaign Chair and Boca Grove participants Ellen Sarnoff, Pacesetter Goldstein, Lyna Zommick, Werner and Judy Brodman Pacesetter Co-chair Judy Kay Nat Steinart honoree Margie Baer Boca West – BNY Mellon Wealth Management; Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Ferrara, LLP; Whitsyms Nursing Registry Boca Pointe – The Galluzzi Group, The Zeuner Team Opening Event/ Men’s and Women’s Card Party Luncheon Opening Event

L-R: Corporate sponsors Joseph Galluzzi, The Galluzzi Group; Craig Zeuner, Doris Zeuner and Stuart Zeuner, The Zeuner Team Boca Woods - BNY Mellon Wealth Management, Branham Realty Inc.

Elyssa Kupferberg, Corporate Sponsor/ BNY Mellon

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L-R: Boca Pointe Co-chairs Jane Fishkoff and Craig Zeuner, Corporate sponsor/The Zeuner Team

Opening Event

Dan Schliftman, Men’s Committee Co-Chair; Alan Platner, Committee Chair

L-R: Bill Bernstein, President and CEO, Jewish Federation of SPBC; Ilene Bernstein; Ellen Sarnoff, VP JFSPBC Campaign; Joy Hendel, Chair, Boca West Women’s Federation Cabinet; Irv Geffen, Senior VP FRD; Rhoda Bertuch, Co-Chair, Opening Event; Henri Bertuch, CoChair, Opening Event; David Pratt, Chair, Jewish Community Foundation; Phyllis Blum; Gordon Salganik Chair, Boca West Federation Campaign

Suzanne Branham, Corporate Sponsor/Branham Realty

Paula Levitt, Women’s Committee Chair

Out and about

The Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County Country Club Events Delaire - BNY Mellon Wealth Management, The Galluzzi Group

L-R: guests Stephen and Suzanne Block, Mildred and Larry Lidov

Chai Golf Tournament

L-R: Carol Ellish, Event Co-chair; Elyssa Kupferberg, Corporate sponsor/BNY Mellon; Ron Ellish, Event Co-chair; Joseph Galluzzi, Corporate sponsor; Mimi Bengio, Corporate sponsor; Marcia Kent, Delaire Campaign Chair

Polo club

Pacesetter/ Golf Day

L-R: Event Co-Chairs Al Jacobson (not pictured: Ruth L-R: Larry Levy (Event Co-Chair), Sally Levy, Arnold Jacobson), Phyllis and Cliff Seresky; Honorees Judy and Cohen (Event Honoree), Tripta Chawla (Event Burt Satzberg; Event Co-Chairs Jack and Estelle Futterman Honoree), Mel Morse (Event Co-Chair), Elaine Morse

Bocaire/Delaire – BNY Mellon Wealth Management, The Galluzzi Group, Nat Steinart & Associates Insurance LLC

Spirit of Community

L-R: Jay Felner, Delaire Event Co-chair; Fern Steinfeld, Bocaire Event Co-chair, Dr. Yossi Olmert; Manfred Steinfeld, Bocaire Event Co-chair

The Hamlet – Nat Steinart & Associates Insurance, LLC

L-R: Hamlet Campaign Leaders Bernie and Elaine Roberts, Jack and Vivian Kabcenell, Bob Wallstein and Susan Saril

St. Andrews – BNY Mellon Wealth Management; The Galluzzi Group; Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Ferrara LLP Celebration of Community & Mitzvah Project and Spirit of Community

L-R: Ellen Sarnoff, Federation Campaign Chair; Amy Ross, Event Co-chair; Mimi Bengio and Elyssa Kupferberg, Corporate sponsor/BNY Mellon; Meryl Gallatin, Event Co-chair; Joe Galluzzi, Corporate sponsor; Betty Kane, St. Andrews Campaign Chair; with school supplies for Pine Grove Elementary in Delray Beach

Woodfield

L-R: guests Peter and Susan Lande, M.L. Bedowitz

“Frontlines of American and Israeli Politics” Opening Event

L-R: Joe Mishkin, Woodfield Event Committee; Barry Podolsky, Woodfield Event Committee; Wendy and Elliot Koolik, Woodfield Event Committee

L-R: Debra and Nat Steinart, Corporate sponsor; Elyssa Kupferberg, Corporate sponsor/BNY Mellon; Dr. Yossi Olmert, keynote speaker; Stewart Harris, Federation Chair; Joseph Galluzzi, Corporate sponsor

L-R: Marjorie Horwin, Corporate sponsor/ MBAF; James Satovsky, Event Chair; Joseph Galluzzi, Corporate sponsor; Dr. William Recant, keynote speaker; Elyssa Kupferberg, Corporate sponsor/BNY Mellon; Betty Kane, St. Andrews Campaign Chair

Opening Event

L-R: Hamlet Opening Event Co-chairs Sal and Nancy Gorge and Marcia Spear; Nat Steinart, Corporate sponsor/Nat Steinart & Associates Insurance, LLC

Stonebridge

Stonebridge Volunteers purchased, packed and delivered food packages to more than 60 needy local families

Chanukah Mitzvah Project

L-R: Cara Zimmerman, Forster Family Kosher Food Pantry; Murray Leipzig, Stonebridge Cabinet Chair; Stonebridge Volunteers

BROKEN SOUND – BNY Mellon Wealth Management; Kaplan, Krauss & Levine, LLC; Shuster Design Associates, Inc. Cocktail Reception

Bill Bernstein, President and CEO; Tom Kaplan, Corporate Sponsor; Marilyn Gale and Carol Winig, Co-chairs; Dan Levine, Corporate Sponsor; Dr. Yossi Olmert, Keynote Speaker.

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Jewish Federation Shows High Priority on Special Needs With New Director

With learning disabilities and special needs in the Boca Raton and Delray

Fortunately, though she may be new to the Jewish Federation of South Palm

Beach areas even higher than the 15 percent national average, the Jewish

Beach County’s staff, Dr. LaRocque is hardly new to the Jewish and larger

Federation of South Palm Beach County has recently made an even greater

communities’ special needs. In addition to her work at the Federation, Dr.

commitment to address the issue head on with the addition of Dr. Michelle

LaRocque is an Associate Professor of Exceptional Student Education at

LaRocque as Director of Community Special Needs Services.

Florida Atlantic University with 23 years experience in the field of special

Dr. La Rocque’s position was recommended as a vital first step by the Federation’s Special Needs Task Force, a group of agency representatives, family members and professionals who convened last year to research and make recommendations toward improving financial and professional services and support for residents with special needs and their families.

“As Jews we are commanded to care for the entire community and to repair the world. So we studied local populations with special needs, including children and adults with a wide range of disabilities – developmental, learning, intellectual, mobility, sensory, emotional, and behavioral – and the impact on their families,” explained Task Force Chair Dr. Carol Smokler. “We

in Early Childhood Special Education at Tufts University, and her doctorate in Emotional and Behavioral Disorders at University of Washington, and was on the faculty at Seattle Pacific University. She has published books, chapters and many articles on special education, and received a variety of grants for her work.

Of great value and importance, Dr. La Rocque also brings many years of hands-on experience to her position and our community, including teaching children with different special needs, working with parents, and training educators.

are so pleased to have brought Dr. Michelle LaRocque on board. She is an

Our Jewish community has made great strides toward fulfilling our mission

expert in the area of special needs education and has already worked with

as it applies to everyone, with open doors and open hearts for all ages and

many of our synagogues, schools and agencies. We could not have found a

abilities,” said Janet Elinoff, a Task Force member and mother of a teenager

more capable person to begin this initiative.”

living with autism. “My son has had wonderful experiences and I continue to

The job is an extensive one, supporting existing community resources, assisting agencies to create programs and increase their effectiveness in providing services, and identifying, coordinating and developing responses to critical gaps.

“The Jewish community does have resources, but knows there is much more to be done. So I’m here to help our agencies increase their capacity and coordinate with each other,” explained Dr. LaRocque. “We’ll soon release a comprehensive Community Special Needs Directory both in print and online. I’m also available to help families navigate the complicated systems to access benefits.”

Dr. LaRocque is already consulting and training on special needs in Jewish community institutions such as the Adolph & Rose Levis JCC, Jewish Association for Residential Care, Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service, day schools, preschools and synagogue religious schools. She is also working on raising sensitivity and acceptance throughout the area, and on community special needs planning.

And her work is clearly appreciated. “We’re fortunate to have a resource right here on our campus with such a high level of expertise in the area of special needs, said Karen Feller, Donna Klein Jewish Academy’s Head of School. “In addition to providing valuable training to our faculty regarding learning differences and ADHD, Dr. LaRocque has offered support to our teachers on an individual and grade level, and has provided resources to enhance our ability to meet our students’ individual needs.”

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needs. Prior to coming to FAU in 2003, she completed her Masters degree

advocate to make sure it is not as hard for others in our community as it was for me to find the right services.”

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The year’s most awaited local Jewish women’s event surpassed all expectations on February 18. Amid the elegance of the Boca Raton Resort and Club’s Great Hall, nearly 400 women philanthropists at the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County’s annual Lion of Judah Luncheon were brought to tears by stories of need, and twice brought to their feet in standing ovations for Freedom Writers author Erin Gruwell.

Many were also moved to increase their generosity.

“From our initial planning, we knew that this year’s event would be different,” said Barbara Werner, who co-chaired the luncheon with Pam Kaye. “We set out to create a beautiful day that also recognized current challenges and increased needs. When the Lions applauded our centerpieces of food packages for the Forster Family Kosher Food Pantry, I knew we had succeeded.”

Local hunger was not the only concern the Lions learned about.

“More people than ever are appealing to our Federation for help,” said Anne Jacobson, Women’s Philanthropy Chair, introducing a powerful multimedia presentation after Dotti Seaman her special ng ci un no an one-time gift

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about rising needs and Federationsupported programs. “Beyond Jewish education and day camp and programs that connect fellow Jews to their heritage, overwhelming numbers are relying on us for basic life essentials: Food. Healthcare.

Medicine. Transportation. Shelter from foreclosures or from rocket attacks.”

Gruwell captured the Lions’ hearts from the moment she spoke of her first day teaching high school in Los Angeles , 23 years old, idealistic and carrying a Coach briefcase. As the students revealed lives profoundly impacted by poverty, gang violence, juvenile detention, pregnancies, drugs and multiple losses, she “accepted them as they were,” reaching them by teaching about the Holocaust. She is credited with leading 150 “written off” students to becoming the first in their families to graduate from high school, go to college, stay out of jail, and much more. Their writings were published as a New York Times bestseller that inspired the acclaimed film starring Hilary Swank. Several work with Gruwell’s foundation, spreading her work.

Yet Gruwell was filled with admiration and gratitude for the Lions of Judah.

“I get awards because they say I’ve given young people a second chance,” she said, her voice shaking with emotion. “But all of you here today do extraordinary things. Each and every one of you is offering hands to lift people up, making a profound difference in the lives of people in your community, giving them a second chance. To stay in their homes. To get food delivered. To be treated with dignity.”

Our Lions’ “We do give second chances and change lives – right here, in Israel, and worldwide,” said Jacobson. “No other group of women raises half of their Federation’s campaign dollars.

Last year, our 921 Lions made us second in the nation next to New York; today we welcome 44 more, whose minimum $5,000 annual gifts are an exceptional show of support and leadership in this challenged economy. We also lead the country in Lion of Judah endowments with 218 LOJEs whose annual gifts save lives in perpetuity through their minimum $100,000 endowments.”

“The women at our luncheon represent about $3 million in gifts,” continued Luncheon Co-chair Kaye.

“In those few hours, we closed nearly a quarter million dollars in pledges to the Annual Campaign.”

Started off by Dotti Seaman, 51 women were also moved to make additional one-time emergency gifts totaling almost $50,000.

“When I realized that we were in such a crisis, I knew I had a choice,” explained Seaman. “I could put my head in the sand or become proactive, so I made a one-time gift to help more.

No gift is too small. All of us care about every Jew and we will rise to meet this challenge.”

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The Lion of Judah Luncheon was generously sponsored by AssureImmune, Ivan & Company Fine Jewelry, and The Sandelman Foundation; The Boca Raton Observer was Exclusive Media Sponsor.

For more information about the Lions of Judah and other Women’s Philanthropy opportunities at the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County, contact 561-852-5015 or jillh@bocafed.org.

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4th Annual Dottie Lipson Women’s Education Day ch Tries a e r t Ou udah rning Lion of J Tu r o f t l Rooseve in nkl a Fr in 1939 is u o L . t Away S

E G D A B JUROR Nearly 300 women of all ages gathered for the 2009 Lion of Judah Outreach at Caldwell Theater in Boca Raton on January 29. From communities throughout South Palm Beach County, Lions and women interested in learning about becoming Lions came together in morning and afternoon sessions, for lunch or high tea.

Learning and Giving Together 400 women representing all streams of Judaism and from throughout South Palm Beach County gathered for a powerful morning of learning at the 4th Annual Dottie Lipson Educational Journey at Boca West Country Club in December. The event was chaired by Hava Leipzig Holzhauer and Ilene Wohlgemuth.

The women heard from Jewish Women Trailblazers Lina Filiba, the first professional leader of Turkey’s Jewish community; and Margot Stern Strom, Executive Director of Facing History and Ourselves, a curriculum promoting social justice and democracy through lessons of the Holocaust. The panel was moderated by Dr. Marsha Shapiro Rose of Florida Atlantic University.

The school supplies and books brought by attendees filled boxes and boxes that were delivered to Pine Grove Elementary School in Delray Beach.

The event was sponsored by Boca Raton Community Hospital and Wild Hare; The Boca Raton Observer was Exclusive Media Sponsor.

They also “tried” President Franklin D. Roosevelt for crimes against humanity.

The mock trial “False Witness” written by and featuring Robert Krakow, explored turning away the ship St. Louis in 1939 and refusing to bomb railway lines leading to death camps in 1944. It also featured Janet Sherr, who co-chaired the event with Arlene Goldenberg.

L-R: Dorothy M. Wizer, Women’s Philanthrophy Campaign Co-chair and Ellen R. Sarnoff, Federation Campaign Chair.

L-R: Lina Filiba, Margot Stern Strom

Marlene Silver, Vice Chair, Education and Syilvia Silver

L-R: Janet Sherr and Arlene Goldenberg

L-R: New Lions Melisa Krupnick-Ferro, Mimi Sadler, Arlene Alexander, Ann Gladstone, Phyllis Liss, Sylvia Silver, Sallye Frohman

L-R: Susan Saril, Lion Vice Chair; Louise Galpern, Lion Vice Chair; Jan Savarick, Corporate sponsor/Boca Raton Community Hospital; Anne Jacobson, Women’s Philanthropy Chair

L-R: New Lions Phoebe Wofchuck, Renee Getlan, Barbara Lewin, Mimi Leeds

L-R: Ilene Wohlgemuth, Dottie Lipson and Hava Leipzig Holzhauer display some of the many books and schools supplies donated at the event

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Women Will Spice It Up for Passover with Noted Chef The spirit of Passover will come a little early for women looking to explore delicious innovations to traditional holiday meals. Women of all ages are invited to “Spice It Up!” on Tuesday, March 24 at 7:00 pm at the Les Jardins Clubhouse in Boca Raton, as Chef Alan Bergman demonstrates creative cooking for memorable seders.

“Making our holidays something to look forward to, building wonderful family memories and passing along traditions are important to us, no matter how busy Jewish women are today,” said event Co-chair Lisa Siemens.

“So we’ve created an evening to excite our senses and re-energize us for our Passover preparations. We’ll enjoy Kosher seder bites, and leave with aromas, tastes and recipes to spice up our own Passover tables, and the couvert is only $36.”

The evening is part of the “Spirit & Spice” series of The Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County’s Dorothy Seaman Department of Women’s Philanthropy and Metro Women, reaching women throughout the community with vibrant educational, social and philanthropic opportunities.

“We’re offering women more than this unique opportunity to enhance their own Passover tables,” explained Co-chair Kathy Green. “In this difficult economic period, there are so many people in need in our own community.

So we’ll also be able to strengthen our spirit for the holiday by contributing to enable those less fortunate to have Passover meals, as well.”

Danielle Amoroso 21210 Saint Andrews Blvd Boca Raton, Florida 33433 Tel: 561.347.8100 Email: www.wildhareboca.com

A graduate of Johnson & Wales University’s Providence Campus, Chef Bergman returned in 1999 as an instructor. His extensive experience includes tenures as an executive chef in restaurants and catering in London, Boston and Hartford.

Spirit & Spice is underwritten by Wild Hare on St. Andrews and Boca Raton Community Hospital; The Boca Raton Observer is the Exclusive Media Sponsor.

For more information, contact 561-852-3342 or idan@bocafed.org.

L-R: Chef Alan Bergman; Alton Brown, Food Network celebrity and author

L-R: Spirit & Spice Co-chairs Lisa Siemens, Kathy Green

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Local Lions Roar at International Conference Clearly heard among the 1,100 from all over the world at the International Lion of Judah Conference in Tel Aviv, was a strong, enthusiastic contingent from South Palm Beach County. “Share the Pride” celebrated Israel’s 60th birthday, and marked the 36th anniversary of the Lions of Judah - women devoted to Jewish philanthropy who give at least $5,000 annually to the Annual Campaign.

Chaired by Gail Greenspoon and Phyllis Rosenstock, our delegation heard top notch speakers including Tzipi Livni, saw their dollars at work at high impact site visits, and enjoyed gracious home hospitality with their Israeli Lion sisters. The “Lion Kings” who accompanied them enjoyed and learned at their own programs.

At a beautiful and moving Havdallah service, our own Meryl Gallatin received the Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award, which recognizes extraordinary women who have set a high standard for philanthropy and/or volunteerism in their communities.

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L-R: Gail Greenspoon, Lion Conference Co-Chair; new Lions Linda Saul; Michelle Mankoff; Mady Friedman; Phyllis Rosenstock, Lion Conference Co-Chair

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Marianne is extremely grateful for the help.

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Metro, Donna Klein Jewish Academy Join Forces to Honor Holocaust Heroes

Fulfilling the duty to never forget, and the larger duty of seeing that our

Jewish concentration camp survivors to Palestine before fighting with the

children never forget, recently brought together the Federation’s young

Haganah in Israel’s War of Independence.

adults’ Metro Division and Donna Klein Jewish Academy. The two joined forces in a powerful intergenerational event to learn about and remember

The deeply moved participants also heard from Donna Klein’s Middle

not only what happened to Jews in the Holocaust, but also how strong the

School principal Carol Kolsky and State Senator Ted Deutch. Donna Klein

Jewish people are, surviving and thriving notwithstanding the past and

students Jeremy Gozlan and Arye Knaani offered a poem and guitar

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More than 80 adults and 40 students, including several Federation leaders,

“To be in the company of men of such honor and courage, and part of such

gathered to hear from and pay tribute to our own Local Holocaust Heroes

an important community event was a true privilege,” said Hersh Korsunsky

Brigadier General Albin F. Irzyk and Isaac Kraicer.

who hosted the event with his wife Wendy at their home. “The evening was one we will not forget for a very long time.”

They learned how General Irzyk fought valiantly as a tank battalion commander with Patton’s Third Army, was the liberator of a forced labor

The Korsunkys also co-chaired the event, joined by Ollie & Jonathan Louis,

camp within Buchenwald, and went on to a highly decorated military

and Randi & David Winter.

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Metro Business Series Continues with Experts on the State of Real Estate: “The Real Deal – What You Can Count on in a Changing Economy” The year’s momentum stayed in high gear for Metro Business on January 13th with a cutting-edge breakfast panel on “The Real Deal – What You Can Count on in a Changing Economy.” More than 60 business leaders and professionals on the move gathered on the west Boca campus of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County to hear Scott Agran, President of Lang Realty; Michael Kaufman, President and Founder of Kaufman Lynn General Contractors; and Simon Portnoy, Chairman and CEO of Peninsula Bank discuss the state of real estate. Robert Weinroth served as moderator.

The second in a series of four breakfast panels sponsored by the Federation’s Metro Division, the morning offered high level networking and discussion as well as a true perspective on the current real estate market.

“The housing market is still moving, but not as fast and furious as in the old days,” said Agran. “It’s a great time for buyers such as first time homebuyers, trade up buyers, baby boomers and second homeowners, or investors. Each group is opportunistic, finding good value at low interest rates and, as they continue to wait for the bottom or for a better deal, there is a pent up demand for homes.

Kaufman added, “It is going to be a long haul - it’s going to be tough. The business landscape is going to change as we lose real estate and construction businesses over the next two to three years, with only the strong surviving. Then we can look forward to a robust recovery. For a long while, however, people will be holding on to cash, hunkering down, being conservative. Businesses will need to treat their staff really, really well while things are tough; this will prove to be the right thing to do.”

Agran also looked ahead to recovery, “Most established communities without new construction in the greater Boca Raton market have under 8-10% of the homes on the market so they are well with in historical norms. So once we hit bottom the prices should firm up rather quickly.”

While providing premium networking opportunities, Metro Business brings together experienced philanthropists and newcomers to learn about critical community needs and how businesses and individuals can get involved to help.

“The monies generated by gifts from the attendees, help us provide essential services here and all over the world through the Federation’s annual campaign,” added Koolik’s Co-chair Ron Kaniuk, a local attorney who handles bankruptcies and foreclosures. “Requests for help with essentials like food are way up – not just from low-income elderly residents but also from families like ours where jobs have been lost or homes foreclosed.”

The Breakfast Series continued on March 10th with another high-interest topic: “How They Did It – The Business of Big Ideas.” Panelists included business innovators Devon Cohen, Chief Marketing Officer, O2 Media, Inc; David Ruttenberg, Producer, Engineer, BMI Writer and Andrew Rudnick, CEO of Sleekmedspa. The series will conclude on May 12 with “The Business of Sports – It’s More than a Game.”

A $10 couvert covers the remaining one breakfast panel; with a $365 minimum gift to the 2009 UJA/Federation Annual Campaign. All breakfasts in the series are held on the Federation campus from 7:30 to 9:00 am.

Metro Business is generously sponsored by Gateway Insurance, Sageview Consulting, TD Bank, and CM Graphics. The South Florida Business Journal is the Exclusive Media Sponsor. Delray Mazda, GAMA Tours and The Sandelman Foundation are the Metro Division sponsors.

For more information about the series or to get moving with Metro, contact Jessica Roof, Metro Division Director, at 561-852-3109 or jessicar@bocafed.org, or visit www.jewishboca.org/metro.

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LATE BREAKING NEWS:

Super Sunday Surpasses $500,000; Jewish Community Unified and Committed in Face of Challenges More than 300 volunteers of all ages, from throughout South Palm Beach County and from all streams of Judaism, gathered under “The Giving Tree” at the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County on March 15. They came to the Super Sunday Phone-a-thon with one purpose: to raise funds on behalf of those who depend on the Federation for essential human needs.

Super Sunday Co-chairs at the end of the fulfilling day, L-R: Senator Ted & Jill Deutch, Dr. Gail & Warren Greenspoon

The volunteers’ dedication, perseverance, and ruach made Super Sunday successful in raising more than $500,000 in this year’s challenging economic climate. A Metro family afternoon shift included packaging food for clients of the Forster Family Kosher Food Pantry, and a special children’s program.

Jill & Senator Ted Deutch and Dr. Gail & Warren Greenspoon chaired the day, which was filled with the joy of giving and love for the Jewish people.

“The Giving Tree” continues its reach throughout the community with opportunities to help. To volunteer to make calls, or to make a gift, please contact 561-852-6034 or nancys@bocafed.org.

Families sorted a room full of food donated by volunteers into packages for clients of the Forster Family Kosher Food Pantry

With Co-chairs Warren Greenspoon and Ted Deutch: Zachary Cohen, age 6, after telling the crowd how he and sisters Eliana and Gabriella counted everything in their tzedakah boxes and brought it to help the people who need it

L-R: Ellen R. Sarnoff, Campaign Chair; Congressman Ron Klein

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JEC Jewish Education Commission

how do you express the unspeakable?

Witness Theater Unites Local Teens and Holocaust Survivors to Remember, Create, Teach Zelda Fuksman, born 1935 in the little village of Bobel, Poland told of being four years old and welcoming her father home for a Shabbat feast from his work in the forest, learning to hold a pencil seated on his knee. “It’s important to show how our lives were, with homes and families, before the ashes, said Fuksman.

Front: Irene Zisblatt; Back L-R: Hila Sachs, Rosette Goldstein, Joshua Domosh, Chaya Schandelson

In the cacophony of overlapping chants that filled the room, one could pick out their births in the 1920’s and 30’s in Poland, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Vienna, France; and in the 1990’s in Boca Raton, Miami, Westchester County. A young man playing Elie Elie on his trumpet broke the spell. Introductions completed, another session of the truly extraordinary Witness Theater program was underway at the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County.

Each week, a dozen local Holocaust survivors and an equal number of students from local public, private and Jewish day schools, are sharing their life stories to create a compelling and provocative work of living history.

Though separated by several generations, both survivors and teens share a profound commitment to ensure that the Nazi atrocities perpetrated against the Jews are never forgotten. Through drama therapy techniques, they interact with courage and determination to reveal stories of terror and loss, and come to terms with the past. With theatrical guidance and a social worker’s support, they are creating a powerfully moving piece of theater, in which the survivors tell their stories while students act them out onstage.

The recent evening session was dedicated to telling “before” stories – for the survivors, before the Holocaust disrupted their lives and, for the students, before they came to Witness Theater. “You’re speaking not just for yourself but for all who are not here, an entire generation of millions lost or surviving with memories. So share not just the information, but also the emotion, power and strength,” urged Avi Hoffman, “looking for visual stories the young people can capture and convey dramatically.”

Off-Broadway and PBS star Hoffman is directing the local project with Dr. Caren Neile, Director of the South Florida Storytelling Project at Florida Atlantic University.

As survivors told their stories, the teens began to dramatize them.

Mark Shaeffer, born 1927 in Paris told of his mother crying as his much older sister stood under the huppah, and how his sister never forgave him for getting into a fight with a cousin during the wedding.

remembering the Shoah into future generations, so bringing Witness Theater to our community seemed a good way to honor his memory. So I did.”

And the program is working. As student participant Jeffrey Landau expressed, “I’ve been familiar with the Holocaust, but it was nothing like sharing our program’s survivors’ tragedies and lives. Now, I’m finding my own place in the Holocaust’s history.”

Rosalyn Haber, born in Czechoslovakia, spoke of Shabbat with her six brothers singing and dancing for her, “the special princess.”

Monica Bental, a survivor of Auschwitz, sang an animated Girl Scout song from her native France.

L-R: Joe Spindel, Lizzie Shapiro, Rosalyn Haber

Norman Frajman sang in Yiddish as the older participants remembered and laughed; then they filled in the young people.

At first, the stories were of times before having to leave school, before the deportations, the Labor and Concentration Camps. Then, without cue, they began to give way to more difficult experiences.

Benno Lindenberg, born 1920 in Germany, had to sneak past Nazis into the synagogue for his Bar Mitzvah.

When their family pot of cholent, that went missing from the communal oven, was found in the mountains during berry-picking, Irene Zissblatt learned there were many hungry people hiding in the hills.

Joe Spindel refused to kneel down and cross himself with his Christian classmates when they walked past a church, and was “beaten bloody for it.”

Highly successful for eight years, Witness Theater had been confined to Israeli high schools until Rani Garfinkle saw a video at the JDC board meeting late last year.

Deeply affected, she “asked what it would take to bring this JDC Eschel program to the U.S.”

L-R: Joshua Domosh, Norman Frajman

WITNESS THEATER How do you express the unspeakable?

Through great art.

SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2 p.m.

MONDAY, MARCH 30, 7 p.m.

Kay Auditorium at the Jewish Association for Residential Care (JARC) Mel and Elaine Stein Living and Learning Center Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County, Boca Raton

Admission is $18 for adults and $10 for students Special sponsorship is avaiable.

For tickets and more information, call 561-852-3318 or e-mail jecwitnesstheater@gmail.com

“We have such a limited time for our young people to learn from Holocaust survivors in person, and we have a large number of survivors in South Palm Beach County” continued Garfinkle. “My late husband Sandy felt so strongly about

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Agency Chai-Lights AGENCIES EXPERIENCING UNPRECEDENTED INCREASEd NEEDS FOR SERVICES

As NeedS Escalate, the Federation Stands by ITS Full 2008-2009 Commitments to LocaL Agencies

Financial Aid Requests Rise Dramatically at Beneficiary Day Schools

Heartbreaking Needs Hit Adolph & Rose Levis JCC Families

Learning by Doing Gives Donna Klein Jewish Academy

Adolph and Rose Levis Jewish Community Center

Students Jewish Values For a Lifetime

561-852-3200 • www.levisjcc.org

561-852-3300 • www.dkja.org

The crashing economy has caused families such heightened levels of stress that they may no longer afford programs such as the JCC Zale Early Childhood Learning Center and Summer Camp. Last school year, by February 1, Levis JCC had not received one application for financial assistance. This year, more than 60 families have requested aid. The stories are heartbreaking, such as:

With a focus on global education, and concerned with tikkun olam, Donna Klein Jewish Academy actively demonstrates its commitment to Jewish continuity, living and learning, as well as to academic achievement. Through caring activities like distributing food for the needy, projects with seniors, and helping children with special needs, DKJA effectively instills important Jewish values for a lifetime.

A family’s business is facing bankruptcy and closure; having depleted their savings in order to pay their mortgage, they may have to withdraw their children from school. A mother abandoned by her husband was reliant on her parents for help; due to the economy, her father will no longer be able to assist financially.

Each year, DKJA joins students at partner school Pine Grove Elementary for enriching activities centering on global education, cultivating friendships, and creating special bonds with one another. To encourage students to nurture the environment and their community, they began a Garden of Friendship at the Delray Beach school, and add to it every year.

Hillel Day School Sets Records With Annual Fundraiser

State Budget Cuts Keep JARC Training Clients From Services 561-558-2550 • www.jarcfl.org While, Florida Governor Charlie Crist recently vetoed a proposed 5% budget cut for the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, a restructuring of the state budget had already resulted in a drastic reduction in services for persons with developmental disabilities. JARC’s Mel and Edith Clayman Training Eddie Doyle and Lisa Brauser and Resource Center provides vocational training to over 100 adults with work in the JARC Café developmental disabilities, most of whom are dependent upon this funding to attend the program. Many are now unable to attend the program five days a week as they have always relied upon.

Additional support is needed to fund these essential programs for adults with developmental disabilities and their families.

Calls For Help Continue To Escalate At Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service 561-852-3333 • www.ruthralesjfs.com As the economy declines, Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service is fielding ever increasing amount calls for help. In the first six days of 2009, RRJFS added 15 additional individuals to its kosher food pantry, now serving 400 recipients compared with 295 recipients at this time last year.

In the first six days of this year, RRJFS also disbursed $4,000 in financial L-R: Joy Goldstein and Nate Miller assistance. That is an average of $1,333 per day as compared to the past of the Polo Club, at the Cards 4 Kids Fundraiser four months when RRJFS averaged $818 daily. If the agency continues that rate of distribution, it will average $27,994 in emergency funds as compared to $13,000 - $18,000 in distributed funds for the past four months.

A substantial number of calls have come from local residents victimized by the Madoff Ponzi scheme. They have been added to the food pantry, and assisted with food coupons, utility assistance and counseling. Most are in their sixties and seventies and want job retraining.

The Polo Club of Boca Raton’s Community Relations Committee recently donated over $2,400 to RRJFS to buy gift cards so 95 families with 130 children ages 7-18 could purchase essentials at Target and Publix.

561-470-5000 • www.hilleldayschool.org With a record 275 in attendance, Hillel Day School of Boca Raton raised $325,000 at its Annual Journal Event held at Congregation B’nai Israel this past January. As its major fundraiser of the year, the event is held annually to pay tribute to deserving community members and to raise funds for Jewish education via the ad journal. Event co-chairs, Daniel & Caroline Katz and Teddy & Linda Struhl enthusiastically took leadership roles in the tribute to Drs. Stuart & Hindy Rubin and Rabbi Mordechai & Hadassah Smolarcik, community leaders who embody the spirit and mission of the school and who, by virtue of their skills, passion and inspiration have helped build HDS. Homemade centerpieces, created by students, were but one example of the many economies instituted by the school to keep

L-R: Linda and Teddy Struhl (CoChairs), Stuart and Hindy Rubin (Honorees), Hadassah and Rabbi Mordechai Smolarcik (Honorees), Rabbi Samuel J. Levine (Head of School), Daniel and Caroline Katz (Co-Chairs).

costs down and maximize the revenue derived from the event.

Torah Academy Opens Registration For 11th Year

561-347-1821 • rfeinberg@torahacademybr.org Torah Academy of Boca Raton proudly celebrates its 10th Anniversary in the community, with 127 students from early childhood through 5th grade. The administration, faculty and parents work as a team for each student’s personal, spiritual and intellectual growth, in a warm, caring, and loving environment. Torah Academy’s goals include promoting a lifelong commitment and passion to Torah study and ethical growth, providing an outstanding Judaic and secular curriculum, promoting a love and commitment to Eretz Yisroel, and preparing students to become productive members of the Jewish Community and the world at large. Deans Rabbi Shaya Baumann and Rabbi Reuven Feinberg welcome questions or input from the community. For information regarding 2009-10 registration call 561-347-1821 or e-mail rfeinberg@torahacademybr.org.

Weinbaum Yeshiva HS Seniors Accepted Early to Ivy Leagues 561-417-7422 • www.wyhs.net Yale, University of Pennsylvania, NYU, and Barnard have accepted WYHS students in early decisions this year. One student earned a full academic scholarship to Yeshiva University’s Stern College, and many others were also accepted there. Approximately 50 out of the 53 seniors in the Class of 2009 will be deferring their college acceptances and dedicating next year to personal, spiritual and Zionistic growth in Israel.

50% of this year’s senior class received some form of need based tuition assistance

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at WYHS, much of which was provided by this year’s Federation Campaign. WYHS presently enrolls 212 students, and is expecting a class of 65-75 freshmen in the fall.

L-R: Shmuel Dresner (Yale), Holly Hampton (Stern Honors Program), Alana Dweck (NYU Stern School of Business), Gabby Markovich (Barnard), Josh Kaminetsky & Yoni Levenson (both University of Pennsylvania)

Synagogue Chai-Lights

The Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County is proud to work in partnership with our area synagogues to care for, strengthen and enrich our Jewish community. Below is a seasonal sampling of some of our synagogues’ wealth of spiritual, educational and cultural opportunities.

A NEW RABBI FOR ANSHEI EMUNA CONGREGATION

ANSHEI EMUNA CONGREGATION (O) Rabbi Jack Engel is the new spiritual leader at Anshei Emuna, the first Orthodox synagogue in Palm Beach County.

16189 Jog Road, Delray Beach After serving as Senior Rabbi of New Zealand, he recently returned to the U.S. with his wife, Miriam, Director of 561-499-9229 Judaic Studies and Jewish Life at Donna Klein Jewish Academy high school. Rabbi Engel also previously served in Johannesburg, South Africa; Melbourne, Australia; and Skokie, Illinois – hence his three children were born on three different continents. He is delighted to be part of the South Palm Beach Jewish community and at Anshei Emuna, where members from “all walks of life,” including many Holocaust survivors, have created a “friendly, warm and caring environment.” Anshei Emuna has services three times daily as well as 10 -12 classes on torah and talmud each week, a strong sisterhood and men’s club, and a nearly competed project beautifying their complex.

March 1 2:00 p.m.

March 3 11:30 am March 8 9:30 am March 10 5:00 pm

Klezmer Concert Sisterhood Meeting Men’s Club Brunch Sisterhood & Amit Seudah

March 11 March 15

March 19

1:00 pm 11:00 am 3:00 pm 10:00 am 2:00 pm

Amit Meeting Auction Preview Auction ZOA Meeting Book Club

March 22 10:00 am

March 28 7:20 pm

Israel Bonds Brunch honoring Lloyd & Solange Jaffe Saturday Night Live

Temple Emeth (C) 5780 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach 561-498-3536 • www.temple-emeth.org

Feb. 25 7:30 pm Florida Debut of Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot Feb 28 7:15 pm Annual Dinner/Dance Honoring

George Goldstein, age 100 March 4 2:30 pm Hazak presents Cantor Sheini, Michael Glozman March 8 11:30 am Purim Carnival

3:00 pm Golden Apple Award Ideal Last Lecture with

Univ, of Michigan Professor Ralph Williams March 9 6:30 pm Purim services

7:30 pm Mamma Mia Purim Shpiel March 16 5:00 pm President Obama And Prime Minister “?”: What They Face, How They Will Face It, And What Their Administrations Will Mean For The Region”

March 2 10:30 a.m.

“Exploring Exodus” lecture March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 9:30 a.m. Rabbi Hering’s Talmud Class March 5, 12, 19, 26 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Cantor Sapir’s Lectures, “Portion of Week” & “Pathways to the Bible” March 9 10:30 a.m.

“Spirituality” lecture March 10 4:30 p.m. Sisterhood Purim Schpiel and Seudah dinner; music and dancing March 15 “When Classical Meets Cantorial” concert March 16 10:30 a.m.

“Ethical Wills” lecture March 23 2:00 p.m.

“Current Issues & Trends in Eye Care” lecture March 30 10:30 a.m.

“Aspects of Jewish Music” lecture April 8 and April 9 Passover seders for all ages; non-members welcome

Congregation B’nai Israel (R) 2200 Yamato Rd., Boca Raton 561-241-8118 • www.cbiboca.org March 8 March 13 March 14

10:30 am 7:30 pm 7:00 pm

CONGREGATION

B’nai Torah Congregation (C) 6261 SW 18th St., Boca Raton 561-362-0990 • www.bnai-torah.org

B NAI ISRAEL

Purim Carnival Purim Shpiel, “My Fair Maydel” 25th Birthday Bash & Auction at St. Andrews Country Club

CONGREGATION SHIRAT SHALOM Services: Olympic Heights High School, 20101 Lyons Rd., Boca Raton Religious School: Loggers Run Middle School, Boca Raton; and Crystal Lakes Elementary School, Boynton Beach 561-488-8079 http://www.shiratshalom.org/ March 18, 23 4:00 - 7:30 p.m. Religious School registration for 2009/10 at Loggers’ Run Middle School, Boca Raton March 3 4:15 p.m.

Purim Holiday Happening at Crystal Lakes Elementary School, Boynton Beach Temple beth shira Services at: West Boca High School, 12811 Glades, Road Boca Raton 561-912-1453 www.templebethshira.org

Temple Sinai 5780 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach 561-498-3536 • www.temple-emeth.org March 7 10:00 a.m.

Tot Shabbat March 8 9:30 a.m.

Brotherhood Breakfast: The Saga of Jewish Gangsters:

Violence, Villainy & Varnishkas (public invited; rsvp needed) March 8 12:45 p.m.

Blessing for the Animals March 13 Purim Family Dinner, Family Service and Megillah Reading

with costumes March 15 10:00 Open House for unaffiliated residents of all ages March 15 10:00 a.m.

Purim Carnival March 25 6:00 p.m.

Women’s Pre-Passover Seder March 28 7:00 p.m.

“Simply Streisand” Tribute April 4 10:00 a.m.

Tot Shabbat April 8

6:00 p.m.

First Night Seder and Dinner May 2

10:00 a.m.

Tot Shabbat May 3

9:30 a.m. Israel Independence Day Family Celebration May 29

7:30 p.m. Shavuot Family Service and Confirmation Ceremony

Spiritual Leader and Cantor, Dr. Ellen Stettner, has led this URJ congregation from 40 members to 130 families. In addition to its religious school and youth groups, the congregation now has a second adult B’nai Mitzvah class, with a third beginning in February. A strong contingent of all ages participated in the January Israel Solidarity Rally at the Federation; they invite you to view their rally video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7kOSXUP1lk

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It’s Not Too Good to Be True The remaining 5769 Distinguished Lecture Series offerings are:

Financial Vehicles Can Secure Income for You and Help the Jewish Community Now and Forever If it sounds too good to be true... it probably is, right? In the investment world, they say, “If something sounds too good to be true, it definitely is.”

Ponzi scheme has become a household word. The media is rife with former Hedge Fund managers like Bayou Group founder Sam Israel. And the chief headliner is Bernie Madoff, whom the New York Times dubbed the “Cheshire cat of financial swindlers,” crediting his actions with catastrophically bankrupting many of the wealthiest people and charities in America, Europe and Asia.

So what would you say if we told you that our Federation’s Jewish Community Foundation has a compilation of commonly used charitable and financial strategies developed exclusively for our donors like you to lock in income for life? That they pay above 4.5% annually, and can minimize your expenses, pay your annual gift to the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County in perpetuity, reduce your yearly tax bill, and more?

In this case, what might sound too good to be simply isn’t. Since 1917, the U.S. government has been providing a growing number of opportunities to make charitable contributions in ways that can benefit you and your family. In 1935, corporations were allowed to claim a charitable tax deduction. In 1969, Congress passed the laws allowing individuals to combine charitable giving with life insurance. Charitable tax incentives can help you save both income and estate taxes.

In today’s economic environment, a guaranteed return on your investment can seem like a figment from bygone days, just too good to be true. Yes, the days of CDs of 7.25 or even 5% are no longer available to us. But we at the Jewish Community Foundation of South Palm Beach County are intimately familiar with

encourage you to look to us to help you earn more money on your investments while you support the Jewish Community. Have you thought about life income instruments, such as Charitable Gift Annuities and Charitable Remainder Trusts?

A Charitable Gift Annuity offers an exceptionally high rate of return, guaranteed for the rest of your life - but that’s just the beginning. With a new hybrid instrument developed exclusively for those in Boca Raton, Delray Beach and Highland Beach, our skilled professionals can help you reduce your tax burden, earn more money, and help the community while providing wealth replacement for your family and keeping your future secured and guaranteed.

You could earn 7% or more on your money. It’s guaranteed and regulated, and eliminates market volatility. And it’s really not too good to be true.

the challenges faced by so many in our community, and we are prepared with effective strategies to meet these challenges. In this climate of instability, we

Will Your Employer Match Your Gift to Federation?

Matching Gifts are an effortless way to enhance our annual campaign. Many employers sponsor matching gift programs and

• Do you want to minimize your expenses?

• Are you interested in maintaining or even increasing your annual JFSPBC gift?

To find out if your company has a matching gift policy, please visit this website www.matchinggifts.com/demo.cfm and enter your

• Do you want to reduce your tax bill?

employer’s name.

• Are you interested in finding a safe and secure investment vehicle in an uncertain economic climate?

If your company is eligible, request a matching gift form from your

• Do you long for the days of those high yielding CDs, Money Markets or Treasury Notes that no longer exist?

will do the rest. The impact of your gift to The Jewish

• Have you thought about how you can increase your current income and maybe those options weren’t for you because that meant you wouldn’t be able to help your kids or grandkids?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, call the professionals at the Jewish Community Foundation at 561-852-3120 to find out how you can earn more and help our community. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

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will match any charitable contributions made by their employees.

employer, and send it to us completed and signed with your gift. We Federation of South Palm Beach County may be doubled or possibly tripled! Some companies match gifts made by retirees and/or spouses.

For further information, call Jewel Smith -561-852-5002.

PAC

Professional Advisory Committee

Adds Hands-on Food Deliveries to Portfolio

For many PAC members and their families, Thanksgiving Day once again began with helping others. They gathered early at the Jewish Federation of South Palm

Jewish Community Foundation

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f o r p ro f e ss i o n a l s

Thursday, May 14, 2009 Woodfield Country Club 3640 Club Place (Yamato & Jog Rd., Northwest corner)

Featured Speakers 4:00 p.m.  Registration Paul S. Lee, J.D., LL.M.

4:30 p.m.  Paul S. Lee, J.D.

Beach County to decorate and pack boxes of traditional, Kosher Thanksgiving

5:30 p.m.  Douglas K. Freeman, J.D.

dinners. Then, armed with Google maps, they delivered the boxes and visited

6:30 p.m.  Cocktail Reception

with Forster Family Kosher Food Pantry beneficiaries who were unable to prepare their own meals or go out to celebrate. Many have visited the same homes for several years.

Margie and (PAC Member) Marc Margolies have long coordinated PAC’s

Douglas K. Freeman, J.D., LL.M. Chief Executive Officer

Sponsorship Levels Gold: $2,500 (includes two tables of 10)

Seating Limited No Solicitation Dietary Laws Observed

Silver: $1,000 (includes one table of 10)

to show them how important and fulfilling it is to share our time and effort to

Co-Chairs: Jeffrey Baskies, Esq.

and Howard Kaye

Individual Couvert: $36

provide a warm meal and caring companionship.”

Continuing Education Credits available

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Thanksgiving food deliveries. “We have so much to be thankful for, that it’s nice to give to others,” said Margie. “It’s especially important this year when so many in our community need so much. And it’s great to bring our children and teens

Jewish Community Foundation. Its growing membership works to encourage

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charitable giving by establishing new endowment funds, trusts, bequests, life insurance policies and IRAs on behalf of their clients.

PAC member Larry Blair with son Joshua, 7

L-R: Elyssa Kupferberg, Jewish Community Foundation Vice Chair; Larry Blair, PAC member; David Katzman, PAC Chair; Marc Margolies, PAC Member, Food Delivery Chair; Joseph Galluzzi, PAC member, with son Gianni, age 4

PAC Chair David Katzman with wife, Michelle, children Josh, 14, and Amy, 18; and friend Juliana Smith, 20

Margie and Marc Margolies, longtime coordinators of the PAC Thanksgiving food deliveries

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The Voice launches Jewish Women’s of Women Foundation’s Season at the Gallery Center More than 70 women enjoyed the Gallery Center’s beautiful art at the inaugural kickoff of the Federation’s Jewish Women’s Foundation. Themed “Kol Isha – the Voice of Women,” the event was co-chaired by Jane Yudell and Patti Kukes, and moderated

by Mara Reuben.

L-R: Kol Isha Co-chairs Jane Yudell and Patricia Kukes

L-R: Mara Reuben, Kol Isha Moderator

An esteemed international panel focused on domestic violence in the Jewish community, Jewish women’s health concerns, and empowerment opportunities for Jewish women and girls. Presenters included Debra Rosenbloom, Jewish Women’s International; Nela Hasic, Women’s Health Empowerment Program (WHEP) in Bosnia-Herzegovina, a partnership between the JDC and Susan G. Komen for the Cure; and Beth Cooper Benjamin of the Ma’ayan Jewish Women’s Project at the Manhattan JCC.

L-R: Mara Reuben, Kol Isha Moderator; Elaine Baker and Deborah Sponder, Elaine Baker Gallery; Sheila Fuente, JWF Chair

L-R: Dr. Beth Cooper Benjamin, Senior Associate of Ma’yan: The Jewish Women’s Project; Nela Hasid, WHEP; Deborah Rosenbloom, Director of Programs, Jewish Women International

The Jewish Women’s Foundation (JWF) of South Palm Beach County is an initiative of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County’s Jewish Community Foundation. The JWF seeks to expand and improve opportunities and choices of Jewish women and girls through strategic and effective grantmaking.

JWF Trustees decide each year’s grants together, further empowering them as funders and agents of change. Grantees selected in this year’s cycle will be announced in March.

For more information about JWF, contact 561-852-3120 or jillianr@bocafed.org.

L-R: Sheila Fuente, JWF Chair; Roxane Lipton, JWF Founding Chair; Phyllis Sandler, JWF Granting Wishes Co-Chair; Alice Kemper, JWF Marketing Chair

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Proceeds support programs and provide services that educate our youngest generation, connect teens to Jewish life, embrace individuals with special needs, sustain our elderly, enrich our community with the arts and promote wellness.

Federation Partners with Agencies and Synagogues to Respond to Rising Unemployment

When local Jewish leaders gathered recently to discuss escalating community needs, unemployment came clearly into focus. In the past year, Palm Beach County’s jobless rate has more than doubled, rising to 7.8% from 3.2%. But this doesn’t tell the difficult and moving stories of our neighbors, more and more of whom are losing their jobs every week.

“I realized how many people around me were looking for jobs when I began seeing them during work hours in places like carpool lines,” said Steve Kaye, a volunteer who helped coordinate these events after being asked by Roger Leavy, President of B’nai Torah Congregation. “Then I started hearing about neighbors and others living on savings and afraid of losing their homes. People are going to their synagogues, Jewish schools and agencies every day asking for help.”

In response to this escalating situation, the Jewish community has mounted a coordinated effort as local agencies, synagogues and Federation combine and identify resources. So far, two events have been held, and a new Job Bank created.

On March 1, a Career Information Day held at B’nai Torah Congregation in Boca Raton provided participants with expert-led sessions to help them successfully seek out employment in this economy. On March 12, a Job Fair on the Federation’s west Boca Raton campus welcomed job seekers, vendors and interested businesses.

The Federation has also created an online Job Bank at www.jewishboca.org/jobs Employers looking for job candidates are invited to quickly and easily post available positions, and job seekers are welcome to view the entries, at no cost to either group.

all day, missing important opportunities for contacts,” Kaye continued. “So we started with a Career Day, where senior level career coaches helped people gain strategies to look for work in this economy, and people were able to network. Then we provided access to those hiring.”

Andrea Maizes from Career Xplorations led a session on “Identifying your Transferable Skills”

The Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County is extremely grateful to the Hands On Tzedakah Foundation for the insight and compassion to make this assistance possible, and to a developing list of community partners that includes: B’nai Torah Congregation, Congregation B’nai Israel, Temple Beth El, Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service, Adolph and Rose Attendees had an opportunity to meet with a variety of service providers in between sessions.

Levis JCC, Donna Klein Jewish Academy, Hillel Day School, Weinbaum Yeshiva High School, Workforce Alliance Inc., Sageview Consulting, Career Xplorations, Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Palm Beach County, Atlas Party Rental, and Hire Me Now. “Our Jewish community has not seen this kind of unemployment before,” said Kaye. “We need get involved, and people do want to help.”

“Unemployed people tend to keep their status private and often stay at home

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“UNCERTAIN TIMES, GROWING NEEDS, TOUGH DECISIONS” State Legislators Discuss Escalating Needs with Federation and Agency Leaders at Economic Summit “Uncertain Times, Growing Needs, Tough Decisions” was this year’s theme for the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County’s annual legislative send off. The Federation’s Levine Board Room was filled with state legislators and key government officials’ staff; along with top lay and professional leaders of the Federation, its local beneficiary agencies, and the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC). And they could not have agreed more on the need to address the urgently rising calls for help with basic needs in South Palm Beach County, as they turned their focus to the 2009 Florida Legislative session beginning March 3.

“We are proud of and truly blessed with our continuing relationships that enable us – together – to sustain and strengthen our community,” said William S. Bernstein, Federation President and CEO, welcoming State Senator Ted Deutch, and Representatives Ellyn Bogdanoff, Kevin Rader, Maria Sachs and Kelly Skidmore. “We are extremely grateful for all your support and hard work in obtaining local, state and federal funding for our social service agencies.”

Currently, state funding is directed to Federation Transportation Services for seniors and persons living with disabilities, and for Holocaust Survivor Assistance administered through Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service (RRJFS); both of these services took direct cuts in the legislature’s January special session. In addition, Jewish

L-R: Rep. Maria Sachs, Sen. Ted Deutch, Rep. Kelly Skidmore

Association for Residential (JARC) has received a Provider Contract for Supported Employment for the Disabled; and RRJFS has secured Capital Funds for a new Senior Center in Delray Beach.

“The National Bureau of Economic Research announced what comes as no surprise: our nation is suffering through one of the worst economic recessions since the Great Depression,” continued Bernstein. “The crisis is hitting home, taking a human toll and dramatically affecting federation-supported social services. Our community is seeing rising demands for emergency help, as well as for counseling and employment assistance.

With service provision costs climbing, we are deeply concerned that our agencies will not have the financial resources to meet the increased needs.”

“Amid these growing needs, our Federation has recently cut 25% of our budget, and laid off 27 people,” Bernstein explained further. “I expect the coming year to be even more challenging. We need your help very badly as we are hearing from so many in our community who need help with essentials like food, medicine, rent, transportation and help with foreclosures.”

“With severely decreasing revenues, and having already cut $2.3 billion in January, there is tremendous anxiety in fulfilling our constitutional obligation to balance the budget,” said Representative Bogdanoff, House Policy Council Chair. “But where there is great pain there are also great opportunities for creative policy ideas. We are looking to fund the match for federal economic stimulus dollars first, to get people back to work.”

Among solutions discussed with some differences among the legislators, who each presented their views, were increased taxes on cigarettes, Indian gaming revenues, and streamlining processes like the social services vendor process.

RRJFS staff described dramatically increasing requests amid less financial support – a situation not seen since Hurricane Wilma. Their food pantry caseload has nearly doubled to 400 in the past year, and continues to rise. Average financial assistance now $1,300 per day was $818 a day four months ago and $334 a day last year. As lead agency for services to the area’s elderly, RRJFS must also keep up with its mandate to take calls from all high risk seniors.

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L-R: Steve Mendelsohn; Reps. Maria Sachs, Kelly Skidmore, Ellyn Bogdanoff, Kevin Rader; Sen. Ted Deutch; JCRC Director Elise Dolgow

L-R: Rep. Kevin Rader, Steve Mendelsohn, Reps. Maria Sachs and Ellyn Bogdanoff, Sen. Ted Deutch, William S. Bernstein

JARC’s programming for developmentally challenged adults also faces multiple difficulties, explained Executive Director Dr. Debra Hallow. Elderly parents increasingly need help maintaining their children in residential care. Some in their late eighties are faced with caregiving for their children again, and many with Downs Syndrome are developing symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease by their fifties. Parents are devastated to consider what will happen when they can no longer provide this care. As the families’ resources have fallen, sometimes precipitously, JARC’s resources are also less.

Adolph and Rose Levis Jewish Community Center’s (JCC) Executive Director Marty Schneer described rapidly rising requests for scholarships at the agency’s preschool and camps (including the unique Camp Kavod for developmentally disabled children). Schneer cited Florida’s universal Pre-K funding as a highly successful partnership that benefits families.

“We sincerely hope that federal intervention, tax reforms and direct aid to states will keep our nation’s and our community’s safety net for the most vulnerable from collapsing, so we can begin to reverse the current economic decline,” Bernstein told state legislators. “Count on us as your advocates and resources on the front lines.”

For more information about the JCRC, call 561.852.3159 or jcrc@jewishboca.org

South Palm Beach County has not forgotten, and continues to work toward an end to the genocide in the Darfur region of the Sudan.

The JCRC joined with other organizations, schools and interfaith groups at St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church, in a winter program on the special concerns of women and children in Darfur. L-R: JCRC member Tara Laxer, Mohammed Malik of the Sudan, and keynote speaker Niemat Ahmadi of the Darfuri Leaders Network.

how americans Came When Israel Needed Them Most: Federation hosts museum exhibit on 1948 volunteers

A powerful exhibit about a critical yet too little known aspect of modern Jewish history has had its South Florida premiere at the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County. They Came When We Needed Them Most: The Story of Aliyah Bet and Machal, How Americans and Canadians Answered Israel ’s Call in 1948 has been hosted for public viewing since November by the Federation’s Jewish Community Relations Council and the Jewish Education Commission, in the Cultural Arts Building on the Federation campus On loan from the Museum of American and Canadian Volunteers in Israel’s War of Independence, the exhibit depicts how, when Israel faced its 1948 war of survival, 1,250 American and Canadian men and women came to her aid, and some made the ultimate sacrifice. The Federation’s Board of Directors, JCRC Executive Committee, March of the Living class, schools and other groups have had special presentations of the exhibit.

Rabbi David Steinhardt, JCRC Chair views the exhibit, which was moved from the Cultural Arts building for a JCRC program with Dr. Lowenstein.

L-R: JCRC Director Elise Dolgow, Museum Creator and MACHAL veteran Dr. Ralph Lowenstein, JCRC Chair Rabbi David Steinhardt

A sampling of photos from the exhibit

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Draws 1,500 to Federation Sunday morning, January 11, on a few day’s notice, 1500 community residents from all streams of Judaism stood in solidarity on the Federation’s ballfields as Israel defended herself to put an end to Hamas’s continued rocket attacks from Gaza.

The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) led nearly 40 co-sponsoring local synagogues and organizations in the event, which was part of the many Rallies Across North America.

The area resounded with the South Palm Beach County Jewish community’s unity, as the crowd passionately responded to presentations from: Ofer Bavly, Consul General of Israel to Florida & Puerto Rico; Congressmen Robert Wexler and Ron Klein; State Rep. Adam Hasner and State Sen. Ted Deutch, IDF Commander Yitav Mazor; Federation’s JCRC Chair Emeritus Stephen Mendelsohn and President & CEO William S. Bernstein.

Mazor’s heartfelt remarks roused the crowd to two standing ovations in solidarity with his fellow soldiers risking their lives for Israel’s safety.

The elected officials gave unequivocal support for Israel’s right and responsibility to act for the safety of her citizens. “If history is a judge, then peace comes only when Israel shows its strength and resolve, said Congressman Wexler. “We must stand with her on this mission, and for a durable and sustainable cease-fire, for Israelis, Palestinians and all in the Middle East.”

Congressmen Klein and Wexler, State Representative Hasner and State Senator Deutch also proudly spoke of the Resolutions in support of Israel that had just overhwhelmingly passed the U.S. House and Senate

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as well as both chambers of the state legislature, with leadership and support from those representing South Palm Beach County.

Bernstein, Federation President and CEO, expressed the community’s deep appreciation to the United States government, “Today we are proud and grateful to President George W. Bush and to all U.S. officials who have given their steadfast support for the security, safety and well-being of Israel since 1948. Now we look with confidence for full commitment and support from our next president Barack Obama and his new administration.”

Bernstein also invited all to further support Israel at this critical time. “As our community’s central address for Jewish needs, our UJA/Federation campaign is responsible and beholden to provide a lifeline for fellow Jews in need,” he said. “Your donations support programs like the Victims of Terror Fund, which gives direct and immediate financial help to families impacted by missiles; support packages for those living in bomb shelters; counseling for soldiers and others to heal from psychological wounds; and refuge and education in a safer community for children living in areas under bombardment.”

The unity and spirit were also raised by Rabbis Dan Levin, Gerry Weiss and Efrem Goldberg, and Cantor Udi Spielman, who spoke and led the participants in prayer.

“There is no question that our Jewish community is diverse,” concluded Rabbi Goldberg. “But when it comes to Israel, we all stand together. This unity of the Jewish people is our secret weapon.”

For more information about the JCRC, call 561.852.3159 or e-mail jcrc@jewishboca.org.

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arvey and Phyllis Sandler believe that caring for the community is everyone’s responsibility.

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Hospital is made possible by the unwavering support that Harvey and Phyllis and others like them have demonstrated for almost half a century. Community support makes possible superior programs such as these: • The Harvey & Phyllis Sandler Pavilion, a stateof-the-art medical facility housing the Eugene M. & Christine E. Lynn Cancer Institute and an advanced outpatient Imaging Center • The Eugene M. & Christine E. Lynn Cancer Institute, one of the top five cancer programs by patient volume in Florida, with a renowned multidisciplinary team, access to clinical research, and multimodality cancer care • The Christine E. Lynn Heart Institute, with nationally recognized cardiovascular surgeons, outstanding cardiologists and an interdisciplinary team who has performed thousands of procedures • The Women’s Institute for Health & Wellness, offering comprehensive services for women of all ages • Community Outreach Programs, reaching thousands of area residents with education and screenings These services and so many more are why Boca Raton Community Hospital has always been recognized as a leader in South Florida. For additional information about our array of services, visit our website at www.brch.com or call the BRCH Foundation at 561.955.4142.

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