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M ega- ch alle nge s and op por tu ni tie s facing the North American Jewish community require a mega-response. For American Jewry, the megaevent at which this response is most hashed out is the Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly. This Sunday, Nov. 11, the 2012 GA kicks off, a town hall meeting, political convention and cousins club rolled into one. And this year, for the first time in more than two decades — since 1991 — it all takes place in Baltimore. e bulk of the three-day event will be held at the Baltimore Convention Center, with scattered sessions at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore Hotel. More than 3,000 delegates representing every federation in the United States and Canada are expected to attend the GA, which features a whirlwind of hundreds of workshops, forums, discussions, regional and special interest group meetings and speeches — including one by Romanian-born Jewish-American
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writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel. At once a business meeting, educational institute, debating forum and emotional high point for many of its participants, the GA deals with the issues of the day. It is meant to revitalize volunteer and professional federation leaders so they may return home armed with new ideas and a renewed sense of common purpose. A lot has changed since the last time Baltimore hosted the convention. We now have wireless Internet and iPads. We use social media, and Israel has been coined the “Start-up Nation.” But a lot has also stayed the same. More than one might think. “Times and technologies change,” said Michelle Gordon, chief of staff for e Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore. “But moving toward the goals of what the community needs is always the same priority.” “e more things change, the more they remain
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the same,” said Darrell Friedman, interim CEO for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Friedman served as president of e Associated for 17 years, including during the 1991 GA. In 1991, the 60th GA, the theme was “Be Strong, Be Strong and Let’s Strengthen One Another.” The major topics of discussion during the convention were the rise in intermarriage, the seeming dichotomy between Jewish identity and Jewish involvement, a lack of loyalty to Israel among the younger generation and upset at decreasing levels of Jewish literacy. The Jewish world was focused on Operation Exodus. And there was also a fear that older generations would be unable to communicate with the youth of the day, as technologies and modes of communication shifted. “We need to find new technologies to motivate people to be a part of the system,” Martin S. Kraar, then executive vice president of the Council of Jewish Federations (a predecessor to JFNA), told the
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IDEAS TOUR JT in an interview. “We cannot afford to sit around worrying any longer.”
A Big Tent Fast forward to 2012. e program sessions are designed along four tracks representing significant and relevant themes in today’s federation community: Tzedakah, caring for the most vulnerable; Kehillah, developing leadership and community; B’Yachad, strengthening Jewish identity and global peoplehood; and Arevut, supporting Israel’s civil society. e themes of 1991 are all wrapped into the focuses of 2012. Take intermarriage. The national level of intermarriage has hit a plateau at roughly 47 percent, according to the last National Jewish Population Study of the federations. In Baltimore, the rate has increased only incrementally. In 2000, 17 percent of Jewish Baltimoreans reported they were intermarried compared to 20 percent in 2010, according to Greater Baltimore Jewish Community Study. Nonetheless, there will be several sessions dealing with intermarriage at the 2012 GA. Why? Explained Jerry Silverman, JFNA president and chief executive officer, the Jewish community needs to better learn how to create a wide Jewish tent that is accessible to everyone. At this GA Silverman said leaders will ask, “How do we create a warm and welcoming environment, a big tent, to invite those families in who have one Jewish parent or are intermarried? We need to invite them in to see the beauty and inspiration of Jewish life.” “As a community and as a federation, we cannot afford to turn anyone away from our community,” Michael Hoffman, chief planning and strategy officer for The Associated, said. And it is not just the intermarried families. It is
anyone who doesn’t fit the mold of cookie-cutter Judaism. The 2010 Baltimore community study showed that 46 percent of Jews in the area find the community’s Jewish organizations to be remote and not relevant. “That is a rallying cry for us to create a Jewish communal life that is embracing, relevant, warm and welcoming,” Hoffman said. And there is potential, he explained. Seventyfour percent of the Baltimore Jewish population said being Jewish is important to them; there is a tremendous sense of Jewish pride here. Our success, he said, will be based on our ability “to innovate and incubate new approaches to Jewish life.” Noted Silverman, “Affiliation has changed. … Synagogues, JCCs, they are still vital to the future of the American Jewish community. But you have different engagement opportunities, too. I can feel affiliated because I go to Moishe House or have Shabbat dinner with a group of friends. … It is camp reunions, going to hear a speaker. at is also affiliation today. ere are many portals of entry, and we need to make sure we are supportive of them.” Hoffman, Silverman and Associated President Marc B. Terrill cited examples of preliminary successes that can serve as examples for the future. On a national level, Silverman said we can look to Generosity, the New York Federation’s premier society for community-involved, socially conscious young professionals in their 20s and 30s, or TribeFest, JFNA’s entertaining, interactive and educational celebration that draws more than 1,500 Jewish young adults ages 22-45 from across North America to Las Vegas for a meaningful, fun, and top-quality convention. Hoffman pointed to Baltimore’s PJ on the Town, bringing Jewish programming to the cultural and social spaces that Baltimore’s young families know and love; Charm City Tribe, targeting interested but under-connected younger adults
Speakers to listen for at the 2012 General Assembly Ben Cardin, U.S. senator, Maryland Edon, performer, “America’s Got Talent” Jane Eisner, editor-in-chief, Forward Ruth Andrew Ellenson, writer, “The Modern Jewish Girl’s Guide to Guilt” David Gergen, senior political analyst, CNN Dr. Daniel Gordis, senior vice president and the Koret Distinguished Fellow, Shalem Center Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president, Union for Reform Judaism Hilary Leila Krieger, Washington bureau chief, The Jerusalem Post Ambassador Gideon Meir, director general for public diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State of Israel Martin J. O’Malley, governor, State of Maryland Dr. Michael B. Oren, State of Israel, ambassador to the United States Gary Rosenblatt, editor and publisher, The Jewish Week Jonathan Sarna, Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University Ira Shapiro, author, “The Last Great Senate” Larry Smith, founder and editor, SMITH Magazine Jill Smokler, owner, “Scary Mommy” Nadav Tamir, policy adviser to the president of the State of Israel, Office of the President of the State of Israel Gil Troy, professor of history, McGill University Bari Weiss, news and politics editor, Tablet Magazine Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1986 Full schedule online generalassembly.org
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with a combination of Jewish learning and social encounters; and some of the new initiatives being carried out by Jewish Museum of Maryland. Terrill used Kayam Farm as a model. “Ten years ago, if you would have told me we would be investing in a farm that teaches the Jewish value of sustainability and the earth, I would have thought you were crazy. Today, Kayam Farm is a magnet for young families,” he said. Terrill noted the importance of viewing these types of engagement programs as portals for future involvement. He said, “We need to provide meaningful Jewish experiences for all who seek them. And we need to understand that if you are exposed to transformational content you are not stuck in one realm for a lifetime.”
New Operations Operation Exodus and the support of Russian immigrants in Israel and the U.S. were key issues at the General Assembly in 1991. At that time, according to media reports, e
Carollee Getz, who served as one of the lead professional planners in ‘91, said that at the time Baltimore had a reputation for getting things done that don’t happen in other places. She says that it still does.
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Associated had a $20 million annual campaign and managed to raise another $20 million to support Jewish-Russian stabilization. Today, said Rebecca Caspi, senior vice president, Israel and Overseas and director general of JFNA Israel, the Jewish community continues to respond to the needs of Jews around the world, though the largest portion of overseas dollars is still being used to assist the elderly in the former Soviet Union and to help revitalize Jewish life there. Caspi said that donations to overseas as a whole have slightly lessened in the last decade, as communities are faced with greater needs at home. Nonetheless, an average of 30 percent (as compared to 43 percent) of local federations’ annual campaigns still goes to overseas causes. In times of crisis the Jewish people respond. “Between 1991 and today, there have been two enormous emergency campaigns — each of which raised $360 million, the second Intifada and the second Lebanon War. Another $10 million was raised to assist Israel during Operation Cast Lead,” said Caspi. Several sessions at this GA will be devoted to Global Planning Table dialogues, a new Jewish Federations of North America initiative in which global Jewish challenges as well as the opportunities to strengthen and build the Jewish people are discussed, studied and understood. The Global Planning Table is currently examining how the federations’ collective activities and allocations overseas can have the most meaningful impact. “I would say we are even more networked today than ever in the past, and because of our ability to be present on the ground through the Jewish Agency for Israel and JDC, we are able to adapt to the needs of a certain community,” said Caspi. “I believe that just as in the past, our collective commitment to caring for the poorest Jewish people on earth is something we cannot walk away from. I am confident we will continue to struggle to complete that task.”
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The Legitimacy of Israel In 1991, the GA’s major policy speech was delivered by the prime minister of Israel, Yitzchak Shamir. Then, the discussion of peace in the Middle East was paramount in everyone’s mind, and, in his talk, Shamir appealed for unity from America’s Jewish leaders. Today, the world is still waiting for PalestinianIsraeli peace, though talks are at standstill. Instead,
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Linda Hurwitz (top, left) helped organize the young leadership celebration at the 1991 GA. Today (bottom), she is co-chairing the entire event.
the Jewish world is focused on Iranian nuclear proliferation and the existential threat it poses to the Jewish homeland. There will be several sessions on that security threat at the GA. Above all, however, dialogue around Israel will focus on a growing campaign of boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel, and at the unique balance between social change and democracy in Israel while maintaining the country’s sovereignty as a Jewish state. On the dais, GA attendees will hear from Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren, Labor Party leader Shelly Yachimovich and Soviet refusenik and prisoner, Israeli politician, human rights activist and author Natan Sharansky. In 1991, the fear was that “loyalty to Israel is less assured, as a new generation lacking direct emotional ties to the founding of the Jewish state and the Holocaust gradually becomes the majority,” reported the JT. In 2012, said Caspi, “Many people, at least the people I meet, are really deeply connected to Israel. Those who know the country well are often deeply challenged by it, yet are quite amazed by Israeli achievements.” Caspi said that while for a period there was growing concern over a disengaged younger population, in most cases that worry has been calmed. TaglitBirthright Israel has brought nearly 350,000 young
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adults to Israel. MASA is bringing in the range of 10,000 young adults to Israel for longer, immersive experiences. Since the economic downturn, many young Jews are coming to Israel to get work experience to climb the first rungs on the career ladder when it is so difficult to do that in America. The challenge now is less about connection to Israel and more about building pride in Israel. Terrill said the community is fed a diet about Israel as defined by the conflict. If left unattended, “we could run the risk of having diminished advocacy for Israel based on lack of familiarity with the country. … [Young adults] need to be given the proper contact to evaluate what Israel is all about.” In Baltimore, said Hoffman, this translates to personalizing — and not politicizing — Israel. “We want our community members to connect with the people of Israel, not just the State of Israel. That is why we launched the BaltimoreAshkelon Partnership 10 years ago. … That is why almost 10,000 people have participated in various exchanges within the partnership, ranging from our teens to professionals, to economic trade missions, to families, young adults, baby boomers and to volunteer trips.” ButHoffmansaidheisnotreadytolettheguarddown. “If we have had success … we cannot become complacent,” he said. “I would hope that in 10 years we see an uptick in attachment to Israel — but we’ll only be able to do that if we maintain a disciplined and focused approach.” Editor’s note: In Baltimore, 46 percent of Jewish people say they are emotionally attached to Israel as compared to 28 percent nationally, including almost 40 percent of non-Orthodox 35 to 60 year olds.
CJF, UJA, UJC, JFNA — Huh?
Technology Has Changed Our Lives
The federation alphabet soup
“I care a lot about marketing, so I marketed it all over the place,” recalled Barbara Himmelrich, who served as chair of the GA in 1991. She and her team of 1,200 volunteers raised money to print multipage programs, mail invitations and purchase bags and stuff them with hundreds of pages of promotional materials. In 2012, there is still a robust marketing strategy that surrounds the GA, but like everything else in life, it has gone “e.” “Then, we had no Internet or any way of contacting people except by snail mail,” said Carollee Getz, who served as one of the lead professional planners in ‘91. “The amount we spent on mail and postage, the amount of paper we used was just incredible. Today, you send everyone an email and it’s done.” In fact, this year’s GA is “green” — or at least greener than in years past. JFNA worked to reduce the carbon footprint of its largest national gathering of the year by making an app to reduce the amount of paper printed for schedules and handouts and offering people to create their own online schedule through the GA website, generalassembly.org, so attendees only have to print what interests them and not the entire schedule. At the GA, all handouts and paper goods (plates, cups, etc.) will be made of compostable paper. Bags and other giveaways — when possible — will be eco-friendly. And, JFNA will utilize the Baltimore Convention Center’s strong recycling program. New technologies don’t only affect the federation’s carbon footprint. They also impact the way it
If you are wondering what the Jewish Federations of North America is, you are probably not alone. The federation alphabet soup has changed a lot over the years, though its core mission has remained the same. A brief history: In 1999, the federations’ consulting organization, the Council of Jewish Federations (CJF) merged with the federations’ fundraising arm, the United Jewish Appeal (UJA). This merger, creating greater efficiency and impact, was named the United Jewish Communities (UJC). In 2008, UJC started looking into how its constituents perceived and understood its work across the country. Then it launched extensive research, including focus groups and a national survey, about the branding of Jewish federations — individually and the umbrella organization. The data showed there was a gap in wider awareness of federations and their mission. That was partly because many federations had different logos and branding. To better connect with a highly mobile population and to engage new and especially younger donors, UJC determined to create a stronger, more consistent brand. In 2009, UJC presented a new name — and logo: The Jewish Federations of North American (JFNA). Today, this reflects the naming structure of three-quarters of federations worldwide — The Jewish Federation of fill in the blank. As of 2012, more than 100 of 155 federations have adopted the bold, inviting and optimistic logo, with many now also using the newly developed tagline, “The Strength of a People. The Power of Community.” — Maayan Jaffe
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In 1991, the GA took place in eight different hotels. Today, key events will happen solely at the Baltimore Convention Center and the Hyatt Regency Baltimore Hotel.
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In 1991, the federation produced print invitations, program booklets and dozens of other types of GA paraphernalia. In 2012, the GA is “green” and it can all be done online.
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handles the rest of its business. The theme for this year’s GA is “Where the Community Downloads/Uploads/ Shares,” and several of the convention’s sessions will focus on a world that is moving ever faster and on how we connect both in person and also on Facebook, Twitter and the rest of the World Wide Web. “We are always working to figure out ways we can use social media so we can maximize the connection with the end user,” said Terrill. Sessions such as “B’more Schmooze for Social Media/Innovation” and “Social Explosion: An Interactive Lab Experiment” will help to make that possible for federations across the country. But Terrill cautioned that we have to be careful not to define community by what is happening in a virtual way. “We need to get people out from behind the screens and into different venues to celebrate community together,” he said. And it’s possible — even with the ever-growing popularity of virtual friends, likes and pokes. “I am a big believer that if you really have a great vision and real clarity to your mission, and you have strategies to bring your mission to life, commitment [to the cause] comes,” said Silverman. “I have no question people will come away from the GA inspired, challenged and alive,” said Caspi. “The GA is the place for you to listen and to be heard, to help shape our communal agenda.” You can follow the GA on Twitter (hash tag #JFNAGA), but it won’t be the same. Said Caspi: “You have to do one thing: You’ve got to show up. When you do, you will be very glad you did.” JT Maayan Jaffe is JT managing editor mjaffe@jewishtimes.com
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Tikkun Olam, Togetherness
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Rabbi Rick Jacobs will serve as the scholar-in-residence at the JFNA 2012 General Assembly. Rabbi Jacobs was recently named the fourth president of the Union for Reform Judaism and previously served as spiritual leader at Westchester Reform Temple in Scarsdale, N.Y. During his 20-year tenure at WRT, he reshaped communal worship, transformed the congregation into a community of learners and strengthened WRT’s commitment to social justice and inclusion. “We are thrilled to have Rabbi Rick Jacobs as our scholar-in-residence at the GA,” said GA co-chair Josh Fidler in a statement. “Rabbi Jacobs is known for bold thinking and big ideas as well as concrete action in support of humanitarian values. We look forward to his insight and spiritual leadership throughout the GA.”
The Baltimore Jewish Times caught up with Rabbi Jacobs: JT: Talk about an issue or issues that ail the modern Jewish world. Rabbi Jacobs: There are many au-
thentic ways to practice Judaism, and ritual and learning are part of it. But so is social justice, chesed work and tikkun olam. … There are some people who get too busy with ritual and forget to do that [other] work. And there are people who are so busy with tikkun olam that they don’t do any ritual. They must interconnect in productive ways. When they don’t, there is a big disconnect. Historically, Jews were brought together by their ‘victimhood.’ Is that not the case anymore?
Unfortunately, there are large blocks in
history when we have been powerless and lived at the whim of the societies where we were presiding. In the modern period and with State of Israel, we do not need to … see ourselves as victims. … ere still are places where we are challenged and oppressed, but we are living in a moment of Jewish history where we are shapers of our destiny. In North America, for example, there is still some anti-Semitism, but the dominant reality is that we are in a position of freedom, and we live in a multicultural, pluralistic environmental, and we can be assertive of our Jewish commitments. at is a new phenomenon and remarkable opportunity.
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What topics will you address at the GA?
people, … and the need to balance tikkun olam with a sense of responsibility for Jewish peoplehood. I will ask the question, “Is tikkun olam a universal concept or also a way to heal and repair our own community?” Tikkun olam is a primary and powerful tool for Jewish engagement. I will also address the theme of b’yachad and the idea that we are part of b’yachad and the idea that we are part of something larger that our movements, preferences and practices. … The fact that we don’t all think, pray and practice in the same way does not have to be a liability but a strength. JT
I will talk to the proliferation of tikkun olam projects throughout the world, particularly among young
Rabbi Rick Jacobs will address the convention multiple times as the JFNA GA scholar-in-residence.
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Special Attractions VISIT THE AMERICAN VISIONARY ARTS MUSEUM
LEARN ART HISTORY AT THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM
800 Key Highway, Baltimore 410-244-1900; avam.org 10 a.m. — 6 p.m. Sunday and Tuesday
600 N. Charles St., Baltimore 410-547-9000 10 a.m. — 5 p.m. Sunday
PAY HOMAGE TO AMERICAN HISTORY AT FORT MCHENRY NATIONAL MONUMENT AND HISTORIC SHRINE
LEARN ABOUT JEWISH BALTIMORE AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND
2400 E. Fort Ave., Baltimore 410-962-4290; nps.gov/fomc/index.htm 8 a.m. — 5 p.m.
15 Lloyd St., Baltimore 410-732-6400; jewishmuseummd.org 10 a.m. — 5 p.m.
B’MORE FUN Special events for GA attendees hosted by The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore
CELEBRATE AT POWER PLANT LIVE! SHOP AT HARBOR EAST/FELLS POINT
650 S. Exeter St., Baltimore 410-779-4700; harboreast.com
34 Market Place, Baltimore powerplantlive.com
EXPLORE THE NATIONAL AQUARIUM
SHOP AND EXPLORE HARBORPLACE & THE GALLERY AT HARBORPLACE
501 E. Pratt St., Pier 3, Baltimore 410-576-3800; aqua.org 9 a.m. — 5 p.m. Sunday 9 a.m. — 4 p.m. Monday and Tuesday
200 E. Pratt St., Baltimore 410-332-0327; harborplace.com 12 — 6 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m. — 9 p.m. Monday, Tuesday
TOUR THE BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART
10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore 443-573-1700; artbma.org 11 a.m. — 6 p.m. Sunday SIT ATOP FEDERAL HILL
300 Warren Ave., Baltimore 410-396-5828; historicfederalhill.org
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LEARN AT THE MARYLAND SCIENCE CENTER
601 Light St., Baltimore 410-685-5225; marylandsciencecenter.org 11 a.m. — 5 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m. — 5 p.m. Tuesday
SUNDAY, NOV. 11: ❍
Brunch at the Jewish Museum of Maryland with guided tours
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Young Leadership reception featuring Brian Mandell, lecturer in public policy and chair of Harvard University’s Wexner-Israel Fellowship Program
MONDAY, NOV. 12: ❍
Women’s Philanthropy Luncheon: Six-Word Memoirs at the GA, featuring Larry Smith, founder, Six-Word Memoirs
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Evening at the National Aquarium followed by an informal gathering at Power Plant Live! at Leinenkugel’s Beer Garden
For more information about these events, visit www.generalassembly.org or call 410-369-9307. Specific information will be distributed to GA participants upon registration at the conference.
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Your Baltimore Hosts — Then & Now GA Chairs & Committee Members 1991 THE ASSOCIATED: JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE
Darrell D. Friedman President Alfred I. Coplan Chairman of the Board GA STEERING COMMITTEE
Barbara L. Himmelrich Chair Terry M. Rubenstein Cynthia Rosenwald Publicity Ailene M. Waranch Gifts-in-Kind Jill S. Gansler Development Naomi Z. Levin Vice Chair — Arrangements Helen Coplan Ambience/Hotel Hospitality Betty Gelfand Tamara S. Plant Delegates Lounge Rosalee C. Davison Gift Shop Eileen Goldman Emelie B. Schwab Guides Linda Elman Judith Hoffberger Anne Katz Meeting Monitors Stacy Schwartz Student Activities
Ben Greenwald Linda A. Hurwitz Marcy Kolodny Youth Leadership Hospitality
Ellen Baklor Sanford M. Baklor Thursday Evening Reception
Jane K. Schapiro Vice Chair — Operations
Betty Maizlish Frona A. Brown Shabbat Kiddush
Brenda S. Nudelman Peggy Milch Milton H. Miller, Sr. Corporate Sponsor Thank You Myra Askin Louise K. Goodman Hospitality Lorraine Schapiro Kits Gladys Nathan Linda G. Speert Elaine Weinstock Message Center Sue Glick Liebmen Protocol Carole Sibel Vice Chair — Special Events Barbara Kaplow Sanford M. Shapiro Bus Tours Barbara Hettleman Michael Hettleman Barbara Shapiro M. Sigmund Shapiro CJF Board Cocktail Party Selma Rynd Richard Rynd Ann G. Brodie Jonas Brodie Friday Night Dinners
Myra Gold Vice Chair — Volunteers Linda Himmelrich Headquarters Jan M. Picker Linda S. Shapiro Recognition Myrna E. Cardin Hilda Hillman Sharan S. Kushner Recruitment Roslyn Mazur Scheduling Jennie Z. Rothschild Ilene C. Vogelstein Training Rosalie Rosenzwog Maureen H. Davidov Women’s Division Liaison
GA Chairs & Committee Members 2012 THE ASSOCIATED: JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE
Marc B. Terrill President Howard Friedman Chairman of the Board GA STEERING COMMITTEE
Linda A. Hurwitz Steven Hurwitz Genine M. Fidler Josh Fidler Chairs Carole Sibel Bob Manekin Tammy Heyman Community Event at the Aquarium Chairs Tammy Heyman Ben Greenwald Andy Attman Rob Paymer Entertainment Sub-Committee Bob Manekin Pacy Oletsky Michael Hettleman Chaya Friedman Fact Sub-Committee
Charles Buerger Suzanne F. Cohen Gloria Harris Brenda B. Lipitz Ex Officio
Nan Rosenthal Nina Rosenzwog Sharan S. Kushner “Hon” Sub-Committee
Peggy Warner Carollee Getz Staff
Ronnie Footlick Deverah Routman Wendy Miller Food Sub-Committee
Rina Janet Morry Zolet Sam Neuberger Volunteer Chairs Patti Neumann Hotel Hospitality Chair Jimmy Berg Lainy LeBow-Sachs Beth Goldsmith Fundraising Chairs Dan Klein Dara Schnee Harel Turkel Young Leadership Chairs Suzanne Lapides Linda Elman John Shmerler Marketplace Committee Chairs Melissa Cordish Jill Max Atara Frankel Programmatic Liaisons Shoshana Cardin Nancy Gertner Recruitment Chairs Michelle Gordon Bonnie Garonzik Helen London Marisa Danto Melinda Greenberg Rochelle Eisenberg Professional Staff
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