Annual Report 2018-2019

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2018-2019

Schechter

Annual Report

Dear Friends, Every day at Schechter is comprised of individual moments of joy, inspiration, collaboration and accomplishment.

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ccomplishment is the 5th-grader who reads Torah for the first time in front of their friends despite fears of failure. Collaboration is the teacher who helps a preschooler understand the importance of taking turns. Inspiration is the student who solves a math problem in an innovative way. Joy is the grandparent who attends a milestone event to bask in their grandchild’s growing understanding of the Hebrew language.

These moments help to create a thriving and exciting culture of learning and self-discovery and are only made possible with the continued support of our community. Last year, we once again reached the Annual Campaign’s targeted goal of $1.4M. Comprising 11 percent of Schechter’s operating budget, the continued success of our Annual Campaign is critical to maintain Schechter’s strong fiscal health.

The Annual Campaign allows us to invest in our teachers, our core academic program and, most notably, in financial aid. Schechter is committed to providing tuition assistance to help make a day school education affordable to all of its current families and to new families yet to come. In fact, over the past nine years, the percentage of students receiving aid has increased from 43% to 63% and our financial aid budget has doubled. We believe that every family who seeks a day school education for their children should be able to access one at Schechter.

That is our sacred mission.

Your investments in our academic program and community have strengthened and enhanced Schechter’s uniquely compelling program and has allowed us to: • invest in specialty instructional coaches in Hebrew and math • support teachers delivering our exceptional curriculum to all students, including a broad range of learners • make the Grade 8 Israel Study Tour, one of Schechter’s signature cornerstones, accessible to every student, regardless of financial need • hold Schechter’s first annual community Shabbaton, which welcomed 55 families (over 200 people!) to Camp Yavneh, who spent the weekend enjoying Shabbat-friendly activities, relaxing with friends and engaging in Jewish learning

• launch our Shabbat Across Schechter initiative in which families are brought together for a Shabbat meal in homes through our community.

We are beyond grateful to our community members who give regularly of their expertise, and partner with us to coach Schechter Soccer, serve Chinese Lunch, refer a prospective family, volunteer in the library, offer their philanthropic support and so much more. When our community comes together – which it does every day, every year and in a multitude of ways that reflect each individual’s special ability to contribute – we are all the better for it. When we work together in these ways, there is no limit to better. So please accept this heartfelt thank you from both of us.

Harvey Freishtat, President

Rebecca Lurie, Head of School

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Financials 2018-2019 Operating Results TUITION AND FEES 72% ANNUAL FUND 11% ENDOWMENT & INVESTMENT INC. 7% RESTRICTED GIFTS & GRANTS 4% AUXILIARY PROGRAMS 3% CJP SUBVENTION 2% OTHER REVENUE 1%

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Did you know… There were 78 more donors to the Annual Campaign this year, totalling 804

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS 73% FACILITIES 9% PROGRAM EXPENSES 7% ADMINISTRATION 6%

A Snapshot on Affordability

OTHER 5%

Schechter is committed to providing tuition assistance to help make a day school education affordable to all its families. Over the past 10 years, the percentage of students receiving aid has increased from 43% to 61% and the financial aid budget has doubled. In the 2018-2019 school year, the financial aid budget was $3,346,000 and the average award per student was $14,119. We believe that every family who seeks a day school education for their children should be able to access one at Schechter.

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2018-2019 Leadership 2018-2019 Board of Trustees

2018-2019 Annual Campaign Team

Rabbi Daniel Berman

Annual Campaign Co-Chairs

Harvey Freishtat

Manuela Polydoro (5) Jennifer Skolnick (4, 7, ’17)

Alison Judd Roger Klein

PA Co-Chairs

Jerald Korn

Amanda Schouela (2, 4) Miriam Weiss (Pre-K, 3, 5)

Frederic Leif Justine Levin-Allerhand

Joshua Margolis ’80

Jerald Korn (2, 4, 7) Bil Zarch (2, 4) Dalia Wassner (Pre-K, 2, 4) Ira Phillips-Stoll (K, 6, 6) Sydney Gross (GS, 1)

Ellis V. Morris

Upper School (4-8)

Amanda Redler-Schouela

Justine Allerhand (5, ’17) Rachel Sohn (2, 5, 7) Rachel Coben (4, 6) Sharon Goldstein ’86 (7, ’18)

Esty R. Lobovits ’90 Cynthia Marcus

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Did you know…

There were 111 new donors who gave for the first time

Lower School (Pre-K-3)

Danielle Remis Hackel Sanford Remz Chen Schor

Faculty/Staff

Ari Sussman ’92 Christopher Wyett

Susanne Heidt Judi Rappaport

Bil Zarch

Alumni Parents Sandy Remz (’01, ’05) Linda and Harold Simansky (’18)

Alumni Jessica Levin Rittner ’02 Mera Weber ’00

Grandparents Joan and Alan Sohn

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Did you know…

69% of all donations were received prior to 12/31

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2018-2019 Annual Campaign

$1,000 - $2,499

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Susan & Aron Ain (FR)

e are grateful for the generosity of everyone who supported Schechter’s Annual Campaign during the 2018-2019 school year. Most of the donors listed below gave unrestricted gifts to the 2018-2019 Annual Campaign. Some donors designated their gifts to support Schechter's endowment or specific initiatives.

Hanna Shaul Bar Nissim & Shay Bar Nissim (CP)

$10,000 - $17,999

Anonymous

Anonymous

Joy & Michael Sydney (GP)

Gigi & Michael Pucker ’75 (AL)

Harriet & Alan Cole (GP)

Ruth Nemzoff & Harris Berman (AP)

Andria & Eric Weil (CP)

Barbara & Frank Resnek (GP)

Brenda & Harvey Freishtat (AP)

Robin & Nathan Birnbaum (GP)

Susan Weiss (GP)

$50,000 - $99,999

Phyllis Hammer (FR)

Marc Bloostein (AP)

Pamela & Mark Weinfeld (CP)

Adina Astor ’85 & Kevin Bolan (CP)

Lisa Rosenbaum & Ron Fisher (AP) Barbara & Ellis V. Morris (AP)

$25,000 - $49,999 Anonymous Myra Musicant & Howard Cohen (AP) Lisa & Arieh Coll (AP) Marcia & Alan Leifer (AP) Lauri Union & Stanley Rosenzweig (CP)

$18,000 - $24,999

Chrysanthi Gikas & David Wihl (CP)

Lela & Norman Jacoby (FR)

Marcia & Tamir Borensztajn (CP)

Wendy & Allan Williams (GP)

Lizbeth & George Krupp (AP)

Claire & Daniel Caine (AP)

Lisa Resnek Wyett & Christopher Wyett (CP)

Yael Miller ’73 & Stuart Cole (AL)

Louis & Ida Selib Memorial Fund (FR)

$3,600 - $4,999

Onir & Jeffrey Spiegel (CP)

Carol Harris & Robert Kann (AP)

$5,000 - $9,999 Anonymous Joshua Blachman ’88 (AL)

Steven Entine (FR) Trudy & Lester Fagen (AP) Varda & Neal Farber (AP)

$2,500 - $3,599 Justine Levin-Allerhand & Paul Allerhand (CP)

Beatrice & Melvin Fraiman (GP)

Lori & Michael Gilman (AP)

Shira Goodman & Rabbi Wesley Gardenswartz (AP)

Abby Sosland & Mark Goodman (AP)

Marla Choslovsky & Paul Greenberg (AP)

Lynne & Jonathan Greer (CP)

Danielle Remis Hackel & Michael Hackel (CP)

The Polachek Family/Denbow Family (AP)

Tovah Day & Moshe Spinowitz (CP)

Judy Israel Elkin & Rabbi Joshua Elkin (AP)

Judith & Jonathan Chiel (GP)

Relly & Brent Dibner (GP)

Rosalyn & Richard Slifka (FR)

Aviva Rosenzweig (GP)

Terri & Solomon Eisenberg (AP)

Claudia & Marc Braunstein (GP)

Anonymous

Cynthia & William Marcus (AP)

Sandi & Nathaniel Margolis ’77 (CP)

Ilana & Isaac Edry (AP)

Helen & Martin Flusberg (AP)

Linda & Michael Frieze (FR)

Susanne & R. James Klingenstein (AP)

Lucy Goodhart & Gordon Bennett (AP)

Vicky & Joshua Hausman ’89 (AL)

Lori & Frederic Leif (CP)

Debra & Gerald Bickoff (AP)

Elizabeth & Ronald Gluck (AP)

Ilana & Bradley Orelowitz (CP)

Tehila & Brady Bartlett (AP)

Arlene & Sanford Remz (AP)

Nili & Josh Bartley (FS)

Maureen & Kenneth Rowin (GP)

Bradley Baskir ’06 (AL)

Ruderman Family Foundation (FR)

Sandra & Sheldon Bass (GP)

Esty Lobovits ’90 & Erik Sabot (AL)

Adena Cohen-Bearak & Arnold Bearak (AP)

Iris & Chen Schor (CP)

Dina Hirshfeld-Becker & Ronald Becker (AP)

Eva Bellin & Frank Schwartz (AP)

Orly Bejerano (FS)

Linda & Ira Shoolman (AP)

Rabbi Alfred Benjamin (AP)

Debra & Andrew Shure (CP) Wendy & Yakir Siegal (AP)

Miriam Rosenblum & Sheldon Benjamin (AP)

Doreen & Matthew Skolnick (GP)

Mona & Michael Bennett (AP)

Gilda Slifka (FR)

Judy & Murray Berk (GP)

Claire & Meir Stampfer (AP)

Rabbi Ilana Garber ’91 & Adam Berkowitz (AL)

Vered (Metson) ’93 & Michael Strapp (CP)

Ruth & David Bernstein (AP)

Sybil Union (GP)

Hannah Reinstein & Yosef Berrin-Reinstein ’00 (AL)

Claire Zar-Kessler ’95 & Joseph Goldman (AL)

Joyce & Michael Bohnen (GP)

Rachel & Allan Goldstein (CP)

Arlene & Haldon Bryer (AP)

Joyce & Mark Goldweitz (AP)

Alla (Rosenzweig) ’84 & Philip Weisberg (AL)

Diane Troderman & Harold Grinspoon (FR)

Chelsea Hebrew Free School Endowment Fund (FR)

Paula & James Gould (AP)

Elizabeth Hait & Kenneth Wener (CP)

Jessica & Daniel Jacob ’94 (AL)

Sherene Michlin & Robert Finkel (AP)

Michelle Rosen & Shai Gozani (CP)

Marcy Kimel & Adam Kramer (CP) Martin Levine (FR)

Rita & Herbert Gann (GP) Janice & Stanley Goldstein (AP)

Susan & Joel Lewin (GP)

Lauren & Jerald Korn (CP)

Rebecca (Cole) ’93 & Adam Lurie (CP)

Paulette Korn (GP)

Taren & Ralph Metson (GP) Einat & Matthew Ogden (CP)

Marlene & Jonathan Leffell (AP) Judith Slovin & Roger Lowenstein (AP) Melissa Sydney & Adam Marshak (CP) Rabbi Suzanne & Andy Offit (AP)

Lillian & Richard Gray (GP)

Rebecca Peterfreund Zarch & Bil Zarch (CP)

Ruth Mayer & Akiva Gross (GP)

Cantor Lorel & Arnold Zar-Kessler (GP)

Diana Lloyd & Jordan Hershman ’74 (AL) Zona & Martin Hoffman (FR) Edith Goldman & Morton Hoffman (AP) Sharon Waller & Albert Hyman (AP) Elizabeth & Daniel Jick (AP) Anna & Lawrence Kadish (GP) Abby & Arthur Kalotkin (AP) Aviva & David Lee-Parritz (AP)

(AL) Alumni

Lauren & Jonathan Paris (CP)

(AP) Alumni Parent

Gail & Jay Pearlstein (AP)

(CP) Current Parent

Carol Saivetz & Harry Penn (GP)

Roselyn Garber Toledano & Allan Toledano (GP)

(FR) Friend

Suzanne Priebatsch (AP)

Pam Adelstein & Michael Weissmann (CP)

(FS) Faculty/Staff

Samuel Rapaporte Jr. Foundation (FR)

(GP) Grandparent

Jennifer & Jason Skolnick (CP)

Greg Lipper (AP)

Betsy & Martin Solomon (AP)

Ann Krupnick & Joseph Loewenberg (GP)

Irma & Aaron Spencer (FR)

Emily & Marc Lurie (GP)

Susan Mosler & Alan Peterfreund (GP)

Nyna Urovitch & David Williams (CP)

Jacob Levenfeld ’02 (AL) Alisa & Glenn Levine (AP) Eve Lewinger ’80 (AL) Jessica & Ron Liebowitz (CP)

Margaret & Marvin Menzin (GP)

Sarah & Rabbi Daniel Berman (FR)

Jessica Gray Sussman ’96 & Ari Sussman ’92 (CP)

Leslie & Paul Blachman (AP)

Sara Schutzman & Joshua Margolis ’80 (CP)

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Did you know…

Alumni had the highest increase of total number of gifts received

Elizabeth Pollock & Rabbi Elan Babchuck ’96 (AL)

$100,000+

Anonymous (3)

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Anonymous (3)

Under $1,000 Anonymous (37) Heidi (Birnbaum) ’96 & Benjamin Aaronson (CP)

Paola Tacchini & Ari Bessendorf ’92 (AL) Nadine Greenfield-Binstock ’88 & Andrew Binstock (AL) Blacker’s Bake Shop (FR) Julia Greenstein & Paul Bleicher (AP) Aliza Hochman Bloom ’97 & Chaim Bloom (AL) Arielle Bloostein ’08 (AL) James Blum (FR)

Gerald Abelow (CP) Lisa Spiegel & David Abotbool (AP) Karen & Richard Abrahams (AP) Barbara & Harvey Adelstein (GP) Ellen & Mark Agulnick (FS) Meryl & Rabbi Alan Alpert (AP) Sheila Lewinger Arons & Bruce Arons (AP) Paula & Frank Aronson (FR) Matthew Baluch (FS) Beth Kozinn & Glenn Barest (AP) Lisa Goldberg & Roy Barr (AP) Julie & Jacob Barth (AP) 7

Morris Greenberg ’08 (AL)

Karen & Tevy Dines ’79 (AL)

Cheri Fox (AP)

Tova & Steven Greenberg (AP)

Lisa & Neil Jacobson (AP)

Marcus Dodyk ’05 (AL)

Shira (Auerbach) ’97 & Michael Fox (AL)

Talia Greenberg ’07 (AL)

Robin & Jerold Jaeger (AP)

Judith (Phillips) ’96 & Gene Dolgin (AL)

Lenie & Richard Fraiman (CP)

Carol & David Greenfield (AP)

Shoshana & Zvi Jalfin (AP)

Jennifer & Aaron Dolgoff (CP)

Ariel (Silberstein) Frankel ’02 (AL)

Larisa Grinis (FS)

Diane & Robert Jaye (AP)

Sylvia Dolgoff (GP)

Lori Kahn & Arnold Freedman (FS)

Nancy Nozick-Grodin & Michael Grodin (AP)

Jeremy Jick ’08 (AL)

Kimberley Kaplan-Gross & Michael Gross (AP)

Yael & Ami Joseph (CP)

Joshua Jick ’04 (AL)

Madelyn & Bruce Donoff (FR)

Rabbi Beth Naditch & Barry Freedman (AP)

Howard Merlin & Yakov Dov (FS)

Lara Freishtat ’96 (AL)

Rosa & Mark Drapkin (FR) Lori Duhaime (FS)

Liat Aviksis-Lippner & Lior Freistadt-Lippner (AP)

Janine & Jevin Eagle (AP)

Laura Barbanel & Ernest Fried (GP)

Stacy Grossman (AP)

Jill & Steven Ebstein (AP)

Wendy Drexler & Herb Friedman (GP)

Limor Guberman (CP)

Aaron Edelman ’01 (AL)

Susan Fusco-Fazio & Paul Fazio (FS)

Michael Gulianello (FR)

Amy Levine-Edelstein & Jay Edelstein (CP)

Tal Geller Gaathon & Ophir Gaathon (CP)

Howard Guthermann (AP)

Ilyse & David Ehrenkranz (FS)

Sharon Walach-Gale & M. Elon Gale (AP)

Alexandra Haber ’05 (AL)

Ruth & Barry Ehrlich (AP)

Florence Gallop (AP)

Jill Anne Jacobs & Frederic Haber (AP)

Zelda & Elkan Gamzu (FR)

Joseph Haber ’07 (AL)

Julie & Matthew Gann ’87 (CP)

Vicki & Ron Hadar (FS)

Cindy Benson & Rabbi Raphael Kanter ’71 (AL)

Gann Academy (FR)

Nancy & Michael Hait (CP)

Aaron Kaplan ’01 (AL)

Karen Garb (FS)

Debra Block & Rabbi William Hamilton (AP)

Simona Kaplan ’04 (AL) Nora Kaplan-Stow (FR)

Sydney & Tal Gross ’95 (CP)

Cyd & Norman Josephy (AP) Alison & Isaac Judd (CP) Kathryn Judd (GP) Renana & Ron Kadden (GP) Rebecca & Yoni Kadden (CP) Rachel Kadish (CP) Richard Kagan (AP) Beth Silverman & Barry Kann (AP)

Elysa & Rafael Blumenthal ’89 (AL)

Deborah Skakel & Joel Chernov ’69 (AL)

Whitney & Joshua Bock (CP)

Tehila & Ian Cherubino (CP)

Deborah Skolnick Einhorn & Marshall Einhorn (FR)

Elizabeth & Matthew Bonney-Cohen ’89 (AL)

Liz & Allan Chesarone (FS)

Ronni & Amos Eisenberg (AP)

Robert Boonin (GP)

Zoe & Harry Chiel ’05 (AL)

Noam Borensztajn ’14 (AL)

Laura Chiel ’02 (AL)

Sara Eisenberg ’05 (AL)

Jody & David Gastfriend (AP)

Greg Hampton (FS)

Tali Borensztajn ’18 (AL)

Julie & David Chivo (AP)

Alyssa (Bickoff) ’07 & Dan Elfman (AL)

Susan & Wayne Gelfman (AP)

Irene Diamond & Hugh Hanley (GP)

Benjamin Kasdan ’06 (AL)

Rhoda & Edward Bornstein (GP)

Laurie & Roy Chorev (CP)

Jonathan Elkin ’00 (AL)

Robin & Phillip Gendelman (AP)

Sarita & Saul Hanono (GP)

Caroline & James Bornstein (CP)

Sandra & Lawrence Coben (GP)

Talia Engelhart (FR)

Melanie & Michael Gerard (CP)

Bonnie & Leonard Hausman (AP)

Jo Ann David-Kasdan & Menachem Kasdan (AP)

Karmit & Oren Bouzaglo (CP)

Yonit & Boaz Cohen (AP)

Deborah (Rin) ’94 & Jason Erlich (CP)

Kate Liberman ’99 & Eric Gershman (AL)

Christen & Thomas Hazel (FS)

Millie & Jonathan Kateman (FS)

Gina Brandeis Putter ’00 (AL)

Esti Cohen (FR)

Shoshana & Edmund Ernst (GP)

Eugenia & Leonid Gerstein (FS)

Emily Heeren ’05 (AL)

Anna & David Katsnelson (CP)

Rita & Henry Braun (GP)

Molly Cohen-Osher (FR)

Elise Richman Ezekiel & David Ezekiel (AP)

Rhoda & Todd Gladstone (GP)

Susanne Heidt (FS)

Alex Katz ’04 (AL)

Nellie Zupancic & Jonathan Bresman (CP)

Amy & Jason Comander (CP)

Aly Fainbarg (FS)

Richard Glaser (GP)

Jonathan Held ’06 (AL)

Betsy & Alvin Katz (GP)

Ann & Myron Falchuk (AP)

Julia Hoffman & Eitan Hersh (CP)

Charlotte Ross & Arthur Katz (FR)

Leah & Kenneth Hersh (GP)

Leah Oko & Carl Katz (AP)

Eric Eisenberg (FR)

Alice & Joseph Bresman (GP)

Combined Jewish Philanthropies (FR)

Diane Brienze (FS)

Frances Conn (FR)

Emily Farbman ’10 (AL)

Aliza Saivetz Glasser ’93 & Daniel Glasser (CP)

Nina & Mark Brodeur (FR)

Donna & Arnold Cover (AP)

Julie Ross & Brett Fasullo (CP)

Bina Carr & Jamie Gloth (CP)

Hilary & Marc Hershman (AP)

Rachel (Chiel) ’97 & David Katz (CP)

Adina Jacobson & Alexander Brodsky (CP)

Susan & Bruce Creditor (AP)

Ronda & Lawrence Fein (GP)

Laura Klein & Andy Goldberg (AP)

Harriet Heyman (FS)

Sharon & Marshall Katz (AP)

Rebecca Dautoff & David Brody (CP)

Cynthia & Harvey Creem (FR)

Rena Gray Fein & Robert Fein (GP)

Tana Goldberg (FR)

Marina Livshits & Michael Hiam (CP)

Rebecca Katz Davis ’01 (AL)

Phyllis & Laurence Brody (GP)

Susan Kahn & Rhian Cull (FR)

Shayna & Rabbi Michael Fel (CP)

Marilyn Goldman (AP)

Donna & Daniel Higgins (GP)

Sheryl & Mitchell Katzman (CP)

Hilla & Mor Brot (AP)

Barbra Litwin-Cutler & Corey Cutler (CP)

Debbi & Leonel Fernandes (CP)

Jessica Leiken & Aaron Goldstein ’94 (AL)

Jessica Resnick & Ryan Higgins (CP)

Carole Kaufman (FR)

Benjamin Bryer ’11 (AL)

Ann & Herbert Daitch (AP)

Suzanne & Avi Finder (CP)

Marilyn & Andre Danesh (FR)

Joshua Finkel ’14 (AL)

Esther Rosenman-Hochman & Richard Hochman (AP)

Nancy & Joseph Kaufman ’79 (AL)

Jason Bryer ’14 (AL)

Sharon (Bohnen) ’86 & David Goldstein (CP)

Heather Budd (FS)

Roberta & Alan Daskin (AP)

Linda Jason & Andrew Fischer (GP)

Jordan Goldstein ’18 (AL)

Miriam & Avi Hoffman (GP)

Miriam (Kramer) ’09 & Ben Kean (AL)

Julia Budnick ’01 (AL)

Miriam Pugh ’97 & Andrew Davis (AL)

Jill & Michael Fischer (AP)

Doris & Martin Goldstein (FR)

Eliezah Blumenthal Hoffman & Daniel Hoffman ’99 (AL)

Gail Kelly (FS)

Sally Goldstein-Elkind (FR) Estelle & Guy Gomolka (AP)

Roberta & Kenneth Hoffman (AP)

Google Gift Matching Program (FR)

Dalit Horn (FR) Ida Orlin Fallman/Sophie Sylvia Orlin Fund (FR)

Kimberly & Jeffrey Burd (CP) Camp Yavneh (FR)

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Adina Jacobson ’12 (AL)

Rachel & William Foster (CP)

Meital & Chaim Dimant (CP)

Linda & Jonathan Davis (AP) Tieu-Bich Nguyen & Jeremy Day ’80 (AL)

Leah Bieler & Rabbi Joseph Fish (CP)

Brenda & Louis Caplan (AP)

Andrea & Matthew Day ’77 (AL)

Shira (Miller-Jacobs) ’91 & Michael Fishman (CP)

Rachel Hammerman & Claudia Catalano (CP)

Sheila Decter (AP)

Judy & David Flad (AP)

Lisa & Kenneth Gordon (CP)

Sarah Fogelman (FS)

Linda & Robert Gordon (GP)

Rachael Rosner & Lawrence Denenberg (CP)

Jennifer Chalmers (FS)

Ariel (Yellin) ’83 & Steven Derringer (AL)

Kerry & Theodore Folkman (CP)

Simon Gottlieb (FR)

Maria Chapian (FS)

Esther & Bruce Dezube (AP)

Deborah & Jonathan Forman (AP)

Judith & Robert Chernaik (FR)

Masha & Tal Dibner ’94 (CP)

Sara Frim Forman & Russell Forman (AP)

Maria Houtchens & Dmitry Goykhman (CP) Micah Greenberg ’13 (AL)

Ilanit Israeli-Nagar (FS)

Rosanne & Andy Kauss (FR)

Dena Ofengeim & Joshua Kerslake (FR) Susan & Richard Kesner (AP) Samuel Kesner ’98 (AL) Rachele Rosi-Kessel & Adam Kessel (CP) Nava Cretu-Kessel & Barnet Kessel (CP)

Emily & Benjamin Jabbawy ’00 (AL)

Maria Tripolski Kimel & Klaus Kimel (AP)

Carole & Samuel Jabbawy (AP)

Sue Kahn & Daniel Kirschner (AP)

Susan & Frederic Jacobs (GP)

Frances & Robert Kirschner (GP) 9

Rabbi Jaymee Alpert ’87 & Danny Kischel (AL) Janice Gross & Stephen Klar (AP) Abbe (Perlman) ’94 & Daniel Klein (AL)

& Dan Posner (FS)

Nurite Notarius-Rosin & Craig Rosin (GP)

Anya Manning ’99 (AL)

Barbara & Stephen Merlin (AP)

Sharon & Ofer Levy (CP)

Susan Rodgin & Warren Manning (AP)

Chana & Steven Meyer (AP)

Mary Collins & Wesley Potter (AP)

Sharon & Michael Ross ’68 (AL)

Daniel Lewin (FR)

Lisa Pollack ’89 & Louis Mansdorf (CP)

Anat Hanono & Eddie Michli (CP)

Amy Newman & David Preiss (CP)

Sharon Perkulis & Jhonatan Rotberg (AP)

Norah Lewin (FR)

Bar Kristina & Alon Mantsur (CP)

Andrea & Oren Milgram (CP)

Benita & Bernard Rotman (GP)

Dina Levisohn (FR)

Susan & David Kohen (AP)

Nessa & Noah Liben ’96 (AL)

Cara & Ed Marcus (AP)

Ellen & Jonathan Miller (AP)

Whitney Connaughton & Aaron Pressman ’80 (AL)

Roselyn & Edwin Kolodny (GP)

Rachel & Daniel Lieber (CP)

Rita Cusack & Deborah Margolis ’72 (AL)

Gili Bethlehem & Ram Miller (CP)

Elizabeth & Robert Pressman (AP)

Tessa & Ethan Rowin (CP)

Galit & Yoel Konstantine (CP)

Deborah (Sheena) ’90 & Mathew Lincoln (CP)

Ellen & Gabriel Margolis (GP)

Sandra & Harold Miller-Jacobs (GP)

Trisha & Fred Margulies (GP)

Jonathan Korn ’99 (AL)

Anat & Imry Linden (CP)

Stephanie & Alfred Maroun (AP)

Naomi Katz Mintz & Rabbi Lewis Mintz (AP)

Prizmah Center for Jewish Day Schools (FR)

Elana & Raphael Rozenfeld (CP)

Raanan Korinow ’04 (AL) Camille & Darrell Kotton (AP)

Susan & Kurt Linden (AP)

Shira Fischer ’92 & Gad Marshall (CP)

Alina & Vadim Monisov (CP)

Jodi Bornstein & Simon Rabinovitch (CP)

Lois & Daniel Krantz (GP)

Lisa & Philip Linden ’80 (AL)

Esther & Jim Marshall (GP)

Michael Mooney (CP)

Inbal & Zori Rabinovitz (CP)

Ivonne & Matthew Krasnick (FS)

Estelle Linder (FR)

Marjorie Matross (FS)

Lynn & Neal Mooney (GP)

Maria Ponsillo & Arthur Rabinowitz (AP)

Nadine Krasnow (AP)

Evgenya & Leonid Lipchin (AP)

Scott Mattoon (FR)

Kate & Christopher Morog (FR)

Valerie & Arthur Rabson (GP)

Sara Smolover & Lawrence Kraus (AP)

Rachel Putterman & Matthew Lippman (CP)

Natalie & Roger Matus (FR)

Ashley Morris ’17 (AL)

Rebecca & Jeremy Rabson (CP)

Yael Hoffman Sage ’91 & Jesse Sage ’90 (CP)

Marilyn & Richard Mechanic (GP)

Deborah & Morris Moukit (FS)

Jacalyn Rosenblatt & Benjamin Raby (CP)

Amy Klein & Michael Saivetz ’89 (AL)

Lea Zafransky & Gavriel Meirovich (GP)

Dorie Alexander Mufson & Michael Mufson (AP)

Eva & Jacob Raby (GP)

Rachel Barbanel-Fried & Andrew Salama (CP)

Sabrina Vineberg & Eric Nathanson (CP)

Dafna Hochman Rand ’92 & Doug Rand (AL)

Limor & Eran Salomon (FS)

Roberto & Louis Neipris ’78 (AL) Marilyn Neril (FR)

Judi & Murray Rapaport (AP)

Rabbi Ma’ayan & Richard Sands (AP) Joan Sanow (GP)

Carolyn & Danny Krebs (GP) Smadar Babchuck & Michael Kronenberg (GP)

Heidi Liss (FR)

Robin & Jay Kroopnick (FR)

Lisa Rosenfeld & Alan Lobovits (AP)

Lisa Landau & Daniel Kummer ’71 (AL)

Luba & Benjamin Loewenberg (CP)

Nancy Kummer (AP)

Lallie Lloyd (FR)

Naomi & Carl Lopkin (FR)

Erica (Birnbaum) ’99 & Jason Melmed (AL) Adi Kotzer-Melochna & Assaf Melochna (CP)

Suzanne & Bernard Pucker (AP)

Lisa & Yaron Rachlin (CP)

Debora & Alan Rottenberg (FR)

Ephat & David Russcol (CP) Diane & Fred Russcol (GP) Terri Swartz Russell & David Russell (AP) Wendy & Robert Russman-Halperin (AP) Daphnah & Jay Sage (GP)

Libby Sands (FS)

Dana (Levine) ’85 & Jason Kunzman (AL)

Nichole & Jon Lopkin (FR)

Isabel Neuringer & John Nickerson (AP)

Elaine & Herb Lamb (GP)

Carolyn Keller & Harvey Lowell (AP)

Jennifer Friedberg & Geoffrey Meltzner (CP)

Shira & Mark Ravera (CP)

Rinat & Elan Noy (FS)

Iona & Marvin Redler (GP)

Ruth Langer & Jonathan Sarna (FR)

Mary Ellen & Donald Lattig (FS)

Daniel Lowenstein ’98 (AL)

Joelle Novey & Ethan Merlin ’94 (AL)

Rita Redner (FR)

Patricia & Stuart Laurence (GP)

Leah & Eli Luria (GP)

Shira (Teperow) ’96 & Jon Oberlander (AL)

Julie Walpert & Rabbi Charles Savenor ’83 (AL)

Jessica Leary (FS)

Ronnie & Tamir Luria (CP)

Manuela & Dimitry Ofengeim (CP)

Mieke Verfaellie & Rabbi Victor Reinstein (AP)

Dani & Michael Lebovitz (FR)

Serena & Nir Madar (CP)

Galina Zavlin & Leonid Ofengeim (FR)

Natania Remba (CP)

Joanne & Doug Savitt (GP)

Lisa (Cole) ’91 & Jonathan Olin (AL)

Gabriel Remz ’06 (AL)

Anna & Matya Schachter (CP)

Ephrat Most & Sheldon Oppenheim (CP)

Judy & Jeffrey Remz (AP)

Susan & Cantor Robert Scherr (AP)

Deborah Platek & Martin Oppenheimer (AP)

Jonah Remz ’05 (AL)

Dalia Hochman ’92 & David Schidlow (AL)

Tamar Remz ’99 (AL)

Jenna (Metson) ’99 & Jonathan Schilit (AL)

Maureen & Ivan Orelowitz (GP)

Yamit Remz Friedman ’03 (AL)

Yael Frydman & Hernan Schlosman (CP)

Elaine & Paul Paisner (GP)

Linda & Harry Resnick (GP)

Valerie & Gabriel Schmergel (FR)

Ziva & Joseph Paley (AP)

Maura & Chad Richards (FS)

Carol & Jeffrey Pankin (AP)

Diane & Martin Richler (AP)

Ariel Wittenberg & Alexander Schneider ’04 (AL)

Kira Sargent & Benjamin Park ’02 (AL)

Patricia & James Rigley (FS)

Tamar & Craig Schneider (AP)

Karen & Allan Pearlman (GP)

Sarah Schneider ’09 (AL)

Jessica Pearlman (CP)

Jessica Levin Rittner ’02 & Spencer Rittner (AL)

Rachel & David Pemstein ’81 (AL)

Susie & Howie Rodenstein (AP)

Jennifer Schockett ’91 (AL)

Livna & Yaniv Perez (CP)

Leora Rodenstein ’97 (AL)

Jane-Rachel Schonbrun (FR)

Sarah Lieberman & Jonathan Roffman (CP)

Lee Levin ’02 (AL)

Elana Kling Perkins & Rabbi Carl Perkins (AP)

Amanda Redler-Schouela & Adam Schouela (CP)

Vicky & Richard Levin (AP)

Lesley & Robert Perlman (AP)

Julie King & Dan Levine (FR)

David Phillips (GP)

Elisheva Margulies & David Levine (CP) James Levine ’98 (AL)

Emrey Moskowitz-Porath & Ashley Porath (CP)

Adina Kling & Judah Levine (AP)

Lorena Lerner & Cantor Elias Rosemberg (CP)

Haggith & Mitchell Schwaber ’78 (AL)

Aliza Arzt & Meredith Porter (AP)

Paula Levine (AP)

Linda & Gary Portnay (AP)

Karen & Ronald Rosen (AP)

Neta Schwartz (CP)

Tobie & Robert Levine

Rabbi Rebecca Weinstein

Judy & Jay Rosenstein (GP)

Peggy & William Schwartz (GP)

Steve Lechner (FS)

Penina Magid (AP)

Shari & Stewart Lecker (AP) Meg & Eli Lederman ’95 (AL)

Varda Rosenblum Makovsky ’76 & David Makovsky (AL)

Svetlana & Ari Leeds (CP)

Nathalya Barchechat & Paul Mamane (CP)

Burton Leeds (GP)

Roberta Fern & Harvey Mamon (AP)

Lauri Leeds (AP)

Laura Conrad Mandel ’96 & Michael Mandel (AL)

Samuel Leffell ’04 (AL) Betty & Barry Leif (GP) Jessica Leifer ’02 (AL) Margaret Leitner (GP) Jane & Paul Lemieux (GP) Robin (Kolodny) ’87 & Erez Leshem (CP) Shosh Levi (FS)

Ursula & Rami Mangoubi (AP)

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Current parents had the highest percentage increase in giving last year from 77% to 86%

Selma & Martin Roffman (GP) Heidi Paisner-Roffman & Noah Roffman (CP) Elena Romanowsky (GP)

Lieba & Daniel Savitt (CP)

David Schockett ’03 (AL)

Heather & Glen Schwaber ’83 (AL) Elizabeth Schrayer Schwaber & Jeffrey Schwaber ’75 (AL) Heidi & Eric Schwartz (CP)

Ann & Rabbi Gilbert Rosenthal (GP) 10

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Naama Kanarek & Larry Schweitzer (CP)

Gina & Alex Spiegel (CP)

Brian Weigler (FR)

Rachel (Zar-Kessler) ’92 & Adam Scott (CP)

Rena & Bruce Spinowitz (GP)

Rochelle Weil (GP)

Nancy & Mark Springer (FS)

Beverly Weinfeld (GP)

Lobov Sedonov (GP)

Carol & David Srebnick (FS)

Evie Weinstein-Park & Dan Weinstein (AP)

Arielle & Kreg Segall (CP)

Abby & Nelson Stacks (AP)

Lois & Frederick Weinstein (FR)

Lee & Gideon Senderov (CP)

Stanhope Garage, Inc. (FR)

Robert Weinstein (AP)

Lesley & Michael Shain (AP)

Julia Rashba-Step & Eugene Step (AP)

Jamie Weisenberg ’12 (AL)

Kristin Wolff & Eytan Shamash (CP)

Ayelet & Edgardo Sternberg (AP)

Arnold Weiss (GP)

Rena (Miller-Jacobs) ’94 & Adam Shapiro (AL)

Nina & Alan Stoll (GP)

Patty & Rabbi Loel Weiss (AP)

Aliza Phillips-Stoll ’89 & Ira Stoll (CP)

Miriam & Michael Weiss (CP)

Myrna & William Strapp (GP)

Nancy & Dan Weissmann (GP)

Sharon & Martin Strosberg (GP)

Nancy & Josh Werner (FS)

Morgan & Solomon Sheena ’95 (CP)

Shira Garber Strosberg & Nathaniel Strosberg (CP)

Susan Wilcove (FS)

Marc Shapiro (FR) Carolynn Levy & Alan Sharaf (AP) Elite Bor-Shavit & Zach Shavit (CP)

Heidi Neipris ’72 & Jonathan Wexler (AL)

Sue & Joel Sherman (AP)

Melanie Leitner & Eric Stuebe (CP)

Ariele (Weiss) ’00 & Joey Sherman (AL)

Sharon & Gradon Winn (CP)

Janet Sullivan (FS)

Alexandra & Samuel Sherman-Kadish (CP)

Reva & Peter Winston (CP)

Debbie & Joel Sussman (GP)

Jennifer & David Shimoni (FR)

Dina & Paul Wiznitzer (AP)

Yana & Leonid Shinchuk (CP)

Rabbi Carol Glass & Rabbi Michael Swarttz (AP)

Ruhama & Yossi Shitrit (CP)

Cecile Yoon-Tarlie & Martin Tarlie (CP)

Melissa Shore (FR)

Sandra & Edward Taub (CP)

Yana Urman & Aleksey Shtykel (CP)

Lorri & Martin Taub (GP)

Siagel Productions Inc. (FR)

Suzanne Hanser & Alan Teperow (AP)

Gail & Peter Silberstein (AP)

Manisha Thakuria (FR)

Annette & Aaron Silver (GP)

The Benevity Community Impact Fund (FR)

Anna Thorner & Daniel Silver (CP)

Prudence & Michael Thorner (GP)

Linda Mann Simansky & Harold Simansky (AP)

Sheryl & Paul Tilles (GP)

Judith Simansky (FR)

Shira Lewin & Aaron Tillman (CP)

Deborah Simkin (AP)

Jonah Tillman ’18 (AL)

Yaffa & Rabbi Ravid Tilles (CP)

Joseph Simons ’98 (AL)

Rhoda & Stephen Tillman (GP)

Randy & David Singer (AP)

Daniel Toledano ’01 (AL)

Sarah Skolnick ’17 (AL)

Jessica Lissy & Jeffrey Trey ’83 (AL)

Marsha Slotnick (FR)

UniBank (FR)

Amy Weiss & Jonathan Slutzman (CP)

Seena Urovitch (GP)

Kim Smith (CP)

Melissa Jacobs ’95 & Joseph Vacca (CP)

Steven Smith (CP)

Janine & Scott Vineberg ’86 (AL)

Rachel Boyar & Michael Smookler (AP) Joan & Alan Sohn (GP)

Silvina Hanono Wachman & Joshua Wachman (CP)

Rachel & Jeremy Sohn (CP)

Joanna Wald ’90 (AL)

Deborah & David Wolf (GP) Jen & Jesse Wolf ’01 (CP) Sharlene & Scott Wolf (CP) Michele & Jonathan Wolfman (AP) Matthew Wolfman ’11 (AL) Diana Levine & Matthew Workman (CP) Agnes Lee & Ron Yaar ’88 (AL) Carol Steinberg & Peter Yaffe (AP) Cindy Yanofsky (FS) Rebecca & Benjamin Yudkoff (CP)

Legacy Society

M

Karin Sharav-Zalkind & Ron Zalkind (CP)

embers of the Legacy Society are individuals or couples who indicate that they have made provisions for the school through their estate plan for the benefit of future generations of children.

When legacy gifts are realized by the school, they become part of the school’s endowment.

Judith Post & Neal Yudkoff (GP) Michael Zalis (CP) Adina Zarchan ’83 (AL)

Anonymous

Lynne & Jonathan Greer

Jackie & Lawrence Zeff (GP)

Guy Ronen & Michael Appell

Susan & Frederic Jacobs

Dorie Alexander Mufson & Michael Mufson

Jamie Zeitler (FS)

Robin & Nathan Birnbaum

Elizabeth & Daniel Jick

Bonnie Orlin

Caren & Stephen Zeitler (FR)

Joyce & Michael Bohnen

Helen & Sidney Kadish

Lauren & Jonathan Paris

Jane Liebschutz & Roger Zimmerman (AP)

Myra Musicant & Howard Cohen

Carol Harris & Robert Kann

Jacalyn Rosenblatt & Benjamin Raby

Janet Zimmern (AP)

Yael Miller ’73 & Stuart Cole

Lynne Satlof-Karas & Steven Karas

Arlene & Sanford Remz

Barbara & Rabbi Henry Zoob (AP)

Rosalie Davidson z"l

Frances & Abraham Katz z"l

Barbara & Frank Resnek

Beverly & Franklin Zweiman (AP)

Janine & Jevin Eagle

Elsie & Saul z"l Leeman

Lauri Union & Stanley Rosenzweig

Judy Israel Elkin & Rabbi Joshua Elkin

Marcia & Alan Leifer

Sylvia & Seymour Rothchild z"l

Carol & Scott Solomon (GP)

Maryanne Waldman (AP)

Varda & Neal Farber

Vicky & Richard Levin

Yael Hoffman Sage ’91 & Jesse Sage ’90

Sandy & Ross Soraci (FS)

Naomi (Rudov) ’97 & Matthew Walker (AL)

Betty Fax Daskin z"l

Greg Lipper

Barbara & Gerald Sperber (GP)

Deborah Bohnen ’89 & Adam Wall (AL)

Brenda & Harvey Freishtat

Lisa Rosenfeld & Alan Lobovits

Jessica Gray Sussman ’96 & Ari Sussman ’92

Tova & Ken Sperber (AP)

Lisa & Neil Wallack (FR)

Louis & Ida Selib Memorial Fund

The Nan Bennett Kay and Stephen B Kay Scholarship Fund

Tova Speter & Peter Sperber (CP)

Orli Rosen & Liron Walsh (CP)

Shira Goodman & Rabbi Wesley Gardenswartz

Rebecca (Cole) ’93 & Adam Lurie

Dalia & Ari Wassner (CP)

Jody & David Gastfriend

Andria & Eric Weil

Sandy & Moshe Speter (GP)

Cynthia & William Marcus

Mera (Sussman) ’00 & Adam Weber (AL)

Elizabeth & Ronald Gluck

Cantor Lorel & Arnold Zar-Kessler

Ginny & Steven Spiegel (GP)

Natalie & Roger Matus

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Endowment Funds

W

e thank the families who have established named endowment funds restricted for specific purposes. Schechter’s endowment is managed by the Jewish Community Endowment Pool (JCEP) and is overseen by the Investment Committee of Schechter’s Board of Trustees.

Anat Bebes Memorial Scholarship Endowment for Schechter’s 8th Grade Israel Study Tour

Israel and Matilda Goldberg Family Foundation Faculty & Curriculum Endowment

Bonnie and Jay Orlin Scholarship Endowment

Jonathan Astor Memorial Endowment for Professional Development

Dena Micley Scholarship Endowment

Lisa & Arieh Coll Scholarship Endowment

Diane Groner Levine Memorial Education Fund Generations Endowed Fund for Middle Tier Affordability Gross/Klar Fund Head of School Fund for Academic Excellence Hirsch and Braine Raskin Foundation Scholarship Endowment

Margot & Fred Kann Scholarship Endowment Rachel Goldstein z"l Fund for the Arts Sophie Adelman Family Trust Scholarship Endowment Nan Bennett Kay and Stephen B. Kay Scholarship Fund

The Arnold Zar-Kessler Fund for the Jewish Future The Berk Family Fund for Internships The Deborah Lobovits Endowment for Painting Workshops The Fund for Excellence in the Performing Arts The Marcia Siskind Leifer Endowment for Creative Arts and Sciences The Rabbi Joshua Elkin Endowment for the Grade 8 Israel Study Tour The Sadye and Abraham Thall z"l Instructional Technology Innovation Fund

The Anita Zetlan Redner Scholarship Fund

*We have made every effort to ensure accuracy.

Please contact Maura Richards, Associate Director of Development, with any corrections at 617-630-4513.

A special thanks to Heidi (Birnbaum) Aaronson ’96 and Diana Levine for taking many of the classroom photos.

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Alumni and alumni parents contributed to 36% of dollars raised

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Grandparent participation has continued to rise for the third straight year

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