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Personals
Mazal Tov to:
Barbara and Paul Cooper on the Bar
Mitzvah of their son, Bradley Scott.
Kathy and Steve Estrin on the Bat
Mitzvah of their daughter, Aimee
Elizabeth and to grandparents,
Meryl and Alan Estrin.
Melissa and David Fabel on the Bar
Mitzvah of their son, Brandon Sam.
Shari and Bruce Gomberg on the Bar
Mitzvah of their son, Jared Tyler.
Stacey and Gary Kaplan on the Bat
Mitzvah of their daughter, Ally Max.
Allie and Harris Moreida on the Bar
Mitzvah of their son, Matthew
Jordan, and to aunts and uncles,
Michelle and Howard Moreida and
Lauren and David Travis.
Laurie and Adam Moser on the Bat
Mitzvah of their daughter, Gillian
Buchman.
Adele Goldberg and Leo Weinreich on
the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter,
Paulina Grace.
Iris and Alan Jacobs on the engagement
of their daughter, Alison, to
Brian Levitan.
Lois and Allen Brotz on the marriage
of their son, Matthew, to
Lauren Stoltz.
Karen and Paul Dubrowsky on the
marriage of their son, Jared, to
Mallory Gass.
Madeline and Keith Harrow on the
marriage of their son, David, to
Melissa Klein.
Judy and Steve Herbst and Lisa and
Walter Fishkind on the marriage
of their children, Jessica and
Benjamin.
Harriet and Neil Meixler on the
marriage of their son, Louis, to
Ornit Laska.
Nancy and Michael Rehns on
marriage of their son, Scott, to
Keri Blumenfeld and to aunts
and uncle, Vicki Diamond and
Caroline and Jay Fader.
Frances and Buddy Brandt on the
marriage of their grandson, Joshua
and Rachel Brandt-Rauf.
Sheri and Lewis Levy on the
engagement of their son, Adam,
to Jennifer Engler.
Joshua and Rebecca Baum on the
birth of their son, Alexander Martin.
Doris and Yosef Dlugacz on the birth of
their twin grandchildren, Lila Willow
and Jack Elijah.
Joan and Harry Laufer on the birth
of their granddaughter,
Amalia Neshoma.
Mel and Janet Levine on the birth
of their granddaughter,
Alexa Gabrielle.
Stephanie and Jack Seibald on the
birth of their grandson, Leo.
Mordechai Weiner on the birth of his
grandson, Abraham Yeshaya.
Ellen and George Schieren on
celebrating their 40th wedding
anniversary.
Henrietta Dobin on celebrating a very
special birthday.
Phyllis Gilbert Nadler on celebrating a
special birthday.
Tova Markowitz on celebrating a
special birthday.
Nachum Plotkin on celebrating special
birthday.
Marvin Tolkin on celebrating a special
birthday.
Susan Berman on her retirement.
Mindy Daum on her daughter,
Pamela, receiving her Masters
Degree in Early Childhood
Education from the Bank Street
College of Education.
Susan and Larry Diamond on the
graduation of their daughter,
Amanda, from the University of
Wisconsin and on her acceptance
into the Doctor of Audiology program
at Arizona State University.
Sandy Feit on being honored the
Conservative Principal’s Council
of Greater Long Island.
Lisa and Ben Futterman on their
daughter, Shira, receiving a
Doctorate in Psychology and
their son, David, graduating from
SUNY Buffalo.
Adam Glickman for his community
service as this year’s organizing
chairperson for the American
Cancer Society “Relay for Life”
events.
Lori and Allan Gus on their son,
Matthew, being named
Salutatorian of Lynbrook High
School (last June), qualifying to
compete at the International
Sustainable World (Engineering,
Energy and Environment) Project
Olympiad and on his acceptance
by the University of Pennsylvania;
and to grandparents, James and
Joan Berkowitz and aunt and
uncle, Stacey and Robert
Berkowitz.
Mitra and Mark Kahn on their son,
Jared, earning second place in the
Medicine and Health category at
the New York State Science and
Engineering Fair Andromeda
Division Competition.
Nancy and Paul Levitt on their daughter,
Julie, graduating from Ithaca
College Magna Cum Laude and
receiving the Peggy R. Williams
award for Academic Achievement
and Community Leadership.
Carole and Marvin Tolkin on the
high school graduation of two
grandsons, Daniel Scholem and
Benjamin Tolkin.
Beth Heit and Rabbi Andrew
Warmflash on the graduation
of their daughter, Talia, from
Brandeis University with honors.
Simcha Leaves
on our Tree of Life
Barbara and Paul Cooper in honor
of the Bar Mitzvah of their son,
Bradley Scott.
Kathy and Steve Estrin in honor of the
Bat Mitzvah of their daughter,
Aimee Elizabeth.
Renee and Aaron Cahn, Terri and
Steven Gold and Ferne and Jack
Skiba in honor of the 40th wedding
anniversary of their friends,
Ellen and George Schieren.
Sherri and Steven Steinberg in
honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their
grandson, Brandon Sam Fabel.
Condolences to
Lenora Green on the loss of her husband,
our esteemed member, Ben.
The Shenfeld family on the loss of
their mother, our esteemed
member, Sheila.
Ivan Cohen on the loss of his
grandfather, Moe Kolin.
Larry Fener on the loss of his
mother, Sayde.
In
Memoriam
We Mourn Our Loss in the
Passing of Our Members
BEN GREEN
SHEILA SHENFELD
Our Sincere Sympathy
and Condolences to
Their Families
in Their Bereavement
Marcy Goldberg on the loss of her
father, Jack Greenberg.
Jeff Liebenstein on the loss of his
mother, Ruth
Andi Mandell on the loss of her father,
Stephen Shaham.
Marcy Krueger on the loss of her
grandmother, Freda Geffner.
Syndee Kurz on the loss of her father,
Leo Oltchick.
Stuart Schor on the loss of his father,
Alvin.
Jeff Simon on the loss of his father,
Jack.
Stacey Sklar on the loss of her father,
Harvey Goldstein.
Len Weintraub on the loss of his
brother, Howard.
Memorial Plaques
Memorial Plaques were recently
ordered in loving memory of:
Zvi Grunberg – by his son and daughter-in-law,
Ariel and Aleta Grunberg.
Blanche Schwartz – by her daughter
and son-in-law, Aleta and Ariel
Grunberg.
Stephen M. Shaham – by his daughter
and son-in-law, Andrea and
Jonathan Mandell.
Sheila and Marvin Shenfeld – by their
son, Robert Shenfeld.
Sylvia Wilk – by her daughter and
son-in-law, Iris and Alan Jacobs.
FUNDS
The Congregation gratefully acknowledges
the following contributions:
Bible Fund
Linda and Harvey Newman in memory
of Sayde Fener.
Cantor’s Music Fund
Eileen and Carl DeAlto in appreciation
of Hazzan Sislen’s guidance and
support in preparing their daughter,
Aleeza, for her Bat Mitzvah.
Liz and Harold Kislik in appreciation
of Hazzan Sislen’s guidance in
preparing their daughter, Sophie,
for her Bat Mitzvah.
Marcy and Marc Goldberg in appreciation
of Hazzan Sislen’s caring and
concern during their recent
bereavement.
Harriet and Neil Meixler with wishes for
the speedy and complete recovery
of Phyllis Gilbert Nadler.
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