2019 Fall Program Guide

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JCC Gala
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have made their mark through service to
the entire Jewish community.
Barbara Sheklin Davis is professor
emerita of modern languages at Onondaga
Community College. She served as
principal of the Syracuse Hebrew Day
School for 27 years and headed the
rabbi Jacob Epstein High School of
Jewish Studies (now the Rabbi Jacob
Epstein School of Jewish Studies) and the
Combined School of Congregation Beth
Sholom-Chevra Shas and Temple Beth El.
A passionate advocate of Jewish education,
she is also an author. Davis has written
Syracuse African Americans, The Jewish
Community of Syracuse (with Susan Rabin),
100 Jewish Things to Do Before You Die, A
Parallel Universe: Haredi Women Leading
Haredi Schools for Girls, and Two Jews
Three Opinions: Klal Yisrael, Pluralism and
the Jewish Community Day School Network.
She is currently working on three other
books, including I Hate Retirement (which
she does).
For Neil and Robin Goldberg, family
has always come first. Neil, president and
CEO of Raymour and Flanigan Furniture,
and Robin, a retired dentist, have also
dedicated their professional and personal
lives to the community in their hometown
of Syracuse. Neil is currently serving
on the national boards of the National
Home Furnishings Association, Home
Furnishings Council, American Furniture
Pictured is Kovod Gadol Award recipient Rabbi Evan Shore (center)
with JCC Executive Director Marci Erlebacher and JCC Board
President Steven Sisskind.
Photos by Jerry Klineberg.
Pictured seated, from left, is Parker Goldstein, “The Leslie” Award recipient Jessica Malzman, Jessica’s
husband Ari Malzman and Eleanor Malzman. Standing, from left, is Gary and Jill Goldstein, Alicia Lazaro,
Vanessa Khachane, and Bobbi and Cliff Malzman. “The Leslie” Award, named after Leslie London
Neulander, recognizes outstanding commitment and service to the JCC and the local community.
Hall of Fame, National Commission of the
Anti-Defamation League and Say Yes to
Education. He has been awarded the Jewish
Community Relations Council of New
York’s American Heritage Award, Esther
and Joseph Roth Award for Outstanding
Jewish Community Leadership, City of
Hope Spirit of Life Award, the American
Heritage Award of ADL, Ernst and Young
Entrepreneur of the Year and Syracuse
Business Journal’s “Business of the
Year.” Robin has served as president of
both the Syracuse Hebrew Day School
and Make-A-Wish Foundation, chair of
Jewish Federation of CNY Lion of Judah
division, annual chair of National Council
of Jewish Women’s “Mitzvah Project” and
as a board member of the
JCC of Syracuse, Temple
Adath Yeshurun and the
Syracuse Jewish Federation
(now the Jewish Federation
of CNY). She has been
awarded the JCRC-NY’s
American Heritage
Award, NCJW Hannah G.
Solomon Award, Esther
and Joseph Roth Award
for Outstanding Jewish
Community Leadership,
Presidential Leadership
Award from Syracuse
Jewish Federation, and
the Syracuse Hebrew Day
School Woman of Valor
Award.
Finally, this year’s Leslie Award, the
fourth to be given since being introduced
in 2016, was presented to JCC board
member Jessica Malzman. “The Leslie”
recognizes outstanding commitment
and service to the JCC and the local
community—the qualities which the
award’s namesake, Leslie London
Neulander, personified through her
many volunteer pursuits. Malzman is
the chief operating officer at Whitney
Partners, a New York-based executive
search firm. She has been a JCC board
member for the past two years, served on
the Gala Committee for three years and
has sat on the Parent Committee for the
JCC’s Jerome and Phyllis Charney Early
Childhood Development Program for the
past two years, most recently becoming the
committee co-chair. Malzman was also a
member of the Jewish Federation of CNY’s
young leadership committee from 2017-
2019.
The JCC of Syracuse’s annual meeting
and gala is the center’s largest and most
important annual fundraiser. This year’s
event proceeds, as in the past, will provide
significant funding for scholarships to
individuals in the JCC’s early childhood,
after school, summer camp and senior
programs.
For more information about the JCC of
Syracuse, call 315-445-2360 or visit www.
jccsyr.org.
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