1175 Sheridan Road | Highland Park, IL 60035 | 847-432-8900 | www.nssbethel.org

Lisa Rosenkranz, President Jeffrey Goldsmith, Vice President of Financial Development

Nancy K. Kekst, Development Manager

Event Chairs:

Diane and Loren WeilMichelle Gooze-Miller and Adam Miller

Committee (in formation):

Annette and Gerald BlumbergSue Cohen

Ellen and Robert DoppeltWendi and Michael Ezgur

Tracy FisherStacy and Jeffrey GoldsmithMelissa and Todd Halperin

Margie and Jeff Jacobs

Karen and Michael KesnerFelissa Kreindler

Terri and Michael LipsitzArielle and Victor Levitan

Jackie and Michael MelingerMarcie and Brad Pickard

Irene and Gary Savine

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PETER HIMMELMANan evening of song and spoken word with

Saturday EveningMarch 7, 2015

North Suburban Synagogue Beth Elpresents

Dear Friends and Fellow Congregants, Thank you so much for joining us tonight to support North Suburban Synagogue Beth El's annual fundraiser, a concert evening with artist Peter Himmelman. We hope you will enjoy his unique blend of spoken words and music. Music is a wonderful way to bring together our amazing kehillah (sacred community). Like a well tuned band, we have an abundance of dedicated members of our synagogue and the Highland Park community, as well as incredible staff who keep us on pitch with foresight and commitment. And we have been so fortunate to have generous congregants, like those of you at tonight's event, who support the programming, the schools, and the staff. Without the charitable donations of our wonderful congregants and community, we could not continue to offer the excellence in education and programming that we have all come to expect. I want to thank the chairs of this evening’s event: Diane and Loren Weil, and Michelle Gooze- Miller and Adam Miller. We so appreciate your leadership, creativity, and hard work, and that of your entire committee. This evening could never occur without the support and assistance of the entire Beth El staff, most especially Nancy Kekst, our Development Manager, Chuck Kahalnik, our Executive Director, Karen Edidin, our Catering Department Manager and our hardworking custodial staff. I hope tonight's evening keeps you humming along, just like Beth El's success. Lisa Rosenkranz, President

Event Chairs:Diane and Loren Weil

Michelle Gooze-Miller and Adam Miller

Jeffrey Goldsmith, Vice President of Financial Development

Nancy K. Kekst, Development Manager

Committee:Annette and Gerald Blumberg Sue CohenEllen and Robert Doppelt Wendi and Michael EzgurTracy Fisher Stacy and Jeffrey GoldsmithMelissa and Todd Halperin Margie and Jeff Jacobs Karen and Michael Kesner Terri and Michael LipsitzFelissa Kreindler Arielle and Victor Levitan Jackie and Michael Melinger Marcie and Brad Pickard

Irene and Gary Savine

Welcome to the 2015 Annual Big Fundraiser at North Suburban Synagogue Beth El:

An Evening of Song and Spoken Word with Peter Himmelman

Enjoy a wonderful live performance by Peter Himmelman and his band, followed by a dessert buffet and silent auction.

Pre-concert hors d’oeuvres and bar, reserved seating and more are

available for VIP and Platinum sponsors.

Special Thanks to the staff of NSSBE who worked so hard to make this evening a reality:

Rabbi Vernon Kurtz, Rabbi Michael Schwab and Hazzan Larry B. GollerChuck Kahalnik, Executive Director

Karen Edidin, Catering Manager and Ernest Sullivan, chef, and the entire kitchen staffKathy Stinson, Executive Assistant to the Executive Director

Elise Kline, Receptionist, Lennie Kay, Executive Assistant to Rabbi Kurtz and the entire office staffCostica Mihialescu and the entire building staff

Thank you to our Platinum Sponsors:Sandi Schur and Larry Becker

Eve and Rich BillerGail and Andrew BrownNancy and Maury Fertig

Linda and Michael FosterAnne McDonaugh and David Fishbaum

Linda and Michael HopeMargie and Jeff JacobsBryna and Vernon Kurtz

Erica and Zachary LindonTerri and Michael Lipsitz

Michelle Gooze-Miller and Adam MillerSandy Starkman and Larry Pachter

Marcie and Brad PickardLisa and Jeff RosenkranzErica and Michael Schwab

Mae and Mark Spitz Diane and Loren Weil

Debbie and Adam Winick

Thank you to our Becker ArchitectsJulie and David BaumAnnette Jerry BlumbergLeah and Jori BrajerSara and Steve CovenEllen and Robert DoppeltRuth and Bruno FisherElise, Eenie and Ira FrostEileen and Ron GoldbergMary Ellen Bowers and Larry GoldsmithStacy and Jeffrey GoldsmithLinda and Leon GottliebMelissa and Todd HalperinRebecca and BrianJacobson

VIP Sponsors Mary and Jerry KaltmanSandi KaplanJane and Scott LedermanGigi Cohen and Michael LevinZella LudwigCarrie and Patrick McCannNissah MattensonBeth and Neil OldermanMally and Alan RutkoffPamela and Richard SchlosbergSharon and Richard SchwabBobbi and Len TennerEdith and Amos TurnerKaren WeissJudy and Richard Zelin

These names listed were as of 2-17-15

Our Evening

7:15 pm Pre-concert hors d’oeuvres and bar in the Joseph and Mae Gray Cultural and Learning Center

for Platinum Sponsors

7:15 pm Pre-concert hors d’oeuvres and bar in the Paset Family Lounge for VIP Sponsors

7:15 pm Silent Auction opens in the Mae and Mark Spitz Sanctuary Gallery

8:00 pm Concert Doors open for General Admission Harold and Ruby Blumberg Auditorium

8:30 pm to 10:00 pm Himmelman Concert Bar closes at 8:30 pm

10:00 pm Dessert in the Paset Lounge and Harold and Ruby Blumberg Auditorium

Silent Auction Shopping in the Harold and Ruby Blumberg Auditorium

Special thanks to special friends whose donations have helped make this evening possible:

Daniela and Jacques GliksbergAnnette Leibovitz of Mitzvah Photography

Eli’s Cheesecake and Highland PopOriental Trading

Silent Auction Items (as of 2-17-15) -Two Cubs Tickets*-Retail Value $250

-Four White Sox Tickets* - Retail Value $275

-Two Cubs tickets*-Upper deck box seats - Retail Value $120

-Two Chicago Blackhawks Tickets * with game day Parking Pass for 2015/2016 season—Retail Value $325

-Three $100 Gift Certificates to Alamo Shoes

-Four Tickets to Joffrey Ballet “New Works” - Retail Value $400

-Golf or Spa Package in Scottsdale, Arizona (Land only)

-A Selection of Peter Himmelman art work, vinyl records and some signed lyric books - Priceless

-Camp Ramah $250 Discount at Ramah Wisconsin Family Camp August 12-16, 2015 (first timer)

-Camp Ramah $250 Discount for one new camper at Ramah Day Camp or at Ramah Wisconsin Summer 2015

-Sports and Entertainment Memorabilia

-Parking Spaces at NSSBE for the High Holidays-Priceless (But being sold for $600)

-$250 Record a Hit Entertainment Gift Certificate

* dates of tickets to be worked out between purchaser and donor

Thank you to our generous Auction donorsCamp Ramah and Ramah Wisconsin

WGN Sports and Ron Goldberg

Mort SteinbergNSSBE

Record a HitThe Price-Cohen Family

Alamo ShoesAdam Miller

AthleticoPeter Himmelman

PETER HIMMELMAN

What becomes a rock icon most? Continuing to turn out great work, of course. Growing ar ti s ti cal l y. Challenging expectations. And how about acting your age: embracing experience rather than trying to airbrush it?

Among rock musicians who matter, no one has check-listed those items more winningly than Peter Himmelman. During his multi-pronged career as a singer, songwriter and all-around performer, as a children's entertainer, TV and

film composer and pioneering webcast star, he has maintained remarkably high standards: Can you point to a song in his vast body of work that feels tossed off, or remember a concert or club date that didn't delight and amuse? Is there a pop artist of his generation who has demonstrated a greater commitment to new modes of expression and new methods of connecting with his diehard followers?

Recorded on a dare – his own – to work faster and closer to the quick of the creative process, Himmelman's new Himmasongs album, "The Mystery and the Hum," tumbled out of him with no planning or preparation. Holed up in a Minneapolis studio, far from the comforts of his home in Santa Monica, Calif., this native of St. Louis Park, MN, wrote the tunes over a two-week period and cut them in three days. As the songs emerged, ranging from the irresistibly catchy love song "Change My Channel" to the earthy blues narrative "Georgia Clay," Himmelman knew they were winners. What he didn't know, having knocked them out so unselfconsciously, is what they meant. Like DNA samples, they needed to be analyzed. To paraphrase a line from one of his tunes, ‘they knew him better than he did.’

Ultimately, great artists are more than the sum of their recordings. More than the sum of their performances. More than the sum of their press clippings (speaking of which: "Himmelman writes songs with the same emphatic edge and aesthetic urgency that impelled the Lost Generation to write novels" – Time Magazine; "One of rock's most wildly imaginative performers" – USA Today). What becomes an artist of Himmelman's stature most is continuing to reach deep inside for answers to life's mysteries, while continuing to reach out to his listeners.

As convenient as it is to categorize him as a singer-songwriter, it is as a singer-songwriter-husband-father-son-supplicant that Himmelman has left his mark. His devotion to his wife and four children is its own work of art. At critical junctures in his career, he has resisted pressure to stay on the road flogging an album, returning home to raise his kids instead. The first highly recognized (and highly applauded) Observant Jew since Sandy Koufax, he has refused to perform on Friday nights, when the Jewish Sabbath begins. Not many pop stars would turn down a guest shot on "The Tonight Show" (which he did more than once) for religious reasons?

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Silent Auction Items (as of 2-17-15) -Two Cubs Tickets*-Retail Value $250

-Four White Sox Tickets* - Retail Value $275

-Two Cubs tickets*-Upper deck box seats - Retail Value $120

-Two Chicago Blackhawks Tickets * with game day Parking Pass for 2015/2016 season—Retail Value $325

-Three $100 Gift Certificates to Alamo Shoes

-Four Tickets to Joffrey Ballet “New Works” - Retail Value $400

-Golf or Spa Package in Scottsdale, Arizona (Land only)

-A Selection of Peter Himmelman art work, vinyl records and some signed lyric books - Priceless

-Camp Ramah $250 Discount at Ramah Wisconsin Family Camp August 12-16, 2015 (first timer)

-Camp Ramah $250 Discount for one new camper at Ramah Day Camp or at Ramah Wisconsin Summer 2015

-Sports and Entertainment Memorabilia

-Parking Spaces at NSSBE for the High Holidays-Priceless (But being sold for $600)

-$250 Record a Hit Entertainment Gift Certificate

* dates of tickets to be worked out between purchaser and donor

Thank you to our generous Auction donorsCamp Ramah and Ramah Wisconsin

WGN Sports and Ron Goldberg

Mort SteinbergNSSBE

Record a HitThe Price-Cohen Family

Alamo ShoesAdam Miller

AthleticoPeter Himmelman

A first-rate guitarist schooled in the blues, he first made a serious noise with his early '80s power-pop unit Sussman Lawrence. But it was his soulful 1985 solo debut, "This Father's Day," that announced him as a special kind of artist. Recorded after his father's death, the album led to his first major-label effort, "Gematria," the title of which comes from a system used by rabbis to interpret scripture by assigning numerical values to words and letters. On such acclaimed recordings as "Flown This Acid World," the bold conceptual effort "Skin" and "Imperfect World," he has soared ever-higher in that special place where romantic and spiritual expression meet.

His songs have gotten darker in the post-9/11 world. A few years ago, dulled by the strain and monotony of TV work, and unsure as to where to go next, Himmelman found himself reading about Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter executed by Arab extremists for no other reason than being Jewish. He was stunned to learn that Pearl rated him as his favorite artist, and had come backstage following a show in Washington, D.C. in 1995 to meet him.

"The knowledge that my songs had reach beyond what I could ever begin to imagine has made me less concerned about the difficult choices I've made and focused me with a greater sense of mission," said Himmelman, who has become close with Pearl's parents, Judea and Ruth Pearl. "Sometimes when I write, I feel like I'm connecting with my Dad, who died many years ago, or my sister, who died six years ago in a car crash in Wisconsin, or Danny Pearl, with whom I'm strangely forging some kind of Earthly/heavenly relationship.”

The loss of Daniel Pearl resonates in the strange cry that rises from "Raining Down from Satellite," a new song that muses on the sad global divisions technology seems to only widen. "The Mystery and the Hum" is frequently about distance and detachment, opening twangily with a guy holed up in a "Motel Room in Davenport," "waiting on a resurrection," and ending movingly with a lonely soul in an empty house, feeling the "Trembling in the Beams."

Himmelman's live performances, however, remain as joyfully unhinged as ever. Unlike such celebrated rock wits as Randy Newman and Warren Zevon, he keeps humor out of his songs, using it as a "counterbalance" to their serious themes. For fans of Himmelman the comic, his webcast, "Peter Himmelman's Furious World," is manna from heaven. Originating from his Santa Monica studio, the newfangled variety program (accessible at www.peterhimmelman.com), features live music and improvised monologues by the host (joined by his cast of regulars), off-the-wall videos and guest performers.

A second webcast, "Peter Himmelman's Curious World," is aimed at kids, for whom Himmelman has recorded five albums – among them, "My Green Kite," which was nominated for a Grammy. "I'm as proud of those albums as anything I've done," he says.

There has been plenty else to keep him busy. In addition to his soundtrack work (his TV shows have included "Judging Amy," for which he received a Grammy nomination for the song, "The Best Kind of Answer," and the Fox hit, "Bones"), he has written music for commercials, fashion shows and a Teddy Bear used with rape victims and autistic kids and penned lyrics, "like Cyrano, for lonely, speechless men to woo unwilling lovers."

"My Mother tells me that when she gave birth to me in 1959 without any anesthesia whatsoever – a completely natural childbirth – there was a group of medical students watching the delivery and that they actually applauded when I emerged. You could say I was born to be onstage.”

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The Executive Officers, Board of Trustees and Board of Directors

salute with pride North Suburban Synagogue Beth El

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

BOARD OF TRUSTEES BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Steve AbramsLeonard BirnbaumGerald D. BlumbergJack BlumbergAndrew BrownGerald BuckmanRamona ChoosBenjamin CohenRuth FischerAllene FrostCaryn GarberLarry GoldsteinDaniel HosemanHerbert IsaacsLois JangerRichard JangerPearl KaganEdith KayeKaren KesnerEliezer Krumbein

Kenneth LevinMarilyn LewisZella LudwigNissah MattensonElliot MirmanAlan RutkoffLynn S. SchrayerRodney SlutzkyMae SpitzMorton SteinbergLeonard TennerHoward TurnerLawrence WeinerJeffrey Wohlstadter

Nancy Becker Annette BlumbergJoAnne BlumbergMichael CarneySue CohenKim EphraimWendi EzgurRachel FerberRobert FreemanJoyce FoxMark GainesRon GoldbergJeffrey GoldsmithLarry GoldsmithJoan GreenMarla HandTracey HendlerMarilyn HirschBarbara HochwertMelanie HoffmanAudra KaplanMichael KrawitzNancy KrentFelissa KreindlerEllen KrumbeinRoberta KwallLarry LedermanAlan Levine

Jay LevineJennifer LevineArielle LevitanErica LindonTerri LipsitzJackie MelingerMark MoskNoreen OhcanaBeth OldermanLarry PachterLisa PevtzowDebra RadeMally RutkoffPamela SchlosbergRichard SchlosbergGail ScullyDavid ShapiroFran ShermanLawrence SilbermanRichard SmallJenna SmileyErnest SmolenSandy StarkmanDaniel StruckLoren WeilJacqueline WolleRichard ZelinTracy Fisher-Zoldan

Lisa Rosenkranz - PresidentAudra Kaplan - V.P. AdministrationRon Goldberg - V.P. RitualJeffrey Goldsmith - V.P. FinanceLarry Goldsmith - TreasurerTracey Hendler - V.P. EducationPamela Schlosberg - V.P. EducationGail Scully - V.P. MembershipLoren Weil - SecretaryDaryl Temkin - Financial SecretaryRichard Zelin - Financial Secretary

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Andrew, Gail, Joey, Eliza

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Thank you to Michelle and Adam for co-chairing tonight's event with

us. It's been so fun working with you both!

And thanks to the whole committee for all of your enthusiasm, ideas and

hard work!

Diane & Loren

To Rabbi Kurtz, Rabbi Schwab and

Hazzan Goller

Thanks for your spiritual guidance and friendship

throughout the year.

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May the future successes of Beth El

outshine our past accomplishments.

Hope we all enjoy a

wonderful, entertaining concert evening.

Ernie Smolen

From the Senior staff of NSSBE…..

With song and spoken word, we are proud to carry out the work of Beth El’s vision and

standard of excellence.

Rabbi Vernon Kurtz Rabbi Michael Schwab Hazzan Larry Goller

Aliza Drumm Alicia Gejman

Samantha Isenstein Chuck Kahalnik

Rachel Kamin Nancy Kekst

Caron Knopoff Mark Stadler

ToRabbi Vernon Kurtz

Rabbi Michael Schwab Hazzan Larry Goller

Chuck Kahalnik Mark Stadler

Ali Drumm Alicia Gejman

Caron Knopoff Rachel Kamin

Samantha Isenstein Nancy Kekst

Karen Edidin Ernest Sullivan

Costica Mihailescu All our Teachers, Office and Maintenance Staff

We thank you and appreciate all the hard work, dedication, advice and leadership you provide us on a daily basis. The Beth El community is so fortunate to have each

and every one of you.

The 2014-2015 Executive Committee Ron Goldberg - V.P. Ritual Jeffrey Goldsmith - V.P. Finance Larry Goldsmith - Treasurer Tracey Hendler - V.P. Education Audra Kaplan - V.P. Administration Lisa Rosenkranz - President Pam Schlosberg - V.P. Education Gail Scully - V.P. Membership Daryl Temkin - Financial Secretary Loren Weil - Secretary Richard Zelin - Financial Secretary

To Rabbi Vernon Kurtz

Rabbi Michael Schwab Hazzan Larry Goller

Chuck Kahalnik Mark Stadler

Ali Drumm Alicia Gejman

Caron Knopoff Rachel Kamin

Samantha Isenstein Nancy Kekst

Avram Pachter Costica Mihailescu

All our Teachers, Office and Maintenance Staff

We thank you and appreciate all the hard work, dedication, advice and leadership you provide us on a daily basis.The Beth El community is so fortunate to have each

and every one of you.

The 2013 - 2014 Executive Committee Michael Carney - Financial Secretary Ron Goldberg - V.P. Ritual Jeffrey Goldsmith - V.P. Finance Larry Goldsmith - Treasurer Tracey Hendler - V.P. Education Marilyn Hirsch - V.P. Education Audra Kaplan - V.P. Administration Lisa Rosenkranz - President Gail Scully - V.P. Membership Loren Weil - Secretary Richard Zelin - Financial Secretary

Please join the Ner Tamid Society at NSSBE A testament to the values you live by.

A legacy for the future of Judaism.

The Ner Tamid Society is a recognition society that honors those who have included North Suburban Synagogue Beth El in their wills or estate plans. The Ner Tamid—the eternal light—symbolizes the

continuity of the Jewish people. Ner Tamid Society members leave a legacy for the future by providing for the financial security of the Synagogue, the center of Jewish life.

In the last seven months, we have added 20 new members to the Ner Tamid Society, joining our cadre of over 30 original members.

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THANK YOU TO THE BETH EL STAFF Clergy, Directors, Office and Building Staff

Robert BergerAbby and Larry Block

Eleanor and Albert BoxermanLillian Ulman Charney

Dena, David, Gabriella, and Danielle CoopermanDebbie and Steve Graham

Lorna GreenspahnThe Hahamy Family

Barbara and Stuart HochwertGail Scully and Randall Iden

Joyce and Don JosephGerry Kaplan

Karen and Michael KesnerMyrna Kopin

Felissa KreindlerEliezer Krumbein in memory of Elaine Krumbein

Jan and David LaskyMr. and Mrs. Zachary Lindon

Terri and Michael Lipsitz and FamilyJackie and Michael Melinger

Batya, Sidney, Jonathan and Joel RetskyDeborah and Ira Rosenthal

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Bobbi and Len TennerSally Schechter

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Barbara and Stuart HochwertKaren and Michael Kesner

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Mr. and Mrs. Zachary LindonBatya, Sidney, Jonathan and Joel Retsky

Susan and Larry SilbermanErnie Smolen

Julie Baum Renee Kahn Ava Nussbaum Rocky RubinoffMarcia Bender Cori Katz Deena Pascal Inbal SchnitmanSarah Chupack Carol Kenneally Noa Perelman Erica SchwabStacy Epstein Naomi Korol Sarit Pogofsky Jill SejzerEileen Goldberg Caron Knopoff Stacey Reingold Linda WolfsonMimi Horowitz Rinna Maletsky Debbi Rosenberg Robin ZachariasBrenda Jackson Sally Rosenberg

THANK YOU TO THE BETH EL STAFF of the

Paul S. & Sylvia Steinberg Pre-School

THANK YOU TO THE BETH EL STAFF of the

Jack and Mildred Cohen Religious School

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Miriam and Bernard H. Sokol Hebrew High School & Youth Staff

Dena, David, Gabriella, and Danielle CoopermanBarbara and Stuart HochwertKaren and Michael Kesner

Eliezer Krumbein in memory of Elaine KrumbeinMr. and Mrs. Zachary Lindon

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Pnina Arsers Alicia Gejman Rabbi Vernon Kurtz Gilad Sommer Barbara Barnett Chuck Kahalnik Rabbi Michael Schwab Dr. Joyce WittRayna Forman Aaron Klein Carl Schrag Brittany AbramowiczMichele Friedland Rabbi Yehoshua Karsh Lilach Schrag Melanie AxelrodJamie Holt Richard Brener

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Cherish Study as the music of our mind and soul, a compass for our lives, and the future of our tradition.

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We celebrate the wonder of our children and are honored to be the staff of the Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Pre-School, North Suburban Synagogue Beth El

Caron Knopoff, Pre-School Director

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Julie Baum Renee Kahn Ava Nussbaum Rocky RubinoffMarcia Bender Cori Katz Deena Pascal Inbal SchnitmanSarah Chupack Carol Kenneally Noa Perelman Erica SchwabStacy Epstein Naomi Korol Sarit Pogofsky Jill SejzerEileen Goldberg Caron Knopoff Stacey Reingold Linda WolfsonMimi Horowitz Rinna Maletsky Debbi Rosenberg Robin ZachariasBrenda Jackson Sally Rosenberg

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Thank you for what you do for our children every day.

Thank You for Making Beth El Our Home To the Clergy who inspire us!

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who work so hard! To the Sisterhood and Men’s Club who put on fantastic programs!

And to all of our educators who teach our children and us!

Thank you! Jeffrey, Stacy, Sydney & Ellie Goldsmith

Best Wishes and Thanks

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Marilyn Hirsch and Gary, David and Gabrielle Gordon

Bernard H. Sokol Hebrew High School Committee:

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TODAH RABAH TO ALL THE CLERGY, STAFF AND CONGREGANTS OF

NSS BETH EL

The Adult and Family Programming Committee works hard to create programming that supports our kehillah!

Dan Struck, Chair Felissa Kreindler Gail Scully Mira Temkin Felicia Gross Erica Lindon JoAnne Blumberg Clara Berman Melissa Halperin

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