Donations were made to the Friends of the Jewish Community Library in honor or in memory of the following people.
2024-25:
In honor of Margaret Bach
Elliot Liff
In honor of Judy Baston
Rose Katz
In honor of Marc and Marci Dollinger
Vivien Igra and Howard Simon
In honor of Rose-Anne Donner
Andrew Ramer
In honor of Sandy Edwards
Ernest and Eva Newbrun
In honor of Alan Feinstein
Ruth Rosenblatt
In honor of Howard Freedman
Debbie and Gary Frank
Marlyne Freedman
Benjamin Gonshor
Tanya and Herbert Goodman
Jeff Gottesman
Isac and Minette Gutfreund
Rose Katz
Judy Leash
Ira Levy
Irene and Robert Minkowsky
Liz Noteware and Angela Dalfen
Michael and Jane Rice
Nina D. Schwartz
Mitchell and Harriet Sollod
Judith A. Stein
Debra Surkin
Nechama and Howard Tamler
Cathy Taylor
In honor of Kathleen and Ernest Friedlander
Steven Elman and Tom Holt
In honor of Allison Green
Rose Katz
In honor of Rose Katz
Jeffrey Auman
Alex Ingersoll and Martin Tannenbaum
In honor of Elise Shabas Kazanjian
Paula Bakalar
In honor of Jill Kneeter
Donald Ungar and Susan Romer
Frieda Sion
In honor of Debra Surkin Perloff
Robert Herman and Susie Coliver
In honor of Jane and Michael Rice
Judy Baston
In honor of Jackie Slayen
Marilyn Sugarman
In honor of the Staff at Jewish Community Library
Flaurie S. Imberman
In honor of Leah Strauss
Bobbie and Jerry Wagger
Harriet Spitz
Rose Katz
In honor of Patrice Sutton
Caren Gould
In honor of the Volunteers of the Library
Benjamin Gonshor
In memory of Israeli lives lost at Gaza
Abraham Newman
In memory of Yaakov ben Avraham
Aaron Cohen
In memory of my 2 Holocaust Mothers
Miriam Beer
In memory of Dr. Richard Brewer
Emily Brewer
In memory of Elaine Cahn
Judy Baston
In memory of Gertrude H. Cohen
Sandy Cohen-Wynn and Richard Wynn
In memory of Paul Cohen
Susan Lyon and Howard Freedman
In memory of William Dwyer
Dan and Lyn Jacoby
In memory of Mary Jane Eisenberg
Andrew Ramer
In memory of Mary Fisher
James and Doris Kelly
In memory of Anita Goldwasser
Richard and Susan Goldwasser
In memory of Frieda Haidt
Peggy and Ronald Shapera
Larry Londer
In memory of Joan Isserlis
Judythe Isserlis
In memory of Lawrence Jacobson
Jonell Jacobson
In memory of Gregory Jacoby
Dan and Lyn Jacoby
In memory of Reuven Jaffe
Ruth Jaffe
In memory of Rhoda Greendorfer Kapchan
Sydney Kapchan
In memory of Ronald M.S. Kim
Alan Michels and Laureen Kim
In memory of Emil Knopf
Larry and Helene Edelman
Vickie Renbarger
In memory of Ken Kramarz
Benjamin Kramarz and Noa Albaum
In memory of Rabbi Alan Lew
Allen Ackerman
In memory of Byron and Shirley Lippman
Rodman Flender and Amy Lippman
In memory of Shirley Lippman
Lippman Rodman Flender and Amy
In memory of Mikhail Lusher
Alexander M. Lusher
In memory of Melvin Lyon
Catherine Lyon
In memory of Francis Maier
Carole Priven
In memory of Trude Plack
Martin Plack
In memory of Martin Rappaport
Randolph and Leah Strauss
In memory of Miriam Rappaport
Randolph and Leah Strauss
In memory of Rachel Rappaport
Lynne Rappaport
In memory of Joseph and Rebecca Seidenfeld
Marc Seidenfeld
In memory of Mira Shelub
Marilyn Sugarman
In memory of Harold Spar
Darcie Spar
In memory of Stan Voyles
Judith Sklar
In memory of Mina Weil
Ruth Landy
In memory of Richard “Rick” Wilson
Patrick Margolit and Jonathan Schwartz
In memory of Ann Ruth Barnett Yacowitz
Caryn Huberman
2023-24:
In honor of Eileen Auerbach
Richard and Martha Pastcan
In honor of Sophia Rose Bar-Nahum
Jennifer Melnick
In honor of Judy Baston
Allison Joy Green
Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island, Inc.
Susan Goldstein
Rose Katz
In honor of Sheila and Murray Baumgarten
John Steinfirst and Sharon Collins
In honor of Larry Burgheimer
Richard and Martha Pastcan
In honor of Pamela Derish
Sydney Kapchan
In honor of Ellie Ethan
Marilyn Sugarman
In honor of Howard Freedman
Judy Baston
Sandy Edwards
Janice Forteno
Marlyne Freedman
Ernest and Kathleen Friedlander
Stephen Weitz and Susan Goldstein
Rose Katz
Sherry Knazan
Bonnie and Martin Lindauer
Patrick Margolit and Jonathan Schwartz
Alan Michels and Laureen Kim
Sharyn Saslafsky
Arta Zygielbaum
In honor of Ernest and Kathleen Friedlander
Marc Lipschutz
Harriet Rafter
Paisha Rochlin and Marvin Lehrman
In honor of the Board of the Friends of the Jewish Community Library
Susan Lyon and Howard Freedman
In honor of Jerry Gerash
Judy Baston
In honor of Lauren Heim Goldstein
Paul and Judith Heim
In honor of Allison Green
Jo Ellen Green Kaiser
In honor of Marilyn Dobbs Higuera
Phil and Cathy Dobbs Goldstein
In honor of Israel and the Jewish People
Nurit Baruch
In honor of Lee Jaffe
Nancy Statman Litvak
In honor of Rose Katz
Marc Lipshutz
Irene Ogus
Paisha Rochlin and Marvin Lehrman
In honor of Bonnie Lindauer
Sherrie Rosenberg
In honor of Edward Luby
Sydney Kapchan
In honor of Basya Petnick
Ellen Slocum
In honor of Debra Surkin Perloff
Robert Herman and Susie Coliver
In honor of Howard Pressman
Maxine Berzok
In honor of Suzanne Shephard
Eli Andrew Ramer
In honor of Leah Strauss
Renee Passy-Zale
Harriet Spitz
In memory of Pola and Albert Altschul
Elin and Craig Cohen
In memory of Alexis Becker
Susan Blank
In memory of Ya’akov ben Avraham ve Raizel
Aaron Coehn
In memory of her parents
Miriam Beer
In memory of Dr. Richard Brewer
Emily Brewer
In memory of Gertrude H. Cohen
Sandy Cohen-Wynn and Richard Wynn
In memory of Stephen Dobbs
Marilyn Dobbs-Higuera
In memory of William Dwyer
Dan and Lyn Jacoby
In memory of Anna Feldman
Elaine Elinson
In memory of Mary Fisher
James and Doris Kelly
In memory of Frances Friedlander
Judy Baston
Alan Michels and Laureen Kim
In memory of Sylvia Goldstein
Kay Churgel
In memory of Frieda Haidt
Sandra and Harve Citrin
Katherine Coyle
Nancy Cutler
Miriam Ebersman
Terri Goldberg
Geralyn Gould
Fred Half
Carol Kantor
Abigail Klingbeil
Larry Londer
Margaret Miller
Cathy Rubenstein
Peggy and Ronald Shapera
Paul Snider
Marion and Philip Stein
Randolph and Leah Strauss
Robert and Sharon Strochak
Bobbie and Jerry Wagger
Serena Wallace
In memory of Reuven Jaffe
Ruth Jaffe
In memory of Felicia S. Jeruchimowicz
Rita Jeremy and J. Barry Gurdin
In memory of Shayna Kravitz
Audrey Darby
In memory of Emil Knopf
Vickie Renbarger
In memory of Elena Leash
Denah Bookstein
In memory of Leo Litwak
Jerome M. and Leah Garchik
In memory of Jeanette Litarowsky
Rachel Bloom
In memory of David Mendelsohn
Donna Mendelsohn
In memory of Yitzak Rabin
Susan Lucas
In memory of Martin L. Rappaport
Randolph and Leah Strauss
In memory of Miriam Rappaport
Judy Baston
Leslie Calderoni
Sharlya Gold
Allison Joy Green
Caryn Huberman
Estie Hudes
Lee Jaffe
Susan Lyon and Howard Freedman
Lisa Rauchwerger
Randolph and Leah Strauss
In memory of Ralph Rappaport
Lynne Rappaport and Jon Frank
In memory of Martin and Barbara Ruchim
Rita Jeremy and J. Barry Gurdin
In memory of Rebecca Scarborough
Judy Baston
Ellen and Herb Brosbe
Rose Katz
In memory of Esther Katz Selleck
Denise Selleck
In memory of Hetty and Bernie Shapiro
Ruth Rosenblatt
In memory of Dr. Robert Lionel Wolk
Rochelle Wolk
2022-23:
In honor of Judy Baston
Ernest and Kathleen Friedlander
In honor of Dr. Andre Bolaffi
Ernest and Eva Newbrun
In honor of Ellen and Herb Brosbe
Rose Katz
In honor of David Drucker
Gwen Mahoney
In honor of Mitch Elinson
Elaine Elinson
In honor of Dr. Susan Folkman
Sydney Kapchan
In honor of Howard Freedman
Ernest and Kathleen Friedlander
Gitta Salomon and Ovid Jacob
Arthur Liberman
Barbara Shragge
Cathy Taylor
Dr. Paul and Dorothy Wachter
Norman and Lu Zilber
In honor of Ernest and Kathleen Friedlander
Rose Katz
Marc Lipschutz
Harriet Rafter
In honor of Naomi Grosser
Beth Abrams
In honor of Rose Katz
Judy Baston
Marc Lipschutz
In honor of Emet Lauterbach
Dina and Daniel Yahdav
In honor of Judy Leash
Denah Bookstein
In honor of Anna Levia
Zachary Baker
In honor of Bonnie Lindauer
Barbara Mannheim
In honor of Ernest Newbrun
Paul and Judith Heim
Linda Lyons
Frada Shapiro
In honor of Lisa and Bob Ott
Alan Michels and Laureen Kim
In honor of Eli Andrew Ramer
Steven Zipperstein
In honor of Rabbi Amanda Russell
Stan and Nancy Lipsitz
In honor of The Shapiro Family
Beatrice Krivetsky
In honor of Suzanne Shepherd
Eli Andrew Ramer
In honor of Rob and Heidi Silverstone
Alan Michels and Laureen Kim
In honor of Loren Sklamberg
Andy Muchin and Laura Rosenberg
In honor of Leah Strauss
Harriet Spitz
Rich and Alice Stiebel
In honor of Sari Swig
Barbara Shragge
In honor of Nia Taylor
Cathy Taylor
In honor of Kathy Wolf
Susan Cohen Grossman
In honor of Lucille Zilber
Ernest and Eva Newbrun
In memory of Albert and Pola Altschul
Elin and Craig Cohen
In memory of Alexis Becker
Susan Blank
In memory of her mother
Miriam Beer
In memory of Dr. Richard Brewer
Emily Brewer
In memory of Louis Jacob Cohen
Sandy Cohen-Wynn and Richard Wynn
In memory of Richard Jack Cohen
Aaron Cohen
In memory of Bill Dwyer
Dan and Lynn Jacoby
In memory of LeeAnna Friedman
Judy Baston
Rose Katz
In memory of Sylvia Goldstein
Kay and Pete Kurgel
In memory of Adrienne Gordon
Howard and Janet Gordon
In memory of Gregory Jacoby
Dan and Lyn Jacoby
In memory of Boris and Betty Kamisher
Alison Datz and Joel Kamisher
In memory of Jeffrey Keyak
Vicki Keyak
Debra Surkin
In memory of David and Dorothy Landau
Harriet and John D Michael
In memory of Jerome and Florine Lerner
Jill Lerner Hallinan
In memory of Martin Lindauer
Flori and Jeff Green
In memory of Mikhail Lusher
Alexander Lusher
In memory of Oren Rubin
Dalia Sirkin
In memory of Barbara Schechner
Jules Schechner
In memory of Bruno Strauss
Randolph and Leah Strauss
In memory of Rabbi Ed Zerin
Susan Lyon and Howard Freedman
2020-21:
In honor of Judy Baston
Art Carter
Rose Katz
Malka Scheinok
In honor of Michael J. Franzblau, MD
Denah Bookstein
In honor of Howard Freedman
Ernest and Kathleen Friedlander
Judy and Ed Kaplan
Nechama and Howard Tamler
In honor of Ernest and Kathleen Friedlander
Marc Lipschutz
In honor of Allison Green
Booker Holton and Elaine Gerstler
In honor of Sara Greenspan
Susan Greenspan
In honor of Rose Katz
Marc Lipschutz
In honor of my nine grandchildren
Marilyn Sugarman
In honor of the Napa Men’s Book Club
J Reichel
In honor of Aja Lepavsky
John and Frances Hoeffel
In honor of Bonnie Lindauer
Judy and Ed Kaplan
In honor of Joseph C. Najpaver
Holly Christman and Max Perr
In honor of Ernest Newbrun
Karen Einstein
In honor of Debra Surkin Perloff
Robert Herman and Susie Coliver
In honor of Freida Reider
Naomi Schoenberg
In honor of Jane Rice
Miriam Ofer
In honor of Louise Ritter
John and Frances Hoeffel
In honor of Mark Slobin
Ruth Rosenblatt
In honor of David Waksberg
David Findley
In honor of Nina Youkelson
John and Frances Hoeffel
In memory of Dr. Natalie Berg
Jill Lerner Hallinan
In memory of Joseph Blank
Susan Blank
In memory of Thomas Boschen
Richard and Patricia Levenberg
In memory of Dr. Richard Brewer
Emily Brewer
In memory of Ruth Bronznick
Channa Orner
In memory of Jewlia Eisenberg
Howard Freedman and Susan Lyon
In memory of Jack Elinson
Elaine Elinson
In memory of Bill Dwyer
Dan and Lyn Jacoby
In memory of Don Feinstein
Barbara Feinstein
In memory of Mary S. Fisher
James and Doris Kelly
In memory of Marvin Friedman
Lee Friedman
Howard Freedman and Susan Lyon
Roy Lefcourt and Ellen Chaitin
Hannah Leider, Polly Leider, and Abe Leider and their families
In memory of Emily Gold
Elaine Gold
In memory of Phyllis Goldstein
David Berry and Mary Ann Goldstein
In memory of Joan Isserlis
Rose Katz
In memory of Gregory Jacoby
Dan and Lyn Jacoby
In memory of Reuven Jaffe
Ruth Jaffe
In memory of Shirley Kadden
Judy Baston
In memory of Sadie Katz
Rose Katz
In memory of Jane B. Lewis
Zion Lavie
In memory of Linda Marque
Jeffrey Marque
In memory of my mother
Miriam Beer
In memory of Ralph Rappaport
Lynne Rappaport and Jon Frank
In memory of Sol Silver
Judy Baston
Howard Freedman and Susan Lyon
Matthew Sarrel
In memory of Jaime Leah Wynn
Howard Freedman
Sandy Cohen-Wynn and Richard Wynn
In memory of Isak Zaidlin
David and Debbie Arnowitz
In memory of Mike Zimmerman
Judy Baston
Howard Freedman and Susan Lyon
Jonathan Schwartz and Patrick Margolit
Donations were made to the Friends of the Jewish Community Library in honor or in memory of the following people during 2019-20:
In honor of Judy Baston
Gerald A. Gerash
In honor of Izhak Buhobza
Dalia Sirkin
In honor of Bruce Burnam
Ellen and John F. Rothmann
In honor of the Drop-in Book Club
Nancy Berry
In honor of Howard Freedman
Ellen and Herb Brosbe
Allison Joy Green
Rose Katz
Michael and Jane Rice
Nechama and Howard Tamler
In honor of Ernest and Kathleen Friedlander
Marc Lipschutz
In honor of Aria nd Noah Goldstein
Paul and Judith Heim
In honor of our parents Philip Grossman, Sylvia Grossman, Beatrice Eskenazi, David Eskenazi, and Tamara Eskenazi
Kay Eskenazi and Elaine Liebenbaum
In honor of Rose Katz
Ellen and Herb Brosbe
Marc Lipschutz
In honor of Eitan Kensky and Jen Broxmeyer
Zachary Baker
In honor of Library Staff
Rabbi Morris and Geraldine Hershman
In honor of Joey Liebman
Michael and Libby Thaler
In honor of Bonnie Lindauer
Flori and Jeff Green
Judy and Ed Kaplan
Linda Wertheim
In honor of the bar mitzvah of Isaac Lyon-Freedman
Ellen and Herb Brosbe
In honor of Freida Reider
Naomi Schoenberg
In honor of Jane Rice
Ellen and Scott McCaslin
In appreciation of Leah Strauss and the Palo Alto Pushcart
Reba Cohen
In honor of Cissie Swig
Sari Swig
In honor of Jim Van Buskirk
Eileen Listgarten
In honor of David Waksberg
Nechama and Howard Tamler
In honor of Rabbi Edward Zerin
Ernest and Eva Newbrun
In memory of Felice Andiman
David Findley
In memory of Sima and Al Bernzweig
Michael Bernzweig
In memory of Minnie Brody
Channa Orner
In memory of Richard J. Cohen, M.D.
Aaron Cohen
Dr. Sandra N. Cohen
In memory of Louis J. Cohen
Sandy Cohen-Wynn and Richard Wynn
In memory of Lewis Dauber
Raphael Asher
In memory of Bernard DeHovitz, M.D.
Ruth DeHovitz
In memory of May and Bill Dwyer
Dan and Lyn Jacoby
In memory of David Katz
Allison Joy Green
In memory of Rose Katz’s sister-in-law Joan
Allison Joy Green
In memory of Maxwell Keith
John and Elisa Noonan
In memory of Bruce Kessler
Ruth Rosenblatt
In memory of Sallie Rose Newman
Abraham Newman
In memory of Joseph and Rebecca Seidenfeld
Marc Seidenfeld
Donations were made to the Friends of the Jewish Community Library in honor or in memory of the following people during 2018-19:
In honor of Judy Baston
Jeffrey Cymbler
Gerald A. Gerash
Michael and Jane Rice
In honor of Larry Burgheimer’s birthday
Richard and Martha Pastcan
In honor of Stanley Diamond
Howard Fink
Gary Pokrassa
In honor of Howard Freedman
Rachel Brodie
Randall Heilbrunn
Rabbi Stuart and Victoria Kelman
In honor of Allison Green
Rose Katz
Michael and Jane Rice
In honor of Elayne and Elliott Grossbard’s new grandson
Allison Joy Green
Rose Katz
In honor of JoJo Grossbard’s wedding
Rose Katz
In honor of Rose Katz
Tree Gelb Stuber
Marc Lipschutz
In honor of Laureen Kim
Marc Lipschutz
In honor of the anniversary of Alan Michels and Laureen Kim
Rose Katz
In honor of Jane Rice
Anthony Sauler and Michael Chertok
Alex Ingersoll and Martin Tannenbaum
Rachel and Michael Kesselman
Marc Lipschutz
Ellen and Scott McCaslin
In honor of Selma Silverman
Sol Silver
In honor of Robin Smith
Sherry Knazan
In honor of Rabbi Edward Zerin
Irving and Rosemary Rothstein
In honor of Norman Zilber
Ernest and Eva Newbrun
In memory of Elaine Dallman
Jo Anna Scandiffio
In memory of Guta
Miriam Beer
In memory of Stephen Halpern
Irene Halpern
In memory of Dr, Stanley Halprin
Harvey and Carmen Gotliffe
In memory of Larry Jacobson
Jonell Jacobson
In memory of Gregory Jacoby
Dan and Lyn Jacoby
In memory of Reuven Jaffe
Ruth Jaffe
In memory of Kevin Johnson
Ray K. Bernstein
Nancy Kates
In memory of David Katz
Judy Baston
Susan Lyon and Howard Freedman
Elliott and Elayne Grossbard
Alan Michels and Laureen Kim
In memory of Sadie Katz
Rose Katz
In memory of Maxwell Keith
Judy Baston
Rose Katz
Boris Khersonski and Andrea Freedman
Susan Lyon and Howard Freedman
William Nern and Susan Ann Garbuio
Abraham and Cynthia Ofer
In memory of Richard Kirschman
Bruce S. Steir
In memory of Rose Katz’s beloved cat, Nicky
Judy Baston
In memory of Milton and Betty Seidman
Darcy Cohn and Spencer Seidman
In memory of Manny Talkovsky
Robert and Betty La Vine
In memory of the people at the Tree of Life Synagogue
Ruth Rosenblatt
In memory of Jeffrey David Tuerk
Daniel and Janis Tuerk
In memory of Harriet White
Rose Katz
In memory of Nina Youkelson
John and Frances Hoeffel
Donations were made to the Friends of the Jewish Community Library in honor or in memory of the following people during 2017-18:
In honor of Lisa Brinner
Estie Hudes
In honor of Abby Caplin
Judith Levy-Sender
In honor of the children who come to visit the Library
Jeffrey Auman
In honor of Richard Cohen, MD
Stan and Nancy Lipsitz
In honor of Shana Cohen’s 12th birthday
Elin and Craig Cohen
In honor of Howard Freedman
Suzanne Singer
Ellen and Herb Brosbe
In honor of Allison Green
Robert Herman and Susie Coliver
Lawrence and Judith Neimark
Loren J.Bialik
Ellen and Herb Brosbe
Rose Katz
In honor of Elayne Grossbard
Gale Mondry and Bruce Cohen
In honor of Henry Hollander
Zachary Baker
In honor of Mark Jansen
Larry Newhouse and Susan Barnett
In honor of Lisa Katz’s Birthday
Christopher and Rosemary Barlow
In honor of Rose Katz
Marc Lipschutz
Ray K. Bernstein
Amy and Joel Kassiola
In honor of Fred Isaac and Robin Reiner
Warner Oberndoerfer
In honor of Louise Reiter
John and Frances Hoeffel
In honor of Jane Rice
Marc Lipschutz
Sandra and Merle Kovtun
Judy Leash
In honor of Eric Schwartz
Nina D. Schwartz
In honor of Lou Shornick
Drs. Phillip Gordon and Philippa Newfield
In memory of Susan Amdur’s dog Aniu
Judy Baston
In memory of Edith Katznelson Arrick
Renee Renouf Hall
In memory of her father and mother
Miriam Beer
In memory of Ben and Beth Berkov
John and Frances Hoeffel
In memory of Norman Cowan
James Cowan
In memory of Elaine Dallman
Jo Anna Scandiffio
In memory of Dr. Elliot Goldstein
William Goldstein
In memory of Sidney and Martha Jacobs
Larry Jacobs and Mirka Knaster
In memory of Baruch and Cila Knaster
Larry Jacobs and Mirka Knaster
In memory of Rabbi J. Krause
Isaac Ehrenrekh Torah Study Group
In memory of Kerin Lieberman
Deborah Wieder
In memory of Aja Lipavsky
John and Frances Hoeffel
In memory of Maxine Plotkin
Dr. Norman Plotkin
In memory of Joseph & Rebecca Seidenfeld
Marc Seidenfeld
In memory of Nisan and Ella Shurman
Anonymous
In memory of Fred Stern
Herbert Rosen
In memory of Peter F. Stevens
Flaurie S. Imberman
In memory of Mary Turnball
Jerome M. and Leah Garchik
In memory of Harry Winter
Gary Winter
In memory of Eugene Zauber’s mother
Rose Katz
