Giving
Impact Report 2026
Thank You For Helping Us Live Our Values
From the Head of School and the Chair of the Board of Trustees
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Dear Friends and Supporters,
As we look back on another extraordinary year at Golda Och Academy, we are filled with deep pride and immense gratitude for everything our community has accomplished together. Building upon our rich 60 year legacy, we remain steadfast in our commitment to inspiring learners, cultivating Jewish values, and fostering a warm, vibrant environment at the heart of our school where every student can thrive. Our mission, vision, and values continue to guide everything we do. Through our core pillars—outstanding academics, inspired Judaism, and a strong, supportive community—we ensure that every classroom, celebration, and connection empowers our students to grow with curiosity, compassion, and confidence. An essential part of Golda Och Academy’s continued excellence is the dedicated team behind it. We extend our deepest gratitude to our exceptional professional leadership, faculty, and staff, whose passion, creativity, and tireless commitment inspire our students each day. We are equally grateful to our Board of Trustees for their steadfast stewardship, leadership, and vision in guiding our institution forward. None of our work would be possible without you—our generous donors, parents, alumni, and friends. Your investment in Golda Och Academy powers our day-to-day work, strengthens our programs, and ensures that our school remains strong, resilient, and thriving for generations to come. Thank you for your partnership, your belief in our mission, and your ongoing dedication to our GOA family. With profound gratitude and excitement for the future, Carrie Siegel ’92 David Moss
Head of School Chair, Board of Trustees |
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Thank you to our donors
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With Special Appreciation
The leadership of Golda Och Academy would like to express our sincerest gratitude to three very special school partners:
The Bier Family
The Och Family Foundation
The Wilf Family Foundation
Thank you for your transformative support! -
GO Forward Campaign
On June 30, 2026, Golda Och Academy completed our $20M Go Forward capital endowment campaign. This five-year campaign was launched in response to our last school strategic plan and has been focused on investing in our faculty, student services, financial aid and capital improvements. Thank you to all our dedicated donors who made this campaign such a great success!
$10M CHALLENGE GIFT
Jane and Daniel Och Family Foundation
$1.8M+
Wilf Family Foundation
$1M+
The Gottesman Fund
Paula and Jerry Gottesman z"l Supporting Foundation
$500K+
Steven and Lori Klinghoffer
Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey
$250K+
Anonymous
Sharon and David Halpern
Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ
Caren and Larry Rothenberg
Mindy ’97 and Alan Schall ’92
$200K+
Anonymous
Julie and Jonathan Schwartz
$150K+
Anonymous
Elizabeth and Jeffrey Bier ’90
$100K+
Anonymous x2
Robyn and Joseph Bier ’79
Joan and Harvey Bucholtz
Stacey and Gene Davis
Judy and Steven Elbaum z"l
Sara and Brett Fieldston
Dr Lynne B Harrison STEM Endowment Fund
Michele and Jeffrey Landau
Jessica and David Moss
Sheryl and Sam Pearlstein
Sharon and Steve Seiden
Elana Wilf Tanzman and Brett Tanzman
Dr. Skip and Ilana Vichness
Helene and Gary Wingens
$75K+
Atara Jacobson ’87 and Scott Bieber
Sharon and Jimmy Schwarz
$50K+
Anonymous x3
Dr. Miriam Linver and Dr. Matt Askin
Heather and Zachary Bier ’05
Eleanor and Marc Kramer
The Wieseneck Family
Jessica and Ari Wise
$36K+
Pamela ’02 and Jordan Davis ’01
Melissa and Lawrence Elbaum ’98
$25K+
Catherine Brown and Larry Kramer
Yvette and David Sharret ’92
Dayne and Larry Weintraub
Audrey and Zygi Wilf
Dina and Etan Wiesen
$18K+
Kaufmann and Abrams Family
Isabel and Steve Berg
Lisa and Felix Buber
Gail Fieldston
Emily and Jon Gantman
Anne and Adrian Kroll
Pantirer Family Foundation
Estate of Edna L. Yazersky
$10K+
Anonymous
Tracey and Keith Biebelberg
Shari and Mitch Broder
Leslie Dannin-Rosenthal and David Rosenthal
Sanford Heller
Jackie and Barry Levine ’98
Jean and Dr. Marc Mandell
Drs. Jill and Eric Sacks
Rachel Schwarz ’87 and Marc Schiffman
*This listing includes all donors at $10K and above to Go Forward and includes Security and Greenhouse gifts. -
2025-2026 Annual Fund
Etz Chaim (Tree of Life) $25,000-$49,999
Robyn and Joseph Bier ’79
Sara ’01, Brett, Henry ’34 and Theodore Fieldston ’37
Gladys Halpern z"l
Lori and Steven Klinghoffer
Mindy ’97 and Alan Schall ’92Ohavei Yisrael (Lovers of Israel) $18,000-$24,999
Melissa and Lawrence Elbaum ’98
Sharon and David Halpern
Carrie and Jed Nussbaum
Julie and Jonathan Schwartz
Wilf Family Foundations
Edward ZinbargOr L'Torah (Light of the Torah) $10,000-$17,999
The Arie & Eva Halpern Family Foundation
Elizabeth and Jeffrey Bier ’90
Heather and Zachary Bier ’05
Ruth and Bruce Bier
Pamela ’02 and Jordan Davis ’01
Stacey and Gene Davis
Batsheva and Murray Halpern
Michele and Jeffrey Landau
Shelley and Josef Paradis
Sheryl and Sam Pearlstein
Amelia Seiden Perlstein ’96 and Cory Perlstein
Caren and Larry Rothenberg
Stacey and Jonathan Sacks
Doris and Mike Saranga
Dr. Rose Schecter and Dr. Alan Schecter
Howard and Betty Pantirer Schwartz
Sharon and James Schwarz
Elana Wilf Tanzman and Brett Tanzman
Helene and Gary Wingens
Jessica* and Ari WiseTomchei Torah (Supporters of the Torah) $5,000-$9,999
Stephanie Bash-Soudry* and Michael Soudry
Sarah and Yuval Brokman
Lisa and Felix Buber
Joan and Dr. Harvey Bucholtz
Cathy and Bert Distelburger
Hali and Charles Epstein
Rachel ’97 and Robert Fink
Emily and Jon Gantman
Terri and Michael Goldberg
Sandy and Jared Green
Abbi and Jeremy Halpern ’94
Judi Harrison
Atara Jacobson ’87 and Scott Bieber
Marion Jacobson
Eleanor and Marc Kramer
Kim and Jonathan Kushner ’95
Jean and Dr. Mark Mandell
Ruth and Dr. Michael Margolin
Jessica and David Moss
Nancy and Larry Pantirer
Shana and Marc Pantirer ’01
Dr. Courtney and David Pantirer ’99
Rachel, Joshua ’00, Benjamin, Samuel & Jacob Reisberg
Dr. Jill Sacks and Dr. Eric Sacks
Sarah ’06 and Evan Schonfeld ’06
Sharon and Stephen Seiden
Alison Smith and Dr. Marc Glashofer
Dr. Sharon Stoch and Dr. Aubrey Stoch
Yana and Kenneth Weiss
Dina and Etan Wiesen
Gayle and Larry Wieseneck
Carrie Zucker Siegel ’92* and Jeff SiegelTzur Yisrael (Rock of Israel) $2,500-$4,999
Rose and Victor Ackermann
Claire Akselrad
Nomi and Harold Colton-Max
Rochelle and Brad Denning
Jane and Barry Freeman
Vicki and Richard Fulop
Ethelyn Geschwind
Raquel Getzel Benzaquen and Samuel Benzaquen
Melanie and Steven J. Glass
GOA Parents Association
Suzi and Yaron Gohar
Edith and Elie Haymovitz
Dr. David Knopf
Anne and Adrian Kroll
Jill and Eric Lavitsky
Dr. Stacey ’89 and David Leibowitz
Shari* and Erwin Mevorah
Dr. Hillary ’05 and Dr. Ryan Moore
Jodi and Andrew Moskowitz
Dr. Michael Och
Yvette and David Sharret ’92
Daphna Simon and Asaf Katzir
Rhea Stadtmauer and Janice Maiman
Suzanna Grobman and Travis Weiss ’07
Dr. Steven WinterOhavei Torah (Lovers of the Torah) $1,800-$2,499
Rena ’01 and Matt Abrams
Mary Lou Allen
Lynn Arian
Dr. Miriam Linver and Dr. Matthew Askin
Leslie Bash
Julia and Itai Ben Shalom
Ellen and Jonathan Berkowitz
Shelby and Michael Bier ’09
Jessica Bramnick ’10
Michael Bressman*
Shari and Mitchell Broder
Heather* and Seth Brown
Sara Bucholtz ’87
Hon. Lisa F. Chrystal
Ariele Cohen and Sreedhar Velicheti
Jenna Corman Mandel and Michael Mandel
Leslie Dannin Rosenthal and David S. Rosenthal
Stephanie and Dr. Daniel Fremed
Heidi and Brian Goldberg
Reisha ’98 and Michael Goldman
Stefanie Gordon and Jonathan Schenker
Burton Henry
Elissa Meth Kestin and Daniel Kestin
Tara ’03 and Joshua A. Kipnees ’02
Jocelyn ’01 and Gregory Klar ’98
Marci and Joel Koral
Lee and Murray Kushner
Dr. Keren ’94 Lebeau and Aryeh Lebeau
Vicki and Allen Lefkowitz
Jacqueline and Barry Levine ’98
Louise and Stuart Levine
Jessica Abramson Mass ’07 and Alon Mass
Carole and Harold Moskowitz Family Foundation
Elayne and Barry Moss
Naomi ’10 and Dr. Gregory Mullen
Deborah and Steven Nadel
NYNJ Bus Charter Services
Susan Och and Cantor Brian Kalver
Sheila z"l and Martin Oestreicher
Noreen and Jeffrey Punia
Hilary and Howard Rabner
Alicia and Jonathan Raskin
Linda and BJ Reisberg
Judy and Bennet Schonfeld
Ruth and Michael Sherman
Jenna Sykoff-Schwartz and Jonathan Schwartz
Sheri and Craig Tendler
Rabbi Abigail Treu
Janice and Michael Wallach
Dr. Dayna and Lawrence Weintraub
Rebecca and Heath Weisberg
Dorit Zimerman and Julien Wochenmarkt
Ellen and Peter Zollman
Alicia ZuckerShomrei Torah (Guardians of the Torah) $1,000-$1,799
Karen and Clifford Aaron
Taryn and Gavin Berelowitz
Tracy and Keith Biebelberg
Andrea and Bryan Bier ’78
Sarah and Scott Bier ’92
Nancy and Cantor Joel Caplan
Helene and Alan Davis
Estelle and Leonard Edelson
Dr. Renee Gross and Stuart M. Feinblatt
Paul Fishbein
Diane Gelman and Michael Lichtenstein
Tova Gershen
Gary Jacobs
Rabbi Meirav Kallush* and Ehud Klinger
Sarah and Jason Korn
Ronni and Mark Lederman
Beena and Steven Levy
Edy and Rabbi Alan Lucas
Holly and David Munshine
Allison and David Nagelberg
Fay Novack
Carol* and Harris Nydick
Sheryl and Rabbi Kerry Olitzky
Julia Rasmussen*
Dr. Amy Schecter and Dr. Jordan Schechter
Sedra and Alan Schiffman
Dr. Amy Schonfeld and Dr. Steven Schonfeld
Rachel Schwarz ’87 and Marc Schiffman
Frema Sobel
Barbara and Dr. Eliot Spack
Brenda and Roy TanzmanKehilat Yisrael (Community of Israel) $500-$999
Anonymous (x3)
Victoria Ayoub and Dr. Evan Kovac
Amy and Jeremy Biloon
Mindy and Evan Blum
Merri and Ned Braunstein
Rachel and Jeremy Brown
Rachel and Gregory Cayne
Sharon and Howard Charish
Amy and Howard Cohen
Laura and Aaron Cohen
Mark E. Colm
Rosa Colon Nevins and Alexander Nevins
Congregation Agudath Israel
Congregation B'nai Tikvah
Robin Cornick and Jack Benvent
Ayelet ’06 and Matthew Davids
Ira Dawer
Amy Elitzer and Adam Grodman
Temi and Eli Feldman
Cantor Lucy Fishbein and Yasachar Fishbein
Bernice G. Fleischer
Susan and Lewis Gantman
Dr. Amy B. Glickman and Dr. Alexander Glickman
Shannon and Jonathan Goldberg
Rebecca and Arnold Goldstein
Lynette S. Green and Michael R. Green Charitable Fund
Dr. Marina Gutwein and Dr. Andrew Gutwein
Dr. Patricia Hicks Hartman and Dr. Barry Hartman
Keith Heller
Rabbi Gila Isenberg and Rabbi Ari Isenberg
Michelle ’97 and Daniel Jacobs ’97
Andrew Joseph ’99
Sue and Sam Kamens
Diane and Andrew Koenigsberg
Sherry and Elliot Landa
Rebecca Landau Shuster ’18
Talya Oberfield and Rabbi Ari Lucas
Elke ’96 and Matthew Luftig
Marian and Keith Marlowe
Dr. Jacquelin Holubka and Dr. Gilbert Mayor
Mike Murray Excavating Inc.
Roz Moskovitz-Bielski
Ayelet Nelson and Rabbi Marc Katz
Andrea and Rabbi Jesse M. Olitzky ’02
Roberta Ostrow
Joshua Pearlstein ’12
Elena and Michael Radine
Rabbi Joyce Raynor, PhD
Miriam and Leon Schenker
Samara and Alexander Siegel
Sue and Charles Shapiro
Susan and Daniel Stern
Lenette and Lawrence Talpins
Sarit Wishnevski and Ari Fuchs
Hanita and Zohar Wishnevski
Rachel and Leeor Zorel
Julie Zucker Krider ’95 and Greg KriderKlal Yisrael (All of Israel) $180-$499
Anne Opila and Dr. Todd Abraham
Dr. Jennifer Abramson and Dr. Jeff Rosenberg
Stephanie and Benjamin Akselrad ’06
Sari* and Rabbi Uri Allen ’98
Judy and Marc Allen
Marcia and Robert Altabet
Jennifer and Dory Altmann
Anonymous (x4)
Sion Aronoff ’15
Lorna and Bob Batterman
Alexander Beigelman ’18
Natasha* and Mordechai Benisty
Leslie and Jason Ben' Ous ’96
Ethan Berenzweig ’10
Michelle and Bruce Berger
Dania ’96 and Zev Berkowitz
Suzanne and Charles Berman
Anne and David Blady
Stephanie ’11 and Robb Blum
Sarah Blumenthal and Dr. Jacob Forstater
Samantha and Alex Bouganim
Gail and Leo Bressman
Randi and Oron Brokman
Susie and Howard Bruch
Stephanie Carmel
Eli Cehelyk ’13
Judith and Stewart Cohen
Hannah Cohen ’15
Janet and Richard Conn
Harry Czinn
Naomi Danis
Mira Davis ’14
Brenda and Jerome Deener
Noa and Jonathan Denning
Derech Eretz Fund
Alison Berger and Matthew Derkson
Ruth and Daniel Dovdavany
Nataliya Dragoman ’01
Rabbi Paula Drill and Jonathan Drill
Susan and Bernard Edelstein
Eframian Family
Beth and Peter Elitzer
Shiri Engel
Sepideh Eshaghian and Jonathan Hakakian
Talia Feldman ’17
Miki and Cantor Perry Fine
Cory and Edward Fink
Emily and Ari Fox
Eric Fox and Dan Helmick
Gabriella and Jeremy Freedman
Nancy Fremed and Dr. Eric Fremed
Sally and Mark Friedman
Lorin and Allan Gaffen
Brian and Julie Ginsburg Fund
Doni ’91 and Joseph Glatt ’91
Cynthia and Dan Goldberg
Adam and Lisa Goldberg
Susan and Dr. Eric Goldman
Becky and David Gottlieb
Missie and Bruce Grawert
Michelle and Paul Grobman
Whitney Gruhin ’07
Dr. Alison Grann and Dr. David E. Gutstein
Craig Guttenplan ’00
Dana Halpern ’15*
Robin Halpern
Allen Hecht
Jessica Heller ’15
Shuli' 97 and Adam Herbert
Marlene and Ed Herman
Arielle Herzberg ’09
Judith Hibshoosh
Prof. Sabrina S. Hirsh and Jeremy Hirsh
Julie and Cliff Hockley
Courtney Ginsberg and Paul-Michael Huseman*
Alisha and Ariel Jacobs ’94
Lori Jaffe*
Gena* and Matthew Jarmel
Leslie and Marc Kallus
Samuel Kallus ’03
Blair Kaminsky ’01
Howard Kaplowitz
Fran Karpel
Lisa Kasdan ’01
Debbie and Sol Kempinski ’80
Susan and Brian z"l Kheel
Renee and Marc Klar
Samuel Kopolovich ’04
Genna and Neal Koral
Alison ’05 and Stephen Kramer
Jean and Morton Kramer
Pia Kutten
Arielle ’08 and Matt Kuzdral
Lesley and Evan Landa
Ethan Landau ’20
Margie and Jason Langer*
Pamela Dorman and Dr. Jerome Langer
Beverly and Rabbi William Lebeau
Jennifer Marcus and Eric Lebovich
Marilyn and Harold Lefkowitz
Jodi Levin ’09
Linker Family Jewish Education Fund
Connie and Uzi Lior
Lisa and Eric Lopata
Jolie ’10 and Zach Marx
Jordan Mayor ’18
Dr. Milinda Carson and Dr. Noel Meltzer
Claire and Moises Messulan
Jill and Stephen Montag
Maya and Jordan Nadler
Dr. Gudrun Lange and Dr. Benjamin Natelson
Neil Newman ’06
Sylvia Orenstein z"l
Jessica Reisberg ’06 and Maxwell Oshman ’04
Jamie Ostrow ’93
Joanne Palmer and Andrew Sherman
Shana and Marc Pantirer ’01
George Paulick
PayPal Giving Fund
Joan Persky
Michelle and Elliot Pines ’07
Einat Pinsker
Dr. Rachel Plafker Esrig and Dave S. Esrig
Rachel ’16 and Ben Plotnick
Marilyn Pugach
Dr. Deborah Rabner and Hon. Stuart Rabner
Emily and Gil Raviv ’88
Rabbi Paula Rose
Jane and Seth Rosen
Elizabeth Rosenkrantz
Allison and Dr. Matthew Rosenzweig
Gail and Dennis Roth
Shana Rubin and Samuel Freeman
Miriam and Adam Ruchman
Gerri and Gregg Russo
Roni and Richard Sacks
Arielle and Yoni Saposh ’97
Emily Schall ’22
Sophie Schall ’25
Rachel and Ian Scheinmann ’87
Judy and Adam Schlesinger
Ariel Schneider ’06
Helen and Dr. Steven Schwartz
Margot and Marc Schwartz
Lewis Schwarz
Pauline and David Schwartz ’77
Karen Secular and Doron Grosman
Lisa and Samuel Seiden ’99
Gavriella and Dan Semaya
Judith and Dr. Steven Shapiro
Danielle and Eric Sharret
Ella and Michael Shaykevich
Shem-Tov Painting Service
Elyse and Noah Shier
Lisa and David Slater
Glenn Slavin*
Marisa and Robert Smith
Marilyn and Larry Snider
Benjamin Soudry ’16
Dana and Zal Spialter
Ariel and Michael Stein
Erin* and Matt Sternthal
Anne and Stephen Suskauer
Kenneth and Jillian Tarlowe
Therma G. and Ralph Wechsler Endowment
Rabbi Eric Yaakov Traiger*
Miriam Palmer-Sherman and Rabbi David Vaisberg
Gina Brod-Vinick and Philip B. Vinick
Dottie and Donald Wagner
Susan and Stan Weintraub
Debra and Seth Weisleder
Rona Wexler
Aylah and Daniel Winter ’05
Violet Zeitlin
Robert Zucker ’90Chaverim (Friends) $18-$179
Miriam Adelsberg
Ilanit and Mason Allen
Jenny Alper and Eliezer Levi
Marisa and Edward Altabet
Anonymous (x31)
At Home Studios
Harriet and Marshall Baker
Elise and Peter Barack
Jeffrey Bash
Stacey Bell and Darryl Elder
Dana Ben-Avi*
David Benvent ’21
Joshua Berger ’20
Rachel Berger ’18
Iris Berman ’18
Karen and Douglas Berman
Lindsay Biebelberg ’17
Logan Biebelberg ’20
Jonah Bieber ’20
Jessica Bielski Akhavan ’11
Abigail Bilmes ’15
Michelle Bilmes ’19
Nina Bilmes*
Emily Binstein ’17
Aaron Blady ’10
Joy and Mace Bloom
Lilach and Yaron Bluevise
Corey Blum ’18
Myriam and Brian Bostwick
Esther and Moses Brach
Marjory Bradshaw
Allyson Bramnick ’13
Lauren and Daniel Braun
Nancy* and Charlie Breslin
Julia Bressman ’01
Marc Bressman
Zachary Broder ’14
Dr. Beverly Brysk
Sandy Cantor*
Rachel ’13 and Max Cardin
Vardit* and Abraham Caspi
Sarah Cehelyk ’18
Robin and Allan Chernoff
Jaclyn Cistaro*
Scott Cohen ’06
Austin Colm ’25
Robin and Steven Colten
Zephyr and Rabbi Martin Cooper
Roberta* and Howard Coopersmith
Beth and Robert Daniel
Leah Dawer
Lori Applebaum De Picciotto and Eric De Picciotto
Carmela Decker and Eitan Amrami
Yasmin Deshe and Ben Cheft
Claudia and Andrew Dorsch
Marisa Edelstein* and Abraham Hsieh
Marni Endlich*
Dr. Helene and Michael Epstein
Suzanne Epstein*
Debbie and Henry Feinberg
Aviva and Elliot Feldman
Dena Feldman ’19
Dr. Russet and Samuel Feldman
Ruth and Lawrence Fineberg
Liora Finkel ’18
Aviva Braun-Finkler and Gary Finkler ’02
Alexis Gruber* and Matthew Fischer
Mindy Fliegelman ’12
Gittel Footerman
Madeline and Joel Frances
Maya Freedman ’18
Ev Friedman ’10
Jenni and Dr. Jonathan Friedman
Kimberly and Jason Ginsberg
Linda and William Glasofer
Emma Glickman ’14
Sarah ’04 and Perry Glickman
Meegan Gliner* and David Frifield
Susan Goldstein*
Tara Goldstein*
Marsha ’90 and Philip Goldwasser
Marcy Gorman*
Natanya and Shannon Gramas
Jenna and Matthew Graub
Sandy and Ames Grawert
Stacey Sern and Jonathan Greenberg
Phyllis Grinspan
Dr. Samara Grossman*
Gideon Grossman ’10
Richard Grossman
Shoshana and Jeremy Gutmajer
Jacob Halpern ’18
Scott Hanauer ’10
Bonnie Lieberman and Michael Hart
Dr. Rachael Hartman and Dr. Seth Jawetz
Audrey and Leonard Hassan z"l
Miriam Lefkowitz and Marc Heimowitz
Sophia Heimowitz ’18
Madeline Herman ’19
Rabbi Jason Herman ’95
Ilana Herzberg ’09
Harriet and Michael Hessdorf
Ilene and David Himber
Jamie Himmelstein*
Faye Hochberg ’18
Fanya Hoffman ’19
Melissa Hutter ’05
Kate Hymowitz*
Lauren Iannia*
Della Irby*
Elizabeth Irwin ’18
Zachary Isaacs ’00
Helena and Sam Jacobs
Laura and Jerold Jacobs
Marla Jacobs
Robin and George Johannsen
Illana Julius
Shira Kalet ’17
Dr. Denise Kanrich*
Allison and Joshua Kanter
Wendy and Henry Kaplowitz
Ilena Kasdan*
Rabbi Herbert Kavon
Sophie Kellner
Sari Keren*
Lydia and Matthew Kertz
Avital Kessler-Godin ’18
Danielle Klapper and Ronen Rybowski
The Kline Family
Adena Lebeau and Jeffrey Kress
Kristina Krider
Allyson Landau ’20
Aryeh Lande ’18
Ozzie Landy ’22
Fran and Les Langer
Paul Langer
Solomon Langer ’25
Francoise Lavitsky
Alisa Lebeau
Emilia Lebeau ’24
Rena Leeds ’96
Jay Leipzig and Cindy Chazan
Katya and Daniel Levine
Jaime Levy ’06
Rachel Love and Jason Grossman
Michael Lurie ’21
Ilana Lutman
Adrien Maida Richlin
Lindsay and Evan Majzner ’01
Cameron Mandell
Danielle and Josh Mann
Bella Manoim
Rachel and Noah Marcus
Kelly McAllister*
Jul McCormick-Anesh*
Sophie Milrom ’05 and Eitan Melamed ’97
Maya ’13 and Elan Meltzer ’13
Margaret and Warren Meth
Danielle Mevorah ’21
Harris Mevorah ’15
Adi Evron and Paul Mileman
Anna and Michael Millstein
Barbara and Neil Millstein
Penny Mittleman
Donna Mizrahi
Shushi and Joel Mizrahi ’96
Debbie and Yaacov Moallem
Michelle Moallem and Joshua Greenfield
Christine Moench*
Benjamin Moses ’18
Alex Moskowitz ’18
Sarah and Steven Myers
Salome and Aron Nadel
Aaron Nessel ’13
Carole Newman
Sandi and Michael Newman*
Claire Nierenberg
Philip Nydick ’11 and Dani Hauser
Shari and Charles Ornstein
Aaron Pearlstein ’18
Noah Pearlstein ’15
Rabbi Karen Perolman
Chava Peters
Michelle Pierce*
Tali and Justin Pines ’01
Daniella Portal ’13
The Prives Family
Nila Pusin*
Dr. Sara Rabin-Havt ’01 and Mr. Raphael Rabin-Havt
Christine and Pierre Rakib
Daniel Ramer
Julie Reisberg ’09
Erica Resnick
Irene Resnick
Caryn and Joshua Rosenberg
Evy Eisenstein and Stephen Rothstein
Sam Rubinstein ’13
Bill Ruhl*
Matthew Saperstein ’21
Susan and Gary Scheer
Elisa* and Martin Schenker
Jordan Schenker ’15
Elaine and Dr. Seymour Schlossberg
Hope Schlossberg
Li and Dean Schuman
Andrew Schwartz ’16
Krista Sergi*
Tina and Kevin Shea
Daphna Shemesh*
Andrea ’95 and Joshua Sherman
Maria Topel and Lev Shpilsky
Stefanie Siegel ’19
Zachary Siegel ’24
Dr. Mark Silk
Pearl Silva
Jennifer Sinoway*
Shira* and Mitchell Skolnick
Harrison Slobodien ’16
Rachel Slobodien ’16
Sayde Slobodien ’14
Ellen Seidman and David Smokler
Dara and Michael Soberman
Randee Rappoport Solomon and Dr. Frederic Solomon
Maya Soudry ’21
Nadav Soudry ’20
Lisa Spielman*
Ian Stanford ’10
Alanna ’07 and Jason Steinberg ’07
Jesse Stricof ’13
Christine Sunberg*
Mara and David Suskauer
Alyssa Tabershaw
Liora Tarlowe ’01
Maayan and Brian Tregerman
Dr. Arielle Urman and Dr. Frank Copeli
Rachel Van Dam
Haley ’07 and Max Vogel
Roberta Wallach
Drew Warren
Rabbi Stephanie Dickstein and Dr. Marc Weinstein
Sara Weisman
Alana Wernick ’19
Naomi Gutstein ’13
David Wingens ’19
Jonathan Wingens ’15
Amy Winiker Forrest ’06 and Andrew Forrest
Lilly Wise ’25
Fran Witherington
Gabrielle Wolberger ’13
Moshe Wolberger
Hannah and Adam ZollmanMatching Gift Companies
Abbott Laboratories
Adobe Inc.
American Securities
Baird Foundation, Inc.
BlackRock Matching Gift Program
BNY Mellon Community Impact
General Atlantic
Google Matching Gifts Program
Guardian
JP Morgan Chase Foundation
McKinsey & Company
Northwestern Mutual Foundation Matching Gifts Program
Pfizer
Prudential Foundation Matching Gifts
Sanofi Aventis Matching Gift Center
Spotify
Stryker
Vertex Pharmaceuticals* Denotes Faculty/Staff -
60th Anniversary Spring Gala Celebration
ETZ CHAIM BENEFACTOR
Lori & Steven Klinghoffer
PARTNER BENEFACTOR
The Estate of Newton Scherl z"l
DIAMOND BENEFACTOR
Gladys Halpern z"l
RUBY BENEFACTOR
Sharon & David Halpern
Wilf Family Foundations
PLATINUM BENEFACTOR
Murray & Batsheva Halpern
Mindy ’97 & Alan Schall ’92
GOLD BENEFACTOR
The Braunsteins & Korals
Terri & Michael Goldberg
Joyce & Neil Goldstein
Abbi & Jeremy Halpern ’94
Lynne & Judi Harrison
Michele & Jeffrey Landau
Shana & Marc Pantirer ’01
Caren & Larry Rothenberg
Sacks Orthodontics, LLC
Jonathan & Juile Schwartz
Summit Dental Partners
Jessica & Ari Wise
SILVER BENEFACTOR
Robyn & Joseph Bier ’79
ConnectOne Bank
Pamela '02 & Jordan ’01 Davis
Stacey & Gene Davis
Estelle and Leonard Edelson
Lisa, Ben '06, Ilana ’09, Arielle Herzberg ’09 & Carl Goldberg
Scott Bieber & Atara Jacobson ’87
Kroll Commercial Realty, LLC
Shelley and Josef Paradis
Sam & Sheryl Pearlstein
Betty & Howard Schwartz
Sharon & Stephen Seiden
Valley National Bank
Dina & Etan Wiesen
Lois Rose & Ed Zinbarg
CHAI BENEFACTOR
Dr. Matt Askin & Miriam Linver & family
Mim Bottner, Ann Zinman, Betsy Pottruck, Paula Saginaw
Lisa, Felix, Theo ’28, Marlo ’28 & Rae Buber ’32
Joan & Harvey Bucholtz
Sara Bucholtz & Talia ’17, Dena ’19 & Ilan Feldman ’22
Betsey & Philip Darivoff
Cathy & Bert Distelburger
Ron & Susie Domb
Jody & Bruce Friedman
Emily & Jon Gantman
Joel & Alissa Isaacson
Debbie & Allan Janoff
Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ
The Kimowitz Family
Robin and Brad Klatt
Sari Klinghoffer
Jennifer & Eric Lebovich
Jacqueline & Barry Levine ’98
Rachel, Noah, Frayda ’35 & Moshe Marcus
Marsh MMA
Roz Moskovitz
Debbie and Steve Nadel
The Pepper Family and METROPOLITAN MORTGAGE AND REALTY, INC. THE ARLYN/LYSAR COMPANIES
Rachel, Joshua ’00, Benjamin ’31, Samuel ’33 & Jacob Reisberg
Jimmy & Sharon Schwarz
Elana Wilf Tanzman & Brett Tanzman
Sheri & Craig Tendler
Yana and Kenneth Weiss
SPONSOR
Andrea and Bryan Bier ’78
Liz and Jeff Bier ’90
CCS Fundraising
Melanie & Steven Glass
Innovative Closet Designs
Marion Jacobson
Dana & Peter Langerman
Louise and Stuart Levine
Jean & Mark Mandell
Lawrence Rein
Leslie Dannin Rosenthal & David S. Rosenthal
Stephanie Bash-Soudry & Michael Soudry
Brenda and Roy Tanzman
Helene & Gary Wingens
FRIENDS
Biebelberg & Martin, LLC
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
Bonnie & Sheldon Freidenreich z"l
Rabbi Jesse ’02 & Andrea Olitzky, Rabbi Rachel Marder, Rabbi Hilly Haber, and Congregation Beth El
Alison Smith & Dr. Marc Glashofer
SUPPORTERS
Lynn Arian
Shari & Mitch Broder
Susie & Howard Bruch
Congregation Agudath Israel
Beth & Robert Daniel
Brenda & Jerome Deener
Lawrence ’98 & Melissa Elbaum
Lori Feinberg Kany
Anna Fisch
Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz and Lauren Rutkin
Bill and Erika Gold
Rebecca and Mitchell Gold
Harbor Haven Day Camp
Meg & Howard Jacobs
Jewish Grandparents Network
Sharon and Ken Kaufmann
Alice & Jacob Klein
Steven & Beena Levy
Elke ’96 & Matt Luftig
Karen, Lew & Becca Marcus
Morning Minyan At Beth El
Elayne and Barry Moss
Jessica, David & Aaron Moss
Bobbi, Jamie ’93 & Minna Ostrow ’35
Rabbi Karen Glazer Perolman
Amelia ’96, Cory, Talia ’24, Seth ’27 and Ellie Perlstein ’31
Hilary & Howard Rabner
Paula & David Saginaw
Rabbi Robert Scheinberg, United Synagogue of Hoboken
Rachel and Zev Scherl
Amy & Steven Schonfeld
Lori Schuldiner Schor & Joshua D. Schor, MD .
Yvette, David ’92, Sam ’26, Isaac ’26 and Levi Sharret ’31
Carrie ’92, Jeff, Stefanie ’19 & Zach Siegel ’24
Frema Sobel
Shari-Beth & Jeff Susskind
MAZEL TOV LISTINGS
Karen Rozenberg & Doug Berman
Michael Bressman
Sarah & Yuval Brokman
Ada Beth & Chuck Cutler
Beth & Peter Elitzer
The Epstein Family
Cantor Lucy & Eli Fishbein
Kalman Fishbein
Paul Fishbein
Emily and Ari Fox
Francis Family
Ronda & Larry Frenkel
Terri & Mark Friedman
Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz & Lauren Rutkin
Jonathan Goldberg & Shannon Sarna Goldberg
Carol and Phil Goldsmith
Sandy & Jared Green
Matt Hale & Carrie Mitnick
Ilene & Bruce Jacobs
The Kestin Family
Robyn & Scott Krieger
Aryeh, Keren ’94, Mimi ’24 & Caleb Lebeau ’27
Elizabeth & Jonathan Liss
Ben & Sue Margulies
Claire Nierenberg
Wendie and Steve Ploscowe
Daniel Ramer
Gail & Dennis Roth
Sarah ’06 & Evan Schonfeld ’06
SoundBoard Venture Fund
Natanya and Michael Washburn
Dr. Laura Weitzman -
60th Anniversary Registry
Dr. Jennifer Abramson and Dr. Jeff Rosenberg
Rose and Victor Ackermann
Jennifer and Dory Altmann
Lynn Arian
Dr. Miriam Linver and Dr. Matthew Askin
Wendy and Gary Balter
Stephanie Bash-Soudry and Michael Soudry
Jonah Bieber ’20
Heather and Zachary Bier ’05
Amy and Jeremy Biloon
Esther and Moses Brach
Randi and Oron Brokman
Sarah and Yuval Brokman
Lisa and Felix Buber
Galit Kierkut Casel and Ira Casel
Dr. Elaine R. S. Cohen
Hannah Cohen ’15
Amy and Howard Cohen
Sharon and Lorne Cytrynbaum
Beth and Robert Daniel
Stacey and Gene Davis
Pamela ’02 and Jordan Davis ’01
Alison Berger and Matthew Derkson
Ruth and Daniel Dovdavany
Diane Edelson
Melissa and Lawrence Elbaum ’98
Beth and Peter Elitzer
Dr. Helene and Michael Epstein
Cantor Lucy Fishbein and Yasachar Fishbein
Emily and Ari Fox
Stephanie and Dr. Daniel Fremed
Ethelyn Geschwind
Lori and Holly Gladstone
Terri and Michael Goldberg
Shannon and Jonathan Goldberg
Adam and Lisa Goldberg
Natanya and Shannon Gramas
Sandy and Jared Green
Arlene and Alan Greenfield
Rabbi Ellen Greenspan
Dr. Rachael Hartman and Dr. Seth Jawetz
Burton Henry
Shuli' 97 and Adam Herbert
Nicki and Jonathan Izak ’06
Harvey Karch
Debbie and Sol Kempinski ’80
Danielle Klapper and Ronen Rybowski
Robin Koerner
Natalie and Jonah Kruvant
Pia Kutten
Tamir Lance ’00
Pamela Dorman and Dr. Jerome Langer
Miriam Langer ’05
Tara Lloyd ’03
Talya Oberfield and Rabbi Ari Lucas
Jody ’04 and Mike Lurie
Debra and David Lurie
Roz Moskovitz-Bielski
Sarah and Steven Myers
Dr. Sivia Lapidus and Edward Nadel
Sandi and Michael Newman
Andrea and Rabbi Jesse M. Olitzky ’02
Joan Persky
Einat Pinsker
Dr. Kira Purdon and David Hess
Erica Resnick
Judy and Bennet Schonfeld
Sarah ’06 and Evan Schonfeld ’06
Karen Secular and Doron Grosman
Ella and Michael Shaykevich
Tina and Kevin Shea
Bonnie and Michael Slobodien
Barbara and Dr. Eliot Spack
Mara and David Suskauer
Ayelet Teitelbaum ’98
Rabbi Eric Yaakov Traiger
Miriam Palmer-Sherman and Rabbi David Vaisberg
Mia Weinstein
Dr. Dayna and Lawrence Weintraub
Rachel and Zeev Weitz
Dina and Etan Wiesen
Jessica and Ari Wise
Tal and Jason Wolf
Lauren and Cory Zimmerman
Rachel and Leeor Zorel
Julie Zucker Krider ’95 and Greg Krider -
Alumni Giving
1977
Seth and Linda Reisberg
David and Pauline Schwartz1978
Bryan and Andrea Bier1979
Joseph and Robyn Bier1980
Sol and Debbie Kempinski1987
Atara Jacobson and Scott Bieber
Ian and Rachel Scheinmann
Rachel Schwarz and Marc Schiffman1988
Gil and Emily Raviv1989
Dr. Stacey Leibowitz and David Leibowitz1990
Jeffrey and Elizabeth Bier
Marsha and Philip Goldwasser
Robert Zucker1991
Doni and Joseph Glatt1992
Scott and Sarah Bier
Alan and Mindy Schall
David and Yvette Sharret
Eve and David Sorkin
Carrie Zucker Siegel and Jeff Siegel1993
Jamie Ostrow
Judith and David Weitz1994
Jeremy and Abbi Halpern
Ariel and Alisha Jacobs
Dr. Keren Lebeau and Aryeh Lebeau1995
Sarah Allen
Jennifer Brown
Rabbi Jason Herman
Jon and Kim Kushner
Andrea and Joshua Sherman
Julie Zucker Krider and Greg Krider1996
Jason and Leslie Ben'Ous
Dania and Zev Berkowitz
Rena Leeds
Elke and Matthew Luftig
Marc Majzner
Joel and Shushi Mizrahi
Amelia and Cory Perlstein1997
Rachel and Robert Fink
Shulamit and Adam Herbert
Michelle and Daniel Jacobs
Eitan Melamed and Sophie Milrom
Jonathan and Arielle Saposh
Mindy and Alan Schall1998
Lawrence and Melissa Elbaum
Samuel Freeman
Reisha and Michael Goldman
Gregory and Jocelyn Klar
Barry and Jacqueline Levine
Ayelet Teitelbaum1999
Andrew Joseph
David and Dr. Courtney Pantirer
Samuel and Lisa Seiden2000
Merisa and Asher Fink
Craig Guttenplan
Zachary Isaacs
Rachel and Konrad Konik
Tamir Lance
Joshua and Rachel Reisberg2001
Rena and Matt Abrams
Julia Bressman
Jordan and Pamela Davis
Nataliya Dragoman
Sara and Brett Fieldston
Lili and Scott Jacobson
Blair Kaminsky
Lisa Kasdan
Jocelyn and Gregory Klar
Evan and Lindsay Majzner
Marc and Shana Pantirer
Rabbi Justin and Tali Pines
Dr. Sara Rabin-Havt and Raphael Rabin-Havt
Shana Rubin
Liora Tarlowe2002
Gary Finkler and Aviva Braun-Finkler
Pamela and Jordan Davis
Joshua and Tara Kipnees
Rabbi Jesse Olitzky and Andrea Olitzky2003
Jonathan and Shira Dulberg
Richard and Vicki Fulop
Samuel Kallus
Tara and Joshua Kipnees
Tara Lloyd2004
Daniel Bellehsen
Yasmin Deshe and Ben Cheft
Sarah and Perry Glickman
Samuel Kopolovich
Jody and Mike Lurie
Maxwell Oshman and Jessica Reisberg2005
Zachary and Heather Bier
Emily Fatakhov
Aviva and Elliot Feldman
Sally and Mark Friedman
Risa Gordon and Dr. Jason Gordon
Melissa Hutter
Alison and Stephen Kramer
Miriam Langer
Sophie Milrom and Eitan Melamed
Dr. Hillary Moore and Dr. Ryan Moore
Daniel and Aylah Winter2006
Benjamin and Stephanie Akselrad
Michelle Appelbaum
Beth and Jared Balavram
Zachary Berenzweig
Scott Cohen
Ayelet Davids
Jenni and Dr. Jonathan Friedman
Jonathan and Nicki Izak
Jaime Levy
Neil Newman
Jessica Reisberg and Max Oshman
Ariel Schneider
Sarah and Evan Schonfeld
Amy Winiker Forrest and Andrew Forrest2007
Whitney Gruhin
Jessica and Alon Mass
Elliot and Michelle Pines
Alanna and Jason Steinberg
Mrs. Haley Vogel
Travis Weiss and Suzanna Grobman2008
Dr. Adam Butensky
Arielle and Matt Kuzdral
Rebecca and Ethan Lillianthal2009
Dr. Michael and Shelby Bier
Arielle Herzberg
Ilana Herzberg
Jodi Levin
Julie Reisberg2010
Ethan Berenzweig
Aaron Blady
Jessica Bramnick Amir
Ev Friedman
Gideon Grossman
Scott Hanauer
Sydney Kempler
Jolie and Zachary Marx
Naomi and Dr. Greg Mullen
Ian Stanford2011
Jessica Bielski Akhavan
Stephanie and Robb Blum
Philip Nydick and Dani Hauser2012
Mindy Fliegelman Marcus
Joshua Pearlstein2013
Julia Balter
Allyson Bramnick
Talia Brickman
Rachel and Max Cardin
Eli K. Cehelyk
Craig and Talia Epstein
Jessica Hutter
Maya and Elan Meltzer
Gloria and Matthew Meshberg
Aaron Nessel
Daniella Portal
Samuel Rubinstein
Rafaella Schor
Jesse Stricof
Benjamin Susskind
Naomi Wilimovsky
Gabrielle Wolberger2014
Zachary Broder
Mira Davis and Max Gelman
Emma Glickman
Sayde Slobodien2015
Sion Aronoff
Abigail Bilmes
Hannah Cohen
Talia and Craig Epstein
Dana Halpern
Jessica Heller
Harris Mevorah
Noah Pearlstein
Jordan Schenker
Jonathan Wingens2016
Rachel and Ben Plotnick
Andrew Schwartz
Harrison Slobodien
Rachel Slobodien
Benjamin Soudry2017
Lindsay Biebelberg
Emily Binstein
Talia Feldman
Shira Kalet
Joshua Schuman2018
Etai Barash
Alexander Beigelman
Rachel Berger
Iris Berman
Corey Blum
Sarah Cehelyk
Liora Finkel
Maya Freedman
Jacob Halpern
Sophia Heimowitz
Faye Hochberg
Elizabeth Irwin
Avital Kessler-Godin
Rebecca Landau Shuster
Aryeh Lande
Jordan Mayor
Benjamin Moses
Alex Moskowitz
Aaron Pearlstein
Samuel Russo
Anna Shpilsky2019
Michelle Bilmes
Dena Feldman
Aytan Geschwind
Madeline Herman
Fanya Hoffman
Stefanie Siegel
Alana Wernick
David Wingens2020
Assaf Arieh
Joshua Berger
Logan Biebelberg
Jonah Bieber
Benjamin Gutstein
Allyson Landau
Ethan Landau
Nadav Soudry2021
David Benvent
Yakira Kress
Michael Lurie
Danielle Mevorah
Matthew Saperstein
Maya Soudry2022
Ozzie Landy
Emily Schall2024
Emilia Lebeau
Zachary Siegel2025
Austin Colm
Solomon Langer
Sophie Schall
Lilly WiseFormer Students
Keith Heller
Daniel and Jane Och
Susan Och and Cantor Brian Kalver
Charles and Suzanne Berman
Sarah and Yuval Brokman
Dr. Jennifer Hirsch and Eric Reimer
Rabbi Paula Rose
Julie and Jonathan Schwartz
Eric and Danielle Sharret
Kenneth and Jillian Tarlowe
Elana Wilf Tanzman and Brett Tanzman
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