MERCAZ USA Newsletter — Winter 2005-2006

Dr. Ismar Schorsch, New York, NY
Chancellor, JTS

Rabbi Vernon Kurtz, Highland Park, IL
President, MERCAZ USA/MERCAZ Olami
Jewish Agency Board of Governors

Rabbi Jerome Epstein, New Rochelle, NY
Exec VP, USCJ; JAFI Board of Governors

Mordechai Greenspan, Oceanside, NY
President, USY; NATIV 25

Rabbi Perry Raphael Rank, Syosset, NY
Pres, RA; VP, MERCAZ USA

Gloria B. Cohen, Smithtown, NY
Pres, WLCJ; VP, MERCAZ USA

Rabbi Charles E. Simon, New York, NY
Exec Dir, FJMC; MERCAZ Exec Ctte

Matthew Earne, New York, NY
JTS Rab. Sch., NATIV 14, MERCAZ Exec

Cantor Steven Stoehr, Northbrook, IL
Pres, CA; MERCAZ Exec Ctte

Rabbi Bradley S. Artson, Los Angeles, CA
Dean, Ziegler School; MERCAZ Board

Rabbi Alan Silverstein, West Caldwell, NJ
Pres, Masorti Olami; MERCAZ Board

Jesse Olitzky, North Brunswick, NJ
Past Pres, USY; JTS-Columbia Program

Dr. Raymond B. Goldstein, Rochester, MN
Pres-Elect, USCJ; MERCAZ Exec Ctte

Dr. Marilyn L. Wind, Bethesda, MD
VP, MERCAZ USA; Co-Chair, Election Ctte

Rabbi Richard Hammerman, Toms River, NJ
Co-Chair, Elect. Ctte; MERCAZ Exec

Penina Podwol, Los Angeles, CA
Ziegler Rab. Sch., MERCAZ Board

Mark F. Samuels, Sherman Oaks, CA
Treas., MERCAZ; Past Pres, USCJ PacSW

Stephen S. Wolnek, Port Washington, NY
VP, MERCAZ USA; Past Pres, USCJ

Stephen Steckler, Brookeville, MD
VP, FJMC; VP, MERCAZ USA

Micah Peltz, New York, NY
Rosh Edah, Ramah WI; JTS Rab. School

Rabbi Alvin K. Berkun, Pittsburgh, PA
Vice-Pres, RA; MERCAZ Exec Ctte

Bernice Balter, Riverdale, NY
Exec Dir, WLCJ; MERCAZ Exec Ctte

Dr. Robert Braitman, Dover, MA
Pres, FJMC; VP, MERCAZ USA

Eytan Hammerman, New York, NY
JTS Rab. Sch., NATIV 14, MERCAZ Exec

Glenn S. Easton, Chevy Chase, MD
President, NAASE

Morton M. Steinberg, Highland Park, IL
President, Nat'l Ramah Commission

Robert S. Rifkind, New York, NY
Chair, Schechter Institute, MERCAZ Bd

Arie J. Hasit, Cherry Hill, NJ
BA Harvard, KOACH Intern, MERCAZ Bd

Rabbi Robert R. Golub, New York, NY
Executive Director, MERCAZ USA

Evelyn Seelig, Jericho, NY
Past Pres, MERCAZ USA; JAFI BOG

Judith G. Yudof, Austin, TX
Pres, USCJ; VP, MERCAZ USA

Elisheva Kaiser-Blueth, New York, NY
JTS-Columbia Program, NATIV 21

David Lissy, Westport, CT
Exec Dir, Masorti Foundation

Dr. Howard Rosenblatt, Wynnewood, PA
Past Pres, JEA; MERCAZ Exec Ctte

Janet Tobin, Great Neck, NY
Past Pres, WLCJ; MERCAZ Exec Ctte

Rabbi Michael Safra, Rockville, MD
Cong. Bnai Israel, MERCAZ Board

Robert B. Levine, Teaneck, NJ
Chair, AZM; VP, JNF; MERCAZ Board

Rabbi Michael B. Greenbaum, Teaneck, NJ
Vice-Chancellor, JTS; MERCAZ Exec Ctte

Jacqueline Saltz, Oxnard, CA
Chair, Proj. Rec.; Past Pres, USCJ PacSW

Adam M. Rosenthal, New York, NY
JTS Rab. School, MERCAZ Board

Rabbi Joel H. Meyers, White Plains, NY
Exec. VP, RA; WZO Executive; JAFI BOG

Rabbi Charles E. Savenor, New York, NY
Ass't Dean, JTS Rab. Sch.; VP, MERCAZ

Sandra G. Myers, Bethesda, MD
Sec'y, MERCAZ; Israel Affairs Chair, WLCJ

Daniel M. Hochbaum, Islandia, NY
Israel Affairs VP, USY; NATIV 25

Elana Gershen Finkelstein, Oakland, NJ
Chair, Aliyah Ctte; MERCAZ Exec Ctte

Cantor Stephen J. Stein, Akron, OH
Exec. VP, CA; MERCAZ Board

Alan H. Silberman, Glencoe, IL
Pres-Elect, Masorti Olami; MERCAZ Exec

Leor Sinai, New York, NY
JTS Rab. School; Israel Chair; MERCAZ Bd

Norman I. Kurtz, Buffalo Grove, IL
Exec. VP, FJMC; MERCAZ Board

Elizabeth Pressman, Lexington, MA
Proj. Rec. Exec Ctte; VP, USCJ

Dr. Charles T. Mann, Setauket, NY
Senior VP, Nat. Ramah Commission

Joshua S. Ackerman, Dallas, TX
BA Rutgers, Conservative Yeshiva

Jules A. Gutin, Teaneck, NJ
Director of Youth Activities, USCJ

Rabbi Gilah Dror, Hampton, VA
Rodef Sholom Temple; Fin. Sec'y, RA

Philip Rosenbaum, Los Angeles, CA
Past Pres., FJMC Western Region

Rabbi Harry Pell, New York, NY
Schechter H S Fellow, MERCAZ Bd

Irma F. Megiddo, Forest Hills, NY
Editor, AMTON; MERCAZ Board

Sandy Starkman, Highland Park, IL
VP, AZM-Chicago, MERCAZ Board

Scott H. Kaplan, Atlanta, GA
MERCAZ Exec Ctte; Past Pres, USCJ S-East

Shira Kurtz, New York, NY
Psych Grad School, Fairleigh Dickinson

Rabbi Matthew Simon, North Bethesda, MD
Past Pres, MERCAZ USA/MERCAZ Olami

Alan Ades, Longboat Key, FL
Past Pres, USCJ; MERCAZ Board

Jay Wiston, Boca Raton, FL
Treasurer, USCJ; MERCAZ Board

Chanan R. Golub, Arlington, VA
MERCAZ Board, NATIV 19

Andrew Cohen, Dallas, TX
Pres, Schechter Day School Assn

Ira Bartfield, Arlington, VA
E-Editor, FJMC; MERCAZ Exec

Gloria Bieler, Scarsdale, NY
Co-Chair, Masorti Foundation

Daniel Carmeli, Ithaca, NY
Cornell Univ.; MERCAZ Board

Franklin D. Kreutzer, Miami, FL
Past Pres, USCJ; MERCAZ Board

Gary E. Oren, Encino, CA
Ziegler Rab. School, MERCAZ Board

Richard Skolnik, Bellmore, NY
Past Pres, USCJ METNY; MERCAZ Board

Eitan Gutin, Teaneck, NJ
Past Pres, USY; Jewish Life, SRHS; NATIV 15

Rabbi Gordon Tucker, White Plains, NY
Hon. Chair, Masorti Fnd; MERCAZ Exec

Cantor Jack Chomsky, Columbus, OH
VP, Cantors Assembly; MERCAZ Board

Richard S. Moline, Northbrook, IL
Director, USCJ KOACH; MERCAZ Board

Yonit S. Golub, Washington, DC
CHAI Founder, JHU; MA Int'l Rel, SAIS

Dr. Elliot N. Dorff, Beverly Hills, CA
Rector, UJ; MERCAZ Board

Rabbi William H. Lebeau, New York, NY
Dean, JTS Rab. School; MERCAZ Board

Robert Hill, Newton, MA
Past President, NAASE

Avi-Yonah Schwab, Riverdale, NY
Rutgers Grad. Sch.; NATIV 15; MERCAZ Bd

Rabbi Adam Kligfeld, Monroe, NY
Past President, USY; NATIV 10

Temma Kingsley, Forest Hills, NY
Chair, USCJ Educ. Ctte; MERCAZ Board

Lewis J. Krulwich, Summit, NJ
Treas., Schechter Inst.; MERCAZ Board

Yaffa M. Garber, Chestnut Hill, MA
JTS-Barnard Joint Program

Rabbi Jeffrey A. Wohlberg, Washington, DC
Treasurer, RA; MERCAZ Board

Dr. Saul Shapiro, White Plains, NY
VP, USCJ Strategic Planning; MERCAZ Bd

Carol Simon, Tampa, FL
VP, WLCJ; MERCAZ Board

Andrew Van Bochove, Toms River, NJ
VP Social Action, USY; NATIV 25

Rabbi Steven Lindemann, Cherry Hill, NJ
Co-Chair, RA Israel Ctte; MERCAZ Exec

Scott Swirling, Gaithersburg, MD
Editor, FJMC Torchlight

Rabbi Arthur Lavinsky, Phoenix, AZ
Beth El Cong, MERCAZ Board

Lowell Aplebaum, Great Neck, NY
JTS Rab. School, NATIV 15

Julian M. Brook, Birmingham, AL
Pres, USCJ S-East; MERCAZ Board

Dr. Steve Huberman, Teaneck, NJ
Dir. Of Reg. Activities, USCJ

Melinda M. Kieffer, Weston, FL
Principal, Bnai Aviv; MERCAZ Board

Ezra Androphy, New York, NY
Activities Coordinator USY

Jane Pickus, Highland Park, IL
VP Chicagoland HS, SSDS-Chicago Board

Rabbi Harold J. Berman, Columbus, OH
Cong. Tifereth Israel; Sec'y, RA

Earl Greinetz, Encino, CA
Co-Chair, Masorti Foundation

Joshua P. Nason, Dallas, TX
Past Pres, USY; Cornell (‘08 class)

Cora Schneider, Harrisburg, PA
Torah Fund Chair, WLCJ

Richard W. Gray, Chestnut Hill, MA
FJMC Exec Ctte, Ramah N. England Board

Leslie Goldress, Monsey, NY
Treasurer, JEA

Rebecca B. Russo, Highland Park, IL
NATIV 23, KOACH Intern

Rabbi David B. Rosen, Bellaire, TX
Cong. Beth Yeshurun, RA Admin. Ctte

Sara K. Horowitz, New York, NY
Dean of Student Life, JTS

Rabbi Edward Bernstein, Pepper Pike, OH
Cong. Shaarey Tikvah, MERCAZ Board

Aliza Schlamowitz, Chicago, IL
Youth Director, NSSBE, Highland Park, IL

Mr. Harry Hauser, Centereach, NY
Executive Director, NAASE

Rabbi Michelle H. Fisher, Potomac, MD
Cong. Har Shalom, MERCAZ Board

Cantor Mark Kula, Miami, FL
CA Exec Board, MERCAZ Board

Julia Andelman, New York, NY
JTS Rab. School, Conservative Yeshiva

Rabbi Paul D. Schneider, Baltimore, MD
Past Pres, JEA; Krieger Schechter DS

Rabbi Robert L. Tobin, Westport, CT
The Cons. Synagogue, MERCAZ Board

James L. Schlesinger, Roslyn Estates, NY
USCJ Board, MERCAZ Board

Andrea Shelton, New York, NY
JTS-Columbia Program, KOACH Chair

Dr. Jerome Agrest, Northbrook, IL
Past President, FJMC

Rhonda J. Kahn, Teaneck, NJ
Dir. Public Information, WLCJ

Rabbi Shlomo Balter, Riverdale, NY
Cons. Syn Adath Israel, MERCAZ Board

Ezra Balser, Champlain, IL
York University, Project Reconnect

Dr. Judith Lax, Summit, NJ
VP, SSDS Assn; VP, USCJ; MERCAZ Board

Alan Weissman, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Pres, USCJ PacSW; Ziegler School Board

Phyllis Haas, Bala Cynwyd, PA
WLCJ Board, MERCAZ Exec Ctte

Charles Schwartz, Portland, OR
JTS Rab. School, NATIV 19

Miriam Suchoff, New City, NY
WLCJ Board, MERCAZ Board

Stuart Kaplan, Teaneck, NJ
Pres, FJMC Northern NJ Region

Evelyn Auerbach, Glen Rock, NJ
Past Pres, WLCJ; MERCAZ Board

Dena R. Bruss, Lexington, MA
Poli Sci, George Wash. Univ. (‘06 class)

Alice Greenfield, Sherman Oaks, CA
Consultant, USCJ PacSW; MERCAZ Bd

J.B. Mazer, Birmingham, AL
Past VP, USCJ; MERCAZ Board

Eugene D. Zinbarg, New York, NY
Past Pres, USCJ METNY; MERCAZ Bd

Andrea Wershof, New York, NY
Mt. Sinai Med School, NATIV 19

Barbara Schreiber, New City, NY
WLCJ Board, MERCAZ Board

Pauline Clements, Boca Raton, FL
MERCAZ Board, WZO Va'ad HaPoel

Renee B. Glazier, Newton, MA
Past VP, WLCJ; MERCAZ Bd

Randall Brown, New York, NY
MBA Bar-Ilan, JTS Educ. School

Dr. Avrum Israel Weinzweig, Skokie, IL
Past Pres, AZM-Chicago; MERCAZ Bd

Marjorie E. Saulson, Franklin, MI
Past Pres, USCJ Great Lakes; MERCAZ Bd

Rabbi Joel Levenson, Cherry Hill, NJ
Temple Beth Sholom, Rosh Edah Poconos

Joy Perla, Albertson, NY
Past Ass't Dir, USCJ METNY; Aliyah Ctte

Jack Topal, Belle Harbor, NY
USCJ, Masorti Olami and MERCAZ Bds

Rabbi Marc N. Liebhaber, Boca Raton, FL
Past Pres, Masorti Olami; MERCAZ Bd

Italics = Youth Delegate