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This Month's Donation Thank Yous + Birthday Acknowledgements


November Donations + December Birthdays

We are pleased to acknowledge the thoughtfulness and generosity of all donations in the past month to different funds at the JCA, and the tributes that have been offered to members, friends and family. Here is the list of donors for November 2024.


General Fund

Stephanie Silverman {in honor of Ezra Chase Parry's Bar Mitzvah}

Judith Souweine {in memory of Gerald Klass, father of Lisa Kent}

Marc Ladin {Thank you for the lovely Shabbat Service and Kiddush last week!}

Steve Levine {In honor of Randi Stein}


High Holidays

Jody Rosenbloom and Joel Kaminsky {in memory of Boris Wolfson and in celebration Haim Gunner's 100th birthday}


Rabbi's Discretionary Fund

Jeff Cohen {In honor of the 80th birthday of Joan Saperstan}

Jeff Cohen {For the 5th yahrzeit of Florence Cohen}

Jeff Cohen {For the 24th yartzheit of Leo Cohen}



We are pleased to acknowledge the community members who are celebrating birthdays this month!

If you have a birthday this month, but are not acknowledged here or did not receive a birthday postcard in the mail, it means we don't have your date of birth in our membership system. Please call or email the JCA office to update your information.


Happy birthday to all the JCA December Birthdays!

Catherine Alpert, Hannah Ballantine, Ruth Love Barer, Brian Bender, Yael Benvenuto-Ladin, Jeremiah Berlin, Hendrix Berry, Maya Bodhi, Brian Castriota, Yossi Charette, Madeleine Charney, Ariel Chase-Parry, Jaymie Chernoff, Candice Chouinard, Richard Cohen, Emaline Coler, Ted Diamond, Gavahn Dori Hacohen, Jesse Eisenheim, Robert Feldman, Eli Ferris, Jesse Ferris, Ellie Flint, Emmett Flint, Jonathan Fogelson, Zack Forray, Jared Franzman, David Gamliel, Avi Gladstone, David Glassberg, Solomon Goldstein-Rose, Rachael Goren, David Gottsegen, Jennifer Greene, Rachel Hall, Sydney Heller, Emily Huber, Ruth Kane-Levit, Rob Kibler, Talya Kingston, Christopher Klimmek, Rachel Klopfer, Kathryn Lachman, Karen Lavender, Lee Levi-Nielsen, Melanie Lewis, Ella Maier, Danielle Margalit, Azrael Mentin-Chamble, Callie Offner, Ellen Pashall, Emily Porter, Monroe Rabin, Jim Richardson, Susan Richardson, Michelle Risch, Joan Saperstan, Kate Schmeiser, Abby Seltzer, Matthew Seltzer, Tamar Shadur, Jamie Sharken, Gabriel Sommers, Judith Souweine, Anika Theis, Susan Thomas, Ethan Todras Whitehill, Rachel Vigderman, Marianne Wald, Benjamin Weiner, Robert Weitzman, Ronnie Williams, Raphael Wise, Benjamin Wolfson, Susan Zarchin

October Donations + November Birthdays

We are pleased to acknowledge the thoughtfulness and generosity of all donations in the past month to different funds at the JCA, and the tributes that have been offered to members, friends and family. Here is the list of donors for October 2024.


General Fund

Devora Jacobson and Margaret Mastrangelo {in memory of Chana Baron, mother of JCA member Donna Baron and her husband Steven Silvern and their son and in memory of Goldie Miller, mother of JCA member Martin, his wife Brenda and their children}

Shelly Krems {In appreciation to Rabbi Weiner for conducting the unveiling ceremony for my wife, Margie Krems, and for all of his help along the way}

Bert Schwarz

Donna Baron & Steven Silvern {in memory of Chana Baron}

Donna Baron & Steven Silvern {in honor of Rabbi Weiner}

Marilyn and Jeff Blaustein {In appreciation of the kindness and attention Marilyn received from the Chesed Committee after her accident and recuperation. Also in memory of our loved ones.}

Elinor Levine and Scott Nielsen {for the honor of being called to the Torah for an Aliyah}


High Holidays

Anne Hartheimer

Jayne Eve Palmer {In honor of this community, despite my difficulty in actually getting to shul. In memory of sister Lyn.}

Jean Krogh and Bob Solosko


Rabbi's Discretionary Fund

Janet Bordwin {In honor of my son Charlie Kannel's wedding to Arden Kreeger.  And in honor of my son and DIL Ethan and Rebecca Kannel's birth of their 2nd daughter Sophia Rose, joining 21 month old big sister Madelyn Paige.}

Jeff Cohen {in memory of Jackie Pack}

Carole and Les May, Ilana May Beigel {in memory of Joshua May}

Lisa Pack Kirschenbaum {in memory of Jackie Pack Segal on the first yortazeit}

Lisa Pack Kirschenbaum {in memory of Catherine Nagel's mother, Claire}

Lisa Pack Kirschenbaum {in memory of Felicia Mednik's mother, Miriam}

Lisa Pack Kirschenbaum {in honor of Ezra Chase- Perry becoming a Bar Mitzvah! Mazel tov}

Jeff Cohen {in memory of Catherine Nagel's mother, Claire}

Andy and Sharon Magin {In appreciation of Rabbi Weiner marrying our daughter and son in-law}



We are pleased to acknowledge the community members who are celebrating birthdays this month!

If you have a birthday this month, but are not acknowledged here or did not receive a birthday postcard in the mail, it means we don't have your date of birth in our membership system. Please call or email the JCA office to update your information.



Happy birthday to all the JCA November Birthdays!

Sophie Acker, Jay Alpert, Mika Black, Patience Bousel, Faye Brady, Robert Brandt, Elena Butler, Moira Clingman, Austin Cohen, Leona Coler, Rivka Cooper, Audrey Davis-Brand, Christine Denison Bloom, Robin Diamond, Korrenne Dori Hacohen, Joyce Duncan, Nitya Eisenheim, Eve Eisman, Charlotte Elizabeth Falk, Richard Fein, Sarah Feldman, Richard Fogelson, Zacai Fogelson, Philippe Galaski, Miriam Gladstone, Elizabeth Goodlaxson Levy, MaryAnn Grim, Megan Gross, Nancy Grossman, Davida Hall, Carol Holzberg, Myles Jacobson, Leah Kalman, Carol Kaminsky, Charles Kannel, Joseph Lande, Eden Levin, Zion Mentin-Chamble, Aaron Miller, Brenda Miller, Martin Miller, Peter Mishkin, Aleah Nesteby, Tovah Nesteby Delprete, Ariel Nusbaum, Alan Peterfreund, Tevah Rose, Jamie Rowen, Austin Sarat, Lydia Sawyer, Sara Schley, Theodore Slovin, Ada Spitzer, Martie Stothoff, Zoe Tessler, Joshua Tetenbaum, Sarah Thomson, Elizabeth Trobaugh, Sharon Vardatira, Jane Wald, Shoshana Weiner, Shoshana Weiner, Chaia Wolf, Joshua Wolfsun, Fay Zipkowitz




September Donations + October Birthdays

We are pleased to acknowledge the thoughtfulness and generosity of all donations in the past month to different funds at the JCA, and the tributes that have been offered to members, friends and family. Here is the list of donors for September 2024.

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General Fund

Leonard Lubinsky and Marian Solomon Lubinsky {in memory of Robert Solomon father of Marian Solomon Lubinsky}

Nathan and Pearl-Anne Margalit {in honor of Frieda Howards and Haim Gunner's 100th birthdays}

Susan Caren {In memory of Joshua Benjamin May — to Carole and Les May and family: with deepest condolences of the passing of your beloved son}

Miriam and Bob Drukman {in memory of Josh May}

Renee and Charles Siegel {in memory of Josh May}


Cemetery Fund

Kitty and Ken Talan {in memory of Ken Bernstein‘s brother, Roger}


Rabbi's Discretionary Fund

Kitty and Ken Talan {in memory David Levit’s brother, Harry}

Rachel Magin and Daniel Corkran {in honor of Rabbi Ben performing their wedding ceremony}


High Holiday Donations

Aaron Kropf in honor of Allen and Rita Kropf
Aaron Young
Alex Lopez
Alison Myra Ozer in memory of Ruth and Abe Ozer
Amita Jarmon in honor of Natalie Jarmon
Avraham Harris in honor of Lily Harris
Carole and Les May in honor of Rabbi Winer
Caroline Mazel-Carlton
Carolyn יעל Provine in memory of Caroline & Jakob Meyer
Chip Konowitz and Sujata Rege Konowitz
Daniel Magin
Deborah Jai Levy in honor of Sondra Levy
Deborah Sacon in memory of Leonard Sacon
Diane Gnepp in honor of Our children and our children’s’ children
Elan Moses
Eleanor Lin
Elizabeth and Leah Goodlaxson-Levy
Ellen Pashall
Ellis Family
Evelyn Aiello
Frank Aronson in memory of Pauline and Marshall Aronson
Heather Abel
Henry Lappen
Jaymie Chernoff
Jeff & Amy Kalman
Jill Kaufman in memory of Fran and Jack Kaufman
Jinny Savolainen in memory of Kaia Saffron Savolainen
Joanna and Gideon Morse in memory of Dorothy and Jacob Fagelman
Joanne Lancin
Jordan Menter
Karen Levine in memory of Rebecca and Larry Levine
Kate, Sam, Abbie, Josepj in memory of Mabel
Laura Roberts in memory of Mollie and George Weiner
Leah Berlin
Liana Sweeney
Linda & Daniel Reif in honor of Gabriel Reif & Ruth Swerdlow
Lisa Lipkin in memory of George Lipkin
Maital London-Levy in memory of Nathan and Lily London
Marilyn Fichman
Marilyn London-Ewing
Mark Phillips
Marty Kounitz
Michael Greenwald
Michelle Greston & Jeremy Korchak in memory of Memory of Wilma & Leo Greston
Mimi Farb in memory of Sidney Feshbach
Nancy Riemer and Larry Peltz in memory of Frieda Schwamenfeld
Nina Mankin in memory of Marion Marx
Nina Wishengrad
Peter Sterling in honor of Benjamin Weiner
Rachel Quimby and Ben Young in memory of Paige Williams
Richie Davis
Ruth P Moore in honor of Liz, Ellen and Jerry Rosenberg
Sandra Sulsky
Selina and Burt Woolf in honor of Hazzan Diana Brewer
Stephen and Beverly Woolf
Suzanne and Peter Spencer
Tamar Shadur in memory of Rafi Shadur
The Abel-Zucker Family
Wendy Foxmyn in honor of Amy Anaya

And 9 Anonymous donors




We are pleased to acknowledge the community members who are celebrating birthdays this month!

If you have a birthday this month, but are not acknowledged here or did not receive a birthday postcard in the mail, it means we don't have your date of birth in our membership system. Please call or email the JCA office to update your information.


Happy birthday to all the JCA October Birthdays!

Leah Berlin, Louis Berman, Alan Black, Saul Blain, Marilyn Blaustein, Anne Burton, Judith Davis, Miriam DeFant, Michal Ganz, Gabriel Gladstone, Judy Glaser, Diane Gnepp, Douglas Gnepp, Lena Goldman, Shelly Gottsegen, Jane Gronau, Levi Hahn, Dorise Heller, Josette Henschel, Daniel Ben Herman, Shayna Hesselgrave, Sam Hipschman, Ricky James, Maggie Kearney, Daniel Kent, Christopher Kingston, Edith Kliman, Callan Klimmek, Leon Klimmek, Eric Klopfer, Phoenix Ladin, Max Levheim, Jeremy Levine, Jonathan Lewis, Bri Maier, Adam Mazur, Jenna Miller, Daniel Miller-Grossman, Skye Nunke, Anne Nusbaum, Micah Nusbaum, Harley Parry, Susan Pepper Aisenberg, Joshua Polak, David Ratner, Keren Rhodes, Jody Rosenbloom, David Roud, Amy Sardinas, Samuel Schmeiser, Corey Sharken, Jacob Smalley, Lev Snir, Catherine Solomon, Irene Soulos, Lonna Steinberg, Aviva Strong, Amy Sweeting, Rory Sweeting, Tobi Sznajderman, Dyan Wiley, Marvin Wolf


August Donations and September Birthdays

We are pleased to acknowledge the thoughtfulness and generosity of all donations in the past month to different funds at the JCA, and the tributes that have been offered to members, friends and family. Here is the list of donors for August 2024.
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General Fund

Rachel Vigderman {in memory of her father, Louis Greenbaum}

The Family of Boris Wolfson {In gratitude to the JCA staff and community for the support and love shown after Boris's passing.}

Bert Schwarz

Mara and Harry Hahn {in memory of Boris Wolfson}

Laurence and Susanne Savett {in memory of Boris}

Sarah Cohen {in memory of H. George and Jean Cohen}

Susan Ritner and Sarah Neely {in memory of Normand Berlin and in honor of Barbara Berlin}

David Levit and Ruth Kane-Levit {in honor of Rabbi Weiner for the beautiful graveside service for Harry Levit, David's brother}

David Levit and Ruth Kane-Levit {in honor of Randi Stein for leading a lovely service at the Shiva for Harry Levit, David's brother}

David Levit and Ruth Kane-Levit {in honor of The Chevra Kadisha Committee for caring for and tending to the body of Harry Levit, David's brother}

David Levit and Ruth Kane-Levit {in honor of The Chesed Committee for their support at time of the death of Harry Levit, David's brother}

Scott Lerer

Tikkun Olam Fund

Kitty Talan {In honor of the birth of Azalea Abra new granddaughter of Amy Rothenberg and Paul Herscu}

Devorah Jacobson and Margaret Mastrangelo {Mazal tov to: Amy Rothenberg and Paul Herscu on the birth of their first grandchild, Azalea Abra Trahey Herscu, Judith Souweine on the marriage of her son Daniel Souweine to Emily Sachs, and to Robin and Ted Diamond on the marriage of their son Spencer to Hailey Dennis}


Rabbi's Discretionary Fund

Lisa Pack Kirschenbaum {Mazel Tov to Amy Rothenberg and Paul Herschel on the birth of their granddaughter Azalia}


Ritual Life Objects Fund

Allan Feldman {In memory of Lois Litt}


High Holiday Donations

Aaron & Patience Bousel

Alan Weiner in memory of Mollie and George Weiner

Alexis Brooks and Billy Spitzer in memory of Marvin Spitzer

Amy Mittelman  and Aaron berman  

Andra Rose in memory of Henry Rose

Anita Page  

Barbara & Gordon Freed  

Barbara & Michael Burkart in memory of Warren and Maralin Weinberg

Barbara and Ted Slovin  

Barbara Schaffer Bacon  

Bernie and Elissa Rubinstein in memory of our parents, Bella and Lou Rubinstein and Dorothy and Sidney Sway

Beverly and Stephen Woolf  

Bri Maier  

Caroline Raisler  

Catherine Madsen in memory of Ellen Bernstein

Charlotte and John Schechter  

Cheryl Zoll in honor of Rabbi Weiner's Leadership

Danielle Barshak & Oran Kaufman in memory of Ed and Regine Barshak and Enrique Kaufman

Dave Gottsegen in memory of Dr. Robert Abrams

David Glassberg and Lisa Kent in memory of Sol Glassberg

David Levit and Ruth Kane-Levit in memory of Harry Levit

David Rabinovitz & Jordene Hale in memory of Judy Hale

Dennis Rosen and Anne Krauss in honor of Granddaughter Esme Neve Rosen

Devorah Jacobson & Margaret Mastrangelo  in memory of Edith and Sanford Jacobson, Vincent Mastrangelo

Donna Baron and Steven Silvern  

Dorise Heller  

Dr. Steven Markow in memory of Auntie Helene Bernstien

Dunne Family  

Edie Emanuela Meidav in honor of Tsvi & Mae Meidav, Victor Menashe, Ellen Margron, Larry Bensky, Suzanne Levine

Elaine Walsh  in honor of Rabbi Weiner

Elana Klugman and Jeff Weston in honor of Sara Klugman's safe return from Israel and the bginning of her 4th year of Rabbinical School.

Eliezer Huber  

Elinor Levine & Scott Nielsen in memory of Ira A. Levine

Elizabeth and Ted Trobaugh in memory of Roberta and Irwin Berger

Ellen and Peter Berek  

Ellen and Rob Kaufman in honor of Dr Haim Gunner 100th Birthday

Elya Rowa  

Emily Bloch and Andrew Webster  

Emily Mentin-Chamble and Dwayne Chamble  in memory of Howard Mentin

Emmett Wald

Eric Weiss in honor of Martin and Helen Weiss

Fay Zipkowitz in memory of my parents Lee and Isadora Zipkowitz

Ferris-Lachman Family  

Gene and Eva Goldwater  

Guy Wood in honor of the JCA Board

Helena Donovan  

Hollie Kalkstein and Bob Weitzman in memory of all the loved ones we miss daily

In honor of High Holiday greeters, ushers, and parking lot staff, in appreciation of their service

Irene Eigner and Bill Simmons in memory of Harry and Selma Eigner

James and Jane Wald in memory of Max and Gerda Wald

Janet Bordwin  

Janet R. Potash in memory of Robert and Jeanne Potash

Jay and Catherine Alpert  

Jeffrey Cohen in memory of Serafina Lori Holder Webb

Jena and M.J. Schwartz in memory of the victims of October 7

Jennifer Whitehill  in memory of Susan Rattner Mendel

Jenny Kallick and Robert Bezucha in memory of Boris Wolfson

Jill Perzley Card in memory of William Perzley, Elaine Perzley, Richard Perzley

Jill Shulman  

Joan and Monroe Rabin in honor of Rabbi Weiner

Jody Rosenbloom & Joel Kaminsky in memory of Boris Wolfson

Jonathan & Melanie Lewis  

Judith Glaser in honor of Rabbi Weiner

Judith Souweine in memory of Jonathan Souweine

Judy Brodsky in memory of Art Brodsky

Karen Lavender in honor of Devorah Chajes

Kathryn Pollard  

Ken Bernstein, and, Father of Leah/Louie and Asa Parker-Bernstein in memory of My Dear Brother, Roger-Neil Bernstein

Kevin and Sallie Deans Lake in memory of Jonathan Souweine, Kristen E. Lake, Michael Chernoff and Anthony Otto

Kitty and Ken Talan  

Krista Harper & Michael Ash in memory of Rosalyn and Barney Ash

Levheim Family in honor of Rabbi Julia Speigel

Libby Arny  

Linda  McConnell in honor of Barbara Carey

Linda Mondschein  

Lisa Perlbinder & Tom Porter in memory of Grayce & Arnold Perlbinder

Lisa Thompson & Ellen Landis in memory of Donald Landis

Madeleine Charney and Rudy Perkins in honor of Kip Fonsh, JCA Executive Board

Marcia Plant Jackson in memory of Alfred L Plant, Kaaren Plant

Marty and Susan Pepper Aisenberg  

Marvin & Shelly Wolf  

Matthew Sadof and Mndy Domb  

Melanie S. Lewis and Whit Andrews in memory of Dr. Edmund and Marilyn Lewis

Merle & Rabbi Edward Feld in memory of Evelyn Zeleny

Michael Ash & Krista Harper in memory of Rosalyn and Barney Ash

Michael Bulman and Ronnie Janoff-Bulman  

Miriam DeFant and Rob Kibler in memory of Geri and Michael DeFant

Molly Jackson-Watts in honor of Rabbi Weiner, staff and volunteer leaders who keep our community running

Murray and Peggy Schwartz in honor of Our Family Home at 108 Lessey Street

Nancy and David Ratner in memory of Boris Wolfson

Nancy Cohen  

Nina and Donald Tetenbaum  

Peter Mishkin  

Rabbi Debra Kolodny  

Rachel Magin and Daniel Corkran  

Randi Stein  

Reiken family  

Rhonda Frankel-Fein and Richard Fein in honor of Rabbi Weiner

Robert Brandt and Joan Swerdlow-Brandt in honor of Rabbi Weiner

Robert Horowitz and Catherine Nagel in honor of the JCA Ne'imah Band and musical programing

Robert Kumin and Amy Shulman in memory of Abraham Lyon, Jean and Jack Shulman, Norma and Mike Kumin

Robert Samet  

Robin and Ted Diamond  

Ruby Schmerling in memory of Dror Shmerling

Ruth and Howard smith  

Ruth Love Barer in honor of my grandson Milo Adam Cohen

Sarah Durham & Craig Winer  

Sarah Thomson in honor of the founders and early members of the JCA

Sharon Weizenbaum in memory of Joseph Weizenbaum

Shelah Bloom  

Shelly Krems  

Shiri Dori-Hacohen  

Susan & Jim Richardson in memory of Anna, Jack, Murry & Rachel Frankel

Susan Hogan in memory of Harvey siegel

Susan Zarchin in honor of Or rather appreciation of the JCA leadership and the community

Talia Goldwasser  

Talya Kingston  

The Brady Family  

The Robison Family  

The Schneider Family  

The Turner Family in memory of Barbara Neidich

Thelma Fenster in memory of Moe and Lillian Fenster

Theo Peierls in memory of Marilyn and Harold Berkowitz

Tobi Sznajderman and Joel Harris in honor of All the people who run the show at JCA

And 8 Anonymous donors


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We are pleased to acknowledge the community members who are celebrating birthdays this month!

If you have a birthday this month, but are not acknowledged here or did not receive a birthday postcard in the mail, it means we don't have your date of birth in our membership system. Please call or email the JCA office to update your information.


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Happy birthday to all the JCA September Birthdays!


Jonah Allaben, Thomas Andrews, Libby Arny, Ezekiel Ash, Jeremy Blaustein, Kaelyn Brunton, Macy Bryer-Charette, Elliot Burkart, Devorah Chajes, Aaron Clayton-Dunn, Ilana Cohen, Tani Cohen, Uri Cohen, Brian Dunne, Ruth Dunne, Noah Ferris, Kip Fonsh, Jeanie Forray, Burt Franzman, Rosa Friedman, Sheldon Goldman, Talia Goldwasser, Jonah Goren-Watts, Karen Helfer, Sophie Herscu, Benjamin Kingston, Aleeza Kropf, Sora Ladin, Pam Lavender, Rio Lavender, Ethan Lebowitz, Lisa Levheim, Pedro Levy, Leslie Lorber, Sophie Maier, Talia Meir, Nathan Mondschein, Jacob Mooney, Steven Palatt, Marian Parker, Marty Pepper Aisenberg, Mara Priestly, Chana Rabinovitz, David Rabinovitz, Benjamin Rehorka, Leah Roth-Howe, M.J. Schwartz, Amy Shulman, Miel Snir, Yedod Snir, Jonah Sommers, Claire Spencer, Richard Tessler, Kailey Tobin, Zoe Weizenbaum, Aza Wolfwood

July Donations and August Birthdays

We are pleased to acknowledge the thoughtfulness and generosity of all donations in the past month to different funds at the JCA, and the tributes that have been offered to members, friends and family. Here is the list of donors for July 2024.



General Fund

Eddie & Merle Feld {in honor of Haim Gunner}

Eddie & Merle Feld {in honor of Diana Brewer}

Ruth & Howard Smith {in memory of Boris Wolfson}

Havurat HaEmek {in honor of the generosity of the JCA in loaning us siddurim}

Stephanie Sandler and Austin Sarat {in memory of Boris Wolfson}

Linda Mondschein {in honor of Gloria and Sy Mondschein Yahrzeits}

Leslie Lorber {in memory of Boris Wolfson}

Jill Roberts {in honor of the yahrzeit of Peter Salzman}

Barbara Black {in honor or Barbara Shaffer and Roger Bacon}

Marc, Bri, Ella, Max and Sophie Maier {In honor of  Ruth Love. Thank you so much for everything you did to support our family, most especially Ella, throughout the Bnai Mitzvah process. You are an incredible educator and we’re so grateful to you.}

Marc, Bri, Ella, Max and Sophie Maier {In honor of  Melissa and the entire kitchen crew, much gratitude for preparing a beautiful community Kiddush in honor of Ella’s Bat Mitzvah.    


Tikkun Olam Fund

Amy Rothenberg {in honor of the arrival of Azalea Abra Trahey Herscu, daughter of Sophia Doris Herscu and Alex Trahey, granddaughter of Amy Rothenberg & Paul Herscu}


Rabbi's Discretionary Fund

Marc, Bri, Ella, Max and Sophie Maier {In honor of Rabbi Weiner, in appreciation for his support and guidance during Ella’s Bat Mitzvah}


Additional Energy Fund Donations

Reva and Scott Novey {in honor of Susan Marcus}

People's Bank


We are pleased to acknowledge the community members who are celebrating birthdays this month!

If you have a birthday this month, but are not acknowledged here or did not receive a birthday postcard in the mail, it means we don't have your date of birth in our membership system. Please call or email the JCA office to update your information.


Happy birthday to all the JCA August Birthdays!

Lisa Ades, Clay Ballantine, Nasia Benvenuto-Ladin, Ellen Berek, Aaron Berman, Lily Blain, Jeffrey Blaustein, Annique Boomsma, Emily Boutilier, Karen Burkart, Ezra Chase-Parry, Mallorie Chernin, Samuel Cohen, Jordan Diamond, Dvora Eisenstein, Keta Fogelson, Judi Fonsh, Ezra Fradkin, Jasper Fradkin, Deborah Galaski, Samuel Gladstone, Asher Green, Eleanor Green, Mason Green, Lisa Greenbaum, Michael Greenwald, Nina Hirshberg, Alexandra Hoffman, Karen Hoffman, Marcia Jackson, William Jackson, Barbara Jenkins, Oran Kaufman, Shira Kaufman, Oren Klopfer, Benna Kropf, Joseph Lake, Ella Levin, Rebecca Levit, Melanie Lewis, Eliana Lippa, Agho Mankin, Tabari Mann, Anna Markus, Adin Maynard, Margaret McLaren, Jennifer Michelson, Isabelle Mondschein, Robert Naiman, Scott Nielsen, Maddy Offner, Lisa Perlbinder, Linda Rauch, Arlyn Reiken, Andra Rose, Deborah Rosenbloom, Elya Manah Rowa, Bernard Rubinstein, Jack Ryan-Ackerman, Avi Schwartzer, Emmajoy Shulman-Kumin, Anna Sobel, Milo Sobel, Daniel Souweine, Isaac Souweine, Suzanne Spencer, August Spitzer, Shira Stothoff, Joan Swerdlow-Brandt, Catherine Talan, Kenneth Talan, Joan Temkin, Hannah Trobaugh, Daniel Valitt, Amanda Walling, Efraim Weinbarber, James Young


June Donations + July Birthdays

We are pleased to acknowledge the thoughtfulness and generosity of all donations in the past month to different funds at the JCA, and the tributes that have been offered to members, friends and family. Here is the list of donors for June 2024.


General Fund

Lewis and Caden Mainzer {in honor of Adam Vigderman, son of Rachel and Robert Vigderman, on his Bar Mitzvah}

Rachel Quimby and Ben Young {in memory of Boris Wolfson}

Paul Charters and Family {in memory of Boris Wolfson}

Kathleen F Parthé {in memory of Boris Wolfson}

Merle and Eddie Feld {in memory of Boris Wolfson}

Barbara and Michael Burkart {in memory of Boris Wolfson}

Rachel Vigderman {in memory of Boris Wolfson}

Jeffers Engelhardt and Triin Vallaste  {in memory of Boris Wolfson}

Nicola Courtright  {in memory of Boris Wolfson}

Cintra Pollack {in memory of Boris Wolfson}

George and Susanne Timmerman {in memory of Boris Wolfson}

Catherine Madsen, Sarah Thompson, and Joe Boucher {in honor of Haim Gunner's 100th birthday}

Ken Schoen {in memory of Boris Wolfson}

Dale Peterson {in loving memory of Boris Wolfson}

Michael and Gail Perlman {in honor of Haim Gunner's 100th birthday!}

Fred, Betsy, and Rachel Lawful {in honor of Haim Gunner's 100th Birthday}

Caryn Roll and Richard Kirsch {in honor of Haim Gunner on the occasion of his 100th birthday}

Gershon and Daniella Stark


Education Fund

Jonathan Bass {in memory of Boris Wolfson}

Devorah Jacobson and Margaret Mastrangelo {Mazal tov to Frieda Howard and Chaim Gunner on their 100th birthdays}

Janis and Steve Wolkenbreit {in memory of Boris Wolfson}

Andrea Sims {in memory of Boris Wolfson}

Monda and Sonia Halpern {in honor of Dr. Haim Gunner in honour of his 100th birthday!}


Tikkun Olam Fund

Barton Byg {in memory of Boris Wolfson, with condolences to family and friends}

Ken and Kitty Talan {in honor of Haim Gunner}


World Jewish Concerns

Devorah Jacobson and Margaret Mastrangelo {In honor of Mila Sherman becoming an endowed professor at UMASS}


Rabbi's Discretionary Fund

Morgan Terres and Lauren Harvey {in honor of Minnie's Upsherin}

Tobi, Michael and Marc Sznajderman, and Joel Harris, Elaine Witt and Jeannette Sznajderman {In honor of Rabbi Weiner, for his caring and thoughtful leadership during Suzanne Sznajderman's unveiling ceremony}

Jeff Cohen {in honor of Joan Saperstan}

Devorah Jacobson and Margaret Mastrangelo {in memory of Boris Wolfson}

Shirah and Jim Vollmer {in honor of Haim Gunner}


Cemetery Fund

Ken and Kitty Talan {in memory of Boris Wolfson}



We are pleased to acknowledge the community members who are celebrating birthdays this month!

If you have a birthday this month, but are not acknowledged here or did not receive a birthday postcard in the mail, it means we don't have your date of birth in our membership system. Please call or email the JCA office to update your information.


Happy birthday to all the JCA July Birthdays!


Reed Alper, Caleb Ballantine, Janet Bordwin, Robert Boutilier, Camilla Brewer, Jillian Diamond, Jacqueline Faison, Isla Ferris, Micah Franzman, Gerald Friedman, Natasha Friedman, Tyler Gladstone, Rachel Glassberg, Sylvia Goldman, Marina Goldman, Joel Greenbaum, Krista Harper, Jesse Harris, Hans Herda, Jennifer Holme, Jacob Holzberg-Pill, Lee Jennings, Jenny Kallick, Ari Klopfer, Nora Klotz, Kevin Lake, Maya Lavender, Mat Lebowitz, Charles Levi-Nielsen, Shana Levi-Nielsen, Katherine Lippa, Johanna Lippa, Gabriella Lippa, David Lippa, Richard Madowitz, Richard Michelson, Anita Page, Michael Pill, Miranda Reiken, Aiden Rhodes, Aviva Richardson, Josh Rose, Ilene Rosenfeld, Aurora Rowen Klimmek, Elissa Rubinstein, Aaron Rubinstein, Robert Samet, Aliya Schneider, Irv Seidman, Amira Shulman, Peter Spencer, Morgan Terres, Nina Theis, Althea Turner, Jeff Weston, Matthew Wolkenbreit, Janis Wolkenbreit


May Donations + June Birthdays

We are pleased to acknowledge the thoughtfulness and generosity of all donations in the past month to different funds at the JCA, and the tributes that have been offered to members, friends and family. Here is the list of donors for May 2024.



General Fund


Reva and Scott Novey

Jody Rosenbloom and Joel Kaminsky {in memory of Ellen Bernstein}

John Burruto {in honor of Sylvia Burruto}

Susan and Steve Marcus {in memory of Amy Anaya's father, Harold Portner}

Ken and Kitty Talan  {in memory of Amy Anaya's father, Harold Portner}

Judith Souweine {in honor of Frieda Howard's 100th birthday}

Jon Machta and Betsy Brooks {in memory of Erica Loeb Kestyn}

Bert Schwarz

Susan Zarchin {in honor of the 100th birthdays of Chaim Gunner and Frieda Howards}

Rachel and Bob Vigderman {in honor of Mila Sherman becoming an endowed Professor}

Sandy Sulsky {With thanks to Ruth Love Barer, for your empathy and kindness leading a shiva minyan for my brother}

Barbara Schaffer Bacon {in honor of Frieda Howards on the occasion of her 100th birthday}

Ken and Kitty Talan {Celebrating Amy Rothenberg‘s healing}

Linda Nober {in memory of the Nober Family} 



Tikkun Olam Fund

Ken and Kitty Talan {in honor of Frieda Howard's 100th birthday on May 8th}

Susan Zarchin {in honor of Devorah Jacobson's birthday}


World Jewish Concerns

Judith Souweine {in honor of Haim Gunner's 100th birthday}


Rabbi's Discretionary Fund

Jeff Cohen {in memory of the yahrzeit of Meir Kirschenbaum}

Barbara Burkart {in memory of her mother, Maralin Weinberg}

Jon Machta and Betsy Brooks {in honor of Haim Gunner's 100th birthday}

Lisa Pack Kirschenbaum {in honor or the yortzeit of her beloved husband Michael Kirschenbaum}

Jeff Cohen {in memory of Noah Benjamin Pack Miller}

Lisa Pack Kirschenbaum {in honor of the yortzeit of Peter Salzman, may his memory be for a blessing}

Jeff Cohen {in memory of Noah Benjamin Pack Miller}


We are pleased to acknowledge the community members who are celebrating birthdays this month!

If you have a birthday this month, but are not acknowledged here or did not receive a birthday postcard in the mail, it means we don't have your date of birth in our membership system. Please call or email the JCA office to update your information.


Happy birthday to all the JCA June Birthdays!

Aaron Bousel, Alex Hirshberg, Aliza Fogelson, Allen Davis, Anne Krauss, Anthony Burton, Ari Addes, Ava Greenbaum, Aviva Okun, Barbara Slovin, Benjamin Israel, Benjamin Lake, Bob Bezucha, Catherine Madsen, Dale Schwarz, Dalia Strohmeidav, David Greenbaum, David Piech, Diana Brewer, Eden Polak, Elaine Walsh, Eliyanah Shoshanah, Elsie Fetterman, Eric Sommers, Evan Grabell, Evan Bollinger, Felicia Mednick, Gaius Turner, Guy Wood, Haim Gunner, Hannah Weitzman, Jacob Goldman, Jacqueline Katz, Jason Offner, Jeffrey Mazur, Jessica Bulman, Jill Shulman, Jill Roberts, Joan Rabin, Joey Levin, Jonah Spitzer, Jonah Scudere-Weiss, Jonathan Kliman-Hernandez, Judith Loischild, Katherine Vorwerk Feldman, Larissa Chernock, Leah Parker-Bernstein, Linda Reif, Margot Goldberg, Minnie Terres, Miriam Goren-Watts, Nancy Simons, Nina Mentin, Norman Brown, Richard Pivirotto, Rob Okun, Robert Horowitz, Ruby Schmerling, Samuel Kalman, Sarah Cohen, Seth Blaustein, Sharon Weizenbaum, Shiri Dori-Hacohen, Solomon Thorrick, Sophia Normark, Sophie Bousel, Wyatt Man, Zvi Rozen

April Donations + May Birthdays

We are pleased to acknowledge the thoughtfulness and generosity of all donations in the past month to different funds at the JCA, and the tributes that have been offered to members, friends and family. Here is the list of donors for April 2024.


General Fund

Sherry and Art Hyman {in memory of Erika Kestyn, daughter of Karen and John Loeb, with sincere condolences)

Janet Potash Potash {in memory of Jeanne Potash and Philip Louis Potash}

Pearl Ann and Nathan Margalit {in memory of Allen Kropf - a wonderful mentsh!}

Jeff Rothenberg and Sarah Feldman>

Rabbi's Discretionary Fund

Halina Rothstein


We are pleased to acknowledge the community members who are celebrating birthdays this month!

If you have a birthday this month, but are not acknowledged here or did not receive a birthday postcard in the mail, it means we don't have your date of birth in our membership system. Please call or email the JCA office to update your information.


Happy birthday to all the JCA May Birthdays!

Danyel Addes, Arnie Alper, Leah Alper, Sarah Alper, Kyla Amick, Michael Ash, Danielle Barshak, Adi Bemak, Lani Bemak, Gabriel Benvenuto-Ladin, Gail Black, Peter Blain, Seth Blain, Gabriel Bodhi, Simon Bousel, Mike Brady, Alexis Brandt, Judah Busacker, Kyle Busacker, Rebecca Clingman, Mindy Domb, Helena Donovan, Ella Dunne, James Dunne, Joan Epstein, Addie Gamliel, Daniel Glassberg, Leah Goodlaxson Levy, Eliza Gouverneur, Peter Grabell, Adam Gundersheim, Eden Hahn, Jordene Hale, Lauren Harvey, Loren Henschel, Tobin Henschel Ludwig, Jonah Herscu, Paul Herscu, Gabrielle Holme-Miller, Sarah Horowitz, Frieda Howards, Michelle Huber, Devorah Jacobson, Deshawn James, Danielle Kadinoff, Bruce Klotz, Robert Kumin, Jesse Lambdin, Matthew Lambdin, Jay Levin, Jeremy Levit, Lewis Mainzer, Carol Mardeusz, Pearl-Anne Margalit, Naomi Meir, Linda Mondschein, Michael Offner, Batya Perman, Ryan Priestly, Daniel Reif, Jeffrey Roth-Howe, Elizabeth Rubin, Kathy Rubin, Stephanie Sandler, Oren Schmerling, Miles Schneider, Linda Sinapi, Howard Smith, Warren Smith, Ezra Sobel, Sophie Sweeting, Jerry Terres, Lois Terres, Hannah Tessler, Isidor Thorrick, Gabriel Trobaugh, Miriam Trobaugh, Ella Weitzman, Shelley Wolf


March Donations and April Birthdays

General Fund

Ellen Mentin {in memory of Howard Mentin}

Bina and Ira Addes {in memory of Erica Kestyn}

Hattie Nestel and Marcia Gagliardi {in honor of Purim mishloach manot}

Eileen Rutman {in honor of Purim mishloach manot}

Elinor Levine and Scott Nielsen {in memory of Jaclyn Jacob Frankel and Erica Loeb Kestyn, may their memories be a blessing}

Janet Bordwin {Thank you for Shaloch Manot for Purim}

Ruth Love Barer {in memory of my grandfather, Abe Dubroff, David Stein, Aaron Kropf's father, Allen Kropf, and Walter Leopold} {in honor of Rabbi Weiner's contract renewal, and the birth of Aaron and Patience Bousel's grandson Otis, and in honor of Hadar Grabel's birthday}


Tikkun Olam Fund

Judi and Kip Fonsh {in memory of Mara Hahn's mother}


Rabbi's Discretionary Fund

Jeffrey Cohen {For the second Yartzheit of Serafina Lori Holder-Webb}

Jeffrey Cohen {In memory of Allen Kropf}

Lisa Pack Kirschenbaum {Allen Kropf may his memory be for a blessing}

Chuck and Connie Songer

Ken Schoen {in memory of Serene and Emmanuel Rubin}



We are pleased to acknowledge the community members who are celebrating birthdays this month!

If you have a birthday this month, but are not acknowledged here or did not receive a birthday postcard in the mail, it means we don't have your date of birth in our membership system. Please call or email the JCA office to update your information.


Happy birthday to all the JCA March Birthdays!

Rafael Ash, Kitty Axelson-Berry, Edie Bacal, Joanna Ballantine, Daniel Berlin, Alan Berman, Herbert Bernstein, Joseph Boucher, Samantha Boutilier, Judith Brodsky, Anne Bruder, Michael Bulman, Michael Burkart, Audrey Butler, Nina Chernoff, Stephen Clingman, Sallie Deans Lake, Gonen Dori Hacohen, Reuma Fogelson, Marya Fonsh, Makayla Gladstone, Peter Gladstone, Matthew Goldberg, Josh Goldman, Kol Goodstein, Hadar Grabel, Alexandra Greenwood, Natalie Greenwood, Eliezer Huber, Ethan Kannel, Jared Kannel, Lisa Kent, Adin Klotz, Hannah Lebowitz, Elliot Lindsey, Jesse Loeb, Nina Mankin, Eli Meir, Shirah Neumann, Jonah Okun, Ruby Pepper Aisenberg, Holly Perry, Ava Polak, Isabel Polak, Caroline Raisler, Jonah Rose, Dennis Rosen, Evan Roth-Howe, Rachel Schwab-Rehorka, Daniella Sherman, Randi Stein, Helen Sternheim, John Stothoff, Pearl Strong, Jonas Theis, David Tobin, Eliana Weiner, Samuel Weiss, Isaac Weitzman, Bob Winston, Janet Winston

All of this information is also available on the JCA website in the News and Announcements section. You can find it there by clicking the link below.


Purim Basket Donations - thank you!

February Donations and March Birthdays

We are pleased to acknowledge the thoughtfulness and generosity of all donations in the past month to different funds at the JCA, and the tributes that have been offered to members, friends and family. Here is the list of donors for February 2024.


General Fund

Ina Porth {Happy Birthday to Barbara Berlin}

Nina, Don, Joshua, and Noah Tetenbaum {in honor of our mother, grandmother, Shirley Zalkind's 99th birthday}

Susan Marcus {in memory of Mara Hahn's mother, Chaya Morman Kaplan}

Susan Zarchin {in memory of Jeff Cohen's brother Dennis}

Sheree Loftus

Jane Shapiro Zacek

Bert

Mallory and Alan Caplan {in memory of Erica Kestyn}

Karen and John Loeb {in honor of Ruth Love Barer}

Rhonda Frankel-Fein & Richard Fein {in memory of Erica Kestyn, daughter of Karen and John Loeb}

Pearl-Anne and Nathan Margalit {In memory of Erica Kestyn, Karen and John Loeb's daughter}

Tikkun Olam Fund

Paul Herscu and Amy Rothenberg {in appreciation of complete healing}

Janet and Albert Chevan {in memory of Erica Kestyn}

Colin Stevenson

Randi Stein {In memory of Erica and in honor of Karen and John Loeb}

Emergency Fund

Ken and Kitty Talan {in memory of Karen and John Loeb’s daughter Erica }

Tzedakah Fund

Ken and Kitty Talan {in memory of Mara Hahn's mother}
Steve and Janis Wolkenbreit {in honor of Debbie Roth-Howe's 70th birthday}

Rabbi's Discretionary Fund

Lisa Pack Kirschenbaum  {in memory of Dennis Cohen, brother of Jeff Cohen, may his memory be a blessing},  {in memory of Chaya Morman Kaplan mother of Mara Hahn may her memory be a blessing} 

Lois and Carl Rosenbloom {in honor of our Granddaughter, Kaelyn Rose Brunton's Bnai Mitzvah}

Jeffrey Cohen 
Ken and Kitty Talan {in memory of Jeff Cohen‘s brother }

Lisa Pack Kirschenbaum { in memory of Erica Kestyn, daughter of Karen and John Loeb may her memory be for a blessing}

Lisa Pack Kirschenbaum {in honor of  the birth of Marvin Joyce Freire to Haley Reimer Peltz and Raffa Freire MAZEL TOV!}

Annual Appeal Donations

Anita Page {in memory of Sarah and Julius Kumove}



We are pleased to acknowledge the community members who are celebrating birthdays this month!

If you have a birthday this month, but are not acknowledged here or did not receive a birthday postcard in the mail, it means we don't have your date of birth in our membership system. Please call or email the JCA office to update your information.


Happy birthday to all the JCA March Birthdays!

Rose Abel-Zucker, Nathan Abraham, Ira Addes, Hannah Allaben, Jason Bloom, Epi Bodhi, Rebecca Bousel, Jessica Brandt, David Bulman, Barbara Burkart, Thomas Butler, Amelia Clingman, Matthew Cohen, Rachel Cohen, Rona Chayah Conrad, Spencer Diamond, Wendy Domjan, Rebecca Fisher, Nicole Fonsh, Yonathan Goderez, Evelyn Goldenberg, Sloane Grabell, Adam Grabell, Alison Grabell, Jenna Greenbaum, Harry Hahn, Benjamin Hernandez-Sommer-Kliman, Saul Hirshberg, Mikaela Holme-Miller, Shoshana Holzberg-Pill, Debra Jacobson, Hollie Kalkstein, Jean Krogh, Liliana Kualapai, Deborah Levheim, Jodi Levine, Noah Madowitz, Rachel Madowitz, Max Maier, Caden Mainzer, Raquel Mazur, Calliope McMahon, Amina Mednicoff-Misra, Sean Peterfreund, Lydia Powell, Amy Rothenberg, Richard Rubin, Eli Schneider, Linda Seidman, James Seltzer, Emma Simmons, Ruth Smith, Benjamin Soulos, Renee Spring, Noah Tetenbaum, Stacy Tobin, Bradford Turner, James Wald, Ariel Wigdor, Tavi Wolfwood, Liana Wolkenbreit, Peter Wood


January Donations and February Birthdays

We are pleased to acknowledge the thoughtfulness and generosity of all donations in the past month to different funds at the JCA, and the tributes that have been offered to members, friends and family. Here is the list of donors for January 2024.


General Fund

Rabbi Michael Greenwald {as thanks for the High Holiday services this past year}

Evelyn Goldenberg {in memory of Marjorie Zoll}

Guy Wood {in appreciation of the JCA Board as it begins a new year}

Leonard and Marian Lubinsky {in memory of Leonard's father Charles Lubinsky}

Barbara Burkart {in memory of her father Warren Weinberg}

Tikkun Olam Fund

Nina Dabek and Peggy Shannon {in honor of the Immigration Justice and Racial Justice Initiatives}

Cemetery Fund

Ken Talan {in memory of Louis Talan}

Tzedakah Fund

Judith Souweine {in honor of Susan Zarchin's milestone birthday}

Rabbi's Discretionary Fund

Lisa Pack Kirschenbaum {in memory of Judith and Gadi Weinstein- Haggai, cousins of Bob Winston , victims of the Hamas attack on October 7th}

Jeff Cohen {In honor of the wedding anniversary of Bob Horowitz and Catherine Nagel}

Jeff Cohen {in memory of The tragic loss of life of Judith and Gadi Weinstein-Haggai}

Ross and Shira Bettinger {in honor of our welcoming aliyah}

Lisa Pack Kirschenbaum {in memory of Rabbi David Dunn Bouer's mother, Nancy}

Judi Wisch {in memory of Pat Wisch and in honor of Rabbi Weiner}

Jeff Cohen {in memory of Dennis Cohen}

Annual Appeal Donations

Burt Franzman and Joan Epstein

Hannah Blau

Rabbi Yechiael Lander

Jon Machta and Betsy Brooks

Anita Page {in memory of Sarah and Julius Kumove}


We are pleased to acknowledge the community members who are celebrating birthdays this month!

If you have a birthday this month, but are not acknowledged here or did not receive a birthday postcard in the mail, it means we don't have your date of birth in our membership system. Please call or email the JCA office to update your information.

Happy birthday to all the JCA February Birthdays!

Lena Amick, Sarah Berlin, Ronnie Booxbaum, Jacob Black, Alex Bloom, Barbara Berlin, Frederick Bloom, Lisa Blain, Jeffrey Cohen, Bryn Chernoff, Eli Cohen, Marvin Ellin, Charles Forray, Leah Hirshberg, Joel Harris, Adam Horowitz, Misha Herscu, Nina Hernandez-Kliman, Cara Kingston, Gabriel Kaufman, Margie Krems, Elinor Levine, Sophie Lindsey, Linda McConnell, Rabi Mednicoff-Misra, Sebastian McMahon, Liliya Miller, J. Marshall Ash, Amy Mittelman, Lisa Pack Kirschenbaum, Stella Porth, Ella Pearce, Asa Parker-Bernstein, Eli Perkins, Tom Porter, Gary Rehorka, Harry Rockland-Miller, Deborah Roth-Howe, Eliana Strohmeidav, Elan Samet, Leora Schwartzer, Benjamin Sarat, David Sharken, Hal Schneider, Donald Tetenbaum, Nina Tetenbaum, Zachary Tobin, Robert Vigderman, Lawrence Wishnow, Steven Wolkenbreit, Beverly Woolf, Jody Wax, Boris Wolfson


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