Jason Sheer, Treasurer
board of governors
Ilana Bernstein
Nancy Eig
Jill Furman
Marc Gold
Marion Haberman
Robert Loewy
Fonda Lowe
Matthew Mandel
Craig Meyers
Jason Neuringer
Randi Poli
Jodi Shulimson
Andrew Shulman
Dawn Stern
Debbie Stillman
Douglas Sunshine
Philip Weintraub
Benjamin Willcher
trustees
Elaine Goodman
Edward Kaplan
Ronald Lenkin
Joel Meisel
LEADERSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL
Anne Abend
Vickie Abrutyn*
Lois Alperstein*
Howard Arnold*
Irwin Barney*
David Bauman
Bobbie Berger
Robert Chernikoff
Paul Chod
Myra Cohen
Steven Fanaroff
Bernard Forseter*
Gregory Friedman*
Lesley Gasperow
Daniel Glazer
Sanford Gold
David Gordon
Deedee Jacobsohn*
April Kaplan
Dr. David Levine
Kenneth Levine
Paula Pascal Levine
Solomon Levy
Fonda Lowe
Lorin Luchs
Ted Meyerson
Sonia Polsky*
Naomi Resnick
Dr. Philip Rogers
Jacob Rothmel
Gail Rubinson
Richard Saltzman
Andrew Schechter*
Marla Schulman*
Lawrence Shulman*
Sheldon Tommer
Margaret Uberman*
Lawrence Wachtel*
Sherry Wachtel*
Jay Wechsler
Amy Wish
Mordechai Yadin
Allan Zendel*
*Past President
Presidents of B’nai Israel Congregation
Hyman Klavans (1926–1930)*
Harry Himelfarb (1930–1934)*
Morris Wittlin (1935–1936)*
Paul Himmelfarb (1936–1942)*
William Sachs (1942–1943)*
Abraham Mendelsohn (1944–1945)*
Sam Eig (1945–1948)*
Maurice Stearman (1948–1949)*
William Bornstein (1949–1952)*
Henry C. Reiner (1952–1954)*
Nathan Levin (1953)*
William M. Sachs (1954–1956)*
Nathaniel Goldberg (1956–1961)*
Joseph Schimmel (1961–1964*
Irving Kamins (1964–1966)*
Herschel W. Blumberg (1966–1968)*
Charles M. Pascal (1968–1970)*
Willard J. Mazie (1970–1972)*
Carl K. Lane (1972–1974)*
Stanley Hayman (1974–1977)*
Chaim M. Uberman (1977)*
Seymour S. Abensohn (1978–1979)*
Margaret D. Uberman (1979–1980)
Dr. Lawrence J. Thomas (1980–1981)*
Stanley E. Berger (1981–1982)*
Lawrence A. Shulman (1982–1984)
Lloyd B. Koenick (1985–1986)*
Howard M. Arnold (1987–1988)
Sheldon I. Grosberg (1989–1990)*
Gregory Friedman (1991–1992)
Allan Zendel (1993–1994)
Sonia Polsky (1995–1996)
Stephen Storch (1997–1998)*
Dr. David H. Goodman (1999–2000)*
Sherry Wachtel (2001–2002)
Bernard Forseter (2003–2004)
Vickie Abrutyn (2005–2006)
Lawrence Wachtel (2007–2008)
Irwin Barney (2009–2011)
Lois Alperstein (2011–2013)
Andrew Schechter (2013-2015)
Deedee Jacobsohn (2015–2017)
Marla Schulman (2017–2019)
Steve Rothenberg (2019–2021)
Scott Hodes (2021–present)
*Of blessed memory
Wed, October 5 2022
10 Tishrei 5783
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