2023-2024 board of governors
Robert Altneu
Barbara Bushman
Kim Cohen
Nancy Eig
Michelle Finkel
Jill Furman
Marc Gold
Juliann Goldman
Marion Haberman
Stephen Hoffman
Alan Isenberg
Lisa Isenberg
Deborah King
Robert Loewy
Matt Mandel
Andra Metz
Craig Meyers
Debra Nachmann
Karen Post
Jonathan Salant
Jason Sheer
Jodi Shulimson
Andrew Shulman
Debbie Stillman
Robyn Strauss
Philip Weintraub
2023-2024 trustees
Elaine Goodman
Edward Kaplan
Joel Meisel
Diane Lipson Schilit
2023-2024 LEADERSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL
Anne Abend
Vickie Abrutyn*
Lois Alperstein*
Howard Arnold*
Irwin Barney*
David Bauman
Bobbie Berger
April Cantor
Robert Chernikoff
Paul Chod
Myra Cohen
Steven Fanaroff
Bernard Forseter*
Gregory Friedman*
Lesley Gasperow
Daniel Glazer
Sanford Gold
Elaine Goodman
David Gordon
Scott Hodes*
Deedee Jacobsohn*
Edward Kaplan
Ronald Lenkin
Dr. David Levine
Kenneth Levine
Paula Pascal Levine
Solomon Levy
Fonda Lowe
Lorin Luchs
Joel Meisel
Ted Meyerson
Sonia Polsky*
Naomi Resnick
Dr. Philip Rogers
Steve Rothenberg*
Jacob Rothmel
Gail Rubinson
Richard Saltzman
Andrew Schechter*
Marla Schulman*
Lawrence Shulman*
Doug Sunshine
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 (2021–2023)
Jeff Fredman (2023–present)
*Of blessed memory
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