2025-2026 Executive Committee
Deborah King, VP Membership
Andra Metz, Associate Education Officer
Matt Mandel, Assistant Treasurer
2025-2026 board of governors
Barbara Bushman
Tyler Carlin
Jen Cassell
Valerie Eisenstein
Jason Froehlich
Marc Gold
Deborah King
Andra Metz
Craig Meyers
Adam Odesser
Adam Possner
Karen Post
Jacob Ravick
Seth Shapiro
Jason Sheer
Debbie Stillman
Liz Weintraub
2025-2026 trustees
Elaine Goodman
Edward Kaplan
Joel Meisel
Diane Lipson Schilit
2025-2026 LEADERSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL
Anne Abend
Vickie Abrutyn*
Lois Alperstein*
Howard Arnold*
Irwin Barney*
David Bauman
Bobbie Berger
April Cantor
Paul Chod
Myra Cohen
Steven Fanaroff
Bernard Forseter*
Jeff Fredman*
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
Rob Loewy
Fonda Lowe
Joel Meisel
Ted Meyerson
Sonia Polsky*
Naomi Resnick
Dr. Philip Rogers
Steve Rothenberg*
Gail Rubinson
Richard Saltzman
Andrew Schechter*
Michael Schrier
Marla Schulman*
Jodi Shulimson
Lawrence Shulman*
Doug Sunshine
Sheldon Tommer
Margaret Uberman*
Lawrence Wachtel*
Sherry Wachtel*
Jay Wechsler
Amy Wish
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 (2023–2025)
Dina Cohen Gruber (2025–present)
*Of blessed memory
governing documents
B’nai Israel By-laws (Adopted April 15, 2024)
B’nai Israel Constitution (Adopted May 21, 2024)
Fri, July 18 2025
22 Tammuz 5785
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