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About Us

Marion Haberman, VP Youth and Education

Andra Metz, Associate Education Officer

Jill Furman, Secretary

Madeline Pellish, Treasurer

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 
Marcie Peters
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)

Sun, November 16 2025 25 Cheshvan 5786