Ad Journal | Ansche Chesed Virtual Gala 2021

Lisa and Yaron Minsky-Primus

We thank Ansche Chesed for being a loving
community and spiritual home to our mother and
grandmother, Rabbi Marion Shulevitz, and our
father and grandfather, William Shulevitz, for
more than forty years.

זיכרונם לברכה

Deborah Shulevitz, and Ori, Alex,

and Rosa Schwartzburg; Michael Shulevitz,

Glenda Rosado, and Oriana Rosado Shulevitz;

and Judith Shulevitz and

Nicholas, Moses, and Josephine Lemann.

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Navah and Robert Frost

Tom and Julie Hirschfeld

We are so proud to be a part
of this kahal.

It is a blessing in our lives.

Ellen Braitman and David Shapiro

AC's Morning Minyan

(and Virtual Breakfast Club)

Sends Heartfelt Thanks and Appreciation
to AC's clergy, staff and volunteers for all

the hard work of sustaining the community.

Shehecheyanu, v'kiyemanu

v'higiyanu la-zman ha-zeh

Thanks to the Ansche Chesed
clergy and staff for keeping
the community involved and
active -- in zoom land --

for this year.

Richard Mark and Maura Harway

חסדיכם חייונו

"Your Chesed has
kept the people of Chesed alive."

(based on Psalm 119.88)

With love and gratitude

to all our long-term members for decades of

dedication, devotion and leadership.

Thank you for building Ansche Chesed, this
enduring "Community of Kindness."

Jeremy Kalmanofsky

In appreciation of

Anche Chesed

for the enrichment

of our lives

Elizabeth and Jeremy Mack

With gratitude to everyone
at Ansche Chesed who has
sustained us over a hard year

Todah Rabbah from

Minyan M'at

Thanks to everyone who served
Ansche Chesed and our
community in this time
of need.

Elaine and Ron Morris

Standing Beside Each Other in

Celebration and Support

This is Ansche Chesed!

Our deepest appreciation and gratitude to

Jeremy, Yael, Natasha, Josh & the AC staff

And to Our Wonderful Community

Naomi and Mark Paul

With gratitude to our devoted
clergy and staff for keeping
our community together during
this difficult time.

Sharri Posen

Iber a Sheynem Regnboygn

Jane Spinak and Warren Scharf

Thanks to Hazzan Hirschhorn
for the extraordinary range
and beauty of the music she
brings to our community.

Marjorie Singer

Many thanks to our leadership
and to our staff for keeping
our ark afloat in these
perilous times.

Nach and Maron Waxman

On a certain corner we have found,

a special place, our Holy Ground.

Despite the distance Covid did bring,

through the magic of Zoom we've been able to sing

with our Cantor, our Rabbi, our crowd.

Soon the day will come when we'll all sing out loud

raising voices together in song

and to Covid-19 we will say, SO LONG!

Fran Gordon and Bill Zukof

With gratitude for everything

Ansche Chesed has given me,

this year and many past years.

These include the opportunity for

meaningful davening, study, advice

from our clergy, the gift of music,

and a virtual family.

Vivian Awner

We thank our clergy and our
community for being so
inspirational and devoted
during this difficult year.

The Board of Trustees of Ansche Chesed

In honor of my clergy colleagues,

our professional and maintenance staff,

and above all, our committed and

loyal members who have stood by us

during this difficult year.

Josh Hanft and Claudia Chernov

Sending an abundance of
gratitude to the clergy, staff
and volunteers at Ansche
Chesed for all you have done
this past year to help all of
us and each other.

Steven Cohen and Donna Fishman

עֲשֵׂה לְךָ רַב, וּקְנֵה לְךָ חָבֵר

(Mishna Avot 1:6)

In honor of Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky

You have broadened our understanding

of Torah and been a true friend

to the Gillman family.

Sarah, Deborah and Abigail Gillman

With sincere appreciation for the major work
of Rabbis Kalmanofsky and Hammerman,

Hazzan Hirschhorn, Exec. Director Josh Hanft

and all the staff for keeping AC afloat in the past year.

They have been a source of inspiration

and models of devotion.

Martin and Tamara Green

Ken ani od chai!

~ Yes, we are still alive!

What a blessing it is to be in the lives of
our AC community members,

and to have you in ours.

With deep love,

Yael, Josh, Hannah and Shai
Hammerman Rabin

Scott and Sara Harris

Thank you to the clergy and
staff for your perseverance
and loving devotion to
our community.

Donna Jakubovitz

Bess and Leor Landa

Lisa, Dina, Aaron, and Rich

Maller/Ocken Family

Lenore and Ken Michaels

In memory of Bill Shulevitz
and Rabbi Marion Shulevitz
whose loving kindness and
generosity blessed our lives.

Charles Kummel and Shawna Newman

Thank you to the clergy, the staff and the
entire Ansche Chesed community for nurturing
us in good times and challenging times.

Looking forward to davening, celebrating and
shmoozing together again.

Chazak Chazak v'Nitchazek

Ruth and Ira Salzman

Every day, we feel so grateful to be part

of the Ansche Chesed community.

We thank our clergy and our friends

who together make AC our

home away from home.

Roberta and Paul Shapiro

Amy Stevens

With deep gratitude and
admiration for our clergy and
staff for their steady
leadership in these
challenging times.

Aviva Weintraub and Gordon Tapper

Dorothy and Michael Weiss

Hyman Rosen and Iris Engelson

It is an honor to serve

our wonderful community

Executive Committee

Our heartfelt thanks to all
of our Ansche Chesed friends,
who enrich our lives with
unfailing love.

Shuly Rubin Schwartz

and Eric Fishman

Meryl Frank and Steven Gabel

Heartfelt love and gratitude
to Jerry and Barrie Raik who
saw us through the toughest
years and continues to be there
for our entire family into the
most joyful times

Doris Ullendorff and Ken Gorfinkle

Thank you to the wonderful
Ansche Chesed clergy and staff
for your dedication and
inspiration over the
past year.

Charles and Martha Graybow

Mazal tov to the Ansche Chesed community and
all we were able to continue to do with and
for each other during this pandemic year.

With much appreciation to our clergy, board,
staff, leyners, daveners, teachers,
meditators, comforters, members and everyone
who has continued to take care of themselves
and each other during this very
challenging time.

Debbie and Marty Greenberg

....... שהחינו

Jules and Navah Harlow

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single
moment before starting to improve the world"

--Anne Frank

We are so grateful for the kind and caring community

of Ansche Chesed, always eager and ready to

take care of each other and improve our world.

Cantor Natasha and

Rabbi Shimon Hirschhorn

In gratitude for the gift of
learning Rabbi Kalmanofsky
gave us during the pandemic
through his Shabbat morning
Torah class.

Stephan Brumberg and Carol Ingall

With gratitude and
appreciation for the entire
AC community!

Avery and Wendy Katz

Thanks to the Ansche Chesed community for
helping all of us through this difficult year.

We also remember all our friends who passed
away this year, with a special remembrance for
Michael Mantel, who sat with us in

synagogue each week.

Sarah Jacobs and David Kronfeld

Bruce and Abby Levine

We feel so grateful to be part of this
fabulous community!

Our deepest gratitude to the clergy, staff and
many volunteers who make of this all possible,
especially throughout this challenging year.

May we soon be able to come back

together fully in song and celebration --

now and for many years to come.

Medjuck-Bruckner Family

Minyan Rimonim salutes the resiliency of the entire

Ansche Chesed community during this past year.

May we continue to draw strength from each other,

and celebrate many simchas in the year to come!

Michael Brochstein, Elysa Dauerman and

Menachem Pastreich, Ellen Flax, The Givner/Isaacson Family,

Arthur Goldstein, Iris J. Korman and Nos Sher,

Cecile Kuznitz, Dennis Sandler, Michele Siegel,

Shalom Stavsky, Valerie Wald,

Jeremy Goldman and Judah Goldman

Minyan Rimonim

We are grateful to the Ansche
Chesed clergy, staff, and
leadership for guiding our
community through these
trying times.

Michele and Brad,

Jordan, Talia, and Mia Rothschild

Judy Margolin and Seth Schwartz

The Talmud (b39b) claims that the Temple is
referred to as a forest (in 1 Kings 10:17),
because, like a forest, it richly produces
all kinds of fruit -- it fructifies the world.

Not a bad analogy for what Ansche Chesed does!

David Fishman and Mindy Seidlin

With deep gratitude to Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky,

Rabbi Yael Hammerman, Cantor Natasha Hirschhorn,

and Executive Director Josh Hanft for sustaining

the kahal in this challenging time.

Gary Dreiblatt and Nancy Sinkoff

Mazel Tov and Yasher Koach

to the clergy, staff,

and leadership of

Ansche Chesed.

Laurie Izes and Steve Switzky

Best Wishes

From

The TeleTefila.com

Chevra.

Looking forward to being
all together again.

Melinda Gros and Ronald Werter

The West Side Minyan is
grateful for the comfort and
support that the Ansche Chesed
community has provided us
during these difficult times.

West Side Minyan

Thank you to Rabbi Kalmanofsky,

Cantor Hirschhorn, Rabbi Hammerman,

Josh Hanft and all the synagogue's staff

and leadership for guiding Ansche Chesed

through this period.

Looking forward to celebrating our community
together in person again.

Michael Wise

Thank you to our clergy, leadership and staff
for keeping us connected during this time with
strength, energy, vision, creativity and so
much hard work.

We're grateful to each of you, and to the
whole AC community.

Diane Dreher and Larry Amsel

Mark Paul, President, Vision,
Warmth, Service

Lynny and Larry Axelrod

With Gratitude

The Crowell Lang Family

Micha, Deborah, Aviv, Ella, and Evan

Vivian Mamelak and Alain Demers

With gratitude for the
wisdom, the sustenance for
community and the support
for the needy that
Ansche Chesed offers.

Nancy and Walter Dubler

Tali and Stan Etra

Thank you.

To all the faces I see at every Morning
Minyan, at Shabbes Study and Davening,

in Meditation, at TeleTefila, and all the

new friends I have found in this

community of Chesed.

Rita Falbel

Yasher Koach to Josh Hanft
for his indefatigable efforts
on behalf of the synagogue and
his kind responses to all my
odd emails!

Joel Feuer

The Friedman Rosenthal Team

at Brown Harris Stevens.

"Our Client's' Trust is Our Trademark"

Thanks for holding us during
this past year.

We look forward to seeing
everyone soon.

Arleen Stern and Albert Gal

Eileen Gordon

In memory of Dorothy and
Arthur Greenbaum and in
appreciation for all my
friends at Ansche Chesed

Nancy Greenbaum

Sheryl Reich and David Greenberg

With gratitude to

Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky,
Rabbi Yael Hammerman,

Hazzan Natasha Hirschhorn,

Executive Director Josh Hanft,

and the entire Ansche Chesed staff

for keeping us together while we

are apart, and for inspiring us to be
Ansche Chesed, people of abundant kindness.

Carolyn Greene

Sharon and Phil Gross

With gratitude to Jeremy, Natasha, Yael,
Martin, Morning Minyan and the

Ansche Chesed staff for all they

have done to keep Ansche Chesed

such a wonderful supportive community
during this difficult year.

Harold, Elizabeth and Sylvie Koenigsberg

Deborah Krohn

Missing all of our friends at
Ansche Chesed

Nancy and Douglas Lee

Thank you to Rabbi Jeremy, Rabbi Yael, Cantor
Natasha, Cantorial Intern Daniela, and the
Ansche Chesed Community for supporting us all
through the fear, isolation, and confusion of
the Pandemic Year.

Services, lectures, and classes have given
structure to each week and reminded me that
I'm not alone, that I have friends and
acquaintances who are sharing these
experiences with me.

Naomi Marcus

תּוֹדָה רַבָּה

Thank you

Ansche Chesed!

Jocelyn Maskow

Mazel tov to the clergy,

staff and Board of Directors for
your hard work and direction
during this difficult time.

Judith Edelstein and Jim Meier

We're so happy to be
members of this
inspiring congregation.

Thank you to the clergy for
taking us through this year

Alan Astrow and Jill Nathanson

Karen Palmer

In continued support of the
important work of the
congregation for
our community.

Sid Gribetz and Rebecca Reitz

Thank you, people of chesed,
for your warmth and support.

Gil Israeli and Jennifer Rosenberg

The Sanctuary Service Community

We thank the clergy and staff for

all their hard work during the pandemic

and for providing programming that

helped to support and keep our

community together.

Elizabeth and Joe Schefler

Fran Schiff

Looking forward to good times

shared in person.

Thank you to the terrific staff of
our wonderful community!

Ricki Lulov Segall and
Jeff French Segall

In gratitude to Minyan Ma'at,

Ansche Chesed and to
all our friends in the
community who have traveled
with us through the decades.

Janet Heettner and Peter Silverman

In Honor Of

Rabbi Jeremy's Talmud Class

- May Learning Be
the Light of Wisdom

Nechama Stein

Linda and Michael Stellman

Thanks to Suzanne and Mayer Cavalier, Shira
Epstein and David Tolchin, and Bena and
Gustavo Medjuck-Bruckner, for your warm
welcome on Shabbat mornings!

And thank you to our spiritual superheroes,
Rabbis Jeremy and Yael, and Cantor Natasha!

Kate and Ori Uziel

Boni Vander

So grateful for your inspiring dedication,

creativity and unfailing support to give us
strength, community and the joys of music:
Rabbi Jeremy and Rabbi Yael, Cantor Natasha,
Josh, our fabulous staff and our
morning minyan.

Chazak Chazak v' Nitchazaik

Rona Wexler

Seeing everyone's ads makes us realize
how much we miss all of you.

Eternal gratitude to

Jeremy, Yael, Natasha, Josh

and the entire AC staff for working

so hard to help the rest of us keep

body and soul together.

Alan Divack and Amy Zarrow

With gratitude to our clergy,
staff and members who have
helped our community get
through this difficult year.

Terry Zisowitz

We deeply appreciate

Ansche Chesed's enriching

presence in our lives for

so many years.

Sandra and David Bergman

Stephanie and Michael Cantor

Thank you Ansche Chesed
congregation for your
continued support

Chefs Table

Bernice Boltax and Irwin Cohen

With special thanks to

Josh Hanft for all his

help in keeping

Ansche Chesed

going strong!

Liz Denlinger

What a challenging year it has been...

with deep thanks and appreciation to the
entire AC Staff and Community for

continuing to provide us a place of

worship during a truly difficult year.

Hannah Leider and Jeff Felmus

Alexander, Latoya, and Miriam Frolov

Thank you to our clergy,

staff, and volunteers who
helped make the past year
better in so many ways for so
many of us.

Dave Goldstein Tastefully hilarious:

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With deepest gratitude to the
staff for their tremendous
efforts and exceptional
creativity in keeping us
together as a community
for a year plus.

Marge Goldwater

We are grateful to be part of
the Ansche Chesed community.

Mark and Carole Gothelf

We are grateful for and proud
to be a part of the Ansche
Chesed community

Vicki Brower and Michael Gottsegen

Thank you to the

Ansche Chesed

clergy, staff and members

for being such a
wonderful community.

Michele Siegel and Oren Grad

Andrey Gritsman

Barbara and Michael Kaplan

With gratitude for the
caring, thought, and hard work
that kept our community
together through this
difficult time.

Stephanie and Ilya Kofman

Thank you to the clergy,
staff and community of

Ansche Chesed for all you

did to preserve and

sustain us this year.

Elizabeth Koltun

Stef and Mary Krieger

Darren and Jill Kronenberg

Many thanks to the AC clergy and staff who
rose to the challenge of this past year and
created endless opportunities for us to
connect virtually: Zoom services, lectures,
classes and more.

I'm especially grateful for

Jeremy's Shabbat Torah Study

and Talmud classes!

Sara Krulwich

Lisa Sandell, Lily, Hudson

and Liel Leibovitz

In honor of becoming grandparents
during Covid, of two grandsons,

Miles Lee and Henry Jacob.

Life went on!

Wishing everyone healthy new

beginnings as we emerge!

Deena Harris and Andy Leifer

Cantor Janet Leuchter

and Hal Glicksman

salute Ansche Chesed

--hazak v'ematz!

Alejandra and Todd Levine

We admire AC's staff and clergy for

keeping the flames of Torah,

prayer and service alive;

Special thanks for weekly highlights,
the Rabbi's Shabbat Morning Torah study,
Psalms, and Kabbalah classes, and the
miracles of our Zoom masters for

keeping us all connected.

Sheila, Sheldon, and Zach Lewis

Thanks to the entire AC
community for always being
there for us.

Dawn Kellman and David Lock

Lauren and Rob Mank

Amy and Tom Marx

With deep gratitude and congratulations

to all those who contributed to

keeping us together during

this challenging year.

May you go from strength to strength.

Linda Messing

Who needs the 3rd temple when
you have Ansche Chesed??

Congratulations to the entire
staff for carrying on now

and every year.

Solomon and Deborah Mowshowitz

Sandra Novick

Kol hakavod for keeping us
spiritually connected during
this difficult year.

Rochelle Saidel and Ary Plonski

Thank you to our

Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky

for keeping Ansche Chesed

so vibrant and keeping our
community so connected
throughout this difficult
past year!

Sharon and Michael Rebell

With tremendous respect and appreciation for
Josh, Jeremy, Yael, Natasha and

all the Ansche Chesed staff.

We are grateful and proud to celebrate and
stand with the entire Ansche Chesed community.

Suzan, Leilah, Mirina and Avi Rosen

With gratitude, To our clergy: Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky, our
awesome/terrific teacher (inspiring awe through his terrific
teachings) Hazzan Natasha Hirschhorn, our Music Director (thanks
for teaching us new melodies from diverse Jewish traditions)
Rabbi Yael Hammerman, our Associate Rabbi (thanks for your
graciousness when dealing with us at all ages)

To all our Staff led by Josh Hanft (always here to resolve

problems, thanks for those last minute tickets!)

To the members of the Board of Trustees, who dedicated their

free time to help us cruise safely through the

Unprecedented And to all the diverse

members of Ansche Chesed.

Daniel, Leilah, Mirina and Avi Rosen

Yakov Epstein

and

Helane Rosenberg

thank Martin Green and members

of the Zoom Morning Minyan

for creating a caring and nurturing

davening community.

We thank Natasha for finding
so many ways to bring music to
our lives this difficult year!

Ellen Tucker and Alan Rosenstein

With Gratitude and Thanks

Ruth Sharfman

Shirei Chesed

Love to the staff, director,
clergy, president, board of
directors and entire
congregation of Ansche Chesed!

Martin Sinkoff

Joyce Slochower

Diana Stevens

Giselle Stevens

Marcia "The Sticker Lady"
and Fred Talmage Schneider

Allen and Aviva Zweben

Diane Finger and Steve Bellovin

Fred Bogin

Ronne Mandelker and Andrew Braiterman

Susan Charney

Naomi and Mike Cohen

Leslie and Tom Freudenheim

Marga Hirsch

Gary Kallman

David Chaim Kaplan

Atina Grossmann and Frank Mecklenburg

Judith and Ben Orlove

Jane Paznik-Bondarin

Cherie Rosen

Mimi Ross

Iris Korman and Nos Sher

Shira Lee, Dan, and Isaac Silver

Meg and Warren Soiffer

Ruth Sussman