Thank you to our clergy, staff, and community
for everything you do to make Ansche Chesed
a beloved home for three generations of our family.
Mazal tov to Gustavo and Ben, and to Deb and Solomon--
it is an extra honor to be honored along with all of you!
Much love and gratitude from
Elisheva Urbas, David Morris
& Elaine Morris
WE'RE THRILLED TO BE HONORED
TOGETHER WITH GUSTAVO & BENA,
DAVID, ELISHEVA & ELAINE
!מחיל אל חיל
Deborah & Solomon Mowshowitz
Mazel tov to all the honorees!
Sending love to three people who mean the world to us:
Dr. Elaine Morris, Elisheva Urbas, and David Morris,
and missing Ronnie on this special day.
Dan Jacob & Jennifer Cowan
Abigail & H. Benjamin Jacob
To our honorees,
Thank you for your leadership.
You have built, grown, and sustained our community.
Thank you for your leadership.
You have built, grown, and sustained our community.
Dawn Kellman & David Lock
Mazal tov to Bena & Gustavo on this honor.
Sally Gottesman
Mazal Tov Gustavo, Bena, David,
Elisheva, Elaine, Mosh and Deb!
We are so lucky to have you
as leaders in our community.
The Minsky-Primus Family
Mazal Tov to Bena Medjuck-Bruckner &
Gustavo Bruckner, and to David Morris & Elisheva Urbas,
and Elaine Morris for this honor,
and Kol Hakavod for all you do for our community!
Sara Shapiro-Plevan & Bill Plevan
Mazal tov to Bena & Gustavo,
Elisheva, David & Elaine, and Deb & Mosh.
Thank you for your dedication to making
Thank you for your dedication to making
Ansche Chesed the special community it is.
The Maller/Ocken Family
MAZAL TOV to all our splendid honorees,
and special thanks, congratulations, and love
to Bena and Gustavo.
Seth & Patty Goldman
"Wherever there is a human being,
there is an opportunity for a kindness." -Seneca
Congratulations to our own examples of chesed!
Tom & Julie Hirschfeld
Mazal Tov to the wonderful honorees!
We love you and are so grateful for
everything you do for our community.
Elana Rosenberg & Greg Litt
Congratulations to our fellow honorees,
and thank you to the fabulous clergy and staff of
Ansche Chesed for all that you do to sustain and nourish us!
Thank you to our many friends, family, and everyone in
the congregation for celebrating with us and supporting Ansche Chesed, our spiritual home and beloved community. We look forward to
many more happy occasions together in the future!
Bena & Gustavo,
Noam, Ayelet, Yaffa & Sivan
Medjuck-Bruckner Family
Pomerantz LLP extends
a hearty mazel tov to
Gustavo Bruckner & Bena Medjuck-Bruckner
for the honor bestowed on them by Ansche Chesed
in recognition of their exceptional community service.
Pomerantz LLP
Mazal Tov to all the honorees!
Thank you for all you do for our community.
Sharri Posen
Congratulations to
Gustavo Bruckner & Bena Medjuck-Bruckner
on this honor.
Superzero
Mazel Tov to Gustavo and Bena,
for their outstanding professionalism,
parenting, and contribution to the Community.
Marc Gross & Susan Ochshorn
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Studio ST Architects
Mazal Tov to Elisheva, David, Elaine,
Deborah, Solomon, Bena, and Gustavo
for helping Ansche Chesed grow and flourish.
Pearl Beck & David Fisher
Wishing mazal tov to all the honorees,
and a special hakarat ha'tov to
David, Elisheva & Elaine for all you
have done for the Ansche Chesed community.
Barry Stern & Deborah Shapira
Mazal Tov to our dear friends
Gustavo Bruckner & Bena Medjuck-Bruckner,
and all the honorees on this well deserved honor.
Bena and Gustavo, we feel very lucky
that we share this community with you,
grateful for your dedication, and
inspired by your active engagement
in every community you are a part of.
The Lederman Family
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Friedman Family
Mazal tov to our extraordinary honorees:
Gustavo, Bena, Mosh, Deb, David, Elisheva, and Elaine! Thank you for all you do to support
our beautiful Ansche Chesed community!
Sara & Scott Harris
Thank you Gustavo/Bena, Mosh/Deb,
and David/Elisheva/Elaine for all of your dedication and
commitment to our community. You exemplify "Ansche
Chesed" and help create a strong, vibrant, and engaged
community. May you continue to go from
strength to strength. Mazel tov. Warmly,
Michael Schmidt & Lori Skopp
Mazal tov to all the honorees,
with extra love to my family,
Bena Medjuck-Bruckner and Gustavo Bruckner.
Hedda Medjuck
Mazal tov to the honorees!
Bena, Gustavo, Elisheva, David, and Elaine - Thank you for all of your work to make Ansche Chesed the vibrant home that it is for us. We are so happy to call you our friends! With love,
Julie Sissman & Phil Richter
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Ruth & Ira Salzman
Mazal Tov! You have all helped to make
Ansche Chesed a special and vibrant community.
We can't thank you enough!
Roberta and Paul Shapiro
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Rivkee Twersky-Kengmana
Chef's Table
The in-house caterer at Ansche Chesed
wishes a hearty Mazal Tov to
Bena & Gustavo and Elisheva & David
With Love,
Ava & Bruce - Chef's Table
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
William Segal & Amy Tenenouser
To our glorious honorees!
We are only able to do what we do because of
We are only able to do what we do because of
the light you shine to guide our path.
From Your Thankful Board of Trustees
Mazel Tov to Mosh & Deb; David,
Elisheva & Elaine; and Gustavo & Bena!
"The world stands upon three things: the Torah, service to
G-d, and the practice of acts of loving kindness." --Pirke Avot 1:2
In your daily lives, and across generations at Ansche Chesed,
you embody this most essential teaching. We are so proud and
honored to recognize and celebrate you. Yasher Koach!
Dawn Kellman, Stephanie Wank Kofman,
Laurie Izes, Vivian Mamelak,
Suzan Rosen, Brad Rothschild
The Executive Committee
Mazal Tov to Gustavo, Bena, Mosh, Deb,
David, Elisheva and Elaine on this well deserved honor!
Thanks for al you do! May you go from Strength to Strength. B'Yedidut
Ann Wimpfheimer & Eddie Snyder
Mazal Tov and abundant gratitude
to all the honorees--
and especially to Elaine (Hoffman) Morris,
my friend since high school days
at the Boston Hebrew College!
Jules & Navah Harlow
Mazal tov to our dear friends
Gustavo, Bena, "Mosh," Deb,
David, Elisheva and Elaine
on this much-deserved honor.
Iris Engelson & Hyman Rosen
Mosh & Deb, Bena & Gustavo,
David, Elisheva & Elaine,
Together you are the seeds that create, the roots that nourish, and the water that renews life in our community!
Together you are the seeds that create, the roots that nourish, and the water that renews life in our community!
יהי רצון שכל נטיעותיך יהיו כמותך
May all that comes from your planting, be like you,
May all that comes from your planting, be like you,
Rabbis Yael Hammerman & Josh Rabin
Upon seeing flowering trees in springtime,
one should bless:
ברוך שלא חיסר בעולמו כלום, וברא בו בריות
טובות ואילנות טובות, להתנאות בהן בני אדם
Barukh Atah, for nothing is missing in Your world, and You created
these beautiful trees that give us so much delight!" [Berakhot 43b]
My dear friends, Bena and Gustavo, Deborah and Solomon,
Elaine, David and Elisheva, your shul honors you
because we take so much delight in your roots,
your branches, your flowers, and your fruits.
With much love and esteem,
Jeremy & Amy Kalmanofsky
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Avery & Wendy Katz
Kol HaKavod to all the Honorees
from AC's
Morning Minyan
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Karen Palmer
Congratulations to
Gustavo Bruckner & Bena Medjuck-Bruckner
on this honor.
Pomerantz LLP
To Deb and Mosh: for your davening, drashing, and
pinch-hitting in so many ways throughout the years;
To David: for teaching us how to leyn and
stepping in when we were short-handed;
To David and Elisheva: for being such fabulous role models for Ronit,
who added so much to our Minyan; and
To Elaine, Bena, and Gustavo: for all you do for the greater Ansche Chesed community
To Elaine, Bena, and Gustavo: for all you do for the greater Ansche Chesed community
Mazal Tov from your friends at Minyan Rimonim!
Michael Brochstein; Elysa Dauerman & Menachem Pastreich;
Ellen Flax; Rachel Givner & David Isaacson;
Arthur Goldstein; Ken Karan; Anne Koenig;
Cecile Kuznitz; Evelyn Levine; Dennis Sandler;
Michele Siegel; Shalom Stavsky;
Valerie Wald, Jeremy Goldman & Judah Goldman;
Ilana Wallach; Larry Warmflash
Ellen Flax; Rachel Givner & David Isaacson;
Arthur Goldstein; Ken Karan; Anne Koenig;
Cecile Kuznitz; Evelyn Levine; Dennis Sandler;
Michele Siegel; Shalom Stavsky;
Valerie Wald, Jeremy Goldman & Judah Goldman;
Ilana Wallach; Larry Warmflash
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Maron Waxman
Mazal Tov and appreciation for all you do.
A hearty Yasher Koach to all of you.
Bonnie Zaben
Congratulations to
David Morris & Elisheva Urbas,
and Elaine Morris on this honor.
Todd Stern & Adina Shoulson
Mazal tov to Elaine, Elisheva and David
on this well deserved honor.
Leah & Jonathan Adler
In Honor of the Morris-Urbas Family
in recognition of their
many contributions to Jewish education.
Stephan Brumberg & Carol Ingall
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Sarah Jacobs & David Kronfeld
Mazal tov and
many thanks to our honorees.
Shuly Schwartz & Eric Fishman
כל הכבוד
David, Elisheva, Elaine, Gustavo, Bena, Mosh, and Deb!
With deep gratitude for all you do to fill AC with chesed.
Carolyn Greene
In honor of
David Morris, Elisheva Urbas, and Elaine Morris.
Samuel Groner
"Gratitude rejoices with her sister Joy and is
always ready to light a candle and have a party."
--Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
Thank you to all our honorees for enriching our lives with so many mitzvot, and for giving us extra reasons to celebrate!
Cantor Natasha & Rabbi Shimon Hirschhorn
A three-fold blessing on the
three sets of honorees for the
three-mendous work they do for the shul.
Dina Rosenfeld & Howard Berkowitz
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Elizabeth, Jeff, Simon, Eva & Henry Kaiden
Congratulations to
David Morris & Elisheva Urbas, and Elaine Morris
on this honor.
David Karnovsky
Congratulations to
David Morris & Elisheva Urbas, and Elaine Morris
on this honor.
Martin Kupferberg
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Naomi Marcus
:על שלושה דברים העולם עומד
על התורה, ועל העבודה, ועל גמילות חסדים
All of you have shared lives of service, learning,
and acts of lovingkindness in our community--
may you go from strength to strength.
Jocelyn Maskow
Congratulations to
David Morris & Elisheva Urbas, and Elaine Morris
on this honor.
Sharon Koren & Matthew Cohen
In gratitude to
Elisheva Urbas & David Morris
for starting and maintaining the
Monday evening Riverside Park Minyan
during COVID's darkest days.
You brought our community together at a time
we needed each other the most. We are grateful.
Monday Riverside
Park Minyan
Deb & Mosh,
David, Elisheva & Elaine,
Bena & Gustavo
Devoted Teachers & Friends
Miriam Harris-Kaplan & George Kaplan
Mazal Tov Bena and Gustavo
on this well-deserved honor.
You and your family make
an invaluable contribution
to the Ansche Chesed community.
Mark & Naomi Paul
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Ellen Resnick
We are all enriched by your talents,
your passions, and your devotion
to building a thriving Jewish community--
Thank you and Mazal Tov!
Melinda Gros & Ron Werter
Mazal Tov to all of the honorees
and thank you to the dinner chairs
for their tireless work!
David & Daniella Steinberg
The community has learned and grown
from these wonderful honorees.
Kol haKavod!!!
Sharon Strassfeld
Mazel tov to
Gustavo Bruckner & Bena Medjuck-Bruckner!
We admire and are grateful for your incredible commitment to the Jewish community. Ansche Chesed is lucky to have you!
Sender Cohen & Tali Rosenblatt-Cohen
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
The Family of Mindy Fischer
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
The Rothschild Family
Congratulations to
David Morris & Elisheva Urbas, and Elaine Morris
on this honor.
Eytan & Rani Urbas
The West Side Minyan expresses our gratitude to Solomon and Deb Mowshowitz for their years of service, sharing their Jewish learning and mastery of ritual skills with us and with the Ansche Chesed community. Deb has always been there when called upon, and Mowsh has mentored many of us in davening and leyning.
West Side Minyan
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Michael Wise
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Terry Zisowitz
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Vivian Mamelak & Alain Demers
Mazel Tov to Bena, Gustavo, Elaine,
David, Elisheva, Deb, and Mosh
on this well deserved honor.
Thank you for contributing so much to Ansche Chesed.
Alan Divack & Amy Zarrow
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Miriam & Benyamin Benhaim Cirlin
כל הכבוד to Bena and Gustavo
on this honor. We don't know how you do it all,
but we are all so lucky to have you. You are part of
the heart and soul and joy of this wonderful community--
with the purim costumes to prove it!
אהבה ונשיקות
Michelle & Sydney Bornstein
Many thanks to all the honorees
on all you have done for Ansche Chesed.
Steve Cohen & Donna Fishman
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Fran Gordon
Kol K'vod (and mazal tov!)
to all the honorees.
Tamara & Martin Green
Congratulations to
Gustavo Bruckner & Bena Medjuck-Bruckner
on this honor.
Eileen & Eldad Hod
Congratulations to
David Morris & Elisheva Urbas, and Elaine Morris
on this honor.
Linda & Seth Horowitz
Congratulations to
David Morris & Elisheva Urbas,
and Elaine Morris on this honor
Robin Forman & Hugh Smyser
Congratulations to
David Morris & Elisheva Urbas, and Elaine Morris
on this honor.
Lilly & David Icikson
Mazal Tov to
Bena Medjuck-Bruckner & Gustavo Bruckner
Debbie, Yechiel, Ella, Lily & Ruby
Katz Newman
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Kathy Kendall
Mazal tov to all the honorees!
Special thanks to Mosh for Talmud class last spring,
and to Bena and Gustavo for their constant warm welcome.
Sara Krulwich
Mazel Tov! With much gratitude for
the many ways you help Ansche Chesed grow.
Marla Gayle & Melanie Schneider
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Linda Messing
Mazal tov, Elaine, Elisheva, and David,
and thank you for all that you do.
Bali, Stuart, Jake & Ruby Miller-Klawans
"Teachers are the unacknowledged
builders of the future."
-- Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Covenant and Conversation
Better than a thousand days of diligent study
Better than a thousand days of diligent study
is one day with a great teacher.
-- Japanese Proverb
Mazel Tov to two extraordinary teachers!
With love from the entire mishpaha
Mazel Tov to two extraordinary teachers!
With love from the entire mishpaha
(you didn't disgrace the family)
Orenstein/Weisz Families
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Suzan Rosen
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Joyce Slochower
Mazel Tov to
Gustavo Bruckner & Bena Medjuck-Bruckner
for this well-deserved honor by Ansche Chesed.
May Hashem bless you with continued success, good health, and happiness. May you go from strength to strength.
Aunt Mimi & Uncle Meir Mark & Family
Mazal tov to Elaine, Elisheva, and David
for this well-deserved recognition.
Lisa Gordis & Aaron Saiger
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Ellen Tucker & Alan Rosenstein
Congratulations to
Gustavo Bruckner & Bena Medjuck-Bruckner
on this honor.
Lynn Lurie & Andrew Koven
Kol haKavod to
Elaine Morris, Elisheva Urbas & David Morris
on their many contributions to Ansche Chesed,
the Jewish People, and the general community.
Ronne Mandelker & Andy Braiterman
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Anonymous
Mazal Tov Gustavo and Bena, Mosh and Deb,
David and Elisheva, and Elaine.
Each of you give true meaning to our name, Ansche Chesed. Thank you so much!
Vivian Awner
A hearty mazal tov to
David, Elisheva, and Elaine
for all you have done,
both for Minyan Ma'at and for the entire shul!
We are truly grateful. Much love from,
Barry Holtz & Bethamie Horowitz
Congratulations to
David Morris & Elisheva Urbas,
and Elaine Morris on this honor.
Shifra Bronznick
Mosh, Deb, David, Elisheva, and Elaine,
Your commitment to the continuity of
the Jewish people makes a difference
to our community and beyond.
Eva Fogelman & Jerome Chanes
Child Development Research
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Rachel Givner & David Isaacson
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Ellen Braitman & David Shapiro
Congratulations to
Gustavo Bruckner & Bena Medjuck-Bruckner
on this honor
Rachel Mesch & Eric Fisher
Mazel Tov & Best Wishes to Gustavo,
Bena, David, Elisheva, Mosh, and Deb.
Thank you so much for your tireless efforts
on behalf of our Ansche Chesed community.
With much love and gratitude,
Tali & Stan Etra
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Fabricant & Fabricant, Inc.
Bena and Gustavo, thank you for all
you do to make our beloved Ansche Chesed
such a warm, welcoming, and wonderful community.
Mazel Tov to all of the honorees.
Mank Family
Mazal Tov to Bena & Gustavo
on this much deserved honour.
May you continue to be an inspiration
to the entire community, and a wonderful example
for Noam, Ayelet, Yaffa & Sivan.
Elka & Mel, Jessica & Gamliel, Aviva
Pelt Family
Proud Mazel Tov to my good friends,
for their leadership to our synagogue.
Joel Feuer
Mazel tov to the scholars and teachers.
Congratulations!
Stephen & Kathy Fink
We are inspired by each of you--your solid,
deep commitment to community, the warmth
with which you greet everyone you meet, the combination
of wisdom and humility you contribute to problem-solving, the way you embrace challenges thoughtfully and with joy and humor. Thank you, our teachers and our friends.
Jennifer Rosenberg & Gil Israeli
Mazal tov Bena and Gustavo...
such menschen!
Diane & Nate Glass
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Marty & Debbie Greenberg
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Cantor Janet Leuchter & Hal Glicksman
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Jeffrey Felmus & Hannah Leider
Congratulations to
David Morris & Elisheva Urbas, and Elaine Morris
on this honor.
Heettner/Silverman Family
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Yakov Epstein & Helane Rosenberg
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Stephanie & Ilya Kofman
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Nancy & Douglas Lee
Congratulations to
Gustavo Bruckner & Bena Medjuck-Bruckner
on this honor.
Lisa Singer & Mark Blumberg
Congratulations to
Gustavo Bruckner & Bena Medjuck-Bruckner
on this honor.
Ralph & Shirlee Medjuck
Mazel tov to our beloved friend
Bena and to all the honorees.
The Momfia
Congratulations to
David Morris & Elisheva Urbas, and Elaine Morris
on this honor.
Moscowitz-Urbas Family
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Leah and Larry Moss
Mazal tov to Mosh and Deb; David,
Elisheva, and Elaine: Magnificent teachers all!
Your words/rhythms of Torah (and science!)
have nurtured the entire community.
We are deeply grateful.
Gary Dreiblatt & Nancy Sinkoff
Congratulations to
Mosh & Deb Mowshowitz
on this honor.
Iris Korman & Nos Sher
Mazel tov to all the honorees.
Thank you for all you do for our community!
Michele Siegel & Oren Grad
Deb and Mosh--What a delight to have
shared Shabbat Morning Study with you both
for 30 years now. Your wit and wisdom and
lovely presence shine and will be remembered always.
With love, admiration and gratitude. Yasher Koach!
Judy Katz & Oren Rudavsky
MAZAL TOV!
Yaldaynu is thrilled to congratulate our alumni parents,
Gustavo Bruckner and Bena Medjuck-Bruckner
for being honored by Ansche Chesed for the
contributions they make to the community.
Yaldaynu Preschool
In honor of Elisheva, David, and Elaine:
with gratitude for the community
you created and nourished.
Marlene Pressner
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Jerry & Barrie Raik
In honor of our expert and compassionate
teachers, Deb and Mosh Mowshowitz,
with wonderful memories of learning
at the West Side Minyan, Ansche Chesed,
and your apartment.
Debbie & Michael Rand
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Sidney Gribetz & Rebecca Reitz
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Burt Visotzky & Sandy Edelman
Congratulations to
Gustavo Bruckner & Bena Medjuck-Bruckner
on this honor.
Isaac, Eve, Ronit & Ethan Silverman
Honor to Gustavo, Bena, Mosh,
Debra, David, and Elisheva,
and love to the entire congregation
of Ansche Chesed. Have a great tribute!
Martin Sinkoff
Congratulations to
Mosh & Deb Mowshowitz
on this honor.
Dina & Alan Stein
Congratulations to
Gustavo Bruckner & Bena Medjuck-Bruckner
on this honor.
Elizabeth Mandel & Steven Angel
Mazel tov to all the honorees,
with special love and admiration
for Deb and Mosh, our longtime study partners!
Shabbat Morning Study Group
Congratulations to
Mosh & Deb Mowshowitz
on this honor.
TeleTefila Chevra
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Rona Wexler
Mazel tov to all the honorees,
and love to our friends, Bena and Gustavo.
Thank you for all that you do!
Leah & Josh Wurzburger