Carrie Fox and David Shechter and their children Ilana, Jacob, and Naomi have been Beth El members since 2010. Carrie grew up in Manhattan, where she was a teen leader at Temple Shaaray Tefila and in NFTY. David grew up on Long Island, where his family was active at Midway Jewish Center.  David’s many summers at Camp Ramah provided the foundation for his Jewish education and kavanah. David and Carrie graduated from Cornell University in 1995, where he was a member of AEPi and both were active in Hillel. Carrie, having spent a semester abroad at Ben-Gurion University in Israel, recruited David to spend a semester there.

 

They started dating when David returned to Cornell in 1994 and were married in 1999. Carrie earned a JD at Yale Law School and is Counsel at IBM. David, currently Professor of Biochemistry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, earned a PhD at Columbia University and did postdoctoral training at The Rockefeller University. David’s lab studies molecular mechanisms of regulation of gene expression.

David and Carrie quickly became actively engaged in the Beth El community. Both have been members of the Board of Trustees. Carrie is chair of the Keruv Committee, served on the Religious School Board for 11 years including as chair, organized the member phone tree during the pandemic and has served on committees such as the Membership Committee, Journey Vision team, Nursery School Board, and Assistant Rabbi search committee. David is currently a Vice President, a member of the Ritual Committee, and he coordinates synagogue efforts in streaming, audio-visual, and IT. For many years, David was a Co-Chair of the Havurah service and organized the Kasakove High Holiday Service. Their children have attended Nursery School, Religious School, Day Camp, youth group and were regulars at Shabbat youth services. The Shechter family’s involvement expanded when David’s parents Cindy & Ira Shechter joined Beth El in 2018. Carrie and David are honored to receive this award and to be honored together with the Silverman family who have exemplified multi-generational dedication to Beth El, and look forward to celebrating with the Beth El community.