Annual Report 2012 / 2013
Committees & Members Listing 2012/2013
Board of Directors 2012/2013
Chair of the Board
Richard Venn
Senior Vice-Chair
Morris Perlis
Immediate Past Chair
Elizabeth Wolfe
Chair, Jewish Foundation
Fred Waks
Chairs, Campaign 2014
Stephen Diamond
Lisa Draper
Chair, Women’s Philanthropy 2014
Lori Rosenthal
Chair, Tomorrow Campaign
Leslie Gales
Cecil Brauer
Michael Buckstein
Michael Diamond
David Dulberg
Paula Foster
Leslie Gales
Shel Geller
Leo Goldhar
Warren Kimel
Sarena Koschitzky
Bruce Leboff
David Mansell
Ran Mesterman
Henry Morton
Gil Palter
David Peltz
Wendy Posluns
Keith Ray
Craig Rimer
Lionel Robins
Ariella Rohringer
Jason Rubinoff
Ralph Shedletsky
Laurie Sheff
Honey Sherman
Honourary Directors
David Koschitzky
Alan Winer
Guests
Rabbi Baruch Frydman-Kohl
Jeffrey Cohen
Irving Granovsky
Louis Greenbaum
Joseph Lebovic
Elan Pratzer
Brian Schachter
Business & Finance
Audit Committee
Eric Cohen
Paula Foster, chair
David Peltz
Wendy Posluns
Budget & Allocations Committee
Michael Buckstein
David Engel
Irving Granovsky
Sarena Koschitzky
Bruce Leboff
Henry Morton
Morris Perlis, co-chair
Elan Pratzer
Keith Ray, co-chair
Craig Rimer
Ariella Rohringer
Business & Finance Committee
Jeffrey I. Cohen
David Engel
Bruce Leboff
Keith Ray, chair
Ariella Rohringer
Debbie Stern
Elizabeth Wolfe
Harold Wolkin
Pension Plan Investment
Murray Leiter
Norman Levine, chair
Irwin A. Michael
William Solomon
Richard S. Sutin
Harold Wolkin
Campuses
Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Community Campus Development/Building
Leo Goldhar
Lou Greenbaum
Max Hecht, co-chair
Warren Kimel
Joe Lebovic
Michael Lax
Ronald Mandowsky
Michael Naiberg, co-chair
Ariella Rohringer
Sherman Campus Building
Peter Cohen, co-chair
Al Green
David Green
Peter Menkes, co-chair
Ron Prosserman
Bob Silberstein
Campus Management Committee
Marshall Bleiweis
Leo Goldhar
Joe Lebovic, co-chair
David Peltz
Ariella Rohringer, co-chair
Jeff Ross
Brian Schachter
Harold Wolkin
Operations and Corporate Affairs
Governance Committee
Stephen Cole
Sheldon Disenhouse
Leslie Gales
Bruce Leboff
Robert Palter
Ralph Shedletsky
Elizabeth Wolfe, chair
Nominating Committee
Sheldon Disenhouse
Alison Himel
Yael Karol
Elyse Lackie
Morris Perlis
Richard E. Venn
Elizabeth Wolfe, chair
Human Resources
Shel Geller
Morris Perlis
Richard Venn
Elizabeth Wolfe, chair
Ontario Jewish Archives
Sandra Brown
Judith Ghert
Bonnie Goldstein
Edwin Goldstein
Dr. Martin Kosoy
Brooky Robins
Jackie Shulman
Eric Slavens, chair
Morley Torgov
Cyrel Troster
Community Capacity Building
Community Capacity Building Committee
Cecil Brauer
Allan Brown
Michael Buckstein, co-chair
Eli Fleischmann
Ian Freedman
Ran Mesterman
Karen Morton
Elan Pratzer, co-chair
Craig Rimer
Randy Shiff
Committee for Yiddish
Ethel Cooper
Mark Egit, chair
Sol Hermolin
Marc Kates
Bambi Katz
Ester Klimitz
Kyla Pollack
Bella Sanderson
Anna Shternshis
Helen Smolkin
Miriam Telem
Cyrel Troster
Howard Weinroth
Vivian Felsen
Eda Zimler-Schiff
Employment Committee
Cecil Brauer
Michael Buckstein
Steven Cohen
Kim Coulter
Peter Ekstein
Gilad Epstein
Shel Geller
Abe Glowinsky
Karen Goldenberg
Bryan Keshen
Warren Kimel
Tamara Novik
Elan Pratzer, chair
David Prussky
Daniel Rethazy
Meryl Rosenthal
Anat Wertheim
Morris Zbar
Israel & Overseas Committee
Barbara Bank
Morland Brown
Evan Cooperman
Sara Gottlieb
Irving Granovsky, co-chair
Toddy Granovsky
Debbie Kimel, co-chair
Warren Kimel
Linda Kislowicz
Elyse Lackie
Sam Mizrahi
Henry Morton, co-chair
Ariella Rohringer
Brian Schachter
Honey Sherman
Shoel Silver
Susan Steinberg
Harold Wolfe
Israel Engagement Committee
Ryla Braemer
Michael Diamond, chair
Tamara Fine
Adam Joseph
Lorri Kushnir
Lianne Leboff
Micki Mizrahi
Carrie Orfus-Gelkopf
Sheldon Potter
DJ Shneeweiss
Andrea Shugar-Herman
Joseph Steiner
Hadas Wittenberg Silberstein
Randi Woloz
Sara Zagdanski
Ted Zittell
Israeli Arab Committee
Elan Divon
Michael Dobner
Shirin Ezekiel
Allan Fox
Joan Garson
Shibli Haddad
Shira Herzog
Sam Hoffer
Manny Jebran
Suanne Kelman
Sherry Kelner
Murray Rubin
Maxa Sawyer
Ralph Shedletsky
Joel Shupac
Alan Simons
Jeffrey Stutz, chair
Miriam Swadron
Natalie Weed
Fred Zemans
Joyce Zemans
Jewish Identity Committee
Bram Belzberg
Steven Cohen
Michael Davis
Eli Fleischmann, co-chair
Ian Freedman, co-chair
Sandra Herlick
Mo Lidsky
Itanu/Inclusion
Tali Golombek
Moshe Greengarten
Stanley Kugelmass
Tamara Kupinsky-Deitel
David Peltz
Gary Sandor
Daniel Schild
Anne Schwartz
Rhona Shulman
Paula Sonshine
Lynn-Beth Sutton Levy
Joshua Institute
Emerging Communities
Zarina Aksmanov
Abraham Bogler
Boris Kaminsky
Warren Kimel
Amanda Kushnir
Ran Mesterman, chair
Galina Sandler
Howard Tanenbaum
Dan Ussyshkin
Boomer/Seniors Committee
Rosanne Ain
Allan Brown, co-chair
David Cravit
Shel Geller
Michael Kuhl
Lorraine Loeb
Karen Morton, co-chair
Dayle Rakowsky
Lionel Robins
Michael Sherman
Miriam Varadi
Centre for Jewish Education
Leonard Abramsky
Laurie Davis
David Dulberg
Liann Granovsky
Sarena Koschitzky
Ira Marder
Michael Miloff
Gil Palter
Robert Palter
Craig Rimer, chair
Moshe Sigler
Harold Wolfe
Silber Family Centre for Jewish Camp Committee
Michael Davis, Chair
Gerry Maldoff
Herschel Perlis
Jay Silber
Leah Silber Levy
Social Services Committee
Harvey Blankenstein
Melanie Bloch
Cecil Brauer, chair
Jennifer Brodlieb
Moshe Greengarten
Malka Lewittes
David Peltz
Morris Zbar
Israel Engagement Shinshinim Committee
Susan Baskin
Todd Beallor
Karen Bernstein
Lorne Bernstein
Hedy Ginzberg
Miriam Glaser
Julia Gluck
Fauna Grill
Adam Joseph
Sindi Kachuck
Lianne Leboff, chair
Diane (Deedee) Moscoe
Gil Pasternak
Hyla Pollak
Robyn Raisin Buchman
Tamara Rebick
Avra Rosen
Irith Rosen
Madeleine Sarick
Abraham Schonback
Heather Shapiro
Andrea Shugar-Herman
Mark Simenhoff
Karen Weyman
Phyllis Yolleck
Tomorrow Campaign
Tomorrow Leadership Cabinet
Tobie Bekhor
Peter Cohen
Leslie Gales, chair
Jordan Gnat
David Goldstein
George Grossman
Gerald Halbert
Warren Kimel
Tiana Koffler Boyman
Joe Lebovic
Neil Nisker
Ariella Rohringer
Gerald W. Schwartz, Tomorrow Campaign co-chair
Thomas Schwartz
Barry Sherman
Honey Sherman
Fran Sonshine
Lawrence M. Tanenbaum, Tomorrow Campaign co-chair
Fred Waks
Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto
Jewish Foundation Board of Trustees
Cecil Brauer
Judy Bronfman
Morland Brown
Barry Corbin
Lisa Draper
Alan Farber
Bonnie Goldstein
Jamie Golombek
Robert Harlang
Marlene Klewans
Joseph Lebovic
Marc Lipton
David Matlow
Steven Mayer
Israel Mida
Faye Minuk
Morris Perlis
David Posluns
Keith Ray
Ariella Rohringer
Ian Rosmarin
Honey Sherman
Fran Sonshine
John Ulmer
Richard Venn
Fred Waks, chair
Harold Wolkin
Peter Zaltz
Holocaust Education Centre
Holocaust Committee
Eric Cohen
Howard Driman
Max Eisen
Anita Ekstein
Gerda Frieberg
Bill Glied
Joseph Gottdenker
Irv Gottesman
Elly Gotz
Pinchas Gutter
Nate Leipciger
Jori Lichtman
Joyce Rifkind
Shael Rosenbaum
Lesley Schwartz
Joan Shapero
Honey Sherman, chair
Marilyn Sinclair
Leonard Vis
Myra York
Holocaust Education Week Committee
Steven Albin
Raquel Binder
Clair Braseliten
Felicia Carmelly
Honey Carr
Marlene Charney
Sharon Chodirker
Eric Cohen, co-chair
Sally Dale
Sheryl Danilowitz
Dori Ekstein
Sandra Gitlin
Marilyn Goldberg
Norine Goodman
Nicole Greenwood
Linoy Hazan
Hartley Hershenhorn
Ingrid Johnson
Lily Kim
Shawna King
Stephanie Kirsh
Kendra Knoll
David Kohn
John Komlos
Eliane Labendz
Karen Lasky
Roz Lofsky
Elise Loterman
Martin Maxwell
Annette Metz-Pivnick
Cheryl Needleman-Einhorn
Naomi Parness
Jodi Porepa
Hilary Rabie
Andy Reti
Lisa Richman
Joyce Rifkind, co-chair
Doris Rochman
Rammy Rochman
Barbara Rusch
Wei Sheng
Honey Sherman
Julie Silver
Dayna Simon
Marilyn Sinclair
Yael Spier-Cohen
Guido Smit
Celine Szoges
Jessica Tobianah
Charlotte Tessis
Ken Tessis
Bluma Wagner
Alan Wainer
Rely Walsh
Rhonda Wolf
Ada Wynston
Yom Hashoa Committee
Stephen Adler
Yaron Ashkenazi
Howard Driman, co-chair
Arnold Friedman
Pearl Gladman
Mira Goldfarb
Lou Greenbaum, co-chair
Cantor Tibor Kovari
Joyce Rifkind
Klara Romm
Talia Rotman
Rabbi Micah Streiffer
Honey Sherman
Mary Siklos
Marilyn Sinclair
Peter Silverman
Marilyn Somers
Fran Sonshine
Rabbi Chaim Strauchler
Hadas Wittenberg Silberstein
Amek Adler
Stella Beili
Leigh Brown
Norm Gardner
John Komlos
Joyce Ritter
Len Rudner
Campaign
Campaign Executive Committee 2014
Stephen Altbaum
Avi Bogler
Michael Bregman
Trevor Cohen
Stephen Diamond, co-chair
Sheldon Disenhouse
Lisa Draper, co-chair
Philip Draper
David Dulberg
Robert Eisen
Tina Erlich
David Fabian
Michael Feldman
Jack Frieberg
Lorne Goldstein
Lori Greenspoon
Alison Himel
Allan Kanee
Stephen Karr
Jodie Kaufman Davis
Francy Kussner
Moni Lustig
David Matlow
Benjamin Mogil
Eli Palachi
Felicia Posluns
Jordan Robins
Lori Rosenthal
Fred Rubinoff
Mark Schachter
Harold Seidel
Laurie Sheff
Evan Shear
Daniel Sonshine
Reesa Sud
Janice Tkatch
Craig Walters
Dodi Weill
David Weinberg
Henry Wolfond
UJA Federation Appointees to Affiliated Organizations
Toronto Hebrew Memorial Parks (THMP)
Sheldon Disenhouse
Harvey Frisch
Louis Greenbaum
Warren Kimel
Paul Nightingale
Randy Shiff
Arthur Stern
Jewish Federations of Canada-UIA 2013-2014
Warren Kimel*
Elyse Lackie*
Morris Perlis
Keith Ray
Jason Rubinoff*
Ralph Shedletsky*
Richard Venn
Elizabeth Wolfe
*JFC-UIA Appointee
Koffler Centre for the Arts
Sherry Firestone
Jill Goldberg-Reitman
Debbie Kimel
Faye Minuk
Wendy Posluns
Ariella Rohringer
Jewish Federations of North America Delegates
Leslie Gales
Elyse Lackie
Paul Morton
Gil Palter
Morris Perlis
David Spiro**
Richard Venn
Elizabeth Wolfe**
**JFNA Trustees
Advisory Council
Elena Aleinikov
Steven Borlak
Jennifer Brodlieb
Harley Eklove
Jason Feldman
Jeffrey Feldman
Bernard Fishbein
Ron Frisch
Joan Glick Gold
Lorne Goldstein
Bernard Gropper
Kitty Grossman
Paul Habert
Debby Kaplan
Jodie Kaufman Davis
Carolyn Kolers
Menachem Kuhl
Rabbi Debra Landsberg
Elyse Lackie
Keith Landy
Alan Levine
Shawna Magence
David Matlow
Benjamin Mogil
Sam Mizrahi
Marc Newburgh
Mitch Oelbaum
Sharon Platt
Avi Pollock
Felicia Posluns
Jill Goldberg-Reitman
Brian Schachter
Myer Siemiatycki
Allan Silber
Eileen Silver
David Ulmer
Rabbi Asher Vale
Henry Wolfond
Myra York
Sally Zigler
Lorne Zon