2010 Schechter Manhattan Benefit Dinner:
"Building for the Future!"
Wednesday March 24, 2010
Park Avenue Synagogue Ballroom
50 East 87th Street
New York, NY 10128
With Chancellor Arnold Eisen, Keynote Speaker
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The
Annual Benefit Dinner is our single biggest fundraiser of the year.
It's a celebration of the entire Schechter Manhattan community,
featuring graduating eighth graders, organized by our talented parents
and staff, and honoring members of the Board of Trustees and other
community leaders who have made Schechter Manhattan the success it is
today.
Honoring
Francine and Dr. Samuel Klagsbrun
Dr. Jane Davidson and Rabbi Larry Sebert
March 24, 2010 was a big day
for Jewish education. Leaders across Manhattan’s
Jewish community gathered in support of Schechter
Manhattan – its flagship Conservative Jewish day school.The evening celebrated “Building for the Future” as Schechter Manhattan prepares to open its
new home later this year, paid tribute to teacher Nicole Levy for Ten Years of Service, and was a moving tribute to our honorees.
Francine and Dr. Samuel Klagsbrun received the Vision
in Leadership Award. Sam has been a powerful presence and community
advocate each day as a member of the school’s Board of Trustees since the
school’s opening in 1996. Francine has put her tremendous creativity as an
author and a public intellectual to raise the profile of both Schechter
Manhattan and Jewish Education in our community. They have committed their
personal and professional lives to promoting Jewish life through education.
Their leadership to our community is exemplary.
Dr. Jane Davidson and Rabbi Larry Sebert received the Vision
in Jewish Education Award. Larry
has served on the school’s board since before the school’s founding, when he
served on the steering committee that became the school’s board. As Rabbi of
the Town and Village Synagogue, Larry has chaired the school’s Rabbinic
Advisory Committee for the past 15 years, providing leadership and example in
building a strong relationship between Conservative synagogues and their
school. Jane is the immediate past chair of the school’s Education Committee.
She also has deep roots in the Ramah camps that have worked together with our day
schools and supplementary schools to make Jewish education a year-round and
deeply meaningful experience for so many of our children. We are thrilled to
honor Jane and Larry for their contributions to Jewish education in Manhattan and beyond.
The evening featured a raffle, silent auction, and journal, all of which raised more than $390,000. You can still contribute to the dinner online at http://benefit.schechtermanhattan.org.
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