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HonoringFroma Benerofe and Bruce FreyerEvent ChairsCarol & Herbert CorbinDebby & David GlasserSarah & Bruce Kayle

Dinner ChairsLinda & Seth PlattusNina & Ivan Ross

CommitteeNancy & John Alderman • Shari & Joel Beckman • Ron Chaimowitz • Lois Kohn-Claar & Gary ClaarEmily & Richard Cohen • Joan & Peter Cohn • Carol & Herbert Corbin • Gail & Laurence DoboshLisa & Stephen Eisenstein • Lauren & Michael Gaviser • Debby & David Glasser • Pat Goldman • Penny GoldsmithRabbis Jennifer & Howard Goldsmith • Robin & Scott Gottlieb • Liz & Steve Gruber • Evelyn & James HartmanDebbie & Mark Jacoby • Liz & Alan Jaffe • Karen Ganz Morein & Joe Morein • Sarah & Bruce KayleLisa & Michael Leffell • Carole & Mitchell Ostrove • Linda & Seth Plattus • Loretta & Richard RosenbaumNina & Ivan Ross • Wendy & Neil Sandler • Shari & Corey Schneider • Shirley & Hymie Shwiel • Amy & Rob StavisIrene & Bruce Steinberg • Mara & Brandon Steiner • Dianne & David Stern • Ruth & Andrew SuzmanDaria & Joe Ventura • Sherry & Robert Wiener • Gail & Nathan Wiesenfeld • Ellie Aronowitz & Mike WitkesSuzanne & Andrew Yearley • Ann & Frederic Yerman • Nicky & Denis Ziman • Ann Carmel & Rabbi Daniel Wolk

Dear Froma/Mom/Nana,

We all love you so much!

And we’re extremely proud that you are

receiving this very well-deserved honor

from WJCS, an extraordinary

social service agency.

Love,

ANDYAMY, NANCY, MARK AND HELENA

REESA, CELESTE, ELIAS, EMBER,JEMMA, JAVIER AND AVA

W J C SO U R M I S S I O N

Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) strengthens communities

by helping people of all ages and backgrounds overcome

emotional, cognitive, physical and socal changes.

Strengthening Lives. Shaping Futures.

www.wjcs.com

Dear Friends, April 4, 2017

Thank you for joining us at the WJCS 2017 Annual Gala as together we celebrate our work to build community and help care for our neighbors in need. Tonight we honor two extraordinary and longtime leaders, Froma Benerofe and Bruce Freyer. They have each had a profound impact on WJCS, on our local community, and the 20,000 people we serve every year.

Froma Benerofe is legendary and revered in the halls of WJCS. As a Past President and member of the WJCS Board since 1983, she has lent her empathy, intelligence, professional skill, leadership and resources to WJCS in service of our Westchester community. Froma embodies the Jewish imperative of Tikkun Olam in both her personal and professional lives. In addition to Froma serving as a member of the WJCS Board of Directors for more than three decades, as a practicing clinician specializing in trauma treatment, Froma played an exemplary role in the delivery of life-changing services through WJCS’ Treatment Center for Trauma and Abuse. We are deeply grateful for all that Froma has and will continue to bring to WJCS. And we are thrilled to have this opportunity to show her the honor she deserves.

Bruce Freyer is a stalwart community servant. WJCS and the Westchester community have been the great beneficiaries of his spirituality, willingness to roll up his sleeves to accomplish any task before him and his steady leadership. Bruce became involved with WJCS in 1997 and since then has made his mark through numerous positions including multiple terms as an Officer of the Board as well as chairing and serving on many committees. His impact at WJCS has been broad and deep. We are humbled by Bruce’s humility and delighted to honor him tonight.

Both Froma and Bruce have used their time, talents, ideas and dollars to help make Westchester a place where all people have access to the highest quality programs and services that address a multitude of needs. Tonight we are so proud to honor Froma Benerofe and Bruce Freyer.

We are deeply grateful to the devoted staff, Board members and volunteers who make the work of WJCS possible. We equally appreciate the confidence and investment of philanthropic individuals, foundations, corporations, UJA-Federation and government agencies who underwrite our efforts.

To Gala Chairs Carol & Herb Corbin, Debby & David Glasser, Sarah & Bruce Kayle, and to Dinner Chairs Linda & Seth Plattus and Nina & Ivan Ross – thank you for making this night possible. Have an amazing evening!

Sincerely,

Neil Sandler Alan Trager Bernie KimbergPresident of the Board Chief Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer

WJCS Fast Facts

MENTAL HEALTHWJCS, the largest provider of outpatient mental health services in Westchester, offers research-proven treatment to people of all ages struggling with mental health issues.

TRAUMAThrough the WJCS Treatment Center for Trauma and Abuse, WJCS addresses the psychological trauma caused by sexual abuse, domestic and community violence and other life circumstances.

INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND AUTISMWJCS supports people with intellectual and developmental disabilities throughout the life cycle to reach their potential, enhance their strengths and live as independently as possible within supportive communities.

CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIESWJCS offers programming for children from “cradle to college” that are guided by expertise in youth development, literacy and learning, parenting, mental health, trauma and violence prevention.

OLDER ADULTS AND HOME CAREWJCS provides a range of integrated programs, including home care and geriatric care management that support older adults to age safely and well in their homes and communities whenever possible.

JEWISH COMMUNITYThrough the WJCS Center for Jewish Programs, WJCS partners with UJA-Federation, 40 synagogues and other Jewish institutions to provide educational, spiritual, mental health, cultural and social programming.

W J C SB O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S

Louise B. AlbinDavid A. AlpertMichel AratenFroma B. BenerofeKaren BlumenthalRon ChaimowitzCarol H. CorbinLaurence D. DoboshTova A. EffronBarbara Ehudin

Meira FleischBruce M. FreyerRosele FrishwasserEllen GelboimDebby GlasserPhilip HalperLynn JacobsBarry KaplanSarah KayleLaura Kleinhandler

Bob E. MenschCarol Richards MermeyNancy Petschek-KohnLinda PlattusNeil T. RimskyLoretta RosenbaumNina RossRobert M. StavisRoy StillmanSuzanne Kogan Yearley

Alan R. BatkinJane M. BatkinEmily Grant

Liz JaffeHonorable Nita LoweyMarvin E. Miller

Maida S. SilverCecile D. SingerFrank Spitalny

Martine FleishmanLaura Kleinhandler

Michele GregsonBarry Lovell

D I R E C T O R S

H O N O R A R Y M E M B E R S

E X - O F F I C I O

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Alan Trager, LCSW

PRESIDENT

Neil SandlerSECRETARY

Shirley ShwielVICE PRESIDENT

Victor HershaftTREASURER

Mariquita Blumberg

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Bernard Kimberg, LCSWDIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

Susan Lewen

W J C SP A S T G A L A H O N O R E E S

Barry Kaplan 2016

Nina Ross 2016

Karen Blumenthal 2015

Emily Grant 2015

Penny Goldsmith 2014

Linda Plattus 2014

Carol Corbin 2013

Jerry Harnik 2013

Victor Hershaft 2012

Laura Kleinhandler 2012

Michel Araten 2010

Rob Stavis 2008

Tina Price 2006

Community Residential 2004 Care Division

Maida Silver 2004

Froma Benerofe 2003

Ann Yerman 2003

Louise Albin 2000

Dudley Doernberg 2000

Maxine Friedman 2000

Donald Landis 2000

Charles Pachner 2000

Frank Spitalny 2000

Robert Wolfe 2000

William Woolner 2000

Cuddy & Feder & Worby 1996

Beatrice Doniger 1996

Alan Batkin 1993

Herbert Fischgrund 1993

Stuart Glover 1993

Jack Gross 1993

David Sacks 1993

Frank Spitalny 1993

Judy Tenney 1993

Chester Thomson 1993

Kenneth Weiser 1993

Honoring

Froma BenerofeFroma Benerofe has a decades-long relationship with WJCS. She joined the WJCS Treatment Center for Trauma and Abuse as a clinician in 1998. As a member of the WJCS Board of Directors since 1983 and as past President, Froma has been a force in ensuring that innovative and essential programs are accessible to all Westchester residents. She has contributed to both the foundation and everyday work of WJCS as an advisor to staff on mental health, early childhood and the Jewish community, and through her service on almost every WJCS committee.

Driven by her personal values surrounding the importance of community, family, education and Jewish continuity, Froma embodies the Jewish value of Tikkun Olam – to heal and repair the world. All those involved with WJCS – clients, staff and fellow board members - have been the beneficiaries of her passion to help others. It is fair to say that Froma is the de facto “Matriarch of WJCS.”

Froma is known as a pillar of the Westchester and New York community for her dedication to the human services, for the philanthropy she and her husband Andrew have committed themselves to, and for her involvement in a variety of other areas. She is an active supporter of the visual and performing arts and an advocate for Holocaust education and human rights.

Froma graduated from Vassar College and earned her MSW from Columbia School of Social Work. She is currently a clinician in private practice.

Froma has been married to Andrew Benerofe for 54 years and together they enjoy nothing more than time spent with their children and grandchildren.

Honoring

Bruce Freyer

Dedicated to the social welfare of his local community, Bruce Freyer became involved with Westchester Jewish Community Services in 1997. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors and has held a variety of positions including chair of the development committee and member of the government relations committee. Bruce has contributed to the mission of WJCS in countless ways - as an advocate for vulnerable children at county budget hearings and through his generous donations of time and talent to staff recognition events.

Bruce is respected by his fellow board members and staff alike for his humility, spirituality, and commitment to making the world a better place. This passion has extended near and far. Bruce and his wife Dana founded the Global Partnership for Afghanistan, a non-profit devoted to working with rural Afghans to alleviate poverty and promote economic development.

Ordained as a Rabbi from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Bruce had a distinguished career as a pulpit Rabbi, military chaplain in Vietnam and Chaplain at Manhattanville College. His military service earned him the Army Commendation Medal and Bronze Star. Bruce left the active rabbinate in 1977 and began his second professional career in the world of business.

Bruce and his wife Dana Freyer live in Scarsdale, NY and are the proud grandparents of four grandchildren: Zachary and Sydney Kurtz, children of their daughter Tyana and son-in-law Scott; and Cameron and Henry Ventura, children of their daughter Daria and son-in-law Joe.

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Bruce

…a lifetime of shared personal connections

and Jewish communal service.

Love,

FROMA

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“WE MAKE A LIVING BY WHAT WE GET,

WE MAKE A LIFE BY WHAT WE GIVE.”

– WINSTON CHURCHILL

FROMA BENEROFEHAS RESPONDED TO THE WORDS OF WINSTON CHURCHILL

FOR MOST OF HER LIFE. “TO GIVE,” HAS BEEN HER MANTRA

IN LIFE; WHETHER THAT “GIVING” IS TO HER HUSBAND, HER

CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN OR TO HER COMMUNITY,

SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE AND SHE HAS GIVEN OF

HERSELF AND FROM THE RICHNESS OF HER LIFE.

WE COULD NOT BE MORE HONORED THAN TO SHARE THIS

EVENT WITH FROMA AND HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

SHE IS A MODEL TO BE EMULATED.

CONGRATULATIONS!MAZAL TOV!

DANA & BRUCE

BE N E F A C T O R

Mazal tov, Wendy and Neil.Your inspired efforts repair

our community.

Love,

MICHAEL, JEFFREY, BRAD AND MELANIE

And much deserved congratulationsto tonight’s honorees,

Froma and Bruce.

THE LOWENSTEIN FAMILY

BE N E F A C T O R

Thank you for taking care of me.

HAROLD G. MERKSAMERSON OF GERALDINE F. MERKSAMER

BE N E F A C T O R

To Froma and to Bruce,

For decades you have quietly

but determinedly gone about giving

of yourselves and changing lives.

Thank you for your inspiration as

role models to us all. To the staff of WJCS,

your commitment to caring and

quality service is a gift to our community.

WENDY & NEIL SANDLER

P A T R O N

P A T R O N

P A T R O N

Froma -

Congratulations to the many years of

wonderful service and many more.

Love,

SUSAN & MICHAEL SIEGEL

SPONSOR

SPONSOR

Congratulations to

tonight’s honorees.

HELEN & ROBERT APPEL

Congratulations to tonight’s honorees!

Thank you to the staff and board members

of WJCS and for Neil Sandler’s

outstanding leadership.

LAURIE & STEPHEN GIRSKY

SPONSOR

SPONSOR

Great social service agency.

Great leadership.

MARILYN & ALLAN GLICK

Thank you to Froma Benerofe

and Bruce Freyer for their countless

years of service to WJCS and

the Westchester community.

With congratulations and appreciation

for unending commitment and

leadership with WJCS.

AUDREY & JERRY HARNIK

SPONSOR

SPONSOR

Congratulations to

tonight’s honorees.

LINDA & ALAN LANDIS

With admiration to

Wendy and Neil Sandler

for your inspired leadership.

To Bruce and Froma

on this most deserving honor.

And to WJCS for its important work

in caring for our community.

MEREDITH & JIM KORNREICH

SPONSOR

SPONSOR

Many thanks to

Froma Benerofe, Bruce Freyer

and all the staff and volunteers

for their tireless support of WJCS.

JAYNE LIPMAN& BOB GOODMAN

We are honored to support such a

beautiful group of people who work tirelessly

to strengthen our community.

Congratulations to Froma and Bruce

for being such outstanding members

of the WJCS family.

We are inspired by all of those committed to

making a difference every day.

SHARI & COREY SCHNEIDER

SPONSOR

SPONSOR

To Froma and Bruce,

Thank you for your dedication,

service and leadership.

To the staff of WJCS,

Your commitment to service that is

equal in quality and caring

is a rare gift to our community.

THE STAVIS FAMILY

In honor of the vitally important work

that WJCS does to help people in need

in our Westchester community and in

appreciation to both the honorees and to

our friends who are actively involved in

the work of this fine organization.

HARRIET & MARC SUVALL

SPONSOR

SPONSOR

We congratulate

Froma Benerofe and Bruce Freyer

on this well deserved recognition

of their longtime dedication

to WJCS

and to our community.

Special thanks to

Linda and Seth Plattus

and Nina and Ivan Ross

for their exceptional leadership.

RUTH & ANDREW SUZMAN

Congratulations to tonight’s honorees

and thank you to the staff at WJCS

for all that you do!

SUZANNE & ANDREW YEARLEY

SPONSOR

SPONSOR

SUPPORTER

SUPPORTER

Froma:

We can’t say enough about your devotion

and enthusiasm that inspire so many of us

to be involved in and to support WJCS.

Bruce:

We have always admired your work

and steadfast commitment to WJCS.

All our best to the staff at WJCS

for their amazing work.

ABBY & MICH ARATEN

With great pride we honor

Froma Benerofe and Bruce Freyer

for their hard work and

exemplary leadership on behalf of

Westchester Jewish Community Services.

SHARI & JOEL BECKMAN

SUPPORTER

SUPPORTER

A salute to

Froma Benerofe and Bruce Freyer,

two passionate board members who are

deeply committed to the mission of WJCS.

Your efforts help WJCS soar!

An enormous thank you

to the

extraordinary individuals

who staff the many WJCS programs

That help make Westchester county

a great place to live!

KAREN BLUMENTHAL

In honor of the incredible work of WJCS.

LOIS KOHN-CLAAR &GARY CLAAR

SUPPORTER

SUPPORTER

Mazel Tov to Bruce & Froma!

This honor is a fitting tribute for all

that you do for WJCS

and the community at large.

We salute your dedication and spirit!

EMILY & RICHARD COHEN

With sincere gratitude to our honorees

FROMA...

For your dedication to WJCS

and friendship.

BRUCE...

For your devotion and tireless

efforts to WJCS.

Your commitment to WJCS

is an inspiration for all.

CAROL & HERB CORBIN

SUPPORTER

SUPPORTER

Mazel Tov to Froma Benerofe and

Bruce Freyer. You both exemplify the

Jewish mitzvah of Tikkun Olam.

You are an inspiration to all.

Many thanks to the dedicated staff

of WJCS for all you do to support

the needs of our Westchester community.

Best wishes,

TOVA & BARRY EFFRON

Froma –

Congratulations for years of dedication,

service and commitment to WJCS.

BARBARA & PAUL ELLIOT

SUPPORTER

SUPPORTER

Congratulations to Bruce and Froma.

Thank you for your exemplary leadership

in many arenas and all that you do

for WJCS.

Warmly,

MEIRA & TOM FLEISCH

Mazal tov to two

outstanding honorees!

ELLEN & MOSHE GELBOIM

SUPPORTER

SUPPORTER

Congratulations Froma and Bruce.

We really appreciate what you do

for WJCS and value your friendship.

YVETTE & VICTOR HERSHAFT

We join the community in celebrating the

enormous contributions of Froma and Bruce

as well as the vital work of the WJCS staff

and programs which benefit so many.

LYNN & BILL JACOBS

SUPPORTER

SUPPORTER

Congratulations

Froma & Bruce

on this well deserved honor.

Your extraordinary commitment to WJCS

over so many years is truly inspiring.

RIKKI & BARRY KAPLAN

Congratulations and thank you to

Froma and Bruce for your sincere

dedication to WJCS!

SARAH & BRUCE KAYLE

SUPPORTER

SUPPORTER

Congratulations to

tonight’s honorees!

RUTH & SID LAPIDUS

We proudly support WJCS

in honor of Barry Kaplan.

Congratulations on celebrating

at this year’s 2017 Gala.

JANE & DANIEL OCH

SUPPORTER

SUPPORTER

To our most deserving honorees,

Froma and Bruce.

Thank you for your outstanding

leadership and dedication to WJCS.

With love and appreciation,

SHIRLEY & HY SHWIEL

Mazel to Froma -

Your leadership at WJCS and the broader

Jewish Community sets an example for all.

Kol haKavod.

TINA & STEVEN PRICE

SUPPORTER

SUPPORTER

Congratulations Bruce.

DIANNE & DAVID STERN

STILLMAN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

and

DEVON PLAZA REALTY

are proud to honor

Westchester Jewish Community Services

and

its terrific honorees

Froma and Bruce.

ROY STILLMANSTILLMAN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

440 Mamaroneck Ave., Suite S-512, Harrison, NY 10528914-813-1900

www.stillmanmanagement.com

SUPPORTER

SUPPORTER

Our warmest wishes and heartfelt congratulations

to two extraordinary leaders

FROMA BENEROFE and BRUCE FREYER

and the amazing lay leadership, professionals

and staff of WJCS.

We thank you for all that you do to make a difference

in the lives of others! Our community is blessed

with your inspiring and dedicated leadership!

YASHER KOACH!

With warmth and appreciation,

PAM & BRUCE WEXLER

SUPPORTER

SUPPORTER

In honor of

Dr. and Mrs. Blumenthal.

MURRAY ALON

In honor of Froma, with appreciation from

a former WJCS colleague

who is pleased to celebrate

Froma’s kindness, generosity and wisdom.

ANONYMOUS

Thank you to

Froma Benerofe and Bruce Freyer

for all your hard work and dedication.

You are an inspiration to us all.

BARBARA & ROBERT EHUDIN

Froma-Mazel tov on this extremely

well-deserved honor.

Your commitment to WJCS, UJA, the Westchester

community, Holocaust Education, Hillel, Israel and

the global Jewish world is an inspiration to us.

Thank you for the lessons you have taught

and the role model that you are as a

true leader and philanthropist.

Bruce-Mazel tov and thank you for your leadership

and commitment to our community.

Warmly,

MARTINE & STANLEY FLEISHMAN

Froma

We have made this journey together

whether wet or dry

with shoes or without

I love and respect you.

Bruce

You have helped make WJCS bloom and grow.

You are a mensch’s mensch.

Thank you both for the great impact

you have had and continue to have.

PENNY GOLDSMITH

Mazel Tov to Froma Benerofe!

Your leadership in the Jewish community

is an inspiration to us.

TARA SLONE GOLDSTEIN & WAYNE GOLDSTEIN

Neil -

Your work with WJCS is an

inspiration to us.

Thank you.

CINDY & BEN GOLUB

Dear Froma –

Thank you for all the

good you do –

you make the

world a better place!

Love,

H & M

Congratulations to

Froma Benerofe and Bruce Freyer,

honorees extraordinaire!

And to the board and staff

for their passion, commitment

and professionalism.

JUDI & BERNIE KIMBERG

Dad/Grandpa Bruce,

Congratulations!

We are so very proud of you, and your many years

of service and effort at WJCS.

You are a great example of how

we are responsible to give our support

to those in need of assistance,

both in our community

and around the world.

“If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am

only for myself, then what am I? And if not now, when?”

-Rabbi Hillel

We love you so much!

ZACHARY AND SYDNEY,TYANA & SCOTT KURTZ

To Froma Benerofe and Bruce Freyer,

inspiring role models and honorees.

To the Corbin’s, the Glasser’s and the Kayle’s,

Event Chairs who ensure success.

To the Platuss’s and the Ross’s,

Dinner Chairs who make it happen.

And to the committed and caring

Board of Directors, staff and

supporters of WJCS.

Your strength brings strength to our

neighbors in need.

SUSAN & BARRY LEWEN

For our friend Bruce Freyer,

a mensch of great character.

From your Mussar study group:

Carol Corbin, Tova Effron,

Rosele Frishwasser, Barry Kaplan,

Carol Richards Mermey, Ann Spindel,

Rabbi Pamela Wax

MUSSAR STUDY GROUP

In honor of our President.

LUCY & DAVID SIMKINS

Honoring

Froma Benerofe and Bruce Freyer

for their outstanding contribution to WJCS.

PAMELA & MARTIN WINTER

Froma and Bruce,

Truly Making A Difference.

Thank you for your generosity,

leadership, partnership and passion.

You make WJCS and our community better.

My personal and professional thanks.

ALAN TRAGER

Dear Froma,

To know you is to truly love you

...for your deep and abiding Jewish values:

for boundless giving and contributions to

making the whole world a sweeter and

kinder place every day of your life!

With admiration, adoration

and much love,

ELLIE ARONOWITZ& MIKE WITKES

Pat Lemp, Liane Nelson and the current

and former staff of the WJCS Treatment

Center for Trauma and Abuse

salute Froma Benerofe

for ten years of compassion, wisdom and

dedication as a member of the trauma

team in providing outstanding clinical

services to Westchester’s most vulnerable

children and families.

WJCS TCTA

In honor of Froma Benerofe -

amazing role model and mentor.

May you go from strength to strength!

TRACEY & MARK BILSKI

Froma,

Congratulations from friends of Andy and Mitch.

Wishing you all the best.

JIM COYMAN AND ANTHONY CORRADO

Congratulations to Froma and Bruce.

Many thanks to the WJCS staff

for all it does for our community.

GAIL & LARRY DOBOSH

Mazel tov to Froma and Bruce

on this richly deserved honor.

SHEILA & BOB FRIEDLAND

In honor of Karen and David Blumenthal

and Carole and Ron Chaimowitz.

ELLY & STEVE HAMMERMAN

Mazel Tov, Bruce and Froma, on this most well deserved honor!

Your passion and unwavering support for WJCS is infectious!

May your commitment be an example to us all!

With deep affection,

DEBBY & DAVID GLASSER

Congratulations to Froma Benerofe and Bruce Freyer

for this well-deserved honor and with admiration and affection for

Meira Fleisch and Neil Sandler for your outstanding dedication

and inspired leadership.

BARBARA LEWIS KAPLAN

Froma-an inspiration and role model for all of us.

A well deserved honor!

Much love,

DEBBIE & MARK JACOBY

Bruce-

Congratulations on this well-deserved honor

and thank you for all you do for the Jewish community.

SHERYL & CHIP KAYE

Congratulations to the honorees-Froma Benerofe and Bruce Freyer.

And to Neil Sandler, the board and staff for all the good work

they do to make our community and the world a better place.

JULI & DAN KARSON

S/he who executes charity and justice is regarded as though

s/he had filled the entire world with kindness.

– Tractate Sukka (49b)

LYNN & JULES KROLL

With gratitude for the healing and

sustaining of our community.

RABBI SHIRA MILGROM AND DR. DAVID ELCOTT

Congratulations to the honorees

Froma Benerofe and Bruce Freyer

and to our friends and co-chairs

Seth and Linda Plattus and Ivan and Nina Ross.

THE MARK AND LISA NEPORENTFAMILY FOUNDATION

Mazel Tov to Westchester Jewish Community Services

and to our friends Froma Benerofe and Bruce Freyer.

Thank you for all the work you do to improve the lives of so many.

MARILYN KNELLER-RIMSKY & NEIL T. RIMSKY

Congratulations to

Froma Benerofe and Bruce Freyer

for this much deserved honor.

THE ROSENBAUM FAMILY

To Froma-

A life dedicated to helping those in need.

ANNE & STUART ROBINOWITZ

Congratulations to the best!

JUDY TENNEY

Mazel tov to Froma Benerofe and Bruce Freyer!

Thank you for your generosity, leadership, advocacy and passion.

You make WJCS and our community better.

WJCS JEWISH PROGRAMS

In honor of Bruce Freyer.

Whether reaching out to a single individual,

or to the greater community, Bruce has always accepted

the challenge to make this a better world.

RABBI DANIEL WOLK AND ANN CARMEL

We salute the tireless efforts of Froma Benerofe and Bruce Freyer

in assisting our communities in need in Westchester, especially

supporting young children’s early emotional development.

Their commitment inspires us all.

WJCS PROJECT SEED STAFF

Congratulations Froma.

THE ZENKEL FAMILY

Congratulations to tonight’s honorees

Froma Benerofe and Bruce Freyer.

We are proud to support WJCS.

LEDERER, LEVINE & ASSOCIATES, LLCKEN LEDERER, PARTNER • DEREK FLANAGAN, PARTNER

PROVIDING AUDIT AND ADVISORY SERVICES TO THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

Congratulations to tonight’s honorees.

It has been our pleasure and privilege to work with

Susan and Diana

on the Gala invitation and Journal.

CARYL FERBER POSER & PETER POSER

Congratulations to two good friends and extraordinary people,

Froma Benerofe and Bruce Freyer,

who truly make our world a better place.

With love,

ANN & FRED YERMAN

We honor the honorees

and WJCS.

JOYCE & FRED CLAAR

Congratulations Froma and Bruce

on this great honor. Many thanks for all that you

have done and continue to do in support of

WJCS and the Westchester Community.

MARIQUITA & MATTHEW BLUMBERG

CONGRATULATIONS BRUCE!

YOU INSPIRE US ALL TO BE

OUR BETTER SELVES.

LISBETH & EUGENE DEVLIN

Congratulations Bruce,

a most deserving honoree.

LYNN & ARNOLD FELD

MAZEL TOV

FROMA

ON YOUR

WELL DESERVED

HONOR.

PAM & ERIC GOLDSCHMIDT

Congratulations to Bruce and Froma.

Two inspiring and special people.

NANCY & JOEL HIRSCHTRITT

Much deserved congratulations

to two inspirational leaders,

Froma and Bruce.

REGGI & BOB MENSCH

Congratulations Froma and Bruce.

You set a great example for us all.

CAROL & STEVE MERMEY

To our brother and uncle, Neil Sandler

who is a role model to family and

community alike in extraordinary

leadership and caring.

We love you, Neil!

AMY, ADAM, JULIE, JANE,JONATHAN, CAMERON, BEN, ALICE

Congratulations to

tonight’s honorees.

DAVID MILZOFF

The POINT Family and Friends

express their deep appreciation for the support

and commitment of WJCS to the members

of the POINT program.

POINT FAMILY & FRIENDS

We honor Bruce Freyer.

KAREN GANZ MOREIN& JOE MOREIN

For Froma

who dances through life with grace,

a passion for the arts,

a devotion to the Jewish people,

and most important, a generous loving soul.

With our admiration,

YVONNE & BETTY POLLACK

Congratulations to Froma

for her decades of service and support of

Westchester Jewish Community Services

and so many other worthy causes.

TOBI & MARTIN ROGOWSKY

Congrats to the honorees!

To WJCS: Keep up the amazing work

you do to help families in need!

STEPHANIE & LEE SPIEGEL

Congratulations to tonight’s honorees

and in admiration of Neil Sandler’s

work with WJCS.

ARAN RON

Great honor for a great person!

Love,

THE ROSENTHAL FAMILY

Congratulations Bruce!

WENDY ROWDER & JOHN CARTON

Tikkun Olam honoring Froma.

MARILYN & BILL ZELMAN

Congratulations to our friend

Bruce Freyer.

LISA & STUART STERNBERG

To our dear friend Froma-

for all you do.

SUSIE & JEFF STERN

Honoring

Froma Benerofe and Bruce Freyer.

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Nancy and Howad Ganz

Dr. Sheldon Feldman and Gayle Saunders

Deborah and Mark Bauman

REI Property Management Inc.

Lauren and Craig Nossel

Nick’s Electrical Service, Inc.

Cookie and Stan Quittman

Mclaughlin and Stern LLP

Philip Halper

York International Agency

In memory of Martin Riskin

Ellen and David Hirsch

ADP

Elise Felix Rubin and Howard Rubin

Linda Forman

Bonnie S. Silverman and David M. Nanus

Alice Tenney and Budd Weisenberg

Tris and Sam Berger

PATRON NAME LIST ING

ArtsWestchester

Congratulates

FromaBenerofe

artsw.org

ArtsWestchester Immediate Past

President & dedicated board member

ArtsWestchester is proud

to work with WJCS to

bring the arts to children

& communities in

Westchester.

ללמוד וללמד לשמור ולעשות

“Life is not meaningful unless it is serving an end

beyond itself, unless it is of value to someone else.”

Rabbi Professor Abraham Joshua Heschel

Schechter Westchester is pleased to wish

a heartfelt mazal tov to this year’s honorees

Froma Benerofeand

Bruce Freyer

Kol hakavod on this well-deserved honor. We salute your

dedication to Westchester Jewish Community Services. WJCS,

a longtime friend of our school, is also our valued partner in

supporting families and providing children with the tools they

need to be successful leaders in Westchester and beyond.

With best wishes,

Schechter Westchester

David Landau

President, Board of Trustees

Dr. Michael A. Kay

Head of School

Barbara and Bennett Josselsohn

Richard Ackerman

Lindsay Adler

Anshu Ajmera

Martin Alberti

Karen Allison

Jessica and Mark Anfang

Rose Ann and Simon Aronin

Srishti Arora

Greta Berenbaum

Malena Bernard

Ashley Berson

Ashley Berson

Silvia Bittman

Rose and Mitchell Blank

Ben Blumberg

Sofia Bohjalian

Brian Bosiver

Vivienne and Perry Braun

Julie and Warren Breakstone

RoseMarie Brescia

Cheryl and David Bunzel

Barbara Byington

Leslie Cheikin

Anand Chitale

Judith Christopher

Laura Clapp

Jordana Cohen

Karen and Raymond Cohen

Lisa Cohen

Maureen Corcoran

Alison and Ellis Cousens

Matt Daniel

David Diamond

Jasmine Diaz

Shari and Barry Dinaburg

Jenny and David Dinoffer

Lindsay Donat

Sierra Donovan

Rondine Douglas

Barbara and Robert Ehudin

Anne and Mark Ellman

Erica and Lawrence Epstein

Fabiana Espada

Mary Beth Evans

Irene Faillace

Joseph Falco

Jennifer Farfel

Joan Fastiggi

Trevor Fawkner

Lissa Feigenbaum

Emma Feldman

Jose Figueroa

Gilda and Murray Forseter

Sydney Frydman

Monique Geisler

Ellen and Moshe Gelboim

Audrey Gendel

Richard Genin

Dean Glucksman

Leah Glucksman

Miriam Gold

Danielle Goldman

Sydney Goldman

Daniel Goldstein

Janet Goldstein

Betty Gordon

Steven Gottlieb

Eugene and Emily Grant

Susan and Daniel Groner

Jack and Sandy Gruenberg

Yingzhu Guan

Merrill Halpern

Marc Halpert

Alice Hand

Eric Hansen

Arin Hendell

Herbert Weiner

Megan Ho

Emma Hochberg

Amy Horowitz

Stephanie Irizarry

Denny Jacobson

Dennis Jobin

Marguerita Johnson

Ellis Jones

Lolita Jones

Meryl Kantro

Abby Kaplan

Barry and Rikki Kaplan

Leslie and Richard Kaskel

Diane and Gary Katz

Helene Katz

Michael and Arlene Kaufman

Caroline Kelson

Charlotte Kelson

Ronnie Kent

Ruth Kirschner

Ben Klein

Betty Klein

Michael and Arlene Kleinberg

Arlene and Stuart Kolbert

Tricia Kotler

Dorothy Krauss Eisenpress

Nina and Jeffrey Kravetz

Adam Krim

Julia Kushnick

Jessie Kwong

Michael Landau

Sandra Landesman

Sandee Levinson

Jade Lew

Jaden Lewis

Cecelia Liu

Janis Louie

Marion Madison

WJCS THANKS ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS .

Please excuse any unintentional omissions.

Rhonda Magid

Jennifer Malach

Ana Paula Marfeo

Zack Margolang

Emily Markowitz

Maxine and Stephen Marks

Earle Marsh

Cynthia Martin

Heather Martin

Danamaia Martinez

Ellie McDonald

Sarah McGovern

Samantha Medvinsky

Aarti Menta

Sami Meyers

Marti Michael

Miriam Minor

Jack Mintzer

Kira Mintzer

Jeffrey Morse

John Mortsakis

Daniel Moretti

Robert Mucci

Eric Nerenberg

Karen Newman

Nimrod Nissim

Lauren and Craig Nossel

Trevor Nossel

Andrew Nussbaum

Margarita Onate

Barbara and Lawrence Orans

David Ostow

Ira Padva

Sharon Perez

Benjamin Petersen

Madelaine Pilpel

Brian Plattus

Seth and Linda Plattus

Cheyenne Pons

Talia Potters

Victoria Presser

Bridget Price

Nicholas Primavera

Nabiha Qadir

Anabel Quiroz

Maidad and Ellen Rabina

Jeffrey and Debra Radov

Julia Raskin

Keshav Rastogi

Lynn Reichgott

Cornelia Roberts-Price

Daniel Rogers

Mary and David Rosewater

Nina and Ivan Ross

Veronica Ryan

Michael Sabatino

Cynthia and Marc Samwick

George Samwick

Christoph Sawyer

Rhonda and Seymour Schreiber

Emma Schwartz

Lori and Steven Schwartz

Matthew Schwartz

Wendy and Richard Segal

Sam Seltzer

Ettie Shapiro

Hannah Sherr

Julia Sherr

Frances Scheffler and Stephen Siegel

Sam Siegel

Andrea and Daniel Sieger

Howard Silberberg

Elisa Singer

Howard Suellen and Michelle Singer

Kelly Singer

Diana Sklar

Harriet Slivka

Noah Smith

Renee Smith

Marcus Solomon

Chandra Sookdeo

Anna Spiro

Mara and Brandon Steiner

S D and Elizabeth Stephens

Linda Stern

Jenna Stewart

Katherine Sullivan

Chloe Suzman

Jeremy Suzman

Melanie Szulcha

Sophie Ulene

Anthony Vaccaro

Phylisha Villanueva

David Volkman

Robert Voorheis

Donna Walker

Jordan Wank

Helene Wasserman

Jack Waxman

Sydney Weinberg

Arthur Weinstock

Jill and Bruce Weisfeld

Jessica Wu

Campbell Yearley

Suzanne and Andrew Yearley

Debbie and Steven Young

Elly Zabb

Eve Zilm

Fran and Alan Zimbard

Please excuse any unintentional omissions.

WE COULD NOT DO I T WITHOUT YOU.

Congratulations to

Froma Benerofe and Bruce Freyer

and

thank you to the

WJCS Board of Directors

for sharing your time, energy,

resources and wisdom.

WJCS STAFF

FromaMOST OF THOSE READING THIS JOURNAL WILL KNOW FROMA AS A GIVER, AN ADVOCATE, A DOER – A FIREBALL OF INTELLECT AND ENERGY.

WE KNOW HER AS A WIFE; SHE GETS THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR IN THIS DEPARTMENT – TOLERANT, SUPPORTIVE,

LOYAL, CAREGIVING, BUDDY, CHEERLEADER AND AN OCCASIONAL COOK.

WE KNOW HER AS A MOTHER; WARM, UNDERSTANDING, WELCOMING, CHAUFFER, MESS CLEANER UPPER, PROJECT ROOM CREATOR AND MOST OF ALL, ENCOURAGING “THE DREAM” – WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.

WE KNOW HER AS A GRANDMOTHER; EXPERIENCED, PATIENT, ROOTING SECTION LEADER, HELPER, WARM SHOULDER, CRYING SHOULDER, LIFTER UPPER OF THE DOWNTRODDEN – ALWAYS THERE!!

WE KNOW HER AS A SISTER/SISTER-IN-LAW/AUNT; CONFIDANT, SOUNDING BOARD, ALWAYS 100% TRUTHFUL, ADVISOR, SENSE OF HUMOR, DOES NOT TAKE HERSELF TOO SERIOUSLY – SHE’S THE ONE YOU GO TO WHEN YOU HAVE TSOURIS.

AND FINALLY, WE KNOW HER AS A FRIEND; FUN, RESPONSIVE, EMPATHETIC, LOVES TO LAUGH – MORE THAN THOUGHTFUL ADVISOR.

THIS COULD GO ON FOREVER, BUT WE COULD NOT AFFORD ANOTHER PAGE!

FROMA IS INDEED A REMARKABLE WOMAN WHO DESERVES BUT DOES NOT SEEK RECOGNITION.

WITH MUCH LOVE,

ANDY, AMY, NANCY, MARK, JUNIOR, HELENA, REESA, CELESTE, JAVIER, AVA, ELIAS, EMBER, JEMMA, JIMMY, ROBIN, JORY, SETH, HAYLEY, TYLER, JENNI, ROB, YUKI, MITCH, ADA, CRAIG, GARY, SAM, JON, PETE, STEPHANIE, COURTNEY

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