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Greater Miami Jewish Federation

2024-2025 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Officers

Chair of the Board:

Lily Serviansky

Immediate Past Board Chair:

Ariel Bentata

Vice Chairs:

Amanda Adler
Matthew L. Adler
Elise Scheck Bonwitt
Shelley Brodie
Steven J. Brodie
Amy Berger Chafetz
Moj Khaghan Danial
Michelle Diener
Brian Riemer
Sheree Savar
Tracey M. Spiegelman
Ray Ellen Yarkin
Richard Yulman

Secretary: Robert Hertzberg

Associate Secretary: Elizabeth Schwartz

Treasurer: Michelle Ben-Aviv

Associate Treasurer: Robert C. Gilbert

Nominated Board Members & National Representatives

Leonard Abess
Daniel Ades
Sari K. Agatston
Isaac Almosny
Marissa Amuial
Ryan D. Bailine
Sara Bejar
Paul Berkowitz
Joel Birnbaum
Noah Breakstone
John M. Bussel
Lindsay Sasha David
David O. Deutch
Susan Diamond
Adrian Dubow
Beth Ertel
Susan Weiss Firestone
Steve Foldes
Julie Franklin
Michael D. Friedman
Belinda Gilbert
Lisa E. Goldstein
Steven Gretenstein
Shelley Niceley Groff
Barry T. Gurland
Lisa Jerles
Larry Joseph
Ian Kaplan
Jessica Katz
Michael L. Katz
Bruce Kohrman

Ilene Kossman
Edie Laquer
Murray Laulicht
Lauren Leichtman
Marc. A Levin
Jeffrey Levine
Mayra Lichter
Ali Mendoza
Gail S. Meyers
Lloyd Myers
Gail J. Newman
Jeffrey E. Newman
Tina Price
Jonathan Raiffee
Lecia Rothman
Joshua M. Samek
Linda Schechter
Raquel Scheck
Morrie Siegel
Michael R. Simkins
David B. Smith
Brad Sokol
Michael Tabacinic
Denise Tamir
Ofer Tamir
Elise Udelson
Michael Wagner
Steven Wagner
Stanley Weinstein
Hedy Kloda Whitebook
Tammy Woldenberg

Appointed by the Chair of the Board

Terri Bachow
Edward Beiner
Jaclyn Bergman
Richard N. Bernstein
Fran Berrin
Alex Blavatnik
Melissa Buckner
Antoine Chiche
Suzette Diamond
Rabbi Robyn Fisher
Adriana Halac
Amir Hayun
Naftali Holtz

Robin Jacobs
Maty Jamal
Eric S. Kane
Evelyn Katz
Isaac S. Mizrahi
Sidney Pertnoy
Joel Sandberg, MD
Mytyl Simancas-Bister
Jacqueline Simkin
John Sumberg
Pamela Wolfson
Gary Yarus

Life Members

Michael M. Adler*
Saby Behar*
Ariel Bentata*
Helene Berger
Robert G. Berrin*
Brian L. Bilzin*
Andrew Blank
Norman Braman*
Honorable Amy N. Dean*
Rebeca Delaster
Isaac K. "Ike" Fisher*
Mikki Futernick
Ellie Ganz
Gary Gerson
Barbara Black Goldfarb*
Ezra Katz*
Ruben Kloda
Steven J. Kravitz*
Israel Lapciuc
Donald E. Lefton*
William Lehman*
Nancy Lipoff
Norman H. Lipoff*
Dr. Mark Oren
Nedra Oren*
Aaron Podhurst*
Dorothy Podhurst
Jeffrey Scheck*
Michael Scheck*
Maxine E. Schwartz
Dr. Joseph Singer

* Past President/Board Chair

Standing Committees

Administrative
Brian Riemer
Agency Support
Jennifer E. Fine
Joshua C. Kligler
Audit
Barbara Shrut
Building Operations
Steven Hurwitz
Bylaws & Governance
Rep. Elaine Bloom
Campaign Cabinet
Moj Khaghan Danial
Executive Evaluation & Compensation
Lily Serviansky
Federation/Synagogue Relations
Stuart Ratzan
Rabbi Eliezer Wolf
Financial Management
Matthew L. Adler
The Foundation of the
Greater Miami Jewish Federation
Shelly Brodie
Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach
Matan Ben-Aviv
Investment
Amir Gold
Israel & Overseas
Sheree Savar
Israel Engagement
David Scharlin
Jewish Community Relations Council
Steven Scheck
Leadership Development
Laura Koffsky
Marketing & Communications
Janice Lipton
Miami Beach Branch Board
Irwin P. Raij
Mishkan Miami of the
Greater Miami Jewish Federation
Daniel Fujita
Nominating
Isaac K. “Ike” Fisher
North Dade/Aventura Branch Board
Marian Kruss
Philanthropic Initiatives
Barbara Black Goldfarb
Planning & Distribution
Elise Scheck Bonwitt
Pledge Redemption
Andrew H. Wolf
South Dade Branch Board
Jason Haim
Volunteer Center
Alexandra Alazrachi
Women’s Philanthropy Board

Amanda Adler
Young Leadership Division
Joey Katz
Pearleen Lederman

REPORT OF NOMINATING COMMITTEE

As Required in Bylaws

Alper JCC Miami on The Jay Morton-Levinthal Campus
Andrew H. Wolf

Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education
Mark Kravitz

Florida Hillel Student Representative
Melanie Wisniacki

Galbut Family Miami Beach JCC on the Simkins Family Campus
Michelle Ben-Aviv

High School Student Representative
Ava Oren

International Division Representative
Yosef Shwedel

Jewish Community Services of South Florida
Vanessa Ressler

Miami Beach Campaign Chair
Adam Bergman

Miami Jewish Health
Ronald Fieldstone

Michael-Ann Russell JCC on the Sanford L. Ziff Campus
Joshua Weingard

Mount Sinai Medical Center
Mark H. Hildebrandt

North Dade/Aventura Campaign Chair
OPEN

Rabbinical Association of Greater Miami
Rabbi Judith Siegal

South Dade Campaign Chair
Scott Weingarden

Women’s Philanthropy Campaign Chair
Leslie Gelrubin Benitah

Life Trustee

Jerry Blank

Council of Jewish Organizations

Ahavat Olam
Aish HaTorah South Florida
Alexander Muss High School in Israel
Alper JCC Miami on The Jay Morton-Levinthal Campus
American Committee for Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University
American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro
American Friends of Magen David Adom
American Friends of The Hebrew University
American Israel Public Affairs Committee
American Jewish Committee – Greater Miami & Broward Regional Office
American Technion Society, Greater South Florida Chapter
Americans for Ben-Gurion University
AMIT
Anti-Defamation League – Florida Region
Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center
BBYO
Bet Shira Congregation
Beth David Congregation
Beth Israel Congregation
Beth Moshe Congregation
Beth Torah Benny Rok Campus
Boys Town Jerusalem Foundation of America, Southeast Region
Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education
Chabad in South Beach
Congregation Dor Chadash
Congregation Shaaray Tefilah
Cuban Hebrew Congregation – Temple Beth Shmuel
FIU Global Jewish Studies Program, School of International & Public Affairs
Friends of Lubavitch of Florida
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces
Galbut Family Miami Beach JCC on the Simkins Family Campus
Gordon Day School
Greater Miami Jewish Federation
Habonim Cultural Club – Survivors of the Holocaust and Second Generation
Hadassah – Greater Miami Region
Hochberg Lower School, Posnack East
Holocaust Documentation and Education Center
Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach
Israel Bonds
Israel Humanitarian Foundation
Jewish Community Relations Council of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation
Jewish Community Services of South Florida
Jewish Museum of Florida–FIU
Jewish National Fund
Jewish War Veterans
Kloda Whitebook Kesher Academy
Lehrman Community Day School
Maimonides Florida
Mechina of South Florida High School
Miami Jewish Health
Michael–Ann Russell JCC on the Sanford L. Ziff Campus
Mishkan Miami of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation
Mount Sinai Medical Center
NA’AMAT USA, Miami-Dade Council
National Council of Jewish Women Greater Miami Section
Ohev Shalom Congregation
Rabbi Alexander S. Gross Hebrew Academy (RASG)
Rabbinical Association of Greater Miami
Scheck Hillel Community School
Skylake Synagogue
South Florida Shomrim Society
Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies at the University of Miami
Talmudic University of Florida
Temple Beth Am
Temple Beth Or
Temple Beth Sholom
Temple Emanu-El
Temple Hatikvah/Homestead Jewish Center
Temple Israel of Greater Miami
Temple Judea
Temple Menorah
Temple Moses – Sephardic Congregation of Florida
Temple Sinai of North Dade
The Shul of Bal Harbour
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, Southeast Seaboard District
Women’s International Zionist Organization (WIZO)
Yeshiva Elementary School
Yeshiva Toras Chaim/Toras Emes
Young Israel of Greater Miami
Young Israel of Kendall

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