2012 Annual Fund Contributors
(Gifts made between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012)
Thank you to all of our donors for your generous support in 2012. Your contributions help sustain the National Historic Landmark 1887 Eldridge Street Synagogue as a center for all visitors to discover Jewish-American traditions and culture, Lower East Side immigrant history, and architectural preservation.
If you are not currently a donor, I urge you to support this important historical site and its many cultural and educational programs as described in this 2012 Annual Report.
To contribute today or request additional information, please call Eva Bruné at 212.219.0888 ext. 202 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Leadership Circle ($50,000 and above)
The David Berg Foundation
Aaron and Marion Gural Foundation
The Marc Haas Foundation
Mr. Michael Weinstein/The Weinstein Foundation
Platinum Circle ($25,000 - $49,999)
Anonymous (1)
Bloomberg
Ms. Suzy B. Boshwit
New York State Council on the Arts
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Fund, Inc.
The Silver Family Foundation
Gold Circle ($10,000 - $24,999)
Morris and Arlene Goldfarb Family Foundation Inc.
Bank Hapoalim
The Brenner Family Foundation
Mrs. Mildred Caplow
Bonnie and Tony Dimun
Mitzi and Warren Eisenberg Family Foundation
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Goldie Anna Charitable Trust
Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Goos
Ms. Roberta Brandes Gratz
Mr. Nicholas A. Grippi
L. Sarah and Richard S. Lawrence
The Lucius N. Littauer Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
New York Community Trust
Rothstein Kass/Paul Rich
Sheila and Joseph B. Rosenblatt
Judy and Warren Tenney Foundation
Helene and Steven Walsey
Silver Circle ($5,000 - $9,999)
Ms. Lorinda Ash
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation
Elias A. Cohen Foundation, Inc.
The Charles Cohn Foundation Inc.
Cool Culture
Epstein Teicher Philanthropies Foundation
Ms. Gail R. Gremse
HBO
HUB International Northeast
Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation
Alice Lawrence Foundation, Inc.
Manhattan Borough President’s Office/ The Honorable Scott Stringer
Lori and David Moore Family
New York City Department for the Aging
New York Landmarks Conservancy
Merryl and Bruce Raiffe
Susan and Elihu Rose
Mr. Samuel W. Rosenblatt
Leo Rosner Foundation
M. Schamroth & Sons
Stainman Family Foundation Inc.
Sun Hill Foundation
Dorothy P. and Andrew H. Tananbaum
Leo and Lilyan Trieber
Lise and Jeffrey Wilks Family Foundation in memory of Emily and Jerry Spiegel
Judith and Stanley Zabar
Mr. Howard Zar and Mr. Ray Kurdziel
Bronze Circle ($1,000 - $4,999)
Michael and Nelly Bly Arougheti
Gloria and Russ Becker
Susan and Bruce Berger
Ms. Amy Block
The Ernest Bogen Philanthropic Fund
Ms. Robyn Borok
Melva Venezky Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy
The Chazen Foundation
City Access New York, Inc.
Lisa B. and Edmund Cohen
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Daniels
Dee and Frank DeBernardis
Ms. Barbara Ditzian
Susan and David Edelstein
The FAR Fund
Sara and Charles L. Fabrikant
Greg S. Feldman and Melanie Shorin
Mr. Marc S. Friedman
Ms. Hanna L. Fuchs
Dr. Ester Fuchs and Mr. Daniel Victor
Mrs. Naomi Gat
Lyla and Howard Glener
Ms. Jill Rosenblatt Gordon
Edwin Gould Foundation for Children
Mr. William F. Gratz
Great Shrinking Fund
Alyssa and Cliff Greenberg
Kathy and Alan C. Greenberg
Sandy and Lenny Haiken
Ms. Lynne Kraselsky/ESPN
Joann and Robert Todd Lang
Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Lawrence
Melissa Lazarov and Douglas Warshaw
Samuel M. Levy Family Foundation
Robin and Jay L. Lewis
The Malkin Fund, Inc.
Sandra and Michael Mohamad
New York Council for the Humanities
Mrs. Ruth Norek
Mr. Vincent Pascal
Philip J. Hahn Foundation
Ms. Lynda B. Kaplan and Dr. Richard Rabinowitz
Rita and Herbert Raiffe
Tatiana and Michael G. Reiff
Elliott C. Rosch, MD
Frederick P. and Sandra P. Rose Foundation
Mrs. Janet C. Ross
Mr. William Rubenstein
Andrew Sabin Family Foundation
The Reba Judith Sandler Foundation, Inc.
Charles and Mildred Schnurmacher Foundation, Inc.
Susan and Norman Schulman
Mrs. Jane G. Senders
Mr. Jonathan Sheffer
Caroline Sheinbaum
Mr. Morton F. Silver
Mrs. Maxine B. Steinberg
Mr. Barry Steingard
Ashley Steinhart/Peter H. Ehrenberg/Lowenstein Sandler PC
Melissa Stern and James Friedlich
Stoller Family Charitable Lead Annuity Trust
Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund
Michael Tuch Foundation, Inc.
Ms. Terry Underberg
Valley National Bank
Mr. Milton Walsey
Mr. Herbert Weisz
Mr. Ronald Winston
The Zankel Fund
Andrew and Lois Robbins Zaro
Jane and Ron Zimmerman
Beth and Scott Zucker
Gifts of $500 and above
Anonymous (3)
Linda Filer and Bradford Wiley II
Alvin and Dorothy Schwartz Foundation
Mr. Robert Ashe
Judith and Robert Burger
Irwin A. Cantor Family Fund
Ms. Beth Rudin DeWoody
Mr. Donald B. Epstein
Judith and Warren H. Feder
Ms. Phyllis M. Freed
Ms. Jill Frey
Phyllis H. and Seymour Gartenberg
Mrs. Sylvia G. Gordon
Ms. Marisa Green
Mr. Mark B. Greenwald
Susan and Nestor Guzman
Sally and Roger Hoffman
Alene and Randall Huffman
Ms. Jordana Jacobson
Jan and Lewis Kampel
The Kandell Fund
Ms. Robin C. Greenwald-Koocher
John and Evelyn Kossak Foundation, Inc.
Dorothy Rose and Jerome Kretchmer
Mr. Eugene M. Lang
Mr. William P. Lauder
The Margaret and Daniel Loeb-Third Point Foundation
Morton and Barbara Mandel Family Foundation
Maureen McGurl and Mark Willensky
Y.H. Mirzoeff & Sons Foundation Inc.
Ms. Maxine L. Myers
Ruth and Harold J. Newman
The Oppenheim Family Fund
Mr. Lawrence Orenstein
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rich
Mr. Ernest Rubenstein
Mr. Mitchell Schamroth
Ms. Hermine M. Seidenberg
Mr. Joel Sherman/Atlantic Tomorrows Office
Nancy and Ken Stein
Laurie and Sy Sternberg
Mr. Henry Stifel
Mr. Lewis E. Topper
The Weinreb-Brenda-Carter Foundation, Inc.
Mr. Norman I. Weisman
Ms. Marcia Weiss
Mr. Barry Wine
The Sarah and Harold Zalesch Fund, Inc.
Gifts of $250 and above
Anonymous (2)
The Abelow Family Foundation
Mr. Hirschel B. Abelson
Eli Abemayor, MD
Barbara and Frank Arnold
The Belz Foundation
Ms. Roberta Berken
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Biederman
Mr. Melvyn Birnbaum
Olga and Ruvim Breydo
Dorrit and Alexander Coch
Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. Cohen
Joel Marcus Crawford Watch and Jewelry Co., Inc.
Crystal Family Foundation
Mr. Alvin Deutsch
Barry and Hilit Shifman Edelstein
Mr. Martin Elias
Ms. Erin S. Enright
Ms. Clara Jane Epperson
Essig Enright Family Foundation
Miriam H. and Thomas N. Farmakis
Gloria and Stan Fishfader
Ms. Deborah S. Freedman
Maralyn and Isidore Friedman
Ms. Deborah Gans
Ms. Marcy Gerstein, and Carrie and Jonathan Linden
Dr. Jerold R. Gold
Ms. Margaret L. Goodman
The Gramercy Park Foundation
Ms. Suzanne Greene
Mrs. Lita S. Greenwald
The Hammerman Charitable Trust
David Himelberg Foundation
Dr. Zachary I. Hodes
Mr. Howard Horowitz
International Blind Contractors, Ltd.
Ms. Doris Juster
Mr. Mannon Kaplan
Mrs. Ginny Kleinstein Katz
Claire and Richard Korn
Charlotte and Darryl Levy
Ms. Marjorie Loeb
Dr. Faith Menken
Lois P. and Richard Miller
Mr. Laurence J. Murphy
Mr. Saul Raw
Ms. Peggy D. Bernstein-Rawitt
Sheila and Lester Robbins Philanthropic Fund
Dr. Melvin K. Roseman
Mr. Murray Rosen
Hila and Saul Rosen
Mr. Monroe H. Rosner
Mr. Christopher H. Rothko and Ms. Lori L. Cohen
Nina and Russell Rothman
Bonnie and Mordechai Rozanski
Robyn and Stuart Saltzman
Harlan and Brian Saroken
Ms. Matilda Scheiner
The Setton Foundation
Michael L. and Vivien Brodkin Shelanski
Ms. Jennifer Silverman
Mrs. Stella Skura
Susan L. Steinhauser and Daniel Greenberg and The Greenberg Foundation
Esther Esh Sternberg Foundation
Cynthia Wainwright and Stephen Berger
Ms. Eileen Wilk Walsh
Mr. Daniel Weiss
Yiddish Book Center/Aaron Lansky
Nora and Barry Yood
Keri and Stuart Zaro
Gifts of $100 and above
Ms. Amy Abrahams
Mr. William H. Abrams
Rabbi David and Lynn Harris Adelson
Louise and Mel Adler
Ms. Carol L. Aerenson
Mr. Stephen B. Alderman
The Kurt R. and Marion V. Anker Trust
Anonymous (4)
Ilene Engel and Bob Arotsky
Lee F. Barash
Mr. Stanley L. Barrish
Ms. Harriet A. Bass
Terry and Carol Becker
Ms. Marilyn Belous
Mr. Howard Benjamin
Ms. Evelyn Berezin
Susan and Bruce Berger
Ms. Gloria Berkenstat Freund
Mr. Muray Berman
Vidor and Nissan Bernstien
Leslie and Karen Blacksburg
Ms. Irene Blady
Ms. Helene A. Blieberg
Dr. and Mrs. Alan Bloom
Mrs. Erika Bloomfield
Ms. Lois D. Blumenfeld
Mr. Bruce Bolter
Ms. Amy Boorstein
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Borer
Ms. Harriet Boxer
Ms. Jane Brady
Ms. Tammy Brainin
Dorothy and Stephen Brenner
Ms. Betsy Broder
Phyllis E. and Irwin L. Browarsky
Mr. Russell V. Brown
Sandy and Allen Brune
Eva and David Bruné
Ms. Gail Buchwald
Lori Buchbinder and Raymond McDaniel
Mr. David Burgin
Ms. Nancy Burstein
Mr. Joshua R. Cammaker
Mr. David J. Charles
Ms. Nancy Charney
Community Synagogue of Rye
Max B. Cohn Family Foundation
Eileen and Howard Cotton
Ms. Ann Louise Cowan
Barbara and Frederick Cronin
Linda and Teo Dagi
Jessica and Andrew P. Davis
Mr. Oscar Davis
Roslyn L. Diamond and Michael R. Harnett
Mr. Charles Dimston
Mr. Joshua Dolin
Ms. Adele S. Dresner
Doris and Leo Dreyfuss
Ms. Abbe Gale Echstein
Mr. Howard S. Edelstein
Mr. Henry Ehrlich
Mr. Bernard Eisenstein
Mr. Leon Ellman
Ms. Susam Elman
Sharon and Michael Falcone
Mr. Brent Feigenbaum
Georgia and Morton Feingold
Dr. Clarice Feinman
Mr. Howard Feldman
Ms. Sharon Feldman
Mr. Raymond J. Fields
Joan E. and Edward Fine
Ms. Sheila Fishman
The Rose Flaum Foundation
Ms. Ilaria Fleischer
Mr. Charles A. Forma
Mr. Bernard M. Fox
The Anne and Gerald Freedman Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Edith and Sol Freedman
Ms. Lisa Friedlander
Amy and Charles Garfunkel
Rabbi David Gelfand/Temple Israel of NYC
Mrs. Sarah A. Gelber
Ms. Adelle Gersten
Ms. Deborah Gianelli
Mr. Seth Ginns
The Honorable Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Norma and Martin A. Goetz
Mr. Arthur Goldberg
Ms. Lili Goldberg
Mr. Alan Goldman
Ms. Bertha Goldman
Ms. Rachel Goldman
Ellie Goldstein, MD
Cary and Melvin S. Goldstein
Mr. Stuart Goldstein
Ms. Laura M. Goldstein
Mr. Michael Goldstein
Ann and Jim Gordon
Dr. Asher R. Gorelik
Mr. Elihu A. Gorelik
Mrs. Anita W. Graber
Gail P. and Edward G. Green
Dena and Abraham Greenstein
Laurel and Steven Griff
Mr. Paul L. Gross
Mr. Mark A. Grossbard
Ariel M. Grunberg
Major Edward Gurewitz
Mr. Burton K. Haimes
Mr. Benjamin Hammerman
Ms. Anita Handel
Sarah and Joel L. Handelman
Mrs. Donna Harkavy
Ralph and Elaine Harrison
Madeline and David Haver
Mr. David Hellerstein
Hollander Foundation
Bernice and Jack S. Hoffinger
Margie Epstein and Kenneth Stuart Horn
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Horowitz
Mona Schnitzler and Jonathan Hurwitz
Gisa Indenbaum, Ph.D.
Mr. Lawrence Israel
Mr. Theodore H. Jacobsen
Janet Jaffin Revocable Trust
Mr. Jonathan Jakus
Frances A. and Kenneth M. Kahn
Kann Family Philanthropic Fund
Rita and Henry Kaplan Foundation
Mr. Melvin Kaplan
Ms. Barbara S. Karlin
Mr. Paul Karney
Mr. Stanley Katz
Ms. Ruth J. Kaufman
Gerald and Estelle Keitel
Betty and Howard Kerpen
Deborah and Charles Kincaid
Roberta and Melvyn Klein
Mr. William Klein
Mr. Arnold Koch
Ms. Carol Kochman
Vivian and Stuart Koenig
Mr. Ran Kohn
Carol and Elliott Kominsky
Ms. Ayelet Koren
Mr. Myron Kornbluh
Marlene and Elliot Krakauer
Mrs. Diane F. Kramer, MS, ED, MSW
Dr. Dolores Kreisman
Carol H. and Robert D. Krinsky
Naomi and Paul Kronish
Judith and Henry Krumholz
Marcia and Malvin Krupitsky
Mr. David F. Kuck
Mr. Jonathan Myles Kushner
Bernice and Jerome S. Lachs
Ms. Ellen Lang
Ann and Julius Lasnick
Ms. Lorinda Lasus
Lesley and Norman Leben
Mr. Harvey I. Leifert
Sondra S. and Stanley A. Leon
Mr. Martin Lerner
Mr. Donald Levin
Ms. Donna B. Levison
Mr. Adam Lichtman
Mr. L. Robert Lieb
Ms. Valrie L. Lieberman
Leslie and Bryan Lorber
Mr. Gilbert Louzoun
Fern and Lew Lowenfels
Ms. Renee Luebke
Ms. Linda Lusskin
Mr. Morris Mansfield
Pearl Ann and Max Marco
Dr. and Mrs. Philip Marcus
Mr. Burton H. Marks
Arlene and Neil Martin
Ms. Silvia Marx
Mr. Glenn E. McDonald
Ms. Mary Jane McGoey
Karen and Bob Meister
Ms. Joyce A. Mendelsohn
Carole and David Metzger
Ms. Syva Meyers
Meredith Berkman and Daniel Mintz
Inger and Mark Mirsky
Ms. Ruth Nadel
Esther and Irving Natter
Anne and Victor S. Navasky
Beth and Behrooz Nazer
Ms. Cindy Nelson
Caryn and David I. Newman
Ms. Winifred G. Newman
Ms. Abbe J. Nosoff
Orchard Yarn & Thread Company
Mr. Steven A. Okin
Mr. Gerald M. Ostrov
Mr. Harry Otterman
Mr. Barry C. Pearce
Ms. Beth Peller
Mr. David J. Pelmoter
Ms. Joan Lee and Mr. Richard Perfit
Ms. Lili Perski
Dina and Stephen Phelps
Sylvia and Seymour Pincus
Loren Plotkin and Carol A. Baxter
Dr. and Mrs. Richard H. Pollen
Mr. Sidney Lee Posel
Ms. Betsy Posner
Susan and Gerald Post
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Potack
Ms. LaVerne L. Prager
Sylvia and Paul Rackow
Ms. Cynthia Rawitch
Ms. Lorraine Reiser
Elizabeth and Eugene Renkin
Mr. Fred M. Richman
Mr. Jarrow L. Rogovin
Ms. Hanora Rosen
Ms. Bonnie Rosenberg
Ms. Marian Rosenberg and Ms. Barbara Minakakis
Joann and Sidney D. Rosoff
Annie Roth and Morris Roth
Ms. Michelle Roth
John M. and Martha Rozett
Ms. Beverly M. Rubin
Mr. Herbert Rubin
Ms. Julia Ruchman
Mrs. Greer Rivlin Saltzman
Jane and Martin Salwen
Jill W. and Lawrence Sandberg
Ms. Sara Ann Sanders
Doris and Myron Saranga
Mr. Michael Sarver
Ms. Dava Savel
Ms. Diana Savit
Ms. Annette Sally Schecter
Ms. Jessica Schein
Ms. Helen Schulberg
Mr. Paul E. Schwartz, Mr. Jerome L. Schwartz, Ms. Louise Wolkis
Mr. Steven Schwartzman
Ms. Ellen Shabi
Lina and Martin Shane
Ms. Diana Shapiro
Annette R. and Daniel C. Shapiro
Ms. Karen Shapiro
Ms. Pauline Shmid
Mrs. Norma Jean Shufro
Mr. Steven W. Siegel
Mr. Monte Silberger
Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Silver
Cherie and Martin Silverstein
Ms. Letty Simon
Mr. Henry A. Singer
Susan and Gary Singer
Mr. Douglas A. Skolnick
Ms. Lrie A. Slutsky
Mr. and Mrs. Abraham J. Small
Joanne C. and James C. Smith
Mr. Williard J. Smith
Ms. Jeanne Snyder
SO Charitable Trust
Carol and Steven Sokol
Mr. Martin Sommer
Mr. Jay Sonners
Mr. Laurence T. Sorkin
Ms. Katie Sperling
Mr. David G. Stahl
Mr. Melvin A. Stein, CPA
Dr. Regina Stein
Ms. Sharon L. Stein
Sylvia and David Steiner Charitable Trust
Ms. Sandy L. Stern
Dr. and Mrs. Steven Strauss
Rachel and Derek Strum
Ms. Jill Swerdloff
Dr. Theodore S. Tapper
Ms. Gerda Taranow
Beatrice and Nathan Taubenfeld
Ms. Ellie Telzer
William and Anna Tenenblatt Foundation
Mr. Richard Titan
Ms. Janet Toledano
Michael and Deborah Troner
Ms. Irma D. Tuchman
Tuchman, Korngold, Weiss, Lippman & Gelles
Ruth and Stuart Turner
Dr. Ellen M. Umansky
Dr. Deborah Verlen
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Vogel
Mr. Herbert G. Walcoe
Sadye and Alan Waldenberg
Barbara and Ira Warren
Ms. Nancy B. Wasserman
The Honorable Betty Weinberg
Mrs. Edith N. Weinberger
Ms. Bernice Weinblatt
Mr. Stanley D. Weinrich
Ms. Jan Weinstock
Mr. Max Weintraub
Elaine and Robert D. Weiss
Mr. Fredric Scott Wessler
Lewis and Susan Wirshba
Mr. Herb Wolfe
Ms. Harriet Wollerstein
Ms. Linda Yalkowsky
Mr. Richard P. Yood
Mr. Meyer Zinn
Ms. Tobey M. Zuckerman
List as of December 31, 2012
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How did you first hear about Eldridge Street?
My husband and I moved from Chicago to New York in 2007, after he received a job transfer. One day, my girlfriends and I were visiting the Tenement Museum, and our tour guide told us about a beautiful synagogue in the neighborhood that was currently undergoing restoration. We were very interested, so we walked over and were amazed to discover the building in its fragile state.
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