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Relief Fund — Ukraine Relief and COVID-19 Relief
The Talmud states, “Kol Yisrael arevim zeh bazeh” – “All Jews are responsible for each other.” In this time of great need, the kind and charitable people listed below took this to heart – and had an immediate impact on their local and global communities.
Rena Abeles
Steven and Susan Adler
Dr. Paul & Sheila Alexander
Edward Allard
William & Amabel Allen
Patty & Melvin Alperin
Bob & Roberta Andreozzi
Abigail Anthony & Ethan Brown
Quentin & Emily Anthony
Elaine & Neil (z”l) Arbor
Miriam Babin
Candace Baer
M. Charles & Elizabeth Bakst
Paul Barratt
The Bazarsky Family
Lynne Freed Bell
Jane Berkowitz
Ann M. Berman
Carol L. Berman
Karen Berman
Helene and Bertram Bernhardt Foundation
Willis Peter Bilderback
Nancy Blackman
Stephan & Linda Bloch
Judith Stokes, Howard Boksenbaum & Family
Jennifer S. Boylan
Brier & Brier
Lyudmila & Roman Brodsky
Julie & Matthew Bromberg
Susan & Howard Bromberg
Natasha Buckler
Adam Cable and Elisheva Stark
Richard G. Carriere
Leslie Stern-Charis & Philip Charis
Marc & Terry Charren
Chase Family Foundation
Harris & Sally Chorney
Nancy R. Chorney
Michelle & David Cicchitelli
Susan Cinner**
Brenda A. Clayson
Arlene Cohen
Avram & Maxine Cohen
David A. Cohen
Jaime Cohen
Donna Cole
Congregation Beth David of Narragansett
R.E. Coogan Heating, Inc.
Richard P. Cope
Lisa & Larry Davis
Susan Leach DeBlasio**
Sara & William Donohue
Amy & Jerry Dorfman
Dr. Robert & Diane Ducoff
Drs. Craig & Shari Elice
Lynne Ende
Jim & Robin Engle
Pamela Nelson Erskine
Ruth & Jonathan Fain
David & Lesley Fastovky
The Florence Fayer Fund
Cindy & Mark R. Feinstein
Hannah Feinstein
Samuel K. Feinstein
Fred Felder
Barbara & Edward Feldstein & Family
Seth Finkle & Ilana Fishman
Judy & Robert Fishman
Karen Flippo
Barbara C. Forman
Harold & Sara-Ann Foster
The Jordan Frank Family
Rabbi Wayne & Dr. Anne Presser Franklin
Lisa Freda
Rabbi David Freelund & Dr. Bettina Freelund**
Phyllis C. Freedman
Bob & May Fricklas
Susan & John Froehlich
Robert Galkin (z”l)
Michele D. Gallagher
Joel & Deborah Gerstenblatt
Rebecca Gibel
Lori Gibson
Henry & Dianne Gilbert**
Susan & Lawrence Ginsberg
Louis & Nora Howard Gitlin
Richard & Priscilla Glucksman
Paula & Michael Goldberg
Michael Goldenberg
Janet & James Goldman
Robyn & David Goldstein
Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser and Ms. Jonquil Wolfson
Joyce Goodman
Dr. & Mrs. George M. Goodwin
Suellen Rizzo Gordon
Marilyn Greenberg
Adam Greenman & Erin Dube
Stephanie Hague & Aryeh Pelcovits
Katherine Haspel & Paul Silver
Judith & Stephen Hay
Suzanne Herzberg
Robert & Arlene Hicks
The David & Hope Hirsch Family
Laurence Hirshberg
Robert Horowitz
Juliette Horton
Dr. Raymond & Marion Irizarry
Michael & Mindy Isaacs
Linda Jacobs & Joseph Manning
Judith Jamieson
Professor Jeffrey Jarrett & Mrs. Ruth Jarrett
Dr. Bonnie Steinberg Jennis & Dr. Richard Jennis
Barbara Kahn and Douglas Counts
Stanley (z”l) & Madeline Kanter
Stephen & Marilyn Kaplan
Elizabeth Karp
Rabbi Naftali & Rochel Karp
Clifford & Vicki Karten
Ruth & Jerry Kasten
Lawrence & Marilyn Katz
Melissa Kearns
Maureen Kelman
W. Robert & Lois Kemp
Daniel Kertzner
Maria & Mikhail Khokhlovich
Sharon Kinnane
Louis J. & Susan S. Kirschenbaum
Sue & Jimmy (z”l) Klau
Rabbi Andrew Klein & Adam Mastoon
Farrel & Barbara Klein
Lisa Koffler *
Ivy & William Kolb
Michael & Ross Kraemer
Dr. Audrey Kupchan and Mr. Sam Havens
Robert & Lesley Landau
Stewart Lander
Ronald Lang
Sally Lapides & Arthur Solomon
Alan Lappin
Jay Lasky
Sandra Laub
Mitchell & Shirley Levin
Lauren Levine
Rabbi Navah Levine
Hinda Levin-Kreiger & Steven Kreiger
Dr. Mayer & Judy Levitt
Jeffrey & Rachel Alexander Levy
Audrey & Gary Licht and Roanne & Richard Licht
Alan & Marianne Litwin
David Logan
Toby & David London
Holly Lorn**
Natalie Lyalin & Rabbi Josh Bolton
Kati Machtley
Kathleen & Edward Malin
Lorraine Mann
Jamie & H. B. Manville
Barbara Margolis & Colleen Gregory
Joel & Donna Marks
Sara Masri
Sally Maybruch
Marcia Meirowitz
Barbara & Benjamin Mer
Michele Mericle and Richard Wiebe
Vanessa Miller & Guy Shaffer
Sara Miller-Paul & Jacob Paul
Judith & Leon Missry
Sharon & Michael Monsour
Dr. Vincent Mor & Dr. Margaret Wool
Marion l. Myers
Elinor Nacheman
Dianne & Martin Newman
Howard & Mary Newman
Elizabeth Ochs
David & Tina Odessa
Susan & Edward Odessa
Paul O’Donnell
Kari O’Driscoll
Dr. Lawrence & Ruth Page
Andrew & Martha Palan
James & Lezli Pious
Jamie Pitt Miller
Miriam & Arthur Plitt
The Posner Family
Stephen Poulten
Eliana Prates
Gail & Richard Putnam
Ellen & Lloyd Rabinowitz
Grant Rhode & Judith Katz
Maxine Richman
Reva Riffkin
Judy & Arthur Robbins
Dr. Kenneth & Deena Robbins
Myrna K. & Harris N. Rosen
Alan & Avis Gunther Rosenberg
Rabbi James Rosenberg & Sandra Mattison Rosenberg
Mindy Rosenbloom, M.D. & Stuart Schwartz, M.D.
Avi & Hanina Rosenstein
Jay & Judith Rosenstein
The Ross Family
Dr. Fred & Sally Rotenberg
Professor Boris & Irina Rozovsky
Benjamin Ruekberg & Ronne Beth Chalek
Ms. Ellen Saideman & Mr. Peter Margulies
Beth & Jeff Salk
Hilary & Stephen Salk and Ruth Ross (z”l)
The Salmanson Family
Jonathan & Laura Samit
Stephen & Leslie Saunders
Andrea & Jay Schachne
Dr. Stephen F. & Mrs. Sharon Schiff
Seth Schulman
Talia Schwartz
Fran R. Scribner
Evelyn Seigle
Dr. Charles & Mrs. Miriam Shana
Janet & Joseph (z”l) Shansky
Bradley & Catherine Shapiro
Lisa Shea
Anne & Gerald Sherman
Lisa & Eric Shorr
Andrew Silver
Ellen Silverman
Linda & Richard Silverman
Robert & Sheila Smith
Ronda & Robert Smith
Steven & Wileen Snow
Barbara Sokoloff & Dr. Herbert Rakatansky
Mara Sokolsky & Don Kieffer
Carla & Andrew Spacone
Donald & Jane Stanford
Jonathan & Jenifer Stark**
Marvin Stark & Miriam Abrams-Stark
Joyce & Bob Starr
Herb Stern
Brian Sullivan & Justin Foster
Joshua and Rebecca Taub
Dr. Lynn Erica Taylor and Boris Bally
Susan Tejada
Temple Habonim
Temple Shalom
Temple Sinai
Cheryl Greenfeld Teverow
Jill & Michael Thaler
Lois Torman
Sandra Tremblay
Margo & Michael Vale
Stephen Valk
Mindy & Stanley Wachtenheim
Drs. Roberta & Mark Walcutt**
Lorraine & Irving Waldman
Edie & Jerry Weinstein
Heidi Werther
Julie White-Gooding
Dee Dee Witman
Marlene F. & Bruce A. Wolpert
Iris Yanow
In Memory of Coleman & Carolyn Zimmerman
Janet & Melvin Zurier
Samuel & Lauren Zurier
Dr. John & Mrs. Kimberly Zwetchkenbaum
Dr. Samuel Zwetchkenbaum & Deborah Carr
Jennifer Zwirn
Anonymous (30)
* Gift supported COVID-19 Relief
** Gift was made to the Jewish Federation of North America’s Ukraine Relief Fund
Secure Community Campaign
The following donors contributed to the safety and security of Rhode Island’s Jewish community and institutions.
Jennifer Adler, Survival By Design
Patty & Melvin Alperin
The Bazarsky Family
Helene & Bertram Bernhardt Foundation
Willis Peter Bilderback
Harris & Sally Chorney
Richard Cohen
Donna Cole
Brian Darrow
Jane A. Desforges & Michael J. White
Bonnie S. Dwares
Mitchell Edwards
Ryan Michael Forman
Michele D. Gallagher
Barry (z”l) & Suzanne Glucksman
Richard & Priscilla Glucksman
Adam Greenman & Erin Dube
Lawrence & Marilyn Katz
Daniel Kertzner
Robert & Lesley Landau
Rabbi Sarah Mack & Mr. Jeffrey Isaacs
Sara Masri
Sabina Matos & Patrick Ward
James McNulty
Marcia Meirowitz
Sara Miller-Paul & Jacob Paul
Roberta & Jeffrey Morgenstern
Rabbi Preston Neimeiser
Howard & Mary Newman
Marjorie & Robert Pelcovits
Elise Petrarca
James & Lezli Pious
Eddie Rademacher & Sarah Perlman
Rabbi James Rosenberg & Sandra Mattison Rosenberg
Dr. Fred & Sally Rotenberg
Elaine & Martin Saklad
Andrew Silver
Jonathan & Jenifer Stark
Brian Sullivan & Justin Foster
Jill & James Tobak
Bradly VanDerStad
The Bernard Wasserman Family
Abi & Larissa Weiner
Brian Weinstein
Peter Zeldin
Anonymous (3)
Special Campaigns Funders
The following donors made gifts to the Jewish Alliance for designated purposes.
The Bazarsky Family
Reza & Rimini Breakstone
Adam Cable & Elisheva Stark
Harris & Sally Chorney
Susan Leach DeBlasio
Brauna Doidge & Paul Nahme
Rabbi Barry Dolinger & Naomi Baine
Michael & Susan Eides
Ryan Michael Forman
Susan & John Froehlich
Dr. Alan & Mrs. Sharon Gaines
Marisa Garber & Daniel Gamm
Richard & Priscilla Glucksman
William & Aliza Krieger
Robert & Lesley Landau
Alison & David Mandelbaum
Sara Meirowitz & Daniel Herchenroether
Sara Miller-Paul & Jacob Paul
Cara & Eric Mitnick
Roberta & Jeffrey Morgenstern
Mara Ostro
James & Lezli Pious
Eddie Rademacher & Sarah Perlman
Tiferet Sassona Rose
Jay & Judith Rosenstein
Oswald & Beth Schwartz
Lisa & Eric Shorr
Linda & Richard Silverman
Shammai & Miriam Esther Weiner
Living on the Edge Campaign
The following donors contributed to the Living on the Edge campaign, which helps combat economic vulnerability in our community.
The Engle Family: Mary & Richard Engle, Robin & Jim Engle, Judith & Stephen (z”l) Clifford and Families
Anonymous (1)
Capital Campaign
Our thanks to the following donors for their contributions to support the capital needs of the Dwares JCC and Jewish Alliance.
James Connor & Ann Donohue
Paul J. Damiano
The Ruth & Samuel Markoff Fund: Bernice Gourse (z”l), Dorothy Nelson (z”l), & Gloria Winston
Residential Properties Ltd.
Ronen & Ania Schwartzman
Nina S. Zaretsky
(z”l) — of blessed memory