Jewish Federation 2012 Annual Meeting –
“Federation is Vibrant and Vital”
-by Dassy Ganz
On Thursday, June 14th, the Koppelman Auditorium of the Scranton JCC was filled with beautiful and educational displays of the work done by the various agencies that are funded by and under the umbrella of the Jewish Federation of NEPA.
Representatives of the agencies were available to respond to any and all questions about their displays and to more fully describe their projects and activities.
Chairs for the event were Seth and Sheryl Gross who opened the meeting with kudos to the agencies and to encourage the large crowd to visit each exhibit after the meeting if they hadn’t already done so.
They pointed out the Federation’s 2011-2012 Annual Report that had been placed on each seat for everyone to peruse. Cantor Charles Osborne led the assembled guests in both the Star Spangled Banner and Hatikvah.
Then, the awards and honors were bestowed on Margaret Sheldon (outgoing Federation President), Doug Fink and Barbara Nivert (2012 UJA Campaign Chairs), Tova Weiss (retiring Director of the Holocaust Education Resource Center) and Lil Walsh (retiring Federation bookkeeper).
Margaret offered a memorial to those in the Federation family who had passed away this year. Leah Laury, a member of the Nominating Committee, brought forth the slate of Officers and Trustees for the coming year. All present voted to accept the slate as read and Rabbi Daniel Swartz of Temple Hesed installed the new group of Trustees and Officers.
Incoming Federation President, Jeff Rubel, accepted his new role with his closing remarks and thanks were extended to Seth and Sheryl Gross for chairing the event and to Dassy Ganz, Sheryl Gross and their Committee for the dessert reception which followed.
Overheard were comments like: “This was the best Annual Meeting in a long time”. “We should have our agencies display like this every few years. It was an exciting addition.”
Click here for the 2012 Annual Report
2012 Annual Meeting
“Celebrating our Partner Agencies”
Scranton Jewish Community Center
Koppelman Auditorium
Thursday, June 14th, 2012
7:00 PM
| Welcome & introductions Anthems Invocation Perspectives/Memoriam Presidential Award Presentation Presentation UJA Campaign Chairman Award Presentation of UJA Women’s Campaign Award Recognition of UJA Campaign Leadership Presentation of Holocaust Education Award Presentation of Award to Mary Lil Walsh Nominating Committee Report Installation of Officers and Trustees |
Seth/Sheryl Gross, Chairpersons Cantor Charles Osborne Rabbi Daniel Swartz, Temple Hesed Margaret Sheldon, President Mark Silverberg, Executive Director Margaret Sheldon, President Margaret Sheldon, President Douglas Fink, General Campaign Bill & Carol Burke Mark Silverberg, Executive Director Michael Greenstein, Chair Rabbi Daniel Swartz, Temple Hesed |
Concluding Remarks
Jeff Rubel, Incoming President
Refreshments
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