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INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY
Honoring Children
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50 Years January 2021 - Tevet/Shevat 5781
INSIDE THIS
ISSUE:
23A LIFE & LEGACY™
27A Community Focus
33A Jewish Interest
39A Commentary
43A Focus on Youth
47A Life Cycle
1B Jewish Happenings
3A
Jonathan & Michelle Mitchell:
Putting out the welcome mat
10A
Where your dollars go:
Federation’s fire trucks
keep Israelis safe
46A
The Gan at Temple Sinai
teaches and excites kids
at the new Gan Science Lab
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Meet the leaders behind
the Federation’s Campus Project
By Howard Tevlowitz, Chief Executive Officer
“We achieve greatness by handing our a Jewish future for all individuals who tion team that shares the Federation’s
values on to the next generation and
reside in our area. These roles are more
Board of Director’s dream for a bright
empowering them to go and build the than just focusing on business as usual, and vibrant Jewish future in Sarasota-
future.” – Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks hosting events, programs or speakers, Manatee.
Over the course of the next few
t is a leader’s responsibility to en- or issuing statements. There needs to be months in The Jewish News, I will in-
sure values are handed down to the
clarity about what we stand for, a drive
Inext generation. From Moses to to encourage positive change, and the troduce you to our Federation’s vision
Maimonides, from Herzl to Heschel, ability to take concrete actions to move for a Jewish future and to individuals
Jewish leaders in every generation
forward. For this to happen, we need to
who are making the dream come alive.
have risen to secure the present and be prepared and nimble…and have the With over $18 million in secured
build a future for those to come. best possible team in place. pledges thus far, and a scheduled open-
Two key leadership roles that The team behind the re-imagina- ing date in early 2022, all 33 acres on
The Jewish Federation of Sarasota- tion of The Larry & Mary Greenspon the Federation’s current McIntosh Road
Manatee plays in our region is to Family Campus for Jewish Life could site will be utilized for this dream. (See
ensure the well-being of our Jewish not be better. We are blessed to have image below.)
communal organizations and to secure a highly skilled campus construc- continued on page 2A
Federation elects new board members
and officers
By Kim Adler, Chief Operating Officer, and Michael Ritter, Nominating Committee Chair
ach year, the Immediate Past ceptional job of selecting the following her first child. She is currently a real
President of the Federation has four new directors, each for a three- estate agent with Michael Saunders &
Ethe pleasure of serving as the year term, for our 2021 board: Co. Prior to that, Mary worked in the
Chair of the Nominating Committee. Mary Collier has a passion for human resources field.
One of the key responsibilities of the pursuing issues of social justice and Julie Wright Halbert has a wealth
Nominating Committee is to consider promoting understanding of the local of Federation experience dating back
and nominate the slate of new directors Jewish community in her current role over a decade to National Young Lead-
ership Cabinet and multiple terms on
as Chair of the Heller Community
and officers for the coming year. The
committee, comprised of members of Relations Committee (CRC). Mary’s the board and Executive Committee
the Executive Committee, the board Federation involvement dates back to of The Jewish Federation of Greater
and the general community, did an ex- 2008 with PJ Library after the birth of continued on page 2A
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