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31A Commentary
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1B Community Focus
8B Focus on Youth
12B Jewish Happenings
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Dr. Helen N. Fagin receives
Key to the City of Sarasota
1B
Aviva honors Jewish Federation
at 2021 National Philanthropy
Day Celebration
10B
Temple Sinai Intergenerational
Shabbaton brings people of all
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Learning our Federation’s strengths
By Shep Englander, Chief Executive Officer
Throughout my career, I have been
Now, I am looking forward to el-
n my first few months leading committed to strong public affairs and evating the crucial work of our own
The Jewish Federation of Sara-
Isota-Manatee, I’ve been particu- community relations initiatives. After community relations arm, the Hell-
er Community Relations Committee
practicing law for several years, I took
larly impressed with two of its many
strengths. First, our Federation has not on my first Jewish non-profit profes- (CRC). Generously endowed by Bob
only shaped our local Jewish commu- sional role as Associate Director of The and Esther Heller, and ably managed
nity, but has also Jewish Federations of North America by Howard Tevlowitz and former CRC
been a pillar in
Washington, D.C., office, which man-
Director Jessi Sheslow, the Heller CRC
the general, civ- ages the organization’s national pub- has become the key source for Jewish
ic, cultural and lic policy and advocacy work. I then public affairs and advocacy in our re-
arts communities.
gion.
moved to United Jewish Federation of
My predecessor, Pittsburgh as Vice President, where I Over the years, our CRC has helped
Howard Tevlow- took charge of that Federation’s com- Federation build strong partnerships
itz, increased our munity, government relations and Isra- with key civic organizations, including
Federation’s val- el programs, among other roles. And as the Sarasota Ministerial Association,
Shep Englander ue by prioritizing CEO of the Jewish Federation of Cin- the Catholic Diocese of Venice, Em-
collaborative partnerships with our cinnati, I trained and partnered with a bracing Our Differences, UnidosNOW,
region’s leading non-profits. This is a remarkably enterprising and insightful NAACP, Sarasota African American
Cultural Coalition (SAACC), the Sara-
Jewish Community Relations Director
great fit for me because deep collabora-
tive community partnerships have been and we launched innovative commu- sota County Schools and Manatee
cornerstones of my previous leadership nity relations strategies that are being County Schools.
roles as well. emulated across the nation. continued on next page
Lynn and Randon Carvel
dedicate new campus boardroom
By Gayle Guynup
andon Carvel, board president The Carvels have been generous enthusiasm for the project undoubt-
of The Jewish Federation of Federation donors since they moved edly inspired generosity in others,
RSarasota-Manatee, and his wife here from Memphis in the summer of and they look forward to seeing many
Dr. Lynn are generously dedicating the 2012. meetings and gatherings take place
boardroom in the Klingenstein Jewish “When Lynn and Randon moved in the boardroom for years to come.”
Center-Federation Administrative Of- to Sarasota, they immediately sought Lynn, originally from Hot Springs, Ar-
fices on the reimagined Larry & Mary out Federation and the Jewish com- kansas, and Randon, from Memphis,
Greenspon Family Campus for Jewish munity, and have been involved and Tennessee, met when they sat next to
Life. generous ever since,” said Senior Phil- each other on an airplane. “You never
PAID POLITICAL anthropic Officer Ilene Fox. “With the know who you are going to meet and
planning for the newly renovated and
where you are going to meet them,”
ADVERTISEMENT improved Federation campus taking Randon said.
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Randon is a real estate developer
This issue of The Jewish News contains a paid place during Randon’s presidency, the and Lynn, now retired, was a radiolo-
boardroom in the Klingenstein Jewish
political advertisement. The ad does not Center-Federation Administrative Of- gist who had her own outpatient imag-
reflect the views of, or serve as endorsement fices was a natural fit for their support. ing centers in the Memphis area.
by, the staff or leadership of The Jewish
Federation of Sarasota-Manatee. Lynn and Randon’s early support and continued on next page
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