Lay Leadership
Lay Leadership
The elected lay leaders, including the President, Vice Presidents, Treasurer, Secretary, Board Chair, Past Presidents and Directors, all share in the responsibility of setting the vision and leading the various volunteer activities.
Central to our governance model is the concept that committees, led by volunteers, should have an active role in synagogue leadership, reporting their activities up to the Board. To facilitate this concept, the roles of the three Vice Presidents were re-defined such that each Vice President oversees a portfolio of committees, working with them and encouraging them to fulfil their mandates. The Vice President portfolios are:
- Vice President, Finance and Administration, oversees committees such as Budget and Finance, Nominations, Fundraising Catering and Personnel.
- Vice President, Programming and Ritual, oversees committees such as Membership, Ritual, Youth and Families, Promotion, Israel and Continuing Education.
- Vice President, House and Property, oversees committees such as House and Property, Cemetery, Itanu (accessibility), Renovations and Security.
For more, information on the various committees and the opportunities to volunteer, please visit our Volunteer page.
Board of Directors
Interim Co-President and VP Finance & Administration
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Silvia Lulka
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Interim Co-President and VP Programming & Ritual
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Igor Ellyn
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Vice President House & Property
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Bram Zinman
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Secretary
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Gavin Benjamin
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Treasurer
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Greg Tugg
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Chair of the Board
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Lauragaye Jackson
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Immediate Past President
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Andy Pascoe
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Directors
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Jeff Cooper
Arie Frohlich
Heather Goldberg
Ellen Haspel
Shira Herzstein
Barry Levine
Karen Mintz
Carmi Moses
Marsha Moshinsky
Brenda Osler
Dianne Rubinoff
Madeleine Sarick
Rosalie Selick
Allan Sheps
Isaac Szpindel
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Past Presidents
Samuel Birenbaum |
1954 - 1955 |
Jack Litman |
1954 - 1956 |
Alfred J. Shaul |
1955 - 1956 |
William Dunn |
1958 - 1960 |
Max Goody |
1956 - 1958 |
Irving Atin |
1960 |
Ralph Zolt |
1960 - 1962 |
Jack Spring |
1956 - 1958 |
Myer Shelson |
1963 - 1964 |
Peter Shour |
1964 - 1966 |
Bernard Weinstein |
1964 - 1966 |
Harold Cohen |
1966 - 1968 |
Murray Lieberman |
1966 - 1967 |
Morris Polansky |
1967 - 1969 |
Alex Eisen |
1968 - 1970 |
Harry Berns |
1969 - 1971 |
Boruch Noy |
1970 - 1972 |
Mayer Teplinsky |
1971 - 1972 |
Maurice Cohen |
1972 - 1974 |
Noman Hoenfeldt |
1972 - 1974 |
Lawford M. Harris |
1974 - 1976 |
David Solomon |
1974 - 1976 |
Jack Pollock |
1976 - 1978 |
Alfred Pilch |
1978 - 1980 |
Irving Bornstein |
1976 - 1978 |
Stanley Goldfarb |
1982 - 1984 |
David Saul |
1984 - 1987 |
Norman Silver |
1987 - 1989 |
Shirley Zuckerbrot |
1989 - 1991 |
Glenn Bowman |
1991 - 1993 |
Leonard Golberg |
1993 - 1995 |
Alfred D. Lightstone |
1995 - 1997 |
Reva Karstadt |
1997 - 1998 |
Daryl Beber |
1998 - 1999 |
Howard Zweig |
1999 - 2001 |
Hartley Cohen |
2001 - 2003 |
Jay Harris |
2003 - 2005 |
Gary Goldfarb |
2005 - 2007 |
Alex Roth |
2007 - 2009 |
Barry Sonshine |
2009 - 2011 |
Ettie Schimmer |
2011 - 2013 |
David Bienstock |
2013 - 2015 |
Barry Levine Madeleine Sarick |
2015 - 2017 2017- 2019 |
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