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The Jewish Community Foundation
Milwaukee Jewish Federation Task Forces and Committees
Milwaukee Jewish Federation
Milwaukee Jewish Federation
Milwaukee Jewish
Federation
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2010-2011Community Allocations
2009 - 10
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Each year, dedicated community volunteers devote their time and talents to a variety of taskforces and committees to enable the Milwaukee Jewish Federation to achieve the strategic goalsthat guide the organization’s activities and direction. The achievement of these goals enables asuccessful approach to supporting our Jewish family in Israel, in our national and internationalcommunities and here at home.
Agency Review CouncilSusan Lubar Solvang
Coalition for Jewish Learning (CJL) Advisory Board Jennifer Saber
• Day of Discovery CommitteeJudy Baruch, David Blumberg
• Day School Grant Allocation CommitteeGwen Rivkin
• Holocaust Education ResourceCenter Executive CommitteeHarry Pelz
Community Planning & Allocations CommitteeMitch Moser, Marlene Lauwasser
• Creative Thinking in ChallengingTimesMarlene Lauwasser
Finance CommitteeMarci Taxman• Audit Subcommittee
Sanford Mitz
• Budget Subcommittee Scott Sampson
• Fiscal Stewardship SubcommitteeDavid Werner
• Properties Subcommittee Fred Croen
• Investment Subcommittee J. Lewis Perlson
Financial Resource Development CommitteeBetsy L. Green
Israel & Overseas CommitteeKeith Lindenbaum
• Partnership 2000 (P2K) Advisory CommitteeMelinda Swartz
• Shlichut Program CommitteeNancy K. Barnett
• Yamim CommitteeYonatan Zvi
Jewish Community Foundation(JCF) Board of TrusteesDavid J. Lubar • Endowment Committee
David J. Lubar• Grants Committee
Abigail Nash
• JCF Scholarship CommitteeJody Kaufman Loewenstein
Jewish Community Relations Council Judy Kristal
Jewish Museum MilwaukeeMarianne Lubar, President• Archives Committee
Clarice Resnick
• Development Committee Penny Deshur
• Membership Committee Barbara Blutstein
• Program Committee Jane Chernof
Marketing CommitteeLinda Marcus
Volunteer Engagement/LeadershipDevelopment CommitteeSusan Stern• Young Leadership Council
Rebecca Guralnick, Mitchell A. Nelles
Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle Task ForceMichael L. Green
Properties Acquired and Managed for the Jewish Community by the Milwaukee Jewish FederationEvan and Marion Helfaer Community
Service BuildingGolda Meir ApartmentsHabush HouseHillel Student Center, Joseph & Vera Zilber BuildingLieberman ApartmentsMaurice S. Surlow Senior ResidencesMax and Anita Karl Jewish Community Campus
Major National and Overseas PartnersAmerican Jewish Joint Distribution CommitteeJewish Agency for IsraelJewish Federations of North America
Milwaukee Jewish Federation Local Constituent AgenciesBBYO – Wisconsin RegionHarry & Rose Samson Family
Jewish Community CenterHillel Foundation University
of Wisconsin (Madison)Hillel MilwaukeeJewish Beginnings Lubavitch PreschoolJewish Family ServicesJewish Home and Care CenterMilwaukee Jewish Day SchoolThe Academy (Hillel)Yeshiva Elementary School
Milwaukee Jewish Federation Programs and ServicesCoalition for Jewish LearningIsrael CenterJewish Community FoundationJewish Museum MilwaukeeWisconsin Jewish Chronicle
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AGENCIES, PROGRAMS AND PARTNERS
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e are very pleased to present 2009-2010: Report to the Community.
The longstanding mission of our Federation is toprovide funding, staffing and support for vitalhuman needs, educational, social and community-building services locally, nationally and interna-tionally in Israel and around the world. This yearwe take special pride in the completion and approval of our Community Covenant, or Brit Kehillat: an agreement between Federation andour partner agencies. This document provides aclear description of the responsibilities and obliga-tions we each assume as we work together toachieve our mutual goals. By committing to theshared ideals reflected in this Covenant and
collaborating in our efforts, we can ensure that succeeding generations will enjoy the fruits of ourcommunal undertaking.
This past year saw other significant signs of progress. We completed a strong Annual Campaign,exceeding last year’s results. The Jewish Community Foundation created many new donor advisedfunds, and our investment return improved significantly. We welcomed the Jewish CommunityRelations Council as a core function of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation. We gathered nearly 800strong to attend the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit at the Milwaukee Public Museum. Our Women’s Division launched a strategic planning process as we vision for the future. Our agencies broughtour community to life with education, celebration and a wide array of programs and services. A keyoverseas partner, the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI), completed a historic reframing of its mission andpurpose to focus on ensuring a strong, shared future for Israel and the Jews of the Diaspora.
Lingering effects of the economic downturn forced difficult decisions, as we continued to refineour scope of operations, identify economies and embrace collaboration. And, in May, 2010, wesaid a sad good-bye to one of our own, long-time Federation Executive and the architect of ourJewish community, Melvin S. Zaret, who left behind an extraordinary legacy of commitment to Jewish values.
We ask you now to reaffirm your commitment to a community of deep compassion, dedication,courage and resilience. And if you’re not now part of our community, we extend a warm welcomefor you to join us as we meet the challenges before us and continue to celebrate our lives, our history, our families, our vibrant community, our festivals and our faith.
Respectfully,
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Richard H. Meyer, Executive Vice President
Jerry Benjamin, President
Milwaukee Jewish Federation: Building Community and Developing Financial Resources.In 2009-2010, as we recovered from earlier financial challenges, we strengthened community bygathering, learning, teaching and celebrating together. We helped people in need, upheld our Jewishvalues, and honored our bonds with Israel.
We completed a $6.9 million Annual Campaign. The Jewish Community Foundation provided morethan $1 million for community allocations, and Foundation assets were up 16%. A promising newcorporate sponsorship initiative was developed. We presented films, lectures, plays and musicalperformances. We traveled to Israel and welcomed Israeli visitors to Milwaukee. We gathered in celebration, in support and in remembrance. And we signed Jewish Milwaukee’s first-ever Community Covenant, recognizing that the ties that bind us together are much stronger than any differences that divide us.
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Right: Founder of Ethos Water andformer Vice President of Starbucks Coffee Company Jonathan Greenblattdelivered a powerful message of social responsibility at the 2010 Annual Campaign Opening Event inOctober.
Below: In May and June, the IsraelCenter hosted a visit by the “CookingMamas,” women of diverse ethnicroots who live in our Partnership2000 region of the Sovev Kinneret.
Right: In April we joined Jews around the world in celebrating Israel’s Independence Day with a Walk for Israel. Photo: Dan Zaitz
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Albert B. AdelmanCraig AdelmanWilliam AppelBruce Arbit✦David ArnsteinStan AzimovDaniel Bader✦Nancy BarnettDavid BeckerJerry Benjamin✦✦
Joseph M. BernsteinNathan BernsteinMark E. Brickman✦
Stephen L. Chernof Betty Chrustowski✦Dr. Judith CoranFred Croen✦✦
Brad DalletJames DeshurPenny DeshurGregory DorfStephanie DykemanJudith EigenHarry L. EpsteinSuzy Ettinger
Nathan FishbachHoward FrankenthalJennifer FriedmanJane Gellman✦
Bruce GlaserBarbara GlazerMark GoldsteinIdy Goodman✦✦
Donald GrandeBetsy L. Green✦✦
Michael GreenBeverly GreenbergTodd GruenJudy Guten✦
Robert L. HabushRabbi Jacob HerberJames HillerLorraine HoffmannNathaniel HoffmanJeanne JacobsMarc JacobsonGerald J. KahnMoshe Katz✦✦
Phillip KatzJudi Ketten
Judy Kristal✦Michael LappinR. Todd Lappin*Marlene Lauwasser✦Keith Lindenbaum✦✦
Jody Kaufman Loewenstein✦
David P. LoweDavid J. Lubar ✦✦
Michael MaistelmanDavid MarcusLinda Marcus✦
Felicia MillerSanford Mitz✦Mitch Moser✦✦
Abigail Nash✦
Mitchell A. NellesLaurance NewmanDr. Sharyl Paley✦Arleen PeltzBeverly PerlsonJ. Lewis PerlsonSusan PittelmanJill PlavnickStephen E. Richman Lauri Roth
Ali RuvinRichard RuvinJulie SadoffMichael SadoffScott Sampson✦✦
Allen L. Samson Alexander SatanovskyKaren SchapiroAndrea Schneider✦Jeffrey S. Schuster✦Candace SchwamDiane SederJodi Habush SinykinDebra SlaterAmy Berkovits SteinGerald SteinSue StraitMelinda SwartzMarci Taxman✦✦
Leslie UsowStephanie WagnerRuth WallaceDavid WernerDr. Eric ZallMelvin S. Zaret*Yoni Zvi✦
Idy GoodmanPresident
Andrea Schneider2010 Women’s Campaign Chair
Vice Presidents:Eileen GravesDr. Sharyl PaleySusan PittelmanJill Plavnick
Women’s Division OfficersPresident:Jerry Benjamin
Vice Presidents:Frederick R. CroenIdy GoodmanBetsy L. GreenMoshe KatzKeith LindenbaumDavid J. LubarMitchell Moser
Treasurer:Marci Taxman
Secretary:Scott Sampson
Executive Vice PresidentRichard H. Meyer
✦2009-2010 Executive Committee
✦✦2009-2010 Officers
*of blessed memory
Board of Directors
Lauri RothSue StraitMarci TaxmanLeslie Usow
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Moshe Katz2010 Annual Campaign Chair
Andrea Schneider2010 Women's Campaign Chair
Bill AppelBruce ArbitScott ArbitDiana AzimovMariya BasinNathan BernsteinBarbara BlutsteinMark BrickmanAllan CarneolBetty Croen
Fred CroenBrad DalletJim DeshurPenny DeshurDana EmoldSteve EmoldAndrea FlorsheimZvi FrazerJane GellmanRosalie Schlitz GellmanShel GendelmanIdy GoodmanSeema GorensBarbara GrandeEileen GravesBetsy GreenMike GreenBeverly Greenberg
Rebecca GuralnickRobert L. HabushBonnie JacobsonHal KarasDebra KatzJody Kaufman LoewensteinR. Todd Lappin*Marlene LauwasserCindy LevyBetty LiebermanJoan LubarChip MannDavid Marcus Greg Marcus Linda Marcus Melina MarcusSusan Angel MillerCheryl MoserMitch MoserMitchell A. NellesDr. Sharyl PaleyMarilyn PelzJill Plavnick
Susan RichheimerTodd RichheimerHilary RichmanJosh RichmanStephen RichmanLauri RothDottie RotterMert RotterScott SampsonJeff SchusterDr. Corey ShamahJerry SteinMarty SteinSusan SternHenry Stern IIISue StraitMelinda SwartzJanice WaismanRuth WallaceDavid WernerYonatan Zvi
Bolded names denote 2010 Campaign Cabinet Advisors.
* = Of blessed memory
Andrea Schneider,2010 Women’s Campaign Chair
Moshe Katz,2010 Annual
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David Arnstein
The 2010 Annual Campaign achievement includes gifts from
more than 3000 generous donors.
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2010 Benjamin E. NickollYoung Leadership Award Recipient
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Middle, left: Governor Doyle’sTrade Mission to Israel in Novem-ber brought Wisconsin leaders tothe Sovev Kinneret (left to right):Levana Caro, Partnership 2000Director for the Sovev Kinneret;Motti Dotan, Head of the LowerGalilee Regional Council; GovernorDoyle; Zohar Oved, Mayor ofTiberias; Rick Meyer.
Middle, right: Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett spoke to a packed house at the Economic Forum in November.
Acclaimed Milwaukee author John Gurda signed copiesof his new book, One People, Many Paths: A History ofJewish Milwaukee, at the Jewish Museum Milwaukee.
Our Young Leadership Division brings together the nextgeneration of Jewish Milwaukee to nurture commitmentand leadership skills. The December YLD Latke Vodkaevent, pictured here, was a great success.
Left: The ”Dead Sea Scrolls & the Bible” exhibit at the MilwaukeePublic Museum brought togethernearly 800 members of our community in late January.
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The Local Partner Agencies of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation: Building Communityby Providing Programs and Services. The 10 local partner agencies of the Milwaukee JewishFederation provide a wide array of essential educational, social welfare, care-giving, family activityand other services that ensure a strong and healthy Jewish Milwaukee community. Federationsupports these agencies through local allocations, through funding from the Jewish CommunityFoundation and through the provision of infrastructure assistance.
Right: Jewish Family Services began construction in summer 2009 on their now complete, 66-unit affordablehousing facility, Deerwood Crossing Senior Residences inBrown Deer. Studio, one- and two-bedroom residencesgive seniors the flexibility to age in place with dignity.
Hillel Milwaukee student leaders constructed a newSukkah at the Hillel Student Center, Joseph and Vera Zilber Building in October. Over the past year, Hillel saw growth in the number of students participating in regular programming.
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At the University of Wisconsin (Madison) Hillel studentsrallied for Holocaust awareness. In 2009-2010 studentscontinued to enjoy their new home, the BarbaraHochberg Center for Jewish Student Life.
Middle, right: The Milwaukee Jewish Day School curriculumculminates with the annual 8th grade trip to Israel. Thisphoto of our 8th grade students and their teachers wastaken in Jerusalem in June, 2010.
Middle, left: BBYO – Wisconsin Region enables area studentsto maintain a strong connection to the Jewish communityas they move through their high school years. Here, BBYOstudents gather at the Spring Regional Convention.
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SOURCES OF FUNDSAnnual Campaign 2010 6,927,541
Jewish Community Foundation 1,005,000
Other 97,014
Total Funds Available for Distribution
COMMUNITY ALLOCATIONSLocal Agencies, Programs, and ServicesBBYO – Wisconsin Region 63,830
Coalition for Jewish Learning 252,120
Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC 1,049,400
Hillel Foundation – UW (Madison) 50,400
Hillel Milwaukee 111,830
Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee 10,000
Israel Center/Partnership 2000 45,380
Jewish Beginnings Lubavitch Preschool 87,600
Jewish Family Services 468,000
Jewish Home and Care Center 19,200
Milwaukee Jewish Day School 463,212
The Academy (Hillel) 221,528
Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle 19,600
Jewish Museum Milwaukee 83,240
Yeshiva Elementary School 89,060
Support to cover additional occupancy fees 47,013
Total Local Agencies/Programs Allocations
Israel and OverseasOverseas Partners:
Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA)American Jewish Joint Distribution CommitteeJewish Agency for Israel
Elective and Designated JFNA Overseas Programs 217,332
Birthright Israel 30,000
Total Israel and Overseas Allocations
National AllocationsNational Federation Agency Alliance 86,700
Other National Agencies 4,000
National Funding Council Dues 2,325
Total National Allocations $93,025
Financial Resource DevelopmentAnnual Fundraising and Community Outreach 964,341
Jewish Community Foundation 390,495
Total Financial Resource Development
Community Organization and Central ServicesCommunity Planning 195,197
Finance and Administration 819,968
Total Community Organization & Central Services
Other Services and Expendituresincluding Shrinkage Reserve and Professional Fees
TOTAL COMMUNITY ALLOCATIONS $8,029,555$3,081,413
$8,029,555
$1,354,836
$1,715,868
$521,916
$1,015,165
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$1,963,200
13%Community
Organization & Central Services
17%Financial Resource
Development
24%Israel and Overseas
1%National
Allocations
7%Other Services& Expenditures
38%Local Agencies and Programs
Like Federations across North America, in 2009 – 2010, the Milwaukee Jewish Federationworked to recover from earlier financial challenges. We are learning to live with less andto reinvent our community at a level commensurate with our resources. Community allocationsfor 2010-2011 reflect this cost-effective approach to programs, services and activities.
We are grateful to the MJF Executive Committee and the Officers and Board of Directors for the time, talent and energy they devoted to meeting the continuing challenges of community allocations in this time of tentative recovery.
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Kindergar teners at Jewish Beginnings learn andexplore, building a strong foundation for their future education.
Kindergarten and first grade students at Hillel Academyshared their knowledge and love of Torah at the 2010Hillel Academy Torah Fair.
Rosalie Gellman smiles for the camera at the ChaiPoint and Lakeside Enrichment Program’s picnic atthe Jewish Home & Care Center during summer2009.
Yeshiva Elementary School students - (l-r) Tova Appel,Menucha Avruch and Yehoshua Shalom Green – in conversation with Marianne and Sheldon Lubar on a visitto the Jewish Museum Milwaukee. Photo: Judith Eigen.
The Harry & Rose Samson FamilyJewish Community Center (JCC)established the Jewish CommunityGarden on June 16, 2010. A wide cross-section of the Milwaukee Jewish community participated in this project, which will teach children aboutstewardship of the earth and provide fresh produce for the Jewish Community Pantry. Shown here (l-r): Jody Hirsh, JCC Judaic Director; Cathy Goldman,Garden Committee; JacquelineGoldman; Judy Miller, MJDS Headof School and Max Samson, Congregation Shir Hadash.
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The Women’s Division of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation: Building Communitythrough the Power of Women. The Women’s Division continued to set an example of Jewish communal life with high energy and deep commitment. The 2010 Women’s Campaignachieved a total of nearly $2 million. We drew special strength from our Lion of Judah andPomegranate donors. Political and Jewish Awareness educated women from all sectors of ourcommunity. An amazing annual meeting featured the combined achievements of the Women’sDivision and the Jewish Women’s Endowment Fund.
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Jill Plavnick received the 2010Ann Agulnick Young LeadershipAward at the Women’s DivisionAnnual Meeting.
The 2009-2010 Lion of Judah and Pomegranate event,made possible by a generous gift from Nita Soref, wasan elegant “high tea.” The program featured “TheFaces of Aliyah,” and included remarks by Ethiopianartist Assia Avera (shown here).
The theme of the April 2010 Annual Meeting of the Women’s Division was‘Extraordinary Times Call for Extraordinary Women.’ The focus was on thepower of women, as demonstrated by the Women’s Campaign and the JewishWomen’s Endowment Fund. Shown here (left to right) are Event Co-ChairsRuth Wallace and Susan Pittelman; 2010 Women’s Campaign Chair An-drea Schneider (note non-perishable food items stacked in front of thepodium for later donation to the Jewish Community Pantry): and outgoingWD President Idy Goodman with incoming President Susan Angel Miller.
The Jewish Community Foundation partners with donors to help themplan for the future and fulfill their philanthropic goals through plannedgiving. The efforts of its professional staff and volunteer leadershiphave positioned the Jewish Community Foundation to continue to provideexemplary service to donors and beneficiary agencies. Through theyears, the Jewish Community Foundation has worked with many familiesand their advisors to create gifts that have met estate and tax planningchallenges while providing significant resources for the future well-beingof the community.
This year, the Jewish Community Foundation has worked with donorsto create many new donor advised funds and endowment funds. At thesame time, more than $13 million have been distributed in this yearalone from funds held at the Foundation, as donor advised fund holderscontinue to recommend gifts to support a wide array of programs andservices that serve the local and global Jewish communities.
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Nita Soref, 2010 JCF Legacy Leadership Award Recipient
Building Community through Planned Giving and Endowment Development
Melvin S. Zaret
For more than 50 years, Melvin S. Zaret was noless than the heart and soul of the MilwaukeeJewish community. In terms of leadership, vision,
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passion and commitment to Jewish federationwork, Mel was quite simply in a class by himself.Motivated by a single-minded dedication to humanwelfare and the relief of human suffering, Melserved as executive of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation and its predecessor organization from1955 through 1984. Following the end of histenure, he continued to share his wisdom generouslywith all of us. We will never forget this towering figureof Jewish communal life. May Mel Zaret’s memoryand legacy be for a blessing to his family and to ourJewish community. (Mel is shown at left with hisbeloved wife Eva, signing his story for the JewishCommunity Foundation’s Book of Life.)
In Memoriam
1918-2010
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Through the development of community-wide financial support,planning and allocations, the mission of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation is to ensure the continuity of the Jewish people, to enhance the quality of Jewish life, and to build astrong and unified Jewish community in Milwaukee, in Israeland throughout the world.
In fulfilling its mission, the Federation is committed to the principles of Klal Yisrael (the collective unity of the Jewish people), tzedakah (the obligation to care for one another), and tikkun olam (improving the society in which we live).
2009-2010: Report to the Community focuses on the key concept of building Jewish community. Over this past year, we have devoted time and energy to the development of a Community Covenant, a document designed to bring us together by explicitly stating the commitments that Federation and our local partner agencieshave made to one another. These promises bind us togetherand help us to build and strengthen our community.
Throughout this report, you will find examples of how your support through the Milwaukee Jewish Federation and the Jewish Community Foundation has added power and vibrancy to our community. Your commitment, volunteerism and financial contributions are making it possible, even in times of uncertainty, to maintain vital programs and services and continue our tradition of responsiveness to the needs of theworldwide Jewish community.
Autumn AnfangChief Financial Officer
Laura BarnardMarketing and Communications Director
John E. BennettNetwork Administrator/Report Writer
Bert L. BilskyAssociate Executive Vice President and Execu-tive Director, Jewish Community Foundation
Barbara BudishGraphic Designer
Pat Cornett Accounting Manager
Elsie CrawfordIsrael & Overseas Planning Associate
Nancy DedoController (through 4/10)
Ari FriedmanManager of Community Properties
Caren B. GoldbergDirector of Planned Giving and Endowments
Elizabeth GoldbergDirector of Volunteer Engagement
Kathy Heilbronner Interim Director, JCRC (through 6/10)
Lauren Rose HoflandWomen’s Division and Affinities Director
Becky Kunkler Accountant/Benefits Administrator
Tanya L. Mazor-PosnerCampaign Director (through 5/10)
Richard H. MeyerExecutive Vice President
Ryan MulhollandInvestment Accountant
Elizabeth M. NeubauerDirector of Donor Relations
Jeanne PaluszynskiCommunications Coordinator
Sheryl PrimakowDirector of Community Planning
Robert J. SpangenbergMaintenance Manager
Margery A. SteinSpecial Projects Director (through 6/10)
Beth E. WeeksStaff Accountant (through 7/09)
Steven A. BaruchExecutive Director
Joan ChampionHERC Coordinator
Cynthia G. CooperCreativity Center Staff
JoAnne S. GaudynskiTeen Enrichment Coordinator
Diane C. HahnScholarship Coordinator
Laurie L. HermanLibrary/Media Center Coordinator
Alice JacobsonCreativity Center Director
Mary Murphy HERC Educator
Bonnie ShafrinHERC Director
Karen S. ToremProfessional Development Coordinator
Eve Joan ZuckerFamily Education and Advanced Degree Coordinator
Rakefet GinsbergCommunity Shlichah, Israel Center Director(through 7/09)
Paz GoldschmidtCommunity Shlichah, Israel Center Director
Kathie E. BernsteinExecutive Director
Ellie GettingerEducator
Jay P. HylandArchivist
Yvonne ChapmanProduction Manager
Jane DillonSales Associate
Elana Kahn-OrenEditor (through 6/10)
Shelly M. SamponCirculation Coordinator, AdministrativeAssistant – Marketing
Tela BissettOffice Manager
Cynthia JansenExecutive Assistant
Lynn PoelzerExecutive Assistant, Jewish Community Foundation
Kasia Ciszewski (through 8/10)
Jeri Danz (through 7/10)
Alice B. GreenfieldCaitlin HeidemanJoan R. LarsenAmanda SteinJammie Schrab (through 5/10)
Cheryl Vaughn-ModjeskaJessica WittigTracy Wroblewski (through 7/10)
Joel R. EasterlingRaymond E. KlumbJeffrey T. MogaTommy L. RiceKenneth A. Spellman
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Resource Center (HERC)
1360 N. Prospect AvenueMilwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-3094
Phone: (414) 390-5700Fax: (414) 390-5782
Linda Marcus,Linda Marcus, Marketing Chair
Laura Barnard,Laura Barnard, Marketing & Communications Director
Barbara Budish,Barbara Budish, Graphic Designer
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