PJA Annual ReportCelebrating 50 Years

Learning. Community. Wisdom for Life.

Our mission is to ensure an academically excellent environment in which children thrive. Portland Jewish Academy nurtures and inspires positive Jewish engagement, respect for human and religious differences, and responsibility for the world in which we live.

October 2012Tishrei 5773

Dear Friends of PJA,

We are delighted to share the Portland Jewish Academy’s new annual report with you. We have created this report to celebrate our accomplishments, present a snapshot of the school’s health and well-being, and illustrate our stewardship of contributions and parent-provided tuition. This report is one small way we thank you, our generous parents, neighbors and friends, and showcase the very real impact your time, contributions and tuition make for our students.

Pie charts and statistics don’t tell the whole PJA story, so we designed this report to reflect our school’s vibrant warmth and boundless energy, which truly set us apart. One distinctive aspect of life at PJA is how our middot (values) are woven into the daily learning experience:

Limmud – Study Kavod – Respect Akharayut – Responsibility Kehillah – Community Hoda’ah – Appreciation Zehut – Jewish identity

These values are deeply and intentionally integrated into our approach, elevating the experiences and relationships we all have here. We have used these values throughout this report as a unifying theme, to help showcase all we’ve achieved over the past year. We are honored to partner with you to educate our community’s children. Together, we create Portland’s Jewish future.

B’shalom,

Edith Dorsen Lisa D. Horowitz Merrill HendinPresident, Board of Executive Director PrincipalDirectors

Responsibility for the world is a key value at PJA. Our students don’t just learn about responsibil-ity in the abstract: they practice it in the classroom and outside the school’s walls.

At PJA, responsibility is part of everyday life - older students read to their younger buddies, middle school students compost and everyone recycles!

Respect can be summed up with our “Kavod LOOP” – respect for learning, for ourselves, for oth-ers and for property. Staff model respectful behavior for our students and for each other. When PJA students and graduates go into the world, they impress others. Field trip chaperones and museum docents often remark that ours was the best group they’ve ever had!

“Part of being an educated person is being open-minded and accepting of other people regardless of their belief systems or anything else. PJA has been a unique opportunity for our family in that it is helping to instill this important life skill in our daughters and we are extremely thankful for that!” - Mary Reisch

Appreciation is expressed openly at PJA every day. Not only do we appreciate our many donors and support-ers, who sustain our school, we also appreciate the small gestures that make our school a warm and welcoming com-munity. Todah rabbah (thank you!) is a staple of life at PJA.

Study at PJA encompasses all of the subjects taught at other schools, along with Hebrew and Jewish studies. We are proud that students graduate from PJA with exceptionally good critical think-ing, writing, science and math skills. Local high schools, private and public, love to accept our graduates because they are so well prepared for school – and for life.

“Nothing pleases me more than having my son learn the values of Judaism at PJA.” - Sandy Nemer

PJA students are secure in their Jewish Identity. Celebrating Shabbat and holidays at school and at home is only part of forging a strong Jewish identity. That identity is solidified through study – role playing as an Israeli pioneer, for example, and through hands-on activities such a matzah and challah-making.

Community takes many forms – our warm parent community, a dedicated faculty, the MJCC and our broader community. We gather to celebrate the cycle of the Jewish year and celebrate good times and commemorate sad times together. We enjoy the arts and spend time outdoors, and learn and give back to our community together.

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Board of DirectorsJordan D. Schnitzer - ChairmanEdith Dorsen - Board PresidentJerry Sadis - Executive Vice President

Stacy BarnaBarry BensonBrian Carleton Eric Kodesch Shirlee LenskeEllen LippmanMark S. MeyerBob PhilipGayle RomainSteve RosenbergAlison Rosenfeld Jay Zidell

Community PartnersMittleman Jewish Community Center Oregon Jewish MuseumMaimonides Jewish Day SchoolThe Community WarehouseSunshine Food PantryCongregation Kesser IsraelRose Schnitzer ManorOregon Food BankSchoolhouse Supplies

Financials

Revenues

Expenses

“PJA is not just a school, it is a community and a family. I see evidence of that every day.” - Alison Rosenfeld

85% Tuition

3% Federation Allocation

11% Contributions/Fundraisers

1% Investments

84% Personnel

3% StudentExpenses

3% Office Administration

10% School Overhead

Portland Jewish Academy is a proud beneficiary of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland and is proud of our partnership with them in strengthening our local Jewish community and greater Portland community.

Supported by

$100,000 & aboveJewish Federation of Greater PortlandRosenberg/Lippman Family Fund of the OJCF*Jay and Diane Zidell Charitable Foundation

$25,000-$99,999Harold and Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation

$10,000-$24,999Chuck Karsun Memorial Fund of the OJCF*Bill FrankRobert and Rita Philip Family Fund of the OJCF*

$5,000-$9,999Harley and Lela FrancoLisa and Lewis HorowitzTony and Priscilla KostinerNorthland Services, Inc.Erik Richmond and Annette DemseyOCF Joseph E. Weston Public Foundation**

$2,500-$4,999AnonymousMichael and Chris FevesHarsch Investment PropertiesMerrill and Perry HendinJEZ FoundationGarry and Judith KahnJoel Mullin and Sheri KatzNathan Family Charitable Fund of the OCF**Regional Arts & Culture CouncilSchnitzer Supporting Fund of the OJCF*

$1,800-$2,499Aspen Mitzvah Fund of the OJCF*Blum-Kovler FoundationBrian Carleton and Caron KushnerCommunity Endowment Fund of the OJCF*Irene B. MetzHoward S. PaleyScott ParkerGayle and Paul RomainSavely and Inna RosenaurStan and Madelle RosenfeldStephen and Becki SaltzmanCharlene ZidellJason Zidell

$500-$1,799AnonymousAspen Capital Management, LLCJeffrey and Roz BabenerAlan BacharachTina-Marie Baskin and Michael BernsteinMichael and Rose BaskinPeter and Leslie BeardBrian and Alisa BendisBarry and Karla BensonBirnbach CGA Endowed Fund for PJA of the OJCF*Marc and Sarah BlattnerRonald and Marisa BrownCaesarstone USA, Inc.Rabbi Michael and Cantor Ida Rae CahanaMilton & Cissi Carl Fund of the OJCF*Cate CushmanEdith and Michael DorsenDurham and BatesThe Fowler FamilyMatt FrenchChad and Faith GalderisiJohn and Beth GermainJonathan and Sarah GlassIntel Matching Gifts to Education ProgramKenneth and Susan JacobsJ. Michael Johnson and Carolyn Wooden-JohnsonJosselson & PotterMike and Jessica JusticeSteven and Wendy KahnDavid KarlinSheldon Klapper and Sue HickeyThe Ellen M. And Peter M. Klein Foundation Inc.Eric and Anna KodeschLane Powell PCAdam Lane Richard LaneJordana and Ryan LevenickRoger and Dana LorenzeYossi and Judy MalkaGail Mandel and Steven KleinMarsha and David MesherSamuel MetzRich and Erika Meyer

Mark NewBrian and Amara NormanMichael and Gloria OldsStacey and Marshal OllerWalter and Pam PelettSue PerkelJimm and Vickie PiersonGraham and Erin PorozniProvenance HotelsDaniel and Shari RaiderMary Reisch and Peter KroepflLarry and Janet RichardsJim and Michael RichmanJerry and Bunny SadisJoshua Schindler and Andrea HerzkaGregory and Brandi SchnitzerDan and Tricia Schoenbaum Gary and Linda SingerSterling Savings BankStern Family Fund of the OJCF*Target Field TripsSharon UngerleiderBob and Idelle WeinsteinMarcia and Stuart WeissJames and Susan WinklerRabbi Joey Wolf and Ms. Lisa RacknerRon and Ellen WolffJeffrey and Lynn WolfstoneJames and Kricken YakerMerritt S. Yoelin and Bobbie FieldsMark and Mindy Zeitzer

$250-$499AnonymousBonnie and Steve AltshuldGloria BacharachKelly and Richard BarkerAvi Ben ZakenCraig and Jan BerneScott and Amy BloomMichael and Tami BoardmanDeborah ChoyneFrieda CohenJulie and Tom DiamondBenjamin T. Drucker and Andrea K. SanchezMiles and Robyn EllenbyPaul Flood and Bernadette Doolan

Our DonorsWe appreciate the deep community support that PJA receives and thank each and every donor who gave during the 2011-2012 fiscal year. While we have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of this list, if you note any mistakes or omissions, please contact Jennifer Baldwin, Director of Development, at 503.535.3594 or jbaldwin@pjaproud.org.

Generations FundRobert GitelsonGlobalGiving FoundationJudah Gold-Markel and Dena MarshallMark and Lauren GoldsteinLara Greenberg and Paul SealAdam and Robin GreenmanHeidi and Brad GreenwaldAbby Guyer and Eric PeetNate HoffmanDrs Irvin and Jacqueline JacobsHank Kaplan and Marni GlickLisa Katon and Noah KresselSusan KatzEric and Robin KornblitBill Kwitman and Monica MoriartyKenneth Lerner and Katherine McDowellJeffrey Menashe and Wendy GutmannLora and Jim MeyerMark and Marcia MeyerMina MorvaiAllison MudrickAdam and Sandy NemerPatricia L. NemerEd and Jill NeuweltNorth Rim Partners, Inc.Earl and Dale OllerOregon Jewish Community FoundationOregon Jewish Community Youth FoundationDavid Pakula and Barbara AndermanScott RectorNorman and Judith RosenbloomErika SaiersGail and Mark ShermanDana and Eric SimpsonMarshal Spector and Shari LevinsonDavid Sugerman and Janet ByrdLawrence and Vicki WassermanSteve Wasserstrom and Judith MarglesOhad and Ahuva ZaslavskyJay and Diane Zidell

$100-$249Anonymous (9)Evelyn AndermanRonald and Judy AppelbaumBetsy and Donald Bailey

Laura J. BarberManny and Karen BermanJosh and Marielena BlankEllana BlauGreg Block and Rosemary VilaMichael and Jaimee BloomAron and Annalisa BorokAviva Brandt and Scott FosterMarcie K. BrewerJames and Andra CarrickRebecca and Will CaseRabbi Yosef ChaitonJoe Cissna and Jill OryNathan CoganJessica CohanJonathan and Sallie CohenMitchel and Lynne CohenEvan CohnLillian CorcosHoward and Wendy DavidMike and Chanda DavidsonKathy Davis-Weiner and Michael WeinerDigimarcDr. Erica Goldman and Jeffrey DruckmanRobert Duvoisin and Lisa CaballeroRon and Becky EisemanSteven and Deborah Eisenbach-BudnerNikki EliasJessica Elkan and Jamie BeininMitch and Nicole ElovitzBob FeinerSony and Jennifer FelbergJen and Howard FeldmanScott and Carol FentonMargot FevesEric and Robin FlammStacy and Sharon FriedmanVincent FulcoCristina and Martin FussEdward K. GansonRobert GinsbergBruce Goldberg and Ora BotwinickSandra GordonThe Grand Papery Invitations & GiftsDave and Cheri GrothHelen GundlachJohn L. Halpern

Jeff and Gloria HammerRick Haselton and Sura RubensteinDan Heims and Lynne BartensteinHelen Herner Inge Hoogerhuis and Sandra LewisJana Hopfinger and Peter WayRikki HorowitzRabbi Daniel and Carol IsaakMarje JacobsonPhil Jansen and Ariel ShattanGeorge and Elizabeth KangGerald KarpRonald and Ruth KatonJeff and Amy KatzCarol KatzMark and Janice KettlerPete Klimecky and Allison CaruthersJoan and Chaim KornblitRobert and Denise KouryEileen Nolan Kressel and Ron CinnigerSteve Laveson and Lesley IsensteinBarbara LeinwandLisa and Glen LevyRobert Liebman and Elaine FriedmanDavid and Ronnie MalkaRoger and Betsy MandelDanielle and Howard MannGreg and Jemi Mansfield Richard and Judi MatzaSteve and Robin McCoyMcKinstry Electrical, LLCMartin and Marsha MehrVic and Toinette MenasheKathleen MurphyHarold C. NevisNIKE, Inc.Avital and Ben O’GlasserBenjamin Zvi OldsElla OstroffRaj Pai and Raechelle Mascarenhas Ian and Heather PennerGeoffrey and Emily PinkertonIrving and Arlene PotterIris and Marty RicksNick and Natasha RinardJeff and Julia RobinsonDavid and Kim Rosenberg

$100-$249 continued David and Diane RosencrantzJustin and Alison RosenfeldEric and Tiffany RosenfeldDavid and Carmel RossAri and Caron RothsteinJoel and Stephanie RubensteinMark and Leah RubinElissa and Larry RubinsteinSabara Inc.Dov and Amelia SagivAndrew Schafer and Valerie Roth SchaferLinda SchnitzerGeri Schnitzer-Newson and Sam NewsonRabbi Gary Schoenberg and Rabbi Laurie RutenbergSarah and Ryan ScottWendy and Steven ShainEric Sheagley and Carolyn BahrmanSyvia SiegelAndrew and Heather SingerRuth SteckelLance and Mary SteinbergJoel Sweek and Rishona ZimringSynopsysFrieda TobinMarvin and Leila VermanMichael Volk and Patty Magid-VolkClaire and Peter WartonJeffrey and Mahri WeitzBarry and Susan WoodsKatherine Woods-Morse and Scot EliotKen and Jennifer ZeidmanAlice ZimringRabbi and Mrs. Arthur Zuckerman

Under $100Anonymous (34)Michael and Lesley AlterJoel AlterNaomi Alter-OhayonAndrea Altschuler and David FinnJamie AlvarezNicole and Timothy AmuzuSandi AnslowShoshana and John AntonovicRaquel ApodacaHerman Asarnow and Susan BailletRiley and Marcia AtkinsWilma-Jane BalickAshlea BardeDavid Barenberg and Rachel ShimshakNoelle Barna

Frank and Lee BerneJodi BerrisGary and Cecille BeylDeborah BimsteinGreg Bishop and Sharon KlinToby and Stephen BlakeAliyah BlattnerShai BlattnerKristin BloomDavid and Vivian BlumRuth BlumRichard R. BoydFineke BrasserWilliam Brenner and Julia WacoMarlene BrennerJohn and Janet CartasegnaMarc CharnekarMark ChildsAriel ChiltonLuanne ClarkWilliam B. CohenElana Cohn-Rozanksy and David RozanskyTara CozadHelene CuomoSy and Carol DanishStanley DavisDelphine DavisRodrigo Diaz and Valerie TobinJesse and Katherine DillNancy DinihanianSue Doroff and Holly DuncanJames and Johnna DrozdowskiTera and Jarrod DumasStan and Beverly EasternJerome and Lisa EcksteinShahar and Adina EdenMegan EdmunsonJordan EpsteinBecky and Greg EwerMichael and Shava FeinsteinJudith K. FeinsteinRoss and Angela FleischmanKacie FlemingIsaac and Sylvia FrankelMargery G. FriedlanderDavid Friedman and Laura ApplemanBarry and Sandra FriedmanJoshua Fritz and Tami WeeksLee FunesTerry GaultThelma GeffenSharone GindelHagar Gindel

Lisa GitelsonSara Rose and David GoldfriedRosalie GoodmanCarolyn and Larry GorinMarc and Stephanie GosselinGennedy and Kira GovshteinJennie Greene Designs, LLCRabbi and Mrs. Bradley GreensteinErik Grotbeck and Ursula SandauSheila GuyerRachel HalupowskiMichael Dov Hammer and Bat-Ami FrankelArline HasmanMr. and Mrs. Al HeimerJonathan and Angela HelwigDon and Gloria HendinYafit and Tamir HeymanNancy HudnutRichard Hurwitz and Brenda KatzYolanda JenkinsGertrude JosephJames Juntunen and Maria OpieJeff and Michelle KatzBrian and Alexandra KatzenRoy and Claire KaufmannKenneth and Margo KennedyLaura KingJoshua KingsleyMonica and Scott KlauDeena KleinJaime and Donna KomitorAnita and Morris KornblitUriel and Jessica KushnerJosh and Tamar LakeLowell LebenzonAdriana and Hugo LeibovichShirlee LenskeAl and Rosanne LeviStephen LevyAdam and Melissa LightNan and Dr. Allan LiptonDenise LittlefieldCelinda LlanezJean and Tony LoRick and Jayne LondonRyan and Ariel MaliaBetsy Maniloff-NgEric and Heather MankowskiJohn and Robin McCaffreyJason and Jessica MehrNoah MendelMarsha MendozaCarrie Menikoff and Tim Lamers

Ellen MetzSteven and Lynne MeyerowitzSamuel A. and Jo Ellen MillerJoseph and Amy MinatoDanya and Golan MinyanDarren and Jill MitchellRuth and Paul MorrisRon and Marcy MorrisSimon NewmanSue OdegaardKim PalumbisRobert L. ParnasJon and Jeanne PaulDebra PaynterMartin Pechanec and Kamila VagnerovaRichard and Mary PeiznerStan and Esther PerkelBob PerkelJon and Susanna PerrinLiz and Brett PhillipsDavid PickeringDan and Janice PitmanWilliam Pompey and Sarai Ambert-PompeyMike Puckett and Michelle BlumMarilynn and Ezra RabieJanet RhineCarol and Jeff RichmondMaryjane RockerRadha RogersGregory and Jennifer RosenblattJay and Michelle RosenbloomJonathan RosenhanDan K. RosenthalHarris and Shoshana RosenthalChantal and Eli RosenthalPam RotenbergNancy RothsteinDavid and Darcy RubinJeremy and Dana SacksSamantha Salenger and Rob LeinwandElizabeth SassJoan SchnitzerSandi and Marc ScholnickTzviah SchwartzAdrianne SharrockEllen ShefiLois and Arden ShenkerRoz and Mylen ShenkerGretta SiegelJennifer SingerHeidi and David SlaterKelly and Julie SmithElaine Soldo

Nathan SomersJacob and Devorah SpilmanCarol StampferJeff and Barbara SteinbergPaul Steinberg and Anne Marie OliverGraham and Taylor SterlingJoan E. StiberCarolyn SturrockMyra SussmanLianne SwansonGary and Linda Swanson-DaviesMel and Jan SwireHeidi ThornerFritzi ThornerJonathan and Wendy ToobianJanet UnitanMarvin and Lois UrmanVanillawoodMarcy VellutiniEric and Kristin VirshboMatt Voedisch

Neil and Wendy VollenDestiny WallisGarry and Sheila WeinerBill Weinstock and Rena FoxCam Williams and Enie VaisburdHarriet WingardGil and Christie WinkelmanRhoda WintersNathan and Shelby WoodTracy WygantBrian and Laurie Yablon

In-Kind DonorsRonald and Judy AppelbaumPhyllis VanderVeer

*Oregon Jewish Community Foundation**Oregon Community Foundation

6651 SW Capitol Hwy., Portland, OR 97219 | 503.244.0126 | www.pjaproud.org

vzk vz ohcrg ktrah kf - Talmud, Shavuot 39a

All people are responsible, one for another.