American University is grateful to Lillian and Seymour Abensohn for their vision to create the
Seymour and Lillian Abensohn Endowed Chair in Israel Studies. We thank the following individuals
whose generous contributions helped realize the endowment:
Individual Donors
Anonymous
Lillian K. Abensohn and
Seymour S. Abensohn*
Mark H. Abensohn
Meryl Abensohn and John Kraska
Steve Abensohn and Douglas Carlson
Anne E. Abramson and Ronald D. Abramson
Gary M. Abramson ’68 and
Pennie M. Abramson
Vickie Abrutyn
Carolyn S. Alper ’68
Flora Atkin and Maurice Atkin
Pearl Axelrad and Maurice Axelrad
Gabriela Bebchick and Leonard Bebchick
Ellen B. Belkin and David H. Belkin
Dottie Bennett
Carol Berman and Gary C. Berman
Jeffrey M. Berman ’83 and
Elizabeth A. Berman
Margaret Bessette
Toni S. Bickart
Ruth T. Bigelson
Pamela Bilik
Stuart L. Bindeman ’70 and
Martha K. Bindeman
Florence Blackman
Sylvia Blajwas
Goldene Blumberg* and Herschel Blumberg
Stephen A. Bodzin
Shelley Brodecki and Joseph M. Brodecki
Helen P. Brown
Kenneth S. Brown
Pamela Brown and Rick Brown
Ellen W. Burstyn and Lee J. Burstyn
Deborah B. Charnoff and Gerald S. Charnoff
Mary C. Cherba and Donald Cherba
Jane P. Churchman and
Joseph B. Churchman
Irene Churgin and James Churgin
Lisa J. Cines and Lawrence H. Cines
Rose May Closter and Sidney Closter
Deborah Cohn and Walter I. Cohn
Dorothy Z. Cohen and Morris Cohen
Debbie and Walter Cohn
Farideh A. Cupples and Regis Cupples
Laura J. Cutler and Michael Cutler
Vera M. Deckelbaum and
Ralph H. Deckelbaum
Joyce H. Deroy MS ’94 and
William R. King JD ’67
Helain L. Dickol and Eli J. Dickol
Barbara Dickstein and Sidney Dickstein
Eileen T. Drucker and Steven J. Hoffman
Marc N. Duber ’81and Nancy E. Duber ’82
Ann Eden and Arthur Eden
Gertrude Edwards and Robert Edwards
Joan P. Eisenberg and William M. Eisenberg
Shulamith Elster and Sheldon Elster
Lois H. England and Richard England Sr.
Diane S. Feinberg and Ken R. Feinberg
Jay Finkelstein
Annette B. Forseter and Bernard Forseter
Ruth Freedman
Harvey Fruman
Susan Gelman and Michael C. Gelman
Michelle Gindoff and Paul Gindoff
Geraldine Gittleson
Nesse Godin and Jack Godin
Barbara L. Gold and Sanford Gold
Helen Goldkind
Sara Goldkind and Lawrence Goldkind
Marjory Goldman and Nathan Goldman
Patricia Ann Goldman and Stephen Kurzman
Paula Seigle Goldman
Sonia Golubcow
Elaine L. Goodman
David S. Greene JD ’67 and Jane D. Greene
Paul B. Greene
Deborah B. Greenspan and Jerald Greenspan
Jean Greenspan
Lynne Haims and Roger S. Lewis
Pamela Halperin
Ruby J. Halperin and Herbert Halperin
Tamara B. Handelsman and
Harry Handelsman
Samuel Hanik
Blanche L. Harman and Donald Harman
Mindy A. Hecker
Edith Hessel and Arthur Hessel
Sophie R. Hoffman ’69 and
Howard Hoffman ’70
Lois N. Hollander and Steven M. Schlosser
Merry Hudson and Robert Hudson
Bernard D. Hyams
Harriet R. Isack and Art Isack
Miriam Israel
David Jones
Joan R. Kahn and Leonard Blackman
Corinne Kamerow and Martin L. Kamerow
Max M. Kampelman
Annie Kaplan and Chip Kaplan
Mildred R. Kaplan* and William Kaplan*
Patricia P. Karp
Myrtle S. Katzen and Cyrus Katzen*
Barbara Kay and Jack Kay
Tamar Kedar and Raphael Kedar
Lewis K. Kest
Joann Kline and Hugh Steinberger
Robert P. Kogod ’62 and Arlene R. Kogod
David Kohl
Louis Kohl*
Sydell B. Kopf
Elaine Kottler and Seymour Kottler
Marion Kraskin and Jeffrey Kraskin
Jocelyn Krifcher and Daniel Krifcher
Marvin Kuperstein
Stuart Kurlander
Louis Lazarou
Wilma Lenkin and Ronald Lenkin
Susan B. Levin
Judith B. Linowes and Harry M. Linowes
Elisa and Richard Linowes
Marvin R. Loewy ’58, JD ’60 and
Toby B. Loewy
Kenneth Loren
Helen Luksenburg and William Luksenburg
Jack Luxemburg
Dora S. Mallinoff* and Alan I. Sahm*
William Y. Marcus
Phyllis G. Margolius ’83 and
Philip N. Margolius
Vivien K. Marion and Lester I. Marion
Anne Mazonson
Alan L. Meltzer ’73 and Amy Meltzer
Irene Mendelson and Sander Mendelson
Avis Miller
Irwin Monsein
Annette G. Moshman and Jack Moshman
Wolfgang Mueller
Kay J. Mussell and Boris Weintraub
Pam S. Nadell and Edward Farber
Andrea Nordell
Andrew Obrecht
Denise J. Oken and Scott D. Feldstein
Glenna D. Osnos and David M. Osnos
Orlee I. Panitch and Irwin Panitch
Amy Pascal and Bruce Pascal
Linda Perlis and Barry Perlis
J. K. Pickard
Sandra C. Pollen and Richard H. Pollen
Irene S. Pollin ’71 and Abe Pollin*
Irma C. Poretsky and Lester Poretsky
Violet Rason
Ann Ratner
Brian J. Ratner
Dennis Ratner
Eugenie K. Rawitz
Sharon Rennert
Frank Ridge
Jane C. Rodman and Harold Rodman
Linda Rosenkranz and Jay Rosenkranz
Bette M. Rothstein MA ’72 and
Ralph B. Rothstein*
Ruth Z. Ruskin and Jonathan S. Ruskin
Fanny Salkowitz and Donald Salkowitz
Deborah Ratner Salzberg and
Michael D. Salzberg
Christopher Sanger
Ivan M. Schaeffer JD ’71 and
Esther Schaeffer
Diana Schilit and Howard M. Schilit
Hubert M. Schlosberg
Beverly G. Schnitzer and
Jonathan A. Schnitzer
Judith Beltz Schreiber and
Leonard J. Schreiber
Gail Schwartz and David Schwartz
Mary C. Schwartz and Herman Schwartz
Rhea S. Schwartz and Paul Wolff
Deborah D. Segal and Harry N. Segal
Yetta Segal
Madelyn Shapiro and Herbert Shapiro
Muriel Shindler
Roberta F. Shulman ’82 and
Lawrence A. Shulman
Warren J. Siegel ’73 and Nancy Siegel
Ruth Vogel Silberg and Jay Silberg
Beth S. Simon and Barry S. Simon
Sara R. Simon MA ’85 and
Matthew H. Simon
Selma Sitrick and Joseph Sitrick
Arlette Snyder
Susan A. Sommer* ’73 and
Elliot B. Sommer ’73
David Spey
Rita Stein and Chester Stein
Gerald L. Stempler MBA ’67 and
Deana Stempler
Marcia A. Stern* and Saul I. Stern*
Russell A. Stone
Monica Sussman and Richard Sussman
Priscilla C. Tievsky and George G. Tievsky
Miriam Tommer
Ruth R. Unterweger and
Michael P. Unterweger
Howard M. Wachtel
Sherry Wachtel and Lawrence Wachtel
Diane Wapner
Sybil Wolin and Steven J. Wolin
Cynthia B. Zetlin and Morton J. Zetlin
Nancy Zinberg and Sheldon Zinberg
Foundations and Other Organizations
Adas Israel Congregation
The Ryna and Melvin Cohen
Family Foundation
Samuel R. Dweck Foundation
Gorlitz Foundation
Herbert Hoover Middle School
Hershel Shanks Trust
Jewish Youth Philanthropy Institute
The Levitt Foundation
Howard and Geraldine Polinger
Family Foundation
Zitelman Family Foundation
This list includes donors whose generous contributions support the Seymour and Lillian Abensohn Endowed Chair in
Israel Studies. Despite our best efforts, errors may have occurred in the production of this report. If your name has been
inadvertently omitted or misspelled, please notify us at cutler@american.edu.
* Deceased