Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service
of South Palm Beach County
Making A
Difference in
People’s Lives
Annual Report
2007
Architect Randall Stofft & Dr. Jaclynn Faffer
Architect’s rendering
The Future is Now!
We are building a new senior/social service center in Delray Beach!
Thanks to a grant of $2 million from the state, we now have the seed money to build a 20,000 square foot
building near Temple Anshei Shalom on Atlantic Avenue, west of Jog Road. To meet the ever increasing
needs of our community, our new building will house:
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Expanded Forster Family Kosher Food Pantry
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Congregate Kosher meal site
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Counseling
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Support groups
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The Welcome Home drop-in center for chronically mentally ill adults
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Holocaust survivor services
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…And a café for bagels and schmoozing!
Dr. Ronald Selbst, President
Dr. Jaclynn Faffer, CEO
Message From CEO & President
September 1, 2006 through August 31, 2007 was a year of growth and excitement for Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service (RRJFS).
RRJFS was the recipient of a three year contract from the Area Agency on Aging, in the amount of $1.7 million for each of the
three years, naming us as the lead agency serving seniors in south Palm Beach County. Being awarded this contract underscores the community’s confidence in us to continue to serve the most vulnerable elderly in our service area— no matter how
adverse the circumstances. Our scope of services expanded dramatically and we were delighted to form new alliances and creatively collaborate with organizations ranging from area schools, nursing homes, foundations and home health care agencies.
Inter-generational programs enable us to combine our service delivery expertise in the areas of teens and seniors. Through a
grant from The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties, we are able to expand our successful Teen Connect
program and match teens from Olympic Heights High School in Boca Raton with seniors at area assisted living facilities. We
were also recognized for our high quality services when Caridad Center asked to to develop their mental health counseling
program. Thanks to funding from Hands on Tzedakah, we placed a Spanish-speaking social worker at the Caridad Center, to
counsel migrant workers.
We also want to express our gratitude to an anonymous contributor, whose generous donation will pay for full fellowships
to train master of social work students to be the future leaders of agencies like our own. We are working closely with the
Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University in New York, to develop the RRJFS South Florida Fellowship for Social
Work Excellence.
By the year’s end we had acquired land in west Delray Beach, near Temple Anshei Shalom, to build a 20,000-square-foot senior
center. You can see the architect’s beautiful rendering on the facing page. What a way to end an exhilarating year!
Of course, none of these exciting projects would have been possible without the extraordinary support of many individual,
corporate, community and governmental donors who enabled us to reach this new level. We must express a special “thank
you” to our community partners, the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County, the Area Agency on Aging, the Children’s
Services Council and United Way for their continuing support. Together, they all allow us to fulfill our mission and pledge to
strengthen our commitment to the 35,000 clients we serve annually.
Every day, through your help, we are making a difference in people’s lives.
Thank you.
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Rep. Robert Wexler
Rep. Ron Klein
State Sen. Ted Deutch, Dr. Jaclynn Faffer, Michael Mullaugh
State Rep. Kelly Skidmore
Rep. Tim Mahoney
Michael Mullaugh and Palm Beach County Commissioner Burt Aaronson
Fellowship flyer
Lead Agency Grant Awarded
On September 1, 2006, the Area Agency on Aging designated Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service as the
lead agency serving seniors in south Palm Beach County.
We thank all those government servants who made this possible, including U. S. Congressmen Tim
Mahoney, Robert Wexler, Ron Klein, State Sen. Ted Deutch and State Rep. Kelly Skidmore.
Departing RRJFS President Michael Mullaugh honored Palm Beach County Commissioner Burt Aaronson
with the agency’s Community Recognition Award for helping to fund the Diamond Club, a social group
for people age 75 and older. The club now has more than 150 members. Mullaugh said, “We are grateful that Commissioner Aaronson embodies the government / non-profit partnership that is essential for
helping seniors.”
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Jaime Estremera-Fitzgerald, Michael Mullalugh, Dr. Jaclynn Faffer, Elder Affairs Sec. Douglas Beach
Highlights and Accomplishments
We have much to be thankful for this year. This was the year our budget jumped from $5 million annually, to $7.5 million. To meet our expanding mission and goals, staff increased from 48 to 67. Our services
to an ever expanding population also grew.
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support groups for those in need here at the agency,
in Delray Beach and various assisted living facilities
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We provided caregivers free support groups.
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With this wonderful program, we helped spouses
who take care of their sick partners, as well as comforting people over age 60 who have a child at home,
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373 people over 60 sessions.
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families and delivered food bi-weekly to 425 households.
T hrough our Café Europa program held twice a year
we gave more than 600 Holocaust survivors an opportunity to have lunch, entertainment and socialization with other survivors. In addition, we provided
assistance to all survivors who needed our services.
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e reached thousands of students in Palm Beach
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County schools, helping them cope with bullying
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counseling sessions.
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mentally ill, has increased participation by 20%. In
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of the chronically mentally ill.
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volunteers, five of whom have been with us over
25 years. Volunteer activities range from phoning
isolated seniors daily to check in on them to giving
rides to seniors who have no other way to visit the
grocery store or their doctors to being a big pal for a
child in need.
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of 350%. We continue to increase and diversify our
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Thank you for your continued support and generosity!
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Sheila & Burt Aaronson, Terry & Rep. Tim Mahoney, Dr. Jaclynn Faffer
Judy & Manny Rabinowitz
Stan & Marilyn Barry, Michael Mullaugh, Ivan & Linda Gefen
Donna & Michael Mullaugh
Joey Dee & the Starlighters
Special Events
The Platters Matter
More than 350 people attended the Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service November 30th black tie benefit at
The Polo Club in Boca Raton. The evening provided an opportunity for the non-profit, non-sectarian social
service agency to raise money for its myriad of programs.
“We were very proud to chair this event, because the work of Ruth Rales is so important,” Ivan Gefen
said. He co-chaired with his wife Linda and Marilyn and Stanley Barry. The crowd danced to songs such
as The Platters‘ The Great Pretender.
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Steve Sager, Diane & Larry Feldman
Dr. Jaclynn Faffer & Norman Rales
Dancing at RRJFS’ annual gala
Abner & Mildred Levine
Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service Executive Director Dr. Jaclynn Faffer said the agency chose the Platters
to entertain because, “Their hit record Only You inspired our gala’s theme: ‘Only you’ can make a difference.” Joey Dee and the Starliters warmed up the audience.
Auction prizes included a walk-on role in a Hollywood movie, a one hour ride in a 1950’s Navy fighter
training airplane, Tiffany & Co. and Judith Ripka jewelry; Saks Fifth Avenue shopping sprees, artwork,
sports memorabilia, gift certificates and vacation packages.
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Marilyn & Stan Barry
Duffers enjoy a delicious barbecue,
before hitting the links.
Arnie & Isabel Friedman, Dr. Jaclynn
Faffer & Michael Mulllaugh
Attendees try on their new
leather shoes for size
Prize winner
Ron Gallatin, Larry Blair, Alan Goldstein
Golf Tournament
One hundred and thirty supporters of Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service enjoyed a golf tournament, barbecue
and cocktail party at the Fountains Country Club in Lake Worth, chaired by Isabel and Arnold Friedman of St.
Andrews. The proceeds benefited the programs of RRJFS.
Every player received a pair of leather Hi-Tec golf shoes. Raffle prizes included a 42-inch flat-screen, plasma TV;
a $3,000 gift certificate for Judith Ripka jewelry and two $8,000 Regent cruises to Europe, Asia or the Caribbean.
Arnold Friedman said, ”My wife and I have been involved with Ruth Rales for about a year and a half and
we’ve come to greatly appreciate and respect how the agency helps the less fortunate. That is one of our
major priorities and Ruth Rales’ goals move in the same direction as ours.”
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Addison Reserve “Mitzvah Crew”
Seder sing-along
Gift cards from the Polo Club
Below: Dr. Jaclynn Faffer,
Ronni Brockman, Nate
Miller, Joy Goldstein
Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Thanks to these very generous and hard working neighbors for helping to accomplish the Ruth Rales
Jewish Family Service mission!
Addison Reserve
Forty volunteers packed 250 goodie bags for RRJFS’ elderly clients at a Passover model Seder. This
“Mitzvah Crew” stuffed the bags with food they bought and delighted clients with a surprise $25 gift
card from CVS. Addison Reserve’s Don and Sharon Kabat, Harriet Mironov and Barbara Feingold organized the project
and obtained a gift from Steinberg Global Management of Boca Raton. After lunch, Sharon Kabat played
piano while the crowd danced and sang Yiddish songs.
Polo Club
The Polo Club of Boca Raton donated $5,000 to RRJFS to buy gift cards so its youngest clients could
purchase shoes, sweaters and school supplies. The club’s Community Relations Committee, co-chaired
by Ronni Brockman and Nate Miller, raised the funds so families with financial difficulties could shop at
Target, Wal-Mart and Simon Malls.
One nine-year-old girl had refused to attend school because she was the only child without supplies. Her
mother told RRJFS, “Now she can hold her head up high and enjoys school.”
St. Andrews
Several dozen volunteers regularly deliver food to low-income families. In addition, the state honored
two St. Andrews residents, Herbert & Judith Levy as “Florida’s Grandparents of the Year.”
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Dr. Jaclynn Faffer’s 10th Anniversary
Mark Cherny, Employee of the Year
Dr. Jaclynn Faffer, Michael Mullaugh
Marcia Schmier, Judith Levy, Dr. Ronald Selbst
Sandy Klein, Florida
Volunteer of the Year
Alyson & Robyn Langley with RRJFS token of
appreciation
Grandchild’s drawing of Levys delivering food
Marcy Bezark, Lucy Saucier &
Dr. Jaclynn Faffer with Volunteer
Florida plaque
Awards / Celebrations
It was a banner year for Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service. In the same 12-month period the state of
Florida honored three of the agency’s volunteers with prestigious prizes.
The state awarded Sandy Klein, a 25-year-volunteer and founder of the “Diamond Club,” a social group
for people over age 75, “State Volunteer of the Year.”
The state honored Judy and Herbert Levy as “Florida’s Grandparents of the Year,” for delivering food
to RRJFS clients. The Levy’s 12-year-old grandson, Dylan, nominated them with a drawing of the three
bringing meals to a home during a rainstorm.
The Governor’s Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service praised RRJFS for training the
chronically mentally ill participants who visit its daily drop-in center, to be volunteers to help King’s Point
with hurricane readiness. The Welcome Home attendees stuffed bags with handy items for the next big
storm for every apartment in the development.
Dr. Jaclynn Faffer celebrated her 10th anniversary as CEO, and Mark Cherny, supervisor of outreach and
community services, was named “RRJFS Employee of the Year.”
Mazel Tov to all our winners!
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Howard Horowitz, RRJFS Senior Services
Testimonials
“Please Accept My Heartfelt Gratitude”
In the last 13 years, CareLink has helped hundreds of families around the country, who are concerned
about their elderly relatives in south Palm Beach County and need RRJFS to provide personal care. Here
is what some of them had to say:
Mr. Horowitz has been an absolute delight...he has always
acted professionally and diligently. His attention to detail has
been most impressive. His knowledge…has proven to be enormously valuable resource to my parents…he has been instrumental in allowing my Mother and Father to continue to live on their
own.”
“You should be very proud of the much needed service that
you provide to the community.”
MC
Princeton, NJ
I am writing to tell you how helpful the CareLink program has
been to our family…It allowed us to keep my father-in-law in his
Century Village home for as long as possible. Howard Horowitz
was exceptionally caring, helpful and experienced. He frequently
visited and called me with a detailed report…he was kind and
he was professional. He always followed through…I am grateful
that Jewish Family Service was there to help.
ES
St. James, NY
Please accept my heartfelt gratitude of appreciation for having
the expertise, professionalism, insight, understanding and caring
for providing social services for my father. I sincerely appreciate
your …super herculean efforts towards my father’s care and
needs.
IH
Bellmore, NY
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Mr. Horowitz’s positive attitude and willingness to help
my brother in his time of need, truly deserves the term, “Client
Satisfaction.” He is a model for others to emulate. I thank Jewish
Family Service for employing a talented person with a willingness
to cooperate coupled with a passion for caring assistance.
JR
Budd Lake, NJ
As my mother’s 30-year-battle with cancer was beginning to
slip into its final stages, we were fortunate to have found you as
a friend...to wend our way through the choices of nursing homes,
home health aides and support for my father. You were consistently helpful and you were always respectful of my parent’s
needs while being honest with their children.
LPA
Delmar, NY
Words alone will never be able to thank you enough for all
your kindness and courtesy in helping us to provide proper care
for my mother. You helped guide us so that we could make the
right decisions that afforded my mother her dignity to her very last
day. For this we will always be indebted to you and the services of
Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service.
Without your presence in our lives I don’t know how we would
have handled the problems we incurred with my mother…you are
my angel on earth…Words alone will never be able to thank you
enough for being there with us.
KD
West Bloomfield, MI
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Ma. Elena, James & Alfredo De la Pena
Thank you card for
anti-bullying talk
Joanne Fiedler
Dr. Jaclynn Faffer, Dr. Marvin Schiller, Miriam Babbitt
Arvis Kadish
Susan Mackey
Mental Health Services
This year, we offered 5,184 clinical sessions. We also ran 9,217 hours of caregiver and bereavement
support groups, while our cancer and lymphedema support groups served 373 people over 60 sessions.
Welcome Home
This year, Welcome Home, our daily drop-in center in Delray Beach, had 3,000 visits from the chronically mentally ill, an increase of 14 percent from the year before. More than 70 different people availed
themselves of occupational therapy, socialization, encouragement and support. They enjoyed outings to
Lion Country Safari, the Palm Beach Zoo, Morikami Museum and elsewhere. Welcome Home’s visitors
learned how to make friends, apply for work and deal with anger and isolation. In doing so, they proudly
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Kate Smelson, Dianne Matthew
Sara Soued from Goldman Sachs
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Food pantry recipient with Cara Zimmerman
Fay Feder, Joe & Sandy Klein, Sol & Ida Bemben, all 25-year volunteers
Senior Services
On September 1, 2006, the Area Agency on Aging, under the state Department of Elder Affairs, designated Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service as the lead agency serving seniors in south Palm Beach County.
We had 13,523 care management contacts. This is in addition to our services for Holocaust survivors and
support groups for the public.
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Mike Bryskier, Magda Reichbeind enjoy Café Eruopa
James Bachner, author and survivor of
Auschwitz, Warsaw Ghetto & Dachau
Café Europa guest
Volunteer Nate Miller, right, reunited Hungarian Holocaust survivors,
including Eugene Kohan
Yefem Weiner
State Rep. Kelly Skidmore,
Dr. Jaclynn Faffer
Abraham Weber
Services For Holocaust Survivors
Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service provided vital life sustaining services to 150 Holocaust
survivors, 47 of whom came to us for help this year. RRJFS assisted with grocery shopping, laundry,
cooking, housekeeping, personal care and transportation to doctors.
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R RJFS also provided $24,000 in emergency grants to needy survivors; who range from 75 – 85 years
old, to help cover the costs of hearing aids, dental work, personal emergency alerts and housing.
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Agnes Glick, Joan Ensink
Joseph Stone, Ester & Isaak Lenczicki of Poland and Germany
Alex Moscovic, Dr. Jaclynn Faffer, Dr. Ronald Selbst, State
Rep. Kelly Skidmore, State Sen. Ted Deutch.
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State Sen. Ted Deutch greets a
Café Europa guest
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R RJFS hosted two very successful Café Europas, luncheons for 600 people, who sit at tables from their
home countries and reconnect with friends and relatives they have not seen in 60 years.
R RJFS also helped survivors receive restitution from their countries of origin, including an experienced
volunteer who assists them with complicated paperwork.
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Camp Breakaway
Sy Griner delivers food.
(Photo courtesy of South
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Cliff & Jill Viner donated for 90 children to attend Camp Breakaway
Camp Breakaway
Camp Breakaway
Zale preschoolers donate to kosher food pantry
Family Assistance Center
As the needs of our community grew, Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service increased the number of people
it assisted and the funds it disbursed. Last year, we helped 1,000 people and disbursed $350,000--an
increase of 14% from the prior year.
Camp Breakaway Celebrates its 10th Year
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amp Breakaway attracted 90 children, an increase of 21%. Altogether, this Poconos camp, foundC
ed in 1998, has fulfilled the dreams of more than 1,000 children.
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Enny Almonte-Nunez
(Photo courtesy of South
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Ron Gallatin of Hands on Tzedakah
Hands on Tzedakah Helps Caridad
Thanks to a generous donation by Hands on Tzedakah, we placed a part-time, bilingual social worker at
Caridad Center. Since March 2007, she has counseled 330 migrant workers and farm laborers from three
dozen countries.
Food, Medicine, Compassion
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F orster Family Kosher Food Pantry served 525 people, a 17% increase from the prior year and delivered 200 frozen Shabbat meals per week, a 33% increase.
ilverstein Fund assisted 67 individuals and distributed $47,361 representing a 57% increase in
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einberg Prescription Assistance, during the fall of 2006, bought vital medications for 18 people
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iner Compassionate Care Program – disbursed $184,500, representing a 29% increase, assisting
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151 children, including the Camp Breakaway kids.
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Intern Jorie Scholnik
Children’s outing at Butterfly World
Joan Siegel helps caregivers at Century Village
Leon Handler, Bob Wolfson, Rabbi Sidney Goldstein
Michael Okun, April Neuhaus, David Kirschner
Robyn Langley donated a trip for RRJFS families to Butterfly World
Volunteer Services
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T hanks to a grant from Volunteer Florida, RRJFS developed a neighborhood hurricane preparedness
program in Kings Point in Delray Beach, utilizing 95 volunteers.
hen RRJFS was designated the lead agency serving seniors in south Palm Beach County, we started
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a new Telephone Reassurance Program specifically for wait listed clients and staffed by volunteers.
e launched “Teen Connect,” an intergenerational program in which high school students from Donna
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Klein Jewish Academy made weekly “sunshine calls” to homebound senior citizens. The teens and seniors also met at a fun luncheon.
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Intern Allison Reiter at Arden Courts
Bea Gordon, Danielle Zfat & Mayor Spiro
Volunteer List 2006-2007
25 + Years
Ida Bemben
Sol Bemben
Fay Feder
Joseph Klein
Sandy Klein
15 - 24 Years
Abe Beckerman
Helen Bernsteen
Evelyn Cohen
Halina Gartenberg
Albert Grozbean
Leon Handler
Shirley Lippsett
Joseph Newman
Felice Picker
Robert Wolfson
10 - 14 Years
Dee Abrams
David Badner
Deborah Baron
Idey Elias
Eleanor Ellentuck
Eileen Forst
Ronald Gilford
Harvey Goldberg
Miriam Goldberg
Joan Goldwasser
Al Grant
Barbara Grant
Hanna Hirsch
Murray Kurland
Irving Leitner
Udell Malakoff
Harold Marcus
Rivian Marcus
Debbie Nemiroff
Sue Robins
Lily Rosenthal
Marilyn Rudnick
Elaine Schlessberg
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Norman Schlessberg
Marcia Schmier
5 - 9 Years
Sandi Adler
Herbert Furash
Larry Lewis
Elaine Smith
Carol Ann Artes
Coleman Gainsburg
Reena Makover
Janet Steiner
Selma Baris
Dvora Gainsburg
Deborah Meisel
Sol Stiss
Zeke Better
Helen Gallant
Nathan Miller
Therese Stiss
Florence Binder
Gus Goldstein
Lucille Moss
Sydelle Tannenbaum
Norma Blei
Pauline Grabel
Diana Naishtut
Rabbi I. Tennenberg
Nancy Bonomo
Margot Halpern
Ruth Nemovicher
Mel Turetzky
Sidney Brodsky
Florette Henner
Linda Queen
Susan Ullman
Marlene Butler
Joseph Henner
Judith Roif
Margaret Villanova
Danielle Cohen
Larry Heyman
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Oscar Warner
Esther Cohen
Josh Hilsenrath
Candace Sakolove
Gloria Waterman
Pearl Cohen
Mara Huber
Al Schmier
Marilyn Weigensberg
Alisa Desmond
Daniel Itzler
Pearl Schneider
Marilyn Weintraub
Mark Deutsch
Beverly Kassirer
Edith Schumacher
Doris Weiss
Irving Diamond
Howard Krinsky
Cantor E. Shapiro
Mary Weiss
Sally Eckerle
Margie Lassoff
Irene Sholk
Bette Wohlgemuth
Annette Fentin
Polly Lesser
Norman Sholk
Marvin Zale
Doreen Fishkin
Herbert Levine
Dr. Sol Shorr
Marsha Zidel
Audrey Frankel
Saul Levine
Arlene Siegelwaks
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Rella Adler
Judy Goldstein
Harold Marron
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Maria Alterman
Blanche Gordon
Thelma Mickelson
Vivian Shapiro
Esther Beck
Estelle Green
Ida Milkman
Clifford Shay
Jean Berner
Harry Green
Shirley Morin
Sadie Siegel
Fred Cantor
Celie Halzel
Donna Mullaugh
Sydelle Sher
Bobbi Cohen
Rebekah Israel
Shirley Nadel
Jack Sigal
Melissa Coyne
Carol Kahn
Margie Neidus
Fay Silverman
Carol Crosby
Saul Kahn
Al Prottas
Phyllis Simon
Barbara Diamant
Gloria Kaminetzky
Ellen Pollack
Esther Smith
Shirley Diamond
Dr. Arlene Kaplan
Ed Rabinowitz
Brenda Solomon
Rose Dinoff
Ginette Kravet
Mimi Rabinowitz
Harriet Srour
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Marilynn Weintraub
Linda Queen
Teen Connect poster
Dr. Jaclynn Faffer, Ethel Sanders & Mae Good at Banyan Place
Doris Fields gives rides to seniors
Wendy Legum, Bette Wohlgemuth, Marcia Schmier, Jane Cornell
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Teen Connect
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T hanks to the Hans and Mary Stratmann Intergenerational Fund of the Community Foundation for
Palm Beach and Martin Counties, we hired a part-time staffer to expand Teen Connect, a program
which matches high school students with seniors for telephone “companionship.” We began recruiting Olympic Heights High School students to phone RRJFS clients, members of our Diamond Club and
residents from Banyan Place, Veranda Club and the Homewood Residence.
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Arlene Roogow
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Gould House
Anne Cohen, Ann Speier
Volunteer List 2006-2007 (cont.)
Muriel Dubrow
Cynthia Kushlin
David Rill
Gertrude Stern
Irving Falick
Victor Kweller
Barbara Rish
Dorothy Turf
Frances Feldman
Barbara Lester
Eleanor Rosen
Matthew Weiler
Beatrice Fine
Gene Lester
Harriet Rosen
Janet Weintraub
Sylvia Fireman
Abe Levy
Shirley Rosen
Morris Weiss
Judith Fogel
Joseph Levy
Stanley Rosen
Helen Wendlinger
Herbert Fogel
Lenora Levy
Mollie Ross
Richard Wendlinger
Judith Friedman
Lee Loewenstein
Alan Salko
Judith Wener
Ruth Furman
Susan Lyman
Shirley Schreiber
Miriam Wetzler
Newcomers
Natalie Abramson
Arlene Furash
Katie Port
Anita Schulman
Lillian Brickman
Seymour Gold
Elliot Porwich
Barbara Schwartz
Shirley Bronsky
Irwin Goodman
Elaine Reiner
Eugene Schwartz
Doris Cantor
Marjorie Goodman
Patricia Rosen
Charlotte Sichel
Anne Cohen
Linda Herman
Phyllis Rosen
GiGi Siegel
Adele Denton
Judith Hirshman
Saul Rosen
Nadine Slaven
Harriet Durmaskin
Rose Kahan
Sydelle Rosen
Kim Smith
Leonard Durmaskin
Selma Kessler
Sharon Roth
Delores Solomon
Larry Egort
Herbert Leifman
Michele Rudnick
Sandra Teplin
Jeanne Feldman
Andrea McCutcheon
Millicent Rudnick
David Weisberger
Ellie Feldstein
Goldie Miller
Marge Ruff
Lorraine Weisman
Doris Fields
Victoria Moreines
Brandon Saldsman
Daniel Wines
Miriam Fields
Ellen Polack
Rose Sapadin
Harvey Zivitz
Carol Friedsam
Jean Polack
Natalie Schneiderman
Apologies to those whose years of service
may not have been calculated correctly.*
St. Andrews Food Delivery Project
Lee Baker
Bert Bronheim
Robyn Chwatt
Joseph Corber
Charles Dann
Alice Flateman
Leo Geller
Raymond Goldberg
Rona Goldberg
Judy & Morris Gurevitch
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Adele Haymes
Joyce Howard
Morton Kaufman
Daniel Keisman
Larry Lazarus
David Leader
Herbert & Judith Levy
Barbara Lipton
Beverly Miller
Louis Nussbaum
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*Terry Rubinstein
Marilyn Safenowitz
Sidney Scheinberg
Stephanie Schuster
Elaine Schwartz
Johanna Shafran
Bea & Martin Sherwin
Judith Speizman
Harold Stein
D i ff e r e n c e
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Jane & Irwin Thomases
Jeanette & Sherman Vogel
Seymour Weinstein
Arline Witenstein
Raymond Zimmerman
* Lives in Woodfield.
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Anne & Norman
Jacobson
Norman Rales
Ron Krancer & Dr. Jaclynn Faffer
In Appreciation
The mission of Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service mandates that we make our programs and services
available to all living in south Palm Beach County. Each and every gift we received in 2006-2007 supported more than 35,000 children, individuals and families who turned to us for assistance. Every contribution
helped make a tangible difference in the lives of people who need it most: the frail and infirm, children
from single-parent homes, caregivers of loved ones, the isolated elderly, the bereaved, the chronically
mentally ill, families experiencing serious financial difficulties, Holocaust survivors and so many others.
We extend our sincere thanks to the following individuals, foundations and companies who contributed to our achievements by giving so generously to help us expand our efforts. We are pleased to acknowledge you and may your generosity serve as an inspiration for others in our community to open their
hearts and offer a helping hand for many years to come.
Our Donors
The following list represents gifts between Sept.1, 2006 – Aug. 31, 2007.
$50,000 and above
$10,000 - $14,999
$5,000 – $9,999
Marilyn & Stanley Barry
Evie & Ronald Krancer
Norman Rales
Edith & Martin Stein
Jill & Cliff Viner
Shirley & Barton Weisman
Erma & Harold Brode
Isabel & Arnold Friedman
Linda R. & Ivan R. Gefen
Hands on Tzedakah, Inc.
Sherry & Lawrence Kalish
Carole & Barry Kaye
Julie & David Kirschner
Bess Myerson
Nancy & Marvin Schiller
Donna & Paul Segal
Irene & Sol Silver
We Care CVE
Honey & Ronald Blau
B’nai Torah Congregation
Boca Raton Community Hospital
Karola & Aaron Epstein
Marcy & William Forster
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Karen & Stephen Irwin
Myrna & Daniel Keisman
Donna & Jeffrey Lamm
Beatrice Mayer
Deborah & Frank Morgenstern
Dorothy Nadolny
Madeline & Eugene Pargh
Lawrence Phillips
$15,000 - $49,999
Diane & Lawrence Feldman
Meryl & Ronald Gallatin
Anne & Norman Jacobson
Mildred & Abner Levine
Judy Levis Markhoff & Paul Markhoff
Eleanor Silverstein
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F am i l y
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Our Donors
Estate of Sylvia E. Wolens
Barbara & Jeffrey Feingold
Janice & Stuart D. Flaum
Ina Rae & Neil Fox
Sheila & Stanley Frank
Marcy & Martin Freedman
Laurie & Michael Frenchman
Florence & Barry Friedberg
Stanlee & Steve Friedman
$2,500 - $4,999
Carol & Ronald Friedsam
Lorraine & Jerome Aresty
Joan & Joseph Garde
Jane & Alan Cornell
David Geller
Peggy & Phillip DeZwirek
Eileen & Leo Geller
Direct Nursing Care Services Inc.
Ellen & Raymond Goldberg
Ken & Jeanne Fibus
Phyllis & Gerald Golden
Camille & Steve Fish
Amy & Alan Goldstein
Dorothy Konrad
Sarah & Eric Gordon
Susan & David Kreisman
Jeanne & Jay Green
Gail & Keith Kronish/Gutterman Warheit
Myrna & David Gross
Memorial Chapel
Barbara & Ronald Grudberg
Wendy & Wayne Legum
Bonnie & Barry Halperin
Billi & Bernard Marcus
Faye Halpern
Stephanie & William McCauley
Adele & Edward Haymes
Beverly & Marvin Miller
Helen & Herman Gimbel Charity Fund
Donna & Michael Mullaugh
Richard Hendler
Millicent Nathan
Holocaust Survivors Club Boca Raton
The Polo Club of Boca Raton
Lorraine & Alvin Holzer
Proskauer Rose LLP
Ruth & Alfred Jacobson
Miriam & Donald Rich
Jewish Federation of SPBC
Steve Sager
Helen Kaplan
Sidney Scheinberg
Rose Kaufman
Linda & Ronald Selbst
Marcia & Howard Kent
Lisa & Rand E. Shapiro
Heidi & Mark Kleiner
Tenet Healthcare Foundation
Sara Jo & Arthur Kobacker
The George and Frances Armour Foundation Inc. Morton Kornreich*
Bette & Paul Wohlgemuth
Mimi & Leonard Leeds
Audrey & Alan Levinson
$1,000 - $2,499
Barbara & Randolph Lipton
Sandi & Robert Adler
Helen Londo
Albertsons, Inc.
Cynthia & George Marks
Linda & Albert Anikstein
Elizabeth & Sheldon Maschler
Jill & Richard Barry
Mellon Private Wealth Management
Bernstein, Kaplan & Krauss LLC
June & Monte Nathanson
Joy & Eugene Binkovitz
Northern Trust
Michele & Laurence Blair
Charlotte & Richard Okonow
Brenda & Harvey Blatt
The Ostroff Group
B’nai Israel Congregation
Natalie Pelavin
Helene & Elliot Brody
Gilbert Raphael
Renaissance Assisted Living
Judi & Craig Donoff
Sergio Rok
Laura & Edward Edelman
Judith & Maynard Rabinowitz
Ropes & Gray LLP
Harry Schwartz
Jean & Charles Shacter Philanthropic Fund
Nita & Norman Shapiro
Anna & Andrew Waldman
Jerry Wolens
M a k i n g
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D i ff e r e n c e
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Barbara & Jeffrey Rosenberg
Phyllis & Harvey Sandler
Irving Sands
Gail & James Satovsky
Marcia & Albert Schmier
Elaine & Israel Schwab
Helene & Roy Schwedelson
Ellen Shapiro
Olivia & Gerald Shapiro
Hally & Mark Shaw
Jacqueline & Neal Shear
Sara Sheinberg
Sylvia & Lewis Sheketoff
Beanie & Robert Silverstein
Jaclynn Faffer & Leonard Silverstein
Joyce & Allen Sosin
Fran & Stuart Steinberg
SunTrust Bank
Amy & Barry Taney
Temple Beth El
Temple Emeth
The Gardens
Toppel Family Foundation
Marshall Turkin
Diane & Jon Vogel
Sherman Vogel
Lenore & Herbert Wachtel
Suzanne & Joel Weinstein
Regina & Allan Weitzman
Arline & Jules Witenstein
Young Israel of Deerfield Beach
M.B. & Edna Zale Foundation
$500 - $999
Adit & Jonathan Agus
ALF Consulting Inc.
Judy Bailyn
Gloria & Leon C. Baker
Tami & Richard Bane
Becker & Poliakoff, P.A.
Steve Bedowitz
Annie Bergner
Sharon & Melvin Berman
Rita & Leonard Bernstein
Mary E. Bertera
Joy & Richard Blakeman
Nancy Bonomo
Barry Broder
Annette & Leo Brown
P e o p l e ’ s
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Our Donors
Helen & Mark Cohan
Carol & Michael Cohen
Lucille & Howard Cohen
Barbara & Arnold Cohen
Francine Cole
Comerica Bank
Norma & Mark David
Jane Davis
Sandy & Howard Davis
Delray Orthodox Synagogue
Donna Klein Jewish Academy
Judith & Melvin Einsidler
Helen Eisenberg
Sherry & Kenneth Endelson
Dale & Edward Filhaber
Brenda & Michael Finci
Finesse Novelty Corp
Forum Financial Corporation
Marcia & Richard A. Fox
Stacia & Fred Gefen
Lynn & Michael Gefen
Anne & Robert Ginsburg
Alice & Barry Glassman
Ronda & David Gluck
Libby & Stanley Goldberg
Lois Goldberg
Naomi Golieb
Linda & Steven Goodstein
Marjorie & Stanley Greenbaum
Beverly & Maurice Gross
Barbara & Howard Grossman
Marsha & Mark Harris
Jerry Herbst
Susan & Alan Jacobs
Linda & Bernard Kasten
Michele & David Katzman
Kenco Communities
Alice & Ira Kent
Sandra & Aaron Knopping
Carolyn & Peter Koslow
Madeline & Philip Lax
Hyla & Stuart Levine
Ellen & Jerome Levitt
Barbara & Gerald Lewin
Ellen & Bernard Liebman
Francine & Harvey Lifton
Light Bulbs Unlimited
Joyce & Michael Lipsich
Laura & Steven Litinsky
Linda & Herbert Littman
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David Lockshin
Helen & Carl Marbach
Cindy & Stuart Markowitz
Beatrice Hagelberg & Heinz Marx
Carlyn & Lothar Mayer
Andrea & Jerry McCutcheon
MDVIP, Inc.
Arlene & Robert Merson
Jerry Milgram
Judy & Jack Miller
Beatrice Allis & Alan Minion
Toby & Stanley Muss
Sonia & Israel Neiman
Vicki & Garry Newman
Paula & Gary Norkin
Dolores & Allen Parmet
Gail & Stefan Pasternack
Marylin Prince
Sandra & Aaron Rappaport
Rusti & David Reiter
Rose & James Robinson
Leslie & Dennis Rogers
Robin Rose
Laurie & Mitchell Rubenstein
Lorrilyn & Robert Saex
Stephanie & Steven Schuster
Alice & Milton Schwartz
Elaine & Martin Schwartz
Segel Foundation
Harriet & Bernard Shavitz
Esther Sherman
Ruth & Leonard Sholes
Rosalie & Leonard Silberman
Rochelle & Barry Smith
Nancy & Lewis Solomon
Ann Freedman & Robert Spoont
Donna & Brian Steck
Phyllis & Howard Taranow
Arlene & Martin Tash
Ruth Taubman
Pat Thomas
Jane & Irwin Thomases
Tiffany & Co.
United Way of Palm Beach County
Wachovia Wealth Management
Ina & Warren Wagner
Lynne & Bruce Warshal
Helene & Stephen Weicholz
Vicki & Victor Weinstein
Karen & Martin Weisfeld
J e w i s h
F am i l y
Betty & Harvey Weiss
Karen & Howard Weiss
Serena & Richard Werber
Annemarie Winter
Susan & Marvin Wische
Rosalind & Larry Wolfe
Paula & Stuart Yurman
Betty Zinman
$250 - $499
Sheila & Burt Aaronson
Berkshire Trust Advisory
Fran & Jerome T. Butwin
Anne Chernin
Cresthaven East
Loretta & Herbert Cron
Herb Douglas
Valerie Dalwin Etra
Abe Feinberg
Alan Shawn Feinstein
Matis Feit
Jennifer & Brett Forman
Mildred & Daniel Forsythe
Martin Frank
Stanley Friedman
Herbert Futoran
Renee Gant
Nancy & Gregory Gefen
Rona & Steven Geller
Jill Genson
Faye & Irwin Gerber
Marcia Glanz
Bonnie & David Gold
Goldstein Lewin and Co.
Ilene W. & Thomas F. Gordon
Roberta Gotlieb
Sandra & Kenneth Greenblatt
Gregory’s Fine Jewelry
Ellen & Michael Hartz
Karen & William Herbstman
Heritage Park Retirement Community
Milli Hershman
Rita & Thomas Herskovits
Jerome Hirsch
Ellen & Ron Hoffner
Linda Hrichak
Susan & Robert Igiel
Jewish War Veterans of The USA
Helen Kaplan
S e r v i c e
Our Donors
Gail & Daniel Katz
Sandra & Gary Kerner
Betty & Jon Kimmel
Sheila & Donald Kirshner
Dori & Ron Klein
Lori & Darryl Kogan
Audrey & Alan Levinson
Barbara & Irving Levy
Loretta & Neil Litten
Tom Mandia
Edward Marks
Barbara & Jeff Martin
Merrill Lynch
Mignano Tree Care, Inc.
Rhoda Morein
Leland Morris
Marsha & Michael Noller
Professional Learning Center Inc.
Alfred Rauchman
Regents Park, Inc.
Deana & Hyman Richman
Alan Roberts
Millie Rosenberg
Betty & Elliot Herb Ross
Barbara & Joel Roth
Carol Rothenberg
Joseph Roux
Janice & James Rubin
Arlene & Edward Ruff
Diane & B. Benjamin Saketkhou
Ethel Sanders
Susan & John Saril
Ellen Sarnoff
Sherry & Ed Schiff
Rose & Ira Schy
Phyllis & Clifford Seresky
Beatrice & Sidney Shames
Leslee & Daniel Shooster
Signature Interiors, Inc.
Richard Silverman
Jay Slesinger
Bill T. Smith
Barbara & Joel Stone
Deborah Voelker
Evelyn & Stanley Weiss
Dorothy Wizer
M a k i n g
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$100 - $249
Debra Abrams
Susan Adin
Rhoda & Albert Alexander
Susan Amerling-Stern
Louise & Edward Aptaker
Ashkenazy and Agus Ventures LLC
Aston Gardens Chapter, ARMDI
Arnold Bagel
Annette & Stuart Baine
Arnold Bangel
Ruth & Ronald Baron
Royce Battleman
Hilda Berner
Harriett Kogod & Jack Bobb
Jack Boeko
Judith & Murray Braunstein
Eileen & Robert Breakstone
Marilyn & Sidney Brodsky
Delores & Irving Caplan
Classic Residence by Hyatt Boca
Edith & Melvin Clayman
Stephanie Landa & Michael Cohen
Jean & Leon Cohen
Alisa & G. Richard Cohen
Peter Corpel
Barry Cott
Sandra & Donald Crain
Jane & James Davidson
Jeroldean Dommert
Florence & Jack Donsky
Michael Dopkin
East Coast Medical Associates
Diane & Lloyd Eisenberg
Elizabeth Olivas Inc.
Bea & Lee Engel
Ruth Englander
Beatrice Epel
Rena & Lewis Fagen
Raymond Fields
Sandra & Arthur Fishman
Susan & Robert Floum
Francine & Norman Freedman
Howard Freedman
Shirley & Norman Friedman
Sheila Furr
Garber & Goodman Advertising
Beth & Michael Gellar
Diane & Bernard Gimbel
D i ff e r e n c e
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Gimbel Holding Co.
Dan Ginsberg
GlaxoSmithKline Foundation
Carolyn & Edgar Goldenberg
Mervyn Golder
Marilyn & Bernard Goldman
Elaine & Albert Goldstein
Lisa & David Goodman
The Gould House
Greenbriar Womens Club
Greenleaf Ladies Club
Brigitte & Richard Greenwald
Judith & Gordon Grenn
Joan & David Grossman
Lotte & Alfred Gruen
Guttman Family Foundation Inc.
Amy Habie
Colman Hanish
Harry Hauptman
Samuel Heering
Nancy C. Martin & Fred J. Henler
Suretta & Bruce Hollander
Carla & Paul Honig
Ruth & Laurence Howard
Helen & Jack Itkow
David Joseph
Elaine & Harold Kaplan
Carol Kaye
Arlene Borsky & Arnold Klein
Jill & Loren Kleinman
Elaine & Melvin Kofsky
Goldie Lang
Helen & Earle Laver
Jeannette & Philip Lazarus
Roberta & Paul Leeds
Carol & Harvey Leff
Susan & Gary Lefferts
Sylvia & Allen Leffler
Carolann & Steven Leffler
Dorothy Lestner
Phyllis & Norman Leventhal
Elaine & Herbert Levine
Susan & Gregory Levy
Sally & Lawrence Levy
Goldie & David Lieber
Lifton Family Foundation
Alyssa & Marc List
Peggy & Robert Madan
Beatrice & Heinz Marx
Francine & Aaron Mendelson
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Our Donors
Mendelson Enterprises Corp.
Macky & Jerry Milgram
David Miller
Maruka Mirochnick
Cindy & Isadore Moore
The Morningstar Family Foundation
Susan & Richard Nagler
Stanley Nova
Sidney Owitz
Edith Peiser
Phillip Cohen Receivable Trust
Platina Singles Club
Estelle Plous
Shirley Polen
Linda & Bennett Politzer
Carole & David Pollay
David Pomerantz
Joan & Samuel Prizant
Linda & Lorence Queen
Rabin Hadassah of Valencia Lakes
Helene Raisin
Barbara & Frederic Reitman
Cindy & James Robbins
Helen Ross
Jerome Roth
Norman Rothman
Freda Sacks
Saint Andrew’s School
Eileen & Ira Salk
Sherman Salovitz
Natalie & Eugene Sandler
Eva & David Schapiro
Rose & Samuel Schreier
Betsy & Rick Schuster
Adrienne & Leon Schwartz
Amy & Michael Selzer
Senior Home Companions
Louise Sernoff
Gerolyn Shapiro
Beverly & Alvin Shapiro
Shari’s Place
Sybil & Marshall Sigel
Andrew Gross & Lainie Simon
David Simon
Janie & Eric Simon
Mimi & Carmi Slomovitz
Shirley Sokolsky
Delores Solomon
Susan & Elliott Solomon
Hadas & Jason Stagman
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Marcia & Donald Stone
Geraldine Stregevsky
Lila Subotky
Melinda & Avi Tansman
Charlotte & Bernard Tarshis
Temple Anshei Shalom
Suzanne & Eugene Terry
Turnberry Isles Women’s Club
Susan & Mark Vaimberg
Visiting Angels
Corina & Stuart Waldman
Rita & Gordon Waldorf
Jane & Samuel Wasserman
Beverly & Harold Wax
Ruth Weinberger
Judy & Robert Weinstein
Mindi & Mark Weisenbloom
Morton-Decease & Eleanor Weissman
Arlene & Murray Westreich
Jackie & Alvin Wheeler
Rosalyn & Sidney Wiener
Hayden Wirshba
Barbara & Jay Wiston
Women of Vizcaya
Laura & Mark Yellin
Etta & Raymond Zimmerman
Under $100
Marcia & Darryl Aarons
Naomi & Samuel Abramovitz
Dee Abrams
Rosalyn Abrams
Mack Alexander
Rhoda & Michael Ambach
Henny & Raphael Aronson
Muriel & Irving Aronson
Carol Ann Artes
Sharon & Brent Barash
Deborah & Kenneth Baron
Moss Baxt
Harriet & Alvin Benjamin
Leslie & Dean Benzion
Sheila & Michael Berloff
Anita & Sam Berman
Rose Bernstein
Lillian Bernstein
Mary Beskin
Beverly Foundation
Norman Birenbaum
J e w i s h
F am i l y
Saul Birnbaum
Judy Blackman
Helene & Marvin Blaustein
Milton Blaut
Norman Blomberg
Marjorie & Melvin Blum
Gloria Bober
Lydia Botfeld
Cathy Bowers
Andrea Bresky
Ruth Brizel
Barbara & Karl Brodsky
Phyllis Brucker
Miriam Bruno
Leah & Lee Bud
Miriam Burhans
Natalie & Bernard Carlow
Dora Carter
Fred Charatan
Judith Chason
Carolyn Chernoff
Joan & J. Michael Cochran
Rhea & Sanford Cohen
Annette & Erwin Cohen
Douglas Cohen
Samuel Cohen
Harriet Cohen
Irv Cohen
Tamar & Scott Comiter
Carol & Charles Craig
Ella & Robert Crane
Florence Creson
Joanne Crown
Etti & Ludwig Cziment
John De Gaglia
Helen Mary De Monte
Delray Villas Men’s Club
Irving Diamond
Elaine & Alan Diamond
Barbara & Marvin Dicker
Evanne Dixon
Barbara Eisenstark
Edmund Elkins
Sylvia Ettenger
Robert Eyges
Frances Feigen
Marian & Sanford Feinman
Esther & Norman Feintuck
Judith Feist
Dorothea & Steven Feldman
S e r v i c e
Our Donors
Esther & Deneal Feldman
Frances Feldman
Doris Fields
Carole & Al Finkelstein
Mina & David Finkelstein
Alice Flateman
Floral Lakes Mens Club
Roberta Forman
Corrie & Jerry Fox
Helaine Friedberg -Hoffman
Peter Friedmann
Florence & Elwood Fuerstman
Elaine & Fred Gardner
Rita & Gerald Gare
Michael Garlick
Jane & Jack Garrett
Henry Gartner
Sharon Geltner
Patricia & Robert Gillman
Adrienne & Robert Ginsberg
Judith Ginsburg
Matilda Glick
Sonia Selma & Stanley Goldberg
Sandra & Louis Goldberg
Burniece & William Goldetsky
Frances & Daniel Goldman
Shelley & Howard Goldstein
Golson Leeds Inc.
Natalie Goodglass
Henry Goodman
Elayne & Burton Goodman
Harriet & William Gottlieb
Barbara & Albert Grant
Pamela & Steven Greenbaum
Mary & Stanley Greenblath
Louise & Sidney Greenswag
Arlene Gritz
Dorothy & Paul Grob
Harriet Gross
Wendy & Danny Gruby
Anita Grundman
Ilona Grunfeld
Arlene & Stephen Guss
Edith & Albert Haimes
Jeanne & Edgar Handman
M. Delia & Steven Hankin
Harmony Elder Services, Inc.
Anita & Richard Harris
Charlotte & Bruce Harris
Judith & Michael Herman
M a k i n g
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Phyllis & Sanford Hersh
Hillel Day School of Boca Raton
Libbie Hoff
Eydie & Ira Holz
Toby & Martin Horowitz
Elizabeth & Sidney Horowitz
Rose Horowitz
Doris Jacober
Freda Jacobs
Gloria & Arnold Jacobs
Jack Jaffe
Marilyn Jaffee
Jan & Bill Jiler
Joys of Yiddish Club
Mae Kahan
Maida & David Kahn
Esther Kantor
Joanne & Murray Kaplan
Muriel Karp
Renee & Martin Kastner
Deanna & Henry Katz
Mala Grundberg & Morris Katz
Richard J. Katz
Leonard Katz
Miriam Katz
Norman Keane
Joseph Keen
Irene & Edward Kellerman
Lillian Kent
Joyce Kerensky
Zelda & Joseph Klaiman
Judith & Bernard Klein
Edith Klimberg
Barnette Koch
Betty & Eli Koppel
Frances & Adam Kossek
Vera Krakauer
Hannah Krakauer
Myra & Joseph Krinsky
Sandra & James Kronengold
Leonard Kulick
Susan & Roberto Kurcbart
Elaine & Julius Kurtz
Arthur Landesman
Leonaard Landwehr
Sandra & Morton Laveter
Sylvia Lawson
Stan Layne
Ronnie & Samuel Leder
Ruth & Harvey LeFrock
D i ff e r e n c e
i n
Betty & Barry Leif
Mollie Leiken
Ester & Isaak Lenczicki
Howard Leon
Belle & Nathan Lescher
Nauma Levin
Eugenia Levin
Blanche & Abe Levine
Claudia & Gary Levine
Francine & Steven Levine
Mary Levitz
Richard Levy
Lillian & Robert Lichtman
M & E Lieberman
Jan Lieberman
Claire Lieberman
Phyllis & Martin Lieberman
Shirley & Martin Liederman
Ann & Marc Loder
Jacalyn & Ira Lome
Maria Longo
Leonard Luck
Lydian Private Bank of Palm Beach
Hansi Lynfield
Eileen Mack
Hilary R. Mackisey
Lois & David Magid
Diane & Meyer Malakoff
Joy Malkoff
Barbara Manning
Beverly & Paul Mapes
Stefa & Morry Markuse
Gail Marx
Florence Medlinsky
Seena & Samuel Mickelson
Michele Migdal
Ida & Abraham Milkman
Thelma & Eugene Miller
Elizabeth Miller
Denise & David Millison
Mary Ann & Stanley Minster
Barry Mittelman
Diane & Joel Morris
Phyllis & Myron Moscovitz
Mr. & Mrs. Social Club
Marilyn & Stuart Nadelbach
Sabina & Noah Neiman
Lee Newman
Jesse M Njiru
Not for Women Only
P e o p l e ’ s
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Our Donors
Elizabeth Olivas
Gail Oren
Judi Oxman
Nicole & Leslie Pachter
Papanicolaou Corps for Cancer
Lester Peskin
Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program
Pines of Delray Men’s Club
Alexis & Barry Pinken
Platina Queen of Clubs
Perrie Alyssa & Ira Plitt
Betty & Bruce Polansky
Doris Polsky
Helaine & Roger Pomerance
Joyce & Stanley Preiser
Kalman Pszenica
Rainberry Bay Solo Club
Norma & Paul Raphael
Elaine & Sidney Rappaport
Celia & Milton Raps
Sheila Reich
Lisa Reichardt
Elena Reichman
Cecil Rennick
Esther & Sol Resnik
Judith Richman
Susan & Mort Richter
Barbara Ringel
Deborah & Joseph Rischall
Sue & Ira Robins
Beatrice Rocker
Reva Rogoff
Mary Rolider
Arlene Roogow
Susan & Arthur Rosen
Joan Rosenberg
Nancy & Carl Rosenkrantz
Gloria & S. David Rosenzweig
Susan & Arthur Rosenzweig
Carol & Arthur Roth
Rosalyn & Joel Rottman
Audrey & Jack Ruda
Thelma & Morris Russo
Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service Employees
Irene & Henry Sachs
Patricia Safer
Millicent & Eli Salnick
Julius Salzbank
Annette & Burton Sanfilippo
Judith & David Satlof
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Rhoda & Malcolm Scharf
Beatrice & Irving Schneider
Florence & Howard Schubert
Hynda & David Schuman
Carolyn & Richard Schwartz
Harriet & Ron Schwartz
Helene & Sidney Seligson
Lorraine & Stephen Shapiro
Betty & William Shapiro
Sydelle & Leslie Sher
Adele & Seymour Shinder
Sol Shmulewitz
Ellen Joan & Herbert Shore
Sandra & David Shore
Eleanor & Millard Shulman
Marilyn Sietz
Heath Silberfeld
Rosalie & Martin Silverman
Beatrice & Alvin Silverstein
Myra & Merle Singer
Lydia Singer
Anne & Aaron Singer
Elaine Singer
Beverly & Samuel Sisisky
Carol & Irving Smokler
Irene & Ivan Snyder
Sylvia Sommerfield
Phyllis & Eugene Squires
Diana Stein
Eugene Stern
Joan & Harvey Stetson
Eileen & Harvey Stone
Meryl & Harvey Strackman
Joan Strauss
Mitchell Strauss
Leona & Norman Strauss
Bernice & Harold Struhl
Susan & Mark Tabor
Rochelle & Neil Tell
Temple Beth Shalom
Temple Beth Shira
Claudia & Steven Thaler
Diana & Morton Tobin
Hilda Turchin
Evelyn & Joel Udell
Alex Varnai
Betty & James Wachtel
Marsie Wallach
Alice & Robert Wanderman
Oscar Warner
J e w i s h
F am i l y
Joseph Wasch
Gloria & Michael Waterman
Susan Weinstein
Robert S. Weinstein
Patricia & Matthew Weiss
Marjorie Weiss
Mary Weiss
Marietta Weitz
Marilyn & Edward West
Westchester of Boynton Hadassah
Whisper Walk Singles Club
Rhoda Wilkenfeld
Gerard Witt
Ilene & Peter Wohlgemuth
Deborah & Gilbert Wolfenson
Women at Waterberry
Women’s American ORT Boynton Beach
Women’s American ORT, Inc.
Edith Fink & Anna Zaidel
Sue Zarchin
Herman Ziegler
Sandra & Warren Zimelis
Sidney Zimmerman
Cara & Kenneth Zimmerman
Genia & David Zwirn
* of blessed memory
S e r v i c e
Financial Report
Revenue
Expenses
Total Revenue and Support: $7,600,919
Total Functional Expenses: $6,954,072
Assets
Liabilities and Net Assets
Cash and Cash Equivalents
$ 774,887
Program Receivables, Net 44,014
Beneficial Interest in Assets Held By Others 6,305,373
Grant and Other Receivables 1,015,135
Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets 96,959
Property and Equipment 57,965
Pre-construction Costs 44,599
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses
$ 256,131
Deferred Revenue 241,551
Total Assets
$8,338,932
Total Liabilities
497,682
Net Assets
Unrestricted
$2,364,342
Temporarily Restricted 2,552,491
Permanently Restricted 2,924,417
Total Net Assets
$7,841,250
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
$8,338,932
TemporarilyPermanently
Unrestricted Restricted
Restricted Total
Support
Pledges, Grants and Contributions
$2,792,459
$1,326,952
$ 2,318
$ 4,121,729
Fundraising Events 778,861 778,861
Less: Fundraising Event Expenses (178,756) (178,756)
Federation Allocation 1,678,503 1,678,503
Federation Financial Assistance 40,520
40,520
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 688,960 (691,587)
2,627
0
Total Support
$5,800,547
635,365
4,945
$ 6,440,857
Revenue
Program Revenue, Net
$ 580,620
Investment Income 266,843 173,796
Other Revenue 138,803
Total Revenue
Total Support and Revenue
986,266
$6,786,813
173,796
$ 809,161
$
580,620
440,639
138,803
0 1,160,062
4,945
$ 7,600,919
Expenses
Program Services
$6,034,866
$ 6,034,866
General and Administrative 713,991 713,991
Fundraising 205,215 205,215
$6,954,072
0.00
Change in Net Assets (167,259)
Total Expenses
809,161
0.00 6,954,072
4,945
646,847
Net Assets - Beginning of Year
$2,531,601 1,743,330 2,919,472 7,194,403
Net Assets - End of Year
$2,364,342
$2,552,491
$2,924,417
$ 7,841,250
Sept. 1, 2006 – Aug. 31, 2007
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Catherine Zieman of Northern Trust and friends
Dr. Jaclynn Faffer with Polo Club’s Ronni Brockman, Nate Miller & Joy Goldstein
Edith & Martin Stein
Ivan & Linda Gefen, Marilyn & Stan Barry
Thanks to Our Generous Funders
Thanks to our funding partners who provided the following grants, totaling $4.5 million. Their generosity makes it possible for Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service to offer numerous community and social service programs, which improve the quality of life for south Palm Beach County’s most vulnerable residents.
Thank you for your vital support!
Grants
Area on Aging – Palm Beach/Treasure Coast
Jewish Funders Network
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against
Palm Beach County Commissioner Burt Aaronson /
Palm Beach County Parks and Recreation
Germany
California Community Foundation
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County, Inc.
State of Florida – Department of Elder Affairs
Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin
State of Florida – Department of Financial Services
State of Florida – Governor’s Commission on
Counties
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Hands on Tzedakah
Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
United States Department of Health and Human
Services
Jack & Marilyn Pechter Foundation
Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County
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Volunteerism and Community Service
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United Way of Palm Beach County
F am i l y
S e r v i c e
Jeanette Rosenthal, Kaitlin Kirsner
Betty Rosen, Lauren Friedman
Endowments
Jack C. AlexanderTelephone Reassurance Program
Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service Endowment Fund
Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service Fund for Children
Endowment Fund
Anton-Bobick Endowment Fund
Sara & Herman Cohn RRJFS Endowment Fund
Edward Eisen In-Home Supportive Services
with Rett Syndrome
Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service Director’s
Endowment Fund
Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service Outreach Program
Endowment Fund
Karola & Aaron Epstein Jewish Family Service
Michelle Rothholz Memorial Endowment Fund
Berenice Brenn Schankerman Endowment Fund
Endowment Fund
Forster Family Kosher Food Pantry
Harold & Julia K. Segall Memorial Endowment Fund
Rose Golden Indigent Care Endowment Fund
Louis Shapiro JFS Endowment Fund
Richard J. Goldstein Memorial Jewish Family Service
Dorothy & Sidney Schuman Jewish Family Service
Endowment Fund.
Endowment Fund
Lisa & David Goodman Endowment Fund
Edward S. Gould Fund for Special Needs for Gays and
Sidney & Eleanor Silverstein In-Home Supportive
Services Endowment Fund
Delores & Ralph Solomon Endowment Fund for
Lesbian Clients
Edward S. Gould Fund for Outreach for Elderly
Children with Special Needs
Special Projects Fund
Lesbians and Gay Men
Abraham & Rita Hazelcorn RRJFS Endowment Fund
Holocaust Survivors Endowment Fund
Jeffrey Brian Turkin Memorial RRJFS Endowment
Fund
Clifford & Jill Viner Family Compassionate Care
I Have a Dream Fund
Eli & Hilda Krinzman Scholarship Endowment Fund
Program Endowment Fund
Roxane Frechie Lipton JFS Endowment Fund
Edith Wasserbard Endowment Fund
Madeline and Eugene Pargh Kosher Food Pantry
Gladys Weinshank Endowment Fund
Morton J. Weinstein Memorial Endowment Fund for
Endowment Fund
Jason Pavao Memorial Endowment Fund
the Sight Impaired
Michael Pelavin RRJFS Staff Endowment Fund
Mary Weiss Fund in Memory of Sigmund Weiss
Rabbi Joseph & Anne Pollack Chaplaincy Endowment
Sidney and Jacqueline Wolgin RRJFS Emergency
Services Endowment Fund
Fund
David Pollen JFS Fund
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Alan Goldstein
Judy Rabinowitz and Jane Cornell
Officers & Board
Dr. Ronald Selbst
2006-2007 Officers
President
Dr. Ronald Selbst
Treasurer
Keith Kronish
Vice Presidents
Larry Blair
First Vice President
Secretary
Marcia Schmier
Ivan Gefen
Vice President, Financial
Resource Development
Stanley Barry
Vice President, Capital
Projects
Immediate Past
President
Michael Mullaugh
Sheila Frank
Keith Kronish, Alan Goldstein, Ron Gallatin, Larry Blair and David Katzman
President Emeritus
Karola Epstein
Dr. Marvin Schiller
Vice President, Board
Development
Alan Goldstein
Vice President, Programs
Board Of Trustees
Sandi Adler
Jerome Altheimer
Joy Binkovitz *
Harold Brode
Jane Cornell
Judi Donoff
Barbara Feingold
Diane Feldman
Sheila Frank
Arnold Friedman
Ronald Gallatin **
Ronda Gluck
Karen Irwin
Norman Jacobson
Daniel Keisman
David Kirschner
Wendy Legum
Marvin Miller
Charlotte Okonow *
Madeline Pargh
Natalie Pelavin
Judy Rabinowitz *
Steve Sager
Dr. Allen Sosin
Martin Stein
Amy Taney
Andrew Waldman
Bart Weisman
Honorary Board Members
David Katzman **
Millicent Nathan
Clarice Pressner
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Ruth Rales ***
Eleanor Silverstein
Ilene Wohlgemuth *
R a l e s
* Past Presidents
** Executive Committee
*** Of Blessed Memory
J e w i s h
F am i l y
S e r v i c e
Damasino Taperi
Lisa Hartstein
Patty Shukat
Cathy Bowers
Jesse Njiru
Audrey Schattner
Joan-Director
Staff
Administration
Community Services
Dr. Jaclynn Faffer.........................Chief Executive Officer
Orlando Cabrera...........................Director of Operations
Anne Chernin, MSW, MBA........Director of Community Relations
& Government Affairs
Sharon Geltner.............................Communications Director
Jason Merrick, CPA, C.A.............Chief Financial Officer
Lauren Barnett..............................Volunteer Assistant
Marcy Bezark, M.Ed....................Director of Volunteer Services
Mark Cherny, LCSW....................Supervisor of Outreach &
Community Services
Rabbi Sidney Goldstein...............Director of Chaplaincy
Clinical & Senior Services
Sy Griner.......................................Transportation Assistant
Beth Levine...................................H R & Family Assistance Center
Coordinator
Cara Zimmerman.........................Food Pantry Assistant
Enny Almonte-Nunez, LCSW......Social Worker
Orly Beldner, Psy.D.......................Social Worker
Marissa Blanco, MS, MHC.........Case Manager
Cathy Bowers, CSA, MSA, RG...Case Manager
Joan Ensink, LCSW......................Director of Clinical &
Senior Services
Judith Friedman, MA...................Occupational Therapist
Robyn Hallow, BA........................Case Manager
Patricia Hartog, LCSW.................Program Director
Howard Horowitz, LCSW............Director of Case Management
Laurie Intondi, LCSW...................Case Manager
Jacque Kaplan, LCSW.................Social Worker
Tulla Katehis, LCSW....................Social Worker
Debbie Lipson, LCSW..................Social Worker
Jill Lurie, MSW............................Social Worker
Dianne Matthew, LCSW.............Social Worker
Linda Miller, MS,Ed.MSW,MPA..Case Manager
Lauren Moret................................Intern
Shari Picart-Mullings...................Intern
Kathy Porges, MSW....................Case Manager
Lois Purdham................................Case Aide
Esther Rachelson, EdS.................Case Manager
Arlene Roogow............................Case Manager
Cynthia Roon, MSW....................Case Manager
Lucille Saucier, LCSW..................Project Director
Gayle Savage Silverman.............Case Manager
Linda Schiff, LCSW......................Social Worker
David Schlagter, LCSW...............Social Worker
Patricia Shukat, LCSW................Social Worker
Leonard Silverstein, Ph.D............Group Facilitator
Mahogany Smith.........................Case Manager
Carol Spring, LCSW........................ Case Manager Supervisor
Heather Summers........................Program Director
Lila Vaughn, MSW.......................Case Manager
Larry Young, MSW......................Case Manager
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Financial Resource Development
Margie Walden............................Director of Development
Lisa Hartstein, MHS....................Grants Coordinator
Jenifer Marquart..........................Assistant Development Director
Financial Services
Diane Kramer...............................A P Supervisor
Patricia Monti...............................Billing Coordinator
Jesse Njiru....................................Senior Accountant
Audrey Schattner, CPA, C.A. ......Fiscal Support
Rebecca Swets............................Data Specialist
Damasino Taperi..........................Guardianship Assistant
Support Staff
Joan Director................................Receptionist/Secretary
Francesca Dominguez.................Executive Assistant
Eleanor Kahlowsky......................Administrative Assistant
Selma Landsman.........................Secretary
Melissa Marnell...........................Bookkeeper/Secretary
Liz Miller........................................Secretary
Elvin Salazar.................................Maintenance Technician
Vanessa Small..............................Secretary
Errol Solomon...............................Support Services Clerk
Joy Turin........................................Office Manager
Annette Smith..............................Clerical Assistant
Pearl Zaffrin..................................Part-time Office Clerk
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