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Inspiring Leaders Honor Roll
Anne and Harold Platt
honored by Bill Platt and Debbie Lusman
Isidor Pugatsh
honored by Geraldine and Joel Bloch
Meyer Rak
honored by David Levine
Caryl Ratner
honored by Neil Fang
Sarah and Herman Rubinstein
honored by Marta R. Gucovsky
Arlene and Howard Ruderman
honored by Gary Rudoren
Jodi Rudoren
honored by Dale Russakoff
Harvey Sigelbaum
honored by Stern Family Charitable Trust
Alan Silberstein
honored by Scott Davis
honored by Susan Feinstein
honored by Mitchell Hollin
Esther Sixfin
honored by Alexis Gelber
Janie and Frank Skolnick
honored by Marlene Lewis
Helen Smith
honored by Jodi Rudoren
Josh Tanenbaum
honored by the Cordes Foundation
honored by Marcy Syms
Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum
honored by Schulamit Bahat
The Forward and Editorial Team
honored by Jodi Rudoren
Henrietta Wexler
honored by Jim Feldman
Michael Baran
honored by Ruth Baran-Gerold
Ethel and Ben Berman
honored by Bill Platt and Debbie Lusman
Edward Blank
honored by Marta R. Gucovsky
Leah and Felix Bronner
honored by Ethan Bronner
Elisabeth and Walter Brewer
honored by Geoffrey Brewer
Isaac Joshua Dantowitz
honored by Debbi Wilgorin
Ruth R. and Daniel J. Edelman
honored by Renee S. Edelman
Rachel Fishman Feddersen
honored by Regan Solmo
Bess Yaniger Fishman
honored by David Fishman
Fanie and Beno Fitingof
honored by Raphaela Neihausen
Helen Friedman
honored by Nancy Friedman
Regina Gelber
honored by Alexis Gelber
Fred Grubel
honored by Dick Goldsmith
Vera and Herbert Lerner
honored by Meredith Greenberg
Barbara and Paul Lusman
honored by Bill Platt and Debbie Lusman
Marge Magner
honored by Nora Willis
Samuel Norich
honored by Schulamit Bahat
Samuel Norich
honored by Deborah Ugoretz
Taking the Lead: A Celebration of The Forward’s Future
November 21, 2019 6:30 PM
Cocktails • Music • Dinner
Awards • Dessert
CURRENT at Pier 59, Chelsea Piers
23rd Street and West Side Highway New York, NY 10011
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Event Leadership
GALA CHAIRS
Haina Just-Michael
Samuel Norich*
GALA COMMITTEE
Jacob Morowitz*
Raphaela Neihausen
Morris W. Offit
Charles Ortner
Kathleen Peratis*
Penny and Claudio Pincus
Abby Pogrebin
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Steve Rabinowitz
Caryl Ratner*
Josh Rolnick
Ron Sernau*
Carrie Shapiro and Peter Frey
Harvey Sigelbaum
Alan Silberstein*
Deborah Ugoretz
Heidi Urich
Ronnie Zolin*
Stuart Appelbaum
Jo-Backer-Laird
Ed Blank*
Ken Bob*
James Feldman*
Abraham Foxman
Ariel Foxman
Lynne Galler and Hezzy Dattner*
Alexis Gelber
Jeffrey Gottlieb*
Jim Hofheimer
Ruth Horowitz*
Patti Kenner
Jason Klein*
Sarah Larson
Nina and Daniel Libeskind
Stu Loeser
Mark Mlotek*
*Board member
MANY THANKS TO OUR GALA SUPPORTERS
PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE
Lynne Galler and Hezzy Dattner
PUBLISHER’S CIRCLE
Natalie Wexler and Jim Feldman
EDITOR’S CIRCLE
Carol and Alan Silberstein
COLUMNIST’S CIRCLE
Anonymous
Stu Loeser & Co.
Julie and Jim Coffman
Hal Lux
Marge Magner
Penny and Claudio Pincus
Georgette Bennett Polonsky
Ron Sernau/Proskauer Rose LLP
Joshua Tanenbaum
REPORTER’S CIRCLE
Jo Backer-Laird
Morris W. Offit
Kathleen Peratis
Caryl Ratner
CONTRIBUTOR’S CIRCLE
Kathleen and Tim Nolan
Deborah Waroff
Ronnie and Elliot Zolin
LEADERSHIP
Michael Baran
Ken Bob
Merle and David Fishman
Haina Just-Michael and Bernard Michael
Caroline Shapiro and Peter Frey
Phyllis and Alvin Goldman
Richard Goldsmith
Maggi and Matthew Goldstein
Jason Klein
Victor Kovner
Ruth and David Levine
Josh Rolnick
Marcy Syms
Malcolm Thompson
Debra Raskin and Michael Young