Join us at
Congregation B’nai Jeshurun
270 W. 89th St. (Entrance closest to Broadway)
at 6:45 PM
or on Zoom at 7:15 PM ET
Kosher dinner provided
Attire is festive
Honorees
Stephanie Rapp
Raphael Lemkin Human Rights Award
For her leadership and creativity in building opportunities for social justice and interfaith partnerships in the world of Jewish philanthropy.
Rabbi Gerry Serotta
Founder’s Award
For his decades of prophetic leadership as a founding board member of T’ruah.
Rabbi Dr. Hilly Haber
Rabbinic Human Rights Hero Award
For their fierce dedication to the dignity and support of people on Rikers Island, people coming home from prison, and people seeking refuge and asylum in New York City.
Cantor Michael Zoosman
Rabbinic Human Rights Hero Award
For his leadership as one of the most prominent voices mobilizing Jewish communities against the death penalty.
Tickets and Gift Information
I would like to attend in person.
>>Purchase in-person Host Committee tickets ($720-$20,000+).
>>Purchase an in-person individual ticket ($360).
>>Interested in attending in person and would like to make a gift through your Donor Advised Fund (DAF)? Please contact your tax advisor. Here is some information about Donor Advised Fund rules for grantmaking.
I would like to attend virtually on Zoom.
I cannot attend at all, but I’d like to make a gift.
>> If you cannot attend the gala, either in person or virtually, but would like to make a fully tax-deductible gift through your Donor Advised Fund (DAF), simply instruct your DAF to make a contribution in honor of our gala. Please don’t forget to list your honoree if you are giving in honor of someone in particular.
Mail to: 266 W. 37th Street Suite 803 New York, NY 10018
Our EIN is 45-0464545. We may be found via a name search for “T ruah” with a space between the T and r.
I’d like to make a tax-deductible gala gift from Canada.
Host Committee
[in formation]
Honorary Chair
Jeannie Blaustein, Ph.D, D. Ministry
Sally Gottesman
Sara and Andrew Litt
Human Rights Leaders
Marina and Stephen Kaufman
Ruth Messinger and Andrew Lachman
Healers of the World
Suzanne Schecter and Todd Ruback
Visionaries
Maria and Greg Jobin-Leeds
Prophetic Voices
Central Synagogue Clergy and Staff
Eleanor Friedman and Jonathan Cohen
Rabbis Margot Stein and Myriam Klotz
Righteous Ones
Martin and Shirley Bresler
The Davidowitz Family
Alisa and Dan Doctoroff
The Edersheim Haas Family
Annette Rotter and Joel Laitman
Rabbi Ike Serotta and Ceilanne Libber
Abigail Pogrebin
Rabbi William Plevan
Rabbi Shira Stutman and Russell Shaw
Rabbi Daniel and Louise Zemel
Pursuers of Justice
Rabbi Sarah Reines and Rich Bornstein
Eric Sloan and Dominique Bravo
Shifra Bronznick
The Golieb Family Foundation
Rabbi Tom Gutherz
Sean Hecker and Mari Hinojosa
Michael J. Hirschhorn and Jimena Martinez
Karen and Michael Jones
Lisa S. Kohn
Rabbi Nancy Fuchs Kreimer and Seth F. Kreimer
Rabbi Esther Lederman
Rabbi Sharon Brous & David Light
Rabbi Paula Marcus
Marc Gross and Susan Ochshorn
Rachel Levin
Rabbi Les Bronstein and Cantor Benjie Schiller
Emily Sack & Bob Schloss
Rabbis Eric and Jenny Solomon
Rabbis Nancy Kasten and David Stern
Rabbi Susan Talve
Judith Tuller
Mark Zivin and Margie Morrison Zivin
Myra Miller and Matthew Zuckerbraun
Guardians of Justice
Anonymous
Julie Appel
Rachel and Nathan Bearman
John Ruskay and Robin Bernstein
Blaster Donor Advised Fund
Norma and John Davidson
Rabbi Gilah Langner and David Drelich
Rabbi Chuck and Krayna Feinberg
New Israel Fund
Rabbi Rachel Goldenberg
Irving Harris Foundation
Robin Gibbs and Roger Harris
Rabbi Roly Matalon and Talia Hatzor
Hebrew Union College
Riva Silverman & Abram Heisler
Stuart Harry Hersh
Debra S. Katz
Michele and Steve Klausner
Rabbi Jason Klein
James Klutznick
Stacy and Tom Kuhn
Anita Altman and Gilbert Kulick
Rabbis Michael Lezak and Noa Kushner
Jeanney Kutner
Judy Bass and Jack Levy
Rabbi Ellen Lippmann
Jocelyn and Richard Markowitz
Lisa Messinger
Rabbi Jeffrey Eisenstat and Rabbi Sarah Messinger
Rabbi Sid Schwarz and Sandy Perlstein
Susan and Elihu Rose
Seth and Joan Rosen
Rabbi Jade Sank Ross and Rabbi Dan Ross
Rabbi David Saperstein
Peter Frey & Caroline Shapiro
Rabbi David Shneyer
Rabbi Felicia Sol
Temple Shaaray Tefila, Senior Rabbi Discretionary Fund
Emily and Steven Steinman
Betsy and Rabbi David Teutsch
Denise Thal and David Scobey
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum and Randi Weingarten
Rabbi Mary L. Zamore
Builders
Sophie Segal, Gail Clott, and George Ackert
Rabbis Guy Austrian and Jill Jacobs
Robert Bank, American Jewish World Service
David Behrman
Nahma Nadich and David Belcourt
Gerry Kane and Priscilla Bijur
Jessica and Jim Brown
Sandra Coliver
Judith Edelstein
Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Phyllis Teicher Goldman
Andrew Kuritzkes & Amy Glickman
Rabbi Andrew Vogel and Martha Hausman
Ms. Eileen Hershenov
Cynthia Hester
Rabbi Claudia Kreiman
Rabbi Ken Chasen and Allison Lee
Cheryl and Michael Lexton
Rabbis Hilly Haber and Rachel Marder
Rabbis Ayelet S. Cohen and Marc Margolius
Juliana and Jon May
Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb and Minna Scherlinder Morse
Rabbi Amy Eilberg and Louis Newman
Deborah Ugoretz and Samuel Norich
Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster and Dr. Paul Pelavin
Rabbis Jennie & David Rosenn
Dr. Cindy Arnson and Rabbi Gerry Serotta
Evely Laser Shlensky
Rabbi Toba Spitzer
Rabbi Nancy H Wiener and Judith Tax
Phyllis Holman Weisbard
Cantor Michael Zoosman and Molly Winston
Thank you to this year’s Gala ambassadors
[in formation]
Abraham Bonowitz
Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb
Hannah Ellenson
Rabbi Chuck Feinberg
Cantor Asa Fradkin
Eleanor Friedman and Jonathan Cohen
Stuart Hersh
Rabbi Michael Lezak
Richard Marcuse
Rabbi Rachel Marder
Jocelyn Markowitz
Rabbi David Saperstein
Rabbi Sid Schwarz
Rabbi Danny Zemel