Sponsors
Thank you to all Romemu sponsors.
Shabbat Sponsorships
Kabbalat Shabbat Services
September 23, 2021 | Liora and Stephen Yalof in memory of Stephen’s father, Hebert Yalof.
Online Kabbalat Shabbat Services
September 12, 2021 | Simon, Isabel, Sinai, and Shelley Cahn, for Jeffrey Cahn’s 30th birthday, again
December 3, 2021 | Sandy Crowe, Rhonda Gordon, Hank Greenberg & Ann Lolordo, Marilyn Hershenson, Kanu Kogod, Karen Kriesberg & Howard Kleiman, Rose Lederman & Henry Glazer, Art Magida, Abby Rosen, Steve Stein & Gaby Rilleau, for Ruth Berlin & Ira Rifkin’s 40th wedding anniversary, a year of kaddish for their son Brady, and Ira’s 79th birthday
January 21, 2022 | Emily Sack and Bob Schloss, for Bob’s 70th birthday
February 4, 2022 | Eric Hoffert and Sara Topitzer, in loving memory of Eric’s grandparents Bea and Leo Epstein
June 10, 2022 | Joan Miller (Aunt Joanie), in loving memory and honor of most cherished Abba, William Miller and adored Bubby, Gussie Kaplan
Online Shabbat Services
January 22, 2022 | Emily Sack and Bob Schloss, for Bob’s 70th birthday
March 5, 2022 | Jody Gotlieb, in honor of her husband Neal Brodsky’s 70th birthday
May 7, 2022 | Chava bat Sara v’Daniel, in honor of the Romemu Rabbis, David, Dianne and Mira, Chazan Basya and in memory of Sara bat Moshe v’Micza, Micza bat Yosef v’Chaya Sirke, Yosef ben Shlomo Tzelik, Moshe ben Avigdor Dov v’Sara Leah and Tolia ben Avraham v’Chava and in honor of Daniel ben Kuppel v’Fanny.
Onsite Shabbat Services
February 19, 2022 | Loren Edelson and Jeremy Katz, in honor of their daughter Tamar Bena’s Bat Mitzvah
Open Book
March 2022 | Richard Geduldig, in memory of his dear father, Irving Geduldig, Yitzhak Shmuel ben Dovid v’Leah
November 2022 | Neal Brodsky, Bob Schloss, and David Siegman
Kiddush
June 4, 2022 | Zachary Goldstein & Aaron Yagoda, in honor of their Auf Ruf
June 11, 2022 | Romemu Community, in honor and celebration of Rabbi Mira Rivera
June 18, 2022 | Kristina and Ed Malin in honor of Harlowe’s B Mitzvah at the Romemu Center.
June 25, 2022 | Maggie Jacobs honor of Caleb’s B Mitzvah
September 27, 2022 | Elliot Figman and Ella Jolly in honor of Romemu’s clergy and musicians and in celebration of Rabbi Dianne’s birthday
November 5, 2022 | Abraham Stein and Sabrena Silver in celebration of the B Mitzvah of their son, Tai
Rome'Music Sponsorships
January 28, 2022 | Andrea Fooner and Daniel Gildesgame, for Daniel’s 80th birthday
February 18, 2022 | Rabbi Mira’s Minyanaires, in honor of her recovery
February 26, 2022 | Ana Luisa Weckmann, to remember the Yahrzeits of her mother, Berta, and her cousins Carmina and Rosa Angélica
April 8, 2022 | The Oiknine, Rubin, Wallis, Wolfson, and Fishman families, in honor of their parents Dr. Norman and Naomi Fishman on the celebration of their 52nd wedding anniversary
Tu B’Shvat 5782/2022 | Anonymous
High Holy Days 5783/2022 | Renee Litt and Adam Klaber
Percussionist for November 2022 – April 2023 | Anonymous
Lifelong Learning Sponsorships
Hasidic Masters
October 2021 | Elliot Figman and Ella Joy
Elul, 5792/2022 | Serach Zeitlin bat Avraham v’Sarah in honour of the Baal Shem Tov’s birthday and the upcoming first yahrzeit of her father, Martin August Sarra
Beit Midrash
Fall 2021 | Drs. Ronnie Scharfmann and Joseph Youngerman, in memory of Ronnie’s brother, Eddie Scharfman, z”l, who was the repository of love of learning and Yiddishkeit in their family
March 2022 | Anonymous, in memory of Rabbi Dianne’s mother Vivianne, z”l
Scholarship Funds
2021-2022
Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses, in memory of Vivianne Esses
Andrea Jacobson, and Gabrielle Maisels and Kieran Mead-Ward in honor of Ella Jacobson-Maisels’s Bat Mitzvah
In honor of Rabbi Mira Rivera for bringing about social and spiritual advancement at Romemu, within the Jewish Community and within our country performed with good cheer, diplomacy, modesty and unflagging energy.
Social Action Sponsorships
Romemu / Mandala Café Community Kitchen
October 24, 2021 | Anonymous, in honor of Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses
December 19, 2021 | Anonymous
November 7, 2021 | Staci Levine, in honor of Yossi Stettin’s birthday
November 21, 2021 | Roz and Doug Jacobs, in honor of their daughter, Lauren Ahava, and all of the team’s hard work to help feed the community, for the Community Kitchen’s first anniversary
December 19, 2021 | Anonymous
January 16, 2021 | Joan Miller (Aunt Joanie), in honor of her miracle baby, her great-niece Vivienne Cecile Lipman
August 12, 2022 | Anonymous donor in honor of Lauren and Tal for truckin’ on with such love and devotion. So awe inspiring.
November 20, 2022 | Anonymous
December 4, 2022 | Roz and Doug Jacobs in celebration of the Kitchen’s second anniversary and in honor of Lauren Ahava
Social Action Events
Awakening Trust in Social Action, October 2021 | Ariela Heilman, in honor of her son Jory Faiola’s birthday
Something in the Water, March 2022 | Geri Pell, in honor of her blossoming, transitioning, wonderful daughter Ash
Chesed Meals
Florence Dupont and two anonymous donors