{"id":38362,"date":"2023-06-28T13:38:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T17:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/?p=38362"},"modified":"2023-06-29T16:40:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T20:40:21","slug":"an-incredible-year-for-federation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/2023\/06\/28\/an-incredible-year-for-federation\/","title":{"rendered":"An Incredible Year for Federation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38369\" src=\"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/an_meeting_23_1200x630_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1015\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/an_meeting_23_1200x630_3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/an_meeting_23_1200x630_3-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1015px) 100vw, 1015px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk;\"><strong>This has been an incredible year for Federation and you<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk;\"><span style=\"font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk;\">Several successes, new initiatives and major milestones\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk;\">On May 11, more than 250 guests gathered to celebrate a thriving Jewish Palm Beach during Federation&#8217;s Annual Meeting. Co-chaired by Jonathan Chane and Beth Wayne, the evening included several significant announcements as well as an awards ceremony to honor dedicated leaders and professionals in our community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: ITCAvantGardeStd-Bk;\">Federation\u2019s Board Chair Susan Shulman Pertnoy and President &amp; CEO Michael Hoffman, shared several areas of growth and achievement, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The launch of the Palm Beach Center to Combat Antisemitism &amp; Hatred to expand Federation\u2019s longstanding leadership role to address antisemitism by strengthening community security and enhancing relationships with key legislators and leaders to speak out against hatred of the Jewish people. The Center will focus on advocacy, leadership and educational outreach programs.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38365\" src=\"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/pbc_combat_antisem_hatred_web.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"421\" height=\"86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/pbc_combat_antisem_hatred_web.png 1010w, https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/pbc_combat_antisem_hatred_web-768x157.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Federation\u2019s Jewish Volunteer Center has been renamed to the <strong>Dorothy &amp; Sidney Kohl Jewish Volunteer Center<\/strong>. The Kohl family generously donated $2.5 million to JVC. This past year, more than 5,000 JVC volunteers provided 70,000 meals to people in need, contributed 4,300 books and 17,000 backpacks with supplies for students at Palm Beach County Title 1 Schools and assembled 4,500 Dignity Grows\u2122 toiletry kits.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38371 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/kohl_jvc_logo_rbg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"125\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThe incredible success of this year\u2019s campaign is awe-inspiring. What we achieved through the generosity of many dedicated leaders will be evident for years to come and demonstrates that our Jewish values are hard at work every day, impacting thousands of lives in the Palm Beaches and around the world,\u201d shared Michael Hoffman, President &amp; CEO.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Federation highlighted the success of new educational programs aimed at expanding Jewish cultural experiences including <span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jewishpalmbeach\/posts\/pfbid0y4oHssXqE8mKbJPFE6kKq1UobQkXRHxq4D4xKb8SWmczn2aDAaZ1BBa3z5XWEikEl\">Sundays Together<\/a> <\/span>family programs, <span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dfhwmNR6krs&amp;t=17s\">OneTable Shabbat dinners <\/a>f<\/span>or adults in their 20s and 30s and the IsraelNow trip to Israel for eighth graders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Several awards were also presented to volunteers and professional leaders including:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class=\"col3 shortcol  \" data-width=\"\" ><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38397\" src=\"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Earle-Halsband_250x350.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"279\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Earle Halsband<br \/>\nreceived the Hope Silverman<br \/>\nCampaigner of the Year Award.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div><div class=\"col3 shortcol  \" data-width=\"\" ><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38380 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Terwilleger-and-DelGrosso.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Amy Terwilleger and Jason DelGrosso received the Robert S. &amp; Ceil N. Levy Young Leadership Award for devoting their time and energy to strengthening the Jewish community.<\/div><div class=\"col3 shortcol  \" data-width=\"\" ><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38381 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Melissa-HudsonwMG.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Melissa Hudson, Federation\u2019s Assistant Vice President of Community &amp; Volunteer Engagement, received the Debbi Roshfeld Professional Leadership Award.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/div><div class=\"col3 shortcol  \" data-width=\"\" ><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38385 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Julie-Sudenfield.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"278\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Julie Sudenfield, a teacher at Temple Shaarei Shalom, received the Commission for Jewish Education\u2019s Hiddush Teacher Award for developing new and innovative teaching methods.<\/div><div class=\"col3 shortcol  \" data-width=\"\" ><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-38387 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/KathySigall-with-award.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Kathy Sigall,<br \/>\nFederation\u2019s Chief Financial Officer,<br \/>\ncelebrated an impressive<br \/>\n25 years with the organization.<\/div><div class=\"col3 shortcol  \" data-width=\"\" ><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38388 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Chani-Tom-Agam.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Chani Kolan, the community <em>Shlicha<\/em> (Israel emissary) and Tom Benisty and Agam Ilovich, <em>Shinshiniot<\/em> (Israeli post-high school emissaries) were recognized for enhancing our community\u2019s cultural bridge to Israel.<\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the conclusion of the meeting, community leader Barry S. Berg was named Board Chair-Elect and will serve as Federation Board Chair in 2024. <span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/about\/\">Click here <\/a><\/span>to see the full 2023-2024 Executive Committee and 2023-2024 Board of Directors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This has been an incredible year for Federation and you Several successes, new initiatives and major milestones\u00a0 &nbsp; On May 11, more than 250 guests gathered to celebrate a<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/2023\/06\/28\/an-incredible-year-for-federation\/\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38362"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38693,"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38362\/revisions\/38693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}