Recent Events

Spring Outreach Event - May 1, 2012 at The Find

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Maot Chitim Mitzvah Opportunity- April 1, 2012

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2012 Winter Tzedakah Event - December 8, 2011 at 50 East Chestnut

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Oprah's Behind-the-Scenes Producers Event - October 18, 2011

 

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Learning Event - September 20, 2011 at Flourish Studios

Jennifer Huberman-Shlaes, event co-chair, Susan Hyman and Joede Berman, speakers, and Ariel Derringer, event co-chair

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Learning Event - June 29, 2011 at Flourish Studios

Jennifer Huberman-Shlaes, event co-chair, Rabbi Debra Newman Kamin and Marta Steele, speakers, and Ariel Derringer, event co-chair

Frannie Goldwin, Meredith Albert and Erica Thacker

Gina Lundell, Marta Steele and Ali Hirshorn

Laura April and Hollie Sobel

Event co-chairs, Jen Huberman-Shlaes and Ariel Derringer

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Women's Division Annual Meeting - May 25, 2011

2010-2011 YWC chair, Andrea Grostern, with 2011-2012 chair, Julie Novack

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Extreme Home Makeover Made Easy - May 11, 2011

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Maot Chitim Mitzvah Opportunity- April 10, 2011

The Shapiro family poses with Betsey Grais, YWC Council member, and Laura Senft, YWC mitzvah chair

Judy Meadows and her daughter with Julie Ann Sklaver, Aaron Kamins and their son

Members of the Schwartz, Diamond and Kadish families

A group of helpful volunteers

Jessica, Naomi and Lauren Altman

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2011 Annual Event at Primitive with Judy Feld Carr - April 7, 2011

Lisa Goodman, YWC tzedakah vice chair, Lisa Daitch, YWC tzedakah chair, Sarna Goldenberg, event co-chair, Judy Feld Carr, speaker, Amy Winick Skidelsky, event co-chair, Andrea Grostern, YWC chair

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ARK Hanukkah Gift Wishes Mitzvah Opportunity - November 21, 2010

Lisa Servedio and her daughter, Becca, decorate holiday cards for Israeli soldiers

Becca Silverstein and Ava Lichstein

Rachel Nasatir with a card she decorated for an Israeli soldier

Debbi and Gabe Cooper

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Paper Clips event - November 17, 2010

Andrea Grostern, YWC chair, Sandra Kaye Roberts, Shania Hope Davis, Sheri Greenbaum, event co-chair, Lindsey Gell, event co-chair, and Lisa Daitch, tzedakah chair

Jill Kolker, committee member, with Ellen Zickmann, committee member and event hostess

Lindsey Markus with committee members Jen Leemis and Gayle Miller

Betsey Grais and Miriam Lichstein, council members

Lisa Goodman, Tzedakah vice chair, and Jessica Altman, council member

Council members, Amy Winick Skidelsky and Julie Novack, flank committee member Sharone Levy Marck

Wendy Berger Shapiro and Andrea Grostern

Sandra Kaye Roberts, Sheri Greenbaum, Shania Hope Davis and Lindsey Gell

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Make-up, Manicures and Martinis - October 14, 2010

Barrie Lieberman, community outreach chair, Shelley Radner, event co-chair, speaker Nicole Pearl, and Tristin Goldberg, event co-chair

Nicole Pearl with some of her favorite must-have products

Tzivia Masliansky and Cindy Rudman pose with YWC chair, Andrea Grostern

Council members, Ariel Derringer and Jessica Altman, with Tracey Weinberg

Marna Goldwin, Rebecca Cohen, Jessica Altman, Abby Agulnek and Kelly Hoberman

Committee members, Mindy Kirsh and Amanda Doblin

Council member, Cindy Friedman, and committee member, Michal Lerner

Event co-chair, Shelley Radner, community outreach chair, Barrie Lieberman, committee member, Cynthia Young, and Rosellene Bronstein

Gayle Miller and Alyssa Dickman

Ariel Derringer, Miriam Lichstein, Liz Brodsky and Laurie Henschel

Cindy Rudman, Michal Lerner, Laura Senft, Alyssa Unikel and Abby Aloni Moroh

Thanks to OPI, every attendee went home with a bottle of nail polish from their Swiss Collection

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Maot Chitim Mitzvah Opportunity- August 29, 2010

Laura Senft, mitzvah chair, poses with a happy resident

Nasatir, Rothenberg/Feller and Grostern Families

A resident opening her home to Jennifer Loeb and daughter

Rachel Nasatir with Morgan and Abigail Feller

Andrea Grostern, YWC chair, with daughter, Sarah

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Ezra Community Gardening Mitzvah Opportunity - July 25, 2010

Anita Denes, Ezra program and project manager, with Rafi, Micah and Ariel Derringer

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Spring Insights at Lumen - May 6, 2010

Jen Huberman-Shlaes, YWC chair, Lori Goldberg, community development chair, Laura Senft, event co-chair, Lara Miller and Miriam Lichstein, event co-chair

Keren Weiss, Tracey Kaliman, Barrie Lieberman, Laura Senft and Andrea Grostern

Committee members Elizabeth Liebovitz and Michelle Friedman

Rebecca Cohen, Rachel Katz and Stephanie Liss

Council member, Ariel Derringer, posing in her new Lara Miller dress

Beth Satyr poses with committee members Jeanette Garber Zemsky and Shana Berezin

Ellen Rothenberg and Kerri Herman

Andrea Muchin Leon, Miriam Lichstein and Sharon Katz

Tristin Goldberg, Lauren Coburn and Lisa Daitch

Gloria Cohen, Stacey Cohen and Amy Winick Skidelsky

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Maot Chitim Mitzvah Opportunity- March 21, 2010

Kadish, Pinkert, Derringer and Sklaver/Kamins Families

Michele Berman, Andrea Grostern and Jessica Altman pose with their children

Robin Grant and Jill Kolker pose with Brooke and Sydney

Jen Levin with Sarna, Nora and Steve Goldenberg

Lisa Daitch, YWC mitzvah opportunities chair, with Jen Huberman-Shlaes, YWC chair, and Sadie

Walder, Malkin and Sklaver/Kamins families

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2010 Spotlight Event at Pagoda Red - March 18, 2010

From left to right: Lisa Goodman and Betsey Grais, event co-chairs, Sophie Ambrose, Andrea Grostern, tzedakah chair and Jennifer Huberman-Shlaes, YWC chair

Ted Perlman, 2010 general campaign chairman, Betsey Nathan, owner of Pagoda Red and Merle Cohen, associate vice president, Campaign

Committee members, Carolyn Aberman, Jeanette Garber Zemsky and Liz Brodsky with Miriam Lichstein, YWC advisory chair

Lisa Acker Friedman poses with council members Michelle Pinkert and Lori Goldberg

Eve Nagy, Meredith Dubner and Heather Wasilew

Roslin Guttentag, Jennifer Oppenheimer and Michelle Friedman

Dina Isaacs, Stephanie Ross, Ariel Derringer and Lori Goldberg

Lisa Goodman, event co-chair poses with committee members Laurie Goodman and Karen Leavitt

Susan Diamond Schwartz, Stephanie Sinder and Liz Brodsky

Karen Leavitt, Jami Josefson and Keren Weiss

Betsey Grais, Julie Kadish, Rebecca Roin and Sophie Ambrose

Helaine Katz Ratskoff, YWB president and Miriam Lichstein, Miriam Lichstein, YWC advisory chair

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ARK Hanukkah Gift Wishes Mitzvah Opportunity - December 6, 2009

Lonnie and Alexa Nasatir, Marna and Alana Goldwin, Risa and Rachel Nasatir, Suzanne, Jeremy and Lauren Sitrin, Miriam and Ava Lichstein, Lisa Daitch and Hannah Goldwin

Alana and Hannah Goldwin create cards to be sent to American soldiers with Ava Lichstein

Miriam Lichstein, advisory chair, Marna Goldwin, executive committee member and Lisa Daitch, mitzvah opportunities chair

Lonnie and Alexa Nasatir

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2010 Parlor Event - November 18, 2009

Dana Hirt, event hostess and committee member, Andrea Grostern, tzedakah chair, Farideh Goldin, Shelley Radner, event co-chair, Barrie Lieberman, event co-chair and Jennifer Huberman-Shlaes, YWC chair

Miriam Lichstein, council and committee member, Sharon Katz and Dawn Lieberman, both committee members

Lisa Daitch, YWC mitzvah opportunities chair and committee member poses with Jodie Berkman, TOV chair

Dana Hirt and Kathy Bresler, both commmitte members

Farideh Goldin, featured speaker and Ariel Derringer, council and committee member

Barrie Lieberman, event co-chair, Gayle Miller and Jeanette Garber Zemsky

Jodie Berkman, TOV chair, Marna Goldwin, council and committee member, Andrea Grostern, tzedakah chair and Lori Goldberg, council and committee member

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Fall Insights at Whole Foods at Lincoln Park - October 29, 2009

Chef Laura Frankel, Lori Goldberg, community development chair, Amy Winick-Skidelsky, event co-chair and Pam Baskin Greenfield, event co-chair

From left to right: Risa Nasatir, Sheri Wagner Greenbaum, Marna Goldwin, Betsey Grais and Sharon Boner

Meredith Weil, Shayna Plankar and Betsey Hara

Group one at Chef Laura's demo

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Maot Chitim Mitzvah Opportunity- April 5, 2009

From left to right: Lauren Sitrin, Jeremy Sitrin, Greg Sitrin, Rotem Yehudai, Eli Lichstein, Miriam Lichstein, Ava Lichstein, Julie Ann Sklaver, Eli Kamins, Jeff Shyken

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2009 Spotlight - April 1, 2009

Hagit Lewis, spotlight committee member and Rotem Yehudai, guest speaker

Julie Kadish, event co-chair, Miriam Lichstein, YWC chair, Tristin Goldberg and Pam Greenfield, YWC council member

Julie May Weissman, Allison Friedman and Jill Kolker

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Community Gateways - February 25, 2009

Andrea Grostern, gateways co-chair, Aaron Cohen, executive editor, JUF News and founder of "Write On for Israel", Ricky Silberman, "Write On" participant, Abby Klionsky, "Write On" participant, Ariel Derringer, gateways co-chair and Marna Goldwin, leadership development chair

From left to right: Betsey Grais, YWC council member, Marna Goldwin, leadership development chair, and Heidi McDermott, program participant

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2009 Parlor Event at Slaymaker Gallery - December 11, 2008

Cindy Friedman, tzedakah chair, Sarna Goldenberg, parlor event co-chair, Riki Mullu, guest speaker, Julie Ann Sklaver, parlor event co-chair, and Miriam Lichstein, YWC chair

Amy Winick Skidelsky, YWC council and parlor event committee member, poses with Mally Rutkoff

Andrea Grostern and Marna Goldwin, both YWC council and parlor event committee members

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CJE Senior Life Mitzvah Opportunity - October 16, 2008

Ariel Derringer, YWC council member, Laurie Henschel, Andrea Grostern, YWC council member and Andrea Gillman pose in the sukkah with decorations they made with CJE SeniorLife clients

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2008 Spring Insights at Flourish Studios - May 15, 2008

Miriam Lichstein, YWC chair, poses with Shelley Radner, insights co-chair, Leslie Goldman, guest speaker, Julie Kadish, community development chair and Risa Nasatir, insights co-chair

Donna Goodhart and Kerri Herman, both spring insights committee members

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2008 Spotlight at the Drake - April 3, 2008

Cindy Friedman, tzedkah spotlight co-chair, Dara Horn, guest speaker, Pam Greenfield, tzedakah Spotlight co-chair and Deb Cosgrove, YWC tzedakah chair

Miriam Lichstein, YWC chair, Cindy Friedman. tzedakah spotlight co-chair, Ariel Derringer, YWC council member, Dana Hirt, Suzanne Sitrin, YWC council member and Andrea Grostern, YWC council member

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2008 Parlor Event - November 29, 2007

Deb Cosgrove, YWC tzedakah chair poses with guest speaker, Alina Gerlovin Spaulding

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2008 Fall Insights at Joey's Brickhouse - October 18, 2007

Miriam Lichstein, YWC chair, poses with guest speaker, Steve Dolinsky, insights co-chair, Risa Nasatir, community development chair, Julie Kadish, guest speaker, Joey Morelli and Shelley Radner, insights co-chair

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