2025 GALA: Handel With Care

SPRING FUNDRAISER GALA 2025

“Handel With Care”

Ereb Lag La’Omer, Thursday Evening, May 15

Join us for an elegant reception and unique full-length choral concert of George Frideric Handel’s greatest musical compositions inspired by themes of the Bible and Jewish history, performed by The Shearith Israel Choir, with presentations and commentary by Rabbi Meir Soloveichik.

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Schedule:

7:00 pm
Hors d’oeuvres and Cocktails in the Outdoor Pavilion (weather permitting)

8:00 pm (after shekiah)
Concert & Presentations in the Main Sanctuary

Following the Concert
Dessert reception

Formal Attire. Black Tie Encouraged.

Host Committee:

Leah Albek | Ceceil & Ariel Bengio | Karen & Jack Daar | Rose & Henry Edinger | Laury Frieber | Joleen & Mitch Julis | Jackie & Andrew Klaber | Rachel Brody & Michael Lustig | Francine Alfandary & Laurent Nahon | Naomi & Peter Neustadter | Debbie & David Sable | Esther & William Schulder | Beth Goldman & Louis Solomon | Stacey & Oliver Stanton | Madelene & L. Stanton Towne | Charlotte Triefus & Lloyd Zuckerberg

Thank you to our sponsors:

Benefactors ($18,000 and above):

Diana Newman & Isaac Corre
Joleen & Mitch Julis
Ellen & Robert Kapito
Naomi & Peter Neustadter
Solomon Family
The Stanton Family

Pacesetter ($10,000):

Anonymous
Juan Mesa-Freydell
Caryl Ratner
Madelene & Stan Towne

Sponsor ($5,000):

Rachel Brody & Michael Lustig
The Nathan Family
The Roberts Family
Gillian & Simon Salama-Caro

Leader ($3,600):

Anonymous
Karen & Jack Daar
Carol & Arthur Goldberg
The Klaber Family
Morton Landowne
Sharon Dane and Gail Propp
Riki & Robert Rimberg
The Shearith Israel League
The Sisterhood of The Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue
Susan & Warren Stern

Chai ($1,800):

Ide & David E. R. Dangoor
Henry & Rose Edinger
Furman Family and The New Kalman Sunshine Fund
Rachel Neumark Herlands & Jonathan Herlands
Meryl Jaffe & Adam Hurwich
The Klaber Family
Alene Schneierson & Morris Krimilovsky
Sondra & Arnie Rosen
Debbie & David Sable
Carol & Alan Schechter
Ivy & Marvin Schildkraut
Adele & Ronald Tauber

Donor ($1,000):

Anonymous
Bonnie Barest
The Bengualid Goldstein family
Malaika & Anthony Bregman
Chiong & Wan CPAs, PC
Laury Frieber
Janegail & James Kahn
Judy & Albert Milstein
Susan & Avery Neumark
Barbara & Guy Reiss
Jonah Schein
Joel Schreiber
Esther & Bill Schulder
Maimon Schwarzschild
Sergio & Farida Wolkovisky
Charlotte Triefus & Lloyd Zuckerberg

Supporter ($500):

Ceceil & Ariel Bengio
Malka & Zachary Edinger
Faith Fogelman
Sabra & Simon Gerson
Andre & Maggie Guenoun
Yael Cycowicz & Matthew Kaplan
Liliane Marks
Plaza Jewish Community Chapel
Judy & Dr. Joe Pollak
Andrea Raab
Rima Raynes