INTRODUCING OUR 2026 HONOREES
Dedication to Community: The Effron Family Foundations
Greater Jewish Community Leadership: Nancy & Adam Belok
Next Generation: Heather Wahba-Pallone
Righteous Dutchess: Reverand Dr. Jesse Bottoms Jr.
Thank you to our 8th Annual Jewish Federation Celebration Sponsors
"Stronger Together"
Kvell ($5,000): Arnoff Moving & Storage | Nina & Russell Rothman
Mensch ($2,500): Marc Chodock | Sandra & Michael Hecht | Shelley & Steven Turk
Chesed ($1,250): Jack Effron | Fredrica & Jack Goodman | KeyBank | Betsy Kopstein-Stuts
Therese & Jim Lack | Levine & Levine, PLLC | Candace & Louis Lewis | Laura Liebman & Ken Goldstein
Sandra Mamis | Esther & Stan Morris | M & T Bank | NBT Bank | Andrea & Kieth Rieger
Mona & Ian Rieger, Rieger Homes, Inc. | The Handel Foundation | Veith Electric, LLC
Stephanie Wasser
Mitzvah ($750): Sandy and Mike Arteaga | Sandra & John Blair | Debra & Steven Domber
Emery & Webb Insurance | Gil & Cantor, PC | Nuvance Health
Orthopedic Associates of Dutchess County | Rhinebeck Savings Bank | Janette & Todd Ritter
Marilyn & Michael Schwartz | The Children’s Dental Group | Youngwirth Law
Tzedakah ($500): DCH Wappingers Falls Toyota | Miriam Gold | Martin Hochhauser, Acorn Stairlifts
Cindy & Roger Lewin | PKF O’Connor Davies Advisory, LLC | Robert Ranieri, Marshall + Sterling
Paula and Azzy Reckess | Martin Rutberg | Ulster Savings Bank | Vassar Temple
Walden Savings Bank | Aida & Albert Wilder
SHALOM ($250): Assemblymember Didi Barrett | Nancy & Adam Belok | DNL OmniMedia
Rebecca Edwards |David & Laura Feinstein | Hannah & Rakhmiel Peltz
Royal Carting Service Company & Welsh Sanitation Service | Celia & Jerome Sigalow
Karen & Nevill Smythe | Christine Attlesey Steger & Werner Steger | Temple Beth-El
Amy Winters & Eli Dresler
L’ Chaim ($118): Jill & Ira Auerbach | Nancy and Sanford Bernstein | Roz & Stan Cooper
Barbara & Gil Dichter | Jane Dworkin | Grete & Marty Finkelstein | Sandy & Jerry Goldberg
Deanie Gordon | Margery & Arthur Groten | Amy & Roy Kulick | Maureen Lashlee
Elyse & Neil Mansfield | Carolyn & Josh Michaels and Toni Lilley | Merrill & Chuck Mishaan
Donna & Felipe Pistiner | Laura & Donald Rifkin | Susan Serino | Diane and Art Shapiro
Ellen & Victor Stern | Teahan & Constantino LLP Counsellors at Law| Robert Ulrich
Evelyn Weiss- Congratulations to all the honorees! | Ruth Zelig & Leonard Oppenheimer
Photos courtesy of Rachel Mamis Photography, Karen Hochhauser, Heather Kernes, Carly Bulgia, and others.
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