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Vivian Bass and Warren “Renny” Wolfson are both thrilled to co-Chair JCPA2017. They are both members of the JCPA Board of Directors, and have worked to craft a conference that represents the JCPA’s commitment to Civil Rights, Israel, and the Community Relations Field.
JCPA Executive Committee
Chair
Cheryl Fishbein, New York
President
David Bernstein
JCPA Vice Chairs
David Bohm, St. Louis • Rabbi Neal Borovitz, New York • Jeffrey Pasek, Philadelphia • Gerald Greiman, St. Louis • Meyer Grinberg, Pittsburgh • David Luchins,Orthodox Union • Melanie Nelkin, Atlanta • Susan Penn, Northern New Jersey • Natalie Silverman, Springfield, IL • Jane Schiff, Collier County
Secretary
Harold Goldberg, Silicon Valley
Treasurer
Jonathan Ellis, Tampa
Past Chairs
Marie Abrams, Louisville • Michael J. Bohnen, Boston • Leonard A. Cole, Northern New Jersey • Lois Frank, Atlanta • Conrad Giles, Detroit • Larry Gold, Atlanta • Jacqueline K. Levine, MetroWest • Lynn Lyss, National Council of Jewish Women • Theodore R. Mann, Philadelphia • Michael N. Newmark, St. Louis • Arden E. Shenker, Portland, OR • Susan W. Turnbull, Washington, D.C. • Andrea Weinstein, Dallas
Chair’s Appointee to Executive Committee
Michael Fromm, Reading • Warren Wolfson, Cleveland
JCPA Board of Directors
National Agency Representatives Vivian Bass, Jewish Women International • Merom Brachman, The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) • Charney Bromberg, Jewish Labor Committee • Debbie Cosgrove, The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) • Betty Cotton, American Jewish Committee • Cynthia Darrison, Orthodox Union • Nathan Diament, Orthodox Union • Jack M. Fein, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism • Steven M. Freeman, ADL • Gail Goldfarb, Women’s League for Conservative Judaism • Rabbi Leonard Gordon, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism • Richard Gordon, American Jewish Congress • Larry Kadis, ORT America • Joel Kaplan, B’nai B’rith International • Nancy Kaufman, National Council of Jewish Women • Linda Kirshbaum, ORT America • Jay Kornsgold, The Rabbinical Assembly • Shelly Kupfer, The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) • Arieh Lebowitz, Jewish Labor Committee • Joshua Lesser, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College • Mordechai Liebling, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College • Norman Liss, American Jewish Congress • Daniel S. Mariaschin, B’nai B’rith International • Beth Mitchell, National Council of Jewish Women • Susan Polansky, The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) • Shepard Remis, The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) • Herb Rosenbleeth, Jewish War Veterans • Rita Shapiro, Hadassah • Robert Sugerman, ADL • Albert Vorspan, Religious Action Center • Lori Weinstein, Jewish Women International • Marilyn Wind, Women’s League for Conservative Judaism • Robert M. Zweiman, Jewish War Veterans
At-Large Members/Community Representatives Donna Breyer, Tucson • Gale S. Bindleglass, Northern New Jersey • Ruth Cole, Northern New Jersey • Michael Fromm, Reading • Marci Gerston, Silicon Valley • Harold Kirtz, Atlanta • Phyllis Markus, St. Louis • Harvey Reiter, Washington, D.C. • Maxine Richman, Rhode Island • Becky Swansburg, Louisville • Stephen Stone, Springfield, IL • Marc Zucker, Philadelphia At-Large Members Harvey Arfa, New York • Marty Bresler, Akron • Sheila Derman, Baltimore • David Dranikoff, MetroWest • Marilyn Ezzes, New York • Shelley Niceley Groff, Miami • Mary Ellen Gurewitz, Detorit • Michelle Kohn, Palm Beach County • Joy Kurland, Northern New Jersey • Bruce Lev, Youngstown • Rabbi Jack Luxemburg, Washington, D.C. • Jim Rosenstein, Philadelphia • Carin Savel, Springfield, MA • Beverly Rosenbaum, Washington, D.C. • Marlene Gorin, Dallas • Laurie Gross, Bridgeport • David Steirman, San Francisco • Ira Youdavin, Santa Barbara Ex-Officios Rabbi Fred Dobb, Washington, D.C. • Rabbi Amy Eilberg, Minneapolis • Mark Frank, Pittsburgh • Michelle Kohn, Palm Beach County • Bruce Alan Lev, Youngstown • Todd Maurer, Indianapolis • Avi Poster, Nashville • Harvey Rickles, Atlanta • Robert Siskin, Chattanooga