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“I never wanted to learn and was thrown out of school in 8th grade. Here I acquired my values and got things that were missing in my neighborhood, where people were always fighting. If I had not ended up here, I would be like my friends: Half are in prison. I never used to believe in my-self, but now I do, and I know I can achieve things that have never even crossed my mind.”

Nagassa, age 15, Kfar Hassidim Youth Village

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45th Annual ORT Brunchhonoring

Trish & Mark Adler Recipients of the 2016 Maimonides Award

Sunday, October 30, 2016 | 9:30 am Executive Caterers at Landerhaven

Proceeds will support Kfar Silver Youth Village

Hof Ashkelon, Israel

Adele Adler

Susanna Lachs & Dean Adler

Julie Adler & Will Mitchell

Susan & Dale Bass

Marilyn M. Bedol

Michele & Michael Belkin

Annie & Mike Belkin

Linda & Roger Benjamin

Tanya & Mark Bernstein

Susan Bichsel

Sherri & Marc Blaushild

Carole & Bart Bookatz

Susan & Daniel Borison

Sasha & Jeff Brown

Gena & Ethan Cohen

Lynne & Phil Cohen

Cindy & Craig Cohen

Marti & Jeff Davis

Julie & Steve Deutch

Jennifer & Grant Dinner

Rhea & Edward Finkelstein

Ginny & Gadi Galili

Linda Weisenberg & Bobby Goldberg

Lisa Goldberg

Meryl Golden & Paul Jaquiery

Sally Good

Sid Good

Leslie & Donn Goodman

Francine M. Gordon

Michele Greene & Sandy Shainker

Shelley & Ronald Gross

Paige & Rich Grossman

Rabbi Rosette Barron Haim

Tammy & Bob Heksch

Caryn & Barry Hersch

Karen & Roger Hess

Erica Hartman-Horvitz & Richard A. Horvitz

Robert Immerman

Suellen & Larry Kadis

Jean & Richard King

Elizabeth Klein & Earl Pike

Dee & Jim Kleinman

Wendy & David Kornbluth

Norma & Harvey Kotler

Danielle & Bruce Kretch

Lori & Doug Leavitt

Sharon & Jamie Lebovitz

Gail & Ken Liffman

Shelley & Greg Marcus

Susan & Michael Miller

Julie & Ken Moelis

Karen Leizman Moses & Barry Moses

Jill Okun

Nancy & Allan Pearl

Terren Peizer

Cynthia & Keith Polster

Debi Price & Allan Golad

Nancy & Ron Rafal

Susan & David Rapkin

Nadine & John Resor

Tricia & Rob Risman

Debra Seave Robinson

Anne Rosenberg

Karen & Chris Rosenthal

Sharon & Allen Roth

Eric Rubin

Lisa & Bill Schonberg

Stefanie & Chad Schreibman

Ava Seave & Bruce Greenwald

Edwin Seave

Flien Moes & Michael Sherman

Paula & Michael Sieger

Eileen & Bob Sill

Lauren & Steve Spilman

Will Sukenik

Pam & Harry Tepper

Lisa & Peter Vinocur

Louise & Greg Warner

Sandy & Tim Wuliger

TRIBUTE COMMITTEE as of 8/22/16

Northeast Ohio Region

Please join

ORT America Northeast Ohio Region

at the

45th Annual ORT Brunch Sunday, October 30, 2016

honoring

Trish & Mark Adler

Executive Caterers at Landerhaven

Registration 9:30 am | Program begins 10:00 am

Event Chairs LuAnne & Ron Fisher | Sue & Mitch Frankel

Vice Chairs Lori & John Herman | Michele & Bob Lee

Shari & Michael Perlmuter | Susan & Steve Rubin

Joan & Chuck Whitehill | Ellen & Dan Zelman

Gary S. Desberg, President

Roni R. Wallace, Director | Char Rapoport Nance, Incoming Director

Trish and Mark Adler have an impressive commitment to the Cleveland Jewish Community, to Israel, and to education. Their dedication to improving the lives of others took root at the University of Pennsylvania where they met.

Mark has been a dedicated leader in local ORT leadership for over 15 years. In 2005, he received ORT’s Sadie and Maurice Friedman Leadership Award and has since served in various positions on the Executive Committee. Mark is also a member of the Board of the Mandel JCC and a former Board member of The Temple-Tifereth Israel.

Trish serves on the Executive Committee of the Jewish Family Service Association and is the Co-Chair of JFSA’s Families at Risk Advisory Committee. Trish was among the pioneers of the Cleveland Jewish community’s response to domestic violence and helped found key programs that serve over 1,200 greater Cleveland adults and teens annually. JFSA awarded Trish the Danzig Award for Lay Leadership and the Anne C. Schwartz Leadership Award, both honoring her innovative contributions in the area of domestic violence prevention and JFSA’s KNOW ABUSE™ teen dating violence.

Trish formerly served on the Board of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland.

Mark and Trish are the proud parents of two adult daughters, Samantha and Shelby.

Trish and Mark have chosen to designate funds raised in their honor to the renovation of the Kfar Silver Youth Village, the newest addition to the World ORT Kadima Mada network of programs in Israel.

ORT – Northeast Ohio Region is honored to recognize Trish and Mark for their commitment to ORT and their community.

Trish & Mark Adler 2016 Maimonides Award Recipients

The Kfar Silver Youth VillageWorld ORT Kadima Mada (Science Journey) provides a critical life- line to students in the periphery of Israel through its educational network of youth villages and community schools. Here, youth who have struggled in conventional schools can transform their lives. Thanks to Kadima Mada, these facilities offer innovative programs for youth to bolster their academic standing and become independent, productive adults.

Kfar Silver youth village in Hof Ashkelon is the newest member of the educational network. Known for its high standards and nurturing care, Kfar Silver is situated close to Gaza and was hit by a rocket in 2008. It is the first youth village to be fully managed by Kadima Mada, and its school for grades 7-12 serves over 600 day students and boarders, many new immigrants.

The village was established sixty years ago and named after Cleveland’s Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver. In addition to the school, its 370-acre site includes a swimming pool, agricultural and animal farms and dormitories. Two hundred students live in the village, many from challenging backgrounds. Kfar Silver is their last chance to overcome a troubled past and build a better future.

An extensive renovation is planned to revitalize the village and bring it to 21st century standards, including the refurbishment of dorms and classrooms, providing internet connectivity, installing smart classrooms and science, technology and computer labs, and expanding dorms to accommodate 290 boarders. Because of minimal government funding for Kfar Silver, contributions are needed for these improvements.