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Year in Review2004-2005

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SAN DIEGO�JEWISH �ACADEMY��

The pluralistic community day school

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San Diego Jewish Academy, a 25-year-old educational institution, is the largest, most technologically advanced Jewish day school in San Diego County. SDJA challenges its students to achieve their full academic potential and become individuals of strong moral and ethical character, while inspiring them to make Judaism a vital and relevant aspect of their lives.

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It was my honor to have been President of the Board of Trustees during San Diego Jewish Academy’s year-long 25th anniversary celebration. Beginning with the first day of the school year when the Jaffe campus was adorned with banners and balloons to our magnificent community celebration on Tu B’Shevat. What an exciting year it was!

Under the leadership of Board members Marsha Berkson and Cynthia Bolker and Past President Ann Jaffe, SDJA hosted a breakfast for over 500 guests, including school founders, past presidents, donors, alumni, community leaders and parents on January 25. Founders and past presidents planted the first seeds in a magnificent learning garden that we dedicated in memory of Levana Estline z”l, beloved kindergarten teacher for 18 years. This 3,000 square-foot garden, called Gan Levana, is just one example of the innovative, values-based education that takes place at our school.

As my two-year term as Board President comes to a close, I want to thank all the members of the Board of Trustees for dedicating countless hours and resources to our school. They provided tremendous

support during very difficult times, acting with integrity and selflessness to make decisions in the best interests of San Diego Jewish Academy. I was so fortunate to have been surrounded by this

amazing group of individuals.

I also want to express a heartfelt Mazal Tov to my successor, Leo Spiegel. He is a talented, devoted leader who will take San Diego Jewish Academy to the next level of greatness. I wish him all the best!

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be part of this fine institution.

A Message from the President

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Thanks to the hard work and perseverance of our staff, volunteers, and generous donor community who demonstrate their continued commitment to our organization’s vision, San Diego Jewish Academy is embarking on a solid financial future

During the 2004-2005 school year, the Administration focused its efforts on balancing the operating budget and establishing cash reserves necessary to fulfill debt service obligations for future years.

It is important to note that annual tuition and fees represent only 88% of the revenues necessary to offset annual expenditures. The remaining 7% and 5% of revenues are generated by annual gifts and contributions, along with facilities rentals and catering, respectively. $5 million of $19.5 million outstanding debt and cash reserves necessary to sustain the annual payments dictate that we continue to build reserves for future year obligations.Year-over-year expenditures remained

Projected Distribution of Revenues

OtherStudentRevenue

4%

OtherIncome

5%

AnnualCampaign &

DirectedGiving

7%

Tuition & Fees84%

Tuition & FeesOther Student RevenueOther IncomeAnnual Campaign & Directed Giving

Financial Highlights

fairly constant, with a slight increase in facilities expenditures related mainly to campus improvements. These include: new bus loading areas, technology costs, and new vans to better support our growing athletic teams.

We were pleased to reinstate cost of living raises and a match of 4.5% for 401K retirement contributions for our faculty and staff, represented by the increase in salaries and benefits expenditures.

Projected Distribution of Expenditures

TuitionAssistance &

Discounts11%

Administrative5%

Programs4%

Salaries & Benefits

68%Facilities

12%

Salaries & BenefitsFacilitiesTuition Assistance & DiscountsAdministrativePrograms

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Financial Highlights

During this milestone year of our school, it is only fitting to express our appreciation to the vision-ary thinkers of an earlier generation who conceived of San Diego Jewish Academy. Their foresight and dreams provided the seeds from which a magnificent academic institution has developed. Could they have imagined that a small community school with 42 students would become the largest, most technically-advanced Jewish day school in San Diego and one of the premier Jewish day schools in the United States in just twenty-five years?

We commemorated our 25th anniversary on Tu B’Shevat, the birthday of the trees. How appropriate to base our celebration on the Talmudic learning: “I did not find the world desolate when I entered it. And as my parents planted for me before I was born, so do I plant for those who will come after me.” Our found-ers created a beautiful garden that would bring forth Jewish fruit for our com-munity and for future generations. We thank them for their foresight, hard work, generosity and commitment to building San Diego Jewish Academy.

At the completion of our twenty-fifth year, student retention and parent satisfac-tion is high, upper school enrollment is growing dramatically, and our lower school students are being recognized for their academic achievement in competitive testing in the county. Following the tradition set by our first graduating class three years ago, our seniors have been accepted by the finest colleges and universities in the country, with letters of acceptance by

such educational institutions as Duke, New York University, Berkeley, Cornell, Tufts, Emory, Brandeis, University of Michigan and University of Southern California.

Although this year for the first time we have achieved a strong annual financial position, it is our duty to ensure that we continue this achievement and follow the path set by our forefathers by planting seeds for the future. At this year’s Annual General Meet-ing, we launched the Legacy Campaign. It is designed to raise the necessary funds from endowments, bequests and planned gifts to enable San Diego Jewish Academy to continue to deliver the highest quality educational experience to our students.

While none of us knows where SDJA will be twenty-five years from now, I feel con-fident that, with the support of our parents, grandparents, alumni and friends, our school will continue to go from strength to strength.

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Enhanced Curriculum

The Golda Meir Lower School (GMLS) academic program was greatly enhanced this year with hands-on learning experiences, guest speakers, field trips and other activities.

Enrichment electives were instituted to further challenge our students and give them the opportunity to delve more deeply into subjects of special interest. First, second and third graders participated in an Enrichment Wheel rotation, including Math Games, Poetry, Rashi, and Kitchen Chemistry. Fourth and fifth graders had the chance to choose courses such as Kosher Cooking, Invent It, Readers’ Theater, Mosaic Art, Multimedia Children’s Stories and Kolot Tikvah Choir. As part of SDJA’s twenty-five anniversary celebration, students in grades 3, 4 and 5 gathered data through internet searches and personal interviews on important events in the history of our school and around the world. Their findings were compiled into beautiful, framed plaques which are on permanent display in the Ulam.

Educational assemblies and programs richly augmented this year’s curriculum. Three editions of a new school newspaper, Got News? were written and edited by fourth and fifth graders. In honor of

Thanksgiving, a Native American came to enlighten students about his culture through music and dance; hands-on workshops took place featuring Native American crafts, videos,

sports and song. In a special Election Day program, students were able to cast their votes at genuine polling booths for their favorite candidates, and all students took active parts in an assembly celebrating Presidents’ Day. During Sefer Safari, the annual

Read-a-thon, students collectively read over 2,800 books while participating in a variety of exciting, motivational activities throughout the month, such

as a storytelling assembly, workshops and Rock and Read.

Our children were recognized in the community for their exceptional abilities in writing and math. Four fifth graders had their poems chosen from among thousands in San Diego County for publication in the Border Voices annual anthology, which features student art work and poetry. Another fifth grader was honored by the Elk’s Lodge for her essay on the topic “What Old Glory Means to Me”. Three fourth graders won recognition in the annual library writing competition, with submissions on the topic “A Book You Would Give as a Gift”.

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Maimonides Upper School (MUS) encourages its students to achieve their highest potential by offering classes at a variety of academic levels. This year we introduced an honors seminar program in the high school that gave students the opportunity to participate in a rigorous exchange of ideas centered around the theme “How are we to live?” Middle school students were challenged to take their Jewish learning to an even higher level through a new Judaic studies honors program which included a series of meeting, each focusing on different as-pect of the Haggadah. The middle school Judaic studies curriculum was revised to expand our students’ depth and breadth of Jewish history, from the biblical period to the modern period. The high school added coursework in psychology, digital and chemical photogra-p h y , a n d marine science as well as an advanced placement

class in Spanish language.

Competing against 15,000 projects in the county, thirteen students were awarded first, second or third place at the Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair in May. In addition, three eighth graders won

four corporate awards

The music program was enhanced with field trips to the San Diego Symphony, performances at a benefit con-cert for the Tsunami victims, and a visit from the Klezmer band. Many students had their first opportunity to perform in front of a live audience during the Spring Musical Recital in June.

Evidence that college admissions directors hold our school’s dual curriculum of college preparatory and Judaic studies in high regard is the impressive colleges and universities that issued letters of acceptance to the Class of 2005. This list includes: Cornell University, Tufts University, Emory University, Brandeis University, New York University and University of Southern California. Additionally, this group has been offered over $332,000 in academic scholarships.

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Menschleikheit

A mensch campaign was implemented this year in GMLS to build greater awareness among our students of the importance of acting in a fair and just manner. Posters were placed in every classroom with the letters of the word “mensch” representing values for our students to remember and practice. These values: manners, empathy, nice words, sharing, courage, and honesty were discussed regularly

with students. At Kabbalat Shabbat celebrations, teachers mentioned examples of menschlikheit they observed during the school week.

A character education curriculum was introduced for all grade levels, including formal lessons, discussions and written activities on peer relationships, bullying, teasing,

conflict resolution, respecting yourself and others, handling anger, and respecting differences.

Every morning, students from the fifth grade Hevra leadership group read an announcement over the public address system, which included a positive

note for the day relating to good character. After being trained in peer mediation, these Hevra students worked on the playground to help resolve

conflicts among younger students.

To promote a better playground experience for all students, various organized games were offered at recess time under the supervision of our physical education coach. This benefited children who find it difficult to join in a game on their own or who really enjoy playing team sports. It also created another opportunity to reinforce the value of good sportsmanship.

We offered a series of monthly coffees and grade-level parent social evenings to further enhance communications between parents and school administrators. The morning coffees, conducted by the Principal, Vice-Principal and Guidance Counselor, provided valuable information on student peer relationships, discipline, character education, the optimistic child, and the overindulged child. Grade-level social evenings, hosted by one of our school families and lower school administrators, gave parents an opportunity to socialize and learn more about programs and events particular to that grade.

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Upper school students demonstrated their understanding of gemilut hasadim (deeds of loving kindness) and tikkun olam (betterment of the world) by donating the fruit they picked at an orchard to the San Diego Food Bank, visiting residents at Seacrest Retirement Village, volunteering in the Special Olympics bowling tournament, collecting toys for less fortunate children in Casa Familiar in Chula Vista, and contributing money to the Autistic School for Children in Israel and the Tsunami Relief Fund. SDJA participated in United Jewish Federation’s Magic Monday, earning a trophy for being the youth organization that generated the largest amount of funds. For the countless hours of community work with the VIP Village Preschool in Imperial Beach, SDJA was recognized by the South Bay Union School District’s Community Partnership Award

Student government and leadership opportunities foster a strong sense of responsibility and commitment to the school community. Among the activities of SDJA’s Associated Student Body (ASB) were selling flowers, soda and greeting cards to raise funds so that all students could participate in school field trips to Yosemite, Northern California, Washington and Israel. The ASB also organized five school dances, including the homecoming event and high school prom, and a talent show which generated funds to construct a water fountain in Levana’s Garden as a legacy to their beloved teacher Levana Estline.

The 2004-2005 athletic season has been one of growth and accomplishment. Our tackle football team entered the varsity ranks of the Citrus League for the first time and competed successfully at that level. The girls’ high school softball team finished with the best record a girls’ team has ever held at SDJA. The middle school boy’s soccer team won the South Coast Middle School League championship. Girl’s volleyball, boy’s and girl’s soccer, and boy’s baseball were adEded to the athletic program bringing the total number of SDJA teams to 13 middle school sports and 13 high school sports.

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Lower school students participated in a wide range of Tzedakah projects throughout the year. Money was raised to aid flood victims in Florida and the Tsunami victims in Asia, and an enormous collection of Beanie Babies were sent with the SDJA Israel Mission in the fall for delivery to terminally ill children in hospitals in Jerusalem. Additionally, funds were given to Mission participants to buy hand-made Hannukiot from seniors in Israel at Yad L’Kashish.

Among the enhancements that were made to the Hebrew and Judaic studies curriculum were a Hebrew language program to foster conversational Hebrew, called “Haverim B’Ivrit”, which we piloted in the third grade. The fifth grade unit on the Holocaust was enriched by a viewing of the film “Paper Clips”, trip to the Museum of Tolerance, and visits from Holocaust survivors.

Sam Glaser, nationally renowned Jewish children’s singer and composer, performed in a special Hannukah concert for all students. A number of rabbis in the community visited our campus to tell a Hannukah story to each grade level at a special Kabbalat Shabbat. Danny Siegal, a well-known and widely respected expert on making tzedakah and tikkun olam relevant in children’s lives, shared his expertise with students, faculty and parents. Israeli Defense Fund soldiers spoke at a Kabbalat celebration. Many students, including our fourth graders who had “Joseph” as a unit of study, attended a local production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat”.

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MUS provides programs and activities to enhance and enrich students’ Jewish life. Our families hosted members of the Moriah Band from Sydney, Australia who visited our school in December. Through this experience, our students are given exposure to other cultures and were able to develop relationships and a sense of community with Jews from across the globe.

As a way to bring greater meaning to their Judaic studies curriculum, members of the senior class went on SDJA’s five-week pilgrimage to Poland and Israel. They visited a Nazi concentration camp complex before heading for Israel where they viewed an underground bullet factory, left notes in the Western Wall, swam in the Dead Sea and climbed Masada.

A group of high school students conducted a Torah service on the USS Ronald Reagan using a 350- year-old torah which was given to the ship after being rescued from xxx during the Holocaust period. They met with the Chief of Staff of the Reagan Strike Group who shared stories about his Jewish life and heritage.

Over 120 students from Academy on Stage, SDJA’s performing arts program, appeared in Esther, the Musical at the Mandeville Auditorium in March. This rock musical depicted the Book of Esther which teaches that every person can make a difference in the world.

Living Jewishly

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Ensuring our Future

Legacy Campaign

The goal of the Legacy Campaign is to ensure the long term growth, prosperity and vitality of SDJA by raising $10 million in endowment funds, of which over $1.2 million has already been pledged. The Legacy Campaign stresses the creation of outright endowments but also includes planned gifts and bequests. We are undertaking this initiative in conjunction with the Jewish Community Foundation’s Create a Jewish Legacy and are pleased to have been selected to participate in their Endowment Leadership Institute.

We have been inspired by the example of our Honorary Endowment Chairs, Elaine and Peter Chortek, and blessed by the dedicated leadership of Marsha and Howard Berkson, who are serving as Chairs of Endowment Major Gifts, and Beverly Pamensky, who is serving as our Create a Jewish Legacy Chair. We also wish to thank the charter members of our Legacy Circle who have had the foresight and generosity to ensure that San Diego Jewish Academy will always flourish and grow - teaching, nurturing and inspiring the next generation of Jewish leaders.

The Chai Capital Campaign continued to generate funds to reduce the school’s long term building debt. Under the enthusiastic leadership of Leo Spiegel, the campaign raised $14.5 million against a goal of $18 million. We are very grateful to all previous contributors to our capital campaigns, but would particularly like to thank and acknowledge this year’s contributors.

Chai Capital Campaign

AnonymousLani & Maurice BuchbinderMardelle & Jeff DavisBetty FeinbergThe Melvin Garb FoundationRebecca & Benjamin GrinsteinMonica Handler Penner & Amnon GiresCarol & Rick Kornfeld

Ann & Richard JaffeEleanor & Irving JaffeJack JaffeTheresa Dupuis & Gary Kornfeld*Barbara & Jonathan LampittShana & William LewSusan & Chad MooneyTracy & Gary Reif*Vivian & Jeffrey Ressler

Richard L. ShapiroSkirball FoundationEllen StieflerErna & Andrew Viterbi*Caryn & Alan Viterbi*Susan Chortek-Weisman & Eric Weisman*

Legacy Circle

Endowments

Marsha & Howard BerksonChortek Family FoundationMeg GoldsteinJudy & Gerald HandlerHadassah & Beno HirschbeinNancy & Steven Krasnoff

Oppenheimer Scholarship Fund*Sperling Family FundErna & Andrew Viterbi*Zelda Waxenberg

Bequests

Cynthia BolkerRita CohenBeverley & Martin PamenskyRenee & Mark Sherman

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Every Child Campaign

Hundreds of parents, grandparents and community friends generously support our Every Child Campaign which provides the financial aid funds for children whose parents cannot afford full tuition. Chaired by Beverley Pamensky with co-chair Jeanne Zlotnick, the campaign’s team of dedicated volunteers committed countless hours to raising the all-important funds that help make the dream of a quality Jewish day school education a reality for so many children.

The Every Child Campaign culminated with our annual dinner and auction, “A Lifetime of Devotion,” which this year honored grandparents and community leaders Erna and Andrew Viterbi. SDJA owes an enormous debt of gratitude to the Viterbis for their deep commitment to education and Jewish continuity, and for their vision for the future of our community. The dinner was a wonderful way to thank them and to celebrate the unprecedented success of this year’s Every Child Campaign.”

Dinner co-chairs Rebeca and Roberto Besquin, Marlene and Michael Recht, and Susan Chortek Weisman and Eric Weisman and honorary co-chairs Elaine and Peter Chortek and devoted volunteers worked tirelessly to honor this special San Diego Jewish Academy family and to help bring the Every Child Campaign total to an unprecedented $500,000. Exciting silent and live auctions featured fabulous prizes, including a flight on a private plane and floor seats at a Phoenix Suns game, and a week at Rancho la Puerta. Additionally, attendees raised $80,000 for professional development during the a special segment of the auction. The Wayne Foster Orchestra provided the entertainment; and Krasner Jewelers donated a $2000 shopping spree for the opportunity drawing.

Marsha & Howard BerksonElaine & Peter Chortek*Mr. & Mrs. Phillip CohnKaren & Glenn DoshayMonica Handler Penner & Amnon Gires

Ann & Richard JaffeEleanor & Irving JaffeCarol & Richard KornfeldEsther & Carlos MichanMao & Robert ShillmanThe Silverstein Family

Scholars’ Circle

Chair: Leo SpiegelMinimum gift: $10,000

Jodi & Leo SpiegelUS Trust Caryn & Alan Viterbi*Erna & Andrew Viterbi*Susan Chortek-Weisman & Eric Weisman*

Graduates’ CircleChair: Perri WittgroveMinimum gift: $5,000

Janet & Larry AcheatelCynthia Bolker & Greg RizziRuth Schwartz & Isaac EngelJane Fantel & Laura GalinsonAndrea & Ira FeinswogSofia & Leon KasselCheryl & Gary Levitt

The Levine-Lent Foundation of the Jewish Community Endowment FundWafa & Mousa MuradMarlene & Michael RechtSusan & Anton Roland

Lilian & Sheldon Scharlin*Jean & Gary ShekhterDenise & Stephen ShoemakerPerri Wittgrove

Chair: Jeanne ZlotnickMinimum gift: $2,500

Anniversary Circle

Linda & Andrew ColkerComericaEmily & Daniel Einhorn*Shirley & Edward FarajzadehMeg & Allan GoldsteinLarry GouldRobert KibbleTheresa Dupuis & Gary Kornfeld

Lipinsky Family Foundation Northern Trust BankBeverley & Martin PamenskyShirley & Harold PidgeonDLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLPCheryl & Michael PriceArlene & Gerald Rosen*

Teresita & Alfred SalganickShari & Frederick SchenkRichard L. ShapiroRenee & Mark ShermanUSC Viterbi School of EngineeringJeanne & Bradley Zlotnick

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Sandra & Jeffrey AbelsohnMichelle & Basil AbramowitzElanit & Larry AbramsBruce M. AbramsIlana & Micki AcksErin & Marc AdelmanBecky & Natan AdlerAgency for Jewish EducationMalia AharoniKerrie & Joe AielloAdina & Ian AiresLucy & Isaac AlchalelCindy & Kenneth AltschulerAmerican Technion SocietyTeedy & Irving Appelbaum*Monica & Jose AroesteHeidi & Noam ArztRabbi David ArztRachel & Jaime AtriLili & Bijan BakhshiPearl & Philip BasserCheryl & Ken BenderLinda BenimoffNadin & Alberto BenreySylvia & Keith BerksonAriela & Sergio BerksteinSherry & Alan BerlinJulie & Edgar BernerAmy & Jeffrey BernsteinRebeca & Roberto BesquinBrenda & Wolf BielasLaurence & Cindy BlochRahleen & Laurence BlochBarbara BloomJeanne & Andrew BlumenfeldDianne & Charles BodzinMarion BraunBob BreitbardKaren & Jaime BrezinerJuanita BrooksJanine & Scott BrownProfessor & Mrs. Gerald BubisKwi & Seth BulowAlicia & Isaac CalderonRosalyn CaplanStan CaplanLeslie & Shlomo CaspiRosalie & Martin CharlatSilvia & Arturo ChayetMelissa & Jeff ClaggJanet ClancyBrian & Liza CohenToby & Howard CohenRita CohenGuadalupe & Ronald Cohn

Every Child Contributors

Susan CohnRayna & Adam ColtonConAm Management CorporationCongregation Beth AmCongregation Beth ElPamela & Bard CosmanBracha & Baruch CraykDenise & Micha DanzigSharon & Stuart DavidsonMardelle & Jeff DavisRahn & Terry DeckerRachel & Armando De QuesadaSandra DishlerNancy & Jeff DosickDream Home CinemaRebeca & Abraham EdidMonica & Samuel EfterJodi & Glenn AbelRebeca & Peter BotvinEstelle Silverstein & Jeffrey EldenClaire & David EllmanFrancine & Rabbi Irving ElsonMiriam & Samuel EngelPhyllis & Daniel EpsteinJoAnn & Peter EpstineTsvi EstlineFacts Management CompanySharon & Adolfo FastlichtMonica & David FedermanRandi Feinberg & Paul NeusteinStacy & Jeff FeinbergRenee FeinswogMerril & Franklin FelberBarbara & Howard FeldmanUri & Belinda FeldmanSara & David FeldmanMaria FerryAl & Rose FinciJoseph & Audrey FinciRhona & Raymond FinkLinda & David FinkelsteinTomas FirleBarbara FischbeinMark FishPauline FosterChanan FradkinFrancis Parker SchoolBeryl & Julian FrankDavida & Rabbi David FrankBarbara & Harrison FrankJudy & Ira FrazerBertha & Enrique FridmanSidney FriedlaenderMiriam Schuster & Howard Friedman

Karen & Anthony FrostTania & Ruben FuxAna & David GaistmanJean & Franklin GaylisMerle & Brendan GaylisRhoda & Hymie GaylisMarisa GayneSara GellerHanna & Mark GleibermanIliana & Eli GlovinskyLaura GoldbergLucy GoldmanSheryl & Mark GoodmanZelda GoodmanBarbara & Jeffrey GordonJean & Herman GordonSore & Igal GordonLeah & Andrew GoreRonit & Enrique GorodezkySylvia & Salomon GorshteinRabbis Phillip Graubart & Susan FreemanKit & Clarence GreenwaldBernardo GrezemkovskyDana & Ira GrossmanRebecca & Jerry GumpelBryna HaberJudy & Parviz HakakhaJudy & Gerald HandlerHillel of San DiegoJoyce & Samuel HoffmanPhyllis & Stan HoffmanBeth IlkoIta & Fabian IsmajSonia & Andrew IsraelJanith & Charles JaffeJewish Community FoundationJewish Family Service of San DiegoKaren & Roberto JinichTammi & Todd JonesSusan & David KabakoffJeri & Morris KaplanKay & Andrew KaplanMarjory KaplanSam KarpLinda & Hillel KatzeffMiriam & Jerome KatzinDebbie & Sol KempinskiKarlyn KentAmelia KleinJessica & Bruce KorenSharon & Nat KorenDeborah & Rabbi David KornbergPhyllis & Martin KornfeldJoy & Harold Krasner

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Stephanie & Milton KrasnerFanny Krasner LebovitsSusy & Israel KravzovCarol & Jonathan KrollDeborah & Michel KucinskiEileen KurlanderBarbara & Jonathon LampittJan & Samuel LandauMax LandauEleanor & Sidney LaversonLawrence Family Jewish Community CenterYvette & William LechtnerSharon & Richard LeibKaren & Michael LevinsonBea LevinsonDebora & Marcos LevyCelia & Nathan LevyShana & William LewDeena & Rabbi Melvin LibmanJudy & Elias LilienthalIliana & Bernardo LombrozoSusan & Pierre LotzofBarbara & Selwyn LurieSuki & Doron LurieVanessa & Michael LurieHeather & Lee MaioM. G. Realty & MortgageCeline & Ronnie MamanSonia & Gavin MandelbaumSivia & Norman MannGina & Ian MausnerDoris & Samuel MichanCecilia & David C. MichanE. Scott MillerMonica & Victor MizrachiTamara & Clive MochAdriane & Allan MorrisonLara & Christian MouritzenSusan & Nissim MualimMojgan & Elan NachassiRuth & Moises NagielDenise & Grant NeifeldNew York Life Insurance

Ruth & Bill NewfieldPaula NormanOhr Shalom SynagogueOliva, Sahmel & GoddardChani OppenheimBarbara & Sheldon OstroffMaggie & Robert OvadiaBarbara & George PacheMarna & Raymond PadowitzPam & Joe PamenskyBev Pamensky-MurrayRoselyn & Stanley PappelbaumOrly & David PerezDarlene & Mark PidgeonLinda & Shearn PlattRicki PolisarAnne RatnerAndrew RatnerShirley & Emanuel RavetDanielle & Nitzan ReouveniShulamit & David RitblattLinda & Michael RivkinMichelle RizziLiz & Charlie RosenLinda RosenbergJanet RosenfieldFanny & Ruben RosentalSima & Steven RossJoy & Richard RothbergerAna & Abraham RothmanKathleen & Gary RottoDavid RudermanKaren RundDana & Alan RusonikJaya & Moises SaadPeggy & Richard SarifDiane & Howard SchachatLynne & Robert SchafferHermeen & Sam ScharagaShari & Steven SchindlerSharon & Bruce SchraerFrances SchubertGail & Jonathan SchwartzSandra & Seth Schwartz

SDJA-PTOJulie & Warren ShapiroGalina & Alexander ShikhmanMichelle & Daniel ShinoffNora & Daniel SilbersteinBea & Manuel SloaneMarilyn & Stanley SmiedtArlette & Gregory SmithJillian & Norman SmithLinda & Ian SmulowitzSharyl & Philip SnyderElene & Herbert SolomonEsther & Steven SolomonEve & Simon SonikBobbie & Lee SperlingFrieda SpiegelEllen StatmanJudith & Marc SteingartGloria & Rodney StoneJulia & Kenneth StoneShoshana StotlandMarcia Selz & Eduardo SubelmanDeena & Mike SwidlerSarah & Nessim TianoSharon & Steven TradonskyJan TuttlemanUnited Jewish FederationLaura & Simon VainerEmi & Louie WatanabeStuart WaxenbergAdam WeissDoris & Eli WeltMaxine WeseleyKatie & John WilcoxEileen & Hal WingardNan Sterman & Curt WittenbergToby & Jack WolfWorld Reach, Inc.Gerald YakatanEdna YedidSheldon ZablowBrenda & Mourad Zarouri

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AnonymousGila & Bryan AbramowitzElanit & Larry AbramsJaqueline & John AdlerAdina & Ian AiresRosemary ArmourIrit BenDorLeslie & Jacob BercovitzDiane & Gabriel BerdugoRuth & Neil BerkowitzMarsha & Howard BerksonSherry & Alan BerlinRebeca & Roberto BesquinNicola & Jonathan BorokMarion BraunMyeva & Simeon BrettRoseann & Steven BrozinskyMarla BruckerDoreen & Brett BushDavid CaidarLeslie & Shlomo CaspiCentral Garden & Pet CompanyMaiya Chard-YaronShirley & Byron CirlinJanet ClancyIlana & Gavin CohenPenny Cohen

Rita CohenSusan CohnRayna & Adam ColtonPamela & Bard CosmanMr. & Mrs. Bert DanzigRachel & Armando De QuesadaAlvin DeutschSisso DyleRebeca & Abraham EdidAri EldenSusan EldenClaire & David EllmanDalya ElmalehLinda ElmoreRuth Schwartz & Isaac EngelJoAnn & Peter EpstineRosemary & Clive EssakowTsvi EstlineMarilyn EstreicherTracy & Fred EvansJan & Bruce FaganRamesh & Jamshid FarajzadehRandi Feinberg & Paul NeusteinLouise FelittiLeslie & Ronald FellmanBarbara Field

Shelley & Jeffrey FinciGail Karon & Fred FoxDavida & Rabbi David FrankKaren FreemanDeborah & Mitchell FriedlaenderJanet Schenker & Barry FriedmanRenee & Fred FriedmanBrigitte & Barry GalgutMerle & Brendan GaylisAlma & Jonathan GeigerSara GellerLisa Jo GerovitzRuth & Martin GilboaHanna & Mark GleibermanAlex GoldsmidMeg & Allan GoldsteinDennis GoodmanSheryl & Mark GoodmanBarbara & Jeffrey GordonLynn GreenBernardo GrezemkovskyRebecca & Jerry GumpelMonica Handler Penner & Amnon GiresRicky HarelHydro-Scape Productions Inc

Levana’s Garden Tributes

For the second year in a row, the auction portion of the dinner culminated with a special appeal for professional development. The excitement in the room was palpable as bidding paddles were lifted, and a total of $80,000 was raised to fund programs for our wonderful faculty and staff.

Professional Development Appeal

Rick & Tamara AlterMonica & Jose AroesteHeidi & Noam ArztElaine & Peter ChortekLiza & Brian CohenGuadalupe & Ronald CohnRayna & Adam ColtonDenise & Micha DanzigClaire & David EllmanJoAnn & Peter EpstineJane Fantel & Laura GalinsonAndrea & Ira FeinswogLinda & David FinkelsteinMarsha & Matthew GettingerSore & Igal GordonLeah & Andrew Gore

Vivian & Daniel GuefenMonica Handler Penner & Amnon GiresSusan & David KabakoffMarjory KaplanJessica & Bruce KorenDeborah & Rabbi David KornbergTheresa Dupuis & Gary Kornfeld*Nancy & Steven KrasnoffBarbara & Jonathan LampittYvette & William LechtnerDoris & Samuel MichanEsther & Carlos MichanMonica & Victor MizrachiMonica MunozWafa & Mousa Murad

Maggie & Robert OvadiaBeverley & Martin PamenskyOrly & David PerezShirley & Harold PidgeonArlene & Gerald RosenGail & Jonathan SchwartzRenee & Mark ShermanJodi & Leo SpiegelSharon & Steven TradonskyCaryn & Alan Viterbi*Erna & Andrew Viterbi*Susan Chortek-Weisman & Eric Weisman*Adam WeissJeanne & Bradley Zlotnick

Levana’s Garden is an innovative learning garden which was created in memory of Levana Estline z”l, beloved teacher who nurtured San Diego Jewish Academy kindergarteners for 18 years. We gratefully acknowledge contributions to the garden and to the tribute fund that will henceforth sustain its growth.

Nurturing our Children

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Beth IlkoIta & Fabian IsmajSonia & Andrew IsraelAnn & Richard JaffePam & Gershon JaffeKaren & Roberto JinichCecile JordanAnne & Len JurkowskiSheryl KaplanAvra & Barry KassarMira & Randy KatzStacey & Alan KatzYael & Michael KatzLinda & Hillel KatzeffCatharine & Lawrence KaufmanBernice KleimanMary Jane & Louis KleinCheryl KolkerAlexis KopikisJessica & Bruce KorenDeborah & Rabbi David KornbergEydie & Richard KornbergBryna & Jay KranzlerStephanie & Milton KrasnerDeborah & Michel KucinskiMartin KuperMax LandauJan & Samuel LandauKim & Ron LazarusSharon & Richard LeibMira LevJoyce & Jake LeviJulie & Roberto LevinCheryl & Gary LevittMarion LewDeena & Rabbi Melvin LibmanRobyn & Derek LichterLipinsky Family FoundationRabbi Coskey & Mark LohkemperBarbara & Selwyn LurieVanessa & Michael LurieFlory Mitrani & Joseph LustgartenMah Jong LadiesMaimonides Upper SchoolDina & Daniel MamanDena & Daniel ManDani & Errol MarcusKaren Marcus

Francine & Michael MellonSusie & Eli MeltzerEsther & Carlos MichanMr. & Mrs. Stephen MillerFran MillerMichelle MosesTeri & Howard NaftalinRuth & Moises NagielAaron NagielIsaac NagielLiora & Ron NewfieldEllen & Steven OsinskiBarbara PacheMarna & Raymond PadowitzBeverley & Martin PamenskyBarbara & Joseph PapoOrly & David PerezNorman PerlmutterGeoff PhillipsGigi & Jeffrey PincusMonica & Michael PosnerCheryl & Michael PriceSheryl RabinowitzAnne RatnerRenee & Evan RavichOfra RazStella ReadMarlene & Michael RechtKathy RobbinsJaydon RobinsonArlene & Gerald RosenJanet RosenfieldSylvia & David RothSylvia RothbergerKathleen & Gary RottoKathy RubinJudith & Jonathan RudinRoslyn & Michael RudnickKaren RundDina & Avram SacharDebbie & Leland SandlerDiane & Howard SchachatShari & Frederick SchenkJane & Colin ScherHannah SchlachetMiriam & George SchraerEmily Schuster

Mr. & Mrs. Michael SchwartzSDJA-PTODorit & Asher ShaitritDianne ShappDarci & Larry ShawJudy & Yousef ShemiraniRenee & Mark ShermanMichelle & Daniel ShinoffDebbie & Paul ShteinCarol & Samuel SimkinHilary SimonShelley SloanJillian & Norman SmithCynthia & Eduardo SneiderMr. & Mrs. Jack SolomonMr. & Mrs. Milton SorokinBobbie & Lee SperlingJodi & Leo SpiegelEllen StatmanOrah & Murray SteinNathan SteinEllen SteindorfShoshana StotlandMarcia Selz & Eduardo SubelmanSuzanne SwerskyTargetSharon & Steven TradonskyCaryn & Alan Viterbi*Erna & Andrew Viterbi*Gisele & Arnold WassertheilHoward WaxenbergZelda WaxenbergSusan Chortek-Weisman & Eric Weisman*Limor & David WeltschMichele WerbeloffRose & Charles WigleKatie & John WilcoxPerri WittgroveToby & Jack WolfMarcia WollnerLisa & Andrew WoodsEdna YedidNurit & Moshe YehushuaDaphna & Gad Zeilingold

Please note: We thank these individuals, foundations, companies and groups for their generous donations made from July 1, 2004 through June 1, 2005. Despite making every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information, we recognize that errors do occasionally occur. If you were a donor druing this period and your name was inadvertently omitted, misspelled or listed in the wrong place, please forgive us and let us know so that we may correct our records.

Major gifts are indicated in bold font.*Funds granted through the Jewish Community Foundation

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Upon a hill there stands a schoolMore precious than a sparkling jewel

It stands for youIt stands for me

San Diego Jewish AcademyWhere every child is taught with care

The heritage that we all shareEmbracing our identity

San Diego Jewish AcademySo sing out proudly for the school

Where Ten Commandments are the ruleThis is the place where darkness fades

The place where lifetime friends are madeSan Diego’s crowning jewel

Where all the seeds we plant todayBecome the leaders of their dayAnd as they reach up to the sky

Proud voices shout out “Acharai”*We are the lights that lead the wayUpon a hill there stands a school

More precious than a sparkling jewelIt stands for youIt stands for me

San Diego Jewish Academy

School Song: “Acharai”Words and Music by Sara Geller

*”Follow me,” as Moses said when he led the Jews out of Egypt.

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San Diego Jewish Academy Leadership 2004-2005

11860 Carmel Creek RoadSan Diego, CA 92130

Executive Director Larry AcheatelDirector, Operations Tammi JonesDirector, Development Meg GoldsteinDirector, Admissions Judith GrossDirector Jewish Studies Debbie KornbergDirector, Family & Special Programs Jan LandauPrincipal, Golda Meir Lower School Marna WeissPrincipal, Maimonides Upper School Dr. Jeffrey DavisDean of Jewish Studies Chani OppenheimDean of Academic Affairs Steven KahnDean of Students Robert (Robo) Feldman

Editors: Diane Marks Schachat and Janet ClancyDesigner: Diane Marks SchachatPhotographers: Ann Bialoztosky and Jackie Nico