WHAT THEY SAY

Ahron Herring

Dan Schawbel
I grew up in Newton, which was a predominately Jewish city, but lost touch with my Jewish roots as I got older; the community in Boston is also much smaller, with fewer activities than New York. It wasn't until I moved to New York City four years ago that I was able to... Learn More

Roxana Markus

Daniel Gerschel

Chavi Rosenfeld

Alex Sokoletsky
Jaime Kobin

Elysa Goldman

Dan Davidson

Bernadette Sebzda

Samuel Ulrich

David Bratslavsky

Sarit Chalamish
I was born and raised in Israel, where I developed a strong Jewish identity. My parents are both first generation Sabra, whose parents had escaped the horrors of WWII.
I've always been fascinated by Jewish life, its fabric and maintenance abroad, where one is removed... Learn More

Rebecca Akselrad
I have an American passport and was born in West Caldwell, New Jersey. Together, my parents and grandparents instilled the importance of family, education, ‘chesed,’ and a good name. As the grandchild of Holocaust survivors, I grew up with a robust sense of history, Jewish... Learn More

Gedalia Mendlewicz
I am originally from Antwerp, Belgium. I am multilingual - fluent in English, French, Hebrew, Dutch, German and Yiddish. I have been living in New York City for seven years. I am currently a realtor, and studying marketing at Touro College. I am a 3G (third generation... Learn More

Tom Weiss
Tom Weiss was born into Congregation Bnai Jeshurun and raised on the Westside of Manhattan, in a progressive, politically active... Learn More

LYDIA SARFATI- 2015 GALA HONOREE "TOWER OF LIGHT AWARD"
Lydia Sarfati is the Founder and CEO of Repêchage, the first company to bring seaweed-based skincare treatments and cosmetics to the U.S market. Ms. Sarfati is an international industry leader and the developer of the world-renowned Repêchage® Four- Layer Facial®, what... Learn More

DANA AND SASI EYLA-2015 GALA HONOREE "YOUNG LEADERSHIP AWARD"
Dana and Sasi Elya are one of JICNY's success stories. They met in 2013 at a Purim party in Jodi and Gavin's apartment and were married in January 2014.

JACOB KIMCHY- 2015 GALA HONOREE "DEDICATION TO JEWISH LIFE AWARD"
Jacob Kimchy is a motivational speaker, life coach and author of A New Sunrise, a memoir which details his journey from witnessing the murder of his father in a suicide bombing in Israel, to surviving the unimaginable trauma of terrorism and finding a new path and a purpose... Learn More

SASHA KRASNY- 2015 GALA HONOREE "NEXT GENERATION LEADERSHIP AWARD"
Sasha Krasny was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. One year before the fall of the U.S.S.R., Sasha and her family emigrated to the United States as political refugees. Sasha enrolled in Hofstra University not long after arriving in the New York area and completed her... Learn More

Fabia Preminger

David Wollenberg

Fortune Harari

Jacob Kimchy

Milena Kozhin

Michael Katina

Jodi Samuels

Grant Silverstein

L. Batya Schwartz Ehrens

Daniel Kerin

Elizabeth Fishel

Chanan Fixler

Stephanie Dahan

Jeff Lewis

Jamie Black

Michael Prell

Jonathan Brody

Leona Krasne

Seth Weiser

Batya E.

Benjamin Mizrahi

Sam Bodenheimer

Stephanie Grayson-Zane

Jessica Wiesenberg

Guy Halfteck

Tatyana Zlotsky

Cathy Kadets

Rabbi Shalom Morris

Alex (Sasha) Loseva

Daniel Vahab

Anna Oshchepkova

Mark Dresdner

Adrian Berger

Cayle White

Joseph Meerbaum

Glenn Hurwitz

Tovah Benson

Ben Rabizadeh

Alana Shultz

Sivan Hadari

Jessica Eisenberg

Stacey Katz-Slone
I work “behind the scenes” at the JICNY preparing emails, marketing and database administration.

Nissim Sade

Hadassah Paladin

Edan Harari

Estee Bardanashvili

Jacob Kimchy

Jacob Oslick

Laura Weissberger

Ronen Elrom

Sam Kressler

Sabrina Michael

Shai Canaan

Steve Feldman

Jade Rabinowitz

Jacob Ouaknine,

Oren L. Adler

Maya Ben-Bassat

Dana Lilienthal

Jason Roomer

Julie Yusupov

Chef Sholmo Schwartz

Milena Kozhin
I grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, attended Yeshiva Dov Revel, HAFTR then NYU for college. Received masters degree in Nutrition and Health Sciences. Judaism, family and education are focal points of our lives. I’m blessed to have trained and worked at companies ranging from... Learn More

L. Batya Schwartz Ehrens
I was born in New Jersey, and raised near Los Angeles. My parents were born in the U.S., but my grandparents came from immigrant families from Russia, Turkey and Hungary. I attended both Conservative Jewish schools & public schools, and maintained a connection with the... Learn More

Liz F.

David
Dana & Sasi E.

Tashia A.
