Adath Annual Benefit
Honoring Sally Appelbaum
for Extraordinary Service and Leadership in the Adath Community
Your amazing support has helped us raise $100,000 for our Adath community!
Meet Sally Appelbaum
For more than fifty years, Sally Appelbaum has exemplified Adath’s values of leadership, generosity and commitment to service. When she and Ken (z’l) joined the synagogue so they could enroll their kids in nursery school, Sally quickly agreed to serve as nursery school chairperson. A few years later she helped launch Adath’s Chevra Kavod Hamet, and then served for years as the Chevra’s bookkeeper. Sally and her family were active throughout the Adath community, including study groups, ritual life and social gatherings. She became an obvious choice to lead the synagogue, and was elected President in 1983.
As President, Sally led with an ethic of creative problem-solving and deep engagement, no matter how difficult the issue. “To be sure, there were some difficult and unpleasant experiences. But I have always believed that an honest assessment of the problems just comes with the territory, so it’s okay. I always want to look at it square in the face and go from there.” Shepherding Adath through complex challenges became Sally’s forte, as she was later tapped to co-Chair the steering committee which led the move from Adath’s home on Dupont Avenue in Minneapolis to Hillside Lane in Minnetonka. “I was thrilled with the congregation’s vote to move, because I was a big fan of that scenario,” she recalls. “When asked to co-Chair the steering committee, I found I had a job for the nineteen nineties!” Sally credits flexibility and collective commitment to a shared vision as keys to the success of the move. “You have to listen to your constituents and make some adjustments. And we always had so many people willing to get involved and do the work. While I might have stirred the pot, it took all of us together to get the deed done. And that’s just true of life.” In addition to a lead gift to the new building campaign, Sally and Ken (z’l) have consistently blessed Adath with gifts supporting—among other things—family life education, the inclusion of LGBTQ Jews and other marginalized members of the community, TAMID, strategic planning, Holocaust studies at Talmud Torah, and permanent gifts to the Foundation’s endowment. In recent years Sally has guided the Adath Foundation as a member of its Board of Directors. “When I moved back to Minnesota in 2015, I couldn’t come back without a job! That was my time to get involved in the Foundation.” Today as a resident of Knollwood Place Apartments, Sally is happy to represent Adath and continues to field questions, comments and concerns. “I can always listen to people,” she says. “It’s my honor. I just feel privileged to have been a part of the whole Adath experience. Whatever it was along the way, it was always the best job I ever had.” Adath is proud to recognize Sally Appelbaum for a lifetime of exemplary leadership, generosity, and service to the Adath community. |
Thank you to our generous matching sponsors!
Presenting SponsorSally Appelbaum
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Headliner SponsorSteve & Sheri Lear and Affiance Financial
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Encore SponsorsJudy Elias
Ron & Gigi Fingerhut Jason & Jacy Grais Bruce and Bobby Nemer Rabbi George Nudell and Liba Casson-Nudell David and Renee Segal Prentice and Marion Shapiro Fund of Adath Jeshurun Foundation Mark & Heather Stesin Washburn-McReavy Daniel and Dawn Zouber |
Fan Club SponsorsCarolyn Abramson & Ella Mogilevsky
Richard & Charlotte Berman Justin & Meira Besikof Bill and Sharon Garber Nancy and Jeff Getzkin Mike and Teri Greenstein Hodroff-Epstein Memorial Chapel Alan and Evie Ingber Dr. Lydia Roth-Laube & Dr. Herbert Laube Ella Meyerson Charlotte Nudell Marty & Tema Rosenbaum Joe & Lee-ann Rubenstein Heidi Schneider and Joel Mintzer Steve and Judy Schumeister Jim and Estie Sherman Beth Silverwater and Norman A. Greenberg Jeff and Stacie Usem Barry & Randi Wolfish Edward & Jane Zeman |
Ticket SponsorsFloyd & Andi Adelman
Cal Appleby Stan & Amy Baratz Martha Cohen Ross & Dorit Fishman Peter & Susan Gross Brad Jolson David & Leslie Orenstein Penny Schumacher Mark & Gail Satz Laurie Savran Annette Walder Zelda Walder Scot & Julie Ziessman Sharon Zweigbaum |
Last updated May, 15
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For questions regarding donations or if you wish to become a matching sponsor contact Annual Benefit Chair Alexis Kessler at [email protected] or call the office phone number at 952.545.2424.
Host committee
Debra Altschuler & Eric Hausman
Richard & Charlotte Berman Andrea & Ted Blumberg Joel Brand Michael & Carol Bromer Tobi Cooper Dudley & Andrew Deshommes-Kohls Cindy Dubansky Rabbi Ryan & Hazzan Joanna Dulkin Barb & Andy Fishman Bill & Bev Fishman Sharon & Bill Garber Heidi Geller Sandy Glassman Leslie & Bernie Goldblatt Judy K. Goldstein Scott & Terri Gordon Jason & Jacy Grais Arlis Grossman Alan & Evie Ingber Susie Held & Dan Lieberthal Risa, Steven & Alexis Kessler Ross Kahn & Nancy Krawetz Raleigh & Randy Kaminsky Mort & Merle Kane Sharon & Al Kaufmann |
Chris Kellogg & Jack Leveille
Alexis Kessler Boris & Erica Kopilenko Rabbi Harold Kravitz & Cindy Reich Gwyn Leder & Lenny Garber Ella Meyerson Ann & Todd Miller Charlotte Nudell George Nudell & Liba Casson Nudell David & Jill Orbuch Joyce & Martin Orbuch Debra Orbuch Grayson & Scott Grayson Larry & Barb Parks Joe & Nancy Peilte Paul & Freddie Pink Michael Raymond & Aimee Orkin Marty & Tema Rosenbaum Lydia Roth-Laube & Herb Laube Barbara Rubin-Greenberg & Barry Greenberg Joy Sandler Janice & Jeff Schachtman David & Renee Segal Jan Shark Frisch Jeffrey Sherman |
Sue Shrell Leon & Dave Leon
Risa Siegel & Siatta Dunbar Anna Simon Craig & Debbie Spencer Stacie & Jeff Usem Annette Walder Rabbi Aaron Weininger Ardis Wexler The Zacks Family – Jennifer, Jeremy, Yoni, Noah & Eliana Lynn & Ron Zamansky Julie & Scot Ziessman Sharon Zweigbaum |
Benefit committee
Alexis Kessler, Chair
Hazzan Joanna Dulkin Craig Spencer Scott Gordon Heidi Geller Susie Held Jeff Daniels |
Erica Kopilenko
Nancy Peilte Joe Peilte Jeffrey Sherman Marty Rosenbaum Andrea Blumberg Miranda Weisbuch |
Dudley Deshommes-Kohls
Andrew Thomas Deshommes-Kohls Jan Frisch Eric Hausman Annette Walder Dorit Fishman |