We are thrilled to share this honor with Marty, Tamy, and Vivian. At a time Am Yisrael and the world need much healing, we are proud to be members of a synagogue whose name represents what we all value so dearly, being a community of lovingkindness.
 
Ellen Braitman & David Shapiro
 
 
"Our chief want is someone who will
inspire us to be what we know we could be.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
Mazal tov to Tamy, Marty, Vivian, Ellen & David:  leaders who inspire us.
 
Dawn Kellman & David Lock
 
 
 
Congratulations and thanks
to our wonderful honorees
for all they do to support our community!
 
Tom and Julie Hirschfeld
 
 
 
With great thanks and appreciation to
all our wonderful honorees!!
 
Patty & Seth Goldman
 
We merry band of Ellens could not be happier for
our fellow Ellen on her recognition by Ansche Chesed. Ellen exemplifies the finest qualities of every Ellen and brings honor to her namesakes far and wide.
And Mazel Tov to the other Honorees (though they be not Ellens): Tamy, Martin, Vivian and David!
 
We Merry Band of Ellens,
Ellen Flax, Ellen Resnick & Ellen Schorr
 
 
 
The community is so much better
because of the things you do. Thank you.
Elaine Morris, Elisheva Urbas & David Morris
 
The Morris-Urbas Family
 
 
 
To Ellen and David,
Congratulations on this well-deserved honor. Your accomplishments never fail to amaze us.
We are very proud of you both.
Love, Mom and Dad
 
Stephen & Susan Braitman
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
 
Aviva Weintraub & Gordon Tapper
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
 
Tamara & Martin Green
 
 
 
Mazal tov and thank you to all the honorees.
 
Navah Harlow
 
The Board and staff of the Hebrew Free Loan
Society extend a heartfelt mazal tov to our
incoming Board Chair, Ellen Braitman, and her
husband David Shapiro, and to our former
Board Chair, Vivian Mamelak, on this wonderful
occasion. We join the Ansche Chesed community
in honoring you for your leadership,
commitment, and dedication!
 
Hebrew Free Loan Society
 
 
 
Ellen & David and all the honorees...
We are honored to be thanking you.
 
Leora Barish & Henry Bean
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
 
Iris Engelson & Hyman Rosen
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
 
Avery & Wendy Katz
 
 
 
Kol Hakovod to all the Honorees
 
Thank you for your dedication to our community. 
We are all the better for it.
 
Minyan M'at
 
 
 
With gratitude to all of you for everything you do
to build our community.
 
Jocelyn Maskow
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all of the honorees - we feel
so lucky to be in this community with all of you!
Gratitude to outgoing Board of Trustees President
Dawn Kellman - thank you for your
leadership and service!
 
Medjuck-Bruckner Family
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all of the honorees.
Thank you for all you do for our community.
 
Yaron & Lisa Minsky-Primus
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
 
Judith Turner & Rabbi David Gedzelman
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
Thank you for all you do to support
our Ansche Chesed community.
 
Lisa Maller & Rich Ocken
 
 
 
Kol Ha'Kavod to all the honorees --
you make such a difference for our community!
 
Ruth & Ira Salzman
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all the honorees!
Your dedication to Ansche Chesed has enabled us
to become a more welcoming and vibrant community. Thank you for all you have done and
will continue to do for us.
 
Roberta & Paul Shapiro
 
 
Mazel tov and thanks to our Treasurer
Vivian Mamalek on this well-deserved honor.
 
Avery Katz, Martha Graybow, Ira Salzman,
Larry Moss, Terry Zisowitz, Alon Lederman
The Finance Committee
 
 
 
Mazel tov to David Shapiro and Ellen Braitman
 
The Yanovers of Dundas, Canada
and Nasielsk, Poland
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
 
William Segal & Amy Tenenouser
 
 
To Ellen Braitman and David Shapiro
who give with an open heart, lead using all their
talents, support with such generosity and set an
example for all of us. We are grateful to you both
and to Tamara & Martin Green and Vivian Mamelak
for your wisdom and commitment.
Love,
 
Shifra, Emma & Coby
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
 
Jessica & David Friedman
 
 
 
Tamy, Marty, Vivian, Ellen, & David
You put the CHESED in Ansche Chesed.
 
Miriam Harris-Kaplan & George Kaplan
 
Bamidbar, the parshah to be read the day before the gala, advises us to "Take a census of the whole Israelite community...."  We did for AC and found Ellen Braitman & David Shapiro, Tamara & Martin Green, and Vivian Mamelak to be our members worthiest of praise. We celebrate all of these individuals, but especially our friends Ellen and David, who are a blessing to Minyan M'at and throughout AC,
wherever they apply their talents. 
Dina Rosenfeld & Howard Berkowitz
 
 
 
Kol HaKavod Vivian!
 
Mazal Tov to Ellen, David, Tamara, and Martin.
 
Nicole Rothchild & Lenny DiPietra
 
 
 
Tremendous thanks and gratitude Ellen and David.
Your heart, smarts, and humor so enrich our Minyan
and our little Upper West Side shtetl! Mazal tov!
 
Melanie Schneider & Marla Gayle
 
 
 
Thank you to each of the honorees for all of
your work supporting our community and
helping to create Ansche Chesed.
In gratitude, warmly, 
 
Lori Skopp & Michael Schmidt
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
 
Superzero
Super Hair - Zero Harm
 
 
 
Tamy and Martin, your dedication
and presence are a gift to us all.
With my thanks,
 
Maron Waxman
 
 
 
Mazal tov cousins Tamy & Marty!
We celebrate you for this honor and all that you do!
 
Elissa & David Barr-Salzberg
 
 
 
Mazel Tov to our dear friends, Ellen and David,
on this wonderful and well-deserved honor and
for being such outstanding role models for
the Jewish community.
 
Audrey Samers & David Glicksman
 
 
 
Thank you honorees for enriching our community.
Mazel tov!
 
Shuly Schwartz & Eric Fishman
 
 
 
Congratulations to Vivian Mamelak on this honor.
 
Norman & Lisa Godin
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
 
Yakov Epstein & Helane Rosenberg
 
 
Congratulations Tamy & Martin,
People of Lovingkindness.
Thank you for making Morning Minyan
so warm and welcoming.
 
Harold, Elizabeth & Sylvie Koenigsberg
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
 
Anita Golbey & Lee Adlerstein
 
 
 
Congratulations to Ellen Braitman & David Shapiro
on this honor.
 
Susie Levy & Al Racciatti
Matt & Colleen Kapklein
 
The West Side Minyan and TeleTefila express our gratitude and admiration for the selfless ritual contributions of Martin and Tamara Green --
for Martin's expert davening and leyning skills and Tamara's wonderful Divrei Torah. They have both enriched our services over the long hard years of the pandemic. May they long continue their efforts for us and the greater Ansche Chesed community.
 
Westside Minyan
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
 
Karen Palmer
 
 
 
Best to Tamy and Marty
 
From All of The Raiks
 
 
 
 
We are honored that
Vivian, Ellen & David, and Tamara & Marty
share their talents-and passions-with our community.
Thank you and mazal tov!
 
Melinda Gros & Ronald Werter
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
 
Ian Shrank
 
 
All our honorees embody the rabbinic observation
that wise people who participate in synagogue
affairs give stability to that synagogue. (Mishpatim 2:1)
 
Best wishes to Tamy, Martin,
Vivian, Ellen, and David
 
Carol Ingall & Stephan Brumberg
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all the honorees. With special gratitude
to David Shapiro and Ellen Braitman for wonderful
and provocative conversations on Shabbat mornings,
led by our cherished Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky.
 
The Gardy-Mitchneck Family
 
 
 
Mazal Tov to all the honorees,
and a special thanks to Vivian
for walking me to school.
 
Rivkee Twersky-Kengmana
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
 
Michael Z. Wise
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
 
Bonnie Zaben
 
 
 
Congratulations to Ellen Braitman & David Shapiro
on this honor.
 
Jerome Balsam
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
 
Cynthia Braslau
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
 
Sandy Edelman & Burt Visotzky
 
 
 
Congratulations to our
dear friends Tamy & Marty.
 
Jane Head & Charlie Davidson
 
 
 
Mazal tov David and Ellen, two friends who lead
by example and set the bar high!
 
Howard & Ceci Bressler
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
 
Dan Friedman Consulting
 
 
 
Congratulations to Ellen Braitman & David Shapiro
on this honor.
 
Anna Greenberg & Dana Milbank
 
 
 
To our dear friends Ellen and David,
and to Vivian, Tamara and Martin, thank you
for your dedication to the Jewish people.
We are so inspired by you! Mazal tov!
 
Abby Sosland & Daryl Mazlish
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
 
Ben & Judith Dresher-Orlove
 
 
In honor of Ellen and David:
 
"Show me a family of readers, and I will
show you the people who move the world."
- Often attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte
 
Love,
 
Ellen's Reading Group
 
 
 
I am grateful for your friendship, acceptance,
advice, and many smiles over my 15 years at
Ansche Chesed. Thank you for your devotion, leadership, and institutional knowledge to
our synagogue & our community.
 
Joel Feuer
 
 
 
Mazal tov to the honorees:
you are the pillars that hold up our community.
 
Robin Forman
 
 
 
Mazel tov to all of the honorees!
Thank you Ellen and David for all the ways
you have enriched the Maat community.
 
Lisa & David Gerwin
 
 
 
Congratulations to Vivian Mamelak on this honor.
 
Gail Gordon
 
 
 
Congratulations to Ellen Braitman & David Shapiro
on this honor.
 
Roger Gindi & Gregory Victor
 
 
 
Congratulations to Ellen Braitman & David Shapiro
on this honor.
 
Terry Axelrod & Heather Shapiro
 
 
 
Congratulations to all of the honorees.
 
Terry Zisowitz & Jack Ott
 
Ellen, David, Vivian, Tamara, and Martin - each of
you is such an inspiration to us and the whole
Ansche Chesed Community. You give so much of
yourselves to sustain our spiritual, intellectual,
social, and experiences, as well as the financial
strength of the shul. Your warmth, caring, humor,
and dedication touch all of us. Thank you.
 
Jennifer Rosenberg & Gil Israeli
 
 
 
To David Shapiro and Ellen Braitman,
your enthusiasm and energy is contagious!
With appreciation,
 
Eva Fogelman & Jerome Chanes
 
 
 
Mazal tov to Ellen, David, Martin, and Tamy.
I spent wonderful years with
all of you at Ansche Chesed.
 
Jan Kaufman
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all of the honorees!
Thank you for all you've done over the years
to support the foundations of this community
we've all come to cherish.
 
Kathy Kendall
 
 
 
Congratulations to Tamara & Martin Green
on this honor.
 
Carole & Mike King
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
 
David & Susan Kraemer
 
 
 
Mazel tov to Tamy and Marty
on this wonderful honor!
 
Roberta, Bernard & Sarah Leiner
 
 
 
Congratulations to Ellen Braitman & David Shapiro
on this honor.
 
Mark & Tammy Matchen
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
 
Linda Messing
 
 
 
In honor of Tamara and Martin Green.
Best cousins ever! With admiration,
 
Cousin Anne Mintz
 
 
 
Congratulations to Vivian Mamelak on this honor.
 
Christopher C. Moore
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all the honorees, especially
Tamara and Martin Green. Thank you so much
for all you do for Rimonim, for Morning Minyan,
and for Ansche Chesed.
 
Michele Siegel & Oren Grad
 
 
MAZEL TOV to Tamara & Martin,
Vivian, and Ellen & David!
 
And a special Hakarat Hatov to Dawn Kellman 
for her exceptional leadership to our Kahal
for the past 3 years!
 
Erica Gruen & Richard Pravda
 
 
 
Mazel tov and todah rabah to
Ellen, David, Vivian, Tamara, and Martin.
This is a well deserved honor for everything
you've done for the Ansche Chesed community.
 
Suzan Rosen
 
 
 
With admiration and appreciation we celebrate
all of the honorees. We cherish your friendship, leadership, and commitment to our community.
 
Ruth Lynn Frommer & Ken Amron
 
 
 
Congratulations to Vivian Mamelak on this honor.
 
Ira Salzman
 
If it were our dad writing this ad there would
have been a good joke here; alas, it is just
the daughters. We are so proud to have been
raised by the wonderful pillars of this community:
Ellen and David (mom and dad). All our love,
Lilith & Basha Shapiro
 
 
 
Congratulations to our wonderful honorees!
 
Martin Sinkoff, Gary Dreiblatt
& Nancy Sinkoff
 
 
 
Mazal tov to all the honorees.
 
Joyce Slochower
 
 
 
Congratulations to Ellen Braitman & David Shapiro
on this honor.
 
Susann & Douglas Sunshine
 
 
 
Mazel tov to the Doctors Green, who incidentally
can also add Outstanding Aunt and Uncle to their
long list of accomplishments.
With love and nachas,
 
Your Nieces Rachel, Robin & Ilana