Ad Journal | Ansche Chesed Gala 2026

!מעלים בּשׂמחה

So proud of "Our Yael"

So proud of Josh, Hannah, Shai and Ella

So proud of Ansche Chesed

Nachas-filled,

Abba/Saba and Ima/Savta

Richard and Sharon Hammerman

We are so grateful to the Ansche Chesed

community for your love and support,

not only today -- but since Yael began

leading kids services in 2009! Thank you for helping us raise our kids as "bnai chesed" - children of kindness - and for always being our second home. Love always,

Rabbis Yael and Josh, Hannah, Shai and Ella Hammerman Rabin

"A teacher plants the seeds of knowledge, sprinkles

them with love, and patiently nurtures their growth." (Anonymous)
Thanking you for all your contributions and wishing

you well in your next endeavors.

Carol Ingall & Stephan Brumberg

תְּבֹרַךְ֙ מִנָּשִׁ֔ים יָעֵ֕ל

"Most blessed among women is Yael"

- Judges 5.24

My dear friend, working with you has been a privilege and a joy. As a rabbi, you exemplify kindness and wisdom, dedication, generosity and strength. You brought your whole self to Ansche Chesed, and I am grateful to have been your partner. I know you will soar as you lead Habonim. Thank you for everything you have been and done.

Jeremy and Amy Kalmanofsky

Chef's Table is honored to cater the event in honor of Rabbi Yael Hammerman, and we are so excited for her new chapter. We know that she will be a tremendous asset wherever she is.

Much love,

Ava Lang Soffer and Bruce Soffer

Chef's Table Kosher Catering and Floral Design

Mazal tov to Rabbi Yael Hammerman on this honor.

Discovery Programs

Mazal tov to Rabbi Hammerman. Thank you for your contributions to the Ansche Chesed community.

Patty and Seth Goldman

With deep thanks to Rabbi Hammerman for her commitment, care, and leadership. You are a true Eshet Chesed!

Avery and Wendy Katz

Mazal Tov, Yael! Thank you for all you've done for AC.

Sharri Posen

Thank you Rabbi Yael for everything you have done for our community. We wish you the best in the next phase of your career.

Lisa Maller & Rich Ocken

Mazal Tov, Rabbi Yael! Thank you for all you have

done for our community

Ruth & Ira Salzman

Through your years as our Family Educator, Hebrew School Principal and Associate Rabbi, you have shared your warmth, creativity, empathy and life experiences. We wish you the best in your next chapter.

Roberta and Paul Shapiro

Mazal tov on this well-deserved honor. You've been

an inspiring leader. All good wishes, and may you go from strength to strength.

Maron Waxman

To Yael: For your glowing and intrepid inspiration and service to our community!

Lee Adlerstein and Anita Golbey

May you go from strength to strength.

We will miss you.

Judith & Jim Edelstein-Meier

Yael, may you always be surrounded by a minyan of rabbis!

Miriam Harris-Kaplan & George Kaplan

Thank you, Rabbi Yael, for your leadership, teaching, meaningful conversations, wise counsel, and good spirit all of these years!

Julie Sissman and Phil Richter

! בהצלחה

Jocelyn Maskow

May you go from strength to strength as you

transition from your time as Ansche Chesed's

Associate Rabbi to your new rabbinic position. We are

so proud and excited for you!

With love,

Bubbie and Grandpa

Susan and Philip Rabin

Mazal tov to Rabbi Yael Hammerman on this honor.

Ron and Miriam Schulman

Mazal tov to Rabbi Yael Hammerman on this honor.

Harriet and Joel Shaiman

עֲשֵׂה לְךָ רַב, וּקְנֵה לְךָ חָבֵר

Pirke Avot 1:6 teaches in the name of

Yehoshua ben Perachia: "Make for yourself a rav--

rabbi, mentor, teacher--and acquire for yourself a friend." Yael, your wisdom, gentle guidance, creative spirit, and soulful leadership have enriched our Kehillah in countless ways and have deeply impacted my own life. Thank you for being our, and my, teacher and friend. We will miss you so--but we can't wait to watch your soar!

With tremendous love and appreciation,

The Hirschhorn Family

Mazel Tov on this honor to Rabbi Yael, and

Toda Roba for all you have done for Ansche Chesed.

Terry Zisowitz

Mazal tov to Rabbi Yael Hammerman on this honor.

Anonymous

Celebrating Rabbi Yael Hammerman - Colleague, Teacher, Friend.

Claudia Chernov and Joshua Hanft

Mazel tov Rabbi Yael--we are happy to celebrate

you any time!

Noah, Erica, Benji, Margot & Eva Cohen

Thank you Rabbi Hammerman for your dedicated leadership. May you go from strength to strength.

Dawn Kellman & David Lock

With gratitude for your years of devoted service to our community.

Robin Forman

Mazal tov on this honor and thank you for your dedicated service to our kahal.

Nancy Sinkoff and Gary Dreiblatt

Rabbi, thank you for your constant good cheer, wisdom and leadership. We're going to miss you!

Dave Goldstein

Mazal tov to Rabbi Yael Hammerman on this honor.

Sharon & Phil Gross

Mazel Tov to Rabbi Yael on her years of dedicated

service to our community. We love you and will miss you!

Gruen/Pravda family

It is with great pleasure to express

to Rabbi Yael, our dear niece and

cousin, our extreme admiration. Yael has always

made us proud of her many accomplishments. She

brings honor to her proud family and her rabbinic lineage. She leaves her legacy at Ansche Chesed and

will start a new one in her new endeavor.

With love,

Charlotte & Daniel, Adam & Lisa, Noah & Debbie,

Yoni & Basha, Yehuda & Ariella, Josh, Jordan, Maya, Charlie, Kira, Eliana, Koby & Nava

Hammerman Family

Mazal tov to Rabbi Yael Hammerman on this honor.

Jeffrey Felmus and Hannah Leider

Mazal tov to Rabbi Yael Hammerman on this honor.

Adam, Gigi, Jacob, Micah, Navah, Orly, Sammy, and Wesley

Kitah Zayin

Mazal tov to Rabbi Yael Hammerman, and thank you

for all you have done for us at Anche Chesed

Harold, Elizabeth & Sylvie Koenigsberg

From our first day of Hebrew School, all the way

through their Bat Mitzvahs, Rabbi Yael has been a guiding voice in our family's Jewish journey.

Thank you. We will miss you!

Stephen, Tim, Tova, & Nava Kozuch-Mulvaney

Mazel tov to Rabbi Yael--may you go from strength to strength. We will greatly miss your spirit of caring and chesed.

Cantor Janet Leuchter

Mazal tov to Rabbi Yael and Toda Raba for all you

have done for our community.

Linda Messing

'Mazal Tov' Yael from your admirers ever since your birth! We've had so much 'naches' watching you grow personally and professionally. We can't be with you to drink a 'l'chaim' on today's honor, but we can wish you a hearty 'yashar kochachaych' on the next chapter that awaits. All our love,

Michael and Ella

R' Michael and Israela (Ella) Meyerstein

Mazel tov, Rabbi Yael! Thank you for all you have done for the Ansche Chesed community! Best wishes in your new position!

Michele Siegel and Oren Grad

Mazal tov to Rabbi Yael Hammerman on this honor.

Anne Mintz

Wishing all the best to Rabbi Yael Hammerman.

Elaine Morris

We celebrate the time Rabbi Yael was with us.

Dina and Howard Rosenfeld/Berkowitz

This contribution is to honor the years of service provided by Rabbi Yael Hammerman to the Ansche Chesed Community.

Harvey Rubin

Mazal tov to Rabbi Yael Hammerman on this honor.

Sara Ruderman

"Most blessed of women is Yael."

Sandy Edelman and Burt Visotzky

Mazal Tov, Rabbi Yael, on this honor and on your new role. We will miss you, your leadership and friendship. Wishing you the best of luck, and may you go from strength to strength!

Rachel, Aaron, Noah & Judah Siegel

Mazal Tov to Rabbi Yael Hammerman on this well deserved recognition. We are so proud of you and are grateful for your friendship, leadership, and scholarship.

Love, Rabbi Rachel Ain, Rabbi Aviva Fellman, Rabbi Robyn Fryer Bodzin, & Rabbi Nicole Guzik

WhatsApp Sisterhood

Mazal tov on all your past accomplishments and best wishes for all your future successes. May you go from strength to strength.

The Karp Family

We will miss your warmth and wisdom. May you go from strength to strength!

West Side Minyan

Mazel Tov Rabbi Yael Hammerman with much

gratitude and admiration for your dedication, warmth, energy and many unique gifts to enrich and grow our kahal.

Todah rabah.

Rona Wexler

Mazal tov to Rabbi Yael Hammerman on this honor.

Michael Wise