Dr. Laurie Lax

Woman of Achievement
Forest Hills Jewish Center

Laurie was born in upstate New York to two academic parents. Her father was a professor of physics, and her mother was in graduate school and ultimately received her doctorate in Spanish literature. She moved to New Jersey at the age of two with two siblings (a third was yet to be born) and lived most of her childhood in three different New Jersey towns. She spent one year in Oxford, England, when her father was on sabbatical. The family belonged to a Conservative synagogue in New Jersey and was very active there. Laurie attended public school and Hebrew school through high school. She was involved in both Young Judea and USY and held a leadership position on the Girl Scouts’ regional board.

Laurie majored in psychology at the University of Rochester, where she graduated cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Laurie taught swimming and sailing at a summer camp in the Adirondacks and later worked for two summers at a camp for children on the Autism Spectrum. She went on to achieve a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Florida and received post-doctoral training in pediatric and adult neuropsychology in Boston. After living and working for several years in the Boston area, Laurie relocated to New York to pursue a faculty position at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics in pediatric neuropsychology. She later spent many years at SUNY Downstate Medical Center as an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Neurology and continued clinical work and teaching in neuropsychology. Laurie is now in private practice on Long Island that is affiliated with Northwell.

Laurie is currently on the presidium of the Forest Hills Jewish Center Sisterhood as well as on the Board of Trustees of the Forest Hills Jewish Center. She is married to Eric Kober, an economist and city planner, who worked for the Department of City Planning in New York City and works as a consultant now. Her daughter, Hannah, has a doctorate in educational linguistics and works as a director at a Jewish non-profit agency. Her son-in-law, Josh, is an ordained Modern Orthodox rabbi who is employed in Jewish communal work. Laurie’s mother is her role model as a volunteer in the Jewish community. Her mother served as the first woman president of a Conservative synagogue and ultimately was a national board member of USCJ, Mercaz, and Solomon Schechter. Laurie will be the incoming Health Education Chair on the BQLI Board of Directors.

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Anise Parnes

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Dear Laurie, Mazal tov on being a BQLI Woman of Achievement! It’s my pleasure to celebrate with you. Fondly, Anise

Forest Hills Jewish Center Sisterhood

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Rae and Gary Kerzner

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Hannah Kober

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So proud to celebrate someone who shows us and her community such support and dedication! Love you! Hannah & Josh

Kober, Pernick, and Liebman-Stone Families

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Mazal Tov to Dr. Laurie Lax! FHJC Woman of Achievement Honoree From your Loving and Proud Family Eric, Hannah and Josh, Ariella and Yakov

Debra Weil

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Bonnie and Keith Chernin

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Mazel tov to Laurie Lax, Madison Pollack, Debra Weil, and Shirley Zucker. Thank you for your dedication to FHJC!

Lorain & Warren Wankoff

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Mazal tov and Yasher kochachem to Laurie Lax, and Madyson Pollack as well as Debra Weil, and Shirley Zucker Rossman of Forest Hills Jewish Center 157

Juliet Vogel

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Dvorah, Leora and Daniel Heckelman

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Mazal tov LAURIE LAX !! We are so proud of you!! With love, Dvorah Heckelman and all of her descendants including her great grandchildren: Ethan, Clair & Jack

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Marcia Hittner

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A Big FHJC Mazal Tov & Yasher Koach Laurie Lax, Madison Pollack, Debra Weil & Shirley Rossman-Zucker Marcia Hittner

Judy & Matt Beizer

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Mazal Tov to: Laurie Lax, FHJC Woman of Achievement & Madison Pollack, FHJC L'Dor v'Dor honoree

Naomi and Joshua Katz Katz

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Mazel tov to Dr. Laurie Lax, Woman of Achievement honoree. אֱמוֹר מְעַט וַעֲשֵׂה הַרְבֵּה. Naomi & Josh Katz

Alyse Koenigsberg

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Mazel Tov to my friend Laurie Lax and to all the deserving honorees. Alyse Koenigsberg

Gary Weil

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Myron & Debra Karsif Baer

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Donna Bartolomeo

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Congratulations to the honorees. Donna Bartolomeo

Laurie & Madison Bochner/raphael

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Wishing our Friends Laurie Lax, Madison Pollack Shirley Zucker & Debra Weil Mazal-tov on this well deserved honor! Debra & Jeff Bochner & Pauline & Mark Raphael

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Barbara and Jerry Klibanoff

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So Proud of you S Proud to Honor LAURIE LAX FHJC's WOA & incoming Board Member Barbara and Jerry Klibanoff

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