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Gold Patron

To our Dearest of friends Sharon and Alan - We love , honor and
respect you.

Tremendous Baalei Chesed who do so much for clal yisroel and
for us.

Most importantly to us, we always enjoy great laughs together.

Such a well deserved honor.

To Michael Levine!

To us you are a kid who we watched grow up in our community
and Shul.

You are a prime example of the Tzaddikim, Chachamim and Oskey
torah which our community has produced.

Mazal Tov Cookie and Alan Greene

Cookie and Alan Greene

Gold Patron

Michael You have always made us proud of you,
You have done everything with a full heart,
whether it's working for the Shul, Your
family, school, your career.

Love ya, Your parents, Millie and
Arnold Levine

Millie & Arnold Levine

Gold Patron

Mazal Tov to all the honorees
on your well-deserved honors.

Nejat and Hilda Joshua and Alexandra

Gold Patron

Mazal Tov to all the honorees
on your well-deserved honors.

Paul and Penny Kraut Reinstein

Gold Patron

Mazal Tov to all the honorees on your well
deserved honors.

A special thank you to the Mandelstams for all
that you do for the shul, the minyan and
the chaburah.

Dani and David Schwarzbaum

Silver Patron

Mazal Tov Alan & Sharon!

Thank you for feeding us so well, for so many
years (especially the Salt & Pepper Kugel)
Lauren & Michael and Wendy - Thank you for
your service to YIWH, Mazal Tov!

Michael - truly and well earned, Mazal Tov!

Tzippora & David Baratz

Silver Patron

In Honor of Distinguished Honorees Sharon
& Alan Shulman Lauren & Michael
Mandelstam Wendy Gertelman-Nenner &
Michael Levine We are proud to celebrate each
of you for your dedication, leadership, and
the meaningful impact you make within Young
Israel of West Hempstead.

Your commitment, generosity, and example
inspire all who know you.

With admiration and warmest congratulations.

Debbie and Henry Ginsberg DPM

Sponsor Full Page

Mazal Tov to all the honorees
on your well-deserved honors.

Tina and Jonathan Appel and Family

Sponsor Full Page

Mazal Tov to all the honorees on your well-deserved honors.

A special shout out to Allen and Sharon Shulman, Guests of Honor,
whose unwavering dedication, generosity, and commitment to our
community inspire all who know you.

Mazal tov Michael Levine on receiving the Rabbi Kelemer Harbatzas
Torah Award.

Your love of Torah and your dedication to sharing it with others
are truly admirable, and this honor is so well deserved.

May you all continue to go from strength to strength and enjoy
much continued success, good health, and much happiness.

David Lerman Daniella Rutner

Sponsor Full Page

Michael, We and the Meths and Gruensteins are all so very proud
of you!!

The Rabbi Kelemer zt"l Harbatzas Torah Award is so befitting
for you!

You are a model of one who is עוֹסֵק בְּצָרְכֵי
צִיבּוּר in so many different ways.

You value, learn and teach Torah.

And you value, honor, and respect Rabbi Kelemer zt"l so much.

Your אֵֹשֶת חַיִל , Simcha, is an inspiration to all
who know her for the many acts of chessed that she does.

You are an amazing team, pillars of the community!

Tovah & Jerry Finestone and our entire family

Tova and Jerry Finestone

Sponsor Full Page

Congratulations and Mazal Tov
to our dear friends

Sharon and Alan Shulman

and congratulations to

Michael Levine

and the other honorees on their well deserved honors.

Debbie and Sol Genuth Genuth

Sponsor Full Page

Mazel tov to

Sharon and Alan Shulman

on this well deserved honor.

We thank you for your dedication to YIWH and
to the West Hempstead community.

May Hashem give you strength to continue with
your work.

Mazel tov to all the honorees.

Sharon and Gary Glogower

Sponsor Full Page

Our sincerest Mazel Tov to all of this year's Honorees.

Your dedication and passion to the community and to our shul are
an example to how we can all play a part.

May we all follow Y'all's example and find something that we want
to make better for the betterment of the entire Kehillah.

Also, a personal shout out to all those who volunteer to help
secure our community (CSS, Six13, RNSP and Haztolah).

We are always looking for new volunteers, especially CSS to help
keep our family and friends safe.

Joy and Gregg Goldenberg

Sponsor Full Page

Thank you to all the honorees
on your dedication to YIWH

Melody and Robert Harris

Sponsor Full Page

Mazel Tov to all the Honorees
May the RSO continue to give
you the strength to go
Chayil L'Chayil

Esther & Avrumie Kahn

Sponsor Full Page

Mazal Tov to all of the honorees on their
well deserved award.

Special thanks to Michael Levine and Mikey and
Lauren Mandelstam on their tireless efforts
for the Shul and community.

Ariella and David Kesselman

Sponsor Full Page

Mazel tov to all the Honorees
and a special Mazel Tov to

Michael Levine

on a very well
deserved recognition of the
Marbetzet Torah award!

Feigy and Shlomo Klein

Sponsor Full Page

Mazel tov to all the well deserving honorees!

Thank you for your collective efforts to help our shul.

A special hakarat hatov to Rebetzin Kelemer, Rabbi and Rebetzin
Goller, and Rabbi and Rebetzin Abramowitz for being true role
models for our family.

Your warmth, wit, and Torah knowledge are deeply appreciated.

May Hashem give you strength to continue your holy
work until 120.

Fondly,

Jessica and Stew Koenigsberg

Sponsor Full Page

Mazal Tov to all the honorees on your
well-deserved honors!

A special mazal tov to our good friend Wendy.

Thank you for everything you do.

Dawn and Mitch Marcus

Sponsor Full Page

Mazal Tov to all the honorees on your well-deserved honors.

Samuel and Miriam Meyer

Sponsor Full Page

Thank you to all the honorees
on your dedication to YIWH.

Seena and Izzy Miodownik

Sponsor Full Page

Mazel Tov to

Sharon & Alan Shulman

on being this year's guest of honor. Thank you for all the hard work you for the shul. It is much appreciated. We wish you much mazel and good health in the future.

Mazel Tov to

Michael Levine

on being awarded the Rabbi Kelemer zt"l Torah Award.
Mazel Tov on this very well deserved honor.

Mazal tov to

Lauren & Michael Mandelstam and
Wendy Gertlman Nenner

on their awards.

Bruce & Melanie Orlofsky

Sponsor Full Page

Mazal Tov to

Michael and Lauren Mandelstam

onthis well-deserved honor!

We feel so lucky to call you our friends.

Your warmth in the community, the shul, and
your home is something we truly admire and
hope to emulate.

Mazal tov to

Michael Levine

on your honor.

May you and your family see much Bracha from
the Torah you emulate and perpetuate in the
West Hempstead community

Naftali and Elisheva Pfeiffer

Sponsor Full Page

Mazal Tov to all the honorees
on your well-deserved honors.

Avi & Kayla Pusateri

Sponsor Full Page

Thank you to all the honorees
on your dedication to YIWH.

Elana and Michael Rand

Sponsor Full Page

Mazal Tov to Lauren & Michael Mandelstam Young Leadership
Award Wendy Gertelmen-Nenner Eshet Chayil Award Michael Levine
Rabbi Kelemer, zt"l, Harbatzas Torah Award Your deep commitment
to Torah, education, and community, together with your
generosity, hard work, and dedication, is a true inspiration to
us all.

And to Sharon & Alan Shulman Guests of Honor A very special
couple... whose friendship we cherish, whose leadership we
applaud, whose selflessness we appreciate and whose humility
serve as an example to the greater Jewish community.

With great affection, Naomi & Neal

Naomi & Neal Rosenblum

Sponsor Full Page

Mazal Tov to all the honorees
on your well-deserved honors.

Helen and Moish Schiowitz

Sponsor Full Page

Mazal Tov to all the honorees
on your well-deserved honors.

Tzvi and Erica Schwartz

Sponsor Full Page

Mazal Tov to our dear friends and Guests of
Honor Sharon and Alan Shulman.

Thank you for nearly 40 years of friendship.

Thank you for all you do for our shul, our
community and K'lal Yisrael.

Mazal Tov also to Michael Levine for a well
deserved honor named after an
incredible Tzadik.

Loraine and Jonathan Stein

Sponsor Full Page

To Our Dear Cousins

Sharon and Alan Shulman
Mazal Tov on a Well Deserved Honor!

We witness you doing Chesed to your wonderful
Shul and all of klal Israel!

May Hashem grant you good health, happiness,
nachat from your wonderful family and much
TIME to enjoy it all!

With love,

Tova and Nat Farago Dahlia and
Tzvi, Melanie and Avi Shanna and Benny

Sponsor Full Page

Mazal Tov to all the honorees
on your well-deserved honors.

Michal & Chezky Wasser

Sponsor Full Page

Mazal Tov to all the honorees on your
well-deserved honors!

A special Mazal Tov to our dear friends Sharon
and Alan Shulman and Michael Levine (and to
Simcha too)!

Natalie and Charlie Weissman

Sponsor Half Page

Mazal Tov to all the honorees
for their dedication to the
Young Israel and
our community.

Dedi & Bernard Firestone

Mazel Tov to our friends, Sharon and Alan
Shulman & Michael Levine on being honored.

May you go מחיל לחיל.

Miriam & Michael Gordon Michelle and
Chaim Nordlicht

Nordlicht and Gordon

Sponsor Half Page

Mazal Tov to all the honorees
on your well-deserved honors.

Ronnie Rudoler

Mazel tov and thank you to all of
the honorees!

To my amazing and indefatigable friend Wendy,
you treat the community as you do
your friends.

We are so lucky!

Yehudit Simanowitz

Sponsor Half Page

Thank you to all of the
Honorees, and a special
Hakaros Hatov to Rabbi Goller,
Rabbi Miller and
Rabbi Abramovitz

RALPH J. REISSMAN, ESQ. THE LAW OFFICE OF RALPH J. REISSMAN PLLC

Mazal Tov to all the honorees
on your well-deserved honors.

Elan and Michele The Weinreb Law Firm, PLLC

Sponsor Half Page

Mazal Tov to all the honorees
on your well-deserved honors.

Rhonda Weiss

Sponsor Quarter Page

Mazel Tov to Michael Levine
upon receiving the much
deserved Rabbi Kelemer ZT"L
Harbatzas Torah Award.

Bernie & Alyssa Alexander

Mazal Tov to all the honorees
on your well-deserved honors.

Chelsea & Yan Daniel

Michael, Your compassion, and
commitment to succeeding in
every endeavor you undertake
set you apart.

Elliot Feder

Congratulations
Sharon and Alan
on your well deserved honor, your
dedication is truly inspiring .

Astar Nussbaum

Sponsor Quarter Page

Mazal tov Alan & Sharon!

Well-deserved honor!

Thanks for the home-away-from-home-we'll
be back!

Love,
Peppi and Neal Shapiro

Mazel Tov to Alan and Sharon
and all the honorees.

May Hashem give you continued
strength in your
Avodas Hakodesh

Ira and Tova Shulman

To the incredible Shulman power couple-Mazal
Tov on this well deserved honor.

I adore you both!!

Love (!!),
Tsirel Stern

Mazal Tov to Michael Levine
on your dedication to YIWH and
congratulations to all
the honorees.

Don and Elsa Wilen

Sponsor List

Gold Patron

Cookie and Alan Greene

Millie & Arnold Levine

Nejat and Hilda Joshua and Alexandra

Paul and Penny Kraut Reinstein

Dani and David Schwarzbaum

Silver Patron

Tzippora & David Baratz

Debbie and Henry Ginsberg DPM

Sponsor Full Page

Tina and Jonathan Appel and Family

David Lerman Daniella Rutner

Tova and Jerry Finestone

Debbie and Sol Genuth Genuth

Sharon and Gary Glogower

Joy and Gregg Goldenberg

Melody and Robert Harris

Esther & Avrumie Kahn

Ariella and David Kesselman

Feigy and Shlomo Klein

Jessica and Stew Koenigsberg

Dawn and Mitch Marcus

Samuel and Miriam Meyer

Seena and Izzy Miodownik

Bruce & Melanie Orlofsky

Naftali and Elisheva Pfeiffer

Avi & Kayla Pusateri

Elana and Michael Rand

Naomi & Neal Rosenblum

Helen and Moish Schiowitz

Tzvi and Erica Schwartz

Loraine and Jonathan Stein

Tova and Nat Farago

Michal & Chezky Wasser

Natalie and Charlie Weissman

Sponsor Half Page

Dedi & Bernard Firestone

Nordlicht and Gordon

Ronnie Rudoler

Yehudit Simanowitz

RALPH J. REISSMAN, ESQ. THE LAW OFFICE OF RALPH J. REISSMAN PLLC

Elan and Michele The Weinreb Law Firm, PLLC

Rhonda Weiss

Sponsor Quarter Page

Bernie & Alyssa Alexander

Chelsea & Yan Daniel

Elliot Feder

Astar Nussbaum

Peppi and Neal Shapiro

Ira and Tova Shulman

Tsirel Stern

Don and Elsa Wilen