The 152nd Annual Meeting of Anshe Emet Synagogue

When

June 17, 2025    
6:00 pm

Dinner will take place in Blum Community Hall at 6PM, followed by the Annual Meeting of the Congregation in Malkov Chapel at 7PM.

We look forward to presenting the Slate of the Board of Trustees and honoring our 2025 Milton Brown Award winners Merle and Barry Gross, as well as our 2025 Maxine Segal Handelman Award recipients—three generations of the Seeskin familyBarry, Elaine, Zach, Lindsey, Ariel and Naomi.

We will also be joined by David Goldenberg, the Evelyn R. Greene Midwest Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League, who has recently been appointed by Governor J.B. Pritzker to serve on the Illinois Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes.

Dinner costs:
Member Price: $18 each (Children 4 and under are free)
Non Member Price: $25 each (Children 4 and under are free)

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Proposed Slate of Officers and Trustees for 2025-2026
 
Officers:
For a two-year term expiring in 2027
President, Sam Schwartz-Fenwick
Executive Vice President, David Medow
Vice President, Deborah Brown
Vice President, Marc Gould
Vice President, Evan Schaffer
Vice President, Mimi Wallk
Secretary, Emily Pevnick
Immediate Past President, Danielle Lazar

Continuing in Office (term expires in 2026)
Treasurer, Lynne Schatz

Trustees:
For a one-year term expiring in 2026
Nahva Tollinche

Renewed for a two-year term expiring in 2027
Tracy Ankin, Chika Chandler, Scott Frazin, Josh Liss, Marsha Nagorsky, Natalie Schneiderman, Neil Schwartz, Lindsey Seeskin

Continuing in Office (terms expire in 2026)
Jessica Bearak, Simon Fleischmann, Wendy Kline, Ruth Rau, Melissa Walny

Officers retiring from the Board with our heartfelt gratitude
Art Friedson, Ben Kleinman