Greater
Miami Jewish Federation Pacesetter Event Draws
More Than 375 Attendees
One of the largest Pacesetter Events in the Greater
Miami Jewish Federation's history drew more than 375
Jewish community leaders to the Fontainebleau Hilton
Hotel on Miami Beach on December 16, 2003. The event
helped launch the 2004 Federation/UJA Campaign and
was chaired by Elena and Oscar Feldenkreis, Nancy
and Bobby Gilbert and Norma and Allan Wilson. The
Pacesetter Event recognized and thanked major donors
to the Annual Campaign, which provides a vital lifeline
of services to people in Miami, in Israel and in 60
countries worldwide. Joshua Malina, from NBC's Emmy-winning
hit drama, The West Wing, was the keynote speaker.
A passionate and vocal supporter of Israel, Malina
spoke about his own experiences as a Jewish actor
and his wish that other prominent Jews in Hollywood
would voice their support for Israel's right to exist.
The event was sponsored by ABC Telephones, Akerman
Senterfitt, Attorneys at Law, AON Risk Services, Inc.,
BellCare Nurses Registry, FMS Bonds, Inc., Gibraltar
Bank, Greenberg Traurig, P.A., The Miami Herald, Seitlin
Insurance Property and Casualty and Steel, Hector
and Davis International.
Pacesetter
Event Co-Chairs making the traditional blessing over the
bread: Allan and Norma Wilson, Elena and Oscar Feldenkreis,
and Nancy and Bobby Gilbert
Guest
Speaker Joshua Malina, Greater Miami Jewish Federation Executive
Vice President Jacob Solomon and Federation President Ezra
Katz
Robyn
Fisher, Women's Department Campaign Chair singing the American
and
Israeli national anthems
Federation
Past President, Norman Lipoff and Alan Bernstein
Judy
and Michael M. Adler, General Campaign Chair with Joshua Malina
Pacesetter
Event Co-Chairs Nancy and Bobby Gilbert with Joshua Malina
Federation
Immediate Past President Norman Braman with Joshua Malina
Pacesetter
Event Co-Chair Norma Wilson with Foundation of Jewish Philanthropies
Chair Barbara Black Goldfarb
Leslie
Kaplan, Federation's Cornerstone Campaign Vice Chair, Ian
Kaplan, Pacesetter Event Co-Chairs Oscar and Elena Feldenkreis
Monica
Sasson, Cuban Division Campaign Chair Rachel Sapoznik,
Sandy Papunen and Alberto Sasson
Greater
Miami Jewish Federation's Women's Department President Raquel
Scheck, Michelle Scheck and Federation General Campaign Chair
Michael M. Adler
Federation
President Ezra Katz addressing the crowd