Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey will hold its 79th annual dinner on Sunday, January 15, at Congregation Keter Torah in Teaneck. Adeena and Yair Mayerfeld are guests of honor, and Rabbi Avrohom Schnall will receive the Educator of the Year Award.

Guests of Honor Adeena and Yair Mayerfeld are true pillars of RYNJ leadership. In their uniquely generous and modest style, Adeena and Yair personify what it means to be community leaders and builders. Adeena served as president of the RYNJ-PTA from 2008 to 2010. In 2010, Adeena became the co-chair of the board of education. For the past six years, she has served on the board of directors and is currently the administrative vice president. Adeena is an adviser to the board president and to Rabbi Price on almost every major education and policy-related issue. Yair, a corporate partner at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, has provided our board of directors with invaluable counsel and insight. In addition to legal guidance, we have been fortunate to benefit from Yair’s expert editing and writing skills. The Mayerfelds’ passion for education and community involvement is reflected in every leadership role they have taken on. Yair has just completed serving a two-year term as president of Congregation Beth Aaron in Teaneck. Adeena and Yair were instrumental in the building of Teaneck’s Sterling Place Friday Night Mikvah,and Adeena continues to oversee operations and maintenance of the mikvah. Living in close proximity to Holy Name Hospital, the Mayerfelds are frequently called upon by Bikur Cholim and are always ready to house Shabbos guests who need to be close to family in the hospital. Adeena and Yair are the proud parents of Noam, RYNJ ‘15 and Dassi, RYNJ ‘17.

Educator of the Year Rabbi Avrohom Schnall has been a beloved rebbi at RYNJ since September 1997. During that time he has reached the hearts of countless of students. Rabbi Schnall’s soft-spoken manner and genuine sincerity have been the hallmark of his success. His many talents have enabled him to be successful both as an enrichment teacher and a resource room teacher, a most unique accomplishment. Rabbi Schnall gives a shiur each morning to the middle school boys on the laws of lashon hara, and a lunchtime Navi club each Friday. He has been a favorite Mishmar teacher for seventh-grade boys for the past several years. Rabbi Schnall has a varied and rich background and is a role model par excellence for our students in his demeanor and his love of Torah. Rabbi Schnall has been the rav of Congregation Reyim Ahuvim and an instructor at Yeshiva Ohr Somayach in Monsey since 2000. He also serves as a member of the executive board of the tzedakah organization Ezras Torah. Prior to that, he was a rav and rebbi in Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio, and the principal of the Yeshiva of Rockland County. He has taught at MTA, Ramaz Upper School and Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland. Rabbi Schnall received his smicha from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. He was a talmid of Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik and a member of the Yeshiva Kollel. He holds a master’s degree from Columbia University and attended Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavneh in Israel.

For more information, reservations or to place an ad, please see the website at www.RYNJ.org/dinner or contact the school office at 201-986-1414.