(Courtesy of Rutgers Chabad) In the spirit of rejoicing and celebration, Chabad House Jewish Student Center at Rutgers University and its 10 affiliate Chabad Houses serving central and southern New Jersey will celebrate their National Founders 43rd Anniversary Dinner at the Grand Ballroom of Chabad House, 170 College Avenue, New Brunswick, on Tuesday, October 19 at 6 p.m. More than 600 community leaders and supporters are expected to pay tribute to the honorees: Edward Mosberg, developer, Holocaust survivor and educator; Jonathan Holloway, president of Rutgers University; and Brock Pierce, chairman of the Brock Pierce Foundation.
This gala dinner is celebrating the 43rd anniversary of Chabad House at Rutgers and the ninth year of operation of the 90,000-square-foot Les Turchin Chabad House. This complex features housing facilities for 107 students (separate men and women dorms), the Franco-Ashkenazi Sephardic Synagogue and Library, The Shevell Family Ashkenazi Synagogue, International Coffee Shoppe, student lounges, gyms, counseling center, and a 750-person kosher dining hall with commercial kitchens. Chabad House serves a population of 7,000 Jewish students at Rutgers University—the largest Jewish student body in the United States.
The dinner will honor and commemorate all the Holocaust educational activities that Mosberg accomplished over many decades in the U.S., Europe and Israel.A special musical presentation will be performed by the world-renowned chazzan, Shai Abramson, chief cantor (ret.) of the Israel Defense Force. Holloway will be publicly acknowledged for his tireless efforts and role in educating young men and women on the college campus. Pierce will be honored for his global leadership and philanthropy through the Brock Pierce Foundation.
The Honorary Dinner Chairpersons include:
Harry Adjmi, A & H Acquisitions; Joe Cayre, chairman, MidTown Equities, Inc.; Doron Cohen, chairman, Dun & Bradstreet (Israel and Latin America), Ltd.; Rabbi Shalom B. Drizin, Brooklyn; Honorable Andrzej Duda, president of Poland; Barry Elbaum, Oakhurst, New Jersey; Yoram Elgrabli, CEO, North and Central America, El Al Israel Airlines; Donald Epstein, CFO, Matrix Companies; Roger Fine, corporate V.P., Johnson & Johnson (Ret.); Isaac Gindi, Century 21 Department Stores; Lita Greenberg; David Halpern, Atlantic Realty; Jeremy Halpern, Atlantic Realty; Donald Hecht, partner, LM Cohen & Co.; Michael Hecht, Citrin Cooperman; Leslie D. Hirsch, president and CEO, St. Peter’s Healthcare Systems; Ruth Hyman, philanthropist; David Kahane, developer; Caroline and Darren Karger, Powder Mill Heights, LLC; Steven Katz, partner, Sterling Properties Group; Charles Kushner, Kushner Companies; Murray Kushner, Chairman, KRE Group; Louise and Stuart Levine, Powder Mill Heights, LLC; LG Michael S. Linnington, (Ret. U.S. Army) CEO, Wounded Soldier; Amy Mansue, president, southern region, RWJ Barnabas Health; Isaac Massry, The Wharton Group; Sir Michael “Meir” Melnicke, ambassador-at-large, Granada; Beatrice Mosberg, Baltimore; Yidel Perlstein, chairman, NYC CB12 and chief of staff, Brock Pierce; Sammy Saka, Sakar International, Inc.; Richard Saker, president and CEO, Saker ShopRite, Inc.; Rick Schottenfeld, chairman, The Schottenfeld Group; Jeffries Shein, J.G.T. Management; Myron P. “Mike” Shevell, Palm Beach, Florida; Ken Silverman, chairman, The Silverman Group; Leonard Wilf, Garden Homes, Inc.; Mark Wilf, Garden Homes, Inc.; Zygmunt Wilf, Garden Homes, Inc.; Stephen L. Winters, Morristown, New Jersey; Jerold Zaro, Esq., Sills, Cummis, and Gross.
Rabbi Yosef Carlebach, director of Chabad House, will report on the past year’s outreach programs and activities, which were challenging but successful despite the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as Chabad’s diversified work in the Rutgers and surrounding communities. Participants at the dinner will receive a special coffee table “43rd Anniversary Album” pictorially depicting the history of Chabad House from its first days in 1978 in a rented room at the Rutgers Student Center to its location today as the largest Jewish center on any public university campus in the world.
For more information, reservations, or journal advertising for the Gala Dinner or to receive the “43rd Anniversary Album,” please contact Chabad House at (732) 296-1800; write to Chabad House, 170 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901; or email [email protected].
