Teaneck—Torah Academy of Bergen County (TABC)’s 31st Annual Dinner will take place on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at Congregation Keter Torah. The gala begins at five o’clock in the evening with hundreds of attendees expected to be on hand to honor this year’s well deserved individuals for their contributions to TABC. This year, TABC honors Isaac and Wendy Shulman, Alisa and Stephen Levy, Dr. Garry Katz, and Yaacov Apfelbaum.
Isaac and Wendy have been residents of Teaneck for 35 years or so. Isaac has been on the TABC Board of Directors for 18 years and has been involved in several development projects, including chairing an earlier building project back in 2003, and now chairs the building committee. Wendy and Isaac are founding members of Congregations Rinat Yisrael and Zichron Mordechai, where Isaac ran the building project for its new building.
There is virtually no part of the new TABC Building that has not been touched by the talents of Alisa Levy. As Chair of the Interior Design Committee, Alisa has applied her good taste and remarkable attention to detail to every square inch of the new TABC. Alisa also serves on TABC’s Board of Directors, and helped launch and manage the Teen Learning Program, and chaired the Recruitment Committee. Alisa also sits on the Executive Board of the Teaneck Mikvah Association, is involved in its day to day management and co-chairs its Annual Women’s Event. Stephen is president of Leasco Automotive Sales & Leasing.
Dr. Garry R. Katz is in his 40th year in the field of education. For the last 12 years he has served with distinction as a highly respected history teacher and as the Director of College Guidance at TABC. He presently teaches AP Honors American History to the tenth and eleventh grades and AP US Politics and Government to the twelfth grade. As TABC’s Guidance Counselor, he has introduced many new initiatives and programs to help our students earn acceptances to the colleges that are right for them.
A graduate of TABC’s Class of ’01, Yaacov Apfelbaum is a dedicated Alumnus who more than 10 years later continues to give back to his Yeshiva. After graduating high school Yaacov learned at Reishit Yerushalayim, and then continued on to study Accounting at Yeshiva University. In a short time, Yaacov has gained valuable professional experience working at Ernst and Young, Medco Health Solutions, Warner Chilcott, and most recently, at Actavis. During his years at YU and continuing until today, Yaacov has served in coaching capacities for both the TABC JV and Varsity Hockey Teams (he is presently Assistant Coach for the Varsity Team). Yaacov is married to Aliza (Strassman).
For more information, please call Teri Normand, Executive Director, at 201-837-7696 x 115, or contact us at [email protected].
