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Sheldon Serota
Hilda Pisarek
Lorie Goldfinger
Allan Snow
Jerry Colomby |
Howard Burshtein
Pearl Grundland
Harvey Schiller
Danny Allman
Alex Veprinskiy |
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Accountant. A synagogue member for 17 years. Member Brotherhood Board; Recording Secretary; Brotherhood Executive; Brotherhood Fundraising Committee; Member Synagogue Board; Co-Chair Budget and Finance Committee past two years; Co-Chair Assessment Committee past two years. Member International Board United Synagogue Youth 1968-1969; Treasurer, Eastern Canadian Region U.S.Y. 1968-1969; Board Member ECRUSY 1965-1969; Beth Shalom Brotherhood Executive 1990.
Biographical data supplied for Synagogue Election Information publications.
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My parents have been congregants for over 45 years and my family and I have been congregants since our marriage here 35 years ago. We have three daughters. I am an owner of a successful manufacturer, importer and distributor of a family owned and operated men’s and ladies clothing firm. Board member for over 8 years and chaired a number of Committees, Fundraising, Calendar, and the Cantor Danto Committees. My goal is a financially strong synagogue that is not totally funded by the membership dues. I have focused my efforts and will continue to focus on fundraising for the synagogue.
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Married at Beth Emeth and joined with wife Susan in 1982. 4 children, Kevin, Jason, Amanda & Zackary.
Synagogue Involvement:
Member of Executive Committee (since 2005) and Board of Directors;
Committee Chair: Membership, Adjustment, Catering, Web-site development; Committee Member: House, Computer, Choir Director Search, Yakir Hakahal Honouree Dinners and Tribute Books, BEBY 50th Anniversary Jubilee Gala and Tribute Book.
Graduate of Beth Emeth Leadership Development Institute.
Facilitated formation of young professionals group, Shabbat Hashkamah Minyan, Monthly Minyan Dinners.
Employment Experience: Director Information Technology Bedford Furniture Industries. Other Volunteer Experience: Carrie Dream Fund for the Hospital for Sick Kids, Thornhill Baseball Club, Thornhill Community Hockey League.
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Accountant. Two children, Ian & Jennifer. Member since 1978. Senior manager at Soberman LLP, Chartered Accountants. Synagogue Board Member. Chair of Budget and Finance Committee. Member of Brotherhood executive, Rabbi Joseph Kelman Endowment Fund, and current chair of the Israel Fund. Co-chaired Adjustment Committee.
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Married to Gidon, 3 children; Batya, David, Yoni.
Synagogue Members since 1981. Chairman of and/or participation in Budget & Finance, Cantor Danto Tribute, Clergy Search & Succession, Continuing Ed., Human Resources/Evaluation, Long Range Planning, Music, Siyum Hatorah, Special Events, Sviva Non-Profit Housing, Young Couples Club and Youth.
Former Executive Director, Canadian Friends of Tel Aviv University and Private Consulting Services. Previous urban planning and management consultant experience.
Volunteer & member of: Canadian Friends of Tel Hashomer Hospital; Ontario Professional Planners Institute, and Canadian Institute of Planners.
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Member since 1988.
Former Vice President of G.E. Capital Services Canada. Former General Manager of H.J. Heinz Company of Canada Ltd.
Married to Rhonda - father of 3. Synagogue Secretary, 1997-99.
Member of Board of Directors, Budget & Finance Chair.
Has written annual business plans and three year long range business plans projecting balanced operations. Active on various synagogue committees including Young Families, Fundraising, Computer. Member of BEBY Brotherhood Board, Board of Governors Most recently served on Committees negotiating contracts for all clergy and the Cantorial Search Committee. Member of Rabbi Kelman Endowment Fund Board.
Community involvement:
We Care Foundation, Editorial Advisory Board of Kostuch Publications, Past Chair Food Service Council 1994-95.
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Alexander Veprinsky was born in Lviv (capital city of Western Ukraine) into
a family of music lovers.
In 1975 Alexander enrolled in the Mykola Lysenko Lviv State Conservatory in the faculty of operatic-symphonic conducting. An accomplished pianist, while still a student at the Conservatory he worked as accompanist for the ballet of the Lviv Opera.
Upon his graduation from the Conservatory in 1980 Alexander worked as conductor of the Kharkiv Theatre of Operetta. From 1984 to 1986 he taught at the D. Sichinsky Music School in Ivano-Frankivsk and conducted its student symphony orchestra.
From 1986 until his arrival in Canada in 1993, Alexander was Principal
Conductor and Director of Music at the M. Kropyvnytsky Music Theatre of
Kirovohrad. From 2002 to the present he was the conductor of the Jewish Folk Choir of Toronto.
Alexander has considerable experience in staging musical dramas and productions and he is a very competent and prolific choral and orchestral arranger. Among these are his orchestrations for the Toronto Mandolin Orchestra of Prokofiev¹s Peter and the Wolf, the children¹s dance suite Thumbelina by Ukrainian composer Zhanna Kolodub, the Bizet-Shchedrin Carmen Suite, an outstanding arrangement of George Gershwin¹s Rhapsody in Blue for Solo domra and mandolin orchestra, and a number of operatic overtures and classical accompaniments to vocal soloists.
He has played a significant role in orchestrating a diverse repertoire for
Mandolins of the World, the new initiative taken by the Toronto Mandolin
Orchestra, which features various genres of mandolin music and performance.
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