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Pat Brakman
Pat was born in Brooklyn and grew up until age nine in the Bronx and then moved to Westchester County. She graduated from SUNY in Plattsburgh with a BS in Nursing and began her career at Cornell Lying In Womens Hospital in New York City. She met her husband Bob in 1969 and after they married in 1971, moved to Long Island where she was a Visiting Nurse with the Suffolk County Health Department. It was there in Long Island that her lifelong volunteer career in the Jewish County began at Temple Beth David in Commack as an active sisterhood woman and Jew by Choice. In 1973, a new career as a mother began with the birth of Dana, and Lifetime Achievement Award her own family as well as her she combined her talents to benefit Community Volunteer Award Community Volunteer Award Temple family. A short time later when Bobs job relocated the family to the Albany area, Pat jumped into work RABBI JONATHAN KLIGLER PATRICIA H. COHEN PAT BRAKMAN again with Sisterhood, engaging other young mothers in congregational life. While living upstate, Pat became active in the cooperative nursery school, eventually becoming co-chair and overseeing not only day-to-day operations, but helping expand the program.

you tohappily attend the Pat and Bob closer to their required the young family to relocate, this time to Newinvites Jersey which brought parents. 1n 1980 Pat found a true niche with Sisterhood of Temple Shalom. This group became a focus of her volunteer efforts, as she brought new programs to the congregation such as Rosh Codesh, Womens Seder, and Cradle Roll, a monthly program for pre-schoolers and parents. Meanwhile, Pat continued to grow in her own Judaism, taking courses locally as well as traveling to retreats with atMayan and the Union for Reform Judaism Kallot Summer Study Program. Throughout 30 years living in New Jersey, Pat served on many committees including Ritual, Adult Education, Social Action, as well as Cantorial and Rabbinical Search and nominating committees.

The Board of Directors of the Jewish Federation of Ulster County In 1977, a second daughter, Anita, arrived and the volunteer journey continued. Again, job opportunities Annual Meeting Monday, June 3 at 7 PM
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Pat was privileged to be President of the Sisterhood from 1986 to 1988 and then President of the WRJ District F Four (now the Atlantic District) from 1990 to 1992. From 1997 to 1999, Pat was President of Temple Shalom. Seymour Werbalowsky Seymour Werbalowsky Meanwhile she was raising her family and working as an RN at Planned Parenthood Jersey. In Dessert Reception to Follow of Central NewLeadership Development Award Leadership Development Award 1991 Pat spent a year studying and working in a preceptorship to become a Womens Health Nurse Practitioner. REBECCA BALZAC JEFF LEVINE [email protected] RSVP: 845.338.8131 or In 1995 she completed advanced training in order to become a Nurse Colposcopist. She has dedicated her professional life to caring for and educating women to lead healthier and safer lives. This focus on caring was evident in her lifelong dedication to the Jewish Community, which continued when she and Bob decided to leave New Jersey and make their weekend residence in Ulster County their permanent home. She has enjoyed getting involved here in the Hudson Valley as well as spending time in Brooklyn with her three granddaughters.

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From the beginning Pat has jumped in, lending her talents and time to Temple Emanuel through committee work, Bingo, and Sisterhood. Pat is also committed to the Hadassah Gift Wrapping Project. Another project dear to her heart is the Reher Center for Immigrant Life for which she is a volunteer. Most recently Pat has been serving Temple Emanuel as WRJs Centennial Ambassador; organizing and overseeing programs to benefit and enrich the community such as collecting books for a childrens hospital program in Albany, and the Andersen Center locally. Pat is helping to coordinate a project to form a centennial quilt on the theme of the Fabric of Our Lives and Life of our Congregation. This large quilt is being fabricated from small fabric squares of significance to individual women in the Temple Emanuel community. Service to the Outreach Interfaith Award community, whether through work or volunteer efforts , hasLeadership been a significant and she Interfaith Award Young Award component in Pats life Outreach BLESSED MEMORY looks forward ART to continuing to serve. BERNARD REDMOND RIO MORALES WISER

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President Harriet Miller Vice President Ulster County Campaign Gail Levy Vice President Community Relations Council Harv Hilowitz Vice President Israel Advocacy Nat Borsky Vice President Group Services: To Be Announced Vice President Leadership Development: Bernie King-Smith Treasurer: Ed Lane Recording Secretary: Sandy Borsky
Pat Brakman Barbara Blas Barbara Cohen Joseph Cohen Bruria Bodek Falik Carol Super Gold Geoffrey Miller Shari Miller Randolph Myerson Skit Rabbino Charles Shanok Ellen Triebwasser

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OUR VOICE Lifetime Achievement Award

The Lifetime Achievement Award, established in 1996 recognizes a special individual for their outstanding contributions to various causes, including those of Jewish concern, spanning most of their adult lives.
Rabbi Jonathan Kligler has been the spiritual leader of Kehillat Lev Shalem, the Woodstock Jewish Congregation, since 1988. Still a student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC) in Wyncote, PA, during the first year of his leadership, and serving the young congregation on a part-time basis, the fit between Rabbi Jonathan and the Woodstock Jewish community was evident from the beginning. Rabbi Jonathan received ordination from the RRC in 1989 and currently serves on the Board of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association. Under Rabbi Jonathans leadership, the WJC has grown into the largest synagogue community in the Mid-Hudson Valley. Rabbi Jonathan was raised in White Plains, NY. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1978 with a degree in Movement Therapy and Education, and for several years worked as a camp counselor for emotionally disturbed children, as a childrens performer in elementary schools and middle schools, and as a dance workshop leader for adults. These early experiences helped hone Rabbi Jonathans gifts as a leader and teacher. From his earliest years, Rabbi Jonathan was exposed to a wide range of Jewish thought and practice, which has served him well in meeting the needs of the diverse community that comprises the Woodstock Jewish Congregation. His familys connection to Reconstructionism goes back to the 1930s. His grandfather, Israel Jacob Kligler, was a professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and was instrumental in bringing Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan to Hebrew University for a two year appointment in the late 30s. His parents were among the founders of Bet Shalom (later Bat Am Shalom), a Reconstructionist study group, and then synagogue in White Plains NY. Believing, however, that an
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after school Hebrew School would not give their children the grounding in Hebrew and Judaism that they wished them to have, his parents enrolled him in a modern orthodox day school, Westchester Day School, in Mamaroneck, NY, from 1st-8th grade. By 1985, when he first enrolled at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, the RRC had drawn the most innovative and compelling Jewish teachers of the generation to their faculty, and had become the center of the Jewish spiritual and political counter-culture. He had the opportunity to study under Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi, the founder and zeyde of Jewish Renewal, whose mission was to retool the wisdom and spiritual power of traditional Jewish prayer and practice for the progressive Jewish community; Rabbi Arthur Green, a great scholar and teacher of Jewish mysticism; Rabbi Arthur Waskow, an unprecedented innovator of new Jewish ritual and political and spiritual activism; and other inspiring teachers. His love of Israel has often been a centerpiece of Rabbi Jonathans leadership at the WJC. In addition to speaking often about the complexity of the daunting challenges facing the Jewish state, he has organized seven congregational trips to Israel, beginning with the first, during Passover, 1996. In December 2002, during the Second Intifada, the WJC, with the cooperation of Ahavath Israel in Kingston, was the only congregation in our region to make a solidarity trip to Israel. Another trip is planned for this coming December. To date, close to 150 people have traveled to Israel with Rabbi Jonathan. For many, it has been their first trip. As an accomplished singer and musician, Rabbi Jonathan has recorded several albums of Jewish and inspirational music: Songs of Love, Hope and Courage (1997); Come My Friend: Songs and Blessings for Shabbat (2000, with Zoe Zak); Let My People Go: A Jewish and African American Celebration of Freedom (2005, with Kim and Reggie Harris); and Holy Ground: Music of the High Holy Days at the Woodstock Jewish Congregation (2013). He is also the author of Hineni: Essays and Torah Commentaries from Twenty Five Years on the Bimah (Blue Thread Communications, 2013). Despite his full schedule as a congregational rabbi, Rabbi Jonathan is devoted to his family. His wife, Ellen Jahoda, is a visual artist. They have two daughters, Timna, a sophomore at Bennington College, and Nomi, a 7th grader, and they live in Woodstock.

OUR VOICE Seymour Werbalowsky Leadership Development Award

In 1977, our Jewish community decided to present an award to an individual who had made and would continue to make a vital contribution to our community and to the enhancement of Jewish life. This award was named for Seymour Werbalowsky, an individual who demonstrated exceptional service and concern for the growth and development of our Jewish community. The person who receives this award must demonstrate these qualities and exhibit leadership as the person in whose memory the award is given.
The Federation is proud to introduce Rebecca Balzac & Jeff Levine. Rebecca Balzac I grew up in Pound Ridge, NY in Westchester County. I moved to the Catskills in 2003, and to my current home in Olive in 2004. I live with my husband, Timothy Cox, Corporate Counsel for the Catskill Watershed Corporation, and 2 kids - Adrianne, 12 in 6th grade and Ben, 7 in 1st grade. I received my BA with honors in English from Purdue University in 1991, and my JD from Pace Law School in 1994. I was admitted to the bar in Connecticut in 1994 and in New York in 1995. I spent the first few years after law school with a solo practitioner in Norwalk, CT practicing family law, personal injury and criminal defense, including work with the Public Defenders office. I also handled cases for a shelter for abused women in White Plains. From 1998-2003 I worked as a staff attorney in the Stamford, CT office of Connecticut Legal Services, representing low income clients in public benefits and landlord/tenant cases. I served as President of Congregation Ahavath Israel from 2009-2011. While President I successfully applied for participation in the Legacy Heritage Foundation Fellowship program at JTS, which places student rabbis in small congregations. I have headed our student rabbi search committees as well as the search for our High Holiday Cantor. I am currently on the boards of Ahavath Israel and the Olive Free Library in Olivebridge, NY. I have been involved in school activities, including: petitioning the superintendent (along with other parents) when school was not going to be closed on the first day of Rosh Hoshanah (a decision that was changed) and protesting drastic changes to the Onteora music program (along with many other people). Ultimately the changes to the music program were substantially scaled back. I help coach my sons soccer team and help out at class events. I enjoy biking along the Ashokan Reservoir, photography, reading and baking.

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Jeff Levine is a native of the Hudson Valley and is very involved in the regions Jewish community as well as the larger community as a whole. Jeff served on the Board of Directors of the Woodstock Jewish Congregation for six years and is currently a member of that synagogues Ritual Committee. He was a teacher in the Family School for seven years, and has been instrumental in organizing WJCs participation in the annual Salute to Israel Parade in New York City for the past five years. He has volunteered four times in the Israeli Army through the Sar-El (Volunteers for Israel) program. Raised in Orange County, Jeff has lived in Red Hook since 1993, where he serves on the towns Sister City Committee. The committee recently created partnerships with both the Israeli village of Kfar Tavor and the Palestinian village of Masha in the West Bank. He is an active member and officer in the Red Hook Fire Company. He is currently first lieutenant of the fire police and chairman of the membership committee, and is a past president of the fire company and former captain of the rescue squad. When his daughter Emily was younger, Jeff coached her soccer and softball teams, and he continues to umpire both youth and adult softball. The softball team he played for in 2012 won the Red Hook Mens Over-40 League championship. Having recently taken up running, Jeff has participated in the Celebrate Israel Run in Central Park and the Kingston Classic 10k, as well as several 5k races in the Hudson Valley to benefit area non-profit organizations. When not volunteering, Jeffs full-time job is communications manager at The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park. He is also an adjunct instructor in the Communications Department at Marist College in Poughkeepsie and works part-time for the Sports Information Office at Bard College in Annandale. Influenced by a family that has long been volunteering on behalf of Jewish and Israeli issues, his mother and 98-year-old grandmother have been recognized by both Israel Bonds and The Jewish Federation of Greater Orange County in recent years. Jeff is an alumnus of Young Judaea and is proud of 14-year-old Emily, who, after several summers at Camp Young Judaea Sprout Lake, is looking forward to attending the organizations senior camp, Tel Yehuda, this year-the same camp he attended in 1982.

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Pat Brakman

our (now the Atlantic District) from 1990 to 1992. From 1997 to 1999, Pat was President of Temple Shalom. Meanwhile she was raising her family and working as an RN at Planned Parenthood of Central New Jersey. In 991 Pat spent a year studying and working in a preceptorship to become a Womens Health Nurse Practitioner Most Jobs Done. n 1995 she completed advanced training in order to become a Nurse Colposcopist. She has dedicated her 24 rofessional life to caring for and educating women to lead healthier and safer lives. This in focus onHours! caring was 508 Albany Ave, Kingston, NY vident in her lifelong dedication to the Jewish Community, which continued when she and Bob decided to leave 845-339-2336 ew Jersey and make their weekend residence in Ulster County their permanent home. She has enjoyed getting www.TheCopyHut.com volved here in the Hudson Valley as well as spending time in Brooklyn with her three granddaughters.

servedand on many committees Ritual, Adult EducaPat Brakman was born in Pat was born in Brooklyn grew up until including age nine in the Bronx tion, Social Action, as well as Cantorial and Rabbinical Brooklyn, grew up until age and then moved to Westchester County. committees. She graduated from SUNY Search and nominating nine in the Bronx and then was privileged to be President of theat Sisterhood in Plattsburgh with a BS Pat in Nursing and began her career Cornell moved to Westchester County. from 1986 1988 and then President of the WRJ District She graduated from SUNY in Lying In Womens Hospital in to New York City. She met her husband Four (now the Atlantic District) from 1990 to 1992. From Plattsburgh with a BS in inher 1969 and after they married in President 1971, moved to Shalom. Long Island 1997 to 1999, Pat was of Temple MeanNursing andBob began career while she was raising family and working as Health an RN at at Cornell Lying In Womens where she was a Visiting Nurse withher the Suffolk County Planned Parenthood of Central New Jersey. In 1991 Pat Hospital in New York City. She Department. It was there in Long Island that her lifelong volunteer spent a year studying and working in a preceptorship to met her husband Bob in 1969 career inin the County began at Nurse Temple Beth David in become a Womens Health Practitioner. In 1995 she and after they married 1971, Jewish completed advanced training in order to become a Nurse moved to Long Island where Commack as an active sisterhood woman and Jew by Choice. Colposcopist. She has dedicated her professional life to she was a Visiting Nurse with caring for and educating women to lead healthier and safer the Suffolk County Health Department. It was there in Long In 1973, a new careerlives. as a This mother with the birth of Dana, and focusbegan on caring was evident in her lifelong Island that her lifelong volunteer career in the Jewish dedication to the Jewish Community, continued community began at Temple Beth David in Commack as an she combined her talents to benefit her own familywhich as well as her when she and Bob decided to leave New Jersey and make active sisterhood woman and Jew by Choice. emple family. A short time later Bobs relocated to the Albany area, Pat County jumped into work their weekend residence in Ulster their permanent In 1973, a new career as awhen mother beganjob with the birth the family home. She has enjoyed getting involved here the Hudson gain with engaging young mothers in congregational life. While living upstate, Patin became of Sisterhood, Dana, and she combinedother her talents to benefit her own Valley as well as spending time in Brooklyn with her three family as well as her Temple family. When Bobs job reloctive in the cooperative nursery school, eventually becoming co-chair and overseeing not only day-to-day granddaughters. cated the family to the Albany area, Pat jumped into work perations, but helping expand the program. From the beginning Pat has jumped in, lending her again with Sisterhood, engaging other young mothers in talents and time to Temple Emanuel through committee congregational life. While living upstate, Pat became Bingo, and Sisterhood. Pat is also committed to the in the cooperative eventually becomn 1977, active a second daughter, nursery Anita, school, arrived and the volunteerwork, journey continued. Again, job opportunities Hadassah Gift Wrapping Project. Another project dear to ing co-chair and overseeing not only day-to-day operations, equired the young expand family the to relocate, happily brought Pat and Bob closer to their her heart is the Reher Center for Immigrant Culture for but helping program. this time to New Jersey which which she is a volunteer. 1977, a second daughter, Anita, arrived and the arents. 1n In 1980 Pat found a true niche with Sisterhood of Temple Shalom. This group became a focus of her Most recently Pat has been serving Temple Emanuel as Again, job opportunities olunteervolunteer efforts, journey as she continued. brought new programs to the congregation such as Rosh Codesh, Womens Seder, and WRJs Centennial Ambassador; organizing and overseeing required the young family to relocate, this time to New Cradle Roll, monthly program pre-schoolers and parents. programs Meanwhile, Pat continued to community grow in her own to benefit and enrich the such as Jerseya which happily brought for Pat and Bob closer to their collecting books for a childrens hospital program in Albany, parents. 1n 1980 Pat found a true niche with Sisterhood of udaism, taking courses locally as well as traveling to retreats with Mayan and the Union for Reform Judaism and the Andersen Center locally. Pat is helping to coordiTemple Shalom. This group became a focus of her volunallot Summer Study Program. Throughout living in nate Newa project Jersey,toPat served on many committees form a centennial quilt on the theme of the teer efforts, as she brought new programs to30 the years congregaFabric of Our Lives and LifeSearch of our Congregation. This large cluding tion Ritual, Social Action, as well as Cantorial and Rabbinical and nominating such Adult as RoshEducation, Codesh, Womens Seder, and Cradle Roll, quilt is being fabricated from small fabric squares of a monthly program for pre-schoolers and parents. Meanommittees. significance to individual women in the Temple Emanuel while, Pat continued to grow in her own Judaism, taking community. Service to the community, whether through courses locally as well as traveling to retreats with Mayan work or volunteer efforts, has been significant component at was privileged to for be Reform President of the Sisterhood from 1986 to 1988 and then President ofathe WRJ District and the Union Judaism Kallot Summer Study in Pats life and she looks forward to continuing to serve. Program. Throughout 30 years living in New Jersey, Pat

rom the beginning Pat has jumped in, lending her talents and time ork, Bingo, and Sisterhood. Pat is also committed to the Hadassah ear to her heart is the Reher Center for Immigrant Life for which she is a volunteer. Most recently Pat has been serving Temple Emanuel as WRJs Centennial Ambassador; organizing and verseeing programs to benefit and enrich the community such as collecting books for a childrens hospital

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Patricia H. Cohen is a very involved member of the Kingston community and a 17 year member of Temple Emanuel. She is married to Cantor Bob Cohen of Temple Emanuel. Pat has three children and six grandchildren. She has worked as a registered nurse for 49 years, specializing in Crucial Care as well as Quality Assurance and Case Management. She retired as Admissions Rehab Liaison for Ten Broeck Commons. Pat is a founding member of the Capital District Critical Care Nurses Association and a member of the Homeless Action Coalition of Albany, NY. She has volunteered and conducted a support group for families of prisoners at Green Correctional Facility for five years. Her involvement at Temple Emanuel includes being active in Sisterhood, as well as the Zemer Choir and she served as secretary of the Temples Board of Directors as well as serving as representative for the Board at Union of Reform Judaism conferences. Pats other local volunteerism includes Jewish Federations Fall for Art and, previously, being a Board Member of Family of Woodstock. She has co-chaired Deli Night dinners at Temple Emanuel, and is currently vicepresident of Women of Reformed Judaism at the Temple. She formed and chaired Temple Emanuels Caring Community. She is a member of Kingston Hospitals Auxiliary, has volunteered at various local food kitchens, is vice-president of Seniors Settled and Staying in Place (SSIP) in Kingston, and is currently on the Planning Committee for a Fall 2013 Conference for the NYS SSIP organization. She is a member of the NYS state-wide Senior Action Council. Pat is also a Lifetime member of Hadassah. Pat is a juried quilter and a member of Wiltwyck Quilters Guild. She has donated her quilts to a variety of organizations including Temple Emanuel, Family of Woodstock, Jewish Family Services, and the Red Cross. She organized a quilt raffle for Queens Galley and raised $1,700. With all this, Pats favorite activities are accompanying her husband to his musical and speaking engagements, visiting their children and grandchildren, quilting, bicycling, reading one or two mysteries a week, and lunch with the girls. Pat says she feels very blessed to be living in and being a part of this community. And the Kingston and Ulster County community is blessed in having Pat Cohen.

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Jewish Federation of Ulster County Outreach / Interfaith Award

This award is presented for the first time to members of the Ulster County Community who are not Jewish, but who have through their lifetime of work reached out to the Jewish Community with love, acceptance, and respect, helping all of us to find that which unites us rather than that which divides us. This honor is presented to Bernard Redmond and the blessed memory of Art Wiser.
Bernard Redmond is a native Kingstonian married to Patricia (McCaffrey) for 53 years. They have four daughters: Sr. Mary Catherine Redmond, PBVM of the Bronx, Patricia (Mrs. Peter) Croce of Essex Junction, Vermont, Kathryn (Mrs. John) Taylor of Shelton, Connecticut and Megan (Mrs. Kevyn ) Barnes of Latham, New York. Pat and Bernie have eight grandchildren. Bernie served six years in the United States Army, two of which were spent on active duty in Germany. He retired from IBM after 36 years in both personal and education departments. He was an original recipient of IBMs Corporate Management Development Award as well as IBMs Division Presidents Award and the Harvard Business School Club of New York Award for his work in the field of Management Development. He was a member of the Kingston Kiwanis Club for over 40 years and served on the Spiritual Aims Committee. He is a life-long member of St. Marys Catholic Church in Kingston and a lector and extraordinary minister of the Eucharist in addition to being a past member of the parish council and a member of the finance council. A long time member of the Ulster County Religious Council he is presently secretary. As a member he has coordinated an interfaith visit to the Holocaust Museum in Washington. He headed the campaign to commission a crown for the Holocaust Torah as a gift to the congregation of Temple Emanuel from the Christian community in recognition of Rabbi Jonathan Eichhorns long service to the Ulster County community. Dear friend, Cantor Bob Cohen commented that he and Bernie have appeared as The God Squad at Chanukah Christmas time and at Pesach Easter time on Feel Good Fridays radio program on WGHQ 920 AM. We have done it for years and always hear great feedback - as we sing, talk, and Bernie always has an appropriate poem that he has memorized about the true meaning of these Holy Days. How appropriate for Bernard to be the first recipient of this award. His actions embody a generosity of spirit that have brought together people of various faiths. His commitment has resulted in a more peace-filled community that nurtures religious tolerance and encourages interfaith dialogue.

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Blessed Memory Arthur D. Art Wiser. There was something about being born in India of missionary parents, growing up in a tent, and attending the renowned international Woodstock School there, that embarked Art Wiser on a life of intense seeking. The convictions thus formed led him to a peace stand during World War II and a prison sentence under the military draft. Together with other young seekers, he and his new wife Mary established a cooperative community in the Appalachian hills of Georgia in an attempt to build a way of life that wouldnt lead to war. There in the Macedonia Cooperative Community, these young families built their homes and raised their children, eking out a living from the land, bootstrapping Community Playthings, and hammering out a new way of life. Those familiar with the early Kibbutz will recognize the pattern. Cracks began to appear, however, as a life view limited to the material world ran up against problems stemming from the spiritual, and so it was that Art and Mary Wiser and their fellow Macedonians turned everything over to the Bruderhof Communities and found a new life in the spirit. It was 1957. Art never stopped seeking, devoting his life to building unity both at home in the Bruderhof and with other movements and persuasions, enjoying 65 years with Mary. He was well known where a helping hand was needed or a loving word. He leaves us, his six children, the Bruderhof, and the entire beloved community a legacy of challenge and an example to follow. Art was a consistent attendee at the Ulster County Religious Council forums and worked to include his community in the interfaith events. He was an inspiration to us all!

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Young Leadership Award

This award is presented to a student who demonstrates leadership and commitment to our community.
The deserving recipient is Rio Morales. Rio, the grandson of Roy and Dotty Freeman of Woodstock, attends Onteora High School. He loves being a part of the synagogue community and has been a madrich at the Woodstock Jewish Congregation Family School for four years. He is a role model to the younger students in the Family School and a cheerful, reliable, presence wherever he is. He has been an active member of the Jew Crew Youth Group for the past few years and has been helping catalog the synagogue library. He also serves as a teen liaison on the WJC Congregational Learning Committee. His community volunteer experience spans The Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice, The Woodstock Film Festival, and One Voice for Laos. He is mentoring with the Hudson Valley Rail Trail. Rio participates in many school activities such as National Honor Society, Student Council, Stage Manager for school productions, band, orchestra, and Harvard Model Congress. You can find Rio on the weekends working in Woodstock at Readers Quarry Bookstore. Rio will be studying at Haverford College this fall.

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