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B AT MI T Z VAH
SHAI COLEMAN FUGITT
MADISON SOLOMON
Gail and Marty Rosenfeld of Richboro
announce the birth of their grandson, Shai
Coleman Fugitt, son of Julie Rosenfeld-Fugitt
and Brett Fugitt.

Shai Coleman was born on Sept. 20 and
was named in loving memory of his maternal
great-grandfather Carl Belsky.

Sharing in their joy are aunts and uncles
Matthew, Katy and Sharon and Arnie Skolnick,
as well as cousins Jason, Jamie, Autumn and
Annabella Cohen.

Madison Solomon was called to the Torah as a
Bat Mitzvah on Nov. 13 at Main Line Reform
Temple in Wynnewood.

Madison is the daughter of Jordan and
Jennifer Solomon. Her grandparents are Madlyn
and Ira Solomon and Diane and Ted Tryon.

Madison lives in Villanova and is a seventh
grader at Radnor Middle School.

Photo by Luria Visuals
Photo by Gail Rosenfeld
COMMUNITYBRIEFS Moving Traditions Names New CEO
down from the organization she founded in 2005.

MOVING TRADITIONS NAMED Shuli Karkowsky Moving Traditions said it will celebrate her career
as its next CEO, replacing founding CEO Deborah with a virtual event on March 15.

Meyer, who is stepping down.

Moving Traditions says it “emboldens youth by
fostering self-discovery, challenging sexism and
inspiring a commitment to Jewish life and learning.”
The organization said that, to date, it has worked with
more than 28,000 preteens and teens and trained more
than 2,500 adults as family education program leaders.

Shuli Karkowsky
Courtesy of Moving Traditions
Karkowsky starts her new role on Feb. 7.

Most recently the executive vice president of Hazon,
Karkowsky’s background in the Jewish community
includes leadership roles at UJA-Federation of New
York and 70 Faces Media. Before her nonprofit career,
she was a corporate litigator at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind,
Wharton & Garrison.

“The board and staff are excited to work with
Shuli, who brings to Moving Traditions her passion
for Jewish community, a wealth of experience, and
the drive to build Moving Traditions so that we reach
many more Jewish youth and families,” Rabbi Darcie
Crystal, who is the board chair, wrote.

Meyer announced last year that she is stepping
JEWISHEXPONENT.COM JFCS Program Manager Honored
Galia Godel, the program manager of the LGBTQ
initiative for Jewish Family & Children’s Service of
Greater Philadelphia was honored as an emerging
professional by JPro.

Godel has served as an educator in the LGBTQ
community for more than eight years and led the
JFCS J.Proud initiative, which is a consortium of
40 Jewish schools, synagogues and institutions that
support LGBTQ-inclusive programs and resources,
and lead citywide holiday observances for the LGBTQ
Jewish community.

JPro connects, educates, inspires and empowers
professionals working in the Jewish community
sector, according to its mission statement.

Godel and the other winners will be honored at
JPro22: Going Places, Together May 2-4 in Cleveland.

Galia Godel
Courtesy of JPro
JEWISH EXPONENT
Kohelet Yeshiva High School Earns Diversity
Award from College Board
Kohelet Yeshiva High School in Merion announced
that it earned the College Board AP Computer
Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high
female representation in AP Computer Science
Principles. The school received the award in recognition of
its further expansion of girls’ access in AP computer
science courses. In 2021, KYHS was one of 760
schools nationwide recognized in the category.

“Promoting STEM subjects to aspiring young
women is something that we take very seriously,”
Associate Principal Jeremy Sullivan said. “We are
proud of the young women who have taken Advanced
Placement classes in subjects like computer science,
chemistry and physics.”
Camp Galil Receives Gift for Israel Programs
Scholarship Fund
Habonim Dror Camp Galil announced that it has
received a $50,000 gift to establish a scholarship
fund for its campers to attend Habonim Dror’s Israel
programs. The gift from an anonymous Galil family estab-
lishes the Galil Shahar Israel Program Scholarship
Fund. The gift will remain invested, and proceeds
will go to support ongoing annual need-based schol-
arship support for Galil campers to attend two
Habonim Dror North American Israel programs
— Bonim b’Israel, a four-week summer Israel experi-
ence for rising 11th graders, and Workshop, the
longest-running North American gap-year program
in Israel.

Founded in 1946, Galil was established to train
the pioneers of the early kibbutz movement working
to build the state of Israel. The Bucks County camp is
modeled after Israel’s early kibbutzim, with a focus on
cooperative living. l
— Compiled by Andy Gotlieb
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