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COMMUNITYBRIEFS ENGAGEMEN TS
WIENER-BORSACK Lisa and Jack Wiener of Holland, along with
Charlene and Scott Borsack of West Windsor,
New Jersey, announce the engagement of their
children, Stephanie Alyse Wiener and David
Benjamin Borsack.

Sharing the excitement are Stephanie’s grand-
father Don Golden, grandmother Gail Wiener
and sister and brother-in-law, Cayla (Wiener)
and Kevin Osborn. Stephanie is the granddaugh-
ter of the late Gladys Golden and Jerry Wiener.

Also celebrating the couple are David’s grand-
parents Shirley and Sheldon Reich, Barbara and
Leon Borsack, and David’s sister, Erica Borsack.

Stephanie is a global email marketing associate manager for Michael Kors in
New York City, and David has accepted a position, post-graduation from law school,
as an associate with Cole Schotz in its corporate law department.

The couple is planning a 2020 wedding.

GREENBAUM-ZELL Sari and Roy Greenbaum of Bucks County
announce the engagement of their daughter, Nicole
Ivy Greenbaum, to Adam Matthew Zell, son of
Vicki and Brian Zell of Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

Nicole is a graduate of Princeton University
with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. She is
the communications and outreach coordinator
and a senior research grants and contracts spe-
cialist at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in
Philadelphia. Adam graduated from Duke University with a
bachelor’s in political science and is a chartered financial analyst (CFA) charter-
holder. He is the chief financial officer for ResinTech in West Berlin, New Jersey.

Sharing in the couple’s happiness are Nicole’s sister and brother-in-law, Erica
Greenbaum and Philip Millspaugh, and Adam’s sisters, Cantor Shanna Zell and
Alyssa Zell.

Nicole is the granddaughter of Frances and the late Sherman (Duff) Greenbaum
and the late Bluma (Blanche) and Henry Z. Boim.

Adam is the grandson of Sarita and the late Samuel R. Zell and the late Shirley
and Harold Ifshin.

A May wedding is planned in Philadelphia.

B IRTH
JONAH AIDEN FALK HEITNER
Sandy and Jerry Heitner of King of Prussia
announce the birth of their fourth grand-
child, Jonah Aiden Falk Heitner, on Feb. 5.

Jonah is the son of Debra Falk and Reese
Heitner, and his maternal grandparents
are Rena and Rick Falk of Highland Park,
New Jersey.

JEWISHEXPONENT.COM KI Rabbi Honored With Rabbinic Chair
REFORM CONGREGATION KENESETH Israel
will honor its longtime rabbi, Lance Sussman, from
April 11-13 with a weekend of events, including the
dedication of a rabbinic chair.

The weekend will celebrate Sussman’s 18 years of
service at the synagogue.

A Shabbat service at 8 p.m. on April 12 will
include the rabbinic chair celebration, as well as
guest speaker Sam Katz, a filmmaker and former
Philadelphia mayoral candidate. Sussman and Katz are working on a documen-
tary about the Philadelphia Jewish experience.

In addition, actor and comedian Kevin Pollak — Moishe Maisel in The
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel — will perform the following day at 8:30 p.m.

Sussman is the chair-elect of the board of governors of Gratz College, past
president of the Association for Progressive Judaism and former chair of the
Jewish Studies Department at Binghamton University-SUNY, among other posi-
tions. He also has published numerous books and articles.

NMAJH Announces Immigrant Exhibition
“Sara Berman’s Closet” — an installation of an immigrant woman’s belong-
ings — will be the National Museum of American Jewish History’s next special
exhibition. The exhibition, which will run from April 5 through Sept. 2, will include the
museum’s first public art installation at Fifth and Market streets.

“Sara Berman’s Closet,” as adapted from the namesake’s closet in her studio
apartment in New York City’s West Village, was recreated by Maira and Alex
Kalman, her daughter and grandson. The Kalmans’ book of the same title is a
2019 National Jewish Book Award finalist.

A native of Belarus, Berman, who died in 2004, moved to Palestine in 1932
as a young girl, witnessed the creation of Israel and raised her two daughters
there. At the age of 60, she left an unhappy marriage and moved to New York,
where she lived in a studio apartment whose remarkable closet is replicated in
the exhibit.

Reconstructing Judaism Hosts Ethics Conference
Reconstructing Judaism hosted an ethics conference on March 10-11 that
also celebrated the career of Rabbi David Teutsch, a former president of the
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.

The conference at the National Museum of American Jewish History brought
together scholars, rabbis from all four branches and the public to talk about eth-
ical Jewish issues such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and gender and power
dynamics. Conference participants included Rabbi Julia Watts Belser, who teaches in
the theology department at Georgetown University and focuses on queer theory,
feminist thought and environmental ethics; and Paul Root Wolpe, a professor of
Jewish bioethics and neuroscience at Emory University.

Teutsch founded the Center for Jewish Ethics in 1994, is a former president
of the Society of Jewish Ethics and is recognized for contributions to Jewish
bioethics and speech ethics.

Resolution Touts Pittsburgh Gun Violence Reduction Efforts
Philadelphia City Councilmember Allan Domb introduced a resolution calling
on the state Legislature and Gov. Tom Wolf to recognize the efforts of Pittsburgh
City Councilmembers to protect citizens from acts of gun violence following the
massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue building.

“As a Philadelphia City Council, we must stand up and support the work of
our colleagues in Pittsburgh as they work to protect citizens from gun violence,”
Domb said. “Acts of hate and violence should never be tolerated and as leaders
we must implement common sense measures to safeguard people.” l
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