C OMMUNITY / mazel tovs
COMMUNITYBRIEFS ENGAGEMENT
KRAUS-AUGENBRAUN Susan and Jonathan Kraus of
King of Prussia announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Melissa Leah, to Benjamin
Lee Augenbraun, son of Sara
and Charles Augenbraun of
Wilton, Connecticut.

Melissa, a graduate of Th e
George Washington University
and Boston University School
of Law, serves as associate
regional director of the
Anti-Defamation League of
New England. Ben, a graduate
of Williams College, is
pursuing his Ph.D. in physics at Harvard University.

Sharing in their joy are their grandparents Betty and Jack
London, Joan Buro and Arlene Augenbraun, as well as siblings
Emily and Dan Willey, JJ Augenbraun and Sammy Augenbraun.

Melissa and Ben plan to marry in Boston in September 2021.

Photo by Simi Rabinowitz Photography
www.jewishexponent.com Einstein Executive Wins Nightingale Award
LISA RODZEN, WHO IS DIRECTOR of the Nursing Quality
and Operations Resource Center at Einstein Medical Center
Philadelphia, received a Nightingale Award of Pennsylvania in
the Doctorate of Nursing Practice category. Th e award recog-
nizes Rodzen for health care improvement and contributions
and for demonstrating leadership.

She initiated a new system of tracking, documenting and
communicating the incidence of pressure injuries to enable
real-time feedback to managers and staff on each unit. Th ese
initiatives decreased pressure injuries by more than 30% from
fi scal 2018 to fi scal 2020, Einstein said in a news release.

Rodzen serves on multiple committees at Einstein,
including chairperson of Einstein’s Pressure Injury Prevention
Quality Committee. She also chairs the hospital’s Th roughput
Lisa Rodzen
Steering Committee.

Courtesy of Einstein Healthcare Network
She joined Einstein in 1999 as a staff nurse in the Medical
Intensive Care Unit. Prior to her current position, she was
clinical director of the Nursing, Critical Care and Heart Institute and was nurse manager for the
Surgical Step Down, Neuroscience and Progressive Care Units.

Rodzen is a member of Tiferet Bet Israel in Blue Bell and volunteers for its Women’s League.

AABGU Marks University’s 50th Year Virtually
American Associates, Ben Gurion University of the Negev celebrated the university’s 50th
anniversary on Nov. 8 with a virtual tribute.

Th e event raised money for the Ben-Gurion Annual Fund and honored Gerald B. Schreiber,
president and CEO of J&J Snack Foods, a major donor for more than 30 years.

Th e event also paid tribute to Ira Ingerman, the national treasurer of AABGU, who died in August.

University President Daniel Chamovitz served as keynote speaker, sharing his vision for the
university’s next 50 years. ●
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