Mayer Fertig
Issue of Feb. 27, 2009 / 3 Adar 5769
So your best friend and her husband are receiving a well-deserved honor from the shul, school or organization to which they devote so much time — or maybe they just couldn’t think fast enough on their feet to politely decline. Either way, this time of year almost everyone has an invitation to a fundraising dinner (or six) on their kitchen counter.
Here is a sampling of some upcoming fundraisers and how you can make your reservation:
- Hebrew Academy of Long Beach on Saturday evening, March 7, 2009 at 8:45 p.m. at HALB’s Woodmere Campus. E-mail: dinner@halb.org
- Yeshiva of South Shore on Sunday March 8, 2009 at Cong. Knesseth Israel, the White Shul. Email: banquet@yoss.org
- Young Israel of Oceanside on March 8, 2009 at Hewlett East Rockaway Jewish Center. Email: harcocoat@aol.com
- Manhigut Yehudit on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at Sands of Atlantic Beach. Email: www.jewishisrael.org
- Cong. Beth Sholom on Sat. evening, March 14th, 2009 at Cong. Beth Sholom in Lawrence. Email: execdir@bethsholom.us
- One Israel Fund on Monday March 23, 2009 at Bridgewaters (South Street Seaport, NYC). Email: dinner@oneisraelfund.org