MARCUS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
The Edna and Nat Marcus Leadership Institute is a two-year program, which seeks to identify and train emerging leadership within the synagogue. Nominations for the Marcus Institute are submitted by officers, committee and auxiliary chairs, community professionals and staff at B’nai Jeshurun. Candidates are chosen from the field of nominees by the Marcus Institute Steering Committee.
The Edna and Nat Marcus Leadership Institute was created through the generosity of Herbert & Cookie Marcus and Martin & Lois Marcus to honor the memory of their parents. Edna and Nat thought of B’nai Jeshurun as their spiritual home for nearly 50 years. The Institute was developed in response to the Strategic Plan adopted by B’nai Jeshurun in 2003. The plan called for the creation of an enhanced system to prepare future leadership for the congregation.
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For more information about our Marcus Leadership institute, contact Shani Kadis.
Our 2016-2018 Marcus Fellows
From L-R: Jonathan Schonfeld, Rachel Schwarz, Adam Hirsh, Abbie Levin, Mike Guggenheim,
Michelle Feinberg, Olivia Potash, Julie Sukert, Cathy Randall, and Rabbi Stephen Weiss
Not pictured: Emily Hoffman
Committee Chairs: Cindy Chaiten & Gena Cohen
Past Marcus Fellows
| Lori Abraham | Kim Levin |
| Laura Benett | Aaron Lichterman |
| Richard Berkowitz | Theresa Markowitz |
| Dr. Patti Berns | Scott Matasar |
| David Blocker | Sherry Miller |
| Robert Botnick | Daniel Moskowitz |
| Susan Brelus | Dale Nash |
| Matt Brower | Susan Nash |
| Cindy Chaiten | Eve Phython |
| Rifka Claypool | Leah Polikoff |
| Margie Cohen | Allison Proper |
| Gena Cohen | Gilon Rubanenko |
| Charles Daroff | Michelle Sass |
| Rebekah Dorman | Paula Schaffer-Polakof |
| Jesse Frankel | Wendy Schwarz |
| Steve Galun | Lorna Siegal |
| Dan Gellar | Darby Steiger |
| Jerry Gideon | Miriam Vishny |
| Michael Haas | Susan Warshay |
| Lee Jackson | Michelle Cydulka Weinstein |
| Mark Jacobs | Marla Wolf |
| Ilana Katz | Jeremy Zelwin |
| Jody Katzner | Robert Zimmerman |
| Amanda Kurland | Teresa Zimmerman |
| David Levin | Jill Zimon |
| Doug Levin |