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AMIT NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY/CONNECTICUT REGION SPONSORS ANNUAL SPRING LUNCHEON
New York City, May 2, 2006...... The Annual AMIT Spring Journal Luncheon has been scheduled for Wednesday, May 24, 2006, at The Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City. The luncheon will begin at 12 noon, preceded by a tour of the museum exhibit, “Hidden Children.”
Audrey Lookstein, a resident of Manhattan, and wife of Rabbi Haskel Lookstein of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, will be honored as AMIT Woman of the Year. Mrs. Lookstein currently serves as chair of the National Board of AMIT. She previously held the positions of chair of the Annual Scholarship Fund Dinner and national vice president.
Mrs. Lookstein was a founder and the first president of the Na’avah Chapter of AMIT, subsequently renamed the Gayl Shechter Chapter, on the Upper East and West Sides of Manhattan in 1960/61. Over the years, on her 53 visits to Israel, she has visited many AMIT facilities, which today serve more than 16,000 students.
Mrs. Lookstein was a member of the first graduating class of Stern College for Women, where she received a B. A. and a B. R. E. She also has an M.A. from Teachers’ College of Columbia University and for 15 years taught English as a Second Language at Queens College. Her first experience with AMIT was in college, as an active member of Mizrachi Hatzair, which was supported and inspired by the women who were leaders of the Mizrachi Women’s Organization of America (now AMIT). She also met her husband, Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, through Mizrachi Hatzair and they are both greatly committed to the organization.
Nechi Shudofsky, a resident of Manhattan, is serving as event chair. The outstanding regional AMIT leaders who will be honored at the Annual Spring Luncheon include Abrah Bessler, Teaneck, New Jersey; Deana Brenner, Staten Island; Fran Chesir, Suffern, New York; Ronni Essrog, Brooklyn; Jeanne Kaufman, Riverdale; Ruth Singer, Queens; Rasha Sklar, Lawrence, New York; and Arlene Strauss, Staten Island.
Couvert for the luncheon is $100 per person with opportunities to place ads in the luncheon journal also available. For further information please call AMIT at 212-477-4720.
AMIT enables Israel's youth to realize their potential and strengthens Israeli society by educating and nurturing children from diverse backgrounds within a framework of academic excellence, religious values and Zionist ideals.
AMIT educates and cares for Israel’s youth, including the most vulnerable. More than three quarters of AMIT students cope with educational, psychological, economic and/or social risk factors. AMIT approaches each child as an individual, maximizing his or her potential, and enabling our students to become vital, productive members of Israeli society. The AMIT schools promote religious tolerance, service to the state and the recognition that every child is blessed with unique talents and abilities. Founded in 1925, AMIT operates more than 60 schools, youth villages, surrogate family residences and other programs, constituting Israel’s only government-recognized network of religious Jewish education incorporating academic and technological studies.
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Media Contact:
Barbara Goldberg
Director of Communications
212-477-4720, ext. 127
barbarag@amitchildren.org
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