Rabbi
Rabbi David Feder
ravdfeder@adelphia.net
Officers
Cheryl Torsney
President
ctorsney@mail.wvu.edu
Steve Zdatny
1st Vice President
szdatny@wvu.edu
Susan Newfield
2nd Vice President
snewfield@hsc.wvu.edu
Merle Stolzenberg
Treasurer
mpstolzen@yahoo.com
Monique Gingold
Secretary
mgingold@gmail.com
Board
Zelda Weiss
Life Member
Richard Cohen
rpc116c@netscape.net
Julie Penn
juliepenn@verizon.net
Lee Petsonk
elp2@cdc.gov
David Rosen
dkmagr@adelphia.net
Religious School
Rabbi David Feder
ravdfeder@adelphia.net
Committees
Ed Gerson
House
gerson1@earthlink.net
Richard Cohen
Ritual
rpc116c@netscape.net
Melinda Edwards
Education
buckeye80@adelphia.net
Martha Lass
Outreach and Membership
mlass@adelphia.net
Susan Brown
Social Action
Art Jacknowitz
Israel Committee
Art Rogers
Security
a2rogers@aol.com
Affiliates
Rich Gutmann
Hillel
wvalgae@aol.com
Elsa Nadler
Sisterhood
Enadler@hsc.wvu.edu
OR elsanadler@verizon.net
Sharon Hildebrand
Hadassah
Other Functions
Sylvia Cooper
Newsletter Editor
sylvialcooper@mountain.net
Joan Addicks
Judaica Shop
addicksw@adelphia.net
Elsa Nadler
Web pages
enadler@hsc.wvu.edu
OR
elsanadler@verizon.net
RABBI DAVID FEDER
Rabbi David Feder, our rabbi,
was born in Memphis, Tennessee but came to Morgantown from Evansville,
Indiana with his wife Karen. The twins Orli and Ari were born in October
2002.
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Board Member RICHARD COHEN
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Second Vice President ROBERT (BOB) COHEN
Secretary MONIQUE GINGOLD
Monique is a first-time Hadassah president, pediatric neurologist, proud
mother of three college students (empty nester), and wife of a mathematician.
Please contact her about Hadassah or life in this lovely Jewish college
town at mgingold@pol.net.
Immediate Past PRESIDENT LINDA JACKNOWITZ
This is Linda Jacknowitz's third stint as
a TOL board member. She and her husband, Art, joined TOL more than 25
years ago. Linda is a librarian and Art is a pharmacy professor. Linda
chaired the successful Kallah '99, a weekend retreat celebrating the 50th
Anniversary of Tree of Life's Synagogue.
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Second Vice President SUSAN NEWFIELD
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Board Member JULIE PENN
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Board Member LEE PETSONK
Lee Petsonk has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Tree of Life
Congregation since 1996, and served as president from 1998 - 2000. His
religious education and bar mitzvah training was received at Temple Beth
Israel in Altoona, PA, where his family was very active in the Jewish
community, and he was a member of the national board of the National
Federation of Temple Youth. His family has been very involved at Tree of
Life; both of his children Sam and Annie became b'nai mitzvah and taught in
the religious school, his wife Susan served for many years as social action
chair, and his father Eddy established a Holocaust
Education endowment. Lee currently works as a physician and researcher at
the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and West Virginia
University School of Medicine.
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Board Member DAVID ROSEN
Treasurer MERLE STOLZENBERG
Merle Stolzenberg brings a
lifetime of commitment to Jewish activities. Her husband Alan is a former
TOL Board member; daughter Emily is a student at Princeton University;
daughter Jackie and son Stephen both attend the TOL religious school.
Merle currently works as a cost/price analyst for the Department of Energy's
National Energy Technology Laboratory in Morgantown. She also currently
serves as the treasurer/membership chair of the Morgantown chapter of
Hadassah and a member of the Central States Region board.
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President CHERYL TORSNEY
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BOARD MEMBER ZELDA WEISS
Zelda Weiss is a founding member of the Tree of Life and serves faithfully
on the Board of Trustees. She is a valuable resource as the board's historical
memory and brings a depth of experience in business and management.
BOARD MEMBER STEVE ZDATNY
Steve Zdatny and his family have been in Morgantown for ten years, by
way of New York City and Ripple, Gloucestershire, UK. He teaches modern
French History at West Virginia University.