The number 13 was duly welcomed and celebrated at the annual, the 13th, JCRS Gala, Jewish Roots’ B’nai Mitzvah, “a coming of age.” A fundraiser for the Jewish Children’s Regional Service, it took place in The Higgins Hotel with Mara and Joshua Force and Jackie and Chuck Stern as the gala chairs.

Decorations highlighted gala themes of the past dozen years that celebrated the Jewish Roots of food, sports, comedy, fashion and more. A special printed program recalled those occasions, as well as the work of JCRS, and 2024 gala “Sponsors & Partygoers.” In the top category were Gayle Benson Team of Dealerships, Betty and Ira Kohn Foundation (Fran and Julian Koch, Millie and Robert Kohn), Leslie and Billy Rau, Dori Halpern Schulman and Jack H. Schulman, and the Oscar J. Tolmas Charitable Trust. Gala founder and former JCRS executive director Ned Goldberg received a touching memorial in both the program and in a video presentation.

  • A man and a woman are posing for a photo.
  • Two smiling women in evening wear.
  • Woman in floral dress sitting on chair next to table with teddy bears.
  • Four people posing for a photo at an event.
  • Man and woman smiling at a conference.
  • Three people holding up trophies on stage.
  • Three people posing for a photo at an event.
  • A man and a woman pose for a photo.
  • Two smiling women in evening gowns.
  • Two smiling women in black dresses pose for a photo.
  • Three people posing for a photo at an event.
  • Two elderly women smiling in front of a painting.

Images from the Jewish Roots Annual Galas

  • A group of people in black attire at the JCRS event_
  • Two women and two men
  • a woman smiling
  • woman and a man are smiling_

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