Greater Miami Jewish Federation 2010 Pacesetter Event
Features Syndicated Columnist George Will


Pacesetter Event Co-Chairs Lily and David Serviansky
with Miguel Poyastro
This annual event, which regularly draws large crowds, was one of the largest Pacesetters in the community’s history, thanks to an extraordinary number of new Pacesetters. Together, these philanthropists donated more than $2.8 million to the 2011 Federation/UJA Campaign, with the average donor increasing his or her commitment nearly six percent over last year.
The 2011 Pacesetter Event was co-chaired by Lily and David Serviansky and Ray Ellen and Allan Yarkin. The evening featured remarks from a number of community leaders, including Federation Board Chair Barbara Black Goldfarb and Federation General Campaign Chair Brian L. Bilzin. Both spoke movingly about the important work accomplished by the Annual Campaign – in Miami, in Israel and around the world – and how Federation’s overseas partner agencies, such as the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI), were able to quickly help Israelis affected by the devastating Carmel Region fires.
The evening also featured a keynote address by Washington Post syndicated columnist and ABC News analyst George F. Will. Peppering his remarks with humor, historical analogies and personal reflections, the media icon offered a stirring defense of the State of Israel’s right to exist and asserted the Jewish people’s historic and cultural claims to the land. Summing up his remarks to the crowd, Will said: “Israel was not made by flimsy people, it was made by sturdy people, and it continues to be sustained by sturdy people – people like you.”

Joanne Katz, Federation General Campaign Chair Brian L. Bilzin, and Pacesetter Event Co-Chairs Ray Ellen and Allan Yarkin
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Federation Board Chair Barbara Black Goldfarb, Richard Berkowitz and Judy Adler
Federation Past Presidents Ezra Katz and Norman Braman
Jeff Newman and Federation Past Presidents Saby Behar and Michael M. Adler
Federation President and CEO Jacob Solomon, Keynote Speaker George Will and the Honorable Ofer Bavly, Consul General of Israel for Florida and Puerto Rico
Tania Lapciuc and Irma Braman
Dr. Mel Drucker; Aaron Podhurst, a Federation Past President; William Lehman, Federation Immediate Past Board Chair; Hal Gaffin and Tom Lehman
Robert and Mojdeh Danial, Jacob Russo and Shana Lewinger Russo
Elana, Oscar and George Feldenkreis
Dorothy Podhurst; Aaron Podhurst, a Federation Past President; and Laura Koffsky
Stanley Price, Scott Baena and Alan Axelrod
Myron J. "Mike" Brodie, Leonard Miller, Maxine Schwartz, and Norman Lipoff, a Federation Past President
Roberto and Veronica Zarco, and Hili and Marty Scheck
Steven J. Kravitz, a Federation Past President; Wendy Kravitz and Mark Kravitz
Nieves and Isaac Olemberg
Donna Blaustein, Daniel and Tamara Nixon and Jeffrey Newman
Morrie and Leigh Siegel, and Susan and Jonathan Awner
George Will (center) with Robert and Fran Berrin
Isaac K. Fisher and George Will
Joshua and Lee Hare
Jacob Solomon and Jessie and Bernard Wolfson
Alberto Franco, Linda and Hugo Reiter, and Diane and Alan Lieberman
William and SheiLa Steiner, and Ruben Kloda
Hilarie Bass, Richard Berkowitz and Sandy Grossman
John M. Bussel, Paul Kruss and Robert Singer
Rosi Behar, Sara Kavana and Clarita Kassin
Fran Berrin, Sherry and Harley Tropin, and Professor Alan Dershowitz
Jeffrey and Laura Kaplan with George Will
Steven and Adrienne Messing with George Will
Ruben Kloda, Daniel Whitebook, Robert Goldfarb and George Will