Journal

Apple Bank Is proud to be Ohel's longstanding and committed partner in its mission to improve the quality of life for so many in our communities.

Congratulations to all of the 2025 honorees for their extraordinary services, dedication and commitment.

Camp Kaylie, in its 15th year, continues to inspire!
The Kaylie and Yakoby name is synonymous with love and leadership in establishing a camp of true integration for kids with and without disabilities to enjoy a summer of achdus, growth, fun, and a love for Am and Eretz Yisrael.

Thank you for your vision to establish Camp Kaylie 2, a full summer for boys and girls!

We express our deepest gratitude to Steve and Eve Milstein for their dedication of the
Meyer Milstein Older Adult Services
which provides social supports and case management to thousands of elderly individuals.

Your leadership, and that of the Ohel Board of Directors, shines with vigor and wisdom. You motivate Ohel staff to act and achieve at the highest level.
Together we serve thousands of individuals and families near and far to ensure their safety, well-being and opportunities for growth and fulfillment.

Thank you for your important work as Ohel’s President Emeritus and Ombudsman. You have changed generations of families for the better as you continue to be a consummate advocate for so many who are unable to speak for themselves.
Thank you too for your heartfelt calls to hundreds of donors and friends every year.

We greatly appreciate your generous support and for continually enhancing the lives of all the ladies at the Carman Avenue home and Ohel.

With our warmest wishes for
אריכות ימים ושנים בריאות וחיזוק
to continue to be Ohel’s Manhig for many years to come.
Our Hakaros Hatov to you knows no bounds.
We recognize the special blessing we have been privileged to receive
through your wisdom, wit, love, support and dedication to all of us at Ohel.

Your dedication to the children and families of Ohel is monumental. It is truly an honor to call you my Co-President.

May Hashem give you and Chani good health to continue your wonderful acts of chesed and enjoy much nachas from your beautiful family עד מאה ועשרים

You are more than our leader.
You are more than our visionary.
You are more than our mentor.
You are more than our special friend.
You are ALL this and much more!
May Hashem give you and Rozi good health and long years to continue your acts of chesed, and enjoy much nachas from your beautiful family עד מאה ועשרים

We have been privileged to know you for over 40 years as Moreh D’Asrah of Ohel. You have given Ohel and thousands of its clients the proper direction for many of life’s vicissitudes.

May ' ה give you and your dear Rebbetzin Leah good health and much nachas from your entire family עד מאה ועשרים.

IN HONOR OF
BINA & AVRUMY MENDLOWITZ
BREAKING BARRIERS AWARD

NICHOLAS & GABRIEL SAFIER
OHEL CHAMPIONS AWARD

GALLAGHER
CORPORATE HONOREE

FOR YOUR GENEROSITY TO OHEL AND APPRECIATION OF WHAT OHEL DOES EVERY DAY.

ELLY KLEINMAN
CO-CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, OHEL
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, CAMP KAYLIE
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THE KAYLIE FAMILY
ELI BRAZIL, DAVID SHARVIT, RABBI SHOLOM ROSNER, ALL CAMP STAFF AND
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

LOOKING FORWARD TO SUMMER ’26 AND THE EXCITING DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT STAGES OF CAMP KAYLIE.

You are the consummate gentleman and a very strong leader.
Apple Bank’s 26 years of friendship and support has been steadfast.

Thank you for your generous support of Ohel’s employment training program for individuals with disabilities.

May we reap the benefits of our shared investments.

Bendan Gallagher
President, Gallagher Insurance
Corporate Honoree

Bina and Avrumy Mendlowitz
Breaking Barriers Award

Nick and Gabe Safier
Ohel Champions Award

Thank you for stepping forward to assist the thousands of children and adults who need Ohel’s assistance.
May ' ה give you good health to continue all your wonderful acts of kindness

Gallagher thanks Ohel for recognizing us as this year’s Corporate Honoree.
And we congratulate the other honorees, Bina and Avrumy Mendolwitz and Nicolas and Gabriel Safier.
We cherish our 25 year relationship with Ohel and as proud partners, we are deeply committed to ensuring
that Ohel’s essential programs and services remain accessible to the entire community.

We thank you for your dedication to Ohel and helping to protect us in every day and difficult situations.

May you continue to make an impact on Ohel and the Jewish community.
May you and your family be blessed with tranquility and an abundance of simcha and nachas throughout your lives.

Your commitment to each other is a shining example to us all and continues to inspire.

May you continue to make an impact on Ohel and the whole community.

Thank you for 50+ years of incredible and brilliant guidance that you have given to help direct Ohel in the proper Derech for all the work it does. May you and your family be blessed with many more years of good health, mazal, and brocha for all you do for Ohel and Klal Yisroel.

Your encouragement, support, and guidance continues to help me and so many at Ohel. The special care, concern and sensitivity you exhibit as Ombudsman provides the highest level of help to those seeking Ohel’ s services. Thanks for always being there.

Looking forward to continuing to follow you for many years.

Thanks for always leading the way and continuing to guide Ohel (and me). Your commitment, attention to detail, and outstanding values are appreciated by all.

May we continue together for many more years.

For whom I have the utmost respect.

As Co-Presidents of Ohel, your leadership and guidance are integral.
Continue to have health, strength, wisdom, and vision to lead Ohel onward in its important work.

We express our deepest hakaros hatov to HaRav Dovid Cohen Shlita,
Posek of Klal Yisrael, a giant of Torah and Chochma,
responding for many decades to every person’s monumental life questions.
No one has ever called Rav Dovid with a ‘small’ question.
Our thanks to Rebetzin Leah Cohen for your important support and humility.

Your dedication to the children and families of Ohel is monumental. It is truly an honor to call you my Co-President.
May Hashem give you and Chani good health to continue your wonderful acts of chesed and enjoy much nachas from your beautiful family עד מאה ועשרים

A wonderful husband, father,
Ohel Board Member.
Brian spoke with passion, not only advocating for Jenny
but for all those with disabilities.

We wish continued good health to Ilana.

Our thanks to Brett and Ilana Lipman
for their generous support of Ohel’s work, including our trauma services in Israel.

Rabbi Feinstein served on the Board of Ohel Bais Ezra in its formative years and saw the development of group homes for individuals with developmental disabilities.
His work continues to this day.
יהי זכרו ברוך

We are proud of the collaboration of Bayit and Ohel on several homes for individuals with developmental disabilities in Northern New Jersey with our partners
Adam Chill, Moshe Kinderlehrer Bassie Taubes, Ricky Hornblass, and many others.

Your commitment has spread great happiness to children with disabilities and their families.

Thank you for bringing respite and joy to their summer.

Our Dear Parents and Grandparents, A’H

We are forever indebted to you for the love of תורה עבודה וגמילות חסדים which were important parts of your lives, and which you implanted in your children.
May our involvement in מוסדות התורה וחסד be an everlasting זכות for you.

With Tremendous Gratitude for sponsoring Ohel’ s Golf & Tennis Classic.

Your continued support of our annual golf and tennis outing enables us to provide cutting edge services to thousands of individuals every day.
We appreciate your continued friendship and commitment.

Many thanks to the team at Ohel for their invaluable support. Your help is deeply appreciated.

Whose presence is sorely missed.

Susan was the epitome of תורה, עבודה, וגמילות חסדים
Her love for her family was unparalleled.
Nothing was too difficult for her to accomplish when it came to
her husband David, her children, the grandchildren,
her mother; Mrs. Mildred Siwek A”H, and sister Meryl A”H.
Susan will NEVER be forgotten.

In honor of all the distinguished honorees. We express our profound hakaras hatov to David Mandel for his extraordinary and tireless efforts on behalf of Klal Yisrael, and we deeply appreciate Rabbi Eli Brazil for his exceptional, year-in and year-out leadership at the helm of Camp Kaylie.

Thanks to the 263 Grayson Place team for all that you do!

You are both very special and unique individuals who bring hope and comfort to so many.
May all your selfless, magnificent deeds on behalf of Ohel be a זכות for both of you, your family, those in need, and for כלל ישראל

May Hashem continue to give you the strength to continue your important work and exceptional deeds.

She was dedicated to Ohel for many years and took personal interest in the well-being of so many of our clients.
She brought a smile to those less fortunate as well as everyone she came in contact with.

May she be a מליץ יושר to her husband and daughters and all כלל ישראל
יהי זכרה ברוך

Thank you for leading the Staten Island Community and so many others to great heights.

May Hashem give you good health to enjoy much nachas from your beautiful families.

שרה מלכה בת אהרן ע"ה
Susan Jacobson

אשה יראת ה' היא תתהלל
She was the wind beneath our wings

Thank you for your support and understanding, for all the time spent in the past, and especially for the future, in allowing me the great zechus of working with so many of Ohel’s incredible staff and leadership to help so many in need of Ohel’s services and programs.

May you all be blessed.

In honor of Mr. Moshe Pollak

and Mr. David Mandel

and in memory of Mrs. Rochel Pollak a"h

and Mr. Louis Tratner a"h

We are proud of what you do for Ohel,

and we hope to learn from your examples.

David’s unique ability to effortlessly blend seemingly contradictory character traits makes him the consummate CEO that Ohel depends on day in and day out.
David leads with compassion yet remains disciplined. Diplomatic, but with uncompromising Emes. Confident and bold, yet undeniably humble.
The results speak for themselves.

PHLY is proud to support Ohel who provide transformative social services and mental health services to communities in New York, across the US, in Israel, and around the world.

Congratulations to this year’s honoree: Brendan Gallagher

We are deeply indebted
to the Professional Staff at 1771 Ocean Avenue for your loving care.

Thanks to your efforts, our daughter,
Emunah Fox,
is blessed to live a life with quality and dignity.

May Hashem Bless you all with Continued Good Health and Strength

May Hashem grant you all the strength to keep doing your vital work.

And the entire Staff & Volunteers at Ohel
for doing such wonderful work for the כלל.

And their staff for all their hard work and tireless efforts to "account and control" for all that goes on at Ohel and related entities.

Proud to Support
Ohel Children's Home and Family Services

We congratulate this year's corporate honoree:
Brendan Gallagher
Regional President, Northeast
Gallagher

In honor of the wonderful OHEL Staff and Residents of 226 Caryl Court!
Special thanks to Seeyon Goykadosh for his hard work and dedication.

Andy, Yaffa and Shimmy Goldsmith

Ohel has been a vital lifeline for my brother for literally decades. Among others, Yitz Elman in particular has been provided rachmanas, empathy, patience, guidance and consistent positive support for him. My family and I are especially grateful to Yitz and his care for so many years. Thank you.

In honor of David Mandel and the entire Ohel team of staff and volunteers for the incredible work they do each and every day.

and the entire Ohel staff for their relentless work

In recognition of Ohel's Board, Staff, Foster Parents, and Volunteers

You dedicated your hearts and neshamos to support Ohel's children and families while continuing to innovate and grow to respond to the needs of those who are vulnerable in our community.

The impact of your efforts will continue to be felt for generations.

and
Special thanks to
David Mandel for the wonderful work that he does each and every day.

Every year Shira counts the days until Kaylie starts!
Thank you Eli, David and all of the staff!

and all the distinguished honorees for their outstanding leadership and commitment to Ohel Children’s Home and Family Services.

Congratulations to all of the Distinguished Honorees. Your dedication to compassion and to improving the community exemplifies the very best of New York. We're honored to celebrate this well-deserved recognition with you.

Thank you to all the Honorees who help make the Ohel Gala the success it is each year.

Thank you to all the staff & fellow lay leaders for all the hard work and commitment that goes into creating the amazing organization that is Ohel

Thank you David for your leadership

Mazal Tov to tonite’s honorees on your well-deserved awards
Yasher Koach to our good friend, Jay Kestenbaum for your dedication to Ohel and the entire Jewish community.
With admiration,

עלו והצליחו

Precision LTC Pharmacy proudly congratulates all the distinguished Honorees.

With heartfelt appreciation to David Tannenbaum, Jason Sobin, and the entire Ohel team for your outstanding dedication and service to the community.

We celebrate Brendan Gallagher and all the distinguished honorees for their outstanding leadership and contributions.

Thank you for all you do and are attempting to do for Chanie!

Avrumy and Bina,

Your courage is so inspiring, and so needed in this crazy world - thank you for being a light to anyone that may need it, and for putting yourself out there for the sole purpose of helping others. May Shimon continue to guide you, and all of us, to become the best versions of ourselves.

With so much admiration,

Jessica & Shlomo Ressler

Your generosity and selfless commitment to Ohel and the broader community is commendable.

Mazel Tov on this well-deserved honor! May you continue to be a source of inspiration to us all.

Shavy & Mark Schlossberg

We extend our heartfelt congratulations to all the very deserving honorees.

Your dedication, compassion, and leadership are an inspiration to us all.

Thank you for being shining examples of what it means to uplift others and strengthen our community.

In Honor of All the Distinguished Honorees

Congratulations to the Corporate Honoree
Brendon Gallagher
Gallagher
Regional President, Northeast

In memory of
their son Shimon

From the
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Class of 2027
and the
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Special thanks to Mel Zachter, Jay Kestenbaum, David Mandel, and the entire Ohel Board for their dedication, leadership and many accomplishments and much appreciation to Ohel's staff for enhancing the lives of the special individuals for whom they care each day.

With heartfelt gratitude and appreciation for your dedication, compassion, and the warmth you bring to everyone you care for.

Travelers is proud to be a sponsor of the
Ohel Children’s Home and Family Services’ 56th Annual Gala.
We congratulate Brendan Gallagher on his commitment and
dedication to Ohel’s mission, for which he is being honored

Zurich is honored to support the Ohel Children's Home and Family Services 56th Annual Gala. We commend Ohel for their dedication to protecting and empowering the most vulnerable members in the community. Congratulations to this year's Corporate Honoree, Brendan Gallagher.

for all your hard work and dedication.

At IPFS, we believe in partnerships that lift others. We are proud to join the Ohel Family in recognizing Brendan Gallagher of Arthur J. Gallagher for his extraordinary leadership and dedication to the community.
Your example reminds us of what's possible when success and service go hand in hand.

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With great feelings of appreciation to
the entire Administration, Board & Staff of Ohel Bais Ezra
And with special recognition to the
amazing & dedicated staff at East 26th Street
for your devotion & tireless efforts on behalf of Yitzy and our family.

You have impacted our lives in such a big way and our gratitude is boundless.

May you continue to service our community in such a significant way
and be זוכהto gezunt, continued הצלחה and נחת from your
“Ohel Bais Ezra Family” as well as from your own families.

Mazel Tov to all of tonight’s Honorees

May you all have continued brocha v’hatzlacha & lots of nachas!

In honor of Mr and Mrs Abe Mendelowitz
Your dedication to klal is amazing
Hashem should continue to give you both the koach to continue in your avodas hakoidesh.

In Honor of Our Dear Friends, Mel and Phyllis Zachter. May HaShem Grant You Many More Years to Continue Your Many Acts of Chesed.

In Honor of Mel Zachter, Jay Kestenbaum, Moishe Hellman, David Mandel, Harriet Blank and all of the special officers and staff of this most incredible organization.

Thank you for your unparalleled vital work on behalf of our community.

it is a distinct pleasure to work with you on the Lifetime Care Foundation Community Trusts.

Russell and Nitza Adler

In memory of Shimon Mendlowitz U”h B”R Avrum B”R Akiva U”h

May his neshama have an Aliyah.

May his memory endure through the merit of Avrumy and Bina’s efforts and leadership in Breaking Barriers and their devotion to Klal Yisroel.

Yasher Koach, Avrumy and Bina. May you go mei chayil el chayil.

In honor of our exceptionally amazing uncle and aunt, Abe & Bina — whose kindness and compassion inspire us always. With endless love and admiration, David & Perry

May we continue to honor Shimon and his Blessed memory, and may you continue to shine your light into the world.

In Honor of Bina and Avrumy Mendlowitz, two extraordinary people whose compassion, courage, and unwavering commitment have brought light to a subject too often left in the dark. Through their advocacy, support, and openness, they have turned their personal experiences into a powerful mission of hope and healing for others.

Thank you for being beacons of empathy and strength in our community. Your work continues to inspire us all to keep reaching out, keep listening, and keep believing that hope is always possible.

With deepest gratitude and admiration,

Mazel Tov
to this year’s honorees
for their efforts on behalf of OHEL
and all of Klal Yisroel

Yasher Koach
to David Mandel
and to all the caring and dedicated members of
Ohel’s administration and staff

Maier, Shalom and Karyn Feinberg

In honour of Abe. A beacon of inspiration.
And in memory of Shimon z"l.

In honor of Shimon Mendlowitz A”h

Thank you to all of the Ohel residents, participants and staff, who make the world a better place!

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To the amazing East 16th St staff for your dedication, care, and outstanding devotion to all the ladies in the home.
Special thanks to Shlomo, Aliza, and Moy for always going above and beyond.

and to
David Mandel, Mel Zachter, Jay Kestenbaum, Howard Lorch, Amy Bierig,
and the wonderful staff for all the great work that Ohel does.

We stand with admiration and awe as we watch Ohel work tirelessly for the needs of all individuals in our community. Your daily hard work is testament to the commitment of your devoted staff.

We are proud to work on your printed promotional products together with your staff and feel proud of our steadfast relationship.

May Hakadosh Baruch Hu grant everyone who works for Ohel
many more years of Nachas, Parnasa and Gezunt with their families.

An outstanding and compassionate individual dedicated to the wellbeing of the clients at Bais Ezra.
Your availability, patience, sincerity and heartfelt warmth to one and all is truly commendable.
We are most fortunate to have you in our lives committed to and supportive of our family members and their quality of health and life.
May Hakodosh Baruch Hu grant you and yours the fulfillment of all your heart's requests.

Thank you to the amazing East 16th St staff for your dedication, care, and outstanding devotion to all the ladies in the home.
Special thanks to Shlomo, Aliza, and Moy for always going above and beyond.

and to the exceptional Ohel professionals whose compassion, wisdom, and dedication bring comfort, healing, and hope to so many.

Through adversity, you transformed pain into purpose, honoring Shimons' memory with compassion and strength. Your courage embodies Ohel’s mission to bring hope, healing, and light to all.

Dr. Morton and Mrs. Karen Kleiner
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