Pre-order your “Gala Goodie” tickets today!
Tickets are $10 each or 12 for $100*.
Purchase online at www.jewishdutchess.org/gala or call Pam at 845-471-9811.
Pre-orders must be placed by Monday, June 8.
Tickets will be ready for you at the registration table when you arrive at the Gala.
*Tickets will be sold at regular price (11 for $100) at the Gala.
Individual tickets are $180
Kvell: $5,000
8 Gala Tickets, Gala Program: Full page ad & "The Voice": 1/2 page ad
Mensch: $2,500
6 Gala Tickets, Gala Program: Full page ad & "The Voice": 1/4 page ad
Chesed: $1,250
4 Gala Tickets, Gala Program Full page ad & "The Voice": 1/8 page ad
Mitzvah: $750
2 Gala Tickets, Gala Program:1/2 page ad
Tzedakah: $500
1 Gala Tickets, Gala Program: 1/2 page ad
Shalom: $250
Gala Program: 1/4 page ad, Gala ticket not included
L'Chaim: $118
Gala Program: name listed, Gala ticket not included
Sponsorship Packages include thank you acknowledgments at the event and in "The Voice" newspaper and Jewish-In-Dutchess email. Please send Gala Program print-ready ad by May 20th. "The Voice" ads will appear in 1 newspaper issue.
INTRODUCING OUR 2026 HONOREES
Dedication to Community: The Effron Family Foundations
Greater Jewish Community Leadership: Nancy & Adam Belok
Next Generation: Heather Wahba-Pallone
Righteous Dutchess: Reverand Dr. Jesse Bottoms Jr.
2025 Stronger Together" 8th Annual Federation Celebration Gala
Thank you to our 8th Annual Jewish Federation Celebration Sponsors
"Stronger Together"
Kvell ($5,000): Arnoff Moving & Storage | Nina & Russell Rothman
Mensch ($2,500): Marc Chodock | Sandra & Michael Hecht | Shelley & Steven Turk
Chesed ($1,250): Jack Effron | Fredrica & Jack Goodman | KeyBank | Betsy Kopstein-Stuts
Therese & Jim Lack | Levine & Levine, PLLC | Candace & Louis Lewis | Laura Liebman & Ken Goldstein
Sandra Mamis | Esther & Stan Morris | M & T Bank | NBT Bank | Andrea & Kieth Rieger
Mona & Ian Rieger, Rieger Homes, Inc. | The Handel Foundation | Veith Electric, LLC
Stephanie Wasser
Mitzvah ($750): Sandy and Mike Arteaga | Sandra & John Blair | Debra & Steven Domber
Emery & Webb Insurance | Gil & Cantor, PC | Nuvance Health
Orthopedic Associates of Dutchess County | Rhinebeck Savings Bank | Janette & Todd Ritter
Marilyn & Michael Schwartz | The Children’s Dental Group | Youngwirth Law
Tzedakah ($500): DCH Wappingers Falls Toyota | Miriam Gold | Martin Hochhauser, Acorn Stairlifts
Cindy & Roger Lewin | PKF O’Connor Davies Advisory, LLC | Robert Ranieri, Marshall + Sterling
Paula and Azzy Reckess | Martin Rutberg | Ulster Savings Bank | Vassar Temple
Walden Savings Bank | Aida & Albert Wilder
SHALOM ($250): Assemblymember Didi Barrett | Nancy & Adam Belok | DNL OmniMedia
Rebecca Edwards |David & Laura Feinstein | Hannah & Rakhmiel Peltz
Royal Carting Service Company & Welsh Sanitation Service | Celia & Jerome Sigalow
Karen & Nevill Smythe | Christine Attlesey Steger & Werner Steger | Temple Beth-El
Amy Winters & Eli Dresler
L’ Chaim ($118): Jill & Ira Auerbach | Nancy and Sanford Bernstein | Roz & Stan Cooper
Barbara & Gil Dichter | Jane Dworkin | Grete & Marty Finkelstein | Sandy & Jerry Goldberg
Deanie Gordon | Margery & Arthur Groten | Amy & Roy Kulick | Maureen Lashlee
Elyse & Neil Mansfield | Carolyn & Josh Michaels and Toni Lilley | Merrill & Chuck Mishaan
Donna & Felipe Pistiner | Laura & Donald Rifkin | Susan Serino | Diane and Art Shapiro
Ellen & Victor Stern | Teahan & Constantino LLP Counsellors at Law| Robert Ulrich
Evelyn Weiss- Congratulations to all the honorees! | Ruth Zelig & Leonard Oppenheimer
View the 8th Annual Gala Program Below
Photos courtesy of Rachel Mamis Photography, Karen Hochhauser, Heather Kernes, Carly Bulgia, and others.
Please reach out for credit.