We Pledge

"To guide, aid and support our members
in honoring the deceased and comforting
the bereaved by preserving, promoting and
practicing the customs and traditions of the
Jewish funeral. "

 

 

 

 

 

Jewish Funeral Directors of America, Inc.
107 Carpenter Drive, Suite 100

Sterling, VA 20164
Phone: 888.477.5567
Fax: 703.391.8416
E-mail: jfdamer@aol.com

Who We Are
 
Officers Past Presidents
Members-At Large Honorary Past Presidents
Executive Director            

Committees                             


 

Officers

 

President

Treasurer
Albert Bloomfield
Marc Benjamin
Manalapan, NJ Toronto, Ontario, Canada
   
Vice President Immediate Past President
Mindy Moline Botbol Mark Friedman
Arlington Heights, IL Los Angeles, CA
   
Secretary  
Franklin O.L. Steinberg  
Manhasset, NY                
   
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Members-At-Large

(Serving a Two-Year Term on the Executive Committee)

 

Michael C. Blasberg Eileen Meyer Renco
(Term expires 2011) (Term expires 2011)
North Miami Beach, FL Louisville, KY
   
Leon R. Komm Charles S. Salomon
(Term expires 2011) (Term expires 2011)
Getzville, NY New York, NY
   
Michael Levitt Joyce E. Torchinsky
(Term expires 2010) (Term expires 2011)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada Washington, D.C.                 
   
Michael Rosenthal  
(Term expires 2010)  
Pleasantville, NY  

 

The Chairman of the Education and Public Information Committee, Eileen Meyer Renco, is an ex-officio member of the Executive Committee.

 

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Executive Director

 

Danielle Hornick  
385 Craig Court  
Deerfield, IL 60015  
Phone: 847.607.9156  
Toll Free: 888.477.5567  
Fax: 847.607.9159  
E-mail: jfdamer@aol.com  
   
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Past Presidents

 

1932 * Herbert Berger 1968 Louis Schlossberg
St. Louis, MO Boston, MA
   
1935 * Bernard Danzansky 1969 Morton M. Silverman
Washington, DC Los Angeles, CA
   
1936 * Judah Rosenberg 1970 * Leonn Hyman
Philadelphia, PA Brooklyn, NY
   
1942 * Max Sugarman 1972 Larrie S. Blasberg
Providence, RI Miami Beach, FL
   
1943 * Isadore Albert 1973 Seymour L. Mandel
New York, NY Chicago, IL
   
1945 * Manuel Stanetsky 1974 Bennett Goldstein
Brookline, MA Philadelphia, PA
   
1946 * Albert Kasdan 1975 Herbert Paperman
Brooklyn, NY Montreal, Quebec, Canada
   
1947 * Charles E. Kaye 1976 Jack (Sonny) Meyer
Chicago, IL Louisville, KY
   
1948 * Benjamin F. Solomon 1977 Stanley Louis
Brookline, MA Kansas City, MO
   
1949 * Morton Etkin 1978 Andrew Fier
Buffalo, NY New York, NY
   
1950 * Leonard S. Labowitch 1979 Robert W. Levine
Cleveland, OH Brookline, MA
   
1951 * Isaac Nieberg 1980 Joseph S. Roth
New York, NY Skokie, IL
   
1952 * Harry Groman 1981 Richard W. Stein
Los Angeles, CA St. Louis, MO
   
1953 * Milton Yaffe 1982 Sonny Levitt
Chicago, IL Miami, FL
   
1954 * Ira Kaufman 1983 Melvyn G. Mesnekoff
Detroit, MI Buffalo, NY
   
1955 * Samuel Berkowitz 1984 Herbert Kaufman
Cleveland, OH Southfield, MI
   
1956 * Leonard A. Levine 1985 Norman Cutler
Philadelphia, PA Wilmette, IL
   
1957 * Fred Goodman 1986 Robert Schoem
Milwaukee, WI Paramus, NJ
   
1958 * Sigmund Danzansky 1987-1988 Andrew Fier
Washington, DC New York, NY
   
1959 * Irving Glasband 1989-1990 Michael Benjamin
Los Angeles, CA Toronto, Ontario, Canada
   
1960 Joseph M. Morris 1991-1993 Mark Weissman
Brooklyn, NY Ft. Lauderdale, FL
   
1961 * Jack J. Louis 1993-1995 Robert Weil
Kansas City, MO Cincinnati, OH
   
1962 * Samuel Paperman 1995-1997 * Arthur Grossberg
Montreal, Quebec, Canada Hollywood, FL
   
1963 * Marvin A. Stein 1997-1999 Jill Glasband
St. Louis, MO West Hollywood, FL
   
1964 Burton L. Hirsch 1999-2001 Steven C. Dranow
Pittsburgh, PA Spring Valley, NY
   
1965 * Edward T. Newman 2001-2003 Sonny Levitt
Miami Beach, FL North Miami, FL
   
1966 H. Seymour Weinstein 2003-2005 * Kenneth R. Kornhauser
New York, NY Dix Hills, NY
   
1967 * Louis J. Freehof 2005-2007 Martin Birnbaum
San Francisco, CA                              Syracuse, NY
   
  * Deceased
   
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Honorary Past Presidents

 

1950 * Moses H. Bernstein 1967 * Harry Kumin
Athens, GA Cleveland, OH
   
1951 * Jack Lewis 1969 * Alex A. Berger
Baltimore, MD Philadelphia, PA
   
1952 * Harry Nieberg 1972 * Charles A. Alpert
New York, NY New York, NY
   
1954 * Maurice L. Rapheld 1976 * David Musicant
San Francisco, CA Hackensack, NJ
   
1958 * Norman Roth 1978 * Nathan Mesnekoff
St. Louis, MO Buffalo, NY
   
1960 * Harry Gordon 1979 * Herman Goldberg
Miami, FL Rockville, MD
   
1960 * Irving Blasberg 1980 Gordon Weil, Jr.
Miami Beach, FL Cincinnati, OH
   
1960 * David Hirsch 1980 * Edward J. Levy
Bronx, NY Houston, TX
   
1960 * Arthur Mandel 1986 Joel S. Kirschenbaum
Chicago, IL Brooklyn, NY
   
1961 * Louis Weinstein 1989 * John J. Benjamin
New Yorl, New York Toronto, Ontario, Canada
   
1961 * Albert Sacks 1989 Robert L. Gordon
Philadelphia, PA Akron, OH
   
1962 * Abraham Paperman 1991 * Hyman J. Torf
Montreal, Quebec, Canada Chelsea, MA
   
1962 * Samuel Paperman 1993 Alan Yaffe
Montreal, Quebec, Canada Chicago, IL
   
1962 * Bernard Schwartz 1995 * Seymour Bensman
Philadelphia, PA Whitefish Bay, WI
   
1963 * Harry Kirschenbaum 1995 Seymour Resnick
Brooklyn, NY Fresh Meadows, NY
   
1965 * Saul Kumin 1995 Franklin O.L. Steinberg
Cleveland, OH Manhasset, NY
   
1966 * Carl Grossberg 1996 Joel W. Weinstein
New York, NY Wilmette, IL
   
1966 * Jack Goldstein 2001 * Jules Furth
Philadelphia, PA Chicago, IL
   
1966 * Joseph Goldstein 2007 Charles Salomon
Philadelphia, PA New York City, New York
   
1967 * Samuel E. Willen  
Los Angeles, CA                      
   
  * Deceased
   
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Committees

 

By-Laws Restructure JFDA
Richard Stein, Chairperson Richard Stein, Chairperson
Jill Glasband Jill Glasband
Matthew Kessler Carl Goldstein
Sonny Levitt Randy Ziegler
Charles Salomon Charles Solomon
Albert Bloomfield Henry Epstein
Mindy Boline Botbol Jim Cohen
  Michael Benjamin
Donations & Contributions Jay Poster
Les Bloomfield, Chairperson Joyce Torchinsky
Ed Sagel Sonny Levitt
Wendy Kraft Jennifer Nelson Williams
Matt Kessler Alan Yaffe
Randy Ziegler Robert Weil
Leila Paperman Mark Friedman
Michael Blasberg Jimmie Shure
Albert Bloomfield Albert Bloomfield
Mindy Moline Botbol Mindy Moline Botbol
   
Spring Conference
Marketing & Public Relations
Joel Simon, Chairperson Shirley Bloomfield, Chairperson
Eileen Meyer Renco Laura Sussman, Co-Chairperson
Matt Levinson Alan Yaffe
Jonathan Perlman Ira Fleisher
Lynda Shayer Aryeh Jacobson
Albert Bloomfield Marc Benjamin
Mindy Moline Botbol Albert Bloomfield
  Mindy Moline Botbol
Web site  
Brett Schwartz, Chairperson      Subcommittee: Newletter
Albert Bloomfield      Sharon Brody
Michael Levitt      Elaine Birnbaum
Laurence Paperman      David Rubin
Matt Levinson      Bruce Jacobs
Steve Sisskind      Jill Glasband
Michael Epstein      Joyce Torchinsky
Amy Golden Feinberg      Albert Bloomfield
Mindy Moline Botbol      Mindy Moline Botbol
   
Membership EPI                                             
Steve Dranow, Chairperson Christine Feingold, Chairperson
Eddie Dressler Jim Cohen
Barry Wien Sonny Meyer
Bennett Goldstein Daniel Jacobson
Martin Birnbaum Leon Komm
Julian Weinstein Albert Bloomfield
Alan Yaffe Mindy Moline Botbol
Robert Weil  
Michael Rosenthal Finance
Albert Bloomfield Marc Benjamin, Chairperson
Mindy Molin Botbol Mark Friedman
  Jim Cohen
  Robert Zimmerman
  Franklin O.L. Steinberg
  Albert Bloomfield
  Mindy Moline Botbol
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