WHO WE ARE

 

Staff

Meet the dedicated professionals at Hamilton Jewish Federation

 

Gustavo Rymberg

Chief Executive Officer

E-mail: grymberg@jewishhamilton.org

Phone: (905) 648-0605

 

Elaine Levine

Campaign Director

E-mail: elevine@jewishhamilton.org

Phone: (905) 648-0605

Jackie Stirling

Office Administrator

E-mail: jstirling@jewishhamilton.org

Phone: (905) 648-0605 

Christine Nusca

Campaign Administrator

E-mail: cnusca@jewishhamilton.org

Phone: (905) 648-0605

Ivan Chernov

Kadimah JCamp Director 

E-mail: ichernov@jewishhamilton.org

Phone: (905) 648-0605

Maggie Norris

Program Coordinator

E-mail: mnorris@jewishhamilton.org

Phone: (905) 648-0605

Jazmin Rymberg

Communications Coordinator

E-mail: jrymberg@jewishhamilton.org

Phone: (905) 648-0605

Ron Nusca

Financial Administrator

E-mail: rnusca@jewishhamilton.org

Phone: (905) 648-0605

 

 

Wendy Schneider

Hamilton Jewish News Editor

E-mail: wschneider@jewishhamilton.org

Phone: (905) 648-0605

Board of Directors 2023-2024

We are pleased to present our Board of Directors and thank them for their work and dedication.

Executive

 

Jason Waxman | President

Josh Rauchwerger | Vice President

Howard Eisenberg | Past President

Lorne Rochwerg | Treasurer

Jacki Levin | Secretary

Gustavo Rymberg | Chief Executive Officer

Members-at-Large

 

Romy Friedman

Howard Brown

Adam Norris

Rabbi Ben Shefter

Jamie Richter

Lowell Richter

Laura Wolfson

 

Committees

Allocations

Co-Chairs: Jacki Levin & Lorne Rochwerg

Gustavo Rymberg

Howard Eisenberg

Lorraine Cohen

Paul Roth

Sandy Morris

Adam Norris

Josh Rauchwerger

Peter Smurlick

Jewish Education

Chair: Romy Friedman

Laura Waltman

Arielle Farber

Jason Waxman

Finance

Chair: Lorne Rochwerg

Gustavo Rymberg

Jacki Levin

Ron Nusca

JWelcome Home

Chair: Laura Wolfson

Allen Rams

Baya Vertes

Benson Honig

Howard Katz

Maggie Norris

Michelle Gold

Ran Mesterman

Sigal Balshine

Tiki Levgoren

Dina Honig

Rhonda Dahan

Judy Rochwerg

JLGBTQ+

Chair: Laura Wolfson

Liam Kleiman

Sophie Geffros

Anna Lillman

Shayla Notman

Aimee Wigley

Quinn Fein

Holocaust Education

Chair: Arlie Singer

Anna Schafer

Elaine Levine

Geraldine Katz

Gustavo Rymberg

Robin Zilberg

Romy Friedman

Samuel Birkett

Yolanda Czyzewski-Bragues

Chloe Bromhead

SNAP (Special Needs Advocacy Project)

Chair: Anita Bernstein

Bev Lasky

Carol Adler

Joy Zians

Sandy Morris

Tenny Saha

Paula Baruch

Jackie Stirling

Campaign Cabinet

David Loewith

Harvey Katz

Jay State

Lorraine Cohen

Luba Apel

Sandy Fuss

Helen Metz

Elaine Levine

Christine Nusca

Gustavo Rymberg

Judy Rochwerg

Sheryl Katz

Campaign 202.4M

Be the moment. Create the moment. Rise to the moment. 

 

Our Beneficiaries & Programs

For more than 80 years, the Hamilton Jewish Federation has nurtured a strong, supportive and vibrant community for generations of Jewish Hamiltonians. Our role is to bring together the financial and human resources that enable a network of non-profit agencies and programs to care for the vulnerable, invest in our youth and deepen Jewish life.

Beneficiares

Social Services

Hamilton Jewish Family Services

Beth Tikvah Foundation

Schools

Hamilton Hebrew Academy

Kehilah Heschel School

Temple Anshe Sholom School

Beth Jacob School

Hamilton Hebrew High

Programs & Services

Shuttle

Hillel McMaster

Va'ad HaKashrut

Shalom Village

Community Mikvah

Jewish Federations of Canada | CIJA | JAFI | JDC

 

Community Initiatives & Programs

Holocaust Education

Hamilton Jewish News

Margaret's Legacy Holocaust Learning Centre

SNAP (Special Needs Advocacy Project)

PJ Library

JLGBTQ+

JWelcome Home

Emergency/Security

Kadimah JCamp Scholarships Fund

Jewish Community Centre 

Women Helping Women Initiative in partnership with YWCA

BBYO Hamilton Chapter

Over & Above Gifts

 

Allocations & Expense Report