Gala 2025 Honoring Eileen Regen, Alice and Leslie Dreier A Sold Out Smash

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Jul 24

The July 7, 2025 Gala was a roaring SOLD OUT success for the second year! We couldn’t do it without worthy honorees, generous sponsors, a hard working gala committee and a devoted kehilah! See below for speeches about our honorees, donors and volunteers, photo collections from the evening, and an invitation to the 2026 gala!

Lucys Goodhart’s Welcoming Address

If you have looked out the window, metaphorically, over the past year, you know that the world outside is “volatile.” The weather, the stock market, the international situation, it’s all up and down. And in that turbulent time, what do we have to strengthen ourselves? We have our families, our friends, and, because this is a Jewish community, we have our Kehillah – our community that nourishes us and gives us meaning and purpose.

In times of turbulence, we need and love our kehillah, our community even more. So, we must celebrate the people who make it great. Our three honorees today, Eileen Regen, Alice, and Leslie Dreier, are more than pillars of our community. To use the metaphor introduced by the scouts in Parsha Shelach, they are giants among grasshoppers.

Read Lucy’s full welcome here

Speech Honoring Alice and Leslie Dreier by Dave Goldstone

Just a couple of words about two of our guests of honor Alice and Leslie Dreier. I believe I met them through my parents Abe & Harriet, who spent their retirement years at their cottage on Strawberry Hill Street when Mort Fisch and then Mucho Solomon were presiding over the Synagogue Board.

Read Dave’s full speech here

Speech Honoring Eileen Regen by Gail Robinson and Martin Kessel

Good evening everyone,

It’s an absolute honor to stand before you tonight to celebrate and pay tribute to a remarkable woman—Eileen Regen.

Read Gail and Martin’s entire speech here

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR MOST GENEROUS SPONSORS

DIAMOND
Alice & Leslie Dreier
Nancy & Geoffrey Fages
Lucy Goodhart & Gordon Bennett
Pauline Wamsler & David Sales

PLATINUM
Gail Robinson & Martin Kessel

GOLD
Jan & Fred Apple
Melissa & Leanne Potter
Ayla Queiroga & Bruce Caplain

SILVER

Michel Adler
Judy Felson & Jack Kar
Dorthy & Dave Goldstone
Lydia & Marvin Levin
Anna McClennen & Boris Melomedov
Marilyn & Stephen Monsein
Marsha Okum & Joshua Lieberman
Lynda Morgenroth
Scott Regen
Nicole Sakowitz & Bill Pikounis
Deb Simon & Jay Johnson
Arlene & Marvin Swartz
Victoria Wilson & James Barnes

AND THANKS TO OUR UNSUNG HEROS

In no particular order 🥰

Rabbi Donna Kirshbaum
Eileen Regen
Alice & Leslie Dreier
Gail Robinson & Martin Kessel
Dorothy & Dave Goldstone
Lucy Goodhart & Gordon Bennett
Nancy and Geoffrey Fages
Anna McClellan
Jacki Katzman
Mike Adler
David Sales
Deb Simon & Jay Johnson
Mr. Lins
April Nandico
Kristi & Tiffany