Tribute Journal 2020

ART AFTER DARK

TRIBUTE JOURNAL

January 25, 2020 / 29 Tevet 5780



A MESSAGE FROM OUR CHAIRPEOPLE

On behalf of the entire Bornblum Jewish Community School family, welcome to ART AFTER
DARK: A Night of Illumination. Tonight we have transformed our school with light in the same
way our school has lit up the lives of Jewish families in Memphis for more than three decades.

Our hope is that you will be illuminated by what you experience tonight, illuminated and
inspired not just by the incredible art, but by the feeling of warmth and community which
define our school.

Congratulations to our honorees, Mrs. Paula Greenberg and Jewish Community Partners.
Mrs. Greenberg, now in her 30th year at Bornblum has been inspiring our students with art for
decades. We are grateful not just for her talent as a teacher and as an artist, but for the
extreme love and caring she has for Bornblum’s students.

Jewish Community Partners, through its partners Memphis Jewish Federation and Jewish
Foundation of Memphis, is more than just our second largest donor. We honor them tonight
for their deep commitment to the cause of Jewish education, for their tireless work to identify
and meet the needs of Bornblum, and for their core understanding that the future of the
Memphis Jewish community depends on their leadership and their work to promote Jewish
education.

We would like to also thank all of the parents and community members who have had a hand in
making this Night of Illumination a reality. Their creativity and imagination have made this
evening perfect.

Lastly, we want to thank you—our community—for your tireless support of Bornblum and its
mission. We hope you will enjoy this wonderful gala and that you will be inspired to take
advantage of all of the opportunities before you to give generously. We appreciate each and
every one of you.

With gratitude,

Alla & Nathan Lubin

Patti & Bill Weiss

A MESSAGE FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL

Thank you for joining us at our Art After Dark: A Light of Illumination Gala.  We are very proud to honor Mrs. Paula
Greenberg for her 30 years of dedication in inspiring our students through art education.  Paula continually demonstrates
a love of teaching our students and of sharing her art passion with as many students as possible.  We are also honoring
Jewish Community Partners whose dedication to Jewish Day School education in Memphis has helped to illuminate our
world by spreading the light of Jewish education throughout our community. 

This year, our school has adopted the theme “Illuminate Your World” because the work that we undertake at Bornblum
brings light to the lives of our students, our families, our staff, our community, and the world.  We illuminate through our
splashes of color throughout the building with paint or new furniture, new LED lighting to make our school greener and
brighter, a new garden to brighten our outdoor space, our Newburger Family Mishpachot program, our new Science
curriculum, our establishment of a National Junior Honor Society, and our upgraded security measures.  Finally, our
dedication to student well-being through our work with First Responder Coaching, our Social Emotional Growth program,
our sensory path, our therapy dog, and our partnership with JCP, JFSA and MHA to hire a School Counselor, illuminates
the place our school holds in the lives of everyone in our community.

Tonight’s event is just another way that we Illuminate Your World.  Thank you for your commitment to helping us on our
mission.

B'shalom and with gratitude,

Daniel R. Weiss
Head of School

BORNBLUM’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS

MARC SORIN,PRESIDENT AMY EGERMAN JUDY MOSS
JILL SHANKER, VICE-PRESIDENT RHONDA FEILER ANNE REEF
MARGO FOGELMAN JERRY SIEGLER
JANICE RINGEL, TREASURER PATTI WEISS
RACHEL PHELPS, SECRETARY NAOMI KATZ
ADAM LAZAROV, COUNSEL
KEN ZAKALIK
LISA HARRIS,
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

BORNBLUM GIVING SOCIETIES

We are grateful to these dedicated community members whose generosity and passion
for Bornblum illuminates our students lives with the light of Jewish education.

THE BORNBLUM FOUNDATION MARGO & MARK FOGELMAN SUZANNE & SCOTT BAUM
MEMPHIS JEWISH FEDERATION ALLA & NATHAN LUBIN
WENDY & AVRON FOGELMAN RONNA & HAL NEWBURGER
JUDY & LARRY MOSS JOAN & JOSEPH VANDERWALDE
JANA & SCOTT WEISKOPF
WHITMOR, INC.
LISA HARRIS & SHAWN WOOD

RANELLE & LESLIE BALLIN STACEY & MICHAEL ALPERT SALLY & RICK BAER
JUDY & PETER FELSENTHAL AMY & MICHAEL EGERMAN JILL & DAVID BURING
JENNIFER & JOE ROBERTS RHONDA & LEONARD FEILER RAYNA & MICHAEL GREENBERG
LOUISE & JERRY SKLAR PEGGY & L.R. JALENAK SUZANNE LAZAROV
MARC SORIN NAOMI & JOSH KATZ ROSLYN & LESTER LIT
JILL & SCOTT SHANKER RONNIE KIRSCH KITIYA AND IRA MORRIS
SARAH & NOAM VANDERWALDE ERIN OSTROW JERI & MITCHELL MOSKOVITZ
CORI & BRETT OXMAN BARAK OXMAN
JANICE & JIMMY RINGEL STEPHANIE & DAVID PETERSEN
DINA ROMEO RACHEL & GREGORY PHELPS
JESSICA & DANIEL R. WEISS AMY HERTZ & ROBERT SHANKMAN
PATTI & WILLIAM WEISS STACY & JERRY SIEGLER
DIANE & LAWRENCE WRUBLE

Based on total annual giving as of January 20, 2020

Bornblum Jewish Community School is grateful
for the vision and commitment of our Legacy Donors who

have chosen to include Bornblum in their estate plans.

Anonymous Mrs. Lewis Kay
Mr. and Mrs. Lon Alperin Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Lane
Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Baer Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Lazarov
Dr. and Mrs. Scott L. Baum Mr. and Mrs. Steve Libby
Mr. Kevin Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Loewenberg
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Bierman Mr. and Mrs. Earl Magdovitz
Mrs. Judith Bookman Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Makowsky
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Cantora Ms Carla M. Meyers
Mr. and Mrs. Alex N. Chensasky Mr. and Mrs. Anthony A. Morrison
Mrs. Kimberly Crafton Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell D. Moskovitz
Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Eiseman Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Notowich
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Felsenthal Mr. and Mrs. Marshall E. Ostrow
Mr. and Mrs. Stav Gil Mr. and Mrs. Scott Ostrow
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Graflund Rabbi and Mrs. Brett Oxman
Mrs. Mimi Grossman Mr. and Mrs. Richard Paul
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Groveman Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Roberts
Dr. and Mrs. Gordon E. Gruen Mr. and Mrs. Ted R. Roberts
Mrs. Michelle Harkavy Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy A. Siegler
Ms. Lisa Harris Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Sklar
Mr. Mitchell Hodus Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Steinberg
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jalenak Mr. and Mrs. Naftali Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Kaminsky Mrs. Gail Traynor



HONORING PAULA GREENBERG

Paula Greenberg grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana. She brand new Solomon Schechter School to students and faculty
received a Bachelor of Arts in studio art and art history with a integrating art into the curriculum. While continuing to work as
specialization in printmaking and photography from Newcomb a part-time instructor at BJCS, Mrs. Greenberg became a
College and a Masters of Arts in Teaching from Tulane visiting artist and instructor at Grahamwood Elementary School,
University. and, more recently, a part-time art teacher at Grace-St. Luke’s
Episcopal School.
During graduate school, Mrs. Greenberg worked as an arts
specialist for Project Independence, the Louisiana State Mrs. Greenberg joined the BJCS community when her
Program for the Blind housed at the New Orleans Jewish daughter, Jessica, who graduated from BJCS in 2004, was an
Community Center, as well as at the Lighthouse for the Blind. infant. Now Jessica is an attorney in New Orleans.

After graduate school, Mrs. Greenberg worked as an art After 30 years of teaching at BJCS, Mrs. Greenberg is now the
instructor, also leading photography and art history curriculum. art instructor to many of her previous students’ children. We are
She spent a summer as the fine arts instructor for Coliseum truly blessed to have such a talented, inspiring and caring
Medical Center, providing art programing for in-patient high teacher for a whole new generation of young artists.
school students. She also worked as the art educator for the
Vietnamese Migrant Chapter 1 Program at the Metairie Jewish We are so proud to honor Paula for her years of dedication to
Community Center’s camp, and for Project Arts Connection in the children of Bornblum!
the Orleans Parish Public School System, where she worked
together with dance and drama artists implementing the visual
arts into the curriculum at various schools.

In December of 1989, Mrs. Greenberg and her husband, Roy,
moved to Memphis. Before becoming a permanent faculty
member in 1990, Mrs. Greenberg provided workshops at the

HONORING JEWISH COMMUNITY PARTNERS

As the umbrella organization of Memphis Jewish Federation and in cooperation with the Fogelman Jewish Family Service, the
the Jewish Foundation of Memphis, Jewish Community hiring of a full time school counselor who is shared between the
Partners seeks to develop a vibrant and sustained Jewish two Jewish day schools. The impact of having this counselor at
community in Memphis, Israel, and throughout the world. One Bornblum is already making a difference for students and their
way that JCP brings this vision to life is through its commitment families. Jewish Foundation of Memphis also makes a
to Jewish education and its commitment to Bornblum Jewish difference in Jewish education in Memphis. JFOM focuses on
Community School. sustainability of Jewish schools. As the investment manager of
Bornblum’s endowment, JFOM ensures that Bornblum’s
Memphis Jewish Federation is the second largest contributor of endowment is invested appropriately, helping to build future
charitable funds to Bornblum’s annual operating cost. These income for the school. It also provides fundraising seminars
funds are critical to Bornblum’s ability to provide an outstanding related to planned giving and ran the highly successful Create
Jewish and secular education to any family in our community Your Jewish Legacy program, helping Bornblum to secure more
who wants it. MJF also provides significant scholarships each than fifty legacy donors.
year to help families pay the cost of Bornblum’s annual eighth
grade Israel seminar. This capstone experience to a Bornblum Our Jewish community and our school are fortunate to have
education could not happen without the financial assistance of partners in JCP, MJF and JFOM. We are grateful not just for
MJF. the funds they provide, but for their commitment to ensuring
that Jewish education thrives in Memphis. The leaders of these
In addition to providing substantial funding for Jewish education, three organizations demonstrate, through their words and
JCP is engaged in initiatives to promote Jewish education in deeds, that the key to the future of Jewish Memphis rests in
Memphis. From providing grant opportunities to hiring outside providing our students with a strong Jewish education today!
consultants from PRIZMAH: Center for Jewish Day Schools to
study and make recommendations for the growth of Jewish We hope you will join us in thanking Jewish Community
education in Memphis, JCP is ensuring a strong future for Partners for all of their hard work and that you will support them
Jewish education in Memphis. JCP recently made possible, so that they can continue to support Bornblum.

SILENT AUCTION ITEMS

LITTLE HANDS TABLE YOU’VE GOT MY HEART BOOK SCULPTURE
by KINDERGARTEN by FIRST GRADE LAVAN by FOURTH GRADE

Starting Bid: $50 Starting Bid: $50 Starting Bid: $100

LITTLE HANDS BENCH
by KINDERGARTEN

Starting Bid: $100

BUTTONED UP MIRROR GLOBES MOSAIC TABLES
by FIRST GRADE KACHOL bY THIRD GRADE by FIFTH GRADE

Starting Bid: $50.00 Starting Bid: $50.00 each Starting Bid: $150.00 each
4 available 3 available

TICK TOCK
CREATIVE CLOCKS
by SEVENTH GRADE

Starting Bid: $35.00 each
7 available

UPCYCLED DRESS FORMS
by EIGHTH GRADE

Starting Bid: $125.00 each
4 available

HISTORY TOTEMS FLOWERS WITH HAND
by SIXTH GRADE CRAFTED FRAME

Starting Bid: $50.00 each by NAFTALI THOMAS
3 available
Starting Bid: $1,950.00

THE COUNTRYSIDE VASE WITH FLOWERS
Donated by Donated by

Suzanne & Scott Baum Suzanne & Scott Baum

Starting Bid: $300.00 Starting Bid: $300.00

SILENT AUCTION ITEMS CONTINUED

LADIES IN WAITING EYES OPEN PATIO VIEW
Donated by Donated by Donated by
Suzanne & Scott Baum Suzanne & Scott Baum
Suzanne & Scott Baum
Starting Bid: $350.00 Starting Bid: $350.00
Starting Bid: $100.00

THE OLD WORLD
by JAKE ALABASTER

Donated by Mike Alabaster

Starting Bid: $200.00 each

THE SEVEN SPECIES, THOU
SHALL NOT WANT
CIGAR BOX

by CAROL BUCHMAN
Starting Bid: $50.00

JACOB’S LADDER
CIGAR BOX

by CAROL BUCHMAN
Starting Bid: $50.00

SILENT AUCTION-STEVE KAUFMAN POP ART

HAND-SIGNED, SCREEN PRINTS ON CANVAS WITH HAND EMBELLISHMENTS.
LIMITED EDITIONS. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY INCLUDED.

MARILYN MONROE JACKSON POLLACK
“EVENING OUT WITH IN ACTION

NECKLACE” by STEVE KAUFMAN

by STEVE KAUFMAN Starting Bid: $750.00

Starting Bid: $750.00

MONA-LISA
by STEVE KAUFMAN

Starting Bid: $750.00

MARILYN MONROE MARILYN MONROE
“I’M COOL” “I’M BLOND”

by STEVE KAUFMAN by STEVE KAUFMAN

Starting Bid: $750.00 Starting Bid: $750.00

LIVE ART AUCTION ITEMS

CORN HAND-DRAWN GOOFY
by SALLY MARKELL by BILL JUSTICE

Starting Bid: $500.00 Starting Bid: $125.00

PAY ATTENTION
by MARCY WURZBUG STAGNER

Starting Bid: $500.00

FEELS
by FRANCES BERRY

Starting Bid: $350.00

LIVE AUCTION-STEVE KAUFMAN POP ART

ANNIE LENNOX MARILYN MONROE
by Steve Kaufman “LOOKING GOOD”
by Steve Kaufman
Starting Bid: $750.00
Starting Bid: $750.00

THE JEWISH STAR MARILYN MONROE
by Steve Kaufman AND SOPHIA LOREN

Starting Bid: $1,250.00 by Steve Kaufman

Starting Bid: $750.00



Mazel Tov Paula Greenberg


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