December 1, 2000
Honoring
the Past, the Present and the Future
Flatbush Resident To Be Inducted into the OU’s
Ben Zakkai Honor Society
The Orthodox Union is
pleased to honor long-time affiliate of the Orthodox Union’s (OU) National
Conference of Synagogue Youth (NSCY), Rebbetzin Joanne Auman, with
the Rabbi Pinchas and Rebbetzin Elaine Stolper Alumni Service Award at
the annual Ben
Zakkai Honor Society Dinner, Sunday, December 10, in Manhattan.
As
a young member of NCSY, Rebbetzin Auman was
a chapter and regional leader serving with distinction as the National
Corresponding Secretary, only the second Canadian ever to be elected to
the NCSY National Office. Her
effusive personality, firm convictions and glowing personage made her a
favorite on every level of the NCSY endeavor, assuring that she would
become a popular advisor when she enrolled at Stern College after
graduating from high school.
The
Jewish community of Flatbush knows her as the caring and exceptional
rebbetzin of the Young Israel of Flatbush, the devoted wife of Rabbi
Kenneth Auman, the skilled teacher of Global Studies at Yeshiva Magen
David and the proud mother of six children: Aliza (and Chanoch Gold),
Penina, Zvi, Yehuda, Ben Zion and Eliana.
Rebbetzin Auman has participated in countless causes, from
assisting agunot (women who cannot obtain a Jewish divorce) to
organizing innumerable acts of chesed.
OU
President Mandell I. Ganchrow, M.D., explained, “Since
her first day in NCSY, Rebbetzin Auman has been an example to NCSYers
not just because of what she says, but because of how she says it and,
far more significantly, because of what she does.
Rebbetzin Auman has demonstrated tireless dedication to the youth of
NCSY and has provided a supreme
example of Torah scholarship while instilling in countless NCSY
teenagers a deep love and enthusiasm for Judaism.”
Since it was founded in
1954, NCSY has pioneered the
Jewish outreach movement and today is the world’s largest Jewish youth
program. With chapters in
39 states, 215 communities across the nation and 3 Canadian provinces,
NCSY reaches 40,000 boys and girls annually by offering 750 major
educational events and programs and 10 summer camps – in the U.S.,
Israel and the Ukraine.
When the Ben Zakkai
Honor Society was created in 1965, its mandate was to honor those
exceptional men and women who “have demonstrated personal Torah growth
and the promise of future meaningful service to the Jewish people and
the Orthodox community.” Rebbetzin
Joanne Auman has lived up to that mandate and epitomizes those very
qualities.
The
Orthodox Union, now in its second century of service to the Jewish
community of America and beyond, is the world leader in youth
work,
advocacy for the disabled, synagogue
services, adult education and
political action. Its kosher
supervision label, the
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is the world’s most recognized kosher symbol and can be found on over
250,000 products in 68 countries around the globe.
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