April 18, 2001
Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Wolinetz to be Honored at
OU National Anniversary Dinner
Naomi
and Harvey Wolinetz will be honored by the Orthodox Union with its Boneh
Yerushalayim Award for their long-standing commitment to community service
and their contributions to Jewish life, at the OU’s 103tf
Anniversary National Dinner on Sunday, May 20, 2001, at the Grand Hyatt
Hotel in New York.
Harvey
Wolinetz was graduated from Yeshiva University with a B.A. in psychology
and received a Masters of Science degree in communications from the
Ferkauf Graduate School of Yeshiva University.
Mr. Wolinetz has been a New York State licensed real estate broker
for over 30 years. He has
been an active partner in the Westchester management firm of Sovereign
Servicing, an investor and broker in the buying and selling of real estate
and the development of a portfolio of mortgage receivables that led to the
formation of Harvey Wolinetz Mortgage Servicing and Park National Capital
Funding.
Naomi
Wolinetz (nee Fein) was graduated with a BA from City University of New
York. She has been involved with aiding abused and battered women in
Monsey, was a past president of the Sharon Rockland chapter of Amit and
currently serves on Amit’s national board of directors.
Mr.
Wolinetz is a past president of the Community Synagogue of Monsey and the
Schreiber Hebrew Academy of Rockland.
He currently serves on the Rockland County Rent Guidelines Board,
is a vice president of the Orthodox Union, chairman of its Israel
Commission and previously served as the financial secretary of the OU.
Mr.
and Mrs. Wolinetz have a son, Aron, and three married daughters, Tammy to
Ken Schaum, Rena to Marshall Katz, and Atara to Rabbi Michael Reichel and
a bunch of lovely grandchildren.
“Throughout
their lives, the Wolinetz’s have personified the ideals of tikkun olam (repairing
the world),” said OU President Harvey Blitz.
“We are proud to honor their selfless devotion to the greater
community and to klal Yisrael.”
Other
honorees at the Union’s Anniversary Dinner include: Rabbi
Kenneth Hain; Rabbi Abraham Cooper; and Rosalyn
and Franklyn Snitow.
For dinner reservations,
please call Malka Laks at 212.613.8144.
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