Join Herzl in the City’s SchmoozeFest and get every child to camp!

You create a joyful, schmooze-filled summer for hundreds of young people when you donate to the Herzl in the City fundraising drive!

Your sponsorship goes directly to camp scholarships, key security upgrades, and expanding our Israeli Camper program to bring 24 campers and Ozrim from Sderot and surrounding communities this summer. It is 13th summer of this unique experiential education program and it’s never been more important–for both our American and Israeli campers. Click here to hear directly from Israeli dad about what this program means to his family. You are the reason his child can “just be a kid” at camp this summer!

We’ll close the drive on May 18 and celebrate what we accomplish when we come together for the campers with SchmoozeFest 2024!

Join chairs Revital and Michael Furman, for a night of schmoozing and schtick! While we’re schmoozing, meet new Herzl staff! Grab a beer with your buddies, new and old, at the Beerkurim Beer Garden! Sing a camp song duet with beloved Rosh Shira Flip Frisch by the fire. Taste a twist on your favorite camp foods! Games, swag and more! All during one fun night of schtick and celebration surrounded by long-time and brand-new friends who love Jewish camp.

Join us on Saturday, May 18 at 8 pm CT at Oak Ridge Country Club!
All donations include entry for up to 3 Schmoozers. Want to bring more Schmoozers? Let us know.

New and increased gifts are MATCHED by BMO Harris Bank, our Matching Sponsor for the 9th year running!

Choose your level and click here to donate today!

Attention Bubies, Zaydies and Grandparents by any name!

Be sure to click the box on the donation page to join the Grandparents Gratitude Circle! Your donation is dedicated to growing our Israeli camper program for this summer. GGC Members are marked with an * on the list below.

Want to chat? So do we!

Holly Guncheon, 763-464-3632
Katie Rosenberg, 612-710-6636

Thank you to our Generous Sponsors!

Matching Sponsor

BMO Harris Bank

$25,000 Level

Lisa Capp
Cindi and Harold Goldfine
Kim Lear and Jake Fishman
Sheri and Steve Lear

$18,000 Level

Debra and Alex Arbit
Linda and Mike Fiterman

$10,000 Level

Gail and Jack Bernstein
Dakotah Bank
Samuel and Sylvia Kaplan foundation, Jill Chessen, and Kerri Lehmann
Wendy and Jim Shear

$7,500 Level

Cathy and Richard Broms
Lenny Jonas
Sheila and Steve Lieberman
Alyson Silver and Ben Weiss, Andrea Silver Champaloux and Steven Champaloux & Anita Lurye Silver
Cindy and Perry Witkin

$5,000 Level

Gayleen and Bill Clark
Elaine and Gary Dachis
The Ezrilov Family
Deb Oberman and Mark Gittleman
Jason and Jacy Grais
Mitzi and Terry Kane
Gail and Steve Machov
Esta Miller
Karin Einisman Phillips
Nancy and Kevin Rhein
Jennifer and Josh Riff
Sari and Larry Rosen, Abbey and Rudy Rosen
Missy and Bobby Swiller
Rachael and John Vegas
Beth Weinblatt
Wilf Family Foundations
Dawn and Danny Zouber

$3,600 Level

Nina and Bryan Badzin
Pearl Berdass
Amy and Jack Fiterman
Revital and Mike Furman
Allie and Brian Hage
Helain and Jimmy Pesis
Roz and Yoav Segal

$2,500 Level

Andi and Floyd Adelman
Bobbi and Bob Aronson
Baratz Family Foundation
Melanie Barry
Mollie and Mike Berenbom
Andrew Freeman
Amy and Todd Geller
Rosie and Loren Geller
Nancy and Jeff Getzkin
Philip and Sheril Gilberstadt
Bonnie and Steve Heller
Randi and Eric Lachter
Jessica and Michael Lasser
Jorie and Robby Malk
Ann and Todd Miller
Gail and Howie Milstein
Sam Rosen
Nancy and Steve Schachtman
Judi Belzer and Jerry Waldman, Sue and Geoff Roether, Erin and Michael Waldman
Dana Beth and David Weisman

$1,800 Level

Anonymous
Kim Wolson and Norman Abramson
Katie and JR Berger
Abbi Rose and Michael Blum
Bonnie and Herb Buchbinder
Brad Cohn
Mika and Louis Cohn
Jack and Pella Fingersh
Andy and Libby Finn
Sharon Makowsky and Stephen Flug
Jeremy and Kara Frank
Ilyse and Lonny Goldsmith
Rachel Krantz and Edward Goldstein
Jill and Steve Gottlieb
Kim and Tommy Hoffman
Mollie Ketroser and Ethan Greenberg & Jane Ketroser
Reva Kibort
Melissa and David Kieffer
Sharon and Marty Kieffer
Steve and Mimi Klane
Jill, Les, Shayna, and Michael Korsh
Joan and Bob Levine
Debbie and Gil Mann
Alana and Harry Matthew
Andrew and Jill (Zeldin) Miller
Minnesota Jewish Community Foundation
Lisa and Mark Ratner
Gwynn and Tom Rosen
Gail Bender Satz and Mark Satz
Tami and Jimmy Segal
Susan Chalfen and Daniel Silvers
Jennifer and Danny Soshnik
Gail and Joel Tilsner
Rory and Josh Zamansky
Mary McCarthy and Brian Zelickson

$1,000 Level

Mark and Elaine Adelman
Ichak and Nurit Adizes
Doug Baldinger and Emily Page-Baldinger
Etta and Mike Barry
Jane and Steve Benowitz
Jon and Jenny Benowitz
Merilyn and Loren Berenbom
Karen and Bob Berman
Betsy and Barry Birnberg
Kim Wolson and Norman Abramson
Wendy and E.J. Clyman
Laurie and Jason Epstein
Jeannie and Steve Gilfix
Linda Gilfix
Holly and Kelly Guncheon
Andy and Judy Halper
Marc and Debbie Hasko
Jesse and Cym Kibort, Parker Daniels Kibort LLC
Reida Lazer-Chein
Steve Leventhal
Marnie and Jordan Marmet
Scott Marvy
Oak Ridge Financial
Jacki Paster
Marty Pesis and Jenny Ermer
Susan and Richard Proman
Lynn Lederman and Ken Raskin
Allison, Dean, Abigail & Will Rosen
Judy and Keith Rosenblum
Lisa and Ben Rubin
Steve and Wendy Rubin
Sheva and Tom Sanders
Janice and Jeff Schachtman
Nancy and Michael Schoenberger
Wendy and Marty Shragg
Susan Wilkes and Gabe Silverberg
Joanne and Michael Silverman
Bonnie and Arthur Stein
Sheryl and Josh Stein
Ayelet and Ari Sterenson
Andy and Jodie Weinstein
Stephanie and Matt Weiss
Drea Lear and David Winter
Ellie and Mark Wolpert
Erin and Skylar Werde
Kathy and Howard Zack
Amy and David Zaroff
Lynn and Ron Zamansky

$750 Level

Lynn Blumenthal and Stuart Chazin
Continental Diamond
Jessica and Zach Freeman
Neili and Michael Glotter
Rabbi Jennifer and Michael Hartman
Barbara and Earl Hoffman
Danya Kornblum and Aidan Shafton
Jill and Rich Minn
Katie and Eli Rosenberg
Harriet Swatez
Howard and Debbie Toberman
Barry Wolfish and Randi Winston

$500 Level

Abbey and Seth Baker
Cassie and David Benowitz
Yoni and Deb Bundt
Amanda and Andrew Calof
Rachel and Dan Canfield
Laura and Scott Condon
Scott Dorman
Andrew Dresdner
Rebecca and Michael Epstein
Linda Brody Ettedgui and Rabbi Avram Ettedgui
Stacy and Steve Finkelstein
Elissa and Igor Furman
Anita Geller
Aaron and Michelle Goldstein
Kay and Bruce Goldstein
Charlie and Dina Goodman
Shelley Kornblum and Mickey Greenberg
Beckie Skelton and Shep Harris
Nancy and Bob Hartman
Rachael and David Hoffman
Sara Grimaldi and David Jurisz
Ken and Sharon Kadet
Jeanne and Stan Kagin
Tobi and Martin Kalish
Judy and Orrie Kessel
Stacy and Gary Kibort
Mary Beth and Phil Kibort
Hillary and Bill Kiefer
Sharon and Jeff Kirshenbaum
Danny and Ari Leonard & Family
Loyd Moldow Family
Pamela and Tom Meyers
Stacy and Dan Mosow
Elizabeth and David Nirenstein
Jill and David Orbuch
Jim and Esther Paletz
Tammie and Phil Rosenbloom
Polly and Mike Saxon
Sara and Josh Schulman
Nikki and Dan Shapiro
Rose and Dan Sloven
Betsy and Michael Soshnik
Tom and Liba Stillman
David Weil
Janet and Darryl Weivoda
Natalie and Drew Zamansky

$360 Level

Joyce and David Abramson
Jeff and Vonnie Berc
Heather and Kevin Besikof
Shussie and Allen Blumenthal
Jon Braufman
Baree Nottberg and Scott Buchbinder
Jamie and Joshua Diamond
Lois and Dale Dobrin
Brad and Emily Frank
Rena Harold and Linda Loewenstein
Jory Herman
Stacy and Greg Horwitz
Jon Kahn and Nina Woldenberg
Jonathan Kanter
Judy and Eli Kimel
Michelle Horovitz and Adam Klarfeld
Josh Levine
Barb and Steve Liebo
Allison and Andrew Lifson
Jane and Todd Lifson Family
Lindsay and Dana Litman
Rollie and Ben Marcovitch
Illana and David Mauser
Candice and Chuck Nadler
Jill and Jeff Rabinovitz
Jody and Fred Rappaport
Marissa and Jake Smith
Jenny Javitch and Alon Ventura
Melissa Weiner and Jason Wilsey

$250 Level

Stephanie and Brad Chazin
Holly and Jon Brod Farber
Margie and Michael Earhart
Kim and Aaron Gelperin
David Getzkin
Michelle and Judd Gilats
Hannah Gilfix
Molly, Marc, Sophia and Hazel Gurny
Johanna and Danny Hyman
Roger and Ellice Landy
Paula and Marshall Lehman
Audra and Loren Mintz
Heidi Winer and Mort Naiman
Marni and Gal Noyman
Leslie and Daniel Pesis
Emily and David Price
Cari and Ariel Waitz
Nick and Leigh Zaban

$180 Level

Laura and Danny Abrams
Lara and Brad Benenson
Sam and Jacki Block
Beth Shapiro and Scott Boscapomi
Andrea Chazin
Mindy and Daniel Chiat
Alexis Kessler and Brian Cook
Laura and Chris Engelbret
Amy and Derek Gale
The Goldberg Family
Lauren and Jason Goldfarb
Sherri and Jay Gould
Emily Grossman
Joey Hoffman and Lily Hoffman
Julie and Scott London
Joe and Marguerite Rubin
Amanda and Greg Simpson
Lynn and Mark Usem
Jerry Woldorsky & Mary Jellison
Josh and Dana Youman
Julie and Scot Ziessman
Teri and Barry Zoss

$100 Level

Sara, Andrew and Jonah Azorsky
Jeff and Heidi Baill
Rachel and Justin Baratz
Robyn Bass
Nate Bear
Loretta Blue
Stephen Cohen
Ilene and Edward Engle
Mike Fine
Bernice and Mike Frisch
Dori and Danny Gelfman
Charles Gershman
Hannah and Scott Golob
Rabbi Bill and Dena Horn
Kaplan Insurance Agency
Doron Levin
Rollye and Chuck Rinkey
Masha Romer
Nancy Rosenberg
Peter Shanedling and Rachel Ratner
Asaf Segal
Rebecca and Thomas Shiah
Esther and Stewart Stein
Scott Steinberg
Adam Stillman
Emma Nadler and Christopher Thomson
Jessica and Jeffrey Wax
The Williams Family
Scott and Shira Zigler
Stefanie and Jeff Zoss
Tommy Zoss

$54 Level

Arnie Applebaum
Abbe Blacker
Marc Bonk
Braaten Family
Sol Brandys
Alyssa Estreen
Zach Geller
Debbie and Mickey Gensler
Melissa and Howard Grodnick
Charney Grone
Steve and Melissa Grossman
Mindy and Brad Horwitz
Rachel and Brad Ingber
Libby and Benjie Kaplan
Danielle and Evan Kaufmann
Chad and Sari Kay and Family
Rebekah Lear
Drew and Carly Levine
Caryn London
Lisa and Chris Mottla
Jessica Nemer
Jill Oleisky
Bob Oleisky
Ricky Popowitz
Sloane Rosenberg
Judie and Mike Rothschild
Charles and Kori Savitt
Braden Spencer
Robin and Henry Stein
Ozo Larry Stein
Carol Woodward

Thank you to all our supporters!  This list is updated as of May 18, 2024