The advancement of learning is the highest commandment - Maimonides
WSJL Board of Directors - 2008-2009
FOUNDER
Dr. Joseph L. Baron* 1894-1960
OFFICERS
President: Gwen Ellen Rivkin, Milwaukee
Vice President: Rabbi David Brusin, Milwaukee
Vice President: Cantor Jeffrey D. Cohn, Appleton
Corresponding Secretary: Eric Pullin, Milwaukee
Recording Secretary: Susan B. Silverstein, Milwaukee
Immediate Past President: Sharie L. Berliant, Milwaukee
PAST PRESIDENTS
Norman Abrahams*
Nathan L. Berkowitz, Milwaukee
Leslie S. Bern*
Alan J. Borsuk, Milwaukee
Edward B. Elkon, Milwaukee
Suzy B. Ettinger, Mequon
Norman N. Gill*
Albert C. Heller*
Marvin E. Klitsner*
George J. Laikin*
Michael B. Laikin, Henderson, NV
Jack L. Lerman*
Abraham Melamed*
Adolph Pokras*
Joseph J. Shutkin, Milwaukee
Daniel N. Weber, Milwaukee
M. Michael Weber, Milwaukee
Herman Weil*
*of Blessed Memory
DIRECTORS
Rabbi Steven Adams, Waukesha
James J. Ansfield, Mequon
Sandra Bisciglia, Kenosha
Sherry H. Blumberg,
John E. Brosseau, Racine
DeWitt Clinton,
Robert D. Eiseman, Milwaukee
Stanley A. Holland, Milwaukee
Maureen Komisar, Milwaukee
Rabbi Shlomo Levin, Milwaukee
Mark Levy, Brookfield
Richard Robbins, Milwaukee
Sara Shutkin, Milwaukee
Beatrice Strick, Milwaukee
Rachel Muchin Young, Manitowoc
STAFF
Executive Director: Kathy Jendusa
Project Coordinator: Gayle Weber Rakita
Director, Wisconsin Small Jewish Communities History Project: Andrew Muchin