Making a difference

Linda Lait Burger, Elyse Spector Kalmans, Richard Wolf and Irene Weingarten, Vikki and Rich Evans, Martha Freedman and Tali Blumrosen joined more than 1,000 guests at Hilton Americas-Houston for the annual Guardian of the Human Spirit Luncheon benefiting Holocaust Museum Houston (HMH). Burger, former Interim Chief Executive Officer for HMH, was honored with the Guardian of the Human Spirit Award for her leadership including her work with the Museum and her 17-year tenure as CEO of Alexander Jewish Family Service. The luncheon event was led by host committee chairs Ellen and Dan Trachtenberg and Mitzi Shure and Jerry Wische, honorary chairs Joan Alexander, Martha and Don Freedman, Mady and Ken Kades, Velva G. Levine, Paula and Irving z”l Pozmantier, Regina Rogers, and Cyvia Wolff, luncheon chairs Vikki and Rich Evans and Irene Weingarten and Richard Wolf, and VIP reception sponsors Jamie and Bert Wolf. Guests heard from featured speaker Rabbi David Wolpe, Max Webb Emeritus Rabbi of Sinai Temple of Los Angeles and inaugural rabbinic fellow of the Anti-Defamation League. The event was the most successful in the luncheon’s history, raising more than $925,000 for education outreach.

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