Gala 2025

Congregation Beth El Annual Gala
January 25, 2025, 8:00 pm

Musical Performance by Award-Winning Broadway Performer Rachel York

Cocktails – Music – Silent Auction

Cocktail Attire Invited

Complimentary Valet Parking

Register to Attend   Donate to the Silent Auction


Annual Gala Giving Levels

Diamond – $5,000 – Includes a table in the front row and 8 tickets ($400 per ticket tax deductible)
Platinum – $3,600 – Includes a table in the second row and 8 tickets ($225 per ticket tax deductible)
Gold – $1,800 – Includes 4 tickets ($270 per ticket tax deductible)
Silver – $1,000 – Includes 2 tickets ($320 per ticket tax deductible
Bronze – $540 – Includes 2 tickets ($90 per ticket tax deductible)
Individual Tickets: $180 each ($0 tax deductible)

If you have previously given an amount of $540 or more to the Annual Campaign during Fiscal Year 2024 (beginning June 1, 2024), you are entitled to two complimentary tickets, but you must still register to attend.

If you are interested in splitting a front-row or second-row table with another family, please contact Heather Garrett at hgarrett@bethelmc.org.

Beth El Gala 2025 Host Committee

Committee Co-Chairs
Jennifer Powers and Alec Powers
Camilla Zugman and Andre Zugman

Committee
Alana and Greg Aronin
Alison Baraf and Aryeh Portnoy
Samantha and Dan Bender
Hillary and Scott Berman
Suzanne and Benjamin Bronheim
Michelle Brafman and Tom Helf
Pat and Jerry Danoff
Shelley and Adam Ducker
Debbie Feinstein
Nancy and Cary Feldman
Debbie and Jonathan Forrest
Michelle and Mike Gips
Sara and Mike Gordon
Arielle and Jeffrey Grill
Minnie and Valerie Issembert
Fran Katz Watson
Rachel and Lee Janger
Susan and Jon Jerison
Sue and Bill Kanter
Susan Kitt and Steven Teitlebaum
Susan and Edoardo Kulp
Jennifer Latz and Jonathan Polon
Phyllis and Jeff Lavine
Lindsay and Justin Meyers
Angela and Alex Munitz
Debbie and Samuel Olchyk
Sharon Pohoryles and Jim Gelb
Anita and Arthur Polott
Jodi and Seth Price
Jill and Jeremy Rider
Andrea and David Rifkind
Josh Rosenstein
Rebecca and Aaron Schillici
Judy and Jayson Slotnik
Tamara and Ivan Snyder
Bobbi and Jeff Spector
Nanci and Gary Sundel
Robin Thomashauer and David Florin
Ellen Tillman
Debbie Vodenos and Sam Boxerman
Joyce Wasserstein and Theodore Segal

About Our Guest Performer

Rachel York is a dynamic and versatile award-winning actress and singer. She is best known for her critically acclaimed Broadway performances in City of Angels, Les Misérables, Victor/Victoria (Drama Desk Award) with Julie Andrews, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Sly Fox with Richard Dreyfuss, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with Jonathan Pryce. Most recently Ms. York starred on Broadway in Disaster! The Musical and the ground-breaking Go-Gos musical Head Over Heels. She also turned heads on television with her courageous portrayal of Lucille Ball in the CBS movie, Lucy.

“Rachel York is today’s most striking dramatic and musical-comedy heroine, deliciously fusing talent with looks.” – John Simon, Eye on Theatre