About Kol Israel Foundation

Kol Israel Foundation is an organization forged by Holocaust Survivors who settled in Cleveland after WWII. Putting their history of unbearable losses of mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, wives, husbands, children aside, they found themselves alone, strangers in a strange land. Because of the strength and vibrancy of the Cleveland community, many Survivors settled here.

History of Kol Israel

Foundation Governance and Staff

  • Bob Zelwin

    Bob Zelwin

    President

  • Jeremy Joseph

    Jeremy Joseph

    Vice President

  • Rina Frankel

    Rina Frankel

    Vice President

  • Muriel Weber

    Muriel Weber

    Treasurer
    Lifetime Director

  • Gary Moody

    Secretary

  • Mark S. Frank

    Mark S. Frank

    Past President

  • Louise Gips

    Louise Gips

    Lifetime Director

  • Avi Goldman

    Avi Goldman

    Lifetime Director

  • Anne Lukas

    Anne Lukas

    Lifetime Director

  • Hallie Duchon

    Hallie Duchon

    Executive Director

  • Nina Light

    Nina Light

    Program Manager

  • Lindsay Friedman

    Lindsay Friedman

    Education Director

Board of Directors

Harry Abraham

Deborah Chudakoff

Rabbi Matt Cohen

Peggy Dorfman

Michael Frankel

Alan Gottlieb

Michael Hennenberg

Ellen Nebel Jacob

Josh Kaplovitz

Sylvia Malcmacher Kramer

Sean Martin

Courtney Mendelsohn

Hedy Milgrom

Andrew Mizsak

Helene Frum Pincus

Loree Potash

Lee Rosenberg

Marcy Rosenthal

Jordan Walman

Elissa Wuliger