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Profiles of Community Leaders


Neil Rosenbaum, Chair of the Board of Directors

Neil Rosenbaum, Chair of the Board of Directors

Neil Rosenbaum, the new chair of the Federation Board of Directors, grew up in Gloversville, NY. He graduated from Union College and went to work for Xerox in Syracuse where, on his first day, he met Debbie, who was to become his wife. Five years later, he got his MBA...

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Debbie Rosenbaum, 2021 Campaign Chair

Debbie Rosenbaum, 2021 Campaign Chair

“I felt that the time was right to give back to a community whose Jewish organizations have been an integral part of our family’s life, and that my business experience would lend itself well to this role,” said Debbie Rosenbaum, explaining the reason she accepted the...

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Young Leader Profile: Leah Goldberg

Young Leader Profile: Leah Goldberg

The Young Leadership Cabinet is the Jewish Federations of North America’s elite leadership-training program for people ages 30-45. It attracts the best and brightest, savvy and sophisticated, young, successful, philanthropic-minded Jewish individuals who seek to...

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Coping with Covid: Dr. and Dr. Steinmann

Coping with Covid: Dr. and Dr. Steinmann

Dr. Richard Steinmann is the Associate Medical Director and Vice Chief for Emergency and Urgent Care Services at Crouse Hospital. Asked how the coronavirus is impacting the work he does, he replied simply, “It’s turned everything upside down.” The hospital has...

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Books


From A Minyan to A Community: A History of The Jews Of Syracuse
B.G. Rudolph (1970)

The Jewish Community of Syracuse  
Barbara Sheklin Davis and Susan B. Rabin (2011)

 A Place That Lives Only In Memory: The Old Jewish Neighborhood of Syracuse, New York

William Marcus (2012)

ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION EXHIBIT


The Onondaga Historical Association has a permanent exhibit of Jewish contributions to Syracuse and Onondaga County on the first floor of its museum at 321 Montgomery Street.  “From Laying the Foundation to Forging Ahead” documents the role of the Jewish community in advancing the social, religious, economic and political fabric of the city and county in four areas: community, business, entertainment and athletics.