Fara and Richard Copell are very involved in the Jewish community, giving back and making the Jewish community a better place.

Richard grew up in Manhasset Hills and went to undergraduate school at Syracuse University before furthering his education at the University of Pennsylvania school of Dental Medicine, receiving his D.M.D. Fara was raised in Great Neck and attended college at the University of Maryland, graduating with a B.A. in marketing. She was a buyer at Gimbels Philadelphia and Frederick Atkins in New York.

Fara and Richard were married in 1979 and have lived in Old Westbury since 1983. Together, they have been involved in various charitable endeavors including the Children’s Medical Fund, Sid Jacobson JCC, Sunrise Day Camp (Richard is a past honoree), American Cancer Society, Katz Women’s Hospital, North Shore Child Guidance, AIDS Awareness, Federation of Boca, JFS, Tikvah, and UJA (Fara is a proud Lion of Judah). They traveled to Israel with UJA to celebrate Israel’s 70th anniversary of independence and have been active members of Temple Sinai of Roslyn for 30 years. 

Richard has been an active member of the Men’s board of Glen Head Country Club for 25 years and has served as president since 2019. Fara has also been an active member of Glen Head Country Club for over 30 years, serving on the ladies’ board as social chair, chairing all the ladies’ events, and she been the chairperson for the annual Play for Pink Charity event for five years. 

Fara and Richard’s proudest achievements are their children, Lindsay and Jeff Schultz, Alexandra and Brett Kasner, and Brett and Jesse Copell, and of course their four grandchildren, Lily, Mason, Graham, and Annabelle. 

Ned and Ellen Dorman are devoted to UJA and the Jewish community.

Ned and Ellen met while studying at Cornell University and graduated in 1977. Ned went on to receive his M.B.A. from the University of Southern California in 1980. Ellen worked in advertising and then took time off to care for their children, Maddy and Allie. Ned launched the Foodservice Division of his family’s business, Dorman Cheese, working there for 10 years. For the next eight years, he worked as VP Food Service for Dorman Roth Foods, before starting a company called The Dairy Group with Ellen in 1994.

Years later, Ned had the free time to pursue his passion of music, creating a music appreciation series with Ellen called The Sounds of Music. The program received an overwhelming response, and they have performed for multiple UJA fundraisers. Ned has also donated his time to many JCC social adult day programs, entertaining Holocaust survivors, Alzheimer patients, senior citizen groups, and more.

Ellen and Ned are involved in numerous charities including the Anti-Defamation League, Mazon, North Shore Hospital, Birthright Israel, Palm Beach Federation, and UJA-Federation (Ellen is a Lion of Judah). They also traveled on a UJA mission to Cuba and have made many local site visits. Ned was also a founding member of the Long Island committee of Birthright Israel. 

Outside of UJA, they are longtime members of Temple Beth Torah in Westbury, both serving on the board of trustees. Ned has also been on Rabbi and Cantor Search committees and chaired the nominating committee while Ellen became a Lion of Judah in 2017.

One of Ned and Ellen’s greatest nachas is from their children, Maddy and Ian, who met on Birthright and have three amazing Birthright sons, Blake, Charlie, Dylan; and Allie (Birthright and Birthright Next) and Lee and their incredible children, Layla and Parker.

Ellen and James are dedicated to making the Jewish community a better place through their actions and philanthropy. Ellen and Jim have been actively involved in UJA for over 50 years. They have chaired, been on the Board of Trustees, and were committee members of many North Shore Inaugural events.

Both Ellen and Jim grew up in Merrick and met in Philadelphia on a blind date. They have lived on Long Island their whole lives, living in Roslyn, Old Westbury, and now Manhasset.

Jim attended the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania before starting his career at his grandfather’s women’s sweater business, Beldoch Popper. Under Jim’s direction, they eventually became one of the largest domestic women’s sweaters manufacturers in the U.S. Eventually, the company was sold as Beldoch Industries to a public company in 1994, where Jim remained president until 2002, when he retired. Currently, Jim is the owner/president of Sam Hunter LLC, staying very active as a consultant in the fashion industry.

Since his early career, Jim has been active in many charitable ventures. Many years ago, Jim started the UJA LI Country Club Coalition, getting, at that time, 17 Jewish country clubs, to feature a UJA day fundraiser event. Ellen and Jim also were part of the founding family of the Roslyn Day Care Center, where he was chairman for many years.

Jim has had numerous board positions including UJA Long Island, Temple Sinai in Roslyn, Glen Head Country Club, Roslyn Day Care Center, and Young Presidents of America New York as membership chairman.

Together, Ellen and Jim have two children, Amy and Adam. They are both Wharton graduates. Amy, who is married to Scott Smith, currently resides in Massachusetts. They are very active in UJA, FIDF, Birthright, and more. Adam is married to Lisa, and they currently live in New York City, where Adam is in the real estate business and has been involved with the 92nd Street Y, Help USA, and along with his dad Jim and grandfather Gene, is a former UJA honoree. Ellen and Jim also have four grandchildren, Samantha, Henry, Hunter, and Preston.

Heidi and Richard Horowitz have been leaders of the UJA community for many years. They have served on committees, traveled on missions, and opened their home for the Long Island Premiere. 

Richard’s involvement with UJA spans decades, and he has been honored by the Plumbing and North Shore Divisions several times. Richard has served on the board of the Children’s Medical Fund and was president of the Men’s Division. For his contributions to the community, he was honored at the CMF Golf Outing. Since 1978, he has served on the Long Island Jewish Hospital Board before moving to the Northwell Health System Board of Trustees/Advisors. Richard also worked on the AIPAC Washington Committee. He is an active member of the Glen Oaks Club and served as president from 1997 to 2000 as well as serving on the Board of Governors for 25 years. He continues to serve on various Glen Oaks Club committees. 

Heidi grew up in North Woodmere, where she was surrounded by a strong Jewish community. Her father, alongside his dear friend, Rabbi Theodore Jungreis, was a founding member of the local synagogue. Her grandfather was a founding member of The Workman’s Circle, one of the first Jewish labor organizations in America, helping to create the Circle Lodge and Camp Kinder-Ring.  

Since 2012, as an active Ruby Lion of Judah, she has been a participant in numerous special projects and has chaired events such as a trip to Austin, Texas, as well as attending GA conferences in Israel and Washington, D.C.  

Heidi was privileged to participate in nine Heart to Heart missions to Israel, and began eagerly recruiting for future missions in hopes of sharing the incredible experience with other women. She even became a bat mitzvah at age 50 at a special inaugural ceremony under the excavated Western Wall tunnels. 

While attending the Centennial Mission to Israel in 2017 with Richard, Heidi participated in a special group photography tour under direction from well-known photographer Stephen Wilkes.

Heidi and Richard live in Old Westbury and are members of Old Westbury Hebrew Congregation and Palm Beach Synagogue in Palm Beach, Florida. 

Following in their footsteps of Jewish philanthropy, they are grateful for their family including Jill and Jeffrey Libshutz, Chase Reiter, Starr and Jonathan Chasin, and grandchildren Lucas, Jared, Blake, and Teddy. 

Voted one of the top 10 comedians in New York City by The Hollywood Reporter, Modi is one of the comedy circuit’s most sought-after performers. Featured on HBO, CBS, NBC, ABC, Comedy Central, Howard Stern, and E! Entertainment, he has received rave reviews in The New York Times, Time Out NY, and The New York Post. 

Born in Tel Aviv, Israel, Modi emigrated with his family to the United States at the age of seven and was raised on Long Island. After graduating from Boston University, he worked as an investment banker until his first open-mic night made him realize that stand-up was his true calling. Equipped with a sharp wit and a knack for reading an audience, Modi has gone on to become a successful fixture in New York’s vibrant comedy scene, often doing bits that incorporate his heritage, and he is a hit with diverse Jewish audiences as well as fans of all backgrounds and beliefs. 

Now a regular performer at the New York and Los Angeles comedy clubs, Modi also headlines around the country and across the globe. He has toured in the United Kingdom, Holland, and Israel and performs in comedy festivals and special venues, including Montreal’s Just for Laughs Comedy Festival and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. 

Modi has played himself on HBO's Crashing and Netflix’s When Jews Were Funny. He’s also appeared in several feature films and played leading roles in two: Waiting for Woody Allen, which won the LA Film Festival, and Stand Up, a feature-length film. In 2018, Mayor Bill de Blasio declared June 26th “Mordechi Modi Rosenfeld Day” in the city of New York for his accomplishments and contributions to the artistic community.