UJA’s Real Estate Celebration Luncheon

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

11:30 AM

Cipriani 42nd Street, 110 East 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10017

Join our annual Real Estate Luncheon Celebration, where our community gathers each year to strengthen our shared values and the work we help make possible through UJA. This year, we’ll honor David Brause of Brause Realty and Michelle Bernstein of Miter Construction Corporation for their professional and philanthropic leadership.

At the event — back as a luncheon this year — you’ll also discover how your generosity is helping fuel UJA’s critical work right now as we help Israel chart a path forward, fight antisemitism, and uplift struggling New Yorkers.

Honoring

David Brause

President, Brause Realty Inc.

As president of Brause Realty Inc., David Brause leads the acquisitions, development, management, and financing activities of over 3 million square feet of commercial and multifamily property. In more than 30 years in the real estate business, David has been responsible for significant developments, including a 700,000-square-foot LEED Gold redevelopment of a 1911 manufacturing building at Brewster LIC into class A office space for MetLife Insurance and the headquarters of JetBlue Airways; the development of The Forge, a 38-story, 272-unit luxury LEED Silver apartment building in Long Island City; construction of a 34-story luxury apartment building on 57th Street in Manhattan; and construction...

Michelle Bernstein

President, Miter Construction

Michelle Bernstein developed a curiosity and affinity for the ever-changing Manhattan skyline. This penchant for urban development turned into a career filled with renovating the interiors of the buildings she had long admired. Michelle earned her B.A. in economics from Cornell University and her M.B.A. in finance and real estate from the University of Miami. In 2007, she became the first female member of her family to join the family’s general contracting company, started in 1905 by her great-grandfather, where she developed a keen eye for the intricate nuances required of each project. In 2014, Michelle founded Miter Construction, a general contracting company that focuses on the interior...

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Leadership

Real Estate Celebration

Chairs

Joshua Arcus
Brown Harris Stevens

Daniel B. Blaser
Extell Development Company

Brian Cohen
Goulston & Storrs

Gideon Gil
Cushman & Wakefield

Michelle Kleger
Kensington Vanguard

David Robinov
Ackman Ziff Real Estate Group

Gregg Schenker
ABS Partners

Alan Weissman
Alfred Weissman Real Estate Inc.

Vice Chairs

Mitchell Arkin
Cushman & Wakefield

Alex Bernstein
Bernstein Real Estate

Peter J. Bernstein
Alexander Wolf & Son

Debbie Brause Bunder
Brause Realty Inc.

Michelle Brause Litt
Brause Realty Inc.

Scott Dauer
KingsRock Advisors, LLC.

Jonathan Estreich
Estreich & Company Inc

Brian Feil
The Feil Organization

Jeffrey J. Feil
The Feil Organization

William Friedland
Friedland Properties

Lloyd Goldman
BLDG Management Co., Inc.

Avital Ingber

Gary Jacob
Glenwood Management Corp.

Alfonso S. Kimche
North Hill Capital Management

Marty Kravet
Royal Abstract of New York, LLC

Richard J. Mack
Mack Real Estate Group

Steven Marvin
Olmstead Properties

Jonathan L. Mechanic
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Jillian Merns
Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Adam Miller
Langdon Title

Michael Mintz
MD Squared Property Group

Bill Montana
Savills

Herb Myers

Andrea L. Olshan
Olshan Properties

Lindsay Ornstein
Open Impact Real Estate

David L. Picket
Gotham Organization, Inc

Joel I. Picket
Gotham Organization, Inc

James Raved
Rinaldi, Finkelstein & Franklin, LLC

Jonathan D. Resnick
Jack Resnick & Sons Inc.

Amy Rose
Rose Associates

Stefanie Ruch
Douglas Elliman

William C. Rudin
Rudin Management

Larry A. Silverstein
Silverstein Properties, Inc.

Lisa Silverstein
Silverstein Properties, Inc.

Scott Singer
Avison Young

Eliot Spitzer
Spitzer Enterprises

Benjamin J. Winter
The Winter Organization

Lloyd Zuckerberg
Sugar Mountain Capital Partners

(In formation)

Real Estate Executive Committee

Chair
Samuel Rosenblatt

Committee
Charles R. Bendit
Lawrence B. Benenson
Thomas Block
David Brause
Edward Cohen
Jerry L. Cohen
Steven B. Cohen
Ronald M. Dickerman
Jonathan Estreich
David H. Feinberg
Winston C. Fisher
William Friedland
Lloyd Goldman
Jeffrey R. Gural
Gary Jacob
Scott A. Jaffee
Saul B. Katz
Alfonso S. Kimche
Michael Kleinberg
Richard S. Lane
Jeffrey E. Levine
Peter B. Levy
Steven M. Levy
Brian S. Lichter
Matthew Lustig
Richard J. Mack
William L. Mack
Arlene Maidman
Mitchel A. Maidman
Jonathan L. Mechanic
Joseph Moinian
Lee S. Neibart
Andrea L. Olshan
Edward S. Pantzer
Rodney Propp
Bruce Ratner
Jonathan D. Resnick
Jonathan Rosen
Stephen M. Ross
Steven J. Rotter
Richard Ruben
Richard B. Saltzman
Adam Schwartz
Larry A. Silverstein
Lisa Silverstein
Andrew J. Singer
Joseph A. Tahl
Daniel R. Tishman
John Usdan
Robert R. Wiener
Leonard A. Wilf
Simon Ziff

Real Estate Council Committee

Chairs
Brian Cohen
Shimon Shkury

Committee
Daniel B. Blaser
Lucian Cohen
Richard M. Cohen
Andrew Dansker
Lee Deutsch
Andrew Dreisiger
Gideon Etra
David Farhi
Cindy Feinberg
Joseph Fingerman
Micah Goodman
Laura Greenfield
Scott Harris
Ari Hirt
Jonas Katzoff
Levi Kelman
Alfonso S. Kimche
Joe Koicim
Michael Lascher
Danielle Lombardo
Eric Margules
Steven Marvin
Jason Merker
Neil Miller
Michael Mintz
Mitchell Moinian
Jeffrey Moroch
Josh Morris
Jason M. Pantzer
David Peretz
Gedaliah Riesenberg
David Robinov
Adam Rosenberg
Adam R. Sanders
Y. David Scharf
Seth Schochet
David Schonbraun
Michael Schonbraun
Vladimir Shneyder
David Valger
Michael Vickers
Philippe Visser
Richard F. Wagman
Evan Wagowski
Marc J. Warren
Lloyd Zuckerberg

REX Steering Committee

Chair
Joshua Arcus

Vice Chair
Shira Levy

Committee
Adam Arnow
Joey Baum
Rebecca Bendetson
Michelle Bernstein
Jordan Brandes
Taryn Brandes
Samantha Rachesky Buxton
Victoria Drabkin
Matt Dzbanek
Lindsay Egert
Kenny Eisman
Zeke Faham
Brian Feil
Jesse Feldman
Jonathan Goldberg
Evan Goldsmith
Phillip Golub
Eric Grad
David Green
Sam Greenwald
Jason Hagler
David Held
Andrew Horn
Maxwell Joseph
Ashley Jeshiva
Daniel Kaplan
Matt Karnofsky
David Kessler
Adam Kietz
Michelle Kleger
Andrew Laboz
Daniel A. Lederman
Sean Lefkovits
Matthew Levine
David Levy
Avi Lieberman
Jared Litroff
Harry Maidman
Melody Malekan
Samantha Morris
Alex Neubauer
Zachary Neugut
Lauren Newcorn
Andrew Nitkin
Mickey Penzer
Corey Rosenholtz
Michael Rothstein
Andrew Ruben
Kyle Sharaf
Robert Sharfstein
Brett Schenkman
Michael Shmuely
Gabriel Siegal
Scott Silverman
Daniel Silvermintz
Matthew Sobel
David Spies
Zach Steinberg
Josh Suna
Dan Temel
Sam Usdan
Gabriel F. Wasserman
Josh Weiner
Evan Weiss
Justin Weitzman
Steven Wilf
Amanda Saltzman Wolf
Jared Yavers
Marc Zegen

REX Next Committee

Chair
Spenser Heller

Vice Chair
Dori Greenberg

Committee
Yonaton Abramove
Chloe Asnes
Randy Attias
Nicole Auletta
Zachary Azus
Kim Bernstein
Jonathan Bichoupan
Evan Blumenthal
Seth Bolnick
Joshua Bonwitt
Isabella Brodie
Andrew Bronsteen
Nicole Bunder
Cole Chartash
David Cummins
Joel Dayton
Corey Dicker
Andrew Dickerman
Jordan Duke
Jacob Entel
Max Feld
Robbie Ferman
Andrew Fisch
Sabrina Fisch
Carly Franco
Jack Goldberg
Amanda Golub
Jori Goodman
Adam Goodstein
William Herring
Benjamin Horowitz
Joshua Horowitz
Jared Isaac
Matthew Jaffee
Eden Jakob
Adam Kahati
Alexander Kalmus
Brett Kaplan
Jackson Kaplan
Max Kaplan
Teddy Kaplan
Alex Kaskel
Adam Ketai
Jake Koenigsberg
Caleb Koffler
Noah Kossoff
Alexander Lane
Jake Lapidot
Kim Levandovsky
Robert Levine
Samantha Levine
Teddy Lewis
Zachary Lyons
Harrison Mack
Seth Mahl
Remi Mandell
Drew Massirman
Max Matilsky
Matthew Michelson
Robert Millman
Aron Morgan
Gabi Morris
Abie Nahamias
Andrew Newman
Joy Neman
Josh Neustadter
Noah Obuchowski
David Okin
Nicholas Raffin
Joshua Ratinoff
Rebecca Reich
David Reiter
Jacob Rentzer
Will Ressler
David Robbins
Josh Rosalimsky
Adam Rubenstein
Sam Rubenstein
Andrew Rudy
Steven Sakara
Seth Samowitz
Jake Schaevitz
Oliver Schwalbe
Aaron Schwartz
Daniel Schwartz
Michael Shaid
Matthew Sherr
Jonathan Siegel
Jason Silver
Jared Simon
Danielle Sitzer
Eric Solomon
Ari Stein
Brett Stein
Nate Tauber
Josh Usdan
Simon Usdan
Daniel Vasserman
Cameron Warren
Alison Wasserman
Samuel Weiner
Matt Weinreb
Alec Werner
Jake Wilk
Wade Yacker
Matt Yeckes
Remi Ziff
Henry Zuckerberg