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2023 Neil November Distinguished Community Service Award

The Jewish Community Federation of Richmond is accepting nominations for the Neil November Distinguished Community Service Award. The award, named in honor of Neil November, recognizes those volunteer(s) in our community who have and continue to exhibit a lifetime of outstanding service, leadership, and achievement in our community. Nominees should be those who have made a tangible and lasting impact on Jewish life and affairs. This includes work with our Federation partner agencies, the Jewish Federation, congregations, Federation-affiliated activities, and national and overseas agencies, with additional emphasis on activity in the general community and involvement in business or professional associations.  

 

Each year, the Federation considers candidates for the Jewish community’s highest honor, the Neil November Distinguished Community Service Award. This award is given at the Federation’s Annual Meeting, which will take place on Wednesday, June 7, 2023.

 

The NNDCSA Committee will meet soon to review the nominees to be considered for this year’s awards. Please submit your nominations no later than April 20, 2023. Please complete the Nomination Form and return it to SDavis@JewishRichmond.org or via mail at P.O. Box 17128, Richmond, Virginia 23226.

 

In order to maintain the integrity of the process, please keep the name(s) of your nominee(s) confidential. Those being considered should not be informed that you are placing their names in nomination. 

Award Selection Criteria

The main emphasis in determining the recipient of the Neil November Distinguished Community Service Award (NN DCSA) will be leadership participation in Jewish affairs, including work in social agencies, the Jewish Community Federation of Richmond’s annual campaign, congregations, Federation affiliated activities, national and overseas agencies, with additional emphasis on activity in the general community and involvement in business or professional associations. The recipient should be someone who has done outstanding work over a period of years and is currently active or has shown a sustained interest in community affairs.

 

 

Previous Neil November Distinguished Community Service Award Winners

1952   Minna Thalhimer Heller
1953   Samuel Z. Troy
1954   Wm. B. Thalhimer, Jr.
1955   Morton G. Thalhimer, Sr.
1956   Morton G. Wallerstein
1957   Israel November
1958   Samuel Binswanger
1959   Adrian L. Bendheim, Sr.
1960   Irving May
1961   Reuben Goldman
1962   W. H. Schwarzschild
1963   Keeve Marks
1964   William B. Thalhimer, Jr.
1965   Jacob M. Viener
1966   Lewis C. Markel
1967   Bertha Meyer
1968   Judge Max O. Laster
1969   Saul Viener
1970   David Arenstein
1971   Richard Schwarzschild
1972   Helen Markel
1973   Samuel S. Wurtzel
1974   Nathan J. Forb
1975   Neilson J. November
1976   Hortense B. Wolf

 

1977   Irwin A. Schapiro
1978   Amy M. Krumbein
1979   Jacob Brown
1980   Jack Paul Fine
1981   Anne Fischer
1982   Jacob Y. Plotkin (posthumously)
1983   Israel Ipson
1984   Rita G. Straus
1985   Edward S. Hirschler
1986   Dr. Harry Lyons
1987   Jay M. Weinberg
1988   Dr. Harold & Helen P. Horwitz
1989   Beatrice R. Fine
1990   Julius Mintzer
1991   George Rochkind
1992   Malcolm Kalman
1993   S. Sidney Meyers
1994   Harold Straus
1995   Robert Reinhard
1996   Jerome Gumenick
1997   Stewart M. Kasen
1998   Catherine S. Plotkin
1999   Stuart C. Siegel
2000   Mark B. Sisisky
2001   Judith Koziol

 

2002   Richard November
2003   Jay Ipson
2004   Jeff Levin
2005   Tommy Baer
2006   Richard A. Arenstein
2007   Deane Dubansky
2008   Neil Kessler
2009   Irving Blank
2010   Rick Gary
2011   No Recipient
2012   Susan & Steve Meyers
2013   No recipient
2014   Rhona Arenstein
2015   Dan Siegel
2016   Nathan Shor
2017   Earl Ferguson
2018   Jim Weinberg
2019   Franklin Wolf
2020   No recipient
2021   Miriam Davidow
2022   Richmond Jewish Community Agencies, Boards & Staff