The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County will host their 26th Annual Tribute Dinner on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 6 p.m., at the Woodbury Jewish Center, 200 S. Woods Road in Woodbury. Honorees this year are Susan and Mark Stumer; Keith and Samantha Gutstein; and Lila Alexander and Sid Waxman.
Individual tickets are $450 a person. Young professionals (age 21-36) are $250 a person. Sponsorship packages are also available. All proceeds from the dinner go to support the center’s anti-bias, tolerance and anti-bullying programming.
This year’s recipients of the public service award are the Stumers of Great Neck. Mark Stumer is a founding principal at Mojo Stumer Associates Architects and one of the most foremost architects on Long Island. He is widely recognized for his charitable work and has been honored at events of organizations including the Tilles Center and Temple Beth El. Susan Stumer, a graduate of Syracuse University and The Julliard School, regularly sings in numerous languages at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and City Center with the Ontario Society of New York.
The Gutsteins of Hewlett, both grandchildren of Holocaust survivors, will receive the Legacy Award. Each learned at an early age from their respective families the catastrophic impact of intolerance and antisemitism. These lessons ultimately led Keith to join the Board of Directors at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center, where he has played an increasingly important leadership role. Keith and Samantha note that their involvement with the Center is a way for them and their family to honor the memories of their respective grandparents who survived concentration camps.
Co-recipients of the Bruce Morrell Education Award will be Alexander of Merrick and Waxman of Oceanside. Alexander is the child of immigrants who came from Poland; she is the niece of a Holocaust survivor and the granddaughter of a victim who is listed at Yad Vashem. As a sixth grade teacher for 26 years, she taught her students about the Holocaust and went on to become a volunteer docent at HMTC after her retirement. Waxman is the child of Holocaust survivors; he was born in a displaced-persons camp in Feldafing, Germany. He is currently the facilitator of the South Shore Second Generation Group and is also a volunteer, docent, and educator at HMTC.
For tickets and more information, visit http://www.hmtcli.org/tribute, call 516-571-8040 or email dlom@hmtcli.org.
