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Hebrew College will soon have a home for its Florida-based programs on the campus of Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Boca Raton. A successful fundraising campaign for the construction of a new building has resulted in $1 million in donations, which will be matched through a special academic building program of the State of Florida; the budget will be approved during its Winter 2003 legislative session. According to Hebrew College's South Florida board member Rabbi Bruce Warshal, the 14,000-square-foot building, slated to open in Fall 2003, will house numerous Florida-based programs, FAU's Hillel Jewish Student Center and other programs with which Hebrew College collaborates. Thousands of area college students and adult learners will be served by these programs. "We are thrilled about what we've been able to accomplish in just two short years," says Harold Wishna, Director of the Southeast Regional Office of Hebrew College and the Wilstein Institute. It's exciting to have Hebrew College bring all the pieces together for South Florida's Jewish community," says Bobick. Elaine and Herbert Gimelstob—he is ex-president of the South Palm Beach County Jewish Federation and Temple Beth El in Boca Raton and an active philanthropist—have named the building. Mr. Gimelstob has also dedicated the Gimelstob Chair in Jewish Studies at FAU. A new auditorium will be named for Mildred and Abner Levine and Ruth and Saul Weinberger. Both Mr. Levine and Mr. Weinberger are prominent leaders in Florida's Jewish community and federation. Other major donors include Gerald Golden, Betty Zinman and Jerold Lorber. "We've needed a building like this for many years," says newly appointed South Florida Board Chair Marianne Bobick, former president of the South Palm Beach County Jewish Federation. "It's exciting to have Hebrew College bring all the pieces together for South Florida's Jewish community," says Bobick, who succeeds founding chairs Dr. Mark and Helen Cohan. |
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