





Thank you for this incredible honor, and everyone for their kind words. Mazal Tov to the other honorees.
The real honor comes from Hashem. G-d willing may this institution facilitate Jewish education for generations to come.
- Sadie & Michael Hakimian
Congratulations to Michelle and Norman Rutta and Mr. Nagel on these well-deserved honors.
Thank you Rabbi Kobrin, Mr. Miller, and the wonderful educators/administrators at NSHAHS
for your excellent-care, incredible-devotion, and exemplary-leadership!
Jody and Elie Levine and William
Cherry Lane Minyan is delighted to join North Shore Hebrew Academy in celebrating its achievements and growth.
We admire the school leadership's passion for nurturing young minds and inspiring a love of learning.
We appreciate your dedication to the community and look forward to continued collaboration.
In loving memory of Ada Cohen, our beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
We cherish her memory and will strive to continue her legacy of Ahavat Habriyot, Ahavat Yisrael, and Ahavat Medinat Yisrael.
To our parents and their fellow honorees, Mazal Tov on this well-deserved tribute.
Thank you for your dedication to our great school and community.
Mazal Tov to all of the Honorees!
Your dedication, commitment and time to the NSHA community is greatly appreciated by all.
Mazal Tov to this year’s honorees!
It is such a pleasure and privilege to be serving on the Board with you.
Your insights, perspectives, and capabilities continue to make the school better.
Thank you for all that you do!
Doreen and Charlie Hadid
Mazal Tov to our great friends Sadie and Michael, and all the honorees, on this well-deserved honor!
Thank you for your incredible contributions to NSHA!
Warm wishes of Mazal to our dear friends Michelle and Norman Rutta on this beautiful tribute!
NSHA has chosen to honor an inspiring couple as well as all the distinguished honorees!
Congratulations Gail and Burt
Love, Lynne and Caleb
To our dear friends, Gail and Burt - You embody the highest values of compassion and service.
Your kindness and generosity extend beyond your professions.
You have instilled these values in your children, and as friends, you have enriched our lives.
Mazal Tov on this well deserved honor.
Congratulations to Dennis Nagel.
You are an outstanding educator, teacher, and mentor.
We are grateful for your invaluable guidance.
Dear Michelle & Norman,
Mazal Tov! We are thrilled to celebrate this special honor!
We are grateful for our amazing friendship!
May you always be pillars of the Jewish community and inspire us.
All our love,
David & Diane
Mazal Tov to Sadie and Mikey on this well-deserved honor.
We are grateful for all that you have done for our school!
Mazal Tov to all the honorees, and our dear friends Sadie and Michael in particular,
on this well-earned honor. Your continued dedication and contributions to the NSHA community are truly inspiring.
Mazal Tov to Sadie and Michael and all of the honorees!
Mazal Tov to all the well-deserving honorees.
Thank you for all that you do!
Thank you to all of the honorees for their dedication to NSHA!
Gail & Burt –
Lifesavers! Healers! Masters of Chessed! Divinely talented, and luckily for
NSHA – community builders – transmitting centuries of Mesorah.
We are fortunate to call you the dearest of friends. Mazal Tov!
With admiration, pride & love,
Randi & Arthur
Mazal Tov to our incredible honorees!
Your commitment to NSHA and yeshiva education serves as an example for us all.
We thank you for your tireless efforts, exemplary leadership, and dedication to our community.
"In honor of the school's great work..."
Mazal Tov to all the esteemed honorees on this well-deserved honor.
Your commitment to NSHA and the community is an inspiration to us all.
Mazal Tov to Burt and Gail Cohen on this well-deserved honor!
Mazal Tov to our dear friends and role models, Sadie and Mikey, on this well-deserved honor!
Thank you to all the Honorees for your dedication to the NSHA community!
Mazal Tov to Sadie and Mikey on this very well-deserved honor!
Thank you for all your dedication and contributions to our school and community.
Natalie and Marc Sellouk
Mazal Tov to all of the honorees!
Congratulations to all the honorees!
We are proud to be part of the NSHA family!
Mazal Tov to all the honorees on this well-deserved honor and thank you for your continued dedication to NSHA.
Mr. Nagel, you were an amazing educator having taught both of us as well as our son, Eli.
We’re so sad you won’t be able to teach Eve next year.
Mazal Tov Uncle Mikey and Aunt Sadie.
This honor is so well deserved, and you inspire us tremendously!
Congratulations to Michelle & Norman Rutta, Sadie & Michael Hakimian, and all the honorees!
Thank you for your incredible contributions to NSHA!
Congratulations to all the honorees!
Thank you for your ongoing commitment to NSHA!
Mazal Tov to all!
Mazal Tov to all the honorees on this well deserved honor!
Thank you for all you do for our community and our school!
Mazal Tov to all the great honorees!
We can't wait to celebrate with you (and the entire NSHA community)!
Mazal Tov to all the honorees for your well-deserved honors!
Thank you for your contributions to our community yeshiva.
Mazal Tov to all the honorees on this well-earned recognition!
We deeply appreciate your dedication and contributions to our community and school.
Mazal Tov to three incredible couples, and an amazing educator,
who have inspired and impacted our community, each in their own unique way.
With heartfelt hakarot hatov and deep gratitude,
Lisa and Dov Weinstein
Mazal Tov to all the honorees!
Congratulations to our dearest Mikey & Sadie on this well-deserved honor.
You both selflessly give so much back to the community - we are proud to call you friends and family.
Mazal Tov and Tizku LeMitzvot.
Mazal Tov to all of tonight’s Honorees on your most well-deserved Honor!
A special Mazal Tov to our friends Gail and Burt Cohen on receiving the Dor L’dor Award!
Dear Michelle & Norman,
We are so happy to celebrate this well-deserved honor with you.
To all the honorees, Mazal Tov! Tizku L’Mitzvot
Mazal Tov to all the honorees on this well-deserved honor!
Thank you for all you do for our community and our amazing school!
Mazal Tov to Burt & Gail Cohen in this well-deserved honor!
"Dor l’dor yeshabach ma’asecha—From generation to generation, they will praise Your works." (Psalms 145:4)
Burt and Gail exemplify the values of Torah, chesed, and community.
Their unwavering love and dedication to their family, along with their deep commitment to Jewish education and tradition,
serve as an inspiration to all who know them. May they continue to go from strength to strength,
sharing wisdom and kindness with future generations.
Ellen & Irwin Adelsberg
Mazal Tov to Gail and Burt Cohen on This Most Deserved Honor.
Debbie and Simon Auerbacher
Mazal Tov to all the honorees!
Sadie and Mikey, thank you for all that you’ve done for NSHA and our community.
Mr. Nagel, you were an amazing educator and we are sad to see you go!
In honor of my parents Gail and Burton Cohen on this well-deserved honor.
You are wonderful role models who have dedicated their lives to our community.
Mazal Tov to all the honorees.
Mazal Tov to Sadie and Mikey and to all the well-deserved Honorees!
Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to our wonderful school!
Congratulations to our dear friends Gail and Burt Cohen on this well-deserved Dor L'dor honor.
Congratulations to all of the other honorees for their work at the North Shore Hebrew Academy.
Michelle and Norman,
A well-deserved award in recognition for all your tireless efforts
and time you have dedicated to improve our school and our community.
Congratulations to all this year's honorees.
Mazal Tov to all honorees!
Thank you for devoting your time and effort to our kids' education.
Best wishes, Alina and Lev Dynkin.
**Mazal Tov, Michelle & Norman!**
Your commitment to NSHA and your example for your community are admirable.
We feel blessed that our families are united through our children.
We wish you continued success!
With Love, Bonnie & Yossi
Mazal Tov on this most-deserved honor!
Mazal Tov to all of the honorees and their extraordinary commitment to NSHA!
Mazal Tov to all the honorees!
The Ghodsi Family
Mazal Tov Norm and Michelle!
This honor is very much deserved. You are both incredibly dedicated to improving the school and the community overall.
We are all fortunate for your leadership, commitment and support. Our family is fortunate to have you as such great friends.
Mazal Tov to all the honorees . Thank you for all you do for the school!
The Gottlieb Family - Marc and Beth,
Brian (class of 2012), Rebecca, Michaela and Gabriel, Stephanie (class of 2015) and Nathan and Andrew (class of 2019)
Mazal Tov to our amazing friends,
Sadie and Mikey Hakimian, on this well-deserved honor!!!!
Sadie and Mikey, you have both dedicated so much to NSHA.
You are both exemplary in your leadership roles.
Mazal Tov to all the honorees for the well-deserved honor!
Mazal Tov Sadie and Mikey on a well-deserved honor.
Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to community service.
You are true role models for us all.
Mazal Tov to the wonderful, deserving honorees!
Congratulations to Mr. Nagel on your retirement!
You’ve inspired hundreds of students both in the classroom and out,
fostering passions for extracurriculars that carry through to the college years and beyond.
Mazal Tov to the Ruttas and all the honorees
Mazal Tov to all the honorees on this well-deserved honor.
Thank you for your dedication to the North Shore Hebrew Academy community!
Mazal Tov to all the honorees!
Michael & Sadie, Congratulations on a well-deserved honor.
You are a prominent example of a family dedicated to community service.
Mazal Tov to all of the Honorees!
Mazal Tov to our dear friends Sadie and Mikey and all the honorees!
Mazal Tov to all the honorees!
Nataly and Yaron Levy
Mazal Tov to all the honorees!
Congrats Mr. Nagel on your retirement!
Mazal Tov to Sadie and Mikey on this very well-deserved honor!
Thank you for all of your contributions to the community.
Dear Michelle and Norman,
You always have been a pillar to our community and
specifically influential in the success of the North Shore Hebrew Academy.
Mazal Tov on this great honor and to all honorees on this well-deserved recognition.
Mazal Tov to all the honorees on this well-deserved honor!
To Gail and Burt Cohen
Your tireless efforts on behalf of the community and others are an example to us all.
Mazal Tov on receiving this well-deserved honor.
Congratulations to our friends, Michelle and Norman, and thank you for all you have done on behalf of NSHA!
Thank you to Mr. Nagel. You had a profound impact on Ilan, both in and outside the classroom.
Mazal Tov to our dear friends, Gail and Burt Cohen on receiving the NSHA Dor L’Dor Award!
You lead by example, always willing to give, guide, and support those around you.
Your impact is felt across generations and we are proud to celebrate you and all that you do!
Leah and Terry Rifkin and Family
and all of the other honorees on their well-deserved distinctions and awards!
Mazal Tov to Sadie and Mikey and all the Honorees!
Thank you for your dedication and commitment to NSHA. It's a true inspiration!
Mazal Tov to all the honorees!
Jaspan Schlesinger Narendran LLP
Congratulations to our friends Gail and Burt -
Parents and Grandparents of generations of North Shore students.
Mazal Tov to All the Honorees
Thank you for your dedication to our School!
Cheryl and Ronald Silverman and Family
Mazal Tov to all this year's deserving honorees.
A special tribute goes to the Ruttas and Hakimians for their tireless dedication to NSHA!
Mazal Tov Michael & Sadie.
Thank you for all the time you selflessly give to the NSHA community!
Thank you to all for their hard work and dedication to the NSHA community!
Mazal Tov Michelle & Norman
Your dedication, kindness, and leadership inspire us.
We wish you continued success, happiness, and many blessings.
We are honored to celebrate this special evening with you.
Best wishes, Myrna & Charles Alpert
Mazal Tov Michelle & Norman, Sadie & Michael, Gail & Burt, and Dennis
Thank you for all you do.
We are lucky to have you leading our amazing NSHA Community.
Rachel & Jason Applebaum
Mazal Tov Mikey & Sadie.
You are a model example of a Chesed couple.
You inspire us with all your good deeds.
Well-deserved honor, we're proud of you!
- Steph & Tony Aziz
Elisha '91 Block
Mazal Tov to all the Honorees!
Your dedication to NSHA has allowed our school to grow with excellence, success & great achievements.
Our best wishes to Dennis Nagel!
Viviane & Arnold Breitbart, Morris '07, Charles '09, Marcelle '12
Mazal Tov to all the honorees!
Mazal Tov to our dear friends Gail and Burt Cohen
on receiving the well-deserved Dor L'Dor award
Gail and Burt Cohen - Mazal Tov on receiving NSHA's Dor L'Dor award.
Our families are a rare/special example of multigenerational friendships -
Our parents, us, our children and grandchildren.
It doesn't get any better!
Love, Fran and Stu Feintuch
Mazal Tov Aunt Michelle and Uncle Norman on this well-deserved honor!
The NSHA and Great Neck communities are so lucky to benefit from your years of dedication,
and we are so proud and inspired by everything you do!
We love you!
Mazal Tov to all of the Honorees!
Mazal Tov to all the honorees. You are all true examples to follow.
To our dear friends Gail and Burt Cohen,
You exemplify chesed and caring for all generations, wherever you go.
We honor you!
Sandy and Mark Gold
Mazal Tov to our friends, Gail and Burt Cohen on receiving the Dor L’dor award!
Debbie and Charlie Goldberg
Gail and Burt: We are grateful to have your friendship.
You are kind and giving people. The community and NSHA benefit as well.
You are wonderful role models for your children and grandchildren
and truly deserve the Dor L'Dor award. Mazal Tov!
Gail and Burt, Michelle and Norman - Mazal Tov to old and dear friends on this well-deserved honor!!
Much love, Jill Haft and Terry Steinberg
Dear Sadie & Michael,
We are so proud of your volunteer work and accomplishments.
You are a source of tremendous pride to us.
We wish you 120 years of health, happiness, and success.
Janet & Joe Hakimian
Mazal Tov to Gail and Burt Cohen on receiving the Dor L’Dor award.
Decades long closest of friends.
From the beautiful kallah and the handsome chatan we were friends with - then to an
outstanding physician and research nurse. You are incredible parents and grandparents.
A tribute to NSHA and Klal Yisrael. Thank you to all of the honorees.
Rosalie and David Kamelhar
A special Mazal Tov to our friends the Cohens and the Ruttas
Mazal Tov to Gail and Burt Cohen
for their legacy of support and dedication being carried forward by their children and grandchildren.
Mazel Tov to all the honorees on this well-deserved honor.
Jamie and Michael Katz
Mazal Tov to our dear friends Gail and Burt Cohen on receiving the Dor L'Dor award.
May you continue to have much nachat from your beautiful family.
Love, Jerry and Penny Koss
In honor of Michelle and Norm Rutta,
whose warmth, humor, and good cheer infuse all their wonderful works,
most especially their children.
Hindi & Ben Lunzer
Mazal Tov to our dear friends Michelle & Norman on this well-deserved honor!
May you continue to go m'chayil l'chayil!
A special thank you to Mr. Nagel for your years of service to NSHA
and especially for educating our children.
To Gail and Burt Cohen:
Mazal Tov on this well deserved honor.
May you continue to have much nachat from your children and grandchildren.
Fran & Bernie Mermelstein
We honor the extraordinary parents and grandparents in Burt and Gail Cohen.
In honor of our grandsons, the Marks Brothers,
Elijah - grade 3, Micah - grade 1, and Rafael - Toddler.
Mazal Tov to our dear friends Burt and Gail Cohen
and to all the honorees on this well-deserved honor!
Mazal Tov Gail and Burt on this well-deserved honor.
You continue to be the best role models.
We congratulate all the honorees on their devotion to the North Shore Hebrew Academy.
Bonnie and Michael Orbach and Family
Mazal Tov to our dear friends, Gail and Burt Cohen.
You are our role models
for chesed, integrity and empathy,
as you raise your special family
true to the legacy of Chernobyl and all of your remarkable parents.
Mazal Tov to Gail and Burt on this well-deserved honor.
Mazal Tov to all of the honorees!
We appreciate all of your dedication to the entire NSHA community.
Those in our past built our foundation, our children build our future.
Mazal Tov to all the honorees who are dedicated to educating our future.
Rona Woldenberg, Reuben Askowitz and Family
Mazal Tov to our dear friends, Gail and Burt Cohen,
on receiving the Dor L'Dor Award from the North Shore Hebrew Academy.
It is well deserved and you make us proud.
Helen and Howard Zimmerman
Mazal Tov to all distinguished honorees!
Mazal Tov to all the honorees on this well-deserved recognition!
A special congratulations to Mr. Nagel on your retirement.
You've been an exceptional educator, and your presence will be greatly missed!
Mazal Tov to all the honorees on this very well-deserved honor!
Your commitment and dedication to NSHA is inspiring.
Thank you for all that you do for our school and community!
Ross '92 Zuckerman
Congratulations to Gail and Burt Cohen and to Sadie and Michael Hakimian.
Mazal Tov to our dear Gail and Burt on this well-deserved honor.
We are always in awe of everything you do for the Great Neck community and beyond.
We love you!!
Mazal Tov to Gail and Burt Cohen on your well-deserved honor!
Find yourself a teacher, acquire for yourself a friend.
We have been blessed with friends who are teachers, and teachers who are friends.
Mazal Tov Honorees!
Pamela and Jonathan Goldman
MAZAL TOV on such a well-deserving honor!
Caroline and Martin Goldwyn
Congratulations to Gail & Burt, Michelle & Norman, the Hakimians and Mr. Nagel.
Thank you for your years of involvement in NSHA.
May North Shore continue to inspire students for many generations to come!
Sharon Goldwyn and Family
In honor of Burt and Gail with whom I share grandparenthood.
Thank you for your incredible contribution to NSHA, the Jewish and the global community.
Wishing a huge Mazal Tov to Michael and Sadie Hakimian
and all of their fellow nominees on their well-deserved honors!
Deni Kolatch and Joe Helmreich '97
Mazal Tov to our dear longtime friends Michelle and Norman on your well-deserved honor!
Looking forward to sharing a "Mezinka Dance" with you.
Love Debbie '79 and Robert Hollander & Family
Mazal Tov to our friends Michelle and Norman Rutta - So happy that we met at NSHA
Mazal Tov Gail and Burt Cohen
on this well-deserved honor
Helene and Josh Peyser
To Michelle and Norman,
Your commitment to our Jewish community and the NSHA is outstanding
and we are proud to call you our friends. Mazel Tov to all the honorees...
With Appreciation, Janet and Fred Pomerantz
Gail and Burt - Mazal Tov on your deserving Honor.
You are wonderful grandparents and role models.
Helen & David
To our dear friends Burt and Gail,
Your kindness and devotion are an inspiration to all of us.
Burt has supported my patients for forty years;
I am eternally grateful for your skills and selfless care.
Mazal Tov to Gail and Burt Cohen, true friends!
Suzanne & Barry Gurvitch
Mazal Tov to Michelle and Norman Rutta on this most well-deserved honor!
Your unwavering dedication and endless efforts to NSHA serve as an inspiration to us all!
Stephanie and Adam Kalter
Mazal Tov to Michelle and Norman Rutta
for their many years of dedicated service to the NSHA and Great Neck communities!
Hearty Mazal Tov to Gail and Burt Cohen, true role models, and to all the honorees!
Yasher Koach!
Debbie Kestenbaum Feingertz '75
Kol HaKavod to Gail & Burt Cohen, and all of tonight's honorees.
Suri & David Kufeld
Mazal Tov dear Burt and Gail on this wonderful honor.
May you continue to have nachas from your beautiful family.
Love, Abby and Yaacov Lerner
Mazal Tov to our neighbors Gail and Burt Cohen on this well-deserved honor.
Mazal Tov Gail and Burt
You are a beautiful couple with wonderful middot!!
Mazal Tov on this well deserved honor. Kol Hakavod!
Karen and Alan Mazurek
Mazal Tov to Gail and Burt on this well-deserved honor.
Judy and Lanny Oppenheim
Mazal Tov Gail and Burt.
A well-deserved honor.
You are dedicated to the community and have positively impacted our lives.
Renee and Louis Pepper
Mazal Tov Michelle and Norman for all your efforts and dedication to NSHA .
Congratulations Mr. Nagel and all the Honorees!
Louisa and Alan Prawer
Mazal Tov Gail And Burt!
You are very special people and we treasure your friendship.
We are grateful to Burt for the extraordinary care he gives to our family.
The Shein and Rothman Families
Mazal Tov to Gail and Burt, and Michelle and Norm, on receiving this honor.
So many thanks to North Shore Hebrew Academy
for the great job they continue to do.
Carole Weinstein and Jeffrey Silbiger
Congratulations to MICHELLE and NORMAN on this well-deserved honor!
The Great Neck and NSHA communities are LUCKY to have you as leaders and for your dedication.
Hope P and David Taragin and Family
Congratulations to Michelle and Norman Rutta!
I know how hard you have worked for many years to make
North Shore Hebrew Academy the wonderful Yeshiva that it is.
Kol Ha Kavod to you both.
Love, Gaile
Dear Gail and Burt -
Words cannot adequately express how thankful we are for all you have done for us, our family, and the community.
You are both so deserving of this special honor. Mazal Tov.
Ellen and Joey Tuchinsky
Big Mazal Tov to this year’s well-deserving honorees!
Ilana & Aaron Wachspress
It is incredible to see how NSHA has grown since 1961.
May it continue for many years to come.
Special Mazal Tov to the Cohens and Ruttas.
You have made NSHA what it is today!
Jerry Weinstein