BJE Annual Benefit

Please join us March 1, 2026 for a very special evening to celebrate Jewish education across our City of Angels as a community.

The event will begin at 5:30pm with a festive cocktail reception catered by La Gondola, followed by the installation of Dr. Miriam Heller Stern as BJE’s CEO. Dr. Stern will share her vision for the future of Jewish education, fueled by the hope, wisdom and resilience this moment in history demands. She will be joined in inspiring conversation with the wisdom and wit of Rabbi Elka Abrahamson and Jonah Platt!

Your support and presence will help us drive toward our mission of catalyzing excellence, access and participation in Jewish education, and will make all the difference for our children.

Special thanks to our:

Honorary Chairs

Susan Baum | Rabbi Noah Farkas | Mark Lainer | Rabbi Aaron Lerner | Marc Rohatiner | Bennett L. Spiegel

And representing 133 BJE-affiliated Jewish schools in L.A.

Brandon Cohen, BJE Advisory Board – Day School Heads of School Network Chair
Danielle Kassin – BJE Religious School Directors Network
Rabbi Avroham Stulberger, BJE Advisory Board – Yeshiva Principals Council Chair
Lisa Whitman, BJE Advisory Board – Early Childhood Directors Network Chair

Event Co-Chairs

Joanna Kasirer | Adrian Miller | Nancy Schulman