Mitzvah Day and the Soup Contest 2023 were a huge success. We had over 25 projects and 520 people registered. We had 12 Soup Contest Chefs. We also raised over $4,000 for The Green Haven Project, an urban garden and educational center in Miami. See the April HaKol for a list of the many Mitzvah Day project captains.
Many thanks to our amazing Mitzvah Day Co-Chairs, Ashley Weissman and Jillian Barnett, and our Soup Contest Co-Chairs, Karen Sepsenwol, Dana Grodin and Robin Rosenbaum. Todah rabah, a big thanks, to each of you. Special thanks to our Social Justice Network co-chairs, Rachel Unger and Andrea Wagner for their guidance. Thanks also to Chaim Lieberperson, Marte Singerman and Vanessa Ressler for making the opening ceremony so special.
We are pleased to announce that next year’s mitzvah day Co-Chairs will be Ashley Weissman and Caryn Pardo. Save the date for February 4, 2024.
First place – Stephen and Beverly Unger with their Mango Gazpacho
Second place – Carolyn Heiss with her Butternut Squash and Apple Soup
Third place – Suzette Abramson with her Baba’s Borchst
People’s Choice Winner – 4th and 5th Grade Learners of the Innovative School with their Golden Sun’s Red Lentil Soup
SILVER SPOON
Joanne and Daniel Aronson
Carolyn West and Evan Marks
STOCK POT
Jaleh and Jeff Bast & Family
Vanessa and Gary Ressler
Andrea Wagner and Seth Alhadeff
SOUP LADLE
Jeff and Lili Agron
Craig and Betty Berko, in Memory of Samuel Borsky, Marilyn & Leonard Berko
Rabbi Gayle Pomerantz and Adam Snitzer
Cantor Lisa and Jim Segal
Stephanie Rosen
Rachel Unger and Family
Carrie Wiesenfeld and Family
Temple Beth Sholom Staff
Stephen and Beverly Unger
Bobbi Ossip
Robin Rosenbaum
Suzette Abramson
IN-KIND
Al Levy, Levy Advertising
Michael Meltzer
Thanks to our Soup Contest MCs: Gary Ressler and Rob Newman
Thanks to our Soup Contest Judges: Cantor Lisa Segal, Michael Meltzer and Stephen Sawitz
Of course, thanks to our Soup Contest Chefs and their delicious soups:
Andrea Wagner – Creamy Deliciousness in My Belly (Thai Curry Soup)
Margie Zeskind - Green Curry Lentil Soup
Angie Berezin - Roasted Tomato Soup
Carolyn Heiss – Butternut Squash and Apple Soup
Rachel M. Unger - Green Haven Project’s Kale and Tuscan White Bean Soup
The 4th and 5th grade Learners of The Innovative School – Golden Sun’s Red Lentil Soup
Howard Grodin - Manischewitz Onion Soup
Team Ressler - Spicy Sesame Carrot Soup with Red Lentils
Robin Rosenbaum
Stephen Unger - Mango Gazpacho
Download the Soup Contest Recipes
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