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Robert and Nancy Goldstein Volunteer of the Year Award
The Robert V. Goldstein Volunteer of the Year Award recognizes the efforts of volunteer leaders who have made a significant impact in the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Jewish community at large. Created in 1990 in the memory of Bob Goldstein, an exemplary Jewish communal leader, the Goldstein Award is recognized as the most prominent of the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati’s awards.
Beneficiary Organization -
Jewish Federation of Cincinnati
Award Recipients
- Ernst Frankel 1990
- Carolyn Saeks 1991
- Bert Graller 1992
- Walter Hattenbach 1993
- Mildred Schwartz 1994
- Frank Harkavy 1995
- Sue Teller 1996
- Richard Friedman 1997
- Barbara H. Rabkin 1998
- Marilyn Krug 1999 - 2000
- Phil T. Cohen 2001
- Barbara C. Rabkin 2002
- Ed Frankel 2003
- H. Jerome Lerner 2004
- Robert Kanter 2005
- Dianne Rosenberg 2006
- Jerry Teller 2007
- Stacey Fisher 2008
- Robert Brant 2009
- Fred Kanter 2010
- Phyllis Sewell 2011
- Richard Weiland 2012
- Beth Guttman 2013
- Bill Freedman 2014
- Marcie Bachrach 2015
- Sandy Kaltman 2016
- Jay Price 2017
- Gary Blachman, Larry Juran, and Ed Kuresman 2018
- Arna Poupko Fisher 2019
- Fran Coleman 2021
- Patti Heldman 2022
- Jeff Zipkin 2023
- Nina Paul 2024