Central Synagogue

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About Central

Our Trustees


Carol Ostrow

Carol Ostrow
Vice President


Carol Ostrow and her family joined Central Synagogue in 2001, and she is proud to be one of the newest members of the executive committee of one of the oldest congregations in New York City. Carol is the Producing Director of the award-winning Flea Theater, an off-off-Broadway theater located in Tribeca. She has been an adjunct professor of theater at Vassar College, Chatham College, and McGill University.  Carol holds a B.A. from Vassar College and a M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama.  Carol serves on the President’s Advisory Committee of Vassar and is a member of the Board of Advisers to the Yale Drama School.  She is a board member of LAVA, an acrobatic dance collective in Brooklyn .

She is married to Michael Graff (Managing Director at Warburg Pincus LLC).  They have four children; daughters Anabel, Emily, and Candace, and son Jesse.

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Alan M. Ades

Alan M. Ades
Trustee

Seth Berger

Seth Berger
Treasurer

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Lester Breidenbach

Lester Breidenbach
Honorary Trustee

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Ellen Cogut

Ellen Cogut
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David B. Edelson

David B. Edelson
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Janet H. Felleman

Janet H. Felleman
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Jeremy Fielding

Jeremy Fielding
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Dr. J. Lester Gabrilove

Dr. J. Lester Gabrilove
Honorary Trustee

John A.  Golieb

John A. Golieb
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Michael Gould

Michael Gould
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Marni Gutkin

Marni Gutkin
Trustee

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Kenneth Heitner

Kenneth Heitner
President

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Peter Jakes

Peter Jakes
Secretary

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Martin Klein

Martin Klein
Honorary President

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Sandy Lindenbaum

Sandy Lindenbaum
Vice President

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Jay  Mandelbaum

Jay Mandelbaum
Trustee

Juliana May

Juliana May
Vice President

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Claudia Morse

Claudia Morse
Trustee

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Carol Ostrow

Carol Ostrow
Vice President

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Valerie Peltier

Valerie Peltier
Trustee

Abigail Pogrebin

Abigail Pogrebin
Trustee

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Frederic M. Poses

Frederic M. Poses
Treasurer

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Laura J. Rothschild

Laura J. Rothschild
Trustee

Phillip M. Satow

Phillip M. Satow
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Mindy Schneider

Mindy Schneider
Trustee

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Howard F. Sharfstein

Howard F. Sharfstein
Honorary President

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Wendy Siegel

Wendy Siegel
Trustee

Emily Steinman

Emily Steinman
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Stephanie J.  Stiefel

Stephanie J. Stiefel
Vice President

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Kent M. Swig

Kent M. Swig
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Michael J. Weinberger

Michael J. Weinberger
Honorary President

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Marc Weingarten

Marc Weingarten
Trustee

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Jeffrey Wilks

Jeffrey Wilks
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Alfred D. Youngwood

Alfred D. Youngwood
Honorary President

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Jonathan Youngwood

Jonathan Youngwood
Trustee

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