The war in Ukraine rages on and Project Kesher’s leaders are at the forefront of understanding the needs of women and girls and their communities and responding.  Whether it is placing dozens of generators in Jewish community centers and food distribution centers where people gather for warmth in winter or providing mental health support tailored to women, Project Kesher is there.  And, it is our ongoing Jewish communal and women’s health programs in Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and Israel that provide grounding and community during fragile and dangerous times.  

Project Kesher’s supporters have been amazing during this crisis… and now, you have the opportunity to be amazing together, in-person! On May 8th, 2023, Project Kesher will be gathering in NYC for our first in-person benefit since 2019.

Due to the increased and immediate needs of Ukrainians, and indeed all the women we support, at this time, we have decided to redesign our Benefit, with a reception first followed by a seated one hour program, to help Project Kesher maximize our operating funds and allocate them where they are needed most. The program will include both Project Kesher Ukraine leadership and entertainment, including a special MC, comedian Liz Glazer. 

Please make checks payable to Project Kesher and mail to: Project Kesher, 2660 Broadway #16, New York, NY 10025. Click here to view sponsorship levels and critical needs.

To donate by phone or to get assistance with your donation, please contact us at 513-276-7282. Click here to view sponsorship levels and critical needs.

Click here to make your donation online.

HONORING ALEX BORSTEIN

We will be honoring Alex Borstein from the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel with our Kol Isha- Women’s Voice- Award. Alex has been actively supporting Ukrainian women refugees in Spain. And, for those who never saw her Emmy award acceptance speech, where she tells the story of her grandmother stepping out of line to save herself in WWII, watch the video now and you’ll know why she’s a natural fit for our community!

JOINED BY MC LIZ GLAZER

Liz Glazer is an award-winning standup comedian, actor, and writer. Liz won first place in the Boston Comedy Festival and Ladies of Laughter Competition, has been featured in a full article in the Wall Street Journal (as well as Above the Law, Lex Magazine, the Pennsylvania Gazette, and other publications), and has opened for Myq Kaplan and Maria Bamford. Liz was also a part of the Seattle International Comedy Competition and will be a part of the upcoming HBO Women in Comedy Festival. As an actor, Liz has appeared on ABC's FOR LIFE and CBS's BULL, and is on the faculty at Lesly Kahn & Co., the Los Angeles acting studio. Liz is also writing a television pilot about her life, a draft of which was a semi-finalist in the Stage 32 writing competition.

With special updates from Project Kesher leadership from Ukraine and Israel: Vlada Nedak, Tetiana Hetsilevych, Rabbi Olya Weinstein, and Galina Sadirova. 

PROJECT KESHER BOARD

Sheila Lambert (Chair) • Roz Blanck • Jennifer Daniels • Sheila Friedland • Barbara Glickstein • Elisabeth Lerner • Dr. Shari Lusskin • Kate Epstein Mankoff • Beth Mann • Rabbi Karen Perolman • Arleen Priest • Deborah Roberts • Eunice Ward • Janet Winter 

SPONSORS

HEROINE UNDERWRITERS

Michele and Marty Cohen • Sheila and Bill Lambert  • Arleen and Aaron Priest • Deborah and David Roberts

ESSENTIAL SUPPORTERS

Eunice Ward

INFLUENTIAL SUPPORTERS

Tracey and Robert Pruzan 

ACTIVIST SUPPORTERS

Sheila and Bob Friedland • Daily and Phineas Lambert • Lee Lamming

MENTOR SUPPORTERS

Gloria and Mark Bieler • Louise Braver • Karyn Gershon and Ed Rosenfeld • Marti Meyerson and Jamie Hooper • Diane Troderman and Harold Grinspoon • Diane and Howard Wohl

PATRONS
Roz and Ron Binday • Dorothy and Ken Finger • Tamara Gottstein • Sallie and Alan Gratch • halley harrisburg and Michael Rosenfeld • Joan Kuriansky • Lorraine Landau • Beth Mann • Marta and Franklin Miller • Doris and Mike Saranga • Renny Shapiro • Nancy and David Solomon • Linda and Martin Wasserstein 

SUSTAINERS

Susan Beckerman • Gene and Kathy Bernstein • Roz Komisar Blanck and Stanford Blanck • Joan and Peter Cohn • Lou Liberatore and Jonathan Ferguson • Erica and Martin Frederick • Winifred Hussey • Carol Joseph • Kate Epstein Mankoff and Steven Mankoff • Janet and John Winter

ALLIES

Linda and Dan Abrams • Janis and Andrew Arno • Estelle and Abraham Bernstein • Olga Breydo • Joyce and Fred Claar • Ari Gershon and Sean Lamberti • Carol Goldbaum • Gail and Steven Grossman • Lisa Gurwitch and Tom Sharpe • Stacy Kanter and Eric Kornblau • Eve and Jay Landau • Wendy and Martin Lazar • Elisabeth Lerner • Dana Linden • Phyllis Lusskin • Shari Lusskin • Marc Milic • Brenda Oestreich • Lori Perlow • Rabbi Karen Perolman and Elizabeth Glazer • Lynn Povich and Stephen Shepard • Shira Pruce and Omri Golan • Shari and Stephen Reiches • Jane Reisman and Jay Soroka • Stieber Rous • Deborah and Jeremiah Shaw • Joyce and Charles Shenk • Natalie Silverstein

PARTNERS

Anita Altman and Gil Kulick • Madeleine and David Arnow • Karen Benett • Jacqueline and Peter • Braunthal Kimberly Braunthal • Beth Brenzel • Stephen and Linda Breskin • Sarah Cogan • Elaine Shizgal Cohen • Audrey Beeber David and Greg David • Janet Davis • Rachel Gershon and Anish Mitra • Beth Goodman • June Gottlieb • Gloria and Arthur Grossman • Elise Hahn-Rubin • Eleanor Harrison and Peter Bregman • Barbara Katz • Gloria Kindman • Felica Kobylanski • Nadya Lurey • Diana Mason • Marian Rivman • Sandra Rocks • Renana and Robert Rosenbloom • Louis Rosenfeld and MJ Babic • Shannon Rose-Peterson • Sheryl Rothman • Linda Schenker • Ruth Silverman • Marcie and David Singer • Judith Smith and Neil Grill • Roy Stillman • Nancy Torchio • Rachel Weinstein • Ann Wimpfheimer and Eddie Snyder