Linda Silverman Kahan
Memorial Lecture & Brunch

Sunday, March 26th, 2023

Event Chair
Jessica Eizenstat

Host Committee
Vivian & Zach Dyckman
Leslie & Samuel Kaplan
Donna & Jeff Lawrence
Miriam Mörsel Nathan &
Harvey Nathan
Ann Wimpfheimer &
Eddie Snyder
Sue & Arnie Schwartz
Barbara & Elliot Schulder
Sarah & Buddy Stern

Thank you to our sponsors

LEADER

Donna & Jeffrey Lawrence
Susan & William Rifkin
Julie & Jacob Schorr
Ann Wimpfheimer &
Eddie Snyder

PATRON

Adele & George Berlin
Marilyn & Judd Lifschitz
Susan & Arnie Schwartz
Gloria & Arnie Sherman
Joyce Stern
Judith & Marvin Waldman

ADVOCATE

Vivian G. Bass
Myra & Gordon Gondos

BUILDER

Miriam & Achi Guggenheim
Candace & Robert Kahan
Leslie & Samuel Kaplan
Judy & David Marwick
Miriam Mörsel Nathan &
Harvey Nathan
Naomi Baum & Saul Newman
Sara & Buddy Stern

FRIEND

Anonymous
Barbara & Mel Ciment
Vivian & Zack Dyckman
Laura & Joseph Goldman
Felice & Michael Grunberger
Ayah & George Johnson
Fran & Neil Kritz
The Kupfer Family
Ina & Larry Lerman
Amy Mates & Billy Mencow
Judy Riebman
Barbara & Elliott Schulder
Stanley Slater & Paul Slater
Judith Bartnoff & Gene Sofer
Emily Sommers
Rivka Yerushalmi

Guest Speaker Ambassador Daniel C. Kurtzer

Crisis Diplomacy and the Two-Minute Football Drill

Daniel C. Kurtzer is the S. Daniel Abraham Professor of Middle East policy studies at Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs. Following a 29-year career in the U.S. Foreign Service, Kurtzer retired in 2005 with the rank of Career-Minister. From 2001-2005 he served as the United States Ambassador to Israel and from 1997-2001 as the United States Ambassador to Egypt. He served as a political officer at the American embassies in Cairo and Tel Aviv, Deputy Director of the Office of Egyptian Affairs, speechwriter on the Policy Planning Staff, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research

Throughout his career, Kurtzer was instrumental in formulating and executing U.S. policy toward the Middle East peace process . . .

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Linda Silverman Kahan a"h was a passionate advocate for people with special needs. She was active in Easter Seals, which ably served children with disabilities when there were few other options. Linda was also appointed as the Deputy Director of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, a position which allowed her to fulfill a lifelong dream of service in the field of public health.