Karen Brody

New Heights Capital Campaign: Stories From the Heart When did you join BHS and what inspired you to do so?  We joined in 1980, when our daughter Rachel was 8 and our son Dan was 5. Previously, we were members of a Reconstructionist synagogue, but it just got too difficult to schelp to the Upper West Side. We chose BHS …

Aaron, Louisa, Alycia, and Eli Zimmerman

New Heights Capital Campaign: Stories From the Heart When did you join BHS and what inspired you to do so? We joined when our daughter Louisa was born four years ago — she had her baby naming here, and now she is in the preschool (Green Room). Our son Eli, who recently had his first day of preschool (Yellow Room), …

Babette Krolik and Harry Greenwald

New Heights Capital Campaign: Stories From the Heart What inspired you to join BHS? Babette was already a member when we got together in 1998. Harry would come down to Brooklyn from Boston on Friday nights and meet Babette at Brooklyn Heights Synagogue for services. Then we would go to dinner afterward. Harry liked what he saw and heard and …

Jennifer and Paul Germain and Family

New Heights Capital Campaign: Stories From the Heart Why Supporting the New Heights Campaign is Important to Us Why did you join BHS? I grew up in California, and my husband Paul wasn’t affiliated with any synagogue. The inspiration to join was that we were starting a family. When our daughter Sophie was born, I participated in a new mother’s …