Officers and Trustees

Executive Officers 2020-2021

President
Vanessa Newman
newmanv2 resize Vanessa has been a Temple member for 18 years, being on the Board of Trustees for nine years serving in different capacities: Financial Secretary prior to becoming President and was Education Chair for seven years as well as sitting on various committees. She became an Adult B’nei Mitzvah in 2011 and has a Masters Degree in School Psychology but no longer practices. Married to Ira Newman for 24 years and have two boys Alec and Ethan who both attend Binghamton University.

Enjoys baking, photography, family time, our dogs and being with friends. My favorite part about TBT is our amazing Clergy and the incredible sense of community Temple Beth Torah provides.

Executive Vice President
Brian Goldstein
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Brian Goldstein has been married to Aimee Goldstein for 28 years. They have 3 children- Zachary, Casey and Meri. They have been members of TBT for 20 years. Brian has served on the Board for 10 years and the Executive Board for 4 years. He has also been chair of the Ritual Committee for 10 years. While not at TBT, Brian is a pediatrician and has been caring for Long Island’s children for the last 24 years.

First Vice President
Gerry Poliak

Second Vice President
Andrew Sherman

Treasurer
Amy Kreit

Financial Secretary
Robin Steinberg

Corresponding Secretary
Jackie Fogel
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Jackie has served on the board in numerous capacities for many years over the course of her 29 years of membership. Most notably, she has been an education chair, treasurer, and is currently the corresponding secretary. In addition, she is active on the budget and finance as well as the fundraising committees.

Jackie is a CPA who used her accounting expertise to count up to 5- as in how many of her children attended nursery school, religious school, Hebrew high school, and had their b’nei mitzvah at Temple Beth Torah. Jackie celebrated her own bat mitzvah at TBT in the 1970s. She and her husband, Lonnie, were married by Rabbi Marc Gellman in 1983.

Recording Secretary
Elise Rippe-Freiberger
Elise has been on the board for almost 15 years, and has been on the Executive Board for about 10 years. She has been VP in the past and in most recent years has been the Recording Secretary.

She has also been a member of TBT since the temple was born over 50 years ago, and her parents were founding members of the temple.

Immediate Past President
Richard Nussbaum
Richard, his wife Jennifer and their children Dani and Lily have been Temple member since 2001. Richard has spent time on many committees including Budget & Finance chair and Fundraising chair, and had the honor of serving as President of Temple Beth Torah from 2016-2019.