Our Team

STAFF

MONTREAL

Sidney Benizri

National Executive Director

sbenizri@cmdai.org

Elana Schneiderman

Administrative Assistant & National Youth Volunteer Coordinator

eschneiderman@cmdai.org

Fanny Rosenshein

Accounting

frosenshein@cmdai.org

Sarah Attias

Eastern Regional Director

sattias@cmdai.org

TORONTO

Hershel Recht

Central Regional Director, Major Gifts

hrecht@cmdai.org

Iris Ehrent

Administrative Coordinator

toronto@cmdai.org

Ksenia Vainshtein

Administrative Assistant

kvainshtein@cmdai.org

CALGARY

Sharon Fraiman

Western Region Director, Major Gifts

sfraiman@cmdai.org

LEADERSHIP

NATIONAL PRESIDENT

Arlène Madar Abitan, Montreal

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

Joseph Amzallag, Montreal

VICE PRESIDENT

Arieh Rossdeutscher, M. ENG., Montreal

SECRETARY

Rick Leckner, Montreal

TREASURER

Gill Obadia, CPA, Montreal

AMBULANCE CHAIRMAN

Norton Segal, Q.C., Montreal

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Earl Adler, Montreal
Ami Bakerman, Winnipeg
Martin Banoon, Montreal
Daniel Benlolo, Montreal

Joseph Bitton, PhD (CR), Montreal
Evelyn Bloomfield Schachter, Montreal
Mayer Diamond, Montreal
Lionel Dubrofsky, Montreal

Edmond Elbaz, Montreal
Dr. Alex Hartman, Toronto
Dr. Stanley Herman, Toronto
Leslie Lenetsky, Montreal

Michael I. Levine, Montreal
Herbert Madar, Montreal
Barry Pascal, Montreal
Daniel Wolfe, Montreal

HONORARY AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE

Wolf Bronet, Montreal

HONORARY DIRECTORS

Dr. Marc Afilalo, Montreal
*Rabbi Reuven Bulka, Ottawa
Dean Bye, Huron Park, ON
*Gerald Cohen, Montreal
Rabbi Mark Fishman, Montreal

Robert Garfield, Montreal
David Kaminker, PH. ENG., Toronto
Arthur Levitt, Montreal
*Sam Litwack, Ottawa
Joseph Paperman, Montreal

Rabbi Reuben Poupko, Montreal
*Hilda Rosen, Hamilton
*Maurice Sadeh, Montreal
*Father John Walsh, Montreal
*Fanny Wedro, Calgary

PAST PRESIDENTS

Joseph Amzallag, M. Sc., Montreal
Joseph Bitton, PhD (CR), Montreal
*Irwin G. Beutel, Montreal
*Miriam Lang, MSW, Montreal
Michael I. Levine, Montreal

Arthur Levitt, Montreal
Sonny Merovitz, Montreal
*Ted Nashman, Montreal
*Morton I. Rosenthal, Montreal
Arnold Rosner, Montreal

*Paul M. Saxe, Montreal
Norton Segal, Q.C., Montreal
*Alfred N. Segall, Q.C., Montreal

*Deceased