Opening doors for 5,000+ community members starts with you. Support The Ark’s Dinner-Less Dinner with a gift today!

2025 Dinner-Less Dinner®

Opening Doors

Help The Ark continue Opening Doors. Join us with a gift to 2025 Dinner-Less Dinner®

When members of our community are struggling, and it feels like every door is closed to them, they can turn to The Ark for hope and a path toward stability, thanks to your generosity.

This year, The Ark’s professionals and volunteers are Opening Doors for more than 5,000 individuals and families across Chicagoland.

Join us with a gift today, and together, we will open the door to a future where every Chicagoland Jew can experience the life-changing power of self-reliance.

When Miriam was struggling to pay her bills, her case manager opened doors to financial security.

When Daniel fell behind on his rent, our housing specialist opened doors to stable housing.

When Adam lost his health insurance, our clinic opened doors to see a doctor and dentist.

When Rachel faced a devastating diagnosis, our pharmacy opened doors to life-saving medication.

You can help The Ark open doors to everyone in need in our community.

About the Dinner-Less Dinner

For more than 20 years, our community has treasured the Dinner-Less Dinner. Last year, nearly 1,500 supporters came together to raise more than $1.5 million to transform lives and our entire community.

Because our signature annual fundraiser is “Dinner-Less,” with no large in-person gathering, you can give with the confidence that your entire contribution will directly enable vital services to meet urgent financial, medical, and emotional needs.

2025 Dinner-Less Dinner Host Committee

We recognize with gratitude the following donors of $1,800 or more to The Ark’s 2025 Dinner-Less Dinner, as of January 31, 2025. 

It’s not too late to join our Host Committee with a gift or pledge of $1,800 or more, or support The Ark with a gift of any amount.

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*Board of Directors     **Board of Trustees

Presenting Sponsors ($100,000 and above)

Francine** and Dr. Anthony Brown**

Harriette and Ted Perlman

Karyn* and Bill Silverstein

Premier Sponsors ($50,000 – $99,999)

Anonymous

Abe and Ida Cooper Foundation

Jill** and Douglas A. Hirsh

Michael Lewis Company

Taxman Family Foundation

Ken* and Paula Weissman

Platinum Sponsors ($25,000 – $49,999)

Martin and Mary L. Boyer Family Foundation

Diane and Scott Brown, in memory of Rochelle Simms z”l

Robert Cheifetz and Sandra Raitt

Carey and Dr. Cheryl Cooper

Steven* and Pamela Handmaker

Robert and Debbie Hartman**

JBS Foundation

Jacob and Edy Kupietzky*

Adam and Lindsey Labkon

Peter Levy** and Jill LeBoyer

Laurie** and Todd Lustbader**

Missy* and Allan Malmed**

Jeff and Jill Meltzer

Susan and Leonard Rubin*

Dr. Kenneth and Andrea Saffir

Art and Jackie Schneider

Kimberly** and Perry Shwachman

Barb and Michael Zaransky**

Gold Sponsors ($18,000-$24,999)

Associated Agencies

The Golder Family

Will Lennon* and Shari Helft Lennon

Irving and Roberta Lewis Charitable Foundation

Jennifer and Andy Lucas*

Abraham J. and Suri Stern

Robert Wrobel

Chairs ($10,000-$17,999)

Anonymous (2)

Sarah and Gabor Balassa

Vivian and Nathan Bloch**

Paul and Pearl Caslow Foundation

Stuart and Dafna Gabel

Glenn* and Donna Garfinkel

Jacqueline Gilbert

Jeffrey Harris

Micky Hervitz and Leeatt Rothschild

Janice Honigberg

Klaff Family Foundation

Ben** and Michelle Klein**

Susan Klingenstein

Avi Lewittes

Hella and Eli Okman

Jeffrey* and Hilda Piell

Richard and Linda Price**

Elliott and Ronni Robinson, Freda Robinson

Dr. Randy and Gila Robinson*

Mark Rosen and Dina Warner

Burton and Sheli Rosenberg

Barbara and Steve Wolf

Debra Wrobel

Matthew Zell Family Foundation

Vice Chairs ($5,400-$9,999)

Anonymous

Ariel Investments

Michael and Helen Arkes

Joan Bellows

J.R. and Katie Berger

Robert and Beverly Berman

David and Ruth Binter

Dr. Irving* and Eleanor Birnbaum

Zivit and Steven Blonder*

Margie Breyer and Glen Marder

Ms. Alexandra Dunietz

Dr. Naomi and Jeremy Fogel

Larry and Marla Gilbert

Arnold and Ilea Goldberg

Jonathan Hanus

Sue and Jordan Klein

Debra Korman

Craig and Carol Levin

Dr. Jerome and Jan Loew

Yossi and Alisa Miller

George and Sarah Ohlhausen Foundation

Alan* and Katie Polansky

Ronald and Linda Rashkow

Helen Rozenberg

David and Aviva Rubin

Steven Rukin

Keryn and David Schreiber

Senser Foundation

Valerie and Lee Shapiro

Janet Winter

Carol and Irv Yoskowitz

Sponsors ($3,600-$5,399)

Anonymous (4)

Paula Barnett and Gary Ruben

Alissa Berman

Dr. Jayme and Anne Brentan

Sheila and David Cahnman

Jane Colman

Randee and Gerry Curciarello

Mariya* and Max Dayan

Dewoskin/Roskin Foundation

Stan* and Sasha Diskin

Dr. Nehama Dresner

Dan and Debbie Eisenstein

Bonnie Forkosh

Wendy Fox* and Jon Schneider

Ari* and Michael Goldsmith

Joel and Arla Gomberg

Gurtz Family Foundation

Mark and Barbara Gutman

William and Deborah Harrison

Moshe and Shoshana Kahn

Dr. Daniel* and Sharon Katz

Dr. and Mrs. Steven Katz

Barbara and Kenneth Kaufman

Paul Kessler

Steven and Ethel Kikoler

Daniel and Karen Kales Lee Family Foundation

Gary and Debbie Lindon

Josh* and Elana Lipman

Judd and Katherine Malkin

Marjorie and Bret Maxwell

Frank and Karen Metzger

Carole and David Perlman

Mike** and Judy Philipp

Sol and Harriet Price

Saul and Gail Rudo

Biff Ruttenberg Foundation

Schnitzer Family Foundation

David Schwartz

Hal and Cindy Schwartz

Alan* and Janet Sear

Dr. Lewis Seidenberg

Jonathan Smith and Nancy Gerstein, in memory of Racheline Schreim z”l

Dr. Michael and Donna Socol

Gabrielle Stender and Andrew Schwertfeger

April* and Tom Victor

Julie Victor and Clyde Partner

Martin and Naomi Weitzel

Karen and Sy Zilberstein

Hosts ($1,800-$3,599)

Anonymous (8)

AJ Feldman Financial

Eugene and Julie Amromin

Meredith Grossman Anders and Darren Anders

Brian and Kathleen Barnett

The Bellick Family

David and Nicole Berger

Sharen* and Marc Berman

Jonathan and Rayli Blumberg

Rabbi Reuven* and Dr. Nechama Brand

Lynne and Fred Brody

Larry and Janice Brown

Mark and Jean Burnstine

Lee and Margaret Cohn

Christine and Ricky Cooper

Dr. Isard and Tatiana Dunietz

Ehrenfeld-Manaster Foundation

Dr. Arthur S. Elstein

Burt z”l and Marion Fainman

Linda Fisher

Fred Frankston

Ronna and David Friedman

Robbie and Sarina Gerson

Michael and Kelly Goldberg

Robert and Roberta Goldman

William and Judi Goldman

Marna and Daniel Goldwin

Jeffrey and Susan Gumbiner

Janice Halpern

David and Chaya Tova Hartman

Ellen Havdala

Michelle and Steven Hirsch

Jeffrey Jones and Rabbi Sarah Rosenbaum-Jones

Loraine Kaufman Foundation

Jeffrey and Sandra Kellman

Douglas and Deborah Klein

Pamela Kopelman and Ted Gouwens

Craig and Monette Leva

Jonathan and Helayna Lewis

Jay Lewkowitz

William and Wendy Lipsman

Rod and Tracy Loewenthal

Monica and Richard Magid

Barry and Mindy Malkin

Steven Miller

Miramar Capital

Bryan Mittelman and Adrienne Felder

James and Katherine Mutchnik

Douglas and Tracy Noren

Novick Family Foundation

Aaron and Helene Paris

Adam Parker and Tamar Rubin

Ellen Sue and Jon Parker

Ruthie and Alan Pearlman

Cindy and David Pogrund

Edward and Tamra Polen

Seth and Lisa Prostic

Bruce and Diana Rauner

David Rebnord and Marilyn Green-Rebnord

Roberta Rosell

Jeffrey C. Rubenstein

Joel and Tamara Rubin

Ed and Diana Ruthman

David Schreibman and Lynne Levey

Charles and Ruth Schwartz

Mimi and Rabbi Samuel Seleski

In memory of Bea z”l and Nate Sherman z”l

David and Susan Sherman

Jay Shmikler and Karen Ross

Robert and Barbara Shmikler

Lisa Siegel-Zagorin

Marc and Arla Silverstein

Irwin Smiley

Ronnie Jo Sokol

David Solow and Erin Yancey

Charles and Sondra Sonneborn

Sandy Starkman and Larry Pachter

Carol Stone

Karen and Jason Sussman

Bobette Takiff

Steven and Amy Topel

Unger Family Foundation

Gerald and Barbara Weiner

Lennie and Jessica Weiss

Stanley and Linda Weissbrot

Debbie and Heshy Wengrow

Bruce and Tammy Werner

Shabsai and Debra Wolfe

Steven Yelderman

David and Andrea Yelin