1. Honoring
Rabbi Yisroel & Amy Gottlieb
Michael Kronenberg
Sandy Lieder
Rabbi Shlomo Horowitz
Congregation Bais Torah
38th Annual Dinner
Sunday, April 21, 2013 ● ‫א‬ ‫א‬ ‫א‬ ‫א‬ ‫א‬ ‫א״אאא‬‫ש‬‫א‬ ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬ ‫א‬‫י‬
Special Recognition To
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Shapiro ● Mrs. Libby Mendlowitz

2. Rabbi Yisroel & Amy Gottlieb, Guests of Honor Rabbi Yisroel Gottlieb is an
alumnus of Yeshivat Shaalvim and a graduate of Yeshiva College. He studied at Yeshivas Ohr
Reuven in Monsey, New York where he obtained his smicha from Rav Bezalel Rudinsky. He
attended Law School at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Rabbi Gottlieb is the Rav of
Congregation Bais Torah in Suffern NY and is also a Rebbe in Yeshivas Ohr Reuven and the
General Studies Principal at Yeshiva Darchei Noam, both in Suffern NY. Amy is a graduate of
SUNY New Paltz and holds a Masters degree in education from City College. She has taught sixth grade girls for
twenty years. They live in Suffern and are the proud parents of six beautiful children.
Michael Kronenberg, Presidential Award Michael was raised in Long Beach,
Long Island, by his parents Rabbi Mordechai and Pearl Kronenberg. Michael began his academic
career in 1954, as one of the first six students of the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach (HALB)
and then attended HILI High School in Far Rockaway. He received his BA degree from Yeshiva
University in 1972, and his MBA in Finance from the NYU Graduate School of Business in 1974.
Michael attributes his dedication to Jewish communal life to the influence and example of his
parents and in-laws who distinguished themselves in their devotion and selflessness to Jewish life.
Married to Sharon in 1972, they moved to the Monsey-Suffern community in 1980, and almost immediately became
vibrant and active members of the Bais Torah family. Michael has just completed his 3rd
tenure as President and has
also served as Vice President and Treasurer in other administrations.
Michael has spent most of his business career in the watch industry as COO of Fada Industries (now Geneva Watch
Group) and currently as Managing Director / EVP of Haskell Timepieces in NYC.
Sharon and Michael feel blessed and are extremely proud of their children and their spouses and derive great
pleasure and nachas from watching them raise their own families, both here and in Israel.
Sandy Lieder, Aishes Chayil Award Sandy was born and raised in Washington
Heights where she attended Breuer’s yeshiva through seminary. She married Jossi in 1975 and
moved to Monsey completing a bachelor’s degree from Hunter College. She furthered her
education at St. Thomas Aquinas with an accounting degree in 1978 and received her CPA
certification in 1987.
Sandy’s devotion to working for the Klall was lovingly spearheaded and modeled by her beloved parents Harry and
Marguerite Levi z”l more fondly known as Mr. and Mrs. Yeshiva. Their dedication to the Breuer’s community was
shared by the participation of the entire family.
In 1977 when Jossi, Sandy and Rephoel moved to the Monsey community, Sandy stepped right up again to
volunteer her services to the Bais Torah Sisterhood. She currently heads the shiva meals program and bikkur cholim
committees while participating in many behind the scenes projects.
Sandy worked as a C.P.A. for 18 years and now works beside Jossi in his optometry practice. Her greatest joy is
being a hands on savta to her grandchildren in Monsey, Queens, Lakewood and Baltimore.
Rabbi Shlomo Horowitz, Gabbai of the Year Award Rabbi Shlomo Horowitz is
a musmach of REITS and holds advanced degrees in education and engineering. For the past
dozen years he has taught special education for the high school division of The Sinai Schools
in New Jersey. Prior to his career in education, Rabbi Horowitz served as the Rav of
congregations in Kingston, Ontario, Allentown, Pennsylvania and Manhattan Beach in Brooklyn,
for a total of twenty five years. Rabbi Shlomo and his aishes chayil Shifra have five children and
eleven grandchildren.