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Torah Fund
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Presentation of the
Martha Lea Stein Memorial
Woman of
Achievement Award
to
MYRNA RUDOLPH
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Congregation Beth Yeshurun Sisterhood
cordially invites you to our
TORAH FUND LUNCHEON
B’khol L’vavkha “With all your heart’’
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award.
The Award is presented in conjunction
with the Torah Fund event; an annual
event to promote awareness and raise
funds for the Jewish Theological
Seminary and its subsidiaries. The
Seminary is the backbone of Conservative
Judaism; it is the most important educa-
tional and religious institution to meet the
growing needs of the Conservative move-
ment. The money Women’s League,
(through its Sisterhoods), raises, accounts
for nearly 20% of the annual operating
budget of the Seminary. In other words,
the Seminary could not exisQ^rithout the
Torah Fund campaign.
The theme for this year’s Torah Fund
Campaign is “B’khol L’vavha” which
means “With all your Heart”, which
perfectly describes Myrna Rudolph’s com-
mitment to Judaism. This expression is
handsomely symbolized by the Torah
Fund Benefactor pin, which is available to
anyone who contributes as the $150.
Benefactor level.
For more information on making a
Torah Fund contribution in honor^f
Myrna Rudolph, or for reservations to the
luncheon, contact Barbara Selzer at
771-2030. For transportation call Susan
Marblestone at (home) 772-8697 or (work)
498-7741.
treasurer of Sisterhood’s gift shop for
many years. She has remained involved
with Sisterhood and currently serves on
the Sisterhood Board of Directors.
In her service to the synagogue,
Myrna has chaired the Membership,
Public Relations, Scholarship, and Adult
Activity Committees. She undertook the
demanding position of editor of “The
Message” in 1974 and has continued with
this to the present time. Myrna has been
an officer for Hadassah and a Board
Member of Baylor Women’s Faculty Club
as well. She currently serves as Beth
Yeshurun’s representative for the Adult
Education Continuity Task Force at the
Jewish Federation.
She is the proud grandmother of seven
grandchildren: Jason, Bradley, and Todd
Staller; Jennifer and Brian Kaufman; and
Scott and Andrew Schwaitzberg. Myrna
stays busily involved with her family. In
addition to her personal and volunteer
responsibilities, she also works part time
at Zadok’s Jewelers.
The Sisterhood presents the Martha
Lea Stein Memorial Award to “a woman
of achievement” each year; that is some-
one who has devoted herself to family,
synagogue, and community in the most
unselfish of ways. And Myrna Rudolph
truly exemplifies the very spirit of this
The very special recipient of this
year’s Martha Lea Stein Memorial Award
is Mryna Rudolph, who has devoted her
life to all aspects of synagogue and com-
munity work and in doing so, has made an
enormous contribution to our synagogue
and to the community.
The Torah Fund event is scheduled for
Tuesday, December 5 at 10:00 a.m. at
Maxims restaurant, 3755 Richmond. Can-
tor David Propis will provide the enter-
tainment.
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa,
Myrna and her family emigrated to the
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band, Jack, a renowned pediatrician and a
pioneer in the field of neo-natalogy, was
affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine.
In addition to raising her four children,
Arlene Staller, Jennifer “Vonne” Kauf-
man, Susan Schwaitzberg, and Clifford
Rudolph, she has been involved in leader-
ship positions at Beth Yeshurun for over
20 years. Myrna was president of the Day
School P.T.O., and then became president
of Sisterhood in 1974. In 1981-82, she
served a two-year term as President of
the Southwest Branch of Women’s
League for Conservative Judaism, and
following that she was elected to the posi-
tion of National Vice President for
Women’s League. Myrna was also
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