About Us
VISION STATEMENT:
To create a renaissance of Jewish pride in New York City.
MISSION STATEMENT:
We meet Jewish New Yorkers ‘where they are’ and connect them to their spiritual and cultural inheritance.
We provide individualized learning, social and travel programs that transform ignorance to awareness, apathy to excitement, and curiosity to commitment.
We inspire Jewish pride and leadership, and empower positive contribution to Jewish communities worldwide.
The Aish Center provides cutting-edge social and learning opportunities for young Jewish professionals in New York City in a warm, welcoming, and open atmosphere. Whether you want Business Networking Events, a Crash Course in Hebrew, Jewish Wisdom for Living, or the Israel adventure of a lifetime, Aish NY offers you access to more of the value in being Jewish.
Since 1974, Aish has been dedicated to revitalizing the Jewish world by reintroducing Jews everywhere to their heritage. Today it is a dynamic, rapidly expanding Jewish social and educational network committed to a worldwide renaissance of the Jewish people.
With branches on 5 continents and programs in 77 cities in 17 countries that have inspired 750,000 participants, and an award winning website www.aish.com visited by 2,000,000 monthly, Aish has become the largest organization of its kind in the world.
Executive Committee and Board
Chairman of the Board:
Lionel Leventhal, Partner, Paul Capital Partners
Founding Chair:
Seth Horowitz, President, Men’s Division, Iconix Brands
Board of Directors:
Michael Bolla, Managing Director of Prudential Douglas Elliman and Executive Director of Elliman Equity Design
Steven Bram, Partner and COO, Bombo Entertainment
Seth Damski, Founder and Managing Partner, Old City Capital Partners
Michael Frank, Owner of Michael Frank Building Co, Partner and VP of Sales at David Geller Associates.
Martin Geminder, Manager of Risk Arbitrage/Special Situation Investments, Catapult Partners
Deborah Moelis, Senior Associate, Handel Architects
Vicki Eisner Porges, MD, Owner, Downtown Pediatrics
Michael Silverman Ph.D., Co-Director of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
Advisory Board:
Lawrence Benenson
Jacob Gitzis
Ruth Goldstein
Jeff Moelis
Scott Perrin
Michael Satine
Jeff Schachter
Elan Schultz
Ronn Torossian
Ari Werth
Associate Board:
