I became more active Jewishly. My family and I began the Ganz Family Supporting Foundation after my husband passed in 1987, the first Supporting Foundation at GMJF. I became a Heritage Society member and a LOJE. In 2007 I was honored to have been chosen as Miami’s Kipnis Wilson-Friedland Award Honoree at the International Lion of Judah Conference. Shortly after, my mother-in-law, Pauline Ganz, of blessed memory, added the torch to her Lion, and as my daughters matured and became active in their own communities, they also became Lions and LOJEs. Suzy and Amy are both heavily involved in their Jewish communities, and all of their children have likewise become involved in their college and school Jewish communities. My son Charlie was on GMJF’s investment committee for many years, then went on to become the Foundation Chair in Boca Raton. In our family, we try to look to the future and understand community needs, then help to resolve some of those. It isn’t often that we get to see such wonderful results in so short a time. So we have become a l’dor v’dor (from generation to generation) family. As my father planted for me…. Am Yisroel Chai !
Made with FlippingBook - Online magazine maker