On May 19, 2003, Bob Gordon was honored by Action for Post-Soviet Jewry with a Gala Reception and Dessert at Temple Emanuel, Newton, for his more than 30 years as a Soviet Jewry activist. Bob was a founder of Action for Soviet Jewry, and he served on its Board for many years.
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| Left to Right: Geoffrey
Weiss (President JCRC), Nancy Kaufman (Director JCRC), Doris Gordon, Rabbi
Shmuel Kaminezki (Chief Rabbi Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, Region), Bob Gordon,
Sheryl Adler (Associate Director JCRC) OUR SPEAKERS |
Left to Right: Michael & David Gordon (Bob's sons), Bob Gordon, Doris Gordon, Lori Hurwitz (Doris' daughter) |
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| Melinda Harrison welcomed guests and introduced Master of Ceremonies | Rabbi Moshe Waldoks was Master of Ceremonies |
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| Professor Steve Whitfield (Prof. of American Studies, Brandeis University) spoke of the early days of Soviet Jewry activism and his trip to visit the Katz family in Moscow. | Morey Schapira, co-founding president of Action for Soviet Jewry, spoke of the long history of significant battles fought and won on behalf of and by Soviet Jews. Morey moved to California in 1977, so was only with us for the very early years of ASJ. |
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| Michail Pankratov, an emigre from Moscow, was part of the group of refuseniks who Bob Gordon helped. He spoke of what it meant to have the support of Bob during the difficult years as they waited to emigrate. | Dr. Benjamin Sachs, Chairman of the JCRC Post-Soviet Jewry Committee and head of the Women's Clinic in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. He introduced Rabbi Shmuel Kaminezki from Dnipropetrovsk. |
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| Rabbi Shmuel Kaminezki, Chief Rabbi of Dnipropetrovsk Region, brought greetings and thanks from the Dnipropetrovsk Jewish community for the work which Boston is doing to help them bring Jews back to their heritage. | Barry Shrage, President of CJP, praised the efforts of the Boston Jewish community and Bob Gordon in helping our fellow Jews in other countries. | |
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| Doris Gordon, wife of Bob Gordon, spoke about her experiences traveling with Bob and introduced his sons, who presented a short slide program on Bob and Soviet "Jewelry" | ||
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| Bob Gordon (on left) received an engraved Russian watch from his sons, Michael and David (left to right) | Bob Gordon (center) received a framed article which he had written in 1975 for the Jewish Advocate from M.C. Rabbi Moshe Waldoks and Judy Patkin on behalf of the APSJ Board |
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Left to Right: Joshua Rubenstein (Head of Amnesty International in New England), Jessica Katz, Judy Patkin (Director of APSJ), Barbara Palant (former Director of ASJ), Clara Katz, David Barron (Photographer) |
Right to Left: Bob Gordon, Bailey Barron (former co-chair of ASJ), Ann Marchette, members of Gossels family |
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| Left to Right: Yossi Abramowitz (President of Union of Councils for Jews in the FSU), Sheila Galland (APSJ Staff), Boris & Genya Doktor (emigres and former leaders of the Jewish community of Dniprodzerzhinsk, Ukraine) | Left to Right: Werner & Elaine Gossels, Gary Glassman, Barbara Anatolev (APSJ Board Member), Joan Honig's back on far left (APSJ Board Member |
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| Left to Right: Judy Patkin (APSJ Director), Galina & Edward Veremkroit (worked on event photo centerpieces with Eugenya Brown) | Left to Right: Barbara Gaffin (former Associate Director JCRC), Yelena Bandura, Anna Petrov Ronell (APSJ Staff) |
Photos by David Barron/Oxygen Group