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important the initiative 
has been for the schools 
with how much has been 
upended since March 
2020.
“It’s been tough. When 
we were remote, I think 
that was the hardest part 
because we had no idea, 
and there was no preparing 
for it,” Shindler said. “Last 
year, Hillel was one of the 
schools fortunate to be 
in-person for pretty much 
the whole school year. It 
was different; it was an 
adjustment for everyone in 
the building, but we were 
really grateful to be in 
school.”
Shindler said it was 
mentioned that they 
should use the gift card on 
themselves, instead of their 
classroom. Schindler’s 
gift card has gone toward 
purchases on Amazon, 
including a toy for her 
dog, some containers to 
pack her lunches in and 
some books for herself and 
her husband.
Joseph Bernstein, a 
social studies teacher at 
Frankel Jewish Academy, 
says he and the school staff 
were also shocked, in a 
good way. 
“I’ve been teaching a 
long time, and the last 
18 months have been 
the most difficult in my 
career,” Bernstein said. “I 
think their mouths kind 
of dropped. I think the 
important thing about 
this is not only did it go 
to teachers; it also went to 
the entire staff. Everyone 
from the cleaning staff 

who has worked so hard, 
to the people working in 
the front office, to our 
security. You name it, 
everyone was included in 
it.”
Bernstein hasn’t decided 
what to use the gift card 
for, though he believes it’s 
going toward something 
his whole family can use. 
Bernstein believes the 
Davidson Foundation 
and Jewish Federation’s 
generosity is reflective of 
the community as a whole.
“It shows what our 
values are about and 
our values being that of 
the Jewish community,” 
Bernstein said. “It’s about 
appreciating those people 
who work so hard.”
Rabbi Shragie Myers, 
executive director of 
Yeshiva Beth Yehudah, 
expressed similar 
sentiments.
“What an incredible 
community we live in. 
To have the William 
Davidson Foundation 
partner with the Jewish 
Federation to express the 
community’s appreciation 
for our educators in such a 
concrete, meaningful way 
is yet another example of 
how blessed we all are to 
live here,” Myers said. 
“Hosting a thank-you 
brunch to present these 
gifts and having Steven 
Ingber, the CEO of the 
Jewish Federation, here 
to thank each educator 
personally was an added 
touch of warmth that 
meant so much to all of 
us.” 

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