2008 Foundation’s Legacy Award:
Service to the Jewish community
Our Legacy Award has a very special recipient this year. In recent past years the Legacy honor was awarded to Michael Moss and Sheldon Kruth for their long-time advocacy and service to the Jewish community.

This year the Foundation unanimously decided to salute our very own Chair, Alexander E. Holstein, who has headed the Board of Trustees since its inception in 2001.

When asked about the Foundation, Alex stated, “It is my belief that the Foundation has created a new sense of excitement, renewal and revitalization in the Jewish community, along with growing opportunities to work in collaborative with the Jewish Federation, synagogues, agencies, and individual donors.”

Fortunately for us, after his retirement from Syrocco, Inc., Alex decided to devote his time and energy to civic ventures. In addition to participating in the founding of the Jewish Community Foundation of CNY, he was a past chair of the Federation’s annual campaign, he is also an active member of the board of trustees of Temple Society of Concord, the Judaic Heritage Center, Menorah Park, and a supporting volunteer for F.O.C.U.S. Greater Syracuse. Over the years Alex served on a number of other community and national boards and chaired the Boards of the Dunbar Center, Everson Museum, and Manlius Pebble Hill School.
Together Alex and his wife Charlotte (Chuckie) have positively impacted the very fabric of our society, paving the way for a more secure and vibrant tomorrow. They are the proud parents of 4 married children who have blessed them with 13 grandchildren and 2 great-grandsons.