Marvin Stenge – Vice President of Projects & Operations

Marvin was born in Montreal; both his late parents were holocaust survivors which gave him the early impetus to want to live in Israel. His other strong influence came after spending six months on Kibbutz as a volunteer during the Yom Kippur War followed by an additional year on the same Kibbutz one year later. Marvin has five children and many grandchildren, all of whom live in Israel. Marvin recently retired from a long career in real estate development and management. Marvin is very excited to be part of the new AACI as he very much wants to contribute in any way he can to the welfare of the State of Israel and its citizens.

Jeff Rothenberg VP Klitah

Brooklyn born, Jeff earned a BS degree in electrical engineering, followed by a law degree. During his career as a US Intellectual Property attorney, Jeff served as Managing Partner for 13 years of the largest IP law firm in upstate New York. His communal roles included synagogue president, national board member of the Jewish Educational Service of North America (JESNA), Israel Bonds spokesperson, and Vice President of Grants, Allocations and Planning for his local federation. Happily married, with 2 children and 6 grandchildren – all living in Israel, Jeff and his wife, Anne, made Aliyah in 2017. Anne is president of the English-speaking Jerusalem chapter of Hadassah, and national fund-raising chair of Hadassah Israel. For the past few years, Jeff has coordinated and revitalized the AACI program of in-country study trips attracting new participants and generating good will for AACI.

Julian (Julie) Landau – Treasurer

Julian (Julie) Landau made aliya in July 1969 from Washington DC where he worked for AIPAC. As part of his work in Israel as a writer, editor and print production supervisor, he helped write, design, page and print the AACI Voice for a number of years. Following his retirement in 1995, Julie became an active volunteer at AACI as a member of the Memorial Committee, the National Board, as Vice President of Development, Treasurer and President. He is married to Sara and has four sons and one daughter who live in various parts of the country along with his twenty grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.

Donna Grushka – Member at Large

Donna made aliyah in 1978.  Born in and raised in New York City, Donna attended Cornell University where she met her late husband, Eli, a native Israeli. She has 3 daughters and 5 grandchildren.
Donna was on the staff of AACI for 15 years after which she worked for Taglit-Birthright, for Hadassah Women, and for the Israel Government Coins and Medals Corp.  A long-time member of the National Board, she was Co-Chair of the National Memorial Committee from 2003-2019.  She currently chairs the Art Exhibits Committee and the WITH BRUSH AND PEN children and teen arts show program.  She has also served on the boards of the Jerusalem Scholarship amutah, the cemetery amutah, and the Jerusalem Building/Endowment amutah.

Miriam Barth – Member at Large

Miriam made aliyah from Detroit in 2014 and lives in Jerusalem.
Her professional experience is working in the non-profit fields.

Akiva Weber – Member at Large

Saulie Zajdel – Member at Large

Saulie made Aliyah from Canada with wife Helen and their youngest daughter in January 2016, and live in Arnona, Jerusalem.
Saulie held elective post of City Councilor in Montreal for 23 years, 1986-2009. 

Previously held positions in Montreal; Director-Eastern Canada-State of Israel Bonds; Director-Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation’

Presently working as a Development Officer for Yad Ezra V’Shulamit, since Feb. 2017.