Officers
Jeff Denaburg
Co-Chair
Jeff held the position of Vice President, Communications at ARZA Canada for many years. He has been Co-Chair of the Israel Committee and Chair of the Worship Committee at Holy Blossom Temple, where he also served as a Teacher, and is currently a Shaliach Tzibur.
When not pursuing his Israel-related interests, Jeff works as a Project Manager in Information Technology at CIBC. Jeff is married and he and his wife Phyllis have two children.
Judith Wiley
Co-Chair
Judith Wiley joined the ARZA Canada board in 2017 and became secretary to the board shortly after that. As a representative of one of the smaller Reform congregations – Temple Israel in London, Ontario – Judith has been pleased to be part of the extraordinary efforts to engage congregations across Canada.
Judith has worked in the voluntary sector for most of her career, as CEO of various organizations at the national and international level and is known for her expertise in non-profit governance and community development. She is currently CEO of the Central Community Health Centre in Elgin County.
Judith is a member of the executive committee of the Canadian Zionist Federation and a member of the Board of Directors of Temple Israel, London.
Lee Weisser
Past President
Lee Weisser is a proud member of Temple Emanu-El where she has served in a variety of capacities, including co-chair of the Social Action Committee for the past 10 years. Lee studied at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in her youth and, more recently, participated in the Beutel Leadership Seminar and other events of the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism and the World Zionist Congress. She has been a member of ARZA Canada since 2015. She has also been a volunteer facilitator for the Ve’ahavta Skills Academy, and received a Canada150 Award for Citizenship in 2017.
Lee holds a Master of Adult Education degree from the University of Toronto, and most recently worked as a career coach. She lives with her husband Steven Gauley in Toronto; her daughter Julia lives in Montreal.
Carl Ehrlich
Vice Chair
Les Rothschild
Treasurer
Ruth Naomi Livingston
Secretary
Ruth is a retired inner-city teacher with years of experience in equity work with the Manitoba Teachers’ Society. Ruth is immediate past president of Temple Shalom in Winnipeg with several terms as president. She is a regular lay service leader. Ruth sits on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Zionist Federation as an ARZA Canada representative.
Ruth is a parent and doting grandparent, a watercolour painter and quilter as well as a ‘retired’ 40-year volunteer with the Winnipeg Folk Festival.
Board Members-at-Large
Rabbah Gila Caine
- Naomi Cohen
- David Dewitt
Rabbi Emma Gottlieb
Shirley Hyman
- Dorothy Millman
- Miriam Pearlman, ARZENU Executive Member
- Monika Simon
Kim Werker
Valerie Whitefield