Golf tournament raises funds for Beth-El’s religious school

Posted Thursday, August 1, 2013 5:03 pm

Rick Granoff, left, David Bazar, Neil Benharris, Fred Franklin, Ruby Shalansky, Anita Steiman and Rabbi Sarah Mack pose with an oversize check after Temple Beth-El’s golf tournament. /Temple Beth-El PROVIDENCE – At Temple Beth-El’s 4th Annual Golf Tournament on July 15, 90 golfers enjoyed a day on the links at Ledgemont Country Club in Seekonk, Mass. Golfers and many synagogue members participated in an evening of cocktails and hors d’oeuvres and dinner, with chances to bid on silent and live auction items, with auctioneer Steve McDonald, aka Jim Shorts on Sports.

Committee Chairs David Bazar, Neil Benharris and Rick Granoff announced that the tournament netted $43,000; funds will benefit the synagogue’s religious school. Beth-El is the Reform synagogue on the East Side of Providence.