Hillel Academy of Broome County announced that it will honor Hillel alumni Mark and Inessa Yonaty for the N. Theodore Sommer Community Service Award and Rochel Chein for the A.M. Pierson Award. A dinner celebrating them will take place on Thursday, June 8. Specific details about the dinner will appear in future issue of The Reporter.

“We look forward to thanking these outstanding residents for their exemplary leadership and well-being in the Binghamton/Broome County community through their efforts in increasing commerce, benevolence and community awareness,” said organizers of the event. “Rochel has been with Hillel Academy since 2009 as a parent, volunteer, librarian, Judaic educator and so much more. We thank them all for their endless dedication toward making our community thrive, and imparting their wisdom and experience on us all.”
Chein noted, “Hillel has been a beautiful experience.”