Daniel Kohl and Yonatan Zvi will receive the Milwaukee Jewish Federation’s Benjamin E. Nickoll Young Leadership Award for 2006 on Thursday, Aug. 31, noon, at Brynwood Country Club.
Kohl, a native of Milwaukee, is the son of Allen Kohl and Barbara Kohl-Spiro. He earned an undergraduate degree from Brown University and graduate degrees in law and U.S. history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After working with the Milwaukee Bucks for 14 years, he left to pursue private interests.
This past May, Kohl represented Milwaukee on a United Jewish Communities mission to Ethiopia. In 2005, Kohl and his wife Stacey chaired the Milwaukee Jewish Federation Annual Meeting and Community Capital Campaign Groundbreaking. Kohl headed the 2006 Milwaukee Jewish Day School nominating committee and serves on the MJDS development committee.
From 2004 to 2005, he was an American Jewish Committee Sholom Comay Fellow. He currently serves on the AJC’s National Board of Governors and is vice president of advocacy for AJC’s Milwaukee chapter. Kohl serves on the Milwaukee Jewish Federation board of directors and is a solicitor for the annual campaign and the capital campaign.
In addition to his activity in the Jewish community, Kohl is an active fundraiser for the Democratic Party and sits on the Children’s Outing Association board of directors.
Kohl and his wife Stacey have three children, Samantha, Benjamin and Adam, who attend the Milwaukee Jewish Day School.
Zvi, son of Avinoam and Sima Zvi, was born and raised in Israel. Following graduation from high school, Zvi served in the Israel Defense Force in the Golani Brigade.
Following his arrival in the United States in 1987, he attended school and worked for an Israeli security company in California.
Currently, Zvi is a commercial real estate broker with Polacheck, a CB Richard Ellis Company. Since his marriage in 1993, he has divided his time between Israel and Milwaukee.
Zvi serves on the Israel and Overseas Committee, the Partnership 2000 Committee and the Young Leadership Board. He has chaired the Young Men’s and Young Women’s Minimum Gift Event and is currently the chair of the Ben Gurion Society, an affinity society for young donors, making a minimum annual campaign gift of $1,000.
He is a solicitor for the annual campaign and serves on the building committee for Hillel Foundation-Milwaukee for the capital campaign.
He served as co-chair of the Yamim Committee in 2006, to develop the programs for Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut, and chaired the Yom HaZikaron committee.
Zvi and his wife, Julie, have three children, Gilad, Daniel and Ela, who attend the Milwaukee Jewish Day School and Children’s Lubavitch Living and Learning Center.
The Benjamin E. Nickoll Award was established in 1962 on the occasion of Nickoll’s 80th birthday, in honor of his lifetime of service to the Milwaukee Jewish community.
It is awarded annually to young men who have demonstrated leadership qualities through involvement in the federation and other community activities, and is intended to inspire future generations to emulate the lives of humanitarians.
The Nickoll endowment is a permanent endowment within the Jewish Community Foundation, the MJF’s endowment development program.
The cost of the luncheon is $15. Dietary laws will be observed. For more information or reservations, due Aug. 24, call Ellie Gettinger at 414-390-5742 or sign up online at www.milwaukeejewish.org.
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