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September 5, 2003/Elul 8 5763, Vol. 55, No. 54
Sanford Solender, longtime communal leader
STAFF REPORT
The New York Jewish Week
NEW YORK - Friends and grandchildren recalled Sanford Solender as "a giant" in the Jewish communal world and a commanding but loving patriarch within his family during funeral services here Sept. 2 for the longtime communal leader. Solender, executive vice president of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies and the UJA Campaign of New York from 1970 to 1981, died suddenly on Aug. 30 at the age of 89. He lived in Florida.
Billie Tisch, who as president of the Federation from 1980 to 1983 worked with Solender, recounted his career highlights, including his efforts leading to the historic merger of the Federation and UJA in New York and the many agencies that began during his tenure. Among them were the Jewish Association for College Youth, the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty and the Jewish Communal Fund.
Solender was part of a three-generation dynasty of communal leaders. His father directed a Jewish community center in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Man-hattan, and his son Stephen served as executive vice president of UJA-Fed-eration of New York from October 1986 until he became the first president of the United Jewish Communities in October 1999.
Solender was predeceased by his wife, Ethel Klonick Solender, and a daughter, Susan Ballis. Along with Stephen and his wife, Elsa, Solender is survived by a son, Peter; a daughter, Ellen Hirsch and a total of 16 grand-children and great-grand-children.
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