The National Committee for the Furtherance of Jewish Education (NCFJE) paused its busy schedule today during the lunch hour to celebrate the 80th birthday of Rabbi Sholem Ber Hecht, CEO of NCFJE.

Family members, friends, directors of NCFJE’s many projects and programs, colleagues, and longtime associates gathered to mark this special milestone and pay tribute to Rabbi Hecht’s decades of dedicated leadership and service to the Jewish community.

Those in attendance offered heartfelt words of appreciation and conveyed their warmest wishes for a happy and healthy 80th birthday.

They wished Rabbi Hecht continued success in his vital work on behalf of Jewish education, together with a complete and speedy refuah shleimah, and many more years of good health, happiness, and accomplishment.