Immediate Past Chair

Leslie Dannin Rosenthal

Leslie Dannin Rosenthal is the Board Chair Emeritus of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA). She is a past president of the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest, NJ, having chaired its Annual Campaign and served as president of its Women’s Philanthropy. 

Leslie currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Federations of North America. She also serves as the Chair of the Committee on Trustees at Golda Och Academy. Leslie has a life-long involvement in volunteer opportunities. She is a past president of Oheb Shalom Congregation located in South Orange, NJ, has chaired the Network of Independent Communities for JFNA and is the immediate past chair of the Jewish Community Legacy Project. 

A graduate of Smith College and Boston University School of Law, Leslie served as a deputy attorney general in the New Jersey Attorney General’s Division of Law. She and her husband David Rosenthal divide their time between South Orange and Los Angeles, two locations where their greatest pleasure is visiting their grandchildren. 

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