Board & Staff Members

The KAVOD - The Independent Jewish Funeral Chapels is dedicated to providing great service and information to the public. Our team of Staff and Board Members are listed below. Please feel free to contact them if you have any questions.

Jason Goldstein EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PAST PRESIDENT



J.S. Goldstein Funeral and Monuments, Inc.

Mays Landing, NJ

Joseph Sherman, PRESIDENT


Sherman's Flatbush Memorial Chapel, Inc.

Brooklyn, NY


Jonathan Green, VICE PRESIDENT



Abraham L Green and Son

Fairfield, CT 06824-6002

Jason Goldstein, TREASURER



J.S. Goldstein Funeral and Monuments, Inc.

Mays Landing, NJ

Syd Waldman, SECRETARY



Waldman Funeral Care, LLC

Houston, TX 77021-5928

Steven Sisskind, IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT


Sisskind Funeral Service

Syracuse, NY

LaDarion Ammons, ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES


Email: kavod@tenonestrategy.com

Office Phone: 601-398-2281

Past Presidents

Steven Sisskind, PAST PRESIDENT (2019-2021)

Sisskind Funeral Service 

Syracuse, NY

Jay Mesnekoff, PAST PRESIDENT (2017-2019)

Mesnekoff Funeral Home

Amherst, NY

Joyce E. Torchinsky, PAST PRESIDENT (2013-2017)

Torchinsky Hebrew Funeral Home

Washington, DC

Jason Goldstein, PAST PRESIDENT (2006-2013)

J.S. Goldstein Funeral Home and Monuments, Inc.

Mays Landing, NJ

Samuel Green, PAST PRESIDENT (2004-2006)

Abraham L. Green & Son Funeral Home

Fairfield, CT

David Jacobson, PAST PRESIDENT (2002-2004)

Chicago Jewish Funerals

Buffalo Grove, IL

Past Executive Directors

Samuel Green, PAST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (2006-2016)

Abraham L. Green & Son Funeral Home

Fairfield, CT

David Brezniak,  PAST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (2002-2006) 

Brezniak Funeral Directors

West Newton, MA