Sari & Jeremy Schulman

Sari grew up on Long Island and attended a small high school where she was among only a few Jewish students.  She went on to serve as the Hillel President of the small Jewish community at SUNY Geneseo.  She celebrated her bat mitzvah as a graduate student at Boston University and met Jeremy at a mutual friend’s engagement party shortly thereafter. They married in 1997 and have lived in New Rochelle ever since.  Sari has proudly  taught high school English and Theatre in Port Washington for over 30 years. During her tenure, she has mentored new teachers, presented at state conferences and national conventions, directed school theatrical productions, advised the Drama Club, mounted the school’s annual Shakespeare Day, taken students on trips to see Broadway shows, and is currently the school’s literary magazine advisor.  In the summer months, she and Jeremy enjoy working as specialists at Temple Israel’s Camp Pinebrook. 



Here at the PJC, Sari served as the Learning Center Committee Chair and on the Board of Directors.  She and Jeremy led Rosh Hashanah children’s services for several years, and occasionally, Sari delivers the d’var Torah when the rabbi is away! In 2017. She chaperoned the PJC teen trip to Cuba alongside Rabbi Salzberg and Ana Turkeniecz.  Perhaps Sari is best known for developing an incredibly successful community theatre program, the PJC Players, which will mark its tenth year in 2027. 

Jeremy grew up in Rockland County. His family belonged to New City Jewish Center where he had his Bar Mitzvah. He attended Camp Ramah (Nyack and Berkshires) as a camper and staff member before traveling across the country and then to Israel with USY. He and his twin brother had solos at the zimriyah (song festival) in front of a packed house, which may have kicked off his penchant for performing. Jeremy has spent turns on the Building Committee, the Membership Committee and presently as Chair of the Religious Practices Committee. He appreciates the opportunity to serve as a B’aal Tefilah (master of prayer) by leading the congregation in original melodies and adaptations. A few of his favorite arrangements are Ein Kelohenu to “Scotland the Brave” and Shochen Ad to “Far Over the Misty Mountains Cold” from Lord of the Rings. He also enjoys chanting the opening to Shir Hashirim on Passover. He tutors students, young and old, for their B’nei Mitzvot and other occasions. His career as an urban planner and currently as a Social Studies teacher at Flex School draws him to the historical and geographical references in the Torah. You will often catch him poring through the maps at the back of the chumash. 

Their daughters, Davi and Mira, celebrated their Bat mitzvot at the PJC and continue to be dedicated to Jewish life. Davi graduated from Connecticut College in 2025 and now works as an intern at US News and World Report. Mira is completing her second year at the University of Maryland at College Park and is studying Kinesiology and Dance.

They are deeply grateful that they were selected for this honor and for the central role the PJC plays in their lives.