Born in South Africa, Rik Katz and his family moved to Dallas in 1986. He was a former treasurer of Akiba Academy and an involved Jewish community member before he and his family moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 1998.
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Jaime Hazan-Cohen was born in Havana, Cuba, and moved to the U.S. in October of 1960. He initially lived in Florida and then relocated to Dallas. Jaime’s father was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and his mother was born in Cuba. Jaime went to law school in Havana, then to Southern Methodist University in Texas and following that worked as an accountant. He later opened a wholesale textile business with his brother and father. Jaime met his wife, Esther, in Dallas at the age of 30 and they married a year later. He is an active member of Congregation Tiferet Israel, has served on the boards of both Akiba Academy and Tiferet Israel, and has supported other community organizations alongside his wife.
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Tina Israel, a native Dallasite, has been a heavily involved member in the Dallas Jewish community, with strong ties specifically to Congregation Tiferet Israel.
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Esther Hazan-Cohen was born in 1950 in El Paso, Texas. Her mother was born in Mexico City and her father, raised in Turkey, served in the military during World War II and was stationed in Hawaii. Her family moved to Albuquerque in 1952, then to Oklahoma, and finally settled in Dallas. She attended Thomas Jefferson High School, followed by two years at the University of North Texas before meeting her husband, Jaime. They were married in 1971 and settled back in Dallas in 1977. Esther sent her children to Akiba Academy and worked with the PTA there, later becoming president of the school for two years. Following her presidency at Akiba Academy, Esther began working with Jewish Family Service and helped establish the program called “Centerpieces for Tzedakah”. She has been heavily involved in B’nai Zion and Bnei Akiva, and also served on the Board of Directors at Congregation Tiferet Israel.
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Al Garment, the oldest of two boys, was born in 1928 in Brooklyn, New York. As a child, Al attended Brooklyn Tech High School, where he studied engineering. In June 1946, Al entered the military. He has been married for 65 years and together he and his wife have two daughters. Al began working in his father’s fabrics business but then switched over to electronics and mechanics. He came to Texas in 1960 and built fighter planes for many years in Grand Prairie for LTV and then worked for Boeing for around 12 years. Al and his wife have been involved for many years with Congregation Tiferet Israel, Jewish War Veterans, and the Texas Jewish Post.
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