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Jewish Business Leaders

Jewish Business Leaders of Omaha brings together the Jewish business community to showcase the entrepreneurs, founders, and change-makers in our community while creating opportunity to connect, teach and leverage each relationship.

Welcome to the Jewish Business Leaders of Omaha. Your involvement will give you opportunities to network and create valuable connections to help grow your organization. The Omaha community has a long history of successful Jewish business leaders. Be part of JBL and help us continue this legacy. Generation to generation, L’dor V’dor.

 

Membership Benefits
($100/yr includes 2-3 events and Hall of Fame)
• Bagels & Business speaker events featuring local business leaders
• Connect with successful Jewish business leaders
• Learn business trend insights
• Potential corporate discounts through JBL network

 

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2025 Upcoming Events:

Jim & John Glazer
Elliot Equipment

Bagels & Business Breakfast
Friday, Sept. 12 | 7:30 – 9AM
Shirley and Leonard Goldstein Community Engagement Venue | 333 S 132nd Street Omaha, NE 68124

 

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Mike McCarthy
McCarthy Capital

Bagels & Business Breakfast
Friday, Oct. 17 | 7:30 – 9AM
Shirley and Leonard Goldstein Community Engagement Venue | 333 S 132nd Street Omaha, NE 68124

Thank you JBL Sponsors

2023 Platinum Sponsor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2021-2022 Platinum Sponsor

2018-2019 Platinum Sponsor

2019 Gold Sponsors

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2017-2018 Gold Sponsors

    Harley Schrager   

Sponsorship Opportunities:
Platinum Sponsor: $2,500
Gold Meeting Sponsor: $750 (per meeting sponsored)

Past Events:

Bagels & Business Breakfast
April 4, 2025
Featured Speaker: Gary Green
CEO Alliance Sports

Hall of Fame
December 20, 2024
Induction: Tom Fellman & Howard Kooper
Broadmoor Development
Hall of Fame
November 22, 2024
Induction: John Lehr & Arnold Joffe
Grace/Mayer Insurance Agency, Inc.

Bagels & Business Breakfast
August 16, 2024
Featured Speaker: Andy Ruback
CEO Flood Communications

Bagels & Business Breakfast
April 19, 2024
Featured Speaker: David Gilinsky
Principal at Bergman Incentives

Bagels & Business
January 26, 2024
Featured Speaker: Joe Wees
Executive Vice President of Creative Advertising at Universal Pictures

Hall of Fame
October 13, 2023
Induction: Dr. Jeffrey P. Gold
CEO University of Nebraska Medical Center

Bagels & Business Breakfast
July 19, 2023
Featured Speaker: Steve Seline, Ted and Kathy Baer
Brandeis Story

 

Bagels & Business Breakfast
April 19, 2023
Featured Speaker: Steve Kaniewski
President and CEO of Valmont Industries, Inc.

Hall of Fame
October 19, 2022
In memory of David Jacobson
Former Chairman of Kutak Rock LLP and the founding Chair of the Board for Film Streams

Bagels & Business Breakfast
July 27, 2022
Featured Speaker: Jamie Rosenthal
Owner of Greenberg Fruit Company

Virtual Event
July 28, 2021
Featured Speaker: Spencer Levy
Global Chief Client Officer and Senior Economic Advisor for CBRE

Bagels & Business Breakfast
July 15, 2021
Featured Speaker: Jason Itkin
Arnold & Itkin LLP Theorem Vineyards

Bagels & Business Breakfast
Jan. 17, 2020
Featured Speaker: Dr. Joel and Nancy Schlessinger
LovelySkin

Hall of Fame
Oct. 23, 2019
Induction: Ted Seldin and Stanley Silverman, z”l
Seldin Company

Bagels & Business Breakfast
July 17, 2019
Featured Speaker: Jason Kohll
CEO, Professional Sports Partners

Bagels & Business Breakfast
April 17, 2019
Featured Speakers: Amee Zetzman, Executive VP/CFO & Jeff Kavich, President/CEO All Makes

Bagels & Business Breakfast
January 23, 2019
Featured Speaker: Jeff Gordman
Gordman’s CEO 1990-2014

 

Hall of Fame
Oct. 17, 2018
Featured Speaker: Jay Noddle
President and CEO, Noddle Companies

Bagels & Business Breakfast
July 25, 2018
Featured Speaker: Rachel Jacobson
Founder and Executive Director at Film Streams

Bagels & Business Breakfast
April 18, 2018
Featured Speaker: Harley Shrage
retired President, COO/co-owner of the Pacesetter Corporation