Dale M. Brown is a dedicated ballet teacher, community activist and senior litigation insurance paralegal.  Dale studied ballet in the early 1950's and 1960's with ballet legend George Balanchine dancers.  She also studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and as a member of Actor's Equity and Screen Actors Guild performed in many shows, movies and did a radio show for children. Her favorite role was Adelaide in Guys & Dolls. She is president of her block association, active member of Community Board 7 and a leader of her building's tenant association. She is also involved in the Women's League of the Sutton Place Synagogue.

One could say that Dale's association with the Old Broadway Synagogue precedes her birth.  Her grandparents, Fanny and David Brown, were among the founders of the Synagogue.  Her late father, Bernard, her uncles, aunts, and cousins all grew up in the shul.  When Dale was eight and her brother Lester two her family moved to Westchester, but they, as well as the rest of the extended Brown family, maintained their connection with the Synagogue and were generous and still are generous supporters.  Her brother Lester was the last Brown to be Bar Mitzvah at the Synagogue. When Rabbi Kret retired she took over managing the Old Broadway section of the Riverside Cemetery.  Every year for the past seven years, Dale has sponsored a breakfast and an outing at the cemetery in which the graves of former members of our congregation are tended to and are not forgotten.  And like Miriam who found water in the desert for the past ten years she has brought clean water to the Synagogue by having a Poland Springs fountain installed and covering the expenses of the water. Most recently, she has overseen the creation of a garden in the back courtyard of the Synagogue.  In Dale's dedication and hard work the vision of her grandparents and their love of Judaism continue to live on.