Dr. ROBIN SOLOMON

 

Dr. Robin Solomon has been named as Northeastern New York’s winner of the 2024 Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award presented by the Jewish Federation of North America’s (JFNA) Lions of Judah. This year’s Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland award recipients are scheduled to be recognized at the annual Lion of Judah conference slated for Jan. 12-14, 2025, in Atlanta, Ga.

Since 2004, the Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award has awarded “extraordinary women who have set a high standard for philanthropy and volunteerism and have a lifetime commitment to the Jewish world.”

The award was established in recognition of Norma Kipnis-Wilson and the late Toby Friedland, co-founders of JFNA’s Lion of Judah program. Recipients are chosen by their communities as “women of valor,” having had a lifetime commitment to the Jewish world.

Lions of Judah are women of all ages, and it is an international sisterhood of thousands of global activists who care about the Jewish future. According to organizers, Lions of Judah play a vital role in creating social justice, aiding the vulnerable, preserving human dignity and building Jewish identity, and set an exemplary standard of leadership and giving.

Solomon has been involved with the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York (JFNENY) since 1987 and is board member and secretary of the Endowment Board of Governors. She represents the community on the National Women’s Philanthropy Board of JFNA and serves as a liaison to the Women’s Philanthropy board. She is a past event chairwoman of JFNENY’s annual North Country event and has served on committees for several Women’s Philanthropy events.

Solomon holds a clinical doctorate in audiology from Salus University and board certification from the American Board of Audiology. She received her training at The George Washington University and completed her clinical fellowship at Albany Medical Center Hospital. She served as a staff audiologist in the Otolaryngology (ENT)/Audiology department at The Basset Medical Center in Cooperstown. For 12 years Solomon was the chief audiologist for Saratoga Hospital at Wilton Medical Arts.

In 2009, she founded Hearing Care Resources, LLC, a diagnostic and rehabilitative audiology practice serving the Saratoga Springs/Wilton region, and greater Saratoga County. Solomon is a Fellow of the American Academy of Audiology, is clinically certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, is a New York State licensed audiologist and hearing aid dispenser and is a Fellow member of the Academy of Doctors of Audiology.

She was honored in 2013 by Saratoga Today as one of five “Women of Influence” in Saratoga County. Among other community activities, Solomon is a member of Temple Sinai. She and her husband Neal enjoy traveling the world, the arts, and “our wonderful Adirondack region.”

Solomon joins the list of past Northeastern New York award recipients including Joy Davidoff, Malka Evan, Susan Farber, Evelyn Farbstein, the late Jane Golub, Karen Hausler, Rona Pozner, Ilene Sykes, and Phyllis Wang.

Information or conference registration is available at https://lionconference.org/index.php.