WEST HARTFORD – Bruce and Roberta Singer and Harry and Robin Weller, all of West Hartford, will be honored by Beth David Synagogue at a Tribute Dinner to be held on Sunday evening, Nov. 13 at the West Hartford shul.
Bruce Singer, a West Hartford native whose parents were among the earliest members of Beth David Synagogue, has been president of Puritan Furniture Mart since 1989. He has been active in many business, health care and Jewish institutions, including the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Yale’s Cancer Center, The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, the Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy of Greater Hartford, Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford, the Mandell Jewish Community Center (JCC) and several Hartford area shelters. Singer has also established various endowments and has been involved in many fundraising campaigns for a host of local institutions, including the University of Hartford’s Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies, the JCC, the Jewish Community Foundation, the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford, and the Hebrew High School of New England.
A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Roberta Singer moved to Connecticut in 1997, and soon began working for the National Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Mass. She has chaired the  Hartford Jewish Film Festival, Jewish Federation’s Voices event, Solomon Schechter’s 2010 concert at the Bushnell, and the 25th anniversary celebration of the Greenberg Center. The Singers’ daughter, Eliana, attends Solomon Schechter Day School.
Robin and Harry Weller have been active members of Beth David since they joined 30 years ago. In 2002, the couple ran an Israel Merchant Mart at the synagogue and several years ago they helped revitalize the congregation by starting a young couple’s club, as well as serving as adult advisors of the shul’s National Council of Synagogue Youth.
Harry Weller has been a synagogue board member for most of the past 25 years, serving as a former president, vice president and ritual chair. He also has served on the Judaic board of the Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy and has been involved at the Chabad House of Greater Hartford. A native of Long Branch, N.J., Weller is a senior assistant state’s attorney in the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney, working for the state Division of Criminal Justice.
West Hartford native Robyn Weller has been a teacher at Granby Memorial Middle School and Granby Memorial High School for the past 30 years. At Beth David, she has served as president and vice president of the Sisterhood, the rabbi selection, nominating and chesed committees, and has helped plan numerous synagogue dinners.
The Wellers have two daughters, Sarah, a teacher at the Jerusalem American International School; and Elayna, about to complete a BS degree at University of Connecticut’s School of Nursing.
The evening will also feature stand-up comedian Keith Barany, a former writer with the hit TV comedy “Seinfeld.”

For more information on the Beth David Synagogue Tribute Dinner call (860) 236-1241 or email beth.david.syn@snet.net.