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Staff report The Youngstown Area Jewish Federation will have a new CEO come 2025. Andrew Lipkin, who has been the CEO since January 2015 and has served in

Sam Kooperman, former executive vice president of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation, has died at age 74. (Photo courtesy of Youngstown Area Jewish Federation) YOUNGSTOWN — Sam Kooperman, former executive vice president of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation, has died, the organization said in a statement Tuesday. He was 74. Kooperman spent 41 years in various roles with the organization, including 30 as its leader. “Sam was our leader who changed the Jewish community for the better,�...