Ian & Rosann Black Bringing People TOGETHER 44 SCENE | JUNE 2017 philanthropy Rosann and Ian Black, both champions of the Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee and its mission of advocacy, met back in 1992 through a mutual friend. “I was president of the Jewish Federation back then and my friend asked if she could give my name to her Tai Chi instructor,” Ian ���������������������������������������������������������������������� Rosann up with a nice Jewish boy.” “My friend told me I had two choices,” Rosann added, with a laugh. “I could either meet a Jewish doctor or an Irish Jew. I had never heard of an Irish Jew before, so I said I’d start there. I could always go back to the Jewish doctor.” “It was a blind date,” Ian said, in a lilting Irish brogue. “She was blind and I was the date.” Ian is from Belfast and Rosann is from Montreal. He moved to Sarasota in 1982 and started a prosperous commercial real estate business. She moved here in 1989, contracting with WEDU in Tampa on a PBS series about Tai Chi. After a long courtship, the two eventually married in 2006. “We took our time,” Rosann laughed. “I was never a believer in marriage.” As it turns out, the couple’s marriage has been as fruitful as their relationship with the Jewish By Steven J. Smith For Ian and Rosann Black, their mission of preserving a legacy of Jewish culture and family is fueled by deep passion, family tradition and growing stronger as a community.
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