Film Festival Supporters
The Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor thanks the many volunteers, organizations, and individuals who support the Ann Arbor Jewish Film Festival with their gifts of time and resources. Scroll down to see those who have served on this year’s committee and those who have given generously to support our festival.
2025 Ann Arbor Jewish Film Festival Committee
Levana Aronson
Elinor Artsy Navon
Orit Aviran*
Leslie Bash
Alexander Baum
Elissa Benedek
Linda Benson
Deborah DeZure*
Carol Dunitz
Judith Endelman*
Pierluigi Erbaggio
Thea Glicksman
Deborah Greene
Noemi Schaffa*
Manjula Jindal
Laurie Leflein
Jim Morgenstern
Marie Pattipati*
Jeffrey Pickell
Sid Simon
Elaine Sims
Jonathan Trobe
Sarajane Winkelman
Executive Commitee *
Special Thanks to Our Supporters
Film Star – $25,000
Rita and Charles (z”l) Gelman
Studio Executive – $5,000
Michael and Patricia (z”l) Levine
Executive Producer – $2,500
Producer – $1,000
Ann & Jules Doneson Film Festival Fund (Steve and Shira Klein)
The Ronald and Linda Benson Fund
Director – $500
Henry Appelman
Stanton Elias and Donna Shewach
Clifford and Alice Hart
Cinematographer – $360
Sue and Larry Adler
Levana and Stephen Aronson
Evan Cohen and Deborah Keller-Cohen
Ed and Judi Davidson
Deborah and Tom DeZure
Carol and Steven Dworkin
Judith E. and Todd M. Endelman
David & Maureen Ginsburg
Edward and Mona Goldman
Goldman Behringer Family
William and Merrily Hart
Manjula Jindal
Pamela and Stephen Landau
Judie and Jerry Lax
Sharon and Charles Newman
Natalie and Roger Palay
Dr. Owen and Sheila Perlman
Elaine and Robert (z”l) Sims
Michael Singer
Pat and Errol Soskolne
Roberta & Larry Tankanow
Eileen Thacker
Jonathan Trobe and Joan Lowenstein
Esther Ullman and Morley Witus
Cast Member – $180
Rick and Kathi Cohen
David and Barbara Copi
Ann S. Epstein
Susan Fisher
Suzanna Friedly
Nan Gill
Thea Glicksman
Lois Godel
Marcie Greenfield and Jim Morgenstern
Linda Grekin
Janet Kelman and David Rein
Laurie and Jeff Leflein
Carolyn and Paul Lichter
Nancy Margolis
Eric and Lauren Metzendorf
Deborah D. Moore
Helaine Reid
Valerie Rosenberg
Ron and Noemi Schaffa
Sid Simon
Jeffrey Tulin-Silver
Charles Weaver
Carey Wexler Sherman
Sarajane Winkelman
Movie Fan
Leslie and Mark Rosenwasser
Special Thanks to our Patron Of the Arts Supporters
Henry Appelman
Bruce and Gayle Moyer
Prue Rosenthal
Brad and Robin Axelrod
Stuart and Heather Dombey
Harriet Bakalar and Ed Tobes
Bernard and Barbara Banet
Leslie Bash
Alexander Baum and Hannah Pierson-Compeau
Gary and Eileen Freed
Rita Gelman
Thea Glicksman
Henry and Nancy Hanflik
Babette Levy and Mark Daskin
Hillary Murt and Bruce Friedman
Susan and Mark Orringer
Steven and Kathy Rhodes
Mary and Art Schuman
Roberta and Larry Tankanow
Elise Weisbach
As of April 17, 2025