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.

2026 Ann Arbor Jewish Film Festival Committee

Levana Aronson
Leslie Bash
Alexander Baum
Elizabeth Churnesky*
Drew Coel*
Deborah DeZure*
Carol Dunitz
Judith Endelman*
Pierluigi Erbaggio
Noemi Herzig*
Manjula Jindal
Eva Kubacki*
Laurie Leflein
Jim Morgenstern
Marie Pattipati*
Jeffrey Pickell
Janet Schinco
Jeffrey Pickell
Elaine Sims
Jonathan Trobe
Sarajane Winkelman

Executive Commitee *

Special Thanks to our Patrons Of the JCC

Henry Appelman

Nancy and Irv Leon

Prue Rosenthal

Elise Weisbach

Levana and Stephen Aronson

Robin and Brad Axelrod

Barbara and Bernard Banet

Leslie Bash

Joshua and Marla Chinsky

Babette Levy-Daskin and Mark Daskin

Heather and Stuart Dombey

Eileen and Gary Freed

Hillary  Murt and Bruce Friedman

Rita Gelman

Nancy and Henry Hanflik

Shira and Steve Klein

Fran and Irwin Martin

Bruce and Gayle Moyer

Sharon and Chuck Newman

Susan and Mark Orringer

Hannah Pierson-Compeau and Alexander Baum

Mary and Art Schuman

Ed Tobes and Harriet Bakalar

Stefani and Steven Weiss

Director Sponsors – $600

Stanton Elias and Donna Shewach

Cinematographer Sponsors – $400

Deborah and Thomas DeZure

Maureen and David Ginsburg

Leah and Paul Kileny

Bradley and Alyssa Seel

Eva and Edward Solomon

Eileen and Ted Thacker

Jeffrey and Lisa Tulin-Silver

Cast Member Sponsors – $200

Susan and Larry Adler

Richard and Kathi Cohen

Susan and Arnold Coran

Deborah Dash Moore

Edward and Judith Davidson

Ann S. Epstein

Pierluigi Erbaggio

Suzanna Friedly

Janet Kelman and David Rein

Laurie and Jeffrey Leflein

Eric and Lauren Metzendorf

James Morgenstern and Marcie Greenfield

Betty Salimi

Michael and Peggy Singer

Charles Weaver

Sarajane Winkelman

As of April 23, 2026