Thank you to the patrons, festival committee members, partners, and sponsors who made the 2024 Lee & Bernard Jaffe Family Jewish Book Festival a huge success!
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EXPLORE THE 2024 FESTIVAL BOOKS
Programs Inclusivity
Thanks to the generous support of the Bartel Family, in honor of their parents and grandparents, Alan & Dolores Bartel, the following accessibility accommodations are available for these community programs (depending on the program location). Accommodations must be requested at least a week prior to the event.
Accomodations can be requested during the registration process, and include:
- Closed captioning services for online programming
- Interpreting services for Deaf or non-English speakers
- Assisted listening services to amplify sounds
- Preferential seating near a presenter to aid in comprehension
- Sensory fidget tools
- Noise-reducing headphones
- Stand-assist devices
- Audio recording of written materials for the visually impaired
Thank you to the Lee & Bernard Jaffe Family Jewish Book Festival Committee
Patricia Shelanski, Chair
Wendy Juren Auerbach, Vice-Chair
Barbara Dudley
Helen Goldsticker Sissel
Jodi Klebanoff
Anne Kramer
Joan Laderberg
Mark Robbins
Annie Sandler
Beth Scharlop
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS PATRONS OF THE ARTS AND SPONSORS:
Karen and Avraham Ashkenazi
Rebecca Auerbach
Linda and Leigh Baltuch
Nancy Bangel and Mark Robbins
Susan P. Barr
Wendy Jo and Ronald Brodsky
Stephanie Calliott and Don London
Armond and Rose Caplan Foundation
Billye Roy and Jeff Chernitzer
Susan and Andrew Cohen
Ann and Robert Copeland
Cheryl Dronzek
Barbara Dudley
Susan and Jim Eilberg
Mona and Jeffrey Flax
Alan and Esther Fleder Foundation
Anne and Lawrence Fleder
Fox Pest Control
Shari Friedman and Andrew King
Alicia London Friedman and Robert S. Friedman
Jeri Jo Halprin
Connie Jacobson
Jaffe Family Fund
Carol and Joel Jason
Helen G. Gifford Foundation
Betsy and Ed Karotkin
Jodi and Jay Klebanoff
Teresa Knecht and Marc Lindgren
Anne and Edward Kramer
Abbie and Steven Laderberg
Bruce Laderberg
Harry Laderberg
Sierra and Steven Lautman
Edward Legum
Robert Lehman
Caren and Stephen Leon
David Leon
Sandra Porter Leon and Miles Leon
Betty Ann and Scott Levin
Joan London
Nancy Loewenberg and Richard Marten
Robin and Matthew Mancoll
Daniel Miller
Jeanne and Julius Miller
Laura and Jerry Miller
Marcia and Burton Moss
Stacie and Marc Moss
Andrew Nusbaum
Charles and Nancy Nusbaum
Elinore Porter
Marc D. Rabinowitz and Bonnie D. Gordon-Rabinowitz
In memory of William Laderberg
Judith Rosenblatt
Sara Jo and Joel Rubin
Shikma and Danny Rubin
Gerald Sandler
Laure and Richard Saunders
Beth Scharlop and Roger Schultz
Lynn Schoenbaum
Deborah and Peter Segaloff
Patricia and Herman Shelanski
Lynn and Sadie Sher Cohen
Sandy and Norman Sher
Leslie and Lawrence Siegel
Edward Soltz
Heather Spinner
Lawrence Steingold
Renee and John Strelitz
Myrna Teck
Tidewater Jewish Foundation
Jody and Alan Wagner
Alice and Eric Werner
Steve Zahn
Amy and Frank Zelenka
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FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FESTIVAL, TO SPONSOR, OR TO VOLUNTEER
Contact Hunter Thomas, Director of Arts + Ideas, at HThomas@UJFT.org or (757)965-6137.