Thursday, June 20, 2013
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Mission Statement

The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit's Annual Book Fair is a community-wide cultural and literary event, attracting a large and varied audience of more than 20,000 people of all ages. It is the oldest and largest Jewish book fair in the nation.

Prominent and emerging writers—from our community and all over the world—in literature, the arts, philosophy, theology, history and current events are invited to engage, educate and entertain.

Chair

Susan Lutz

Immediate Past Chair

Carol Weintraub Fogel

Committee

Leslie Bash

Ruth Beitner

Leslie Black

Roz Blanck

Julie Chaiken

Janice Cohen

Nancy Finkel

Gail Fisher

Terri Friedman

Vera Gell

Shelley Goldin

Sarah Gottlieb

Wendy Heller-Kippelman

Betsy Heuer

Terry Hollander

Helayne Kaplan

 Phyllis Kessler

Cheryl Kirsch

Addie Levine

Sallyjo Levine

Jennifer LoPatin

Sandi Matz

Francine Menken

Maida Frank Portnoy

Rona Rones

Candy Rosen

Reva Rosen

Lauren Rosenberg

Karen Rouff

Sheri Schiff

Lynn Silverman

Susie Solarz

Cheri Victor

Judy Yunas

Linda Zlotoff

Executive Director

Mark A. Lit

Associate Executive Director

David Stone

Assistant Executive Director

Leslee Magidson

Controller

Mary Ceci

Program Director

Heidi Budaj

Arts, Culture & Education Department

Book Fair Director

Shari Lebo

Book Fair Program Assistant

Tracy Agranove

 

President

Brian D. Siegel

Chair, Executive Committee

Mark Davidoff

Vice Presidents

Ilana Glazier

Terry Hollander

Florine Mark

Nathan Upfal

Treasurer

Ted Wagner

Secretary

Miriam Bergman

Executive Committee Members at Large

Martin Hollander

Steven Lefkofsky

Eric Lumberg

Mark Rubenfi re

Todd Sachse

Jeremy Wolfe

Board of Directors

Barbara Bloom

Stacy Brand, JFMD YAD**

Morton Collins*

Carol Eisenshtadt*

Dolores Farber*

Stephen Feldman

Dennis Frank

Janet Gendelman

William Goldstein

Harold Gottlieb

Sarah Gottlieb

Shari Kaufman

Allen Kessler

H. Barry Levine

Susan Lutz

Marilyn McCall Alterman

Faye Menczer Ascher, IRP**

Elissa Miller

Beatrice Moss

Michael Phillips

Alan Reiter

Rona Rones

Reva Rosen

Marilyn Rosner

Bassie Shemtov

Scott Small

Jerome Soble*

Ryan Stearn

Steven Tapper

Bubba Urdan

Joyce Weckstein*

Steve Weisberg

Forest Levy Wolfe

Richard Zussman


* Honorary Member for Life

**Community/Organizational

Liaison

Past Presidents

Irwin Alterman

Douglas A. Bloom

N. Brewster Broder

Mark Davidoff

Harry M. Eisenberg

Irwin L. Elson

Sidney Freedland

Hugh W. Greenberg

Sharon Hart

Thomas I. Klein

Linda Lee

Hannan Lis

Richard J. Maddin

Todd Sachse

Robert Slatkin

Charles G. Stone

Joel D. Tauber

Lawrence A. Wolfe

Visionary

The Etkin Family

Sarah & Harold Gottlieb

Judie & Edward Narens

Ina & Murray Pitt

Pacesetter

The Applebaum Family

Barbara & Douglas Bloom

Audrey & William Farber

Nancy & James Grosfeld

Joan & Robert Jampel

Cis Maisel Kellman &

Martin Kellman

Andi & Larry Wolfe

Innovator

Bookstock - Used Book &

Media Sale

Jeff rey Charach

Natalie & Manny Charach

Credit Union ONE

Judy & Irwin Elson

Dale & Bruce Frankel

Merle Harris

Meadowbrook Insurance

Group

Sydelle B. Sonkin

Nathan Upfal, PC

Champion

Beaumont Health System

Courtyard by Marriott

DeRoy Testamentary

Foundation

DMC Huron Valley-Sinai

Hospital

Joan C. & Bob Epstein

Henry Ford West Bloomfi eld

Hospital

The John & Ella Imerman

Foundation

Sheri & David Jaff a

Bluma & Robert Schechter -

Schechter Wealth Strategies

Ellen & Ronny Schmier

Sally & Louis Soverinsky

Raymond & Atara Zimmerman

Philanthropic Fund

Regent

Amerisure Insurance

Charitable Foundation

The Baronette Renaissance

Penny & Harold Blumenstein

The Bottle Crew

Carol & Ronald P. Fogel

Evelyn & Harvey Goldsmith

Terry & Martin Hollander

Andrea & Ron Hurwitz

Karen & Jerry Kaufman

Sue & Alan Jay Kaufman

Kunz, Leigh & Associates

Robert Leichtman

Sallyjo & H. Barry Levine

Mark / Lis Family

Pet Nosan

Sophie Pearlstein

Rona Rones

Karen & Todd Sachse

The Schostak Family

Elaine & Michael Serling

Talmer Bank and Trust

Connie & Jerry Wolberg

Esther & Neal Zalenko

Pillars of Light donate $5,000 and above annually to Jewish Community Center programming.

For more information on becoming a Pillar of Light, please call Wendy Strip, director of development, at 248.432.5420.