2011 Acknowledgements:
This festival would not be possible without the tireless work of the following people:
Staff: Hilary Helstein, Festival Executive Director; Brian Greene, Westside JCC Executive Director; Ronnel Conn, WJCC Director of Development; Lani Daniels, WJCC Director of Finance; Stephanie Kane, WJCC Administrative Assistant; and Eric Barenholtz, Festival Intern.
Volunteers: John Fishel, Honorary Festival Chair; Kim Cavallo & Michele Kaufman, Founding Co-Chairs; Marge Chirchick & Elke Ereshefsky, Festival Co-Chairs; Jim Ruxin, Programming Chair; Cori Drasin, Volunteer Committee Chair; Judy Nussenblatt, Synagogue Outreach Chair; Shirley & Phil Sniderman, Community Liaison Co-Chairs; Rob Allen, Cantor Kenny Ellis, Sam Goldberg, Candy Mintz, Daniel Stewart, Hannah Tobin, Kerry Welland, Outreach Committee; Roger Blonder, Todd Felderstein, Student Liaisons; Marge Chirchick, Elke Ereshefsky, Giselle Dunst, Opening Night Committee; Chana & Phil Bell, Gabriela Bohm, Giselle Dunst, Shirlie Feldman, Daniel Jankovic, Abraham & Chedy Kleiman, Brenda Ness, Sharon Rennert, Shirley & Phil Sniderman, Bari Winter, Suzannah Warlick, Screening Committee.
Additional Thanks: Nancy Bell, Mike Broggie, Jeremy Moseley, Nelson Faustino, Rick Pollard, Stacey Zackin, Steve Nafshun, Laurie Bianchi, Greg Laemmle, Todd Shotz, Yechiel Hoffman, Linda Fife, Robert Ross, Jennifer Young, Marc Entous, Roz Wolf, Robin Roth, Dan Opatoshu, Bob Goldfarb, Hal Greenwald, Mike Vizvary, Lior Sasson & Judith Galilee-Metzer of the Consulate General of Israel, Rick Kurtzman of Creative Artists Agency, Mark Rothman of the LA Museum of the Holocaust, Nikki Legesse of Little Ethiopia Cultural & Resource Center, Josh Rawitch of the LA Dodgers, Netta Avineri, Bent on Coffee & Wine, Susan Nanus, Elinor Marks Gordon, Ellen Greene, Lauren Friedman, Pamela Weisberger, Simone Benyacar, Lynette & Derek Brown, Athena Novak of Wholly Rollers, Larry Anklewicz of Toronto JFF, Helen Fleming & Francine Ginsberg of San Diego JFF, Shoah Foundation, Ehud Bleiberg, Udy Epstein, Neil Friedman & Heidi Oshin, and the patient families of our dedicated volunteers.
