Our Supporters
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PATRON CIRCLE
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ANNUAL CAMPAIGN
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ENDOWMENT SUPPORTERS
TJFF GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE OUTSTANDING SUPPORT OF OUR 2026 PATRON CIRCLE MEMBERS. THANK YOU.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
($10,000+)
Anonymous (1)
Marsha Bronfman
Isadore & Rosalie Sharp
The Leonard Wolinsky Foundation
PRODUCER
($7,500 – $9,999)
Lesniak Family
Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan Family Foundation
Carole & Bernie Zucker
DIRECTOR
($5,000 – $7,499)
Wendy & Elliott Eisen and Family
Jerry S. Grafstein
David Green, Daphne Wagner, Lita & Michael Green
The Izzy & Betty Kirshenbaum Foundation
Israel Koschitzky Family Charitable Foundation
Sharon & Fred Kroft
Karen & Fred Leitner
Ilana & Anton Rabie
Micki Moore & Leonard Simpson
The Spergel Goldblatt Foundation
Bernard & Norton Wolf Family Foundation
SCREENWRITER
($2,500 – $4,999)
Talya & Jeffrey Baum
Barbara E. & Lorne Bernstein
David Beutel & Karen Golden
Nani & Austin Beutel
Sydney & Florence Cooper Foundation
Gail & Richard Cooper
Raizi & George Fleischmann
Hugh Furneaux
Lianne & Bruce Leboff
Annette Moll and Family
Harold & Gilda Niman
Orbach Family Foundation
Nancy Pencer
The Rosenwhite Family
Lynn & Skip Sigel
Julie Silver & Arther Helman
Moses & Temara Tobe Foundation
CINEMATOGRAPHER
($1400 – $2499)
Nancy & Arthur Ameis
Phyllis Angel & Joel Greenberg
Eleanor & Barry Appleby
Avenue Investment Management
Aubey & Marilyn Banack
Sylvia Bashevkin
Barbara & Paul Bernstein
Murray & Ellen Blankstein
Renee Bleeman & Ron Bernbaum
Phyllis & Herb Brodkin
Mitchell & Susan Brown and Family
Andrew & Talia Bronfman
Arnie & Penny Cader
Hilda & Jerry Cohen
Jo-anne & Jeremy Cole
Elli Davis & Paul Wise
Rona & Robert Davis
David (z”l) & Pearl Elman
The DH Gales Family Charitable Foundation
Marcie-Ann Gilsig
Ralph Goldsilver & Debbie Hollend
Fahla Granovsky & Howard Irving
Cynthia & Brian Hands
Michael & Sandra Hayden
Mary Ellen Herman
Heather & Ron Hoffman
Harvey Kalles Real Estate
Joy Kaufman & Eric Cohen
Suanne Kelman & Allan Fox
Dora & Harry Kichler
Warren & Debbie Kimel
Eric Kirzner & Bonnie Arbus
Raymond & Barbara Kives
Albert (z”l) & Evelyn Krakauer
Marci & Jason Kroft
Toba Sheryl Lavine & Aaron Glassman
Nathan & Glennie Lindenberg
Zoe Margolis-Piper & Julian Piper
Allison & Chris Martin
Ellen Sue & David Mesbur
Faye Minuk
Sylvia & Isaac Peck
Pivnick Family
Nancy Pollack
The Abe & Elsie Posluns Family Foundation
Dayle Rakowsky
Mara & Pablo Reich
Jill & Joel Reitman
Talia & Benjamin Rovinski
Sonia & Gerry Rowan
Patty Rubin
Susan & Bruce Rubin
Rochelle Rubinstein
Julia & Michael Sax
Harvey & Heather Shapero
Shoy Pictures
Saul & Thelma Shulman
Deenna Sigel
Jerry & Linda Silver
Howard & Joyce Simmons
Joan Sohn
Miriam Stevens
Carol Strom & John Migicovsky
Bernardo & Ana Sztabinski
Jay & Sandra Taradash
Beverley Tarshis
James & Agnieszka Van Bergh
Sharon Weintraub
Valerie & Brian Whitefield
Carol & Harold Wolfe
Elizabeth Wolfe
Rochelle Zabitsky
David Zitzerman & Karen Friedman
Paula Zivot & Gary Samuel
STAR
($700 – $1399)
Lala Berkovic
Elka Enola
Molly Finkelstein
Susan Greenbloom
Doreen Gryfe
Susan Hennick-Levy
Lesley Hornik
Sara Horowitz
Rachel Katz
Joy E. Kaufman
Norma Kirsh
Lynda Kraar
Katty Kraizel
Roanne Kroft
David Markowitz
Heather Ordon
Dinah Reich-Kutner
Dorothy Ross
Ed Segalowitz
Beverley Siskind
Carol Lou Spiegel
RISING STAR
($475)
Shari Bricks
Anne Golden
Marilyn Herbert
Lazare Design
Anne Golden
Marilyn Herbert
Lazare Design
THANK YOU TO OUR FRIENDS AND FANS FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT.
BEST FRIENDS ($500 – $1200)
Glickman-Wolfish Foundation in memory of Fay Wolfish, Leibish Wolfish & Morris Wolfish
Edie & Robert Harlang
The Minett Foundation
Perlis Family Legacy Fund
Marnie Salsky
CLOSE FRIENDS ($250 – $499)
Anonymous (3)
Shosh (Rose) Alon
Dr. Philip Anisman
David L. Fingold
Eric Gangbar & Lisa Markson
Jacob Langer & Ferne Sherkin-Langer
Veronique Ouaknine
FRIENDS ($100 – $249)
Anonymous (9)
Rick Archbold & Rick Feldman
Danielle Beausoleil
Ginny Bellwood
Lisa Berger & Richard Stall
Mintzy Clement & Rafi Skrzydlo
Paul Cohen
Rod Cohen
Lynne & George Czutrin
Helen Daniels
Don DeBoer & Brent Vickar
Arthur & Gail Donner
Sharyn & Hershell Ezrin
Arthur & Bonnie Fish
Elaine Freedman
Geffen Mallove Family Fund
Gloria Geller
Stanley Goldfarb
Marla Goldstone
Ronald Granofsky
Molline & David Green
Rachel Haar
Mark & Cindy Halperin
Debbie Halton-Weiss
Agnes Herczeg
S. Jennifer Hunter
Avrum Jacobson
Deborah Kanga
Brenda Kates
Rachel & Michael Kerbel
Jessica & Brian Kimmel
Susan Kulczycki
Samuel Laredo
Sabina & Irving Lefler
Bonny & Molyn Leszcz
Andrea Marcus
M. Medland
Susy Miller
Samantha Mogelonsky
Andrew Nisker
Elaine Pantel
Ronald Pearlman
Robin Perlmutter
Hannah & John Rosen
Gella & Paul Rothstein
Michelle Rothstein
Stephen Rothstein
Corinne Rusch-Drutz & Brian Kalish
Marvin Schiff
Risa Shuman
Edith Sinclair
Hana & Harry Sommers
Sheila Sone
Gay Spiegel
John Stanley
Martin & Francie Storm Fund
Dr. Joan Tucker
David Weinberg
Rae Weingarden
Tamar Weiss
John White
Cheryl Zale
Cheryl Zeldin
FANS ($18 – $99)
Nelly Aguilera
Gwen Appleby
Donna Assh
Hazel & Dennis Bader
Lanny Baer
Victor Bederman
Noah Berlove
Dorys Bernbaum
Marvin & Sandi Bernstein
Hy Bloom
Monica Bologa
Esther Bortnick
Rachel & Jack Brass
Helen Brooker
Heather Camlot
Elaine Chelin
Allan & Bayla Cheskes
Aviva Cipin
Joni Cohen
Andrew Csillag
Shira Cwang
Sam Czarny
Len Dvorkin
David Erdos
Laurie Eskind
Monica Feran
Tova Fisch
Mandy Fleischer
Judy Franklin
Steve Freedman
Aaron Friedman
Wanda Frodis
Miriam Frohlinger
Prof. Margo Gewurtz
Brandy Gold
Marion Gold
Marlene Goldbach
Susan Goldberg
Ron & Celie Goldstein
Rochelle Goluboff
Rachel Goodman
Richard Goodman
Randy Gordon
Joseph Goren
Freda Gottesman-Bender
Elana Grossman
Steve Hacker
Arla & Howard Hamer
Sharon Hampson
Klaus Hintz
Karyn Hirschl
Dana Hirsh
Elaine Hoffman & Stan Trachter
Bonnie Horne
Rivi Horwitz
Galit Janco
Carol Kassel
Helen Katz
Francie Klein
Eileen Kruger
Heather Lang
Sherryn Lang
Arlene Lechinsky
Liette Leclair
Freda Liebl in memory of Neil Naft
Murray Levine
Mark Levinson
Sherry Levitan
Ivor & Linda Levstein
Lisa Logan
Gabrielle Lovo
Tsipi & Ronnie Mandowsky
Shirley Margel
David McKee
Myra Merkur
Mark Milgram
Aaron Milrad
Joan & Brian Mirsky
Stefanie Muhling
Enoch Ncube
Melanie Nesbitt
Hal Niedzviecki
Grace Olds
Raymond Oster
Andres Pelenur
Zeev Perelmuter
Nancy Pollack
Agnes Por-Somfai
Lynne Raskin
Vilma Rendina
Brenda Reubeni
Marvin & Ellen Rosenberg
Merle Rosenstein
Shelley Rothman
Gale Rubenstein
Allen Rubin
Robert & Marlene Ruderman
Paul Sandor
Monica Shapiro
Reuven Shelef
Heather Sherman
Alta & Ken Sigesmund
Hannah Silverman
Sharon Singer
Elaine Smith
Janet Solberg
Morris Sosnovitch
Robert Spence
Alan Stackle
Lori Stein
Shauna Stein
Bernice Stern
Edgardo Szulsztein
Jerry Tollinsky
Cyrel Troster
Suzy Tylman
Irene Vaisnoras
Madeleine Volak
Helene Wahle
Mavis Wasserberger
Allison P. Williams
Mark Winter
Ronald Zaldin
Hazel Zemel
WE THANK THE FOLLOWING VISIONARIES FOR SUPPORTING THE FUTURE OF THE TORONTO JEWISH FILM FOUNDATION:
TJFF ENDOWMENT DONORS
Anonymous (2)
Pearl & David (z”l) Elman
Catherine & Ian Delaney
Irving Himel
Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan
Zukerman Family Foundation
LEGACY GIFT DONORS
Barb & Lorne Bernstein
The Estate of Mel Stein
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PATRON CIRCLE
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ANNUAL CAMPAIGN
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ENDOWMENT SUPPORTERS
TJFF GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE OUTSTANDING SUPPORT OF OUR 2025 PATRON CIRCLE MEMBERS. THANK YOU.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
($10,000+)
The Leonard Wolinsky Foundation
PRODUCER
($7,500 – $9,999)
Carole & Bernie Zucker
DIRECTOR
($5,000 – $7,499)
Wendy & Elliott Eisen and Family
Penny Fine (z”l) & Hugh Furneaux
Raizi & George Fleischmann
David Green, Daphne Wagner, Lita & Michael Green
Isadore & Rosalie Sharp
Nathan & Lily Silver Family Foundation
Bernard & Norton Wolf Family Foundation
SCREENWRITER
($2,500 – $4,999)
Barbara E. & Lorne Bernstein
Nani & Austen Beutel
Sydney & Florence Cooper Foundation
Allen & Sharon Karp
Harold & Gilda Niman
Orbach Family Foundation
Nancy Pencer
Perlis Family Legacy Fund
Julie Silver & Arthur Helman
Howard & Joyce Simmons
Moses & Temara Tobe Foundation
CINEMATOGRAPHER
($1,400 – $2,499)
Nancy & Dr. Arthur Ameis
Eleanor & Barry Appleby
Avenue Investment Management
Sylvia Bashevkin
Barbara & Paul Bernstein
Murray & Ellen Blankstein
Phyllis & Herb Brodkin
Mitchell & Susan Brown and Family
Elli Davis & Paul Wise
Rona & Robert Davis
Betty Eisenstadt & Romeo Finder
David & Pearl Elman Fund
Fabricland
Michael & Sandra Florence Family Foundation
The DH Gales Family Charitable Foundation
Fran & Bernard Goldman
Murray Goldman
Ralph Goldsilver & Debbie Hollend
Andrea & Stephen Halperin
Cynthia & Brian Hands
Heather & Ron Hoffman
Miriam Kagan
Suanne Kelman & Allan Fox
Norma & Ernie Kirsh
Raymond & Barbara Kives
Toba Sheryl Lavine & Aaron Glassman
Dr. Lance Levy & Susan Hennick-Levy
Nathan & Glennie Lindenberg
Elaine & Michael Lipton
Zoe Margolis-Piper & Julian Piper
David & Ellen Sue Mesbur
Faye Minuk
Heather Ordon
Pivnick Family
The Abe & Elsie Posluns Family Foundation
Dayle Rakowsky
Mara & Pablo Reich
Jill & Joel Reitman
Talia & Benjamin Rovinski
Sonia & Gerry Rowan
Julia & Michael Sax
Harvey & Heather Shapero
Howard & Louise Shogilev
Shoy Pictures
Saul & Thelma Shulman
Joan Sohn
Risa & Philip Spring
Miriam Stevens
Bernardo & Ana Sztabinski
Joyce & Marvin Tanner
Tom’s Place
James & Agnieszka Van Bergh
Sharon Weintraub
Elizabeth Wolfe
Rochelle Zabitsky
David Zitzerman & Karen Friedman
Paula Zivot & Gary Samuel
STAR
($700 – $1399)
Lala Berkovic
Joan Eiley
Rabbi Lawrence Englander
Elka Enola
Doreen Gryfe
Sara Horowitz
Rachel Katz
Joy E. Kaufman
Katty Kraizel
Roanne Kroft
Dinah Kutner
Carol Lou Spiegel
RISING STAR
($475)
Anonymous
Molly & Henry Finkelstein
Anne Golden
Carl Harvey
Molly & Henry Finkelstein
Anne Golden
Carl Harvey
Marilyn Herbert
Brian Ziedenberg & Tracey Lazare
Brian Ziedenberg & Tracey Lazare
THANK YOU TO OUR FRIENDS AND FANS FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT.
BEST FRIENDS ($500 – $1200)
Robbie Cooper
Aubrey & Marla Dan FoundationDr. Philip Anisman
Edie & Robert Harlang**
Annette Moll
Anne Sargent in honour of Nathan & Brenda Fishauf
Brenda Simpson**
Rebecca & Alan Simpson**
CLOSE FRIENDS ($250 – $499)
Shosh (Rose) Alon
Howard & Linda Book
Lita & Ron Clavier
Irving & Barbara Green
Rena & Myer Godfrey
Bonnie Goldstein
Heather Hannah & James Duhaine
Judy Malkin & Elliot Jacobson
Kibbitzers – Bernie, Jerry, Harry, Simon, Allan G, Sheldon, Sass, Alex*
Bonnie & Ernie Singer Family Fund
Faye Minuk**
Teresa & Marshall Reinhart
David & Sasha
FRIENDS ($100 – $249)
Pam & Sandy Allen
Theodore Batcher
Claire Benezra
Abe Berman
Dorys Bernbaum
Jodi & Eric Block
Denise Brody
David B. Brooks
Barry & Eleanor Appleby*
Amy Caplan & Elliot Salmons*
Mary Chapman
David & Shulamit Chitayat
Mitzy Clement & Rafi Skrzydlo
Janet & Myles Crawford*
Richard & Joanne Cummings*
George & Lynne Czutrin
Helen Daniels
Rhona Day
Eric Gangbar
Gloria Geller
Stanley Goldfarb & Family
Ronald & Birgitte Granofsky
Ellen Greenbaum & Simeon Schwartz**
Robert Herman
Jim Howard*
S. Jennifer Hunter
Deborah Kanga
Maxwell Kates in memory of Roz Davidson
Shelly & Bayla Katz*
Emilio Kraizel
Harriette Laing*
Alvin Lampert
Bonny Leszcz
Karen & Fred Leitner*
Murray Levine
Nathan & Glennie Lindenberg in honour of Louise Shogilev
Jan & Jerome Lyons*
Zoe Margolis & Julian Piper**
Pauline Menkes**
David & Ellen Sue Mesbur*
Sam Mogelonsky & Mat Calverley
NAP Foundation
Shari Novick
Mark & Marci Pearlman
Noel & Heather Rosen
Jared Peck*
Gary & Dee-Dee Shiffman*
Vivian & Sheldon
Silverberg*
Marvin Schiff
Gay Spiegel
Hope Springman & Kenneth Norwich
Elsa Stringer**
Jerome Teitel
Rosalyn Train
Dr. Joan Tucker
John & Rosie Uster*
Brent Vickar & Don DeBoer
Rae Weingarden
Rochelle Zabitsky
Joyce Zemans
FANS ($18 – $99)
Wayne Arron
Rivka & Elan Beer
Ronald Birken
Zora Breslin
Richard & Jackie Brooks*
Marilyn & Patrick Callaghan*
Wilma Carnie
Diane Catzel
Jessica Cavdar
Bernice Chaplin
Charney Family
Deborah & David L. Cooper*
Gail & Richard Cooper*
Bonnie Croll & Robert Henry*
Sharyn & George Cytrynbaum*
Elli Davis & Paul Wise*
Gordon & Karen Donsky*
Len & Susanna Dvorkin
Nancy Ennis
Judy Franklin
Nancy Freedman*
Susan Friedrich & Henry Enchin in memory of Stuart Samuels
Miriam Frohlinger
Eric Gilman
George Goldberg
Jamie Golombek
Miri Gotkind
Freda Gottesman-Brender
Happy Iscove
Michelle Kahn
Andrea Glassman*
Jamie Golombek
Martin Greenglass*
Ellen & Howard Goldstein*
Gloria & Ken Hershenfield*
Pamela & Mel Himel*
Avrum & Delia Jacobson
Paul & Juliet Joseph
Michelle Kahn
Renee Karn*
Norma & Ernie Kirsh*
Zoe Klein
Eileen Kruger
Heather Lang
Liette Leclair
Lax Family*
Cheryl & Ned Levitt*
Ivor & Linda Levstein*
Sharon & Alan Lipszyc*
Joy Lipkin
Elaine Lithwick
Cherie Lubelski
Patrick Martin
Larry & Marcy Mazonson*
Jill Moncarz
Doris Morris
Maxine Newton*
Sara Novak*
Dennis Patchett
Miriam Pearlman & Geoff Gooderham*
Wendy & Ronnie Peck*
Elisse Peltz & Ezra Title*
Paula Perlmutar-Orestky
Joan Peskin
Nancy & Syd Pollack*
Agnes Por-Somfai & John Por
Barbara Potash*
Rochelle & Mel Reingold*
Shirley Rochman
Enid Roitman*
Lonny, Holly, Nathan and Evan Rosen in memory of Roz Davidson
Robert Rubinoff
Lorne Rubenstein & Nell Waldman*
Robert & Marlene Ruderman
Susan Schelberg
Robert Schipper*
Monica Shapiro
Jack Shore
Rhonda & Steve Singer*
Howard & Marlene Slepkov
Elaine Smith
Carol Lou Spiegel*
Sheila Sone
Alan Stackle
Sol Steinberg
Helen Stollar
Anne Strangelove
Jan S.
Joan Tator Mirsky
Freema & Joe Trager*
Carole Tremblay
Cyrel Troster
Annette & Al Van Mill*
Susie Waldman & Todd Goldsbie*
Beth Werger
Lorraine Weygman
Brian & Valerie Whitefield*
Wendy Wright
Gabriella Zaldin
Marsha Zinberg*
WE THANK THE FOLLOWING VISIONARIES FOR SUPPORTING THE FUTURE OF THE TORONTO JEWISH FILM FOUNDATION:
Anonymous (2)
Pearl & David (z”l) Elman
Catherine & Ian Delaney
Irving Himel
Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan
Zukerman Family Foundation
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