JFest 2026 Festival Sponsors
We gratefully recognize the donors listed below for gifts made or committed between April 1, 2025 and May 1, 2026.
The 2026 JFest season is generously sponsored by
Joan* and Irwin Jacobs and The Lipinsky Family
HEADLINER PRODUCTION SPONSOR – $18,000+
Chortek Weisman Family Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation
Andrew Viterbi
Anonymous
WOMEN OF VALOR SPONSOR – $10,000+
Leonard Hirsch, in memory of Elaine Hirsch
Gary & Jerri-Ann Jacobs
The Price Family
Linda and Jeffrey (z”l) Shohet
Anonymous
PRODUCTION SPONSOR – $5,400+
Phyllis & Dan Epstein
Suzanne & Lawrence Hess
Brian Keating & Sarah Price-Keating
Sachiko Kohatsu
Perla & Jeff Myers
Women’s Philanthropy Group of Jewish Federation of San Diego
ARTIST SPONSOR – $3,600+
Marie G. Raftery & Dr. Robert Rubenstein
Anonymous (2)
FESTIVAL PATRON – $1,800+
Yael & David Alpert
Tina Beranbaum & Mitch Shack
Neil Senturia & Barbara Bry Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation
City of Encinitas
David & Claire Ellman
Judi Gottschalk
Sonia Israel
Jewish Women’s Foundation of San Diego at the Jewish Community Foundation
Brian & Suzanne Marcus Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation
Georgia & Blair Sadler
Peter Salovey & Marta E Moret
Phillip & Gayle Tauber
US Bank
Alexander (z”l) & Valerie Viterbi Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation
Anonymous (2)
JFEST ADVOCATE – $1,080+
Eva & Steven Barnes
Jonny Borok, in memory of Dov & Bernice Borok
Fay Family Flying Pig Fund
Kira Finkenberg
Hillel of San Diego
San Diego Jewish Academy
Colin & Jane Scher Family Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation
Anonymous
FESTIVAL FRIEND – $540
American Jewish Committee, in honor of Kira Finkenberg
Beth El Congregation
Beth Israel Congregation
John & Heidi Farkash
Seacrest Village Retirement Communities
Fern Siegel
Miles Weinberger
Eileen Wingard
Women of Adat Yeshurun, in honor of Debby Stauber
FESTIVAL DOUBLE-CHAI SPONSOR – $360+
Linda & Michael Bennett
Wendy & Harold Frysh
Mark Greenberg
Steve & Audrey Levine Family Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation
Luis & Sally Maizel
Yaakov & Devorah Shore, in memory of Mitchell Shore
Perri Wittgrove
FESTIVAL CHAI SPONSOR – $180+
Brenda & Stephen Abelkop
Rebecca Cherlin Baird, in honor of Becca Myers & Ali Viterbi
Ann & Harvey Brenner, in honor of Todd Salovey
Pamela & Edward Carnot
Sue & Ed Cherlin, in honor of the creative team of JFest
Silvana & Richard Christy
Pam & Walter Ferris
Rhona Fink
Beverly & Joseph Fremont
Barbara Giammona
Laurie Greenberg
Avra Kassar
Hannah Kaye, in memory of Lori Gilbert-Kaye
Rabbi Martin & Anita Lawson
Rich & Sharon Leib
Ann Lipschitz
Frances Lobman, in honor of Todd Salovey
Eli Owen Meltzer
Karen & TJ Parry, in honor of Todd Salovey
Rowling Family Charitable Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation, in honor of Kira Finkenberg
Sragovicz Family
Charlene Steinhauer
Julie Tedde
Elizabeth Thompson
Bart Ziegler
Denise Zimmerman
Jack & Ellen Zyroff