CENTENNIAL HONOR ROLL

Centennial Founder’s Circle

Anonymous (4)
Ruth and David Levine
Manat Foundation
Elisa New and Lawrence Summers
Irene Pletka

Centennial Visionary

Anonymous (2)
Atran Foundation, Inc.
Miriam Cohen z"l

Centennial Benefactor

Anonymous
Cara P. Beckenstein
Sonia Bob z”l
Sylvia Brody Axelrod z”l
Amy Starck and Jack Cogen
Theodore Cohn z”l
First Hungarian Literary Society, Inc.
Howard G. Goldberg z"l
Linda Witham Finkin and Eugene F. Finkin
Ruth Hochberger and Martin Flumenbaum
Mirka Knaster and Larry Jacobs
Robert M. Kern z”l
Susanne and Jacob J. Morowitz
Allan L. Nadler
NRW Entertainment Properties, LLC
Mark Padnos z"l
Dorothy z"l and Martin D. Payson
Jon Richmond
Leona Z. Rosenberg Charitable Trust
Florence A. Ruderman z”l
Rev Laksmi Scalise
Sylvia A. Scher z"l
Suzanne Schwimmer z"l
Deborah Veach
The Wagner Family Foundation
Myra and Harry Wagner
Judith E. Weisfuse and Michael Wax

Centennial Patron

Anonymous (2)
Adrienne and Michael Alexander
Michelle Brody and Hal Blumenfeld
The Derfner Foundation
Gayle and Paul Gross Foundation
Estelle M. Guzik z"l
Marion House z"l
Sima Katz z"l
Joanna and Emil Kleinhaus
Anne E. Leibowitz Fund
Rachel Brody and Michael Lustig
Samuel Miller
Louis Osofsky z"l
Kate Rothko Prizel and Ilya Prizel

Centennial Builder

Anonymous
Stephen Baker
Edward Blank and Marta Gucovsky
Charles Cahn
Toby Clyman
Cranaleith Foundation
Doris S. Fromberg
Gelman Family Foundation
Elisabeth and Max Gitter
Elizabeth Gordon and Warren M. Heller
The Marcia Israel Foundation
The Alice Lawrence Foundation, Inc.
Beth Lief and Michael Simonson
Anita K. Linker z"l
Sharon and Alan Lipworth
Nicole Simmons and Eric S. Rubin
Frank and Jeanne Trainer

Centennial Partner

Nancy and Andrew Adelson
Nan C. Bases
Dr. Georgette Bennett
Lori Cohen and Christopher H. Rothko
Duboier Young Men’s Progressive Association, Inc.
Falconwood Foundation
Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation
Joan and Robert Goldstein
Charles Grunfeld Foundation, Inc.
Roger and Susan Hertog
Hittman Family Foundation
Harri Hoffmann Family Foundation
Marcia Kaplan-Mann
Patricia Kenner
Alys Kremer and Arthur Grossman
Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Jennifer Levine-Smith
Mitchell Smith
Barry Liebowitz
Jean and Mark Mandell
Leo and Betty Melamed
Lillian and Andrew Meyers
Howard and Abby Milstein
The Mlotek Family
Donna and Elye Palevsky
Reva and Edward Potter
Barbara Seril
The Slomo and Cindy Silvian Foundation
Phyllis Tobin
Leon M. Wagner and Family
Laurence & Frances Weinstein Foundation Inc.
SB Wolf Family Foundation
Carol and Lawrence Zicklin

Centennial Sponsor

Anonymous (3)
Rosina Abramson and Jeffrey Glen
Gerald Z. Barad
The Bendit Family
Brenda and Martin Brenner
Frances and Jonathan Brent
Ruth Holzer and Michael Byowitz
Center for Jewish History
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Colen-Bonaventure Charitable Endowment Fund
Miranda Cooper and Nathaniel Epstein
Tedda Fenichel
Ben Firschein
Forward Association, Inc.
The Gelb Family in memory of Helen and Abe Gelb
Steven A. Gold Charitable Educational Institutions Trust
Tara and Arthur Goldfrank
Diana S. Goldin
Rita and Leo Greenland Family Foundation
Andrea and Warren Grover
Halderstein Owl Trust
Carol Chave and Robert Hand
Judythe and Martin Isserlis
Karen and Peter Jakes
Sam Judlo
Lisa Kartzman and Janet Pavloff
The Kupferstein Family
Reeva and Ezra Mager
Jody and Giulio Martini
Bella Meyer
Samuel Norich and Deborah Ugoretz 
Dan Opatoshu and Anne Spielberg
Sidney Perloe z"l
Evelyn and Michael Pollack
Marion and Robert Pollack
The Harold Reich Goldmann Charitable Trust
Lori Reszutek
Minna and Norman Sas
Manuel Schiffres
Barbara Segal and Howard Brown
Naomi Weisberg Siegel and Eric C. Cooper
Jonathan Silin
Philip Strongin
Marci and Norman P. Tarle
Barbara and Benjamin Zucker

Centennial Friend

Anonymous (6)
Alan J. Ackerman
Helen Adams
Terri and Bruce Alpert
Ira and Mary Alpert Foundation
Robert and Toni Bader Charitable Foundation
Diane and Jean-Loup Baer
Lewis Black
Roselyn K. Blanck
Sheldon Botoshansky
Miriam and Alan Brody
Susan Bronson
Bonnie Burt and Mark Liss
Sonia and Philip Marc Burton
Barbara Chasen
Jay Chazanoff and Adrienne Liebman
Ilene Chester and Frank Tobin
Jack Chester Foundation
Steven Chrust
Melissa S. Cohen
Rosemary Coleman and Davis Fox
The David-Horodoker Organization
Dorothy Devlin and Steve Alpert
Pamela and Martin Edel
David Egger
Katie Eisenstadt, PhD
Jeffrey Engel
Jim A. Feldman
Lewis J. Feldman
Michael J. Feldman
Peggy Flaum
Deborah Forte and Peter Stone
Dylan Fotiadis and Christopher Wilmeth
Stephen N. Freed and Jill Mortensen
Ernest Fried
Anne and Alan Friedman
Howard Friedner
Christina and Neil Garfinkle
Jill Gellerman and Avi Pandey
Arline Geronimus
Judith Gold
David I. Goldstein
Abe Goldwasser
Vit Gorodetsky
Eduard Gutkin
Ariel Hantin
Davis Haupt
Jeffrey Herf and Sonya Michel
Rochelle and David A. Hirsch Foundation
Valerie and Allen Hyman
Judith and Jerome Ingber
Jack L. Jacobs and Susan J. Milamed
Isabelle and Nugzari Jakobishvili
Joelson Foundation
Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Foundation
Bonnie Kaplan
Lisa and Samuel D. Kassow
Arie Katz
Jonathan Katz
Naomi Kinsler
Ellen Tobey Klass
The Kranzdorf Family Foundation
Tova Kristal
Arthur Krystal
Marc Kushner
Cecile Esther Kuznitz
Andrea and Jeffrey Landes
Liz and Masai Leonard
Ben Levine and Ruth Dieleman-Levine
Ellen and Michael Levitt
Carol and Joel Levy
Judith Lewis
Rita Lieberman
The Litewka Foundation
Jack Litewka
David B. Lyons
Joseph M. Mace
Claire and David Maklan
Barbara Brooke Manning Charitable Fund
Barbara Martinsons
Barbara and Leonard Mazur
Rita and Steven Meed
Nancy Metzger
Ethel Meyer
Sally Minard
Miriam Minz
Danny and Penny Mintz
Albert Murad
National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
Ellen Odoner and Edward Kerson
Eileen and Ronald Oleet
The Irving and Ethel Palman Foundation
Peter A. Prahar
William Racolin
Eda Rak and Richard Neugebauer
Zelda B. Reeber
Michael G. Reiff and Tatiana Simonova-Reiff
Micki and Jonathan Reiss
Bella Rosenberg
Ruth and Gabriel Ross
Harold Roth
Judy Rottersman
Phillip Rubin
Mark Russ and Eve Edelman Russ
The Robert Russell Memorial Trust
Anna Sabat
Barbara Saidel and Edward Goldberg
Sanky Communications
Renee and Albert Sattin
Erica R. Schiffman and Ben Tandowski
Sandra Schipior
The Schnitzer Family Foundation
Esther J. Schwartz
Rhea Schwartz and Paul Wolff
Theodore Segal
Minna and Mark Seitelman
Sharon Selinger and Dennis Lowenthal
Emily Selter
Joshua Shapiro
Jaine Shattan
Shavelson Family Charitable Fund
Ms. Darci Sheena
Dr. Michael Siegal and Nomi P. Ghez
Nancy Sills and Franklin Moss
Mark K. Silverman
Mark and Darcy Singer
Michael Singer and Adina Cimet Singer
Adrienne Squillante
Danielle Squillante
Pamela Stanley
Robert Starkman
Renee and Stephen Steinig
Jeanne M. Stellman
Susan and Warren Stern
Cynthia Stone
Julie Abraham Stone and Lewis Stone
Renuka Sukdeo
Harvey Susnick
Dorothy and Andrew Tananbaum
Lottie Tartell
Yoel Tobin
Kathy and Alan Trager
Joel Trugman
Karen Underhill and Richard Meller
Randy and Robert Wagman
Lauren and Eliot Wagner
Roselin S. Wagner
Rita and Ken Warner
Carol and Robert Weber
Rochelle Weinstein
Irving Weiser
Jane Weitzman
David Werdegar
Bernard and Anne R. Werner Foundation
Nathaniel Wice
Judith and Leonard Wilson
Vicki and Andrew Wittenstein
Rella Stuart-Hunt Wurmfeld and Sanford Wurmfeld
Lester Yassky
Yiddish Book Center
Vivian Zamel and David Goldman

In formation
As of August 1, 2026
 

*The list above reflects gifts and pledges received for the Centennial Campaign, which will be featured on YIVO’s Centennial Honor Roll in perpetuity.

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this list. We apologize for any errors or omissions. Please report any corrections to mcohen@yivo.org.