CENTENNIAL HONOR ROLL
In honor of our milestone centennial year, we have established a Centennial Honor Roll. Commitments in support of our centennial made in addition to membership or annual gifts will ensure that YIVO can continue to grow our archives, programs, education, and capacity so we can continue this essential work for the next 100 years and beyond. The list below reflects pledges and cash payments.
To learn more, please contact Melissa S. Cohen at mcohen@yivo.org or 212.294.6156.
Centennial Founder’s Circle
Anonymous (3)
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
Amy Starck and Jack Cogen
First Hungarian Literary Society, Inc.
Howard G. Goldberg z"l
Ruth Hochberger and Martin Flumenbaum
Mirka Knaster and Larry Jacobs
Susanne and Jacob J. Morowitz
Allan L. Nadler
Mark Padnos z"l
Dorothy z"l and Martin D. Payson
Jon Richmond
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
Gayle and Paul Gross Foundation
Estelle M. Guzik z"l
Sima Katz z"l
Joanna and Emil Kleinhaus
Anne E. Leibowitz Fund
Rachel Brody and Michael Lustig
Samuel Miller
Kate Rothko Prizel and Ilya Prizel
Centennial Builder
Anonymous
Stephen Baker
Edward Blank and Marta Gucovsky
Charles Cahn
Cranaleith Foundation
The Derfner Foundation
Linda Witham Finkin and Eugene F. Finkin
Doris S. Fromberg
Gelman Family Foundation
Elisabeth and Max Gitter
Elizabeth Gordon and Warren M. Heller
The Alice Lawrence Foundation, Inc.
Beth Lief and Michael Simonson
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
Toby Clyman
Falconwood Foundation
Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation
Joan and Robert Goldstein
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
Barry Liebowitz
Jean and Mark Mandell
Leo and Betty Melamed
Howard and Abby Milstein
The Mlotek Family
Donna and Elye Palevsky
Barbara Seril
Phyllis Tobin
Leon M. Wagner and Family
Laurence & Frances Weinstein Foundation Inc.
SB Wolf Family Foundation
Lawrence Zicklin
Centennial Sponsor
Rosina Abramson and Jeffrey Glen
Anonymous
Gerald Z. Barad
Nadia Bernstein
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
Forward Association, Inc.
Tara and Arthur Goldfrank
Diana S. Goldin
Rita and Leo Greenland Family Foundation
Charles Grunfeld Foundation, Inc.
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
Lillian and Andrew Meyers
Deborah Ugoretz and Samuel Norich
Dan Opatoshu and Anne Spielberg
Sidney Perloe z"l
Michael Pollack
Beverly Post and Rabbi Jack Shlachter
Reva and Edward Potter
The Harold Reich Goldmann Charitable Trust
Minna and Norman Sas
Manuel Schiffres
Naomi Weisberg Siegel and Eric C. Cooper
Jonathan Silin
Marci and Norman P. Tarle
Barbara and Benjamin Zucker
Centennial Friend
Robert and Toni Bader Charitable Foundation
Diane and Jean-Loup Baer
Lewis Black
Roselyn K. Blanck
Susan Bronson
Barbara Chasen
Melissa S. Cohen
The David-Horodoker Organization
Katie Eisenstadt, PhD
Michael J. Feldman
Peggy Flaum
Stephen N. Freed
Ernest Fried
Anne and Alan Friedman
Christina and Neil Garfinkle
Judith Gold
David I. Goldstein
Abe Goldwasser
Eduard Gutkin
Ariel Hantin
Jack L. Jacobs
Lisa and Samuel D. Kassow
Jonathan Katz
The Kranzdorf Family Foundation
Arthur Krystal
Marc Kushner
Cecile Esther Kuznitz
Liz and Masai Leonard
Ben Levine and Ruth Dieleman-Levine
Carol and Joel Levy
Judith Lewis
The Litewka Foundation
Jack Litewka
Barbara and Leonard Mazur
Rita and Steven Meed
Nancy Metzger
Sally Minard
Danny and Penny Mintz
National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
Eda Rak and Richard Neugebauer
Michael G. Reiff
Micki and Jonathan Reiss
Bella Rosenberg
Ruth and Gabriel Ross
Barbara Saidel and Edward Goldberg
Sanky Communications
Erica R. Schiffman and Ben Tandowski
Sandra Schipior
Minna and Mark Seitelman
Sharon Selinger and Dennis Lowenthal
Mark K. Silverman
Michael Singer and Adina Cimet Singer
Renee and Stephen Steinig
Renuka Sukdeo
Sophia Tarnagurskaya
Lottie Tartell
Randy and Robert Wagman
Carol and Robert Weber
Rochelle Weinstein
Jane Weitzman
David Werdegar
Vicki and Andrew Wittenstein
Rella Stuart-Hunt Wurmfeld and Sanford Wurmfeld
Yiddish Book Center
Vivian Zamel and David Goldman
In formation
As of December 12, 2025
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.
*All gifts $1,000 and up received between January 1 and December 31, 2025 will be featured on YIVO’s Centennial Honor Roll in perpetuity.