Support those in need while enjoying a night out!

The Virginia Festival of Jewish Film is supporting Jewish Family Service of Tidewater's Community Food Pantry.
Donations to the food pantry will be accepted at the check-in table for each film. 

The pantry is in need of the following items:

• Cleaning products (dishwashing liquid, laundry detergent, disinfectants, Clorox wipes, etc.)
• Personal hygiene products (shampoo, body wash, bars of soap, deodorant, etc.) 
• Toilet paper and paper towels
• Cooking oil
• Condiments (ketchup, mustard, pickles and relish, etc.)
• Snack foods (cookies, crackers, pretzels, etc.)

Learn more about JFS's food assistance programs here.

Programs Inclusivity

Thanks to the generous support of the Bartel Family, in honor of their parents and grandparents, Alan & Dolores Bartel, the following accessibility accommodations are available for these community programs (depending on the program location). Accommodations must be requested at least a week prior to the event.

Accomodations can be requested during the registration process, and include:

• Closed captioning services for online programming
• Interpreting services for Deaf or non-English speakers
• Assisted listening services to amplify sounds
• Preferential seating near a presenter to aid in comprehension
• Sensory fidget tools
• Noise-reducing headphones
• Stand-assist devices
• Audio recording of written materials for the visually impaired 

Thank you to the Virginia Festival of Jewish Film Screening Committee 

Anne Fleder, Chair, Arts + Ideas

Neil Rose, Co-Chair, Festival

Beth Scharlop, Co-Chair, Festival

Mark Robbins, Chair, Screening

Rebecca Auerbach

Rob Copeland

Nathan Goldin

Helen Goldsticker Sissel

Evalyn Horowitz

Scott Levin

Amy Levy

Pati Olizewski

Judit Roth

Dorothy Shiloff Hughes

Gloria Siegel

Larry Stein

Shelly Stein

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS PATRONS OF THE ARTS AND SPONSORS:

Karen and Avraham Ashkenazi
Rebecca Auerbach
Babbi and Brad Bangel
Lorelei E. Brice
Wendy and Ron Brodsky
Carol and Allan Brum
Stephanie Calliott and Don London
Marsha L. Chenman, in memory of her parents Sol and Bertha
Susan and Andrew Cohen
Cheryl Dronzek
Barbara Dudley
Susan and Jim Eilberg
Lois Einhorn
Mona and Jeffrey Flax
Alan and Esther Fleder Foundation
Anne and Lawrence Fleder
Alicia London Friedman and Robert S. Friedman
Shari Friedman and Andrew King

Laura and Fred Gross
Joanna Homrighausen
Ellen Rostov Hundley
Connie Jacobson
 

Jaffe Family Fund
Carol and Joel Jason
Betsy and Ed Karotkin
Jodi and Jay Klebanoff
Teresa Knecht and Marc Lindgren
Anne and Edward Kramer
Abbie and Steven Laderberg
Robert Lehman
Caren and Stephen Leon
David Leon
Sandra Porter Leon and Miles Leon
Betty Ann and Scott Levin
Joan London
Nancy Loewenberg and Richard Marten
Robin and Matthew Mancoll
Ronni Marcus
Marcia and Burton Moss
Stacie and Marc Moss
Heather Nevins
Nelson Noriega
Andrew Nusbaum
Dr. Holly Puritz and Dr. Stephen Wohlgemuth

Poole Brooke Plumlee PC
Lisa and Howard Roesen
Judith Rosenblatt
Sara Jo and Joel Rubin
Shikma and Danny Rubin
Terri and Lonny Sarfan
Laure and Richard Saunders
Beth Scharlop and Roger Schultz
Lynn Schoenbaum
Deborah and Peter Segaloff
Patricia and Herman Shelanski
Sandy and Norman Sher
Lynn and Sadie Sher Cohen
Leslie and Lawrence Siegel
Helen Sissel
Sonia Stein-Bonnie
Lawrence Steingold
Renee and John Strelitz
Myrna Teck and Allan Zeno
Tidewater Jewish Foundation
Dr. Alan and Jody Wagner
Alice and Eric Werner
Helen and David Wolfe
Amy and Frank Zelenka