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The Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival is presented by
The Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver.
The Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival is funded by
The Cherie Smith Memorial Endowment Fund.
A
special thanks to
Julian Smith and Annette Rothstein and families for their generosity;
Rabbi Yosef Wosk for his ongoing support; Anna Gelbart for designing
the posters and the brochure cover illustrations; Alla Elperin for
designing the program brochure, flyers and programs; Gabriella Klein
who assisted in countless ways as advertising, promotions and operations
manager; Kathy Evans for her steady temperament and fabulous organizational
skills as a bookstore manager; Jodi Smith from JLS Entertainment
for publicity; Jodi Segal from Israels Judaica; Pat and Melanie
from the Vancouver Society of Storytelling; Aza Reshef, Lu Winters,
Sidi Schaffer, Joan Stuchner, Marilyn Berger, Sharon Isaacson and
other Jewish educators for helping with the Young Authors’
Tea; the members of the Cultural Arts Committee, Linda Lando, Deborah
Roitberg, Barbara Heller, Stephen Flamer, Mondo Sector, Marty Lemish,
Moshe Mastai, Mark Dwor and Nicole Nozick for their valuable assistance
and support; all of the Jewish organizations and businesses who
have offered their support; Judy Stern, Director of the Shalom BC
Volunteer Centre for helping to find volunteers; all of the volunteers
who help to organize and operate the literary readings, the Young
Authors’ Tea and the new and used book stores; Karen Corrin,
Kelly Rae, Anita Brown and the volunteers of the Isaac Waldman Jewish
Public Library; staff of the Norman Rothstein Theatre, Mary-Louise,
Sara and Derek; the board and staff of the JCC, especially Bill
Trafford, Don Ellis and all the maintenance staff; Daniel Pulvers,
Gabriela Harari, Patricia Powell, Jacob, Sara, Maria and Maayan
at JCC reception; Linda Yael Iny, Raphael Seelig, Roz Kushner-Belle,
Rhonda Schwenk, Debbie Tabenkin, Jocelyne and of course, JCC’s
executive director, Gerry Zipursky.
Without
all of your help this literary event would not be possible.
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