Volunteers
More than 200 volunteers help us on the day of the Festival, selling pop and t-shirts and staffing cashier and information booths. While producing the Festival takes a tremendous amount of work during the months leading up to the big day, we could not physically run the various activities without the help of these volunteers. Be part of the Festival Team and wear your Festival Volunteer T-Shirt with pride!
Apply online or print the application form and mail or email it to us. If you have any questions regarding volunteering, please call 847-933-3000 or email us at Volunteers@JewishFestival.org.
The Festival is produced by the Jewish Production Organization for Cultural Events and Theater (P.O.C.E.T.). The Jewish P.O.C.E.T. is run by an all-volunteer Steering Committee which consists of professionals in the fields of art, music, theater, dance, radio, television, communications, community relations, education, engineering, finance and technology. If you would like to be part of the Steering Committee that works over the months to plan and produce the Festival, give us a call at 847-933-3000.


Festival Steering Committee

Josh Ackerman
Laurie Azriel
Andrea Backman
Brian Backman
Naomi Bayer
Deidre Berkowitz
Nina Black
Micah Brandhandler
Shira Brandhandler
Penny Brichta
Jared Brody
Leslie Brody
Greg Cibura
Ben Crane
Bruce Crane
Helene Davitz
Rob Dicker
Judy Director
Don Drucker
Lisa Drucker
Ross Drucker
Steffi Drucker
Alyssa Dryver
Howard Dryver
Dina Dubrow
Ethel Fenig
Cindy Franklin
Steve Franklin
Louis Freeman
Lisa Friedland
Steve Friedland
Tracy Friend
Anita Gelbart
Benjamin Gershon
Danielle Gershon
Mark Gershon
Richard Gershon
Batya Gilbert
Marla Goldberg
Rich Goldberg
Lynne Goldman
Judi Goode
Steve Goode
Jammie Hammond
Lynn Hazan
Michael Heimlich
Paulette Herbstman
Lizzi Heydemann
Emily Kaplan
Jackson Kaplan
Ray Kaplan
Amy Karatz
Julie Katz
Rob Klegon
Debbie Krupp
Joe Lachman
Ellie Lapidus
Simon Lapidus
E.J. Levine
Jerry Lidsky
Aaron Lipsett
Sari Lipsett
Sally Lipson
Michael Lorge
Susie Lorge
Tracy Madansky
Julie Marder
Iris Marreck
Larry Moss
Phil Moss
Susan Moss
Gale Nudelman
Mike Passman
Janet Pierce Ritter
Patti Ray
Stuart Rosenberg
Don Rossoff
Laura Roth
Neal Sabin
Benji Sagarin
Robbie Schreiber
Karen Schur
Paul Schur
Ilana Shure
Rafi Shure
Jeremy Seaver
Helene Shapiro
Jacob Shapiro
Joel Shapiro
Laurie Shapiro
Mick Siegel
Randy Silver
Debbie Silverman
Cindy Stern
Mickey Svarc
Roslyn Tayne
Chuck Trefz
Debbie Trefz
Ellie Trefz
David Valentine
Joy Wasserman
Michael Weinberg
Rob Weinberg
Sarah Weinberg
Dawn Weiner-Kaplow
Eitan Weiner-Kaplow
Virginia Weiskopf
Jim Weiskopf
Tali Zerzion