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2018 Committee of Founders:

VIVIAN FELSEN

LEONARD SACHS

JACOB SYSSER

S. CHIC WOLK

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2020:

Support from World Jewish Congress International Yiddish Center (Vilnius)

Support from Rebecca Cook (Preserving Yiddish and Defending History, York, Pennsylvania)

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2022:

Support from Rebecca Cook (Preserving Yiddish and Defending History, York, Pennsylvania)

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2023:

Support from World Jewish Congress International Yiddish Center (Vilnius). With special thanks to the Center’s CEO Viktorija Jagnetinskaja Jusė

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2024:

Support in memory of Meishke Katz (Edward M. Katz) and Phyllis Katz

Support from Dan Opatoshu (Los Angeles)

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2025:

Support from Vivian Felsen (Toronto)

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2026:

The Vilnius Jewish Community | Vilniaus žydų bendruomenė | די ווילנער יידישע קהילה

Cook Family Commemoration (dear late grandparents Dovid and Chanah Cook (nee Hoff) and their late children Moshe, Shmuel, Rivka Bella and Nossun, all born in Kúpishok and Shádeve; and Gitl)

Support from Vivian Felsen (Toronto)

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