Organizations Filed Purposes:
GUIDED BY JEWISH VALUES AND HERITAGE, THE EDLAVITCH DC JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER (EDCJCC) ENGAGES INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THROUGH ITS CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE PROGRAMS BY WELCOMING PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS TO CONNECT, LEARN, SERVE AND BE ENTERTAINED TOGETHER IN WAYS THAT REFLECT THE UNIQUE ROLE OF THE CENTER IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL.
PROMOTE WELFARE OF MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY THROUGH PROGRAMS REFLECTING JEWISH HERITAGE AND VALUES.
Q STREET PRESCHOOL: PROVIDES A FULL-DAY PRESCHOOL PROGRAM IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF OPEN-ENDED EXPLORATION, CURIOSITY, AND GROWTH FOR CHILDREN, TEACHERS, AND FAMILIES. THIS YEAR, 120 CHILDREN WERE ENROLLED IN TEN STATE-OF-THE-ART RENOVATED PRESCHOOL CLASSROOMS. THE PRESCHOOL STRIVES TO DEEPEN CONNECTIONS TO JUDAISM, THE COMMUNITY, ETHICS AND MORALS, AND THE WORLD AROUND US. THE SCHOOL EMPLOYS METHODS THAT PROMOTE A CONSTRUCTIVIST PEDAGOGICAL MODEL WHEREBY THE CHILDREN'S INTERESTS DICTATE THE SUBJECTS THROUGH WHICH BASIC SKILLS LIKE NUMERACY AND LITERACY ARE TAUGHT. DESCRIPTION CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.THIS PROJECT-BASED APPROACH ALLOWS THE CHILDREN TO DYNAMICALLY INTERACT WITH ALL THE ORGANIZATION HAS TO OFFER AND TO CREATE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND THEM.
THEATER J: A NATIONALLY-RENOWNED, PROFESSIONAL THEATER THAT CELEBRATES, EXPLORES, AND STRUGGLES WITH THE COMPLEXITIES AND NUANCES OF BOTH THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE AND THE UNIVERSAL HUMAN CONDITION. HAILED BY THE WASHINGTON POST AS "THE MOST INFLUENTIAL JEWISH THEATER COMPANY IN THE NATION," THEATER J HAS OVER 70 HELEN HAYES NOMINATIONS AND NINE HELEN HAYES AWARDS AND PRODUCES 5 TO 7 PLAYS PER SEASON THAT RUN BETWEEN 24 AND 36 PERFORMANCES. DESCRIPTION CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.ENTERING ITS 31ST YEAR, THEATER J IS ONE OF THE MOST DISTINCTIVE AND RESPECTED JEWISH THEATERS IN THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SCENE AND PRESENTS A WIDE VARIETY OF RECOGNIZABLE, UNDER-EXPLORED, AND BRAND NEW WORKS FROM THE JEWISH THEATRICAL CANNON, AS WELL AS NON-JEWISH WORKS THAT INVESTIGATE DIVERSE STORIES ABOUT IMMIGRANTS, LANGUAGE, ASSIMILATION, GENOCIDE, RELIGION, AND OTHERNESS. THEATER J DRAWS AUDIENCES FROM ALL EIGHT WARDS OF THE DISTRICT, AS WELL AS MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA, AND REFLECTS THE DIVERSE RESIDENTS OF THE METROPOLITAN DC REGION. PRIOR TO COVID-19, THEATER J HAD 1,000 SUBSCRIBERS AND OVER 15,000 SINGLE TICKET BUYERS.
JXJ: PRESENTED BY THE EDLAVITCH DCJCC, JXJ IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTS PROJECT THAT ENCOMPASSES THE WASHINGTON JEWISH FILM AND MUSIC FESTIVALS, ALONGSIDE HYBRID ARTS PROGRAMMING. THE PUBLIC PROGRAMMING OF JXJ IS SPLIT BETWEEN 8+ WEEKLY PROGRAMS THAT TAKE PLACE IN CAFRITZ HALLA STATE-OF-THE-ART PERFORMANCE AND CINEMA VENUE IN THE DUPONT AREA OF WASHINGTON, DCAND AN ANNUAL MAY FESTIVAL (MAY 7-24, 2020) PRESENTED ON STAGES AND SCREENS THROUGHOUT DC AND MARYLAND. DESCRIPTION CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST RESPECTED JEWISH FILM FESTIVALS IN NORTH AMERICA, THE WASHINGTON JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL (WJFF) IS AN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF CINEMA THAT CELEBRATES THE DIVERSITY OF JEWISH HISTORY, CULTURE AND EXPERIENCE THROUGH THE MOVING IMAGE. THE WJFF IS GOING INTO ITS 31ST YEAR. THE WASHINGTON JEWISH MUSIC FESTIVAL (WJMF), GOING INTO ITS 22ND SEASON, ENJOYS A PRESTIGIOUS POSITION AS ONE OF THE LEADING PRESENTERS OF JEWISH MUSIC IN THE USA.BETWEEN THE FESTIVAL AND YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMMING, JXJ TRADITIONALLY ATTRACTS 22,000 PATRONS ACROSS 230+ EVENTS ANNUALLY. DUE TO PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS AROUND COVID-19, THE MAY 2020 FESTIVAL WAS POSTPONED UNTIL DECEMBER 2020, AND YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMMING WAS SIMILARLY PAUSED IN MID-MARCH.PRIOR TO THE THEATER CLOSURES, JXJ HOSTED 157 PUBLIC PROGRAMS, WHICH WERE ATTENDED BY 7,606 PATRONSON TRACK FOR A RECORD YEAR (THE BULK OF ANNUAL ATTENDANCE IS CONCENTRATED IN THE ANNUAL MAY FESTIVAL). BEGINNING IN LATE MARCH 2020, JXJ BEGAN PRESENTING VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING, WHICH REACHED AN ADDITIONAL 780 HOUSEHOLDS BY FISCAL YEAR'S END IN JUNE 2020.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Carole Zawatsky | CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | 40 | $259,437 |
| Bruce Silver | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | 40 | $217,459 |
| Craig Mintz | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | 40 | $214,553 |
| Adam Immerwahr | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR | 40 | $120,390 |
| Lee G Rubenstein | VICE PRESIDENT EMERITUS | 1 | $0 |
| Robert Tracy | PRESIDENT EMERITUS | 1 | $0 |
| Francine Zorn Trachtenberg | PRESIDENT EMERITUS | 1 | $0 |
| Mindy Strelitz | PRESIDENT EMERITUS | 1 | $0 |
| William Kreisberg | PRESIDENT EMERITUS | 1 | $0 |
| Stephen Kelin | PRESIDENT EMERITUS | 1 | $0 |
| Martha Gross | PRESIDENT EMERITUS | 1 | $0 |
| Rose H Cohen | PRESIDENT EMERITUS | 1 | $0 |
| Diane Abelman Wattenberg | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Mimi Tygier | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Cathy Toren | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Tina Small | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Singer | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Rhea Schwartz | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Janis Schiff | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Salzberg | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jonathan Rutenberg | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Sharon Russ | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Norm Rich | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Shannon Powers | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Arnold Polinger | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Melanie Nussdorf | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Alyson Myers | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Alfred Munzer | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Sid Moskowitz | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Meredith Margolis | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Julie Lundy | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Elise Lefkowitz | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ellen Kassoff Gray | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Rena Gordon | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Debra Goldberg | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Dina Gold | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Brian Gelfand | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Myrna Fawcett | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ginny Edlavitch | FOUNDING DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Eva Davis | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jaclyn Cohen | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Johanna Chanin | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Kenton Campbell | DIRECTOR (THROUGH 6/1/2020) | 1 | $0 |
| Jennifer Bradley | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Michele G Berman | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Joan Berman | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Joseph A Baldinger | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Andrew Altman | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Patty Abramson | DIRECTOR (THROUGH 8/1/2019) | 1 | $0 |
| Janet Abrams | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Barbara Abramowitz | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Benjamin Loewy | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
| David Goldblatt | ASSISTANT TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| Jonathan Grossman | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| Daniel Hirsch | VICE PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
| Eric Zelenko | VICE PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
| Saul Pilchen | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT | 10 | $0 |
| Jill Granader | PRESIDENT | 15 | $0 |
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