11th Annual Women of Valor
The 11th Annual Women of Valor
Beginning on Thursday, June 11th at 7:30 PM, the festival presents the annual favorite event Women of Valor for its 11th incarnation. While the in-person event celebrates all of the chosen women for that year, the online edition will highlight one of our women of valor in each episode. As in past years, the program starts with the question: “A woman of valor, who shall find?” Each year for the past 11 years, Women of Valor has honored and profiled remarkable women and pillars of the San Diego Jewish community. Festival Associate Producer, and this program’s director Ali Viterbi sates, “In every production, we tell stories of strength and inspiration to create a portrait of the resilience of our community. In a time of isolation, we feel that these stories are more essential than ever.”
Each Women of Valor video will be posted on San Diego REP’s various social media channels at the times and dates listed below.
This year’s selected Women of Valor are: Rebbetzin Chaya Ertel; Anti-Defamation League Regional Director Tammy Gillies; Jewish Community Foundation Board Chair Janet Acheatel; Holocaust Survivor Pearl Recht; Chair of San Diego Jewish Academy Heidi Gantwerk; and VP of Operations for the Jewish Community Foundation Sharleen Wollach.
Still told with stories, images and music, 6 incredible actresses will tell the story of 6 incredible women… all digitally. The actresses in this year’s program are: Rebecca Futterman, Julie Glass, Sarah Price-Keating, Elane Rivkin, Rosina Reynolds and Lisa Robins.
Dates of release (click the dates below for the Facebook events):
And we hope that through hearing their stories of joy, of grief, of commitment to their community and of courage, we can all weather this storm together. This year’s honorees teach us how we can be together (even virtually) in community.
