From music to fashion, sports to publishing, theater to tech & venture capital, we’re content creators, marketers, and other executives at every age and stage of our careers. We connect with each other and industry leaders to stay on the cutting edge of our fields and maximize our philanthropic impact. Interested in making a difference?
The Entertainment, Tech & Lifestyle community raises nearly $6 million annually to enhance UJA’s impact.
Nearly $70 million allocated in grants and loans for Covid relief – over and above UJA’s annual allocations.
67,000+ people have received employment services in New York, in Israel, and around the world.
$3.8 million in emergency cash assistance was distributed to more than 5,000 New Yorkers.
400,000+ visits to 11 digital food pantry sites
in 2021.
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Our Roll of Honor recognizes individuals and organizations who give a gift of $1,000 or more to UJA’s annual campaign through the Entertainment, Tech & Lifestyle community. During these challenging times, your generosity is more critical than ever.
We’re content creators and other executives from across television, film, audio and the agency world. Whether volunteering, recognizing industry trailblazers or convening our peers and colleagues for timely programming, we use our platforms to learn, connect and give back.
We’re executives from across the fashion, retail, and luxury spaces – including art, beauty, wellness and more -- who come together to give back, explore timely topics and honor the best and brightest in our industries.
Get involved with a group of visionaries and forward thinkers who are determined to use their skills to give back to the community. This group — which houses a range of professionals, including marketers from both agencies and brands, public relations professionals, and advertisers — comes together to connect with each other, develop engaging programming, and explore innovative solutions to society’s toughest problems.
Get to know one of the most prestigious groups of music industry professionals in the city through the Music Visionary of the Year luncheon, which kicks off in both Los Angeles and New York and features a stunning array of performers and producers.
Past Music Visionary Award Honorees
Michele Anthony
Mitch Bainwol and Cary Sherman
Rich Bressler
Troy Carter and Daniel Ek
Tom Corson and Peter Edge
Doug Davis
Amy Doyle and Rick Krim
Jody Gerson and Jon Platt
Scott Greenstein
Julie Greenwald and Craig Kallman
Avery Lipman and Monte Lipman
Bob Pittman
Tom Poleman and John Sykes
Neil Portnow
Rob Stringer
Barry Weiss
Music for Youth
UJA’s Music for Youth helps thousands of young people from all ethnic and religious backgrounds, including kids with disabilities, experience music at school, at camp, at home and beyond. Every year we provide grants to organizations across NYC, Long Island and Westchester to support their life-changing efforts to connect people to music -- from new instruments to scholarships for individual lessons, professional mentorship to no-cost music therapy programs, from opportunities to perform music to first-time access to concerts.
We work in publishing, as publishers, literary agents, and in related fields. We know the power of words and the power of community, and we proudly established the Byron Preiss Children’s Fund to foster literacy and educate kids of all backgrounds close to home and far away.
Chairs
Wendy Sheanin
Jennifer Weis
Council
Risa Beckett
Ellie Berger
Rachel Chou
Matty Goldberg
Altie Karper
Larry Kirshbaum
Alison Lazarus
Erica Lazzaro
Carol Mann
Barbara Marcus
Josh Marwell
Sandi Mendelson
Michael Palgon
Mel Parker
Steve Potash
Aaron Priest
Alexandra Urdang
Dorothy Weintraub
Adam Zacharius
Sports For Youth convenes executives from across the industry to bring the life-changing impact of participating in sports to kids of every age, athletic ability, and background throughout the five boroughs, Westchester, Long Island, and overseas. We even the playing field so that kids can participate regardless of the financial or physical challenges they might face.
*Sports for Youth Executive Committee member
We’re entrepreneurs, investors, and tech professionals who are on the cutting edge and want to give back.
Come together with some of the most committed and philanthropically-minded professionals from across the theater community in support of UJA’s life-saving work, including support for arts and culture programs for people of all ages and backgrounds.
We’re philanthropists in our 20s through early 40s who work in the Entertainment, Tech & Lifestyle industries — including fashion, media, marketing, music, sports, tech, venture capital and beyond — and want to make an impact.
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