Jewish National Fund‑USA invites you to OUR
TREE OF LIFE ®
AWARD GALA
Honoring
JILL & BRUCE WEININGER
Tree of Life® Award Honorees
Featuring
Matti Friedman
Journalist & Award-Winning Author
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
6:30 pm
Lincoln Park
Chicago


Ticket Pricing
General Admission • $500
JNFuture Non-Members (Ages 22-40) • $360
JNFuture Sabra & Root Societies Members* • $180
*Sabra Members giving $360 or more and Root Society Members giving $1,000 or more to the current campaign.


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Sponsorship Opportunities Available
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More information:
Assaf Grumberg, Executive Director, Illinois 
[email protected] • 847.656.8880 x766

Ellen Spira Hattenbach, National Campaign Director, Midwest 
[email protected] • 847.656.8880 x760

Robyn Schneider, Director, Major Gifts, Midwest
[email protected] • 847.656.8880 x775

JILL & BRUCE WEININGER
Tree of Life® Award Honorees 

MATTI FRIEDMAN
Journalist & Award-Winning Author
Matti Friedman is an award-winning journalist and author. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Tablet, and Smithsonian. Friedman’s books include Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel, Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier’s Story of a Forgotten War, and his most recent book Who by Fire: War, Atonement, and the Resurrection of Leonard Cohen.
Event Chairs
Jennifer Diamond & Marc Brenner • Michael Frazin • Michele Sackheim Wein & Joe Wein
*Sponsors in formation
Jewish national fund-USA Leadership
Ronald S. Lauder, Chair Emeritus
Jeffrey E. Levine, Chair Emeritus
Dr. Sol Lizerbram, Chair
Deb Lust Zaluda, President
Russell F. Robinson, Chief Executive Officer
Rick Krosnick, Chief Development Officer
Ellen Spira Hattenbach, National Campaign Director, Midwest
Assaf Grumberg, Executive Director, Illinois
Robyn Schneider, Major Gifts Director, Midwest
Bill Adolph, Director, Planned Giving, Midwest
Liora Bachrach, Associate Director, Midwest
Melissa Goldberg, Campaign Executive, JNFuture, Midwest