- May 3, 2025
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Members from various clergies attended the event.
Jackie Kaufer and Renee Sheade
Donald Serot and Barbara Brizdle
Rev. Nancy Deming, Sue Jacobson and Sharon Schreiber
Marilyn Shuman and JoAnn Spiegal
Sumner and Dona Baum with AJC West Coast Florida director Brian Lipton, Joseph Gianguzzo and Veronica Brady
Francine Webb and Lillian Sands
Stacy Sokol and Bruce Roistacher
Rabbi Anne Reibelman with Judith and Louis Schwartz
Hermione Gilpin, Lindsay Mintz and Lauren Haven
Esther Rose and Joan Levenson
Lew and Susan Winarsky and Philip and Helene Jacoby
Christie Whittemore and Alyssa Simons
Hagen Brody and Pat Robinson
Lauren Hersh and Sasha Pyatte
AJC West Coast Florida director Brian Lipton and speaker Holly Huffnagle
AJC West Coast Florida director Brian Lipton welcomes the crowd for attending.
AJC West Coast Florida director Brian Lipton had a strong message about confronting hate and anti-semitism during the organization's final Lunch and Learn event of the summer on Aug. 16.
"If haters come after me because I'm a Jew, they will feel empowered to come after Blacks, Hispanics, gays, Christians, Asians, Muslims. " Lipton said. "We must come together and we must stop hate."
It was a statement that drew applause from the crowd. And the support didn't end there — the event on Aug. 16 had clergy members from a number of different faith institutions joining AJC in support. Representatives from Catholic Diocese, the Lutheran Church, the Episcopal Church, the Unity Church of Sarasota and several synagogues attended in a show of solidarity with AJC.
The event's speaker was AJC's U.S. Director for Combating Antisemitism Holly Huffnagle, who has led AJC's response to anti-semitism in the U.S. since early 2020.
After Lipton addressed the crowd, the audience enjoyed lunch before hearing Huffnagle speak on the importance of confronting a rising wave of anti-semitism in the U.S.
