Tampa JCCs & Federation invites you to celebrate and honor the dedicated women of our Jewish community organizations at

The Bobbe Karpay Women of Distinction Program

 

Thursday, January 8, 2026
Seven o'clock in the evening


Keynote presentation by

Alisha Fernandez Miranda 

An award-winning author of the USA Today bestselling novel “Someone’s Gotta Give,” a book about learning to tell the difference between meaning well and doing good.

$36 ticket per person

$54 ticket per patron

Location:

Congregation Schaarai Zedek
3303 West Swann Avenue 
Tampa 33609

The Bobbe Karpay Women of Distinction Program, an annual event, honors women who represent over twenty Jewish organizations and congregations in the area.

 

The women being honored have worked diligently in creating a long list of accomplishments. They give of their time, their enthusiasm, and their dollars to help make our community and our world a better place. In addition to being dedicated Jewish leaders, these women are also wives, mothers, grandmothers, great-grandmothers, business owners, professionals, and even volunteers for other organizations. They have a vision for their organizations and kehillah (our community) and work hard to turn these visions into realities.

 

The annual Women of Distinction Program bears Bobbe’s name to honor and inspire women of the Jewish community to see the simple elements of the community and make life distinctively better. Bobbe Karpay (z”l), an artist by nature, saw seemingly simple elements and turned them into things of beauty. This artistic vision for making things better was evident in her love and commitment to her family and community. She led quietly, yet distinctively with her time, her talent, and her resources.

 

Bobbe was born in Chicago, grew up in New York, and made Tampa her home for 50 years. In that time she raised four children, supported her husband, George, in his business, and actively engaged in numerous community causes.



 

WOMEN OF DISTINCTION 2025

 


Sheryl Bowman

Congregation Beth Am

 

Jo-Ellen Bromberg

Beth Israel of Sun City Center

 

Barbara Freedland

Congregation Kol Ami

 

Terri Gainsburg

Jewish Community Centers

 

Renee Glassman

Tampa Ameet Chapter of Hadassah

 

Jane Kratz

Tampa Jewish Federation

Laura Kreitzer

Jewish National Fund

 

Stacy Leeds

TOP Jewish Foundation

 

Francine LeVine

Congregation Rodeph Sholom

 

Anat Mansour

Israeli-American Council

 

Carla Markowitz

Congregation Schaarai Zedek

 

Cindy Minetti

Gulf Coast JFCS - Tampa Bay Job Links

Ellyne Myers

Tampa Jewish Family Services

 

Morgan Pagoda

Hillels of the Florida Suncoast

 

Cynthia Sherr

Congregation Mekor Shalom

 

Rochelle Walk

Israel Bonds

 

Jessica Wittcoff

Hillel Academy of Tampa

 

Rachael Worthington

The Florida Holocaust Museum


For more information please contact Sarah Weiner at sarah.weiner@jewishtampa.com