To Honor Friends and Loved Ones or commemorate a Yahrzeit,
Please consider contributing to one or more of our Synagogue Gift Funds
Use our contribution form or donate online by clicking on a fund below.
Please note that for all online donations, a 3% convenience fee
will be added at checkout to cover online processing fees.
Art, Library and Music Funds
These funds support the cultural enrichment of our synagogue community
□ Rhoda Kaplan Memorial Music Fund
Supports the library’s music collection
□ Levenson Music Fund
Funds the synagogue’s music programs
□ Rabbi Marshall R. Lifson Library Fund
Supports programming and the library book collection
□ Lois Alexander Children’s Book Collection
□ Jordan Bennett Weiss Youth Collection
□ Zelda & Phillip Smith Jewish Life Cycle Fund
□ Syrille Rosman Art Fund
Enhances the visual and cultural beauty of the
synagogue
□ Aaron Bell Student Cantorial Arts Fund
Cultural and music appreciation – funded the
Shabbat Alive CD
□ Drucker Book Fund
□ Saul B. and Naomi R. Cohen Chamber Music Fund
Building and Grounds
These funds support beautification of the synagogue’s building, grounds and cemetery
□ Berkson Garden Fund
This fund supports the maintenance of the synagogue’s
landscaping and grounds
□ Silver Garden Memorial Fund
This fund supports beautification of the
synagogue’s grounds
□ Temple Emanuel Memorial Park Fund
Supports beautification and perpetual care of
the synagogue’s cemetery
Education: Preschool, Religious School, Family and Adult Education
The following funds support educational programming for our membership
□ Adelson Nursery Gift Fund
Supports Preschool programming
□ Meryl Heier Nursery School Fund
Provides funds for staff development and
preschool education
□ Frank and Sonia Brezniak Memorial Scholarship Fund
Provides books for Religious School graduates
who have exhibited perserverance and
determination with regard to their studies
□ David and Diane Feinzig Education Fund
Supports Religious School and educational
programming
□ Abraham and Rose Freedman Education Fund
Rewards excellence among Religious School
students; supports educational programs such
as lectures and concerts
□ Rosamond & Harvey Grant Fund in Memory of
Michele Grant-Epstein
Provides Religious School students with their first
siddur, in loving memory of their beloved daughter
□ Carole and Barrie Greiff Education Fund
Provides funding for the Religious School
□ Abraham & Frances Katz Endowed Chair Fund
Supports a teaching position and improvements
in Hebrew language instruction in the Religious
School
□ Dr. Trudy Karger Family Education Fund
Funds used to enhance family education
□ Armet Excellence Award Fund
Prize for top students graduating from the
Religious School
□ Smith Holocaust Education Fund
Holocaust education programming
□ Nursery School Gift Fund
Provides general support for the Preschool
□ General Religious School Gift Fund
Funds Religious School programming
□ Adult Education Fund
Supports programs that foster lifelong learning
Israel and Jewish Continuity
These funds build awareness of and connection to the State of Israel
□ 9th Grade Israel Trip Fund
Supports trip for our 9th graders, connecting them to Israel
□ Edelstein Jewish Continuity Fund
Presents Programs that support Israel
□ Harold and Nancy Parritz Israel Action Fund
Presents programs that support Israel
□ Temple Emanuel Forest Fund
Supports the JNF efforts to plant trees in Israel
These funds support the cultural enrichment of our synagogue community
□ Rhoda Kaplan Memorial Music Fund
Supports the library’s music collection
□ Levenson Music Fund
Funds the synagogue’s music programs
□ Rabbi Marshall R. Lifson Library Fund
Supports programming and the library book collection
□ Lois Alexander Children’s Book Collection
□ Jordan Bennett Weiss Youth Collection
□ Zelda & Phillip Smith Jewish Life Cycle Fund
□ Syrille Rosman Art Fund
Enhances the visual and cultural beauty of the
synagogue
□ Aaron Bell Student Cantorial Arts Fund
Cultural and music appreciation – funded the
Shabbat Alive CD
□ Drucker Book Fund
□ Saul B. and Naomi R. Cohen Chamber Music Fund
Building and Grounds
These funds support beautification of the synagogue’s building, grounds and cemetery
□ Berkson Garden Fund
This fund supports the maintenance of the synagogue’s
landscaping and grounds
□ Silver Garden Memorial Fund
This fund supports beautification of the
synagogue’s grounds
□ Temple Emanuel Memorial Park Fund
Supports beautification and perpetual care of
the synagogue’s cemetery
Education: Preschool, Religious School, Family and Adult Education
The following funds support educational programming for our membership
□ Adelson Nursery Gift Fund
Supports Preschool programming
□ Meryl Heier Nursery School Fund
Provides funds for staff development and
preschool education
□ Frank and Sonia Brezniak Memorial Scholarship Fund
Provides books for Religious School graduates
who have exhibited perserverance and
determination with regard to their studies
□ David and Diane Feinzig Education Fund
Supports Religious School and educational
programming
□ Abraham and Rose Freedman Education Fund
Rewards excellence among Religious School
students; supports educational programs such
as lectures and concerts
□ Rosamond & Harvey Grant Fund in Memory of
Michele Grant-Epstein
Provides Religious School students with their first
siddur, in loving memory of their beloved daughter
□ Carole and Barrie Greiff Education Fund
Provides funding for the Religious School
□ Abraham & Frances Katz Endowed Chair Fund
Supports a teaching position and improvements
in Hebrew language instruction in the Religious
School
□ Dr. Trudy Karger Family Education Fund
Funds used to enhance family education
□ Armet Excellence Award Fund
Prize for top students graduating from the
Religious School
□ Smith Holocaust Education Fund
Holocaust education programming
□ Nursery School Gift Fund
Provides general support for the Preschool
□ General Religious School Gift Fund
Funds Religious School programming
□ Adult Education Fund
Supports programs that foster lifelong learning
Israel and Jewish Continuity
These funds build awareness of and connection to the State of Israel
□ 9th Grade Israel Trip Fund
Supports trip for our 9th graders, connecting them to Israel
□ Edelstein Jewish Continuity Fund
Presents Programs that support Israel
□ Harold and Nancy Parritz Israel Action Fund
Presents programs that support Israel
□ Temple Emanuel Forest Fund
Supports the JNF efforts to plant trees in Israel
Ritual
These funds support and encourage religious observance
□ Barouch and Channah Berkovits Daily Minyan Fund
□ Bereavement Support Fund
Assists families at their time of loss
□ Brezniak Chapel Fund
Funds special programs
□ Rabbi Samuel Chiel Kallah Fund
Funds annual Rabbi Samuel Chiel Kallah
□ Anita & David Granoff Fund to Encourage Teen
Torah Readers
Promotes teen Torah readers
□ Prayer Book Fund
Funds new prayer books
□ Publications Fund
Funds Rabbi’s publications
Scholarship
Scholarship funds are broken into three broad categories
Scholarship – Prozdor
These funds provide scholarships for the Temple Emanuel Religious School graduates attending Prozdor
□ Reva Aronson Memorial Fund
□ Evelyn and Herbert Berman School Fund
□ Elizabeth and Simon Cohen Fund
□ Saundra Fried Memorial Fund
□ Doris Kassler Memorial Fund
□ Dr. Percy Lightman Award Fund
□ PTA and General Scholarship Fund
□ Julian Pactovis Memorial Fund
□ Robert Provizer Scholarship Fund
□ Ruth Rosenberg Scholarship Fund
□ General Prozdor Scholarship Fund
Scholarship – Summer Camp and Israel
These funds assist children of Temple Emanuel members attending Jewish summer camps or various programs in Israel
□ Samuel Diengott Scholarship Fund
Scholarship for Jewish summer camp
□ Rochelle Lifson Scholarship Fund
Scholarship for Jewish summer camp
□ David Shapiro Israel Scholarship Fund
Provides grant for student Israel travel programs
□ Israel and Camp Scholarship Fund
Scholarship for summer studies and camp
Scholarship – Lifelong Learning
These funds provide scholarships for Temple Emanuel members attending higher education and Jewish study immersion programs
□ Merle Orren Scholars Transformation (MOST) Program
Assists Temple Emanuel adult members attend a
Jewish study immersion program
□ Philip Shapero Scholarship Fund
Assists Temple Emanuel members who attend the
Jewish Theological Seminary and List College
Special Needs
Assists families within the congregation with special needs
□ Dorothy Gordon Memorial Fund
Funds psychotherapy services
□ Sylvia and Mort Grossman Person to Person Fund
Supports the caring community of Temple Emanuel
□ Rosenblatt Stars of David Fund
Provides Jewish adults with developmental and
other disabilities opportunities to participate in
the social and religious life of the synagogue
Youth and Sports Funds
Supports athletic activities and leadership development among our youth
□ Keith C. Field Athletic Fund
Athletic based interests – currently supports the
USY basketball team
□ Roslyn and Martin Gold Youth Leadership Fund
Scholarship and new program seed money,
encouraging young individuals to seek ways to
distinguish themselves and further their Jewish skills,
knowledge or leadership
□ Youth Department Gift Fund
Provides general support for the Youth Department
General Funds
These are unrestricted funds for general programming subject to approval by the committee and executive leadership of the synagogue
□ Fay and Raymond Miller Memorial Fund
□ David Sherter Memorial Fund
□ Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
□ Ritual Director’s Fund
□ Cantor’s Music Fund
□ Temple Emanuel General Fund
These funds support and encourage religious observance
□ Barouch and Channah Berkovits Daily Minyan Fund
□ Bereavement Support Fund
Assists families at their time of loss
□ Brezniak Chapel Fund
Funds special programs
□ Rabbi Samuel Chiel Kallah Fund
Funds annual Rabbi Samuel Chiel Kallah
□ Anita & David Granoff Fund to Encourage Teen
Torah Readers
Promotes teen Torah readers
□ Prayer Book Fund
Funds new prayer books
□ Publications Fund
Funds Rabbi’s publications
Scholarship
Scholarship funds are broken into three broad categories
Scholarship – Prozdor
These funds provide scholarships for the Temple Emanuel Religious School graduates attending Prozdor
□ Reva Aronson Memorial Fund
□ Evelyn and Herbert Berman School Fund
□ Elizabeth and Simon Cohen Fund
□ Saundra Fried Memorial Fund
□ Doris Kassler Memorial Fund
□ Dr. Percy Lightman Award Fund
□ PTA and General Scholarship Fund
□ Julian Pactovis Memorial Fund
□ Robert Provizer Scholarship Fund
□ Ruth Rosenberg Scholarship Fund
□ General Prozdor Scholarship Fund
Scholarship – Summer Camp and Israel
These funds assist children of Temple Emanuel members attending Jewish summer camps or various programs in Israel
□ Samuel Diengott Scholarship Fund
Scholarship for Jewish summer camp
□ Rochelle Lifson Scholarship Fund
Scholarship for Jewish summer camp
□ David Shapiro Israel Scholarship Fund
Provides grant for student Israel travel programs
□ Israel and Camp Scholarship Fund
Scholarship for summer studies and camp
Scholarship – Lifelong Learning
These funds provide scholarships for Temple Emanuel members attending higher education and Jewish study immersion programs
□ Merle Orren Scholars Transformation (MOST) Program
Assists Temple Emanuel adult members attend a
Jewish study immersion program
□ Philip Shapero Scholarship Fund
Assists Temple Emanuel members who attend the
Jewish Theological Seminary and List College
Special Needs
Assists families within the congregation with special needs
□ Dorothy Gordon Memorial Fund
Funds psychotherapy services
□ Sylvia and Mort Grossman Person to Person Fund
Supports the caring community of Temple Emanuel
□ Rosenblatt Stars of David Fund
Provides Jewish adults with developmental and
other disabilities opportunities to participate in
the social and religious life of the synagogue
Youth and Sports Funds
Supports athletic activities and leadership development among our youth
□ Keith C. Field Athletic Fund
Athletic based interests – currently supports the
USY basketball team
□ Roslyn and Martin Gold Youth Leadership Fund
Scholarship and new program seed money,
encouraging young individuals to seek ways to
distinguish themselves and further their Jewish skills,
knowledge or leadership
□ Youth Department Gift Fund
Provides general support for the Youth Department
General Funds
These are unrestricted funds for general programming subject to approval by the committee and executive leadership of the synagogue
□ Fay and Raymond Miller Memorial Fund
□ David Sherter Memorial Fund
□ Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
□ Ritual Director’s Fund
□ Cantor’s Music Fund
□ Temple Emanuel General Fund
