Creating a Jewish Legacy

Financial Assurance for the Future

Mazel tov to our Planned Giving Committee and todah rabah to those who have stepped forward to help ensure that our congregation will be here to meet the social, spiritual and educational needs of our congregational families for many generations to come.   If you would like to invest in the future of Beth Shalom with a bequest or other planned gift, Planned Giving Committee Chair.

Some History

1878… An Auspicious Year

1878 – First telephone is installed in the White House; Tzaichovsky’s 4th Symphony in F premieres; Edison Electric Light Company makes electricity available for household use; US mint introduces the silver dollar. Russian and Polish immigrants establish Congregation Keneseth Israel, the ancestor of our own Beth Shalom.

Communications, music, technology and US currency have evolved tremendously over nearly a century and half, and so has our own Beth Shalom. Who can even imagine what our synagogue will look like 150 years from now?

While we may not be able to predict the future, we can help secure it financially with a planned gift to our synagogue.  Since 2007, Beth Shalom has partnered with the Jewish Community Foundation and its Bushman Community Endowment program to secure nearly 60 commitments for future gifts that are estimated to be worth more than $3 million in permanent resources for our synagogue.

Phyllis and Erwin Abrams Renana and Michael J. Abrams Danielle and Jeremy Antes Diane and Steve Azorsky Dierdre and Ronald P. Baker Dorothy Freiden Baraban Bernice and Saul Baum* Irene Bettinger Mari Anne Birnbaum Cindy and Fred S. Bodker Harvey S. Bodker* Linda and Rabbi Alan Cohen Denise and Ronald Coppaken Rita M. Cortés Debby* and Gary Cortés Diane and Arthur Federman Robert Feldman Selma Dreiseszun* Paul Flam* Rhonda and Jeff Fromm Phillip Gershon Annie and Rabbi David Glickman Susan and Ronald* Goldsmith Edward Goldstein Carol and Marvin Goldstein  Adelle* and Marvin* F. Goldstein Shirley R. Gottstein* Evie & Bob Grant Berenice Haberman Rickie and Edward* Haith

Natalie and Hanan Hammer Alana R. Muller and Marc B. Hammer Elizabeth and Leonard S. Hershman B.D. Winyard and Norman Kahn, Jr. Barry F. Kaseff Miriam and Eric Kaseff Harold Kaseff  Marlene and Stanley* Katz Stephanie and Kurt Kavanaugh Andrea and Jason Krakow Miriam Krantz* Rachel B. Krantz Linda and Larry Lessner Paulla Levitch Sheila* and Lawrence* Pakula Jennifer and Steven F. Paul Susan and Ernie Rosenthal Sally and Miles Ross Rhea Salasche Marge and William Schlosberg Vivien and Daniel L. Schlozman Aletha Simon Connie and Richard Simon Lisa and David Skolnick Beth K. Smith* Sosland Foundation Esther and Stewart M. Stein Sue and Joel* Vile Susan Zale Julie and Joseph Zwillenberg

*of blessed memory