Special Funds at Temple Israel

Thank you to the hundreds of families who have supported Temple Israel by creating special funds.
These gifts honor friends and family, commemorate significant events, memorialize loved ones, and provide essential support to the congregation. Through a gift of $10,000 or more, a named fund may be established at Temple. To learn more, contact Rachel Schachter in the Advancement Office at
rschachter@templeisrael.com.


CORE TEMPLE FUNDS

Annual Fund for Temple Israel
Support of Temple where needed most.

Temple Israel Endowment Fund
Endowed support of Temple Israel where needed most.

Education Endowment Fund
Endowed support of Jewish education at Temple Israel.

The Temple Music Fund
Endowed support for sacred music.

Scholarship Endowment Fund
Endowed support for scholarships, based on need.

Scholastic Aid Endowment Fund
Endowed support of Religious and Hebrew School scholarships.

Inclusion Endowment Fund
Endowed support of accessibility throughout Temple programs and services.

Memorial Park Endowment Fund
Endowed support to enhance and maintain Temple Israel Memorial Park.

Building Endowment Fund
Endowed support to enhance and maintain Temple’s physical spaces.

Yahrzeit Fund
Contributions honor the memory of loved ones.

Camp TEKO Endowment Fund
Endowed support of Camp TEKO where needed most.

CLERGY DISCRETIONARY FUNDS

Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman Discretionary Fund

Rabbi Jennifer S. G. Hartman Discretionary Fund

Rabbi Jason Rodich Discretionary Fund

Cantor Inbal Sharett-Singer Discretionary Fund

CLERGY ENDOWED CHAIRS

Alvin & June Perlman Senior Rabbinic Chair
Supports the Senior Rabbi position.

Marjorie & Irving Weiser Cantorial Chair
Supports the Senior Cantor position.

Rabbi Sim Glaser Associate Rabbinic Chair
Supports the Associate Rabbi position.

CAMP TEKO

Camp TEKO Endowment Fund
Support of Camp TEKO where needed most.

Camp TEKO Preservation Endowment Fund
Funds needed repairs, maintenance, and improvements.

Broms Family Camp TEKO Endowment Fund
Supports ongoing needs of Camp TEKO where needed most.

Confirmation Class of 1977 Camp TEKO Endowment Fund
Support of Camp TEKO where needed most.

Jon S. Harris Camp TEKO Waterfront Fund
Support of Camp TEKO’s waterfront.

Martin & Barbara Finch Family Endowment Fund
Support of Camp TEKO where needed most.

Krank Family Fund
Enhances the physical property at Camp TEKO.

Mayeron Family Endowment Fund
For the preservation of Camp TEKO.

Stephan Larsen Wolf Memorial Fund
Support of Camp TEKO where needed most.

Tankenoff Family Endowment Fund
Support of Camp TEKO where needed most.

CARING COMMUNITY

Beineinu Fund
Support of congregants at times of celebration and times of difficulty: comforting the bereaved, visiting the sick staying connected with college students, delivering baby baskets, and more.

Kellar Kennen Fund for Young Family Education
Endowed support for programming for young families.

Marjorie Mandel New Horizons Endowment Fund
Programming, camaraderie, and community for seniors.

Jami Alanna Marks Tikkun Olam Fund
Healing, mental health, and caring community initiatives.

Wolfenson Acts of Loving Kindness Endowment Fund
Initiatives that directly improve and enrich the lives of congregants.

HEALING

Francine & Neil Feinberg Family Endowment Fund
Healing services, programs, events, and printed materials.

Cindy Ginsberg Family Assistance Endowment Fund
Assistance for those experiencing financial hardship due to serious illness.

RoseLee & Sidney Haskovitz Endowment Fund
Healing services, programs, events, and printed materials.

David Adam Kronick ALS Health and Healing Fund
Support for congregants who are ill, and for their families.

Michael Kuller
Jerry Brill Fund to Assist Congregants in Need – Assistance for congregants in hospice care, and their families.

Judy Salloway Ladin Memorial Financial Assistance Endowment Fund
Assistance for congregants needing help with rent and utilities, at the discretion of the clergy.

Susie Simon Endowment Fund
Healing services, programs, events, and printed materials.

INCLUSION/SPECIAL NEEDS

Inclusion Endowment Fund
Accessibility initiatives throughout Temple programs and services.

Berezovsky Family Endowment Fund
Assistive equipment, advocates, education, and other support for individuals with special needs.

Binder Family Camp TEKO Endowment Fund
Special needs support at Camp TEKO, including assistive equipment, advocates, scholarships, supplies, and more.

Debra Kieffer Eisenberg Endowment Fund for Children with Special Needs
Resources for children with special learning needs at Temple Israel and Camp TEKO.

Robert & Joan Jaffee Fund for the Hearing and Vision Impaired Endowment Fund
Visual and hearing assistive devices and ASL interpreters for worship services and Temple programs.

Sidney & Sharlene Ladin Endowment Fund
Sign language interpreters and hearing devices for worship services and Temple programs.

Mary & Jeffrey Werbalowsky Endowment Fund
Advocates for children with special needs in religious school.

INTERFAITH

Judith & Louis Cosentino Family Fund
Innovative programs and services that reach interfaith families.

Mischa and Doris Dworsky Outreach Endowment Fund
Programs and services that reach out to interfaith families.

Knelman Family Endowment Fund
Interfaith programming, including the interfaith seder and the interfaith forum.

Harold Laskin Family Endowment Fund
Interfaith programming at Temple Israel and in the community.

Segal Family Fund
Supports interfaith initiatives and aid to disadvantaged community members at the Senior Rabbi’s discretion.

ISRAEL

Irving Greenberg Memorial Endowment Fund for ARZA
Support of ARZA, the Association of Reform Zionists of America.

LEARNING

Education Endowment Fund
Endowed support of Jewish education at Temple Israel.

Adult Jewish Learning Endowment Fund
Enhances and expands lifelong Jewish learning at Temple Israel.

Susan & Michael Shields Family Fund for Antisemitism Education
To enrich programming and outreach efforts around antisemitism, hate, and intolerance.

Nancy S. Brown Fund for Adult Learning Endowment Fund
Compensation for educators; speakers, scholarships, and books.

ECC Bridge Fund
Supports Temple’s Early Childhood Center.

ECC Parent Advisory Committee Discretionary Fund
Early Childhood Center programs, teachers, social activities, scholarships, immediate and long-term needs.

Louis & Adelle Gainsley Religious Education & Camp TEKO Endowment Fund
Camp TEKO improvements, and support of Temple Israel Religious School education.

Gibson Family Reform Education Endowment Fund
Grants for the children of Temple members in postgraduate Reform Jewish education programs, as well as scholarships for campers attending OSRUI.

Micki Herman Kay & Neil E. Kay Family Education Endowment Fund
Support of Jewish education at Temple Israel.

Irving & Regina Lee Holocaust Remembrance Program Fund
Support of the Annual Holocaust Remembrance Program.

Jay & Rose Phillips Family Scholar-in-Residence Endowment Fund
Scholar-in-Residence lectureships.

Jeanne & Steve Prawer Endowment Fund
Education support from early childhood through 12th grade. This may include program support, curriculum, equipment, supplies, scholarships, and professional development for educators.

Rabbi Max A. Shapiro Rabbinic Lectureship Endowment Fund
Guest speakers for special lectureships at Temple Israel, at the discretion of the Senior Rabbi.

Weiser Family Endowment Fund
Diversity education and sensitivity programs.

Youth Programs Endowment Fund
Support of social and cultural education, programs, and activities for youth.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Edwin F. Harris Leadership Endowment Fund
In memory of a past president of Temple Israel, Edwin F. Harris, this fund helps defray expenses for Temple presidents and other Board members to attend and represent Temple Israel in an official capacity at conferences, programs, and events.

Ostrov Endowment Fund
Leadership development within Temple Israel.

LIBRARY

Jack M. Beugen Book Endowment
Temple Israel’s library collection.

Geltman Contemporary Book Endowment
Contemporary books for Temple Israel’s library collection.

Georgia & Ivan Kalman Endowment Fund
Temple Israel's library collection.

Isaac Kaufmann Memorial Endowment Fund
Scholarly books for the Temple Israel library.

Salsberg Library Endowment
Temple Israel’s library collection.

Shirley Schleiff Greenberg Library Endowment
Children’s books for Temple Israel’s library collection.

TEMPLE ISRAEL MEMORIAL PARK

Memorial Park Endowment Fund
Maintains and enhances Memorial Park.

Mackoff Memorial Endowment Fund
Supports landscaping at Memorial Park.

Milton L. Borgen and Dr. F.N. Freund Borgen Memorial Park Endowment Fund
Supports the restoration, maintenance, and improvement of Memorial Park.

MUSIC & THE ARTS

The Temple Music Fund
Endowed support for sacred music.

Cantor Barry Abelson Shabbat Music Endowment Fund
Endowed support for Shabbat service music.

Cantor Barry Abelson Sacred Music Fund
Supports Temple’s sacred music program.

Murray & May Abelson Music Endowment Fund
Music to enhance worship services, honoring Cantor Barry Abelson’s parents.

Kay & Bruce Goldstein Israel Historical Fund
Supports the maintenance of the Goldstein art collection.

Ann Klein Music Endowment Fund
Music to enhance worship services.

Dr. Eddie & Shelley Segal Choir Endowment Fund
Musical programs, services, sheet music, and more.

Dr. Stephen G. Sinykin & Jackie Strom Sinykin Endowment Fund
Endowed Support of Temple’s sacred music.

SAFETY AND SECURITY

Dee Burton & Harlan Lehman Family Endowed Fund for Safety and Security
Endowed support for initiatives for the ongoing safety and security of Temple Israel and Camp TEKO.

SCHOLARSHIPS – CAMP TEKO

Arnold Family Fund Brian Bart
Jerry Goodman Fund Hillard & David Brown Fund Mimi & Sherry Gleekel Fund