| Temple and Endowment Fund Donations
It is a common Jewish tradition to make a charitable donation both in times of joy and in times of sorrow. Temple Emanu-El has a number of funds - both that support our Temple and build assets for our future needs through our Endowment Fund. All gifts will be recognized in our monthly Temple Bulletin, unless requested otherwise.
For a contribution form you can print and mail in with your donation, click here .
Suggested minimum contributions are $10.
Temple Funds
Music
Junior Choir Fund
Friends of Music Fund
Music Fund
Birmingham Jewish Folk Chorale Fund
Educational Programs
Temple Youth Group Fund
Religious School Fund
PEACE Birmingham Fund
Confirmation Retreat Fund
Leadership Development Class Fund
Child Care Fund
Lois M. Cohen Youth Scholarship Fund
Scholar-in-Residence Fund
Jewz-on-Scene Fund
Building
Repair and Renewal Fund
Building Upkeep and Repair Fund
Miscellaneous
Tapestry Fund
Prayer Book Fund
Library Fund
Art Fund
Sewing Guild Fund
Interfaith Ministries Fund
Temple Tots Scholarships Fund
Family Enrichment Fund
Community Mitzvah Project Fund
Social Action Fund
Torah Restoration Fund
Torah Study Fund
Learning Center Fund
Caring Committee Fund
Museum and Archives Fund
High Holiday Fund
Tree of Life Fund
Discretionary Funds
Rabbi Miller Discretionary Fund
Rabbi Hausman-Weiss Discretionary Fund
Cantor Roskin Discretionary Fund
For more information on Temple donations, please e-mail our Temple bookkeeper, Bonnie Talley.
Endowment Funds
Unrestricted Named Funds -- Unrestricted contributions offer the Endowment Fund the greatest flexibility to respond to our Temple’s changing needs. Donors make no restrictions on how these funds are to be used, leaving those decisions to the Endowment Fund Board of Directors.
Aarons Family Fund
Leon Aland Fund
Flossie & Ira Bayer Family Fund
Becker Family Fund
Blach Family Fund
Ida M. Cohen Memorial Fund
Frances & Conrad S. Cypress Family Fund Lee & Stanley Elsas Fund
Barbara & Larry Fine Fund
Dr. Harry Goldner Fund
Betty Allenberg Goldstein Fund
Sherron & Allan Goldstein Fund
Edward Goodman Memorial Fund
Mimi & Seaburt Goodman Family Fund
Belle & Ike Gotlieb Memorial Fund
Rosalie & Raymond Gotlieb Fund
Hirschowitz Family Fund
Miriam & Jack Kartus Fund
Roslyn T. Levene Fund
Faye & Robert Levin Family Fund
Ted Levite Memorial Fund
Betty & Robert Loeb Fund
Letty & Bob Marcus Fund
Gertrude & A.R. Mazer Fund
N.E. Miles Fund
Mayer Ullman Newfield Fund
Loris & David Rich Memorial Fund
Bunny & Joel Rotenstreich Family Fund
Rose & Nathan Rotenstreich Legacy Fund
Adam Roth Fund
Betty & Coleman Sachs Memorial Fund
Dena & Aaron Sachs Memorial Fund
Margaret G. & Maurice H. Salloway Legacy Fund
Perry Schwartz Memorial Fund
Ida W. Seigal Fund
Joseph H. Sirote Memorial Fund
Morris K. Sirote Fund
James Sokol Family Fund
Restricted Named Funds — Restricted Funds ensure that support will be provided to specific programs or needs named by donors. These designated projects are regularly reviewed to ensure that each continues to serve the functions originally considered worthy of support.
Cultural & Music Funds:
Mary K. Brodnax Music Fund
to provide assistance in funding any musically-related programming
Ruth & Marvin Engel Cantorial & High Holy Day Choir Fund
a donor-advised fund to support the Cantor and the High Holy Day choir
Joan & Milton Jacobson Fund
for the sponsorship of cultural activities
Cantor Brian Miller Cultural Arts Fund
to provide for cultural arts activities
Odess Family Fund
to provide speakers, programs or cultural events to benefit Temple Emanu-El and the community-at-large
Ruth & J.D. Rosenberger Fund
for Jewish liturgical music experience
Barrye & Jay Ziff Fund
to provide for cultural arts
Program Enhancing Funds:
Abroms Flower Fund
to provide fresh flowers for the sanctuary during the High Holy Days
Muncy Harris Abroms Adult Education Fund
to provide for adult educational programming
Ruth & Marvin Engel Archives Fund
to provide for the establishment and maintenance of Temple Archives
Edward & Hermione Friend Community Fund
to enable the Temple to focus on human needs within the larger Birmingham community and assist the Social Awareness Committee in its work
Richard Goldner Community Service Fund
to provide for Jewish families in need
Hannah & Hyman Goldstein Volunteer Fund
to provide funding for volunteer-related needs and activities
Honan Family Torah Study Fund
to help support Torah study at Temple Emanu-El
Ives Family Religious School Fund
to provide for religious school needs
Steiner Interfaith Fund
to provide for interfaith activities sponsored or presented by the Temple or in conjunction with other organizations
Educational / Scholarship Funds:
Barbara Abrams & Julian Aland Scholarship Fund
to provide for Jewish education in U.S. or Israel for those demonstrating financial need or those pursuing studies towards a Jewish professional career.
Figtree Scholarship Fund
for study in Israel upon completion of Confirmation and
for student field trips to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C.
Max Friedman B’nai Mitzvah Fund
to honor those children upon completion of their B’nai Mitzvah and encourage their participation in further Jewish youth experiences
Lewy Memorial Scholarship Fund
to provide for participation in deserving Temple youth activities
Diana & Sidney Patterson Fund
to provide assistance for a Temple youth to attend a Jewish camp, school or organizational meeting
Lester Seigel Scholarship Fund
to provide for a 6th Grade student to attend Camp Coleman or Camp Jacobs
I.E. Simon Memorial Scholarship Fund
to assist in participation in worthwhile Jewish experiences
Building Preservation Funds:
Abroms Hall Preservation Fund
to provide for upkeep of Abroms Hall
Hess Chapel Fund
to provide for upkeep of Hess Chapel
Gloria Goldstein Howton Building Fund
to provide for the upkeep, remodeling, renovations and other improvements to the Temple facilities and grounds
Jasper Temple Fund
resulting from the sale of the Jasper Temple property, these funds provide for the preservation of the Jasper Temple artifacts as needed and/or the general upkeep of the Birmingham Temple facilities.
Rabbi Morris Newfield Fund
resulting from income generated by Campaign Emanu-El (2000-05), these funds are to provide funding for Temple operations, programming and/or building upkeep – based on the discretion of the Temple Board of Directors
For more information, please email the Endowment Fund Office at Endowment@ourtemple.org or call Jann Blitz at 933-8037, ext. 234
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