Giving Opportunities
Kol Nidre Annual Partnership Appeal
The Kol Nidre Annual Partnership Appeal is a critical part of funding for BJ and provides more than 30% of our annual operating budget. This year, to sustain all that we do and to support exciting new programs-from prayer services, festivals and celebrations enhanced by food, music and teaching, to our expanding Teen Program, and social justice initiatives and service work- we need to raise $1.9 million. Please make BJ a philanthropic priority and contribute to this year's appeal.
Adult Education
Contributions help support our limud (education) activities.
Arthur P. Morgan Fund
The Arthur P. Morgan Fund was generously started to help support students and their families with special learning needs as they prepare for their bar or bat mitzvah. This Fund provides scholarships to students as they work individually with a tutor to prepare to become bar or bat mitzvah at B'nai Jeshurun. BJ works with a cadre of tutors who are qualified to teach children with special needs, or families may choose to find their own tutor, such as a beloved school teacher who might be Jewish, in communication with BJ. For more information about special needs and learning disabilities, please contact Ivy Schreiber, Interim Director of Education (Youth and Family) and Director of the Religious School at ischreiber@bj.org or x225
Beba Bronstein Jewish Camp Scholarship Fund
Contributions give a child the opportunity to attend camp.
Bikkur Holim
Contributions help our volunteers provide comfort to those who are ill.
Children's Services
Contributions help provide support for our weekly Shabbat morning Children's Services.
Elliot Levinson Memorial Fund
Contributions support programming for our senior members.
Etz Hayim Fund
Contributions support the upkeep and replacement our Torah commentary books, Etz Hayim. A donation of $72 or more includes a dedicated bookplate to place in the book.
Floral Fund
Contributions help provide flowers to help enhance the beauty and atmosphere of our sanctuary spaces, including High Holy Day services.
General Fund
Contributions offset ongoing operational costs and help support vital activities such as services, adult and youth education, and special events programming.
Godnick and Gross Scholarship Fund
Contributions provide scholarships to the BJ Hebrew School.
Greening BJ
Contributions are needed to enable BJ to adopt the increased costs of adopting environmentally sustainable practices in our synagogue, helping to reduce our community's carbon footprint.
Hebrew School
Contributions help provide a vibrant and compelling Jewish educational experience and enable our classrooms and initiatives to grow.
Helen Radin Memorial Zayin Adar Teaching
Contributions support the annual Zayin Adar Teaching. Helen Radin, beloved BJ member and former BJ staff member, provided a loving and supportive foundation for so many in our community in her role as Director of the Rabbinic Office, staff member of Hevra Kaddisha for over 11 years, and as a committed volunteer. Helen died unexpectedly on December 13, 2007. Her foundation will be everlasting. To honor Helen and the incredible mitzvot she performed throughout her life we have named the Zayin Adar Annual Teaching in her memory.
Hevra Kadisha
Contributions help provide comfort to those who are in mourning.
Holiday Programming
Contributions are needed to help support the cost of special programming for our holiday celebrations and commemorations throughout the year.
Homeless Shelter Fund
Contributions support the BJ/SPSA Homeless Shelter and make it possible to continue to provide hot meals, overnight accommodations and a light breakfast five days a week.
Israel Trip Scholarships
Travel to Israel is irreplaceable in affirming the central Jewish value of love of Eretz Yisrael. Based on our belief that we must continue to challenge ourselves and find relevant paths to modern Jewish practice, we charge every BJ member to visit Israel. Contributions assist those in need who could not otherwise afford to travel with us to Israel.
Judith Bernstein Lunch Program Fund
Contributions provide lunch to those in need. Every Thursday, our dedicated volunteers serve a hot meal and distribute brown bag lunches, helping hundreds of hungry adults and children each month.
Kiddush Fund
Contributions are needed to help cover the costs of holding our community kiddushim on the weeks when we don't have sponsorship.
Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer Memorial Fund
Established in memory of Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer, z"l spiritual leader of BJ from 1985 to 1993. Contributions support projects outside the BJ community that honor his lifelong pursuit of tikkun olam.
Miriam L. Siroky Fund for Family Education
Contributions support projects such as the Reimagine education initiative, the BJ Family Siddur and the CD, HaLaila Hazeh: The Music of Pesah at BJ.
Operating Endowment Fund
Contributions ensure BJ's future vitality.
Rabbis' and Hazzan's Discretionary Funds
Contributions allow the rabbis and hazzan to make donations as they see fit. Please call their assistants directly to make a contribution (212) 787-7600.
Renee Kaufman Memorial Fund
Contributions support an annual program of particular interest to the Jewish family.
Richard M. Kaplan Memorial Fund
Contributions support projects like the BJ CD, aimed at sharing BJ's music with the wider Jewish community.
Sarah Segal Memorial Fund
Contributions provide a yearly scholarship to a BJ Hebrew School family who could not otherwise give their child a Jewish education.
Shabbat Oneg
Contributions support the BJ Oneg program, helping to enrich individual Shabbat experiences and create transformative moments and greater meaning for the entire community.
Shabbat B'Yahad
Contributions support our Shabbat B'Yahad program.
Shira Palmer-Sherman Memorial Fund
Contributions bring prominent scholars to BJ to speak about egalitarianism and pluralism in the Jewish world.
Social Action Fund
Contributions support programs reflecting BJ's commitment to social change.
Teen Programming and Scholarships
Contributions support our growing teen program which is designed to empower teens through education, advocacy, direct service and immersion experiences, giving them the necessary tools to engage in the larger world. Contributions also assist those in need who could not otherwise afford to participate in programming and teen trips.
Yizkor Fund
It is a Jewish custom to make a donation on the anniversary of the death of our loved ones. Contributions support the Synagogue's general operating fund.