Support Today – Secure Tomorrow: Join Us!

Throughout the history of the Jewish people, the religious mandate to repair the world has been a unique characteristic of our culture. Our children are taught to embrace the concept of tzedakah through the examples of their parents and grandparents volunteering, giving and caring for those unable to care for themselves.

LIFE & LEGACY® is for everyone. We all have the ability to leave a legacy, regardless of age, wealth, or affiliation. Your legacy gift may be customized and structured to fit your lifestyle, family, and financial interests.

Leaving a legacy is simple! Some options include:

  • Bequest in a will
  • Gift of life insurance (or a portion thereof)
  • Gift of IRA, 401(k), or pension funds (or a portion thereof)
  • Gift of cash or assets
  • Charitable Gift Annuity
  • Charitable Remainder Trust
  • Real Estate

This might seem overwhelming, but we’re here to help. LIFE & LEGACY® professionals can work with you and your professional advisor to identify the best option for you.

What are my next steps?

  1. Reflect on your Jewish passions.
  2. Contact Jewish Federation or one of our partner organizations.
  3. Have a follow-up conversation with a Legacy team member.
  4. Sign a Letter of Intent.
  5. If necessary, formalize your commitment by consulting with a financial or legal adviser and then fill in a Legacy Gift Confirmation form

 For more information about LIFE & LEGACY®, contact:

Deborah Chapman Goldstein, J.D., CAP®

(518) 783-7800 ext. 230

dgoldstein@jewishfedny.org

 

 

 

 

   

Thank you to all the people listed below who have signed Letters of Intent to provide legacy gifts to support our Jewish community through the LIFE & LEGACY® program! 

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Laurie Rubin Abelson

Mitch Abolafia

Edie Abrams

Saul M. Abrams

Judy Adams

Cheryl Agris

Lisa Aiello

Marian Alexander

Richard B. Ancowitz

Jayne E. Architzel

Milton H. Architzel

Ellen M. Tolkoff Auerbach

Michael G. Auerbach

Herbert G. August

Judith Avner

Barry S. Bader

Shelley Auster Bader

Rosalie Banner

Shawn Banner

William & Mary Barnet Family Foundation

Arnie & Dawn Barsky

David Bates

Wendy Kay Bates

Erin Tobin & Roger Bearden

Judy Beck

Edward Bein

Allyson Beletti

Debra Belkin

M. Randolph Belkin

Nancy D. Bell

Dr. Eric Bello & Ferne L. Dutkin

Joan K. Bent

Peter R. Bent

John Berhaupt & Suzanne Gold

Joseph Berlant

Dawn Bevilacqua

Deborah Birnbaum

Dr. Eliot Birnbaum

Reneé Birnbaum

Johnny Black & Shelly Goldman Black

Mindy A. Bockstein

Rabbi Moshe E. Bomzer

Moshe H. Bonder

Leslie F. Boyer

Andrew Brachfeld

Ruth & Rob Brass

Nanette & Arthur Brenner

Lee Brice

Dorice Brickman  (obm)

Ellen B. Brickman

Barbara B. Brodsky

Karl A. Brodsky

David J. Brown

Rabbi Donald P. Cashman

Theresa Cassiack

Philip & Linda Chandler

Elliot Chester

Rina Chester

David P. Cohen

Jeffrey & Debbie Cohen

Ellen Cohen

Bruce Cohen

Stacy J. Cohen

Rachel Cohon

The Selig Corman Estate

Sandi & Tom Costello

Rabbi Matt & Sharon Cutler

Brian Cuttler

Helena & Neil Davidoff

Joy Davidoff & James Finale

Barry Z. Davis

Anne S. Deiber

Antoinette & Jason Deitcher

Elizabeth Desbiens

David deVries

Eleanor deVries

Alfred Dickinson

Dr. Sherry C. Dickinson

Richard Dolins

Virginia C. Dolins (obm)

Ken Dymond

Stephen Eckert

Barbara & Larry Eckhaus

Bonnie Edelstein (obm)

Rebecca & Adam Edwards

Steven M. Egna

Laura J. Ehrich

Marc & Judy Ehrlich

Maya Elson

Steven Elson

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Epstein

Janice Erdman

Jonathan Falk (obm)

Stacey Farber

Lawrence Fein

Ronda Fein

Barry Feinman

Leslie Feinman

Rabbi Roy Feldman

Jody & Reed Ference

Sanford Fialkoff in memory of his wife Suzanne

Allan & Rochelle Filler

Bruce & Lisa Finkle

Steven & Lucia Fischer

Victor & Michele Fisher Gomez

Daniel (obm) & Judi Flax

Lawrence H. Flesh

Sharon Flom

Gregg Fox

Jennifer Fox

Ilene Frank

Cynthia Jean Freedman

Joel & Becky Fried

Debra Fruchtman

Stephen Levy & Marci Galinkin

Marjorie Gang

Dorothy B. Ganz

Robert E. Ganz

Marvin Garfinkel (obm)

Yvette & Alan Gebell

Douglas Gerhardt

Joan Gerhardt

Karen R. Gerhardt

Ken Getnick

Molly Getnick

Rhoda Gilbert

Bill Gilbert

Mara Ginsberg-Pohl & Jeffrey Pohl

Carolyn & Bruce Ginsburg

Cheryl Ginsburg

David Jay Ginsburg

Gary Ginsburg

Jane Berger Ginsburg

Lev Ginsburg

Linda R.S Ginsburg

Jane Salitan Ginsburgh

William Ginsburgh

Sharon Giordano

David Gittelman

Karen & Mark Glaser

Francine & Robert Godgart

Jack & Vicki Gold

Craig & Joanna Goldberg

Catherine J. Golden

 

Rose Golden

Daniel Golderman

Kathy Kahn Golderman

Bill Golderman

Judy & Martin Goldman

David & Andrea Golub

Mona J. Golub

Neil Golub

Steve & Denise Gonick

Leonard Goodkin

Arthur Malkin & Jill Goodman

Ben Gordon

Rabbi Debora S. Gordon & Judy Weinman

Dina Gottesman

Hannah Elaine Gould

Dr. Nathan Graber

Robert E. Green

David Greenbaum & Jamie Kantrowitz

Walter & Roberta Greenberg

Amanda Gurock

Joshua Gurock

Brian R. Haak

Bea Hahn

Gerald Hahn

Alex Hallenstein

Aviva Hallenstein

Betty Hallenstein

Barrie S. Handelman

Eileen B. Handelman

Jeffrey S. Handelman

Mark Handelman

Marcus Harrington

Elisa Harrington-Verb

Margaret S. Harvey

Selma Rhoda Harwood

Brian & Cheryl Hatkoff

Joan Heffler

James A. Hendler & Terry Horowit

Jane Henry

Beth Hershenhart & Amanda Hiller

Steven & Lynda Heyman

Cheryl Hoffmann

Steven Hoffmann

Jesse Holland

Mindy Holland

Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Holt

Esther Ita Holt

Georgia K. Horner

Jay Horner

Elaine Hughes

Steve Huz

Lauren F. Iselin

Chana Israel

Mark Israel

Mark A. Israel

Monna Israel

Nina Israel

Robert Israel

Susan J. Israel

Ed Jacobs

Laura S. Jacobs

Corey Jamison-Briccetti

Steven & Susan Jarrett

Jack (obm) & Melinda Schoen

Alison Kurzon Johnson

George Jolly

Gary Judd

Rosalind Judd

Marty Kaback & Jean Guta Kaback

William M. Kahn

Ellen Kaplowitz

Jack Kaplowitz

Rabbi Robert & Sharon (obm) Kasman

David Kassover

Saul & Ellen Kattleman

Andrew Katz

Andrew Martin Katz

Jo M. Katz

Gerald & Ellen Katzman

Carrie Winograd Kaufman

Joe Kay

Kay E. Keller

Gail Kendall

Kerryn & Michael Kent

Bahram Keramati

Rabbi Rena Kieval

Dr. Shalom Kieval

Susan Kipp

Jocelyn & Robert Kivort

Karen Klevanosky

Mark & Marta Koblenz

Maxine & N. Herschel (obm) Koblenz

Peter & Susan Kopcha

Kat Koppett

Ilana Kovach

Rob Kovach

Ruvain & Shayna Kudan

Drew Kugler

Stephanie Rockwood Kugler

Richard Kweller

Eric M. Larner

Maxine Lindig Lautenberg

Mark Aaron Leifer

Simona Leifer

Pamela F. Lerman

Carolyn Robbins Levine

David Levine DDS

Mark & Jane Levine

Ruth Andréa Levinson

Karen Levy

Katherine Levy

Leo S. & Martha D. Levy

Cole G. Libby

David S. Liebschutz

James & Susan Litynski

Karen & Alan Lobel

Ira & Sheila Lobel

Nina Loewenstein

Asher Arthur Lowenthal (obm)

Therese A. Lowenthal (obm)

Michael Lozman DDS

Sharon Lozman

Dr. Jeffry Luria

Patricia Luria

Eileen & Gregory Lurie

Michael & Melissa Lurie

Marc W. Lustick

Rabbi Beverly W. & Richard I. Magidson

Kenneth Malsan

Dana & Linda Mandel

Matthew J. Mann

Jessica Myers Many

David Marinstein

Edward R. Marinstein

Robyn Marinstein

Michael Steven Marx

Mary Matthews

Chana McIntyre

Paula Metzner

Barbara Moore (obm)

Emily & C. Jerome Mopsik

Dr. Lewis & Phyllis Morrison

Allen L. Mossman (obm)

Rabbi Linda Motzkin

Thomas Murphy

 

Wendy & Jim Wheeler

Lisa J Norelli, MD

Harris & Sandy Oberlander

Sari & Kevin O'Connor

Carole B. Okun

Rabbi Dan Ornstein

Michelle Ostrelich & Howard Schlossberg

Rabbi Eleanor & William Pearlman

Dr. William & Rabbi Eleanor Pearlman

Richard Pine

Neil Piper

Shari Piper

Julie Pollack

Libby Post

Lillian Pozefsky (obm)

Dr. & Mrs. Darin Price

Kenneth & Lisa Priddle

The Christopher Ramsey Estate

Suzanna Randall

Daniel Reznik

Steven A. Rich

Alan B. Richer

Jessica L. Richer

Elizabeth R. O'Neil

Anna & Jonathan Rosen

Donna A. Rosen

Karen J. Rosen

Lee J. Rosen

Dr. Brenda Rosenbaum

Susan D. Rosenberg, MD

Amarit Rosenblum

Jack Rosenblum

Joan Rosenblum

Sanford Rosenblum

Seth D. Rosenblum

BJ & Peter Rosenfeld

Gayle & Roy Rotheim

Larry & Risé Routenberg

Art & Peg Ruben

Rabbi Jonathan Rubenstein

Sonia H. Rubenstein (obm)

Abraham Rubin

Jonathan, Jessica & Seth Rubin

Yosef Rubin

Alvin O. Sabo (obm)

Joshua Sabo

Ruth Sabo

Andrew & Julie Safranko

Ellie Safranko

Andrew J. Salem

Cheryl A. Salem

Randie & Del Salmon

Amy Salzman

Clara & Larry Sanders

Michelle & Daniel

Michelle & Daniel Sanders

Lauren & Richard Savage

Lori & Josh Saxe

Howard Schaffer

Wendy & Howard Schaffer

Sandor Schuman

Carol Schupp Star

Arthur Schwartz (obm)

Benjamin Schwartz

Frances Schwartz

Dr. Herbert Schwartz

Tatyana Schwartz

Hilton & Laura Segal

Audrey N. Seidman

Caroline G. Seligman

Nelson & Kathryn Sheingold

Ephraim Sherman

Rabbi Scott Shpeen

Steven & Lynda Shrager

Barry & Leah Siegel

Laurie Siegel & Gary Siepser

David E. Siegfeld

Ronnie Silver

Jerry Silverman

Robyn Silverman

Randy Simon

Zalman Simon

Israel Singer

Margo Berch Singer

Esta & Henry Skoburn

Doug Smith

Robin Sobol

Deborah & Richard Sokoler

Neal Solomon

Robin Solomon

Nina T. Stark

Shelley R. Stein

Roberta & Don Steiner

Paul & Janet Stoler

Melissa Strauss

Margo & Jim Strosberg

Marcy Stryker

Lisa G. Stulmaker

Michael Stulmaker

Steven Stulmaker

Jory Sussman

Amy Svirsky Abolafia

Andrew & Beth Swartz

Nina & Adrian Swierczewski

Jerry & Ilene Sykes

Sam & Este Sylvetsky

Shawn & Jennifer Tabankin

Mary E. Taber

Monica E. Tan

Naomi Tannen

Mark & Melinda Teter

Amy Thomas

Deborah Lee Trupin

Terry Tyson & Daniel Tyson

Herm Ungerman

Dr. Deborah Vasquez

Taylor & Craig Alfred

Peter & Miriam Vollweiler

Barbara Wachs

Bess Wadler

Jeff Wadler

Jeff & Barbara Walton

Fred B. Wander

Toby T. Wander

Barry Wang

Phyllis Wang

Stacie & William Waters

David Watsky

Rebecca Rovner

Deborah Wein

Ernie Wein

Bertold E. Weinberg

Daniel Weinberg

David Weinstein

Gary & Lynn Weiskopf

Richard H. Weiskopf

Gary Weitzman

Sandra J. Welter

Michael & Sharon Willen

Ellen Lynette Williams

Risa B. Winograd

Tamara & Stephen Wrzesinski

Josh & Deborah Zamer

Margery Diamond Zucker

Gordon N. Zuckerman & Linda S. Zuckerman (obm)

Jack Zuckerman (obm)

Lori Zwicker

 

All names as of 1/10/24

Jewish Federation donors