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Carry Cohn Jewish Education Fund
This fund was established as a tribute to Carry Cohn whose commitment to Jewish Education and Values has been a driving force and inspiration in the Sacramento community for generations. It is meant to honor Carry in a way that expresses our appreciation and shared commitment to ensuring those values by promoting opportunities in service of those same ideals.
This fund has been designed to encourage and assist young adults in the greater Sacramento region (including the Tahoe/Truckee area, Chico and other regions where JCFW has donors or in which it operates) who are interested in deepening their commitment to a better Jewish future by advancing their Jewish education. Grants from this fund are intended to support young adults demonstrating financial need in pursuing a broad range of such eligible educational programs.
We are so excited to announce our first award was given to Leah Winter of Congregation Beth Shalom to help her with tuition at URJ Heller High School in Israel.
Your support for the Carry Cohn Jewish Education Fund will go a long way of helping students Today, Tomorrow and forever. Please click here to make a donation.
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Blanche and Norman Ginsburg Camp Scholarship Endowment Fund
The Blanche and Norman Ginsburg Camp Scholarship Fund was established by Judy and Dr. Barry Weiner in memory of Judy’s parents, who were avid supporters of Jewish camps, Jewish education, and synagogue and community-wide endeavors. As a child in the 1930s, Blanche attended Camp Chi in Wisconsin, a program of the Chicago Hebrew Institute. Her camp experiences created friendships and memories that lasted a lifetime. Blanche and Norman met in Chicago and later settled in Los Angeles. They were married for 64 years and had 4 children, 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
This fund will provide need-based scholarships to families who would like their children to attend Jewish overnight camps, but who find the cost associated too much to bear. Helping children to attend overnight camp is an honor to the memory of Blanche and Norman, and an opportunity for the entire community to make an impact in a child's life. Please click here to make a donation to the Camp Scholarship Endowment fund
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Pioneer Cemetery Fund
The Jewish Community Foundation of the West is proud to partner with the Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks in the West to preserve the historic Jewish Cemeteries of northern California. Their mission of restoration and education is supported by the investment strategies and tools of JCFW and by generous donors like you. Currently the Commission is seeking funds to repair the wall of the Sonora Hebrew Cemetery in Sonora. The project will require rebuilding a portion of the wall that is failing. $35,000 is needed for this repair project. Your donation would be greatly appreciated.
For more information about the Commission, please download their brochure, or email [email protected].
To donate the the Pioneer Jewish Cemetery Commission, please click here. Remember to indicate the name of the fund on the credit card form. For more information about donating by check, please click here.
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Teen Trips to Israel
One of the most important Jewish experiences a teen can have is to visit Israel with a group of peers. After seeing the impact that such a trip had on their own children, Sharon and Larry Saltzman wanted to make sure that every teen had the chance to go. By working with the Jewish Community Foundation of the West, they established the Teen Trips to Israel Fund. Every year, this fund contributes money to the Jewish Federation of the Sacramento Region to distribute as scholarship money for trips to Israel.
This important cause allows teens an opportunity they otherwise might not have had. As the cost of these trips rise and resources have become more scarce, Sharon and Larry feel it is important to grow this fund so future generations can connect with Israel, the Jewish people, and their own sense of Jewish identity.
A trip to Israel changes people lives. Click here to view a video from a teen trip to Israel from 1998. To some it might seem a long time ago and to others that trip made such an impact, their family created a fund to support teens who want to make a visit.
Please click here to make a donation, and remember to name Teen Trips to Israel as the fund to which you would like your donation attributed.
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Cissie Goldstein Leisure League
The Jewish Community Foundation of the West is pleased to be the trusted foundation to honor the memory of Cissie Goldstein. Sandi and Terri Goldstein established this fund to ensure the longevity of the Leisure League, a program of the Jewish Federation of the Sacramento Region which was established by Cissie and Judge Leonard Freeman (z’l) in 1998. The program allows seniors to meet across synagogue boundaries for programming and shared interests.