The Book of Life recognizes the foresight and generosity of the

members of the Living Legacy Society, individuals

who have established a permanent fund within the

Jewish Community Endowment Fund, either during

their lifetimes or through their wills, to help ensure

Jewish continuity from generation to generation.

Richard Rosenberg Warren Hellman

Chairman, July 1, 1999–June 30, 2008 Chairman, July 1, 2008–

The Jewish Community Endowment FundJ ew i sh Commun i ty endowment Fund

The Jewish Community

Endowment Fund The Jewish Community Endowment Fund, founded over 85

years ago, is the Jewish Community Federation’s Fund for

Jewish Continuity. Its ultimate goal is to strengthen the

hands of our children—today and tomorrow—and create a

legacy that will build the vitality of the Jewish community

from generation to generation here at home and overseas.

Endowment Fund assets include funds given for

unrestricted and special purposes, donor advised funds and

supporting foundations, among many others.

Grants from all of these sources reach out to Jews struggling

with poverty, aging and discrimination. They help launch

new programs in Jewish education and culture. They

respond to emergencies of every kind and provide key

support for new building projects in our community.

Today, donors to the Jewish Community Endowment Fund

carry forth the tradition of its founders. By giving form and

substance to their dreams, each in his or her own way, these

donors are enabling our community to meet the challenges

of the 21st century with Jewish values and traditions that are

unshakable and deeply instilled.

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The Book of Life The Book of Life is a promise—made by one generation to

the next so that the Jewish community will always be secure.

By signing The Book of Life, members of the Jewish

Community Endowment Fund’s Living Legacy Society

affirm their belief in our community and our Jewish

heritage. They underscore their commitment to the future.

And they bear witness to their birthrights—the values and

achievements of those who came before, for generations

to come.

Permanent gifts are the seeds that signers plant for the

future, providing income for immediate use while the fund

is preserved and grows. These gifts in perpetuity will help

ensure that no matter what happens in the world, our

community will have the resources it needs to sustain and

enrich the lives of future generations.

Everyone, regardless of means or walk of life, can be a member

of the Living Legacy Society and sign The Book of Life.

The Book of Life is displayed prominently in the lobby of

the Jewish Community Federation building at 121 Steuart

Street in San Francisco. It is an ever-growing record of

names and family stories—a collective portrait of our

community and testament to chai, the unbroken chain of

life for our people.

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Our Messagesto Future GenerationsFROM L I V ING L EGACY SOC I E TY MEMBER S

In their own words, Living Legacy Society members share

the thoughts and feelings that motivate their commitment

to the future.

We send these messages to all children yet to come.

The following messages were received by The Jewish Community

Endowment Fund between November 1, 1997 and May 1, 2008.

Each year new messages are added to The Book of Life.

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Volume INovember 1997–December 31, 1998

BERNARD AARONS

My mother’s parents came to this country from Russia in the1880s and settled in Chelsea, Massachusetts. They had fivechildren, of which my mother, Tina, was the second child. Myfather came to this country when he was sixteen years old, on aship, following his brother who was already living in Atlanta,Georgia and going to medical school. He and his brother, theonly ones left in their family, came from Russia.My father, David, met my mother seven years later when her

family moved to Atlanta. They were married in 1911. When mymother was pregnant with me they moved to Fresno, California,my birthplace. I was six years old when we moved to Oakland. I wasraised with the idea of trusting everyone. I was taught how to saveand give something back to my community. I lost my father whenI was just fourteen years old. I remember him as a gentle, generous,and loving person. So my mother had to raise four boys by herself.I had a wonderful dental practice for forty years and now I am

privileged to be able to give something back to the Jewishcommunity. I feel blessed for being a part of the philanthropic efforts.

DON ABRAMSON AND JULIE KING

Our Jewish story is one of creation, deliverance from slavery andacceptance of laws instructing us to remember that slavery and redeemothers from it. By participating in the Endowment Fund’s efforts tostrengthen the Jewish community for the future, we continue a verylong family tradition of assisting others whom we do not know; in sodoing, we join in the most sublime process of creation and deliverance.

ALFRED AMKRAUT

Born in Germany, of Orthodox Eastern European parents, I barelyescaped the Holocaust to South America. My Jewish identity is vastlydominant over any other possible self-identification. As we all are, Iam only a link in a millennia-long chain, responsible for the past andto the future. From childhood on, when my parents frequently offeredrefuge to Jews from the East who wanted to cross the frontier in ourborder town, to adolescence in Bolivia, where the communityimposed a very large contribution for Zionist and other Jewish causes,I learned that Jews are responsible for each other. We are responsibleto our brothers and sisters in troubled times and to our history at alltimes. It is imperative to guarantee the safety and prosperity of Israel,and to preserve our link to it. It is equally important to promote athriving Jewish presence in the Diaspora. “Tzedakah tatzil mimavet”:charity will assure the survival of our people.

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JOANNE AND BERNARD ARFIN

Three of our parents were immigrants from Eastern Europe. Weboth came from Jewish homes, where our families werecommitted to the Jewish Community.We each came to the Bay Area in the early 1950s with a

commitment to remain in the Jewish Community. Aftermarriage, we continued the traditions of our parents in ourhome. Our children attended Hebrew School and Jewishsummer camps, and participated in Jewish youth organizations.Our oldest grandchild is enrolled in a Jewish Day School and

already has a good foundation in Judaism.We feel that it is very important that our gift to the Endowment

will help the children in our community to build a positive Jewishidentity that will be passed on to future generations.

FAE ASHER

Growing up in Sydney, Australia, I was influenced (although Ididn’t know it at the time) by my family’s complete participationin Jewish life there.My mother was a founding member of the National Council

of Jewish Women and integrating the “refugees” from Europeand Shanghai was its major thrust at the time.My father was an official of the Great Synagogue of Sydney and

I was a member of the children’s choir and then the adult choir.Every Shabbat found newcomers around our dining room

table. There were also emissaries from Palestine raising moneyfor the hoped-for State of Israel. Influenced by all of this I foundmyself working for the office of the Jewish National Fund-KerenHayesod, arranging evening meetings in homes for speakers, etc. Marrying Rabbi Asher was not a foreign step for me therefore,

but just a continuation of all the Jewish communal experiences Ihad experienced with the family.My children are continuing the tradition through their positions in

the Jewish community and my legacy will give them added opportunityto continue the support of all our worthy causes in Jewish life.

YETTA BACH

When I was growing up, charity was always a part of my life. Mymother didn’t drive, and I remember walking to the post office manytimes to send money to Jews overseas. I was one of seven children andwe didn’t have a lot, but my parents gave whatever they could. I believein helping others. That is why I established a permanent fund at theJewish Community Endowment Fund to provide assistance for needyJewish families.

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GERSON BAKAR

Asking me why the Jewish community is important to me is likeasking me why the sun and rain are important. I just can notimagine my life without the ongoing challenges of being part ofthe Jewish community.Of course, we all have great pride in the moral, the scientific,

and the artistic contributions that members of the Jewishcommunity have made over the past several thousand years. Itseems self-evident that if individuals from the Jewish communityare to continue to make such contributions, we should do whatwe can to maintain and nurture that community.Perhaps the obligation to be an active member of the Jewish

community is part of the legacy I received from my parents. Iknow that they would be pleased that the Bay Area JewishCommunity has survived and prospered and changed.Given that so many of us believe that it is important to

maintain the current Jewish community and to provide forfuture generations of the Jewish community, we still have thequestion of why we should support the Jewish Federation. Well,we can not have a vital Jewish community if we all try to beJewish hermits tending our own gardens. Over the years, theFederation has provided the “community” of the Jewishcommunity and it is an honor to be a member.

ABRAHAM AND KATHLIN BAKST

Growing up as a young boy attending a Yeshiva in Brooklyn inthe 1930s, the ending phrase of the Passover Seder, “Next Year inJerusalem,” was a statement that would not be realized in mylifetime. When the State of Israel was established in 1948, I feltlike a miracle had happened.I have continual concern about the future of Israel down to

local Jewish communities. As my children started to attendschool, my desire for a Jewish education for them led me to anever increasing commitment to the Jewish Community.I feel fortunate to have been able to include Jewish community

organizations as part of my legacy. I feel that it is my smallcontribution to the future.

RALPH AND ESTELLE BARDOFF

We both come from families of modest means and appreciate thehelp we once received. We are lucky for what we have now andare trying to help others coming along the way.

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ROSE AND RALPH BARKOFF

Both of our parents were from Eastern Europe. Although theywere barely able to make ends meet, giving to the less fortunatewas part of our religion, our life, a Jewish tradition. We werehappy to be able to help others. We learned from our parents. Weare very proud to say our children and grandchildren are veryinvolved in the Jewish community.

ALVIN H. BAUM, JR.

In years of active participation in a wide variety of charities in SanFrancisco, I’ve sometimes been surprised at the disproportionatelyhigh number of active donors who are Jewish and the highpercentage of private funds that they contribute to and raise.When I first became aware of that phenomenon many years ago, Iasked others whether they shared my perception of the facts andhow they explained it. All of them agreed, and they educated me asto what I had not realized until then because I was too close to it:most Jews, including myself, are “trained” from childhood to sharewhat they have with those who have less, so that it becomes whatseems like a natural behavior.In recent years, a large part of my charitable and civic activities

has been among gay and lesbian residents of the Bay Area. Most ofthose who identify as both gay/lesbian and Jewish find it as naturalto give to their favorite “gay and lesbian community institutions”as they do to give to their favorite “Jewish communityinstitutions.” But many of those who are not Jewish have no suchtradition, no such childhood training in giving, and it has takenyears – and the pull of a horrible epidemic – to bring them to thesame point that most Jews get to naturally. It has been enormouslysatisfying to me to participate in assuring the continuity andattempting to develop more fully both of these communities inwhich I anchor my identity. The Jewish Community EndowmentFund is a convenient and reliable instrument for maintaining one’srole in Jewish continuity after one’s death; I hope (and am workingto see) that the gay and lesbian community will develop ananalogous community foundation for the benefit of the gay andlesbian people of the Bay Area.

BENJAMIN J. BAUM

My parents taught me that all giving is good and that those whohave should help those who have less. Good fortune, I believe,only has meaning when shared with others. As the Torah says, wemust “open our hands to the poor” and give generously “for therewill never cease to be needy.”

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ANN L. BEAR

I first became interested and involved in a Jewish communitywhen I lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Why? Because I was asked! Iwas asked to be on the JCC day camp committee. And then I wasasked if I would open my home for a Women’s Division $100event. And then I was asked again—to solicit for the Women’sDivision of the Federation. And then ...I met my husband Irwin while attending a conference in San

Francisco that was related to my volunteer work in the Jewishcommunity. You meet the nicest people doing volunteer work…. We were married eight years later! I have been active in the JewishCommunity Federation and other Jewish communal agencies sinceI moved here in 1989—and continue to meet the nicest people. Although I serve on the boards and committees of many

organizations, I devote the greatest part and greatest passion ofmy volunteer life to the Federation’s Women’s Alliance(previously Women’s Division) and to women’s leadershipdevelopment. That is why my Lion of Judah Endowment is theperfect legacy gift for me. I am proud that my children gave memy Lion of Judah pin, as I’ve tried to set an example of tzedakahand community for them.

MARSHA LEE AND NORMAN M. BERKMAN

The importance of our collective destiny as Jews, whichtranscends our own individual lives, has been, and continues tobe, a significant part of our philosophy of philanthropy. As westand poised at the dawn of the twenty-first century, our hope isthat we will transmute the eternal values of our tradition to newgenerations while remaining responsive to the evolving needs ofan ever-changing world.

HENRY BERMAN

There is a great community of Jewish people in San Franciscothat I would truly like to emulate.People like the Koshlands, Swigs, Haases and others have set

the pace for tzedakah. These are people of great means, but in myown small way I’d like to leave a similar legacy of caring.I feel it’s important to do this in an ecumenical manner. For

example, I’m working with the Jewish Community as well aswith USF and Reverend Cecil Williams of Glide, among others.Sharing our Jewish values is beneficial to the community as awhole. We set patterns and models that others can follow andhopefully attribute to the Jewish way of life.

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EVE BERNSTEIN

I grew up in New York City where it was easy to find Jewishcommunity and I took it for granted. When I moved to San FranciscoI had to seek it out and found that to be difficult. The Jewishcommunity has become my extended family and my children havegrown up with Jewish education and Israel as a natural part of theirlives. I feel truly blessed and have committed myself to helping ensurethat our community continues to grow and thrive.

IRVING AND HELEN BETZ BY NANCY LEE RASTHE IRVING AND HELEN BETZ FOUNDATION

A foundation is a way to make a new beginning which is firmlyrooted in the past.A foundation is the framework within which one makes choices—

to touch, to feel, to believe, to give—as in Judaism, as in life.A foundation is an attempt to leave bits of the world, of the

community, a tad better than we found them.Most of all, a foundation is a way of saying “Thank You.”

LENORE K. BLEADON

My mother was born in Poland and came to this country as a smallchild. I have often thought that if my grandparents had not had thecourage to leave when they did, what would have happened to allof them. We are so lucky to be living here with such a strong Jewishcommunity. I feel a responsibility to help protect that communityfor future generations, so that my children and grandchildren willhave a secure place to live as proud Jews.

DORIS BLUM

Since I arrived here 86 years ago, San Francisco has been the onlyhome my family has ever known. My late husband Ben settledhere with his parents in the early 1900s. I met him here in the1930s, and our two sons, Joseph and Mark, were born and raisedon these climbing hills.The strong Jewish home that Ben and I established followed the

traditions of the day, melding both the Conservative and the Reformbackgrounds of our families’ collective pasts. Joe and Mark receivedtheir religious schooling at Congregation Emanu-El, where theywere bar mitzvahed and confirmed. This education mixed well withour home lifestyle. It established a Jewish cultural pattern and astrong sense of family that remains in all our lives to this day.Ben and I were fortunate enough to have traveled extensively

during our married life. Our first trip to Israel was in June 1964,

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where we planned to arrive for the celebration of YomHa’atzma’ut—Independence Day. The New Year’s-like celebrationwe saw in those streets was unbelievable. In those early days of thisvital and new country, almost every person we came into contactwith was recently arrived from the tragedies of war-torn Europe orthe concentration camps. Seeing such expressions of enthusiasmand joy for the state of the Jewish people, such a short time afterthese experiences, was an incredibly long-lasting and powerfulreaffirmation of our commitment to help our people start newlives; we applaud their strength and their courage.Since then I have returned to Israel many times. The past three or

four trips were made either with the Federation, for special occasions,or as a member of the Overseas Committee. My three grandchildren,Ari, Morgan, and Andrew, have all been to Israel with their respectiveconfirmation classes. During Ari’s senior year in college he alsojoined me on a trip with the Overseas Committee. It proved alearning experience for him that he was able to absorb and enjoy.Morgan also visited Israel a second time. She had the opportunity toparticipate in the 1998 March of the Living, culminating in Israel onits 50th anniversary. Her description: “The most remarkableexperience in my life and one which I will never forget.”My involvement with the Jewish Community Federation in

the Bay Area, an organization consisting of families like yoursand mine who give of their time and support to accomplish ourgoals, has come from and led to all of the experiences mentionedabove. It has inspired me to give to the future of our people, toappreciate my heritage of the past, and pass some of both on tomy family. For this I am most grateful!

HARRY BLUMENTHAL

I learned the mitzvah of tzedakah from my parents, Russianemigres to San Francisco. When I was young, they helped foundCongregation Chevra Thilim. It was always important to themthat the synagogue be open to poor Jews who had nowhere else togo. Their concern taught me that, as Jews, we take care of our own.All Jews should help Jews both in our community and in Israel. I

feel good when I can help somebody out, and I hope my childrenwill follow in my footsteps and those of my late wife Dorothy. Wehave to love our children and teach them about charity and Judaism.San Francisco Jews are among the best in the world because

they’re so charitable. The Jewish Community Federation is doinggood work. Through my gift to its Endowment Fund I will passalong to future generations Dorothy’s and my commitment tothe Jewish people.

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CATHRYN AND EDWARD BRANSTEN

We’ve had many trips to Israel, and our pride in its accomplishmentsmakes us feel very humble. By leaving the remainder of ourPhilanthropic Fund to the Endowment, we feel that somehow we willbe able to provide to those who follow some source of comfort andwell-being, which otherwise they would be unable to enjoy.

JEROME I . BRAUN

One theme consistently recurs in The Book of Life Living Legacydeclarations: parental example and inspiration. I must replicatethat sentiment.My father was my hero, inspiration and role model. An immigrant

who brought his parents and five siblings to this land, he gavenew meaning to tzedakah. A man of no great means, he sharedwhat he had with the world.He was committed to Jewish survival and this commitment

translated into nameless acts of generosity and kindness. Hetouched many lives: Russians he met in Vienna in transit toIsrael, Israelis he met in 1955 on his first visit there—people hecorresponded with and to whom he sent needed gifts of clothing.Not the least of those inspired by him were his children. Each in our

own way has maintained our Jewish identity. By my commitment tothe Federation and the Living Legacy program, I pray that my father’spassion to ransom the captives, to enhance Jewish life, and for Jewishsurvival will also be my legacy to my children and theirs.

DR. JAMES B. AND SUZANNE BECKER BRONK

Throughout our lives we have enjoyed the privilege and luxury ofpracticing Judaism in the manner we have chosen. Ourcommitment to the Endowment Fund is predicated on the hopethat our children and their future generations may continue thetraditions, beliefs and customs that make being Jewish anintegral part of our lives.

LINDA AND NEILL BROWNSTEIN

“If you build it, they will come.” We believe that the cornerstonesof Jewish life are the individual, the family and the community.Like our parents before us, we have learned that our

Community is the sum of the combined energy of manyvolunteers working together to build our services, our buildingsand our staff to support the myriad needs of all of us looking tocarry on our Jewish heritage. In this way we are doing our smallpart of tikkun olam.

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MARTIN AND GERI BROWNSTEIN

We were both brought up and experienced a strong Jewishbackground which included tzedakah as a mitzvah which wewere obligated to perform. The perpetuation of our Jewish wayof life has always been important to us, and we have tried toconvey this to our children and grandchildren.It is important for us to help our Jewish brethren who are less

fortunate and to maintain our Jewish institutions.Our contribution through our legacy to the Jewish

Community Federation is the best way for us to help support ourcommitment to preserve a strong Jewish community.

JANE AND SUMNER BURROWS

We’ve been part of this community for so long that we want to givesomething back. We’ve always supported the Federation, and we’dlike to leave a little something behind to help future generations. Itis important to continue the Jewish tradition of tzedakah. Bymaking a legacy gift to the Jewish Community Endowment Fund,we hope to set an example for our children to follow.

ROBERT CAPLANSARI CAPLAN

Giving to charity is a Jewish tradition and obligation. By makinga bequest to the Jewish Community Federation’s EndowmentFund, we believe we are practicing our religion according to theTalmud. Our impetus to open the endowment fund was to makea significant contribution to our synagogue’s capital campaignsince Peninsula Sinai has been an important part of our family’slife for the past 19 years. Our three daughters know tzedakah is adaily part of our life.

FRED AND TESSA CHERNISS

We believe in the Jewish value system. G-d enables us to achievefinancial success. Part of the responsibility that goes with thatsuccess is to share at least 10% with others. Our fund is a majorstep in fulfilling that ethical and religious responsibility. We haveboth the obligation and the privilege of making monetarydisbursements to those who are less fortunate. By giving toothers we enrich ourselves.

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EVE W. COHEN

Gateways. I believe in gateways and that is why I chose toestablish a Lion of Judah Endowment.For a long time, the Jewish community didn’t need gateways.

We were locked into our little ghettoes, our shtetls, ourwalls…and no one let us out. But modern times have broughtdown those walls, those prisons, those prejudices and with thatfreedom came what I believe to be a grave price—the breakdownof Jewish communal life. Now, my generation is faced withseeking gateways back in to the community…when it still exists.The Jewish Community Federation is better than any other

organization that I know of in the Bay Area at providing thosegateways to the Jewish seeker of community. When I relocated toSan Francisco in 1981, the Young Adults Division of theFederation provided me with an automatic group of friends anda way to contribute time and energy to a cause that I was justbeginning to learn about. I met my husband at the 1990 AdvancedGifts Dinner; we were married in 1991 and now have twochildren. In 1995, the Federation nominated me for the WexnerHeritage Foundation program. The two years that I spent withWexner, as a result of the Federation’s nomination, dramaticallychanged my self-awareness and self-identity as a Jew andenhanced our family’s life and future. Eighteen years ago, I didn’town a Kiddush cup or even a menorah—now I have a Jewishhusband, Jewish children and a Jewish home. I have Jewish friendsand I feel that I am making a difference in my community. All ofthis is due to the gateways that the Federation provided.We’re going to need those gateways…all of them…in the future.

We’re going to need gateways for children to learn about their Jewishhistory and life cycle rituals, we’re going to need gateways forteenagers to socialize with other Jewish teenagers, we’re going to needgateways for young adults who need a respite from their difficult andspiritually unrewarding jobs, we’re going to need gateways for youngmarried couples who are returning to the Jewish community becausethey’ve had kids…the list goes on and on and someone will have toprovide those gateways, those magical doors that beckon thepasserby, that invite the lonely observer in, that welcome and envelopthe undecided in the absolute certainty that there is a tradition worthupholding. Because, of course, there is a tradition worth upholdingand enhancing and the Federation is at the forefront of that effort.I want to make sure that the Federation will have the funds

that it needs to do the work that needs to be done. Just as I wasushered into the community and our tradition, I expect others tohave that opportunity…and I am proud that my gift maysomeday be put to just that use.

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EDITH S. COLIVER

“… and if I am only for myself, what am I then?” is a questionour sage Hillel raised centuries ago. It was my portion at myconfirmation in Germany, a legacy to which my parents adhered,both in Germany and in this our adopted country, and which hasbeen passed on to our two daughters. Having lost so manymillions of our faith in the Holocaust, it is our special duty tohelp and nurture Judaism to survive and prosper. By facilitatingassistance where it is most needed, the Jewish CommunityEndowment Fund effectively fulfills this purpose.

NORMAN COLIVER

To realize what over-achievers Jews worldwide have been duringthe past 150 years, see Martin Greenberg’s The Jewish Lists(1979), which enumerates Nobel, Pulitzer, and Academy Awardwinners, scientists, labor leaders, authors, musicians, judges, U.S.senators, congressmen, governors, mayors, inventors,mathematicians, publishers, business leaders, motion pictureexecutives, Olympic medalists, and more.Locally the Jewish Community Federation financially

supports agencies that provide the social and educationalservices that continually inspire us Jews to contribute more than“normal” to our society and to the general community-at-large.Jews are reared, I believe, to be more giving than most ethnic

groups both in money and volunteer time. That has been ourfamily’s tradition for five generations. May it continue withfinancial support to the Jewish Community Endowment Fund.

BILL AND ADELE CORVIN

Our community and Israel have indeed been strengthenedthrough the dedication and support of our Jewish CommunityFederation. It has given each of us the opportunity to respond tocurrent needs, and has also enabled us to build for the future.Bill, our family and I are privileged to be part of the JewishCommunity Endowment Fund’s Living Legacy Society.

ROBERT F. COWAN

My mother’s father was forced from his Budapest law practice byJew-haters, immigrated to McKeesport, Pennsylvania, where heran a small grocery store. One son became a lawyer, one a doctorand my mother a teacher. My father’s parents fled cruel Russianbigotry and came to Columbus, Ohio, where my grandfather’s

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butcher shop put his three children through Ohio State. Allstrongly identified as Jews, all were Orthodox, and all lovedfreedom and hated oppression. My mother gave generouslylifelong to Hadassah to support a Jewish homeland. My parentsand their parents believed strongly in Jewish peoplehood and incommunal support. I believe by giving to the Jewish CommunityEndowment Fund I am returning a little bit of what I receivedfrom my family and from the Jewish people, and contributing alittle to Jewish survival.

MAXWELL W. CRAMER

The Jewish people have experienced extreme sufferingthroughout the centuries. We should contribute as much as wecan to the Jewish community to help mend our world.

ELAINE DALLMAN, PH.D.

An important family story is that my great-grandfather was toldby city people that his scholar brother-in-law, whom hesupported, bought “better” fish than did he. He said, “He mustneed more money than do I.” He then increased the amount ofsupport out to him.

LONNY DARWIN

Although I have had much sorrow during my adult life, I thinkof myself as a lucky person—having loving friends and familyand living in San Francisco.My adopted country has been good to me.I am trying to repay in a small way my good fortune by

supporting—financially and with personal involvement—worthy causes, Jewish and non-Jewish, in San Francisco, the U.S.nationally and Israel, in the fields of Social Service, Educationand the Arts.

HELEN AND SANFORD DILLER

We have been most gratified in creating new innovativepermanent programs through the Jewish CommunityFederation Endowment Fund addressing our concerns for Jewishyouth, education and the elderly. Being part of the Living LegacySociety ensures the enrichment of Jewish learning and culturelong into the future.

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ANNETTE DOBBS

Though I am a first-generation American-born Jew proud to bea U.S. citizen, Israel has profound meaning to me. I am honoredto be part of a unique generation in the long, bloody and oftenpainful history of the Jews that has had the privilege of helpingrebuild a nation and its people.When I visited Israel for the first time in May of 1960 with my

husband, Harold, I could not have imagined the impact thatexperience would have on my life and that of the Dobbs family. I returned 11 years later on a UJA mission, after a stop at the

Matthausen concentration camp. It was January, snowing andfreezing cold. The skies were gray and weeping, as if they grievedfor the horrors that took place there. That day I vowed to spendthe rest of my life doing whatever I could to see that nothing likethat would ever happen to my people again simply because theywere Jewish.During subsequent years, I have been privileged to meet most

of the leaders of Israel, many of whom were pioneers who helpedbuild the fledgling state, and I count among my very goodfriends numerous Israelis. They have taught me about their lives,fears and hopes. They have taught me there must be peace.It is the responsibility of those fortunate enough to live in the

United States to help fulfill the dreams of the Israeli pioneers, toshare their pride in what has been accomplished in a mere 50years. Is Israel perfect? Certainly not, but never, in fact, has acountry done so much, so successfully, in such a short time. Ipray that she will remain strong and safe as she faces the 21stcentury.The Diaspora’s role has always been to “be there” if fellow Jews

have needed us. I believe that for the future we must put muchmore effort, time and money into strengthening our own Jewishcommunity so that we can always live up to what we have beenable to accomplish in the past.As for me, I believe that my involvement locally and in Israel

has made something special of my life. As I think back on theroad I have traveled, I know one thing with certainty: I havereceived far more than I have given.

MAURICE EDELSTEIN

The Edelstein Myseh

During the ’30s my folks were struggling financially like everyother Jewish family who lived “Out The Road,” that is the SilverAvenue—San Bruno Avenue area. When Hitler came to power andour people in Europe were under siege, my parents, along with my

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Aunt Bella (Vivian Solomon’s mom), devoted their few extrapennies getting food and essentials mailed to our mishpocheh inPoland. Our home became “Operation Rescue.” After the invasionof Poland this option for relief was no longer viable. Wesubsequently found out that all those relatives were killed.Meanwhile, the Germans were allowing some Jews to leave

with proper documentation and the trick was to get AmericanJews to sign affidavits guaranteeing that the refugees would notbe a burden on the community at large. This was a difficultundertaking as we were still in the midst of the Depression andthere was rampant anti-Semitism in America. So there was a madscramble here to muster up volunteers to help those allowed toescape the camps.My mom, Pauline Edelstein, aleha ha-shalom, and my dad,

George Edelstein, alav ha-shalom, became consumed with thismission. On their own they “signed” for eleven families and wereinstrumental in getting others to do the same. The last familythey “saved,” Ernest and Erna Falk, moved into our home andwere part of our family for several years. I have a tear-inducingletter written by Erna’s mother to my folks expressing hergratitude for their kindness to a couple of total strangers. (It waswritten just before she was carted away and murdered by theNazis.) Since Ernest did not speak English, he could not getemployment. So my dad put him on his payroll, and Ernest wentto work every morning with him at his Mission Sweater Shop.After the war was over, my home was transformed into a

mission control for the spaceship “Jewish National Homeland.”As a consequence, the first call most Israeli envoys would makeafter coming to town would be to my dad. There was a smallcoterie of Zionists active in the city at that time, and my dad wasthe leader of that group of activists. (As it has been reported inrecent articles in the Bulletin, the mood of the leadership in SanFrancisco Jewry was not pro-Israel. The rabbi of Temple Emanu-El, along with many other rabbis nationwide, was anti-Zionist. Itsounds weird now, but there was a fear of “dual loyalty” whichput many local Jews on the sidelines in aiding Israel.) My dad,along with a group of cronies, arranged to smuggle illegalsupplies into what was then called Palestine. But moreimportantly they rallied the forces locally to come to the aid ofthe survivors of the Holocaust. By the time Israel was established,the mood in San Francisco had changed dramatically as therewas no longer a stigma attached to being a Zionist.My parents both became strong supporters of the idea of one

Jewish Federation and the UJA. They served in leadershippositions for Federation, Israel Bonds, Technion, HebrewUniversity, and the Weizmann Institute, to name just a few. My

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dad started Boys Town Jerusalem in Northern California. He wason the international board of AMPAL (a corporation whichinvested in Israeli industry). Through my dad’s involvement withAMPAL I met some of the great unsung heroes of the newnation: Amnon Barness, Dorel Eisner, Abraham Dickenstein. Ihave letters of gratitude to my parents from Albert Einstein, AbbaEban, Chaim Weizmann, David Ben Gurion and others.In recalling these memories of my parents and my early life in

this Jewishly-oriented background, I realize how difficult anormal family existence was under the pressures described. Yetand despite so many personal struggles, we all managedsomehow to rally to the concerns of Jews and Israel. This hascertainly influenced my thinking and my future thoughts aboutmaintaining Jewish identity.In 1944 I got a call from Ralph Silverman, a B’nai B’rith

“advisor” who asked me to start an AZA chapter named after ayoung soldier who was just killed. I rounded up my cousins and afew others and the Sid Sommer Chapter was in business. We hada great basketball team; however, our biggest notoriety was fromour debating team. Teddy Finman and Don Cahen, I believe, wenton to win national recognition. Some of the guys I cajoled intojoining had up to that time no involvement with anything Jewish.This youth movement, I think, influenced their lives.Before I forget and get started on my own Jewish life, there are

a few other things I want to say about my folks. They were alsoinvolved in secular community activities. My dad headed the WarBonds campaign and he was a volunteer in the National Guard.He was president of the Optimist Club and the Mission StreetMerchants Association. Through these involvements they hadmany close non-Jewish friends.The icons of the day (’30s and early ’40s) in Jewish homes were

FDR, Eleanor, and Joe Louis. There was a strong feeling of kinshipfor other minorities and especially blacks. My parents instilled inme rachmones for the downtrodden and the disenfranchised.After I got out of college I went to work with Karl Bach. He

had escaped from Germany in 1938. He was not only the world’sgreatest life insurance salesman but was a dedicated Jew-saver. Asrefugees were fleeing war-torn Europe there still was a problemgetting established in America. Karl signed for scores of people. Ihad just started my life insurance career, and Karl would give methe cards of people he was supposed to solicit for the JewishWelfare Federation. That’s how I began involvement withorganized Jewish charity.Around 1956 I started to go to Beth Sholom on the Sabbath.

Rabbi Saul White, alav ha-shalom, was such a sage, and the serviceswere so uplifting, that I became addicted. Rabbi White called me

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his “disciple,” and influenced my love of Torah and Judaism.Around 1974 I came to him with a movie-maker friend of mine asI wanted to make a movie about the rabbi. He refused, but he didallow us to film a sermon he gave at a local church. It’s the only“live performance” we have of him. I also audiotaped about sixhours of one of his classes at the Bureau, and I’m proud that I tookit upon myself to preserve some of this man’s special essence.Around 1975 Don Kahn invited me to Dan Goldberg’s B’nai

B’rith Bible class. It was there that I met Dr. Isaac Ehrenreich, ofblessed memory. After attending these sessions for about a year,Ike was asked to leave the group. Ike was very undiplomatic(often rude) and would feel no hesitation in letting people knowhis feelings if he disagreed with them.Since I felt a great ignorance of my Yiddishkeit, I asked Ike if he

would meet with me on Friday mornings to discuss the portion ofthe week. He loved the idea so I would pick him up early and wewould drive to Mama’s in North Beach for breakfast and adiscussion of the weekly Torah portion. Ike was a great scholar andobviously a great character. (He looked like W.C. Fields.) He knewthe Jewish Bible and the New Testament backwards and forwards.He had received his Ph.D. in Philosophy when he was 52 fromColumbia after 40 years of night school. A frustrated rabbi!After a few sessions my friend Mel Segal, alav ha-shalom,

joined us. Then Claire Liebman, Jerry Jacoby, Al Goldschmidt,Marv Langsam and Sarah Kalan. The group grew to such anextent that we had to find larger meeting places. At one time itwas Malvina’s, then a pizza place on Grant Avenue. After Ike leftwe had an array of leaders – Rabbis Ben Marcus, Bob Kaiser. Wemoved to the Pier Inn on the Embarcadero and Rabbi Jay Krausewas our mentor for a number of years. Mort Macks joined us andbecame a bar mitzvah at age 60. Skipping a few years, wesubsequently came downtown to Bear Stearns and Rabbi AlexGraubart led us during the time he was rabbi at Beth Sholom.During his reign our numbers increased dramatically. Dr. Ed

Tamler became our resident scholar and now every other Fridaywe have Joey Liebman, Claire’s son, who alternates with Dr.Tamler leading the group. The sessions are getting so popular ourfear is that we will soon have to find new space.Of all my “Jewish” accomplishments in life, I think the most

important and the most gratifying has been my organizing thisTorah study group. Special honors go to Steve Sloan, Mort Macksand Nat Schmelzer who helped “rejuvenate” the group in 1979.Not bad for a kid from “Out The Road.” On the other hand,

what could you expect since my dad, I think, was a Lamed Vavnik.

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JACK AND SEENA ELFANT

My parents came from Poland at the turn of the century. As mostimmigrants at that time, they struggled to make a living. My fatherworked in a sweatshop (dresses) long hours for very little pay.Growing up in the 1920s, we always had a blue box for Israel

and local charities. We had to deposit at least one penny eachweek in two “pushkes”. As poor as we were, there was always somefamily in more desperate need. Our Jewish ethics taught us thatcharity was the most important part of our culture at that time.Somehow we were able to struggle for a good education, and

as we joined the affluent society, our commitment to charity andvolunteerism continued—thanks to our Jewish values.

BARBARA FARBER

The Jewish Community Federation has been an important partof my life. We have moved many times in the last twenty years.Whether I have been involved locally or nationally, I have beenpleased to find a caring and active Jewish community in themany cities where we have lived. I have endowed my Lion ofJudah in the hope that our community will continue to have thefunds to educate and help those in need here in San Francisco, inIsrael, and in the many communities around the world that needour help, whether for rescue or renewal.

LESLEE AND WAYNE FEINSTEIN

With East European ancestry and long family roots in San Francisco,our commitment to Jewish philanthropy is part of our inheritance.We have always felt we share responsibility with all others in theJewish community to provide for those in need and to ensure that thecommunity has the resources to respond effectively to the needs ofthe day. Today we are trying to help our children to assume theirshare of these Jewish responsibilities—to the Jewish community andto the society in which we live. We hope that our generation willsucceed in rekindling love of Jewish learning and involvement for ourchildren and future generations. Our endowment gift to the JewishCommunity Federation is a key part of our belief in the future.

JESSE FELDMAN

My parents were part of the great Jewish migration from EasternEurope, which brought them to San Francisco shortly prior tothe 1906 earthquake and fire seeking freedom from the pogromswhich plagued the Jews for so many generations.Their commitment to their Jewish faith was well rooted, and

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they took great pains to transmit this commitment to theirchildren. Jewish holidays were regularly observed and facilities inthe community for Jewish education were pursued.By constant example, the concern of one Jew for all Jews,

wherever they may be, was stressed as a credo of our faith. I recallhow impressed I was almost fifty years ago when my parentsannounced, at quite an advanced age, that they were to travel toIsrael in 1950, barely two years after the founding of the state. Thevery creation of the state they considered a meaningfuldemonstration of the response of the community to the needs of all.

MICHAEL AND SYLVIA FELSENSTEININ HONOR OF OUR PARENTS

With the year 2000 less than a year away, it might be anappropriate time to reflect on the matter of the coming of theMoshiach. Parallel to and shorter than Rabbi Hillel’s words arethe words used by a non-Jewish preacher, “If it has to be, it’s upto me.” The Messianic times are up to every one of us. The firstbig concept for the Messianic times is TOLERANCE, assisted byPATIENCE. By practicing these two virtues we will come closerto the Messianic ideal. Fortunately, there are indications ofstrong opposition to all kinds of hatred and anti-Semitism. It willtake great leaders to make people understand the meaning ofthese two apparently “simple” words.While I consider myself what is called a secular Jew, I firmly believe

in the unique almighty G-d. Too many good things have happenedin our lives to deny his omnipresence. But I invite those who want todeny his existence only to consider mother’s milk, which is farsuperior to anything man has been trying to make. Or something noless miraculous than the life cycle of the monarch butterfly, whichreturns regularly to the area of birth of its ancestors after severalgenerations without ever having been there. And, after all, weourselves are probably nature’s greatest miracle. G-d has given us hisgreatest gift of all—LIFE and INTELLIGENCE. “Shalom.”

SAUL A. FENSTER

My mother was pregnant with me when my parents arrived inNew York from Poland in 1924. Had they not decided to leavePoland and remained there, I would probably not be alive today.Thankful that I was fortunate in living in America where good

free education through college was available and thankful that, asa Jew, I have gone through life relatively free of prejudice, I amhappy to be able to contribute so that other Jews can live thegood life here in the United States and in Israel.

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DON AND JANIE FRIEND FAMILY PHILANTHROPIC FUND

Our family came to California with great hope. They workedhard and saved so that future generations could live better. Wehave always been aware of the importance of a strongcommunity and of our precious Jewish heritage. We must teachfuture generations to treasure Torah by studying its importantand relevant lessons and by performing acts of loving-kindness.Together we can make the world a better place—one act at atime. It is our hope that our gift to the Jewish CommunityEndowment Fund be an inspiration to our future generations toremember the obligation to “be thy brother’s keeper.”

EUGENE AND ELINOR FRIEND

The patriarchs of our family, Benjamin and Mollie Friend, cameto San Francisco in 1913 from Poland and White Russia with thehope for a better life. They were able to take advantage of themany opportunities in the United States which were such acontrast to the oppression our forefathers had known as Jews inthe “old country.” We have always appreciated the importance ofpreserving opportunities for the newly emigrated Jews and forothers in the community in need. We hope that our commitmentto the Endowment Fund will help future generations toappreciate their heritage and to always remember the importanceof helping others.

MICHELLE AND ROBERT FRIEND

What we plan today strengthens the Jewish community oftomorrow. For future generations we are proud to be included inThe Book of Life.

BUD AND ROWENA GANSEL

Being Jewish means a lot to us. We respect our Jewish heritageand have maintained the Jewish traditions we grew up with inour own home. One of those traditions is tzedakah. We’ve triedto do our share for the community ever since we were married.At that time we didn’t have much, but we always foundsomething to give. As the years went on, we were able to do more.We enjoy giving! That’s why we’ve established a permanent fundfor the young and the elderly as part of the Jewish CommunityEndowment Fund.

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MIMI AND ART GAUSS

The Talmud teaches that as our parents planted for us, so mustwe plant for our children. The births of our son and daughtergave a focus to our continuation of our parents’ dedication tobuilding and strengthening Jewish life in the Bay Area.We realized that to instill in our children the love of Torah, the

Jewish people and Israel, with which we were gifted, we had toprovide them with a rich Jewish community and quality Jewisheducation. We also recognized that our ultimate concern, a strongJewish future, required fostering this goal for all of our community’schildren. With this purpose in our hearts, we have carried on ourfamily’s tradition of building Jewish life here and abroad through theFederation’s annual campaign, while we have promoted Jewisheducation by providing major support to Brandeis Hillel Day School.Our parents enriched our lives beyond words by creating a

Jewish legacy for us in America. Not the least of their gifts to uswas the gratification we receive from giving. Through our fundsin the Jewish Community Endowment Fund, we, our childrenand our children’s children can continue to plant and nourishJewish life and receive the pleasure of seeing the fruits of ourplanting long into the future.

JAMES M. GERSTLEY

While my parents were not very religious, they were always proud tobe Jewish and helped some Jews who had escaped Germany duringthe Holocaust period build a new life. The family name was originallyGerstle, but when my father’s parents emigrated from Germany toEngland around 1840, the English pronounced the name as though itended with a “y”—so the English family added a “y.”My mother was also a Gerstle but her grandparents came to

the USA. Her grandfather, Lewis Gerstle, joined the firm of LouisSloss, and after Seward bought Alaska they founded the famousAlaska Commercial Company.Although I am not very religious, I, too, have always been proud

of my heritage and have supported many Jewish causes. I alsoraised the money to found the Western Jewish History Center ofthe Judah L. Magnes Museum and served as its first chairman—along with a distinguished board, including Louis Heilbron, JamesHart of the Bancroft Library, Frank Sloss and Sissie Geballe.My wonderful wife, Elizabeth, was a Lilienthal. She was born in the

Haas-Lilienthal House on Franklin Street in San Francisco, which hasbeen filmed in the America’s Castles series. The Lilienthal family alsocontributed much to Jewish causes. My wife’s great-grandfather wasLouis Sloss, who did so much for San Francisco—as well as for Alaska—that when he died, all the flags in San Francisco were flown at half-mast.

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ANTOINETTE AND MITCHELL GOLBUS

We are concerned about the continuity of the Jewish diaspora inAmerica and feel that the key to that continuity is education. Weestablished our family endowment fund both to set an examplefor our children and grandchildren and to support Jewisheducation. Having our children actively involved in familytzedakah decisions is a way of making such action a habit, onethat they will pass on to their children. The many studiescorrelating Judaic education and the likelihood of the individualto become an active member of the Jewish community and tofeel connected to Israel convinced us that a firm commitment toJewish education was extremely important for the flourishing ofa vibrant Jewish diaspora in America.

EVA G. GOLD

My parents migrated from Rumania in 1902. In 1907 they movedfrom New York to San Francisco. Money was tight, but theymanaged to give to charity—starting with $1.00, increasing asconditions improved. They impressed on my brother and myselfthe importance of charity for the Jews less fortunate than wewere, stressing the importance of Education. As Jews inRumania, they were not permitted to attend school. They taughtthemselves to read and write Yiddish and English.I was fortunate in my marriage of 59 years to a wonderful man

to whom Jewish Education was a must—increasing ourdonations each year. I am the last of our family and know howproud my parents would be to know we have provided funds tothe Jewish Community Federation to continue their work.

DOUGLAS E. GOLDMAN

My hope is that the Jewish people, locally and around the world,move closer to a state of true self-actualization and pluralism. AllJews should be permitted the freedom and intellectual support topursue the study and practice of Judaism to whatever extent eachindividual desires. Regardless of the degree of knowledge orpractice, we should be tolerant of our differences. Likewise, thenon-Jewish world should accord us the same freedom andtolerance that we desire among ourselves.Organizationally, tolerance and pluralism remain the

touchstones for us to strengthen the Jewish community. OurFederations and agencies must become inclusive of the diversitythat reflects modern life. Rigidity, instead of understanding, andrejection, instead of celebration, of those whose beliefs and

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values are different remains a formula for failure. As a people, weare too quick to segregate into “us” and “them.” As a community, the defining principle for Jewish self-

actualization ought to be the affirmation of the question – Areyou proud to be a Jew? To be a proud Jew does not inherentlydefine one’s denomination, intensity of practice, level ofknowledge, or amount of formal education. But a “proud Jew” isa platform from which any and all of the above may be pursued.Self-definition which is none other than blind obedience (I am aJew because one or both of my parents claimed to be or weredefined to be Jewish) will ring hollow in our world of toonumerous choices and temptations. To be Jewish with your heartand soul will continue to be the foundation of our community.As our demographic numbers dwindle, we naturally feel

threatened and disappointed. Strength in numbers is one methodof attempting to confirm cognitive dissonance. But strength ofbelief is far more determining of the ability of our people to traveltime as, in the grandest sense, one identifiable people.I am convinced that our people, in whatever form or forms,

will remain; our message, however disparate or unified, willcontinue to ring forth; and our covenant shall remain unbroken.

JOHN GOLDMAN

To be a Jew … a question that we confront every day. For me, beinga Jew has always been about the values passed on—from parents,teachers, rabbis, friends. To paraphrase, it is not in the teaching,but in the doing. That, I believe, is the essence of Judaism.When I was nearing the end of my college studies, the Vietnam

War was ripping through the conscience of our country and theworld. I was in conflict—although not overly “religious,” therewas a deep-seated antagonism toward violence and war. In facingmy internal struggle on what to do (deciding whether to takestrong action or acquiesce), I turned to Rabbi Jacob Weinstein, afamily friend. Our discussions focused on whether the teachingsof Judaism supported seeking conscientious objector status. Hisconclusion was clear: it is not in the words of the Torah, it is inthe actions and beliefs generated from those words. His wisdomhas established a clarity that remains today.Now, our children are living the same values through their

volunteer activities and selflessness. What greater pleasure thanto see them live the fundamentals of tzedakah, of tikkun olam.For to be a Jew is to live and breathe what the printed word canonly suggest, to embody the soul of those who came before us.

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MARIANNE GOLDMAN

I was privileged to be born and reared in San Francisco, a citywith few religious barriers, which has inspired me to achieve amore democratic way of life.To this end, I helped lead the movement to abolish sororities

at Stanford University—and to break the anti-Semitic barriers atthe Junior League of San Francisco and the Town and CountryClub, a prominent women’s social club. So today there are noreligious restrictions in either one of these organizations that arepart of our community activities.My parents provided me with the spiritual values of Judaism that

encouraged me to participate in Jewish affairs, particularly in my earlieryears as an adult. I attended Sunday School at Temple Emanu-El and wasgiven the honor of presenting the floral offering at my confirmation.I have always been proud to be a Jew. My motto is to provide

a kindness daily, whether it pertains to Judaism or otherwise.I hope my interest as a volunteer in many different aspects of

Jewish and non-Jewish activities during my life will contribute insome small way to leaving the world a bit better.

RICHARD N. GOLDMAN

I am a native San Franciscan who grew up at a time when anti-Semitism was more prevalent than it is today. My Jewish educationwas limited to religious school and observing the high holidays.It was after our marriage that Rhoda and I realized “but for the

grace of God” we would have been victims of the Holocaust. As aresult, we became more sensitive to our heritage and determinedto do our part for the Jewish community. We raised our familywith a strong Jewish commitment. I have had the good fortune tosee my four children marrying in the faith and taking leadershiproles in their communities. My eleven grandchildren who havebeen or will be bar/bat mitzvahed will follow the same path.As an active participant in the growth of our Federation for

over 50 years, I have seen it gain international respect for itsleadership skill and as a catalyst to adjust to changing conditions.Among other accomplishments, our Federation initiated themove to make the Jewish Agency more accountable.My main concerns for the future of the Jewish community are

a growing complacency toward religion and a high percentage ofintermarriage.I have learned from experience that pride in one’s Jewishness

makes for a better life and is respected throughout the community. AsJews and as beneficiaries of a wonderful tradition, each of us shouldenjoy it and encourage our Jewish friends who have been complacentor are apprehensive to appreciate the values of being Jewish.

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DORIS LIVINGSTON GRASSHOFF

I remember Wuppertal, Germany, November 9, 1938. I was 11 years old and was called home from school mid-day. On myway I met my father, ashen-faced, held between two SS men (onhis way to concentration camp). That same night, I rememberour house reverberating with the sounds of crashing furniture,breaking glass, my mother’s screams, my little sister’s crying, andseeing SS men with clubs smashing what was to go with us toAmerica…. Our “crime”? Being Jewish! My father got out ofDachau, and the four of us left for San Francisco by boat throughthe Panama Canal.Today, almost 60 years after that “Kristallnacht” we are blessed

still to be together, through my parents’ incredible stamina, love,faith, determination, optimism, and hard work through theyears—plus good genes! In ’39 the Hebrew Free LoanAssociation (now in its 100th year, like my father!) helped to givemy family a new start. Here we have worked within and for theJewish community and the community-at-large and havethrived. May my gift to the Jewish Community EndowmentFund help to enable future generations to do the same—wherever they may be.

BILL AND FRANNY GREEN

The Jewish Community Endowment Fund plans for the future,making sure that the Jewish community will always be able tosupport needs as they occur. The Endowment Fund also makessure that we will always have a viable and involved Jewishcommunity.

BARBARA L. AND JOHN M. GREENBERG

Being Jewish is family.

MARTHA AND HERBERT GREENHOOD

Though money was very scarce in our homes as we were growingup, tzedakah was a very important part of our lives.We are comfortable now, so we hope the desire to share with

others not as fortunate will continue to be an important part inthe lives of our children and grandchildren.We want our contribution to help elderly Jewish people who

need it.

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FLORA GREENHOOT

I am very proud to be part of our philosophical, resourceful,courageous and humane people. I want to contribute to oursurvival, our strength, our resilience.It is an honor to be inscribed in our Book of Life.

MARCI B. GURWITCH

Family has always been important to me. Four years ago I movedto the Bay Area from the tight-knit Jewish community of Mobile,Alabama and was fortunate enough to have cousins who mademe a part of their immediate family. When I began working forthe Federation, the Jewish community took me in as part of alarger family. Last year, when I began writing my will, I thought of the

lessons I had learned from my parents, as well as those I havelearned in my work. As a Jewish communal worker and a singlewoman with no children to whom I could pass on my family’svalues, I decided participation in the Jewish CommunityEndowment Fund was the best way to ensure the continuation ofmy commitment to Jewish community and the future. Now that I am making wedding plans and contemplating a

family of my own, I feel an even greater need to ensure a Jewishfuture so my children will feel that they are a part of the largerJewish family. I can think of no better way to do so than by leavinga legacy through the Jewish Community Endowment Fund.

MIMI HAAS

My parents were both raised in Yugoslavia. When the Germanscame they fled to Italy. There they were placed in a detentioncamp – which is where they actually met. In early 1945, myfamily was part of the group of 1000 European Jews that FDRallowed to come to America for the duration of the war, afterwhich they were to return to Europe. However, my parentsremained in America.I grew up totally aware of my parents’ history and imbued

with the idea of Israel as the Jewish homeland. In fact, my junioryear of college was spent at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.To be part of and to assist in the continuum of Jewish history

and tradition is of extreme importance to me.

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PETER HAAS

Giving and philanthropy have been a tradition, a way of life in my familyhanded down, through example, by our forebears over many, many years.This has encompassed both the general community and the Jewishcommunity. In the latter case we have concentrated our giving to theJewish Community Federation believing it best meets the needs of Jewswherever they may be—overseas, nationally or locally. We believe this tobe the case at the moment, but also as the future develops. The Federationhas the structure and leadership to make this happen. It has our trust.

SUSAN HAMLIN

To me, being together with others is the essence of being Jewish.Together and in uniquely Jewish ways, we pray, we study, wecelebrate, and we mourn. Our community is being built wheneverone person connects with another. We become stronger and wecount on one another. In the difficult days following my husbandMark’s death, our community sustained my sons and me as westruggled to regain our footing. I learned that when I reach out toa Jew in need, or reach back when a hand is extended to me, Ibecome a link in a chain that surrounds and strengthens Jewishlife. I want my children to understand this. That is why I supportthe Jewish community, now and for the future.

CAROL AND MARTIN HARBAND

“Teach your children well.”Charity is our heritage, our obligation, and a very special privilege.We enjoy the blessings of a good life. We live in a land of

freedom with the opportunities for education and to fullyparticipate in the social and economic lives of our communities. One hundred years ago our grandparents made a bold

decision to leave Europe and risk the unknown in America. Weowe a debt of gratitude to our grandparents who made the fatefuldecision to emigrate to America, and to those who assisted thoseimmigrants along their way.We are the Jews who live in Israel today, except that their

forefathers remained in Eastern Europe so many years ago andtheir families suffered the indignities of the Holocaust. So, asJews, we can see most clearly that good fortune, good health, andprosperity can be a transitory condition in life.In appreciation for our blessings and in recognition of those who

have assisted others before us, we help those who are less fortunatethan ourselves. This is our privilege and we ask for no specialrecognition other than the satisfaction that we perform the act ofcharity, in the Jewish tradition, from generation to generation.

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ARTHUR AND HELEN HAUSMAN

To the Future!

JOAN EAMES HAYES

My Jewish mother came from Russia at five with her parents andseven brothers and sisters. They lived near the Henry StreetSettlement in New York City. On graduating from grammarschool she won a gold medal as the best student in the school.That summer, while baby-sitting a relative’s child, she taughtherself shorthand from a library book and got herself an officejob in the fall. The three dollars a week she earned was importantto her family. Much later I was able to help her, putting stocks inher name. Now I can help others, perhaps someone who arrivedas a child and who masters a new language and then must findwork. I feel good about doing this through the JewishCommunity Federation of San Francisco.

THE HEIDE-RADO FAMILIES

The first generation of our family came to California fromGermany in 1939. Their involvement in the Jewish communitycentered on the Temple and the High Holy Day servicesconducted each year at the Jewish Community Center in SanFrancisco for German immigrants. Following the Hungarianrevolution in 1956 more family members arrived. The generoussupport of HIAS enabled them to survive the first days in Viennaand New York. Today relatives remaining in Hungary benefitfrom the services of the JDC in Budapest. For these reasons ourfamily has made a commitment to support the work of Jewishagencies throughout the world.

DOUG AND MARY HELLER

The Jewish Community Federation is the only link that willenable us to know the “Jewishness” that we have lived willcontinue to be supported for years to come. Our bequest to theEndowment Fund maintains our parents’ endeavors andreminds the next generations of their heritage and traditions.

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RUSSELL AND SUSAN HOLDSTEIN

Tzedakah has always felt like one of the very best ways to practicetikkun olam. It has been a way for us to feel we actually can makea difference, that we can help make the world a better place.tzedakah has also helped us become more complete, less self-centered individuals. We trust that our gift will benefit manypeople around the world, but none less than our own children.We hope that our contribution will inspire our children todedicate themselves to good deeds and a life of tikkun olam.

SONNY AND STEVE HURST

Giving is part of the genetic makeup of the Rapoport/Hurstfamilies. It has been a family tradition for generations. We areblessed that our parents discovered that giving is one of thegreatest mitzvahs—and that we have been able to continue tofollow their example.

ALEX AND BERNADETTE INKELES

There may be a gene for generosity and charity, but most of us mustlearn to give and to share. What teaches us these fundamentallessons? Surely two sources of influence are paramount in mostlives. First, there is the example of parents who nurture, support, andgive unstintingly of love while yet setting standards and encouragingprincipled living. These earliest models are later reinforced bydevoted and gifted teachers who carry one beyond the limited scopeof the family to an understanding of our dependence on and debt tolarger circles of membership in communities of like interest, inneighborhoods, in the nation, and ultimately in the whole ofhumankind. We have been fortunate, indeed we feel we have beenblessed, in having had very wonderful exemplary models in bothour devoted parents and dedicated teachers. And at some criticalpoints in our younger years we also benefited from the exceptionalsupport of some of the institutions in which we lived, a generositywe know was in turn made possible by caring donors. Through thecombined effort of these sources of kindness we were, in effect, giventhe right to draw heavily from an extraordinarily rich open accountin the great bank of human goodness and virtue. That good fortuneimposes on us the obligation to put as much as we can back into thatbank so that others may in their turn enjoy some of the benefits ofthe generous impulse from which we derived so much support.Giving steadily to the Jewish Community Endowment Fund hasgiven us an opportunity to contribute in some small way to the greatcommon task of nurturing community.

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LOIS AND BUD JACOB

Each of our charitable giving experiences began with the littleblue metal boxes passed around at Sunday school. We rememberit felt good to give a few coins each week for the benefit of thoseless fortunate. Our respective families in San Francisco andChicago were supportive of the UJA (and later the JCF) and wewere aware of their commitment.Only when we were married did we renew our commitment of

giving to the needs of the Jewish community. During our first tenyears of marriage we lived in Chicago and our eyes were openedby the original format of The Book of Life which listed individualnames and annual gifts to the UJA. Considered by some Jews inan unfavorable light, we believe the benefits were enormous andserved as a motivating force to allow Jews to look inward andevaluate what they could do to support the Jewish community.Establishing a fund with the Jewish Community Endowment

is one way of involving and teaching our children to carry on thelegacy of giving.

DENNIS AND PAULA JAFFE

We have been committed to giving from the time we were 30. Iheard a Phil Ochs song in the ‘60s called “There But for Fortune,”and never forgot the idea in the song. It is the concept that oneshould never take for granted the gifts that have been bestowed.These gifts are the chance of one’s birth, one’s particular geneticmakeup, and the loving family who encourages success and self-reliance. We can show our gratitude for this fortune by our owngiving to those who have not been granted the bounty to easetheir way through life. We cannot imagine a finer legacy to ourchildren than to lead by the example of philanthropy.

GERARDO AND PRISCILLA JOFFE

One of us (Priscilla) is a Jew by choice and the other (Gerardo)is a Jew by birth. We have made a (we believe) successful effort increating a Jewish home and in implanting Jewish consciousnessand love of Judaism and of Israel in our children.But we realize how easy it is—in the embracing environment

of this blessed country—for our children and for their childrento lose that consciousness, to drift away from the Jewishcommunity, and to totally lose themselves in the “mainstream.”We believe that having created a legacy through the Federation’sEndowment Fund will strengthen our Jewish community andwill keep that sense of belonging, that Jewish consciousness, alivein our children and their children as well.

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LILLIAN JUDDDENNIS JUDDFRAN JUDD

When we came home from the Concentration Camps, a Jewish-American organization set up a kitchen to feed us. Chances arethat without this kind action, not even half of the survivorswould have made it. When my husband, who was also aHolocaust survivor, passed away, my son Dennis and I decidedthat since Emil liked to feed the hungry in his life, we would liketo follow his example. We hope that someday soon everyone willhave enough to eat. Our son Irving was studying VeterinaryMedicine at Davis when he was killed. We hope to help someyoung person to achieve what he could not. The JewishCommunity Endowment Fund seemed to be a good way tohonor their memory, by helping others who are in need.

RABBI DOUGLAS AND ELLEN KAHN

We receive great satisfaction from our personal and professionalinvolvement in the Jewish community. As a fourth-generation SanFranciscan, Doug has seen the community grow tremendously inits breadth of activities for all ages. We see our legacy to the JewishCommunity Endowment Fund as a reflection of our lifelongcommitment to our people. The Talmud teaches that although theelders among us will not enjoy the fruits of the trees, it is incumbentupon them to plant for future generations. This gift alsocontributes to the lessons we have endeavored to teach our childrenabout community and the mitzvah of each of us doing our share.

JOEL KAMISHER

When I was a child I often received certificates saying a tree wasplanted in my name in Israel. These came from older relativesincluding my father’s uncle and aunt who were very activeZionists. They taught me it’s important to build for the future.They also told me how important it is to help those lessfortunate—people who don’t have the things we take for granted.

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LEE AND MARTIN KATZ

As first-generation Americans, we were fortunate to be able to utilizethe wonderful opportunities to work, study and play which, ultimately,enabled us to achieve educational, professional, financial andcommunity status well beyond the dreams of our immigrant parents.We have always been proud of our strong Jewish heritage and

particularly retained the sense of obligation to help those who werenot as fortunate, or just starting out, and to promote social welfare.After the death of our son, we wanted to create a dynamic and

living legacy that would meld together times of remembrancewith giving and times of giving with remembrance.May our children and grandchildren, for a myriad of years,

cherish and continue this tradition.

ARNOLD AND RUTH T. KAUFMAN

We are the children of East European immigrants. They werehardworking, but money was scarce. Tzedakah, however, was part oftheir lives. Our childhood memories of pushkes and giving to those inneed are very clear. We have a purse belonging to Bubbe that containsmany receipts for charitable donations. We have shown them to ourchildren and grandchildren and explained our family’s tradition ofgiving. They are continuing this tradition—as are we. The EndowmentFund is our legacy to the Jewish community of the future.

BERNARD KAUFMAN, JR.

The Living Legacy

On Easter Sunday morning of the year 1881 my Aunt Olga’s goatbroke loose and wandered up the hill and entered the church filledwith worshippers in the village of Telsche, in Lithuania.Consternation reigned—everybody knew the Devil often appearedin the form of a goat and a goat owned by Jews—this spelled Trouble.A voice cried out, “Kill the goat—and the Jews.” My

grandmother Rachel rushed into the church, grabbed the goatand at the top of her voice said, “The goat is harmless. It belongsto my daughter Elka—she is ‘Meshugah’. (And even at the age of90 Aunt Olga was known as ‘Elka the Meshuganeh’.) All will bewell. I will tie up the goat so it cannot bother you.”A pogrom had been averted by a hair. Now it was different—even

after generations of living in Telsche. A goat had dangerouslyloosened our roots. It was time to move on. We Jews were thethermometers of social, economic, and political change even thoughwe may not have been aware of it at the time. Now the mercuryreadings were at a dangerous level of the fever of Jew-hatred.

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Grandma Rachel and her family were always hungry, alwaystrying to climb out of poverty and never able to do so. Yet despitethis she saw to it that a potato and some food leftovers were alwayspresent for one of the Yeshiva students who were always on the vergeof starvation and came daily to the one-room house with the straw-thatched roof. Some food, our family’s only way of giving charity.At Ellis Island, the missionaries tried to give Grandmother the

New Testament and money if she gave up her Hebrew prayerbooks—she refused. At the railroad station the ticket agent askedwhere she wanted to go. She answered, “As far away from theCzar of Russia as possible.” He looked at a map and said, “Thatwould be San Francisco.” That is why we are here.Now, 117 years later, we are no longer hungry. This land and society

have given us great opportunities and we have made use of them.But we never forgot that there are thousands of our people

here and in the world at this time who need the “potatoes” tokeep body and soul alive and together—and that tikkun olam hasnot yet been completed.So, our genius as a people has combined our Old World culture

with that of Industrial America, and we have created institutionsthat are marvels in Social Engineering and have improved evenupon those we built in Europe and brought with us, especially themany Jewish Community Federations of which our San FranciscoFederation is one of the most outstanding in implementing oursurvival and continuity in both the present and future throughconstant imagination, innovation, and change.I am hoping my descendants will continue this work that must

never stop and keep our dreams alive and the dreams of thelegacy alive, long into the distant future.And how may this be helped?A. By steadily expanding the work of the Jewish communityB. Never forgetting that “in memory lies our salvation” (BaalShem Tov)

C. “All the world is a narrow bridge, and as you cross from thestart to the finish of your life—never be afraid.” (R.Nachman of Bratzlav)

D. Every Jew must have a second language—Hebrew!E. And don’t forget the “potatoes!”

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GOLDA KAUFMAN

Neither my husband Hank (Harold Jerome) nor I wereCalifornia natives. I was not even a U.S. citizen when I came tothis city during World War II. Hank was in service and stationedhere. When war ended, we decided to settle in San Francisco.Hank’s family and Ben Swig’s family in Boston were friends andBen lost no time in giving both of us volunteer jobs inFederation, and in Israel Bonds, etc.This came very naturally to me, for my mother, particularly,

always felt that doing “charity work” was almost more importantthan just giving money. As a fifteen-year-old, I went by busweekly to The Brady Street Settlement House in the East End ofLondon, a Jewish Center and day care facility for after-schoolactivities for poor Jewish children. I taught little boys how tojump horse and other gymnastics, and in another class taughtShakespeare and acting. Another volunteer activity was for theJewish National Fund. Small teams of boys and girls were trainedto place the famous Blue Boxes in Jewish homes. We were givenlists of Jewish names in the neighbourhoods, and we knocked atdoors, gave our “spiel” on the JNF, its tree-planting, etc., andasked people to take a Blue Box if they did not have one. Thesevolunteer hours trained me well for the future.I realised the benefit of these hands-on efforts, and am so

grateful to my parents for this thoroughly Jewish example oftzedakah. I often quote: “You are not expected to cure all the illsof the world, but you are not excused from trying.” I am not surewhose words those are. Hank and I also used to quote Hillel’s(and I still do): “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If Iam only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?” And fromthe New Gates of Prayer I often quote: “Pray as if everythingdepended on G-d, act as if everything depended on you.”Is it not personal responsibility and effort being emphasized in

these meaningful quotes? Is this not what Judaism teaches us?And teaching tzedakah in its many phases to our children is vitalto ensure our Jewish future. Endowing philanthropic funds forchildren and grandchildren is an important way of teaching this.I pray that we are successful. When I established funds for myown children and grandchildren, I wrote to them, “My hope andprayer (I know Grandpa would feel the same) is that thisexample will encourage you to add to the funds when you areable … and to involve yourselves in your Jewish communities.”These are a few of my thoughts for our Living Legacy and The

Book of Life. I am both humble and proud to be in it.

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RON AND BARBARA KAUFMAN

Soon after coming to San Francisco in early 1959 we were askedto participate in Federation. That involvement developed into alifetime of gratifying experiences and hundreds of wonderfulfriends who share our values and concerns for the continuity andquality of Jewish life. All of our family knows that our efforts andresources have helped so many other Jews.We have benefited by the journey of a hundred prior

generations and hope to pass on this special gift. Our dream is ofa vibrant Jewish Community Federation that continues toprovide aid and leadership for all the needs of Jews—here andoverseas—from generation to generation.

WILFRED (BILL) AND RACHEL KAY

I know how important Jewish charitable funds are. As a teenageHolocaust survivor in Europe, I had the opportunity to attend aschool supported by Jewish funds. Again in 1949, when I arrivedin this country, the Jewish community welcomed me and helpedme get started in the new homeland. The help I received almost50 years ago was crucial in my development as a productivemember of the community.During every period some people are in need of help and today is no

exception. My parents in Poland, though of limited means, managed tohelp others. It is completely natural for me to continue in that tradition.I have been fortunate to be a contributor in the past and believe it is ourobligation to continue helping Jews in need, wherever they are.

META AND JERRY KIRSCHBAUM

My grandparents and parents participated in tzedakah.They had little but gave much.I believe the cultural essence of Judaism is philanthropy.

FRED AND HILLA KIRSCHNER

Because of our background and experiences during theHolocaust in Germany both of us feel, as survivors, that we mustkeep our connections to our roots open while establishing ourfuture and the future of our family.It is important to us that we not only remember our traditions

but also maintain them by living them and by education andexposing our children and grandchildren to them.Life here has been good to us, difficult at times, yes—but rewarding

in so many ways that it is important to us to share in appreciation andgratitude. One way we chose is the Federation’s Endowment Fund.

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(MRS. HARVEY) PHYLLIS V. KOCH

The value and purpose of Endowment to me is the assurancethat participation in Jewish community philanthropy will becarried on by my family for generations and generations.

HELEN AND SIG KRIEGSMAN

It is a great pleasure to have participated with our Jewish FamilyCommunity in a Living Legacy.

LAURA AND GARY LAUDER

What an extraordinary framework Judaism is for raising children withstrength of character, strength of values, and self-awareness rooted inhistory. We are thrilled to be a part of this great Jewish community andits wonderful education systems for all of our families.

WARREN G. LEFORT

I was born in 1924 in Hamborn, Germany, where my father wasin the furniture business. When I was six years old, I came downwith polio and since then my right hand has been paralyzed. Thefurniture business was one of the first affected by Hitler. Forexample, it was illegal to buy furniture from a Jewish furniturestore, and previous customers on credit were excused frommaking payments to Jewish merchants. Thus my father wasforced to sell his business in 1933 at a fraction of its worth to aChristian furniture dealer. The fact that my father had fought inthe German army during World War I, and had been seriouslywounded, made no difference.My mother was very perceptive about the political situation,

and in August 1934, we emigrated to Palestine. Unfortunately mymother became seriously ill shortly after arriving there, and dieda few months later in Italy. From there, my father, my five-year-old brother and I went to Holland, where we had relatives.Eventually, my father started a new business with a dress designerand was relatively successful.However, we saw the continued expansion of Nazi power, and

my father reluctantly sold his business in 1939, and the four of us(my father remarried in 1938) decided to emigrate to the U.S.My father did not want to stay in New York City, and one week

after arriving there in June 1939, we left for Cleveland, Ohio,where we did not know a single soul. My mother was the onlyone who spoke English, and my parents complained frequentlythat we received no help or assistance from any Jewish agency or

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committee in Cleveland in finding housing or helping us tofunction in a new and strange community.I went to high school in Cleveland and was lucky to win a

scholarship to Case Western Reserve University, where I majoredin accounting. However, when I wanted to work as anaccountant, I encountered a great deal of anti-Semitism, sincemost of the established CPA firms were gentile. My fatherdecided that we had enough other problems but that our nameshould not be one of them, and thus changed our name fromLewin to Lefort when we became U.S. citizens.After graduating from college I went to New York and was

employed by a reputable Jewish CPA firm. Eventually I becamean auditor for CARE and traveled to many parts of the world andsaw the destruction caused by the war and the misery ofthousands. In 1952 I came to San Francisco and with the help ofnew acquaintances and friends I found here, I was able toestablish my own CPA firm in 1954. I married Edith the sameyear, and eventually we had two children, Steven and Yvonne.Although I had to work hard, I have been extremely fortunate

in coming to the Bay Area during a time of exceptional growthand opportunity.I have learned, however, that we all need a helping hand from

the community and that this helping hand should be available tonewcomers or longtime residents in need of physical, emotional,or other support.I want my Supporting Foundation to be part of this helping hand.

HENRY AND ELIZABETH LEHMANN

Henry was born in Germany and came to the USA via France andBrazil when he was twelve years old and Elizabeth grew up inIndiana. We both saw how easy it is for the Jewish community todisappear, either through violence or through assimilation. This iswhy we are both committed to the continuation of Am Yisrael. Wehave been blessed with material well-being and since we live a verysimple life there is nothing better to do with our material blessingsthan to dedicate funds to the continuance of our people. We stronglybelieve that the key to Jewish survival is education and hence we haveprovided support to Jewish Day Schools on the Peninsula and inBaltimore where our grandchildren attend Day Schools and inBoston where one of our sons is the Headmaster of the New JewishHigh School. We hope that our contributions will assure thecontinuation of a strong American Jewish community l’dor v’dor.

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CLAIRE ELAINE LEIBOWITZ

I consider myself fortunate to have been born American andJewish. Our family has been in San Francisco for over 100 years.My father and grandfather had a kosher meat market on SanBruno Avenue in the 1920s to 1940s. That area was fondlyreferred to as “out the road” by its large Jewish population.My mother (now a resident of the Jewish Home on Silver

Avenue) met my dad when she shopped for the family meat.Her dad was a charter member of the Carpenters Union inSan Francisco.We must not lose our history, tradition and values. I hope my

bequest will help.

BETTY R. LELAND

My father often told us as children that it was an obligation togive to those in need of assistance. He practiced this belief in hisown life, sometimes going so far as to bring complete strangershome for dinner because they looked to him like they needed ahot meal. As far as I know, he never turned down a request forhelp from anyone, and he made no distinctions on the basis ofappearance, background, or anything else.Although I did not fully appreciate it at the time, I have since

come to understand that the rewards to the giver are as great orgreater than those to the recipient. My father managed to teachus this lesson without ever saying it in so many words. Mybrothers never hesitated to do their share during their lifetimesand I pray that my children and grandchildren carry on thefamily tradition of education and tzedakah and pass it along tofuture generations.

ANNE AND ROBERT LEVISON

Since both our families have been connected with the Jewishcommunity and its philanthropic activities over many years, it isexciting for us to continue the tradition. We sincerely believe thatthe leadership demonstrated by the Jewish families in SanFrancisco in the 1800s has made our lives easier and morefulfilling. This spirit and commitment continues today, and weare pleased to be able to participate.

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ROSANNE AND ALVIN LEVITT

Our parents were a living example of doing “good deeds” andthey inspired us to continue the tradition of sharing with thosein need. The Torah teaches us to “leave the corners of the field”unharvested for those who have no food. We have alwaysconsidered charitable giving a first priority; we are leaving alegacy with the Jewish Community Endowment Fund to inspireour children and our future generations as we were inspired togive and live a Jewish life.

HAROLD L. LEVY

According to our tradition, I stood at Sinai and joined with mypeople in a solemn pledge “to do as the Lord has spoken”—thatI would keep the covenant. This obligation requires that Isupport the Jewish Community Endowment Fund, whoseservices strengthen Jewish values and preserve Jewish identity. Inso doing, it is my hope that my grandchildren will keep the faith.

HARRY AND GENE LEWIN

We are survivors—my wife Gene came from Austria and I amfrom Berlin, Germany.Luckily we met in Shanghai, China and survived there for

eight years.It was our good fortune that a former New York congressman

gave us the affidavit.San Francisco was very good to us. We came here in 1947. I was

very active for the Jewish Community Federation for 50 years.Our goal is to support the State of Israel and to thank the San

Francisco Jewish community.We are proud that we are able to support the Endowment Fund.

SUSI LEWINSKY

My late husband, George Lewinsky, left Germany in 1926 at theage of 23 for a business position in San Salvador, CentralAmerica. I was a teacher at the Orthodox Jewish girls school inHamburg, Germany when I left in 1939 to enter a nurse trainingprogram in a military hospital in London. We met there througha mutual friend. We married three weeks later and lived in SanSalvador where we helped found the first and only synagogue inthe country. We moved with our three children to San Franciscoin 1957. We always believed in supporting the Jewish communitywherever we lived. It is our wish that this contribution helps keepJewish traditions alive.

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MEL LICHTMAN

I felt very proud of myself and my religion at my Bar Mitzvahceremony in 1932. But gradually over the years following, Idrifted away from Judaism. It seemed to have played animportant role in the past—but no longer relevant to modernsociety. I followed just enough to satisfy my grandfather.When my wife Bettie and I became parents, we joined a temple

to give our children a Jewish education. We also joined aReconstructionist study group, then Brandeis Camp Institute.We solicited for the JWF and became officers and directors ofJewish organizations.The more I learn, the less I know. But I am convinced that

Judaism best tells us how to be a good person and how to lead agood life. We should do all we can to support it into theindefinite future.

LINKER FAMILY

A viable Jewish community is essential for us today as well astomorrow!

EVA CHERNOV LOKEY

As for many others, it was the living example of my parents thathas inspired my giving. My hope is that I, in turn, will likewiseinspire my children.

WILLIAM J. AND FERN E. LOWENBERG

The creation of The Book of Life for our Federation is aculmination of many years of hard work by a very dedicated staff.We are proud and grateful to be part of the effort to rebuild

the Jewish world after the Holocaust.Now it is our duty and obligation to ensure that future

generations will understand the obligation they have for thecontinuity and the survival of the Jewish people.

MELANIE AND PETER MAIER

We feel most fortunate and very proud to be part of the Jewishcommunity. It has lent so much richness and profoundcomplexity to our lives and those of our children. In order tomaintain our community, carry on the traditions of our familymembers of blessed memory, and ensure the survival of thatwhich we treasure, we have made this commitment to the JewishCommunity Endowment Fund.

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SUSAN AND JAY MALL

When we moved to the Bay Area from Chicago in 1974 (out of thedarkness and into the light), we had no family here and only a fewacquaintances. Someone invited us to a “Jewish Welfare Fund”event in Marin and we found a world of people with whom webecame friends. Over the years we have become more and moreactive in the Jewish community through the Federation and otherJewish organizations. The people who are our Bay Area “family”today are people who are involved in the Jewish community. Because we feel fortunate to have the resources, we want to leave a

legacy that will contribute to the strength and future of the Jewishinstitutions in the Bay Area. The sense of connection and continuitywith the Jewish people is a driving force in our lives today. We hope thatour children and their children will feel as welcomed and part of theJewish community here—or wherever they choose to live—as we have.

JOSIE AND IRV MALTZER

I am in the middle of five generations of Jews intimately close tome … my grandparents, my parents, myself, my children and mygrandchildren. We grew up in China where my parents were ofenormous help to the European refugees of World War II. Myhusband’s technological and financial support has been of muchassistance to the State of Israel. I feel part of the continuity ofJewish life. I want to make sure that there is always help for thenext generation of our people in need.

CHARLES F. AND MARILYN MEIER

As first- and second-generation Americans whose families fledthe pogroms in Russia and the Holocaust in Germany, we havebenefited from the courageous and wise actions of our ancestorsin moving our families to a nation where Jews flourish. Ofcourse, even in a land of freedom and opportunity, families maybe beset with problems which deny their members the ability tolive full and happy lives. A helping hand offered at a strategicpoint can enable a family to summon its own resources to meetfuture challenges. It is that help we wish to provide.Philanthropy has always been a part of our lives but we wanted

to be assured that our goals would be fulfilled in a professional,cost-effective manner. The Jewish Community Federation’sEndowment Fund is the very best vehicle we have found toachieve these objectives. In this way, our legacy will continue tomake the American dream a reality for future generations.

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FRANK G. MEYER

What factors motivated my commitment to the Jewish future?First, I am grateful that my family survived the Holocaust.

Luckily my father, a successful businessman, brought the familyout of Germany in time. I became much more interested in Jewish affairs after Entebbe.

I remember from my youth that Germans called Jews cowards.After Entebbe, Jews—and especially Israelis—were admired fortheir bravery. That made me feel good.Israel has given the Jewish population a positive image. The

students at Technion, for example, are so bright and talented. Life today is a lot better for Jews in the United States than it

was 50 years ago, when there were quotas at universities and Jewswere not allowed to stay at some hotels.I am a founder of the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC,

serve on the national board of the American Society forTechnion, and support many other organizations as well.I support the Federation and hope my gift to the Jewish

Community Endowment Fund will benefit generations yet to come.

MID-PENINSULA JEWISH COMMUNITY DAYSCHOOL ENDOWMENT IN MEMORY OF

MARY SNYDER HELLER AND PAUL HELLERFROM LAURA HELLER LAUDER AND GARY MARK LAUDER

My grandparents took such pride in being leaders of theirCanton, Ohio Jewish community. Mary and Paul Heller meantbusiness when it came to ensuring a thriving community! TheMPJCDS helps build community, and we want to ensure that thistremendous educational facility is beautifully maintained foreverso that it may always build community and create an exceptionalplace for exceptional Jewish and secular education.

PHYLLIS AND STUART MOLDAW

Phyllis and Stuart Moldaw grew up in New England, whereindependence is prized. Yet their involvement in Jewishphilanthropy is based on their belief that Jews all over the worldare still very much interdependent. “If we do not help each otherwhen in need,” says Stuart, “no one will.”Stuart, a native of Brookline, Massachusetts, and Phyllis,

originally from Portland, Maine, came to California in the mid-1950s. By the end of the decade Stuart had founded his firstenterprise, Country Casual Stores. Later, he launched a series of

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successful companies, including “Pick-A-Dilly” and Ross Stores.Both Phyllis and Stuart understand the importance of

philanthropy—in the community at large and in the Jewishworld, particularly. They look beyond the needs of today… tothe challenges of the future.The Moldaws established a supporting foundation with the

Endowment Fund. Having served on the EndowmentCommittee, Phyllis knew their supporting foundation wouldqualify as a public charity and receive outstanding taxadvantages. She also knew that she and Stuart would have fullinvolvement in the investment of assets and grant making. As a former Alternate Public Delegate to the U.S. Mission to the U.N.,

Stuart remains concerned about Israel’s isolation in the community ofnations. Phyllis, who once served as President of the Jewish CommunityMuseum, is especially interested in preserving Jewish culture and art.Both Phyllis and Stuart want to make the world a safer and better placefor their daughters Carol and Susan, and their three grandsons.Learning they could continue to help fellow Jews, not as an act

of charity, but as an act of justice—in the tradition of tzedakah—is the reason Phyllis and Stuart Moldaw have chosen to investin the future of the Jewish community.

LILLIAN AND HAROLD L. MOOSE, JR.

The Book of Life stories of future generations are still untold. Wehope that our contribution will help to preserve the Jewish faithand traditions and the blessing of Freedom.

JUDITH MOSS

I succeeded very well in my professional career despite beingJewish and a woman. My credentials—a BA from Vassar and anMA from Columbia—opened the doors for me which otherwisewould have been closed. I worked in the fields of economics,computer systems design and information management. After anMS from Stanford as a National Science Foundation Fellow, andthen my election to the Mountain View City Council, I changedmy career direction to educational administration. I never feltdiscrimination in my professional life as a Jew because being afemale was much more obvious. It was important to me to save a part of my earnings and my

investment program has done exceptionally well. Not having anychildren and after allowing for my six nephews in my LivingTrust, I will be able to make very significant contributions as mylegacy to the community.Why did I select the Jewish Community Federation? Perhaps

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because being Jewish should indicate a family and the JCF willsubstitute for the family I don’t have. Perhaps as well because myparents were involved in the Jewish community. For example, myfather was president of the United Synagogues of America and mymother an active member of Hadassah. I have been treasurer andpresident of the Jewish Community Center in Palo Alto and nowserve on the executive board of the American Jewish Committee.In my elected positions as council member and mayor of the Cityof Mountain View and currently as a trustee of the Foothill-DeAnza Community College District, I have worked to ensurerespect for Jewish traditions in the larger community.I still want to modify my trust to designate a more specific

purpose for which the Jewish Community Federation will usemy funds. I care deeply about life-long learning, particularly toenable each person to obtain those skills needed to make careerchanges, whether for work or retirement and to do so withconfidence. Thus I expect to designate my funds for acombination of education and services to help single people beaccepted as part of Jewish family life.

LAURENCE AND ELEANOR MYERS

My interest in the Jewish community stemmed from the activities ofmy parents. My mother, who is now 102, is still donating to numerousJewish charities and was active as a lay person in the community. Mydad was a physician and donated his services extensively to the JewishHome and the Orphanage. I am pleased that my children arefollowing in our footsteps. Both my daughter, Lisa Goldman, and myson, Mark Myers, are playing leadership roles in the Jewish andgeneral communities. My oldest grandson is doing substantialvolunteer work at the early age of 13, and I know that all of mygrandchildren will continue to serve the community. My wife Eleanorhas been very supportive and has been active in volunteerism.It is for these reasons that I have established both a philanthropic

fund and a supporting foundation at the Federation.

HILDA NAMM

Israel is very important to me because I lived through the Holocaust. IfIsrael had been in existence at that time, millions would have been saved:Hitler would not have succeeded in killing six million Jews. I want toperpetuate the Jewish faith and ensure the future of Judaism by enablingthe State of Israel to continue its policy guaranteeing the “right of return”for every Jew. I also want to help needy people. I hope to achieve thesegoals through my gift to the Jewish Community Endowment Fund.

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PEGGY NATHAN

Charity and continuity are important to me. To ensure Jewishcontinuity requires Jewish charity. I hope my gift will help andwill be an example for others.

ROY AND PEARL HARLANRONNIE HARLAN

FRANK AND DOROTHY NEWMAN

With great joy and humility we join our friends in the San Franciscocommunity to raise our hands for giving. In so doing, we continuethe pattern set by our parents that giving is a part of our familytradition, a part of Jewish tradition, and a part of our place insociety. We dedicate our page in The Book of Life to our parents:

PAULINE NEWMAN-GORDON

It was largely through the generosity of parents, benefactors anddonors that I was able to pursue a course of advanced study thatbegan at Hunter College, continued at Columbia University andthe Sorbonne, and qualified me for a teaching position atStanford University in the early 1950s. During my forty-yeartenure in the French Department at Stanford, I had the privilegeof living in the ambiance of fine minds and great books, and togrow through daily contact with students and colleagues. I alsohad the pleasure of seeing the Jewish Studies Program come intoits own. These two disciplines, the French language and JewishStudies, close to my roots and early inquisitiveness, haveprovided me with inspiration and purpose. I hope to make itpossible for future generations to experience similar fulfillment.

ROBERT L. AND JAN HARLAN NEWMAN

In their own individual ways, they taught us by example to thinkof others and to give back to the community some of our goodfortune—Roy and Pearl through communal and temple servicein Dayton, Ohio; Ronnie through her commitment to the Jewishcommunity and Dayton’s arts organizations; and Frank andDorothy through innumerable activities in Indianapolis,Indiana. Frank served as the executive director of theIndianapolis Jewish Community Federation for 30 years and wasthe first director of its endowment fund. We were taught by aprofessional!The lyrics say, “Teach your children well.” We are proud to say

that we believe our parents did, and now it is up to us to teachthe next generation.

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BERNARD OSHER

I grew up in a small town in Maine where my family had ahardware store. Since both of my parents worked in the business,much of our daily lives was centered there.At any early age, I saw men with big beards, black coats and

sometimes fur hats come into the store to visit my parents.Fascinated by these men, I questioned my father about just

who they were and where they came from.I was told that they were either rabbis or religious men who needed

help or were collecting for a yeshiva or other Jewish institution.My parents never failed to see that they received some money

or very often food and lodging.Those early experiences I will never forget, and there is no

doubt that my parents’ charity had a strong effect on me.

MARGOT PARKER AND JOEL B. SPOLIN

Our four young children had a fantastic start to their schoolingby attending preschool at the Albert Schultz Jewish CommunityCenter. There they learned that Judaism is more than a religion—that it is a community, too, which encompasses a set of valuesand ethics. Our children learned the importance of tzedakah andtaking care of those less fortunate. We hope that our gift, inhonor of our children, will ensure that others are able to learnabout Jewish values and ethics as young children and grow intoadults who are strongly connected to their Jewish community.

JOSEPH AND EDA PELL

Both Joe and I were born in Europe and grew up during theturbulent years of the 1930s and early ’40s. We both lost our parentsand many of our siblings in a world gone mad and completely outof control. We are very grateful for the opportunities which theUnited States provided for us and the chance to create a new andwonderful family. We also feel very strongly that each one of usshould be responsible to see that this kind of madness will nothappen again. We hope that a strong Jewish community both nowand in the future will prevent a reoccurrence of these tragedies.

EMILY SCOTT POTTRUCK AND DAVID POTTRUCK

We hope that our gift to the Jewish Community Endowment Fundwill set an example for the generations that follow us, encouragingthem to leave the world a little better for the many lives to come.To quote Anne Frank, “How wonderful it is that nobody need waita single moment before starting to improve the world.”

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LISA STONE PRITZKER AND JOHN A. PRITZKER

Both sets of grandparents came to America as a result ofincreasing persecution in Eastern Europe. They were assisted byJewish agencies in the U.S., which enabled them to get a start inthe New World. As a result, our grandparents were able toachieve great success in many ways.We appreciate Jewish history and want that tradition to

continue. We believe that Jewish continuity depends oneducation. It is our interest to help assure the resources to fosterJewish learning and culture for the next generation. It is notcoincidental that tzedakah is a Talmudic obligation. Giving tocharity is a Jewish value that we believe in. We hope that our giftto the Jewish Community Endowment Fund will set an examplefor our children by encouraging them to be community leadersand by increasing their awareness of what it means to help others.

CAROLINE AND BENNETT RAFFIN

Our parents were most active in Jewish life—from the ZionistOrganization of America (when it was not popular in SanFrancisco to be in favor of a Jewish State) to Rabbi JacobWeinstein’s School for Jewish Studies, Hadassah, the NationalCouncil of Jewish Women, etc. Caroline was co-chair with BobSinton in the late ’30s of an early campaign for the Federation,and Bennett, at times, headed the Construction Division andBusiness and Professions Group of the Welfare Fund.We believe strongly in the philosophy of federated giving and

hope that our grandchildren will continue to make the JewishCommunity Federation the prime beneficiary in theirphilanthropic bequests. Our children are off to a good start.

ALICE AND BERNIE REINER

Our parents emigrated to the United States at the beginning ofthe 20th century from Europe to make a better life for themselvesand their children. They brought nothing with them but theirJewish traditions. They believed in living a good Jewish life, thatwe were a special chosen people, here on this earth to be a lightto the nations, and that every Jew was responsible for each other.We were taught to be kind to each other, to be charitable, to trynot to hurt anyone, and that when God has been good to you,there is a time to give back in your time and substance to thecommunity. We tried to pass this on to our children andgrandchildren by our actions and by setting up a family charityfund with Federation to administer when we are gone. WithGod’s help we hope we succeeded in passing on this tradition.

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WILLIAM AND JOYCE REMAK

Joyce and I were lucky neither one of us nor our parents ever hadto ask for assistance from any of the Jewish agencies. Helping otherseither directly or through organizations has been a family tradition.Life is and has been good to us. We like to share with our contributions.

PAUL AND SHERI ROBBINS

We feel truly blessed to live in the community in which we liveand to have all that we have. Following the example that was setfor us by our parents and grandparents, we have made givingtzedakah a very high priority in our home. We were taught theimportance of giving back to the community and of sharingwhat we have with others who are less fortunate. In turn, we havetried to impart those values to our own children, not justthrough our words, but also by our deeds. Our gift to the JewishCommunity Endowment Fund is one tangible way in whichwe’ve chosen to demonstrate our commitment to that ideal.

ALEX AND GERTRUDE ROBERTS

The future and welfare of the Jewish people—in our localcommunity and throughout the world—lies not only with us butwith the generations to come. Their support and commitment tothe Jewish community is very important.We personally take great pride in the time, effort and

commitment that our children have given to both the local andnational Jewish community.We hope that our gift to the Jewish Community Endowment

Fund will set an example for future generations, encouragingthem to make a better world through their giving.

CAROL SEILER ROBERTS

To life! My fund has been created in the spirit of carrying on theJewish tradition of giving. My family has always demonstrated astrong commitment to community. By setting an example of thevalue of sharing with others, I hope to set a standard for mychildren to learn and understand their commitment to life. It ismy hope to ensure a vibrant future for my family and the Jewishcommunity for generations to come.

HERBERT AND ILSE ROSENBAUM

Ilse and I were born in Germany. I arrived in the United States in1937, Ilse in 1939. We met at the “Yom Kippur Dance” at the

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Jewish Center in 1944 and married about six months later. Ourstrong feelings toward our Jewish community were alreadyinherited in our youth and have grown in intensity ever since. Wehave contributed funds for over 50 years, small sums at first, butincreasing ones as circumstances permitted. We feel thateveryone who is financially able to do so should support theorganizations and causes which are dear to his heart and areworthy of some financial sacrifice. The Jewish CommunityFederation certainly ranks high among these organizations.While you cannot take it with you, you can certainly send it

ahead. Charity begins at home but should not end there. It mostcertainly is better to give than to receive, and giving graciously andadequately is part of Jewish law and proper behavior. The JewishCommunity Federation in supporting Jewish needs in Americaand Israel certainly fulfills the purpose of our contributions.

BARBARA AND RICHARD ROSENBERG

In the history of the Jewish people there have never been more than16-20 million individuals in a world of over 2 billion. Yet thecontributions of the Jewish people in every field of human endeavor,from science to art to music and literature, medicine and business,have been totally disproportionate to their numbers. Thus, webelieve the Jewish people should flourish, not just for their own richtradition and values and contributions to their own people, but fortheir vast and valuable contributions to all peoples of the world.However, this community cannot continue to function without

funding to support the various services that we as a people undertakeand believe in. We, therefore, give financial and volunteer support toJewish community endeavors, not just for ourselves, our childrenand grandchildren, but for continued contributions to all mankind.

JOHN ROSENBERG AND THELMA ROSENBERG

I emigrated to America on March 4, 1940 with my parents andsister, at age 13.On “Kristallnacht” my father was arrested by the Nazis and

sent to Dachau. My mother did the impossible—she obtained hisrelease because he had received the Iron Cross first class, fordistinguished service, during the First World War.My wife’s parents came to this country from Russia in the early

1900s. We are very grateful for the opportunities this country affordedour parents and our generation, as well as our children, therebyenabling us to achieve success through hard work and education.Giving to charitable causes, especially Jewish, was instilled in

us throughout our lives. We are blessed to be able to continue thistradition and bequeath some of our good fortune to others.

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LOUISE AND CLAUDE ROSENBERG, JR.

Jews will always constitute a minority group with an amazinglypositive heritage, yet one specifically that has continuouslyexperienced serious prejudice, discrimination—and worse! Howshortsighted it would be not to protect ourselves throughcohesive strengths that JCFs encourage and help support. Howunreasonable it would be not to help fellow Jews less fortunate(why, there but for the grace of God, could be any of us). Legaciesthrough the JCF make great sense, yet not at the expense ofignoring (or depriving) the present. We plan to continue doingmore and more while we are alive, hoping that our passion andconviction will be even clearer to our descendants.

BETTE AND MARTIN ROSENTHAL

We both come from families that were actively involved in theJewish community. This same community has been animportant influence in the lives of our children. It is importantto us that there be resources available to assist with education inJewish traditions, family values, and also community services sothat the community we have known all of our lives continues toinfluence the lives of others.

WILLIAM ROSENZWEIG, 1935—1997ZOE (ALICE) ROSENZWEIG

“The Righteous even after their death are called alive ...”- Talmud

This bequest to the Jewish Community Endowment Fund is toremember the life of William Rosenzweig. As our belovedhusband and father he passed away too soon on May 20, 1997.We both grew up in a family that believed in tzedakah and

always on the kitchen counter was a blue “pushke”. It representedour faith in the future of Israel and by planting trees we felt wewere planting life itself. Our roots were humble but our sense ofJewishness was omnipresent. Yiddishkeit was the very essence ofour soul and dictated how we lived and how we would die.Bill leaves a legacy of brilliance, kindness, humor and an

appreciation of the wonders of the world. His Jewish jokes werefamous and he entertained us all with his dialects and wisdom.According to the Mishnah, “The world stands on three

pillars—study, prayer and deeds of kindness.” I bequeath to ourchildren, Cary, David, Julie and Adam, these three pillars to builda life on and to the Jewish Community the resources to assurethat Jewish life continues and prospers.

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SAMUEL AND ANNETTE ROSNER

I, Samuel, was born into an ultra-Orthodox household inMunich, Germany. Annette grew up in New York in a home ofJewish immigrants concerned with social and labor issues.At the age of 15 my parents sent me with Youth Aliyah to safety

in Israel (then Palestine). The realities of the new and openenvironment led me to a perception of Judaism differing fromstrict parochial Orthodox views. “Jews were Jews, were Jews, wereJews ...” arriving from all corners of the world with differentbackgrounds and opinions. The necessities of survival put thecommunity shoulder to shoulder in hard work and in thestruggle against a world of adversity. I carried this spirit to NewYork and found a similarity to Jewish-American history.The magnitude of Jewish institutions in the U.S. and the epic

developments in Israel bear witness that this spirit is still alive.We hope that our contribution will keep the light burning.

EVA AND JOHN ROSS

We were born in Austria and came with our parents to theAmericas near the beginning of World War II. As Jews we knewdanger, persecution and anti-Semitism, but were saved from theHolocaust. In the early immigrant years the Jewish communityhelped us. Through the years, with joys and sorrows, we had theopportunity to build and have good lives. There is much to bethankful for.We take pride in helping the Jewish community and its future

to honor the memory of our beloved parents and to give thanksfor the gifts and blessings we have received.

THE SAUL AND LILLIAN ROSS ENDOWMENT FUND

Supporting Jewish causes was always important to our parents.Our mother, Lillian, was born in a small German coal-mining

town, where her father owned a department store. Her youth wasessentially taken away from her. She spent those years movingaround Germany, Switzerland and Belgium to escape Nazipersecution before her family came to the United States andsettled in San Francisco in 1939.Our father, Saul, was born in Toronto. He spent part of his

childhood in an orphanage and moved to Oakland when he wastwelve years old. Even at that young age he sold newspapers on astreet corner to help support his family, and he worked allthrough high school and college. Our dad was admitted to theUniversity of California Hastings College of Law after only twoyears at UC Berkeley and practiced law on the Peninsula for close

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to 50 years. He was so well-liked and well-respected that twoattorneys who didn’t even know him came to his memorialservice to pay their respects.Both our parents demonstrated throughout their lives a deep

devotion to their community and family. Our dad was a strongsupporter of the Jewish Community Federation and other localJewish charities. He also helped found a local temple and gave thetemple free legal services for numerous years. Our mother was asupporter of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum inWashington, DC, and she was a tireless volunteer for theAmerican Cancer Society and the San Mateo Arboretum.The good works of our parents will continue through the Saul

and Lillian Ross Endowment Fund. Our parents knew that it wasimportant for Jews of all ages—young children and adults—toget a sense of their Jewish being and their heritage and to carry itinto their futures. The Jewish Community Endowment Fund ishelping to make that happen.

from Daniel and Thomas Ross

SUSAN AND ALAN ROTHENBERG

Both our families emigrated from Europe; Susan’s, fromHungary in the 1920s, and Alan’s, in 1938 from Vienna. Eachstruggled to build their new lives, yet preserving the joy ofhelping others.In New York, Susan’s parents were the core of a large extended

family, each providing for one another’s health and well-being. Alan’sparents moved to Wheeling, West Virginia, where they became activein its small Jewish community. When there was no longer room forJewish graves in the local cemetery, Alan’s father organized a smallgroup that purchased land to build a Jewish cemetery.We have tried to follow our parents’ teachings by caring for

others. We feel blessed that our children follow this tradition.

LOTTIE L. ROTHSCHILD

Fortunately I was able to leave Germany before all the atrociousevents took place.Even so, practically my whole family perished.By supporting the Jewish Welfare Federation, one can only

wish it will prevent such an occurrence in future generations.Any donation made by me is also in memory of my late

husband, David Theo Rothschild.

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NADINE S. RUSHAKOFF

I was born in San Francisco, a city of diversity, and attendedpublic school with students of all faiths and ethnic backgrounds.Yet my Jewish roots were strong and continued to growthroughout my entire life. I was fortunate to have parents whoprovided me with a warm Jewish home, education, and security.During my lifetime as a volunteer in Jewish organizations, I sawthe needs of so many less fortunate than I and tried to set anexample of tzedakah for my children and now my grandchildren.I hope my legacy will be an inspiration for others.

HARRY AND CAROL SAAL

Jewish values—as a couple, we shared them and, as a family, wepreserved them by passing them on to our children in veryconscious ways. We sent our children to Jewish day school wherethey were challenged academically, guided ethically and morally,and grounded in Jewish identity and knowledge.Jewish values are at the core of everything we do. We believe

our family has all learned together what it means to be Jewish ina secular world, in a multicultural society, and in a highlyassimilated Jewish community.

ELLEN AND JERRY SALIMAN

Our parents and grandparents have blessed us with a strongtradition of philanthropy and the importance of Jewishcommunity and education. We hope through our own giving toprovide continued resources for Jewish learning through dayschools, study in Israel, community centers, synagogues, camps,and any other means to reach fellow Jews of all ages. The proudheritage of our people will never be forgotten when we strive toeducate our future generations.

KIM AND GEORGE SARLO

For us, coming to America promised escape from poverty andpersecution. What America delivered went immeasurablybeyond that promise: it gave us every opportunity to live the liveswe wanted. For this, we will always be grateful. As part of ourgratitude we wish to return our riches to the community in thehope that others will receive similar opportunities.

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DOROTHY AND GEORGE SAXE

We are children of European-born, self-made parents who werealways involved in the Jewish community, both as donors and activeparticipants. (Dorothy’s father was president of his congregation for19 years!) We remember the pushkes in our homes and the generouswelcome given to Jewish indigents who came to our doors.We have been fortunate in our lives and feel obliged to give back

to society in general, and to the Jewish community in particular, inways that help the needy, advance education and the arts, andensure the future strength, viability and richness of Jewish life.But our greatest legacy is our family. Our children share our

values, concerns and commitment. We are proud of the activeroles they have played in the Jewish community and theirongoing involvement and support. And now our grandchildren are learning about philanthropy and

their responsibility to continue the tradition of four generations.

LOREN AND SHELLEY SAXE

We feel fortunate to be able to continue the strong commitmentto Jewish philanthropy modeled by our parents andgrandparents. We are grateful, of course, for the direct benefitsour family has enjoyed over the years from our synagogue, JCC,and camps. But of greater significance is the Federation’s role inimproving the quality of Jewish life for those we do not knowpersonally, only that they are fellow Jews. We believe it is ourresponsibility to help where we can, and in so doing try to set anexample for our children and future generations.

RON AND MARILYN SCHILLING

We have been blessed with children who are raising theirchildren with Jewish values and traditions. Being Jewish andfollowing the Jewish tradition of tzedakah is very important tous. By giving to the Jewish Community Endowment Fund, webelieve we are setting a good example for our family, and in asmall way securing the future of those that come after us.

ADRIENNE AND NORMAN SCHLOSSBERG

We realize how very lucky we are. We want to extend that tofuture generations of Jews in San Francisco and wherever theFund feels it is most needed.

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SHERRY AND HOWARD SCHOR

We grew up in communities where our world was primarilyJewish and it was easier to have a Jewish identity. Moving toNorthern California many years ago presented severalchallenges, one of which was forging a Jewish identity for ourchildren. We wanted to become involved in the Jewishcommunity as a vital means toward Jewish survival. We realizedwe were at that stage of our lives when the responsibility was oursand not left to others. Philanthropy is part of our Jewishtradition and we want to pass on that philosophy. It is alsoimportant for our extended family members to be aware of thecontributions Jews have made to the Arts and Sciences. We wantour children and grandchildren to feel the pride of being part ofour unique heritage.

JANET AND ALBERT SCHULTZ

Giving has always been part of our lives. I, Janet, grew up in a religious home where the study of Torah

and support of the synagogue were an integral part of myfamily’s life. Our home was modest, but I remember my parents’happiness in being able to give, whether it was coal for the shul,boarding the local Hebrew teachers, or my mother’s foundingmembership in Hadassah. My parents were Zionists and instilledin me a love of Palestine. They didn’t get to see the State of Israel,but I have been there fourteen times. I, Al, sum up my philosophy of giving with Harry

Blumenthal’s motto: “He who gives while he lives also knowswhere it goes.” We want to help ensure Jewish continuity through our

supporting foundation. We believe that programs to help Jewishyouth maintain their Jewish identity—such as day schools,camps, and teen trips to Israel—are especially important forachieving this goal.

THE LORI ANN SCHWAB MEMORIAL FUND

Two themes ran through Lori’s young life. Lori’s many friendswere devoted to her because she saw the best in them and madethem feel good about themselves. So people were drawn to her—a timeless lesson. One friend wrote very simply, “I always liked things better

when she was around,” and another said, “I was lucky on the daysI saw her.” Another wrote, “I knew that when she asked how I wasdoing, she genuinely wanted to know.” Another said, “I never feltI had to hide my true feelings from her, or be anything I wasn’t,

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as she would never judge me.” And another wrote, “She showedme the beauty that lives in little things and gave me the simpleoverwhelming warmth of a human smile.”Lori was also committed to helping those often left behind. We

heard from a counselor at Camp Swig discussing a camper withDown’s syndrome, “During her one week with this camper, yourdaughter showed deep devotion to the idea of beating the odds.Never before have I seen such determination or courage. Yourdaughter was and always will be a tribute to camp counseling.”And we heard, “She brought brightness and magic to camp. Wewill miss her dearly.”These are the values that were important to Lori. The example

she set is her legacy to future generations.

from Doug, Lis and Susan Schwab

RUTH F. AND DONALD H. SEILER

We both were born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ourlives have been greatly enriched by our involvement in many facetsof our Jewish community. It is important to us that our children,grandchildren and all who are a part of future generations have avibrant and strong Jewish identity, both locally and around theworld. May our legacy to the Jewish Community EndowmentFund be an example to our families and others as a significant wayto insure the future. It is important to us to attempt to leave thisworld a somewhat better place for our being here.

DORE SELIX-GABBY

Giving to the community monetarily, and also time and energy,is a tradition that I learned from my parents. It is my ferventhope that my children and future generations will emulate thisheritage. Judaism teaches us the rewards of helping others. Forme, it is not only an obligation, but a privilege to be able to do so.

THEODORE R. SETON

The legacy I was privileged to receive from my family focused onindividual character, on creativity and achievement, and oncontributing to the well-being of others. Its principal medium ofexchange was not currency (then in short supply!); instead, it washuman kindness, a basic tenet of Judaism.This precept formed a continuing theme for my parents as

expressed in the maxim:“Count that day lost whose low descending sunFinds from your hand no loving kindness done.”

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The example they set clearly included both tzedakah andcommunity service.My own legacy incorporates and expands upon these principles

by also emphasizing the importance of being in harmony withone’s self, essential to wanting to do one’s best for others.

GARY AND DANA SHAPIRO

Dana and I were born and raised in San Francisco and bothparticipated in temple and youth programs. In 1964 we marriedand settled in the East Bay but did not actively participate in theJewish community until 1967 when the entire area coalesced insupport of Israel.We realized that being Jewish required a commitment to

insure the continuity of the Jewish people and to support thelocal community. We must do whatever is possible to insure ourvalues are preserved. This commitment is an obligationwillingly assumed.Both Dana and I feel very fortunate in our personal and

financial lives. Our legacy will support Jewish education,cultural activities and the broader local Jewish community. Wehope that it will allow those in need to have opportunities thatwe have had and to be part of and contribute to our peoplelocally and in Israel.

PHYLLIS AND LARRY SHAPIRO

Our families were born in the United States but had manyrelatives in Poland who were annihilated in the Lodz ghetto.They also had a close friend who was asked by David Ben

Gurion to organize a few ragtag soldiers of different nationalitiesinto what became the modern Israeli army. His name was MickeyMarcus.Our father has always stressed philanthropy to the Jewish

community and giving opportunities to Jews (and others) whoare less fortunate.Our parents are givers who have been honored by Jewish

organizations in New York and we hope our children willcontinue this tradition.In spring of 1998 we traveled to Eastern Europe where our

most moving and unforgettable experience was visitingAuschwitz-Birkenau.As we stood on the railroad tracks at Auschwitz imagining the

horrors inflicted on the entire population of European Jewry, werealized that but for the grace of God, it could have been us.

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A. JESS SHENSON, M.D.

My grandparents came from Vilna (Russia) to San Francisco inthe early 1880s. Eager to help others, my grandfather, who owneda kosher butcher shop, became one of the first presidents of theHebrew Free Loan Association. My grandmother’s kitchen wasalways open to emigrants who needed a meal or a helping hand. Iwas raised in a warm family who continued to support the Jewishcommunity in many ways. My parents felt it was important togive during your lifetime so that you could enjoy the results ofyour work. My late brother Ben and I have continued our familytradition in actively supporting the work of numerous Jewishphilanthropic organizations. Through the work of the JewishCommunity Endowment Fund, our family values will continue.

BARRY AND ESTHER SHERMAN

Our children are the fourth generation that has lived in this countrysince our grandparents immigrated almost one hundred years ago.Our family’s roots are in the Midwest where we grew up in smallerJewish communities where people all knew each other, their familiesand their history. We attended afternoon Hebrew schools, participatedin Jewish youth groups and camps and in college belonged to a Jewishsorority and fraternity. We married within our community and reareda Jewish family, first in Iowa and later in the Bay Area. The Bay Area provides Jews with what they have sought for so

long: normalcy and opportunity. At the same time it presents anenormous challenge of creating and maintaining a Jewishcommunity with the cohesiveness we knew growing up. We arecommitted to a Jewish community that will continue to grow andflourish here—one that is dedicated to Jewish traditions and toexcellence in its institutions. Transience and rootlessness are acondition of modern life but are not unknowns in Jewish history.As in the past, strong communities can still allow Jews to live, growand prosper while remaining committed to our spiritual heritage.

DANIEL, LESLIE, RACHEL, ZACHARY, AND TIA SHINER

As Jews, my family has a history and a heritage that goes back5,758 years. I want to do my part to insure that this heritage willstill exist 5,758 years in the future.

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GERALDYN SICULAR

The opportunity to establish a permanent charitable legacy withthe Jewish Community Endowment Fund has enabled me tofurther two long-standing interests: the settlement of Jewishimmigrants in Israel and the well-being of Jewish childrengenerally. Thus I decided some years ago to endow a kindergartennear Kiryat Shmona at the northern part of Israel. The JewishCommunity Endowment Fund has become a major residuarylegatee of my estate. I derive great comfort from the realizationthat I am leaving my legacy for the children of the future.

JULIETTE SILVER

I was born in Casablanca, Morocco and came to the United Statesin 1950 to join my sister and her husband. I was married in 1951and had three children, Robert, Cheryl and Ron. My husband andI divorced after he converted to Mormonism. I married HarrySilver in 1976, and we had a wonderful life together. Sadly, he diedon the day of our 20th wedding anniversary.I want my children and future generations of children to be

involved in the Jewish community and in Israel. That is my wishand my dream. My parents went to Israel about eight years afterI came to the United States. They couldn’t stay in Morocco anylonger after the French left North Africa. My father, a veryreligious man, had always dreamed of living in Israel, and he andmy mother were very happy there. My brother Mier, a medical officer, was killed on the Golan Heights

during the 1967 War. He was a very fine young man and was climbinga hill to save the lives of young soldiers when he was shot. My otherbrother still lives in Israel, and my four sisters and I have traveled thereto see our family every other year since the 1960s. I feel at home in Israel.My sisters and I are very close. We love and support each other.

We all have to support each other. That is what I want futuregenerations to remember.

ROBERT E. AND JOAN S. SINTON

Our parents had role models for Jewish philanthropy in their ownfamilies. Their resolve to continue this tradition was reinforced by theHolocaust. As they became more involved, the intrinsic rewards, or“psychic income” as our father called it, became the sustainingmotivation for their giving, augmented by the community ofwonderful friends they made along the way. Our parents were thegreatest doers and have left an inspiring legacy for us and our children.

from Barbara Sinton Wilson and Douglas Milton Sinton

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EMILY AND ALEC SKOLNICK

As is true of many Jews who are the children or grandchildren ofemigres, our family tree is all too short—at first because ofimpenetrable distances, later the final truncation by theHolocaust. But its roots are broad and deep, nourished by ourparents’ and grandparents’ strong pride in their Jewish heritageand fed by their concern for the Jewish and broadercommunities.My grandfathers started life in this country as peddlers in

Iowa, going on foot from farm to farm to sell their wares.Eventually they became successful businessmen and leaders oftheir Jewish communities in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids. Onewas the founder of the Des Moines Jewish Community Centerand the Hebrew Free Loan Association. The Cedar Rapids CityHall stands on the island site of the original furniture storeestablished by the other.My mother was very active in Hadassah. She was most

involved in Youth Aliyah. A beautiful woman with a flair for thedramatic, she went around to businessmen in the communityasking, “Would you have a child with me?” How could theyrefuse her efforts to rescue children from Nazi-occupiedcountries and send them to safety in Israel?In her footsteps, when fresh out of college doing research at

Princeton, I helped rescue a young woman and her fiance from aconcentration camp in Southern France. I was asked by AlbertEinstein’s assistant, Peter Bergman, who was one of my goodfriends, to sign an affidavit for the woman, affirming that despitemy modest salary, I could support the two of us—that she couldlive with me and wear my clothes. At first, the State Departmentadamantly refused her visa, but then through the luckyappointment of a friend from college days to the Visa Office, wewere miraculously able to obtain visas for both of them. This is aspecial memory: I could have been the young woman in aconcentration camp facing certain death.My family gave me my values, and I want to give my children

and grandchildren what my parents gave to me. For mepersonally, being a Jew means, as the Talmud says, trying tomend the world. It means a commitment to social justice, andthat is the chief way I express my Judaism. I have been activethroughout my life in organizations such as the American CivilLiberties Union which reflect my values. This is why Alec and Ihave also left a legacy to future generations through the JewishCommunity Endowment Fund.

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PETER SLOSS

Helping others has always been an important part of me …something that I want to continue.

BARBARA H. SMITH

My roots in this community are very deep. Because I am a third-generation San Franciscan, I believe that local services—particularlycare for the aged and help for young people—are especiallyimportant. I was raised with the values of giving and sharing. Myfamily was fortunate to be able to be very charitable, and philanthropyhas always been a priority for me and my late husband, Robert H. F.Smith. Giving of our time and resources was always a major part ofour lives, and I know that my children, Susan and Mark Morris, andmy grandchildren, Kathy, Steve and Karen Morris, will continue thefamily tradition of supporting and enriching our community.

MILDRED R. SNITZER

Thank you for inviting me to participate in The Book of Life. I amgrateful to the kind fates who sent me to California 11 years ago fromPittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This is a paradise for seniors. I would not bealive at age 90 in Pittsburgh (probably would have fallen on the ice).I’ve been fortunate in life and feel an obligation to my heritage and

those who may be less fortunate. As a Jew, I just feel I should help. SinceI have no children, I established a fund for scholarships at the JewishCommunity Federation. It has proven to be one of the best investmentsI ever made. I never expected to be receiving the wonderful dividends.As highly as I recommend the Jewish Community Endowment

Fund, I also suggest dancing. That is my secret to long life. Mymotto is: “If you don’t keep movin’, they’ll plant ye!”

HAL SPITZ

As children growing up in Los Angeles, my sister Elaine and Ireceived from our parents many wonderful, time-tested moralvalues rooted in our Judaism. Our tradition teaches us that it is asacred obligation to perform mitzvot (good deeds). We learn thatlife takes on great meaning when we give of ourselves to others.My beloved wife, Marlene, now of blessed memory, was imbued

with the same ethical teachings that she received from her parents.I want my children and grandchildren to continue our legacy ofperforming g’milut chasadim (acts of loving kindness) and toalways remain faithful to our Jewish heritage. I am grateful to G-dfor my gift of life and the many blessings of health and goodfortune that have been bestowed upon my family and myself.

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JOELLE STEEFEL

Sunday in my parents’ house meant aunts, uncles andgrandparents around our dining room table.My grandfather Isaac, who brought his family to San Francisco

from Russia, maintained a network of emigre friends. EachSunday he reported to us on their progress: this one got a job—that one found a flat. Each week he brought news of the newestarrivals and how much he would have to raise to get them settled.It seemed that Grandpa was always raising money for a new

family or for his shul. I imbibed the values of fundraising and community with

Sunday’s soup.It is my grandfather’s legacy, updated with my vision—a

supportive community structure which includes vibrant socialservice, educational and cultural institutions—that I hope tonurture and endow for my children and theirs.

HOWARD M. STEIERMANN

My parents were able to escape Nazi Germany through the helpof the Jewish Community and I want to help others in need now,and those who will need help tomorrow. We can’t foretell whatneeds and opportunities we will have tomorrow, so I am leavinga bequest to the JCF to foster a happy, healthy and strong Jewishcommunity. It is the responsibility of each of us to help others,with our time and our money. The world can only be made abetter place through our efforts. Since supporting thecommunity is important to me in life, so it shall be when I’mgone thanks to my bequest to the JCF.

MARLENE W. STEIN

My family was forced to flee Austria during World War II andthere are relatives scattered throughout the world. As a first-generation American, and the only family member born in theUnited States, I always felt a special responsibility.I remember the story my father told of the Nazis taking his

friend from the hospital where they both served as doctors. Iremember my mother’s far-away look when she told me how hersister and two young children disappeared—she never did knowwhat happened to them. I remember how my parents appealedto their congressman to help my uncle, who was detained on EllisIsland. I remember bringing home a tzedakah box from myyeshiva in Brooklyn. I remember.…And I want my children to remember. I want them to be proud

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of their heritage and its traditions. I want them to see theimportance of helping others, the necessity of carrying outresponsibilities. My commitment to the Endowment Fund willenable me to forever perform my obligation.

MARTY STEIN

We no longer live in the dread shadow of the Holocaust.Anti-Semitic barriers to career growth have been broken.Yet we must remember that there are many Jews in the United

States and Israel who are not so fortunate.Political and religious differences are irrelevant to the needs of

Jews worldwide whom we, the fortunate, must aid.

VERA AND HAROLD S. STEIN, JR.

It is inconceivable for us to even consider philanthropy as aseparate component of our Jewish heritage. To us it is a themewhich is so welded to Jewish Continuity that it must be honoredby every generation.Our collective family tree, which includes on the one hand

four generations in California and on the other Holocaustsurvivors, has demonstrated this fact: namely, in giving ofoneself, one’s intellect, one’s emotions as well as materialpossessions, one keeps alive and relevant the very laws andtraditions that have nurtured our Faith throughout the ages.In our collective past, whether it was teaching Hebrew during the

Gold Rush to the small struggling Jewish communities or, morerecently, leadership roles in both secular and religious institutions,we were afforded ample role models. In turn it is our fervent hopethat a by-product of the Living Legacy Endowment will serve asanother example for our children to continue to do...what is right!In retrospect our family has experienced every extreme of

want and surplus. The message to our family is simply to careand to share. In this way Jewish Continuity will be manifested inthe form of that flame known as tzedakah. May it continue to bea source of light and hope for humanity.

ELSIE STEVENS

The Gestapo arrested my father, a Breslau banker, the morningafter Kristallnacht in November 1938. They took him toBuchenwald; he never returned. Although I could have fledGermany in the near future, I did not want to go without mymother. We experienced hard times during the war, and werefinally able to leave on April 1, 1941. We got out just in time. In

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September Jews had to start wearing the yellow star. We were part of a group of 30 people who traveled by train

through occupied France and Spain on our way to Lisbon.Special committees of Jews helped us along the way. From Lisbonwe sailed to New York. I remember being seasick; it was a stormycrossing. Once we arrived in New York we took the train toOakland via Chicago and then came to San Francisco, where mybrother had been living since 1935. The brother of my paternalgrandfather settled in San Francisco around 1875, and hisdescendants vouched for us. After Pearl Harbor I never heardfrom any of my family in Germany again.In 1941 it was hard to make a living. I lived at the Emanu-El

Residence Club and was the recipient of a scholarship thatenabled me to attend business college. I had a good job in theaccounting department of a large railroad company. SanFrancisco became my adopted city. Now I want to reciprocate for the assistance I received from

others when I left Germany and made a new life in San Francisco.I also believe it is important to help future generations. That iswhy I have chosen to make a permanent gift to the JewishCommunity Endowment Fund.

DR. AND MRS. SHERMAN H. STRAUSS

Among the many attributes of Judaism are “caring andtzedakah.” Whatever the needs of our fellow Jews, philanthropycertainly helps contribute to the resolution of these problems.Being a recipient in the very early years of our lives, it now givesus great pleasure and satisfaction to provide the philanthropy. Itis our hope and desire that our children and grandchildren willcontinue in this path—“To help maintain and strengthen ourJewish community of the future.”

SYLVIA C. SUGARMAN

Involvement in the Jewish community and charity werecommitments my husband and I assumed as part of our life together.Just as we learned from our parents, we hoped that this Jewishtradition would be part of our children and grandchildren’s lives.As an educator, my husband Pinkus knew the importance of

Jewish education not only for the normal, healthy child but alsoand perhaps especially for the disadvantaged and disabled whorequires additional help in learning the spiritual values in ourtradition and knowing that he or she is a precious part of ourJewish heritage. I could think of no greater tribute to myhusband’s memory than to carry on the work he loved.

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ROSELYNE CHROMAN SWIG

To my beloved children and grandchildren …The concept of The Book of Life is so beautiful and so

respectful. It acknowledges and honors the historical fact that theJewish people, individuals—you and I—do make a differenceand can assure Jewish continuity in perpetuity.The Jewish people throughout the centuries have reached out to

provide for and help each other. Today, as in the past, we understandthe value and strength of Jewish unity and work together … and weknow the value, the joy, and the privilege of tzedakah.Thus it is for me a privilege to inscribe my name in The Book

of Life, to pledge my continuing support to assist Jews here andthroughout the world, and to assure and preserve the quality ofJewish life and the strength of the Jewish community in mylifetime and beyond.With love and admiration for you and all of our extended

family and friends who have accomplished together so much andwho I join on this extraordinary occasion.

In loving memory of my husband and your father and grandfather,Richard Lewis Swig

THADDEUS N. TAUBE

The following interview was published in the Hebrew Free LoanAssociation’s publication Reflection:

Empathy is a word Tad Taube uses frequently to describe thephilosophies which have shaped his life and career as a successfulbusinessman and philanthropist. As President of the KoretFoundation and through his family foundation, Mr. Taube’sconcern for others has translated into generous support for manyindividuals and institutions, here and in Israel.Tad attributes his ability to empathize with world views

different from his own to the system of values he inherited fromhis parents, Zygmunt and Lola Taube. His father was a successfulbusinessman in Poland when the threat posed by Hitler’sGermany compelled Tad’s parents to emigrate to the UnitedStates with their son. Later they would adopt Tad’s cousin (andnow sister, Nita) who was orphaned during the war when herparents were murdered at Auschwitz. Tad speaks lovingly of hisfather’s great wisdom, wit, and business sense, and of hismother’s gentleness, intelligence, and empathy for others. He alsospeaks with admiration of Karl Bach and Joe Koret—prominentJewish business leaders and philanthropists, who inspired him todevote more of himself to charitable causes.In addition to those individuals who influenced him, Tad

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Taube attributes importance to his sense of Jewish identity andcontinuity, which was undoubtedly forged out of his flight fromHitler’s effort to annihilate Jewish life in Europe. Theseinfluences have been evident in Tad’s countless involvements inJewish community life—including his stewardship of JewishStudies at Stanford University, his support of Jewish education atall levels, his leadership to effect revitalization of Synagogue lifeand his involvement in countless programs to establishmeaningful links with Israel and to bring economicindependence to the Jewish State through free market reforms.An avid reader and sports fan, Tad Taube devotes himself to

nurturing his family. Now a father of four (with a fifth on theway), Tad hopes to raise his children to value the importantquality of empathy which has helped Tad to shape his vision.

FRAN AND JOEL TEISCH

BECAUSE

Because my grandfather walked through his Polish village withcoins in his pockets ensuring that everyone could celebrateShabbat;Because my father shipped embargoed supplies to Palestine;Because my father signed visas for more than seventy Jews toenter the U.S. in the late 1930s;Because our relatives perished in the Holocaust;Because my father, mother and sister did survive;Because we believe in continuity;Because Jewish education is imperative; Because our parents were immigrants in America;Because our mothers and fathers instilled in us the value ofjustice;Because we were taught tikkun olam;Because we have three daughters who carry on our traditions;Because we believe in Eretz Yisrael;Because we want to strengthen our Jewish community;Because when Jews weep on the other side of the world we weepwith them.

MARY ANN AND BERTRAM M. TONKIN

Our parents taught us that charity is a Jewish tradition and “givingback” to our community is important to enriching our lives.When we saw Russian immigrants step off an airplane in

Israel, with nothing but the clothes on their backs, we realizedthe hardships our parents and grandparents had gone through toenable us to have a better life. Sooner or later, if we are wise, we’ll

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discover that life is a mixture of good days and bad, victory anddefeat, give and take. Therefore, we should give to others now—while we can. Hopefully, by our giving we’ll teach our children to“give back” and also help create a better world for all people.

DOROTHY MARKS VOGEL AND WALTER VOGEL

I’m proud to be one of the links in the chain of tradition handeddown to me by my parents and grandparents, a tradition ofcaring for the continuance of Judaism and Jewish institutions—and, at the same time, a tradition of support for the arts and allhumanity.My father’s father came to Des Moines, Iowa in the 1880s from

Poland and helped many other immigrants settle there. He madea profound impact on Jewish life in the community as founder andpresident of many organizations. One quote from his obituarybest describes his character: “To be founder and president of theJewish Community Center alone would be enough to identify aman to Des Moines people on that most important side ofidentification, his relationship to others. To be successful inbusiness and at the same time, in life, by the best values we knowhow to put on life, is indeed exemplary. Perhaps that might best beset down as a lesson emphasized by Mr. Reuben Marks.” My mother’s father and mother both came from Lithuania

and met and married in Cedar Rapids. My grandfather arrived atage 16, became a foot peddler until he could afford a wagon,which he pulled, and then bought a horse. Always progressing, hefounded the Smulekoff Furniture Store, now one of the leadingfurniture stores in Iowa. He always brought over more relativesand served Jews already here.My own dear parents—mother, Sadie, and father, Moses

Marks—were sponsors of the arts and education as well as Jewishcauses. Six years after my father’s death, my mother marriedDad’s younger brother. They later established the MarksPhilanthropy Fund, which has made major gifts to the Temple,institutions in Israel, universities and the arts. Mother’s deepcommitment was to Youth Aliyah of Hadassah, especially duringthe important World War II years. She was influential in savingmany Jewish children’s lives by raising money to train them andsend them to Israel. From then until her death, that remained hermajor commitment. My husband, Walter Vogel, and I have been married 13 years.

He and I are both in on the building of what will be the JewishCommunity Center and new Hebrew Day School in Foster City,as we both believe that only when Jewish children have anunderstanding of their rich heritage, and through positive Jewish

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experiences and education are made to feel proud and happy tobe Jews, will Judaism continue. Walter’s father, while still a young man who had contributed to

Germany’s arts and to the community, was beaten to death onKristallnacht. Walter wants to keep alive memory of the Holocaust,but concentrates on the positive side. Except for a few bequests torelatives, he has made provision for his estate to establish the Dr.Walter Vogel Special Fund of the Jewish Community EndowmentFund to benefit Israel and local Jewish causes.I’m a LOJE and am also setting up separate trust funds

through the Endowment Fund for each of my four children,hoping they’ll follow in our footsteps.

MYRON AND JERRIE RUBENSTEIN WACHOLDER

How fortunate our family was that two of my great-grandparents, Samuel and Maria Gensler, came to the UnitedStates in about 1850 and settled in New Orleans where mygrandmother Mathilda was born. Mathilda married SamuelFeder, and, in about 1874, they came to San Francisco where theyraised my mother Grace and their five other children.Grace married Harry Woods, and together they set an example

for our family of love and devotion to each other, and theydemonstrated a concern for giving and caring for the lessfortunate. The gift that Myron and I made to the Federation is intheir memory. Grace and Harry are still an inspiration for mysons, Michael and Donald Rubenstein, whose lives have also beenenriched by the gift of love and devotion to Judaism from theirbeloved father, David Rubenstein, a well-respected member ofthe Jewish community before his early death in 1968.We are a family dedicated to giving back to our community.

Our gift is an example for my grandchildren—Grace, Elana,David and Nina Rubenstein. I hope we are instilling in anothergeneration of our family an understanding of the importance ofa dedication to the Jewish community.

JOSEPH AND KATHI WAHED

Many Jewish immigrants do not have the means to give their childrena good education. The fund we established will give Jewish emigres, ofmodest means, this opportunity. We hope that by receiving they willalso learn the joys of giving. My son was, himself, a recipient of a grantfrom the Endowment Fund to study in Israel. Another reason we setup this fund was because, as a refugee from Egypt, I saw how JewishFamily and Children’s Services helped hundreds of similar refugees,and this was our way of saying “thank you.”

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MAX O. WAHL

Tue Recht, und scheue Niemand.- Do Right and Do Not Be Afraid of Anybody -

“Dear Max Otto, If you take this saying to heart, then the way oflife which was never so difficult as now certainly will appear to beeasier. Think always of your loving father ….”My father, Ernst Wahl, a well-known German businessman

and owner of S. & R. Wahl in Barmen, wrote these words to meon November 19, 1919. At that time—almost 80 years ago—hethought his future was at an end. Nobody could predict theHolocaust and its consequences. Ernst and Berta Wahl perished in 1943 in Terezin and

Auschwitz. I am now the only survivor of their families.Since 1890, when my grandfather, Hermann Wahl, founded

the synagogue in Barmen, my family has participated in Jewishwelfare. In 1945, I settled in San Francisco with my wife Marion.While never large contributors, we never forgot to contribute toJewish causes because we remembered how HIAS helped uswhen we were in Spain, Morocco, Portugal and New York. Wehope that future generations will follow our example.

MIRIAM HOFFMAN WAIN

My father, Louis Hoffman, came from Russia in 1915. Hebelieved in giving as a responsibility and a delight and neverturned down a request. His gifts had one stipulation: that each beone which would enrich and enhance the lives of others. Whenhe saw a need he took immediate steps to fill it. I remember howafter my wedding he constructed stairs to access the bima of oursynagogue so that future brides could walk straight up to thebima without tearing their veils on the turns. This was his way oflife. My mother carried on his tradition of giving, as do I, and Itrust my children have also learned and will remember.

MARILYN WALDMAN

I feel that I am Jewish at the very core of my being—that myJewishness is in every cell of my body. I am proud of our heritageand its adaptability. There is no conflict for me to be a Jew and tolive a modern life with integrity. Being Jewish has brought meboth pleasure and security.I want to see this 5000-year-old rich tradition continue for

centuries to come. Therefore, I contribute a significant amountof my time and resources to enhancing the quality of Jewish lifetoday and the preservation of the Jewish people in the future.

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PHYLLIS WASSERMAN

My father fled Russia to escape the persecution his family endured.He traveled alone across the world to the U.S. when he was only 16.My children’s father was forced to leave Austria at the tender

age of 12 or face the horror of the Holocaust. He survived thenext difficult years in Shanghai.We Jews must prevent these horrors from happening again. We

must support our Jewish institutions and keep them strong andvigilant—and above all, we must be committed to teaching ourchildren of our wonderful heritage and contribution to the world.To do these things, I feel it is incumbent on all of us to contributeto our Jewish community in any and every way we can.

LEWIS AND HELEN WEIL

I came by myself to San Francisco as a teenager in 1938. Upon myarrival, various Jewish Agencies were extremely helpful inmaking me feel at home and assisted me in becoming integratedinto the American Jewish culture.My experience made me realize how important these agencies

are to people of similar circumstances and also to those who areless fortunate than I am. For these reasons, I feel stronglyobligated to give back some of what was given to me.My wife, who was born in California, shares and supports my beliefs.

MARILYN AND RAYMOND WEISBERG

The Hebrew word “TZEDAKAH” means more than charity. It meansjustice and righteousness. In Judaism there is certainly no morejust or righteous deed than providing for the welfare of others.Our families served as role models for each of us in their

commitment to tzedakah. And we are both proud and gratifiedthat our children have demonstrated that that commitment hasbecome an integral part of their lives as well. Instinctively we know that it is right to give to those in need.

And if we seek assurance, we need only look to our Torah and thewords of the prophet Isaiah (58:7,10):

“It is to share your bread with the hungry,And to take the wretched poor into your home;When you see the naked, to clothe him,And not to ignore your own kin.

And you offer your compassion to the hungryAnd satisfy the famished creature—Then shall your light shine in darkness,And your gloom shall be like noonday.”

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And so, the ways of our parents and the words of Isaiah have bothinspired and commanded us to share our good fortune in the formof a gift to the Jewish Community Endowment Fund, hopefully tobecome partners in strengthening our Bay Area Jewish community.

CHARLES AND BARBARA WEISS

Hillel said, “Do not separate yourself from the community” (AVOT2:4). We have been most fortunate to be able to raise our childrenand participate fully in the vibrant Bay Area Jewish community.Our contribution to the JCF Endowment Fund is our way ofhelping to ensure a strong community well into the millennium.

KATHY ROBERTS WILLIAMS

Caring for our Jewish community is a tradition and an obligation to befulfilled by all Jews. My personal involvement throughout the years hasdeveloped into a labor of love that makes me feel whole. Myparticipation has given me an opportunity to make an impact in theprocess of making changes that improve and enrich the lives of Jewsaround the world. My parents have taught me the mitzvah of tzedakahthrough their compassionate and loving actions toward their familyand friends. They have shown me the difference we can make in the livesof those we care about. My endowment gift will assure that my children,grandchildren and the Jewish community will continue to be providedwith the resources they need to flourish for generations to come.

THELMA GREEN WIPRUT FUND

Our family was taught that no matter how little or how large whateverwe had, we always shared, especially with those less fortunate than we.I personally shared from the Jewish Community every

summer that it subsidized the cost of my going to summer camp.To a youngster, that is very important for self-esteem andlearning to get along with other people.That is why for all the previous years I personally have never

stopped contributing, and I will continue to do so. That is part ofour Jewish teachings.

JACOB HERMAN AND CELINA (BASIA) WISNIEWSKI

We both come from deeply Jewish homes in Poland. After aterrible odyssey during World War II, we came to the U.S. in1950. The Jewish Community Federation of Oakland gave us ahelping hand in our adaptation to a life in a new country. Weworked and tried hard and are satisfied with our achievements.By our contribution to the JCF Endowment Fund, we wish to

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insure the continuity of a vibrant Jewish life in the area and thatthe JCF may have the resources to help some future tired Jewishtraveler running from hate and persecution and in need ofassistance.

ALICE AND ARTHUR ZIMMERMAN

Our Living Legacy began on June 20, 1990 at the dedication ofthe Alice and Arthur Zimmerman Library and Youth Center inIsrael through the Jewish Community Endowment Fund.Upon entry to the Museum of the Diaspora at Tel Aviv

University, there is a quote by Abba Kovner that says: “This is thestory of a people which was scattered over all the world andremained a single family—a nation which time and again wasdoomed to destruction and yet—out of ruins—rose to new life.”We are that family he speaks of—we are the people of the

“Book” and we have survived because we place family andeducation above everything else. This “library” is dedicated toknowledge—to the youth of Kiryat Shmona—to our children—and most especially to our grandchildren who are here to sharethis special day in our life. We have tried to make a difference inthe quality of life in this community in our Jewish homeland.This is the Jewish way of life and now we look to you—ourfamily—to continue this Jewish tradition—l’dor v’dor—fromgeneration to generation.

MARK R. ZITTER AND JESSICA NUTIK ZITTER

Judaism, Jewish community, tikkun olam—all of these areimportant to us; all are very much a part of who we are and whatwe hope our children will value. The Jewish heritage that wetreasure was built on Jews helping Jews and non-Jews alike. Wehope our gift will benefit those in need, build Jewish community,and enable others to better enjoy the rich tradition of Judaismthat provides us with strength, hope, and connection with ourancestors and our descendants.

HAROLD AND MARY ZLOT

Both of our families have a long tradition of involvement in andsupport of the Jewish community. Through our participation inthe Jewish Community Federation’s Endowment Fund we willenable our children to continue that tradition. Our legacy to theJewish Community Federation will help support the prioritiesthat are so important for building a vibrant Jewish community.

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Volume IIJanuary 1, 1999–May 1, 2008

IRVING AND GOLDIE ALTER

From Irving and Goldie Alter in loving memory of our parents:Rabbi Achiezer and Rebbitzin Feiga Rubinsky, Herman and Cepora Alter.

EDITH AND MYRON ARRICK

Both of us were raised in financially modest but strongly Jewishhouseholds. Thus setting aside moneys for tzedakah was anestablished priority, often coming before the satisfaction of otherneeds deemed less important by our parents. We are grateful tothem for inculcating into our hearts and minds the absoluterequirement that to practice Judaic teachings was to help othersin need. This is what the pushke, the JNF Blue Box, the Shevuothfood baskets, and organizations like the Jewish CommunityFederation are all about.We consider ourselves fortunate to be a part of this heritage, to

be able to continue the practice of tzedakah by establishing theEdith and Myron Arrick Permanent Endowment Fund in honorof our parents who set an example of righteous living. Since wehave both spent our working lives in helping professions, weanticipate that our foundation will enable us to perpetuate thosecommitments—especially to older and needier members of ourcommunity—into the future, beyond our lifetimes.We are confident that our children will find merit in the way we have

chosen to honor their grandparents and those who preceded them.

IRWIN BEAR

I strongly believe in the continuity of the Jewish people. Tikkunolam is my mantra. It is our responsibility to take care of thosethat need our help.Three historical events had enormous formative impact on my

life, focusing my attention acutely on Jewish survival and continuity:the loss of family members in the Holocaust, the founding ofmodern Jewish statehood upon the victory of the 1948 War ofIndependence, and the fear of losing it all in the Six-Day War. As I have taught my children, it is equally our responsibility to

encourage future generations to learn the history of the Jewishpeople: from where we came, how we have survived, where we aretoday and just how very much Jews have contributed to civilization.I am extremely proud of my two children and the paths they are

taking in their respective Jewish communities and hope that in somemeasure it is a result of my example. I also have tremendous prideand admiration in my wife Ann’s substantial involvement in andstrength of commitment to the Jewish community. I am hopeful thatmy legacy will help build a strong Jewish community in the future.

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JEANNETTE W. BERGER

I was brought up in Yorkville, mid-Manhattan, in the 1920s and1930s; the population was largely hard-working, poor immigrants.How could parents keep their children in a safe place after schoolwhile they were working long hours? We were lucky—we had theCentral Jewish Institute, the CJI, a new way of not only preparingJewish children for their Bar Mitzvahs, but teaching them Jewishsongs, dances, Jewish art, current events, books, history, using abrand new, innovative, fresh way of presenting these….After allthese years I can still remember the heads of our school, AlbertSchoolman and Miriam Ephriam. And we were taught values;those were years of the depression and when I came to the streetcorners to sign a petition for better housing or food for the poor,who did I find holding those petitions but my pals from the CJI.While our Central Jewish Institute no longer exists, there are

now other organizations that use Jewish community activities toenhance life for students and families around the country. Newinitiatives at Congregation Kol Shofar in Tiburon and at otherJewish organizations in the Bay Area are putting Jewish values towork in creative ways that meet contemporary needs. I hope thatmy contribution will help them continue this inspiring worksupporting both individuals and the community.

CAROLE ANIXTER COHEN

Although they were quiet about it, my parents always gave to Jewishcauses. I strongly believe that to be a “good Jew” one must give toothers. It is an honor to be able to give. There will always be a need tohelp someone else. Hopefully my children and grandchildren willcontinue that tradition and support others in our Jewish community.

ESTHER WOLLNER DANIEL

My parents were both religious people. My father was presidentof our congregation in Vienna and he was deeply involved inJewish life there and also here in San Francisco. We kept a Kosherhome and belonged to Congregation Chevra Tillim, we loved thefeeling of community we found through the congregation. Weenjoyed a good life in the city and because of my parents, mybrothers and I learned the true meaning of giving back to thecommunity—of helping fellow Jews—of providing the meansfor all Jews to live happy, productive lives.We came to this country with very little, just some mementos

from our life in Europe. But through hard work and dedication, wewere able to achieve a great deal. I am fortunate my parents taughtme the true lessons of tzedakah and that my husband, Alfred

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Daniel, also believed in enabling others to enjoy all aspects ofJudaism. So today, I realize how fortunate I am, I don’t need anyhelp, I have the ability to help others and that gives me great joy.I give to the Jewish Community Endowment Fund because I

can. My gift makes me realize that I put my life as a Jew way ontop—on top of everything else that matters.

RUTH KAY DEBS

The Jewish Community Endowment Fund and Phyllis Cook haveenriched my life. I have warm memories and lasting friendship.

STANLEY DECK

In Providence, R. I., surrounded by loving family, friends and avibrant Jewish community, I witnessed, early on and withcuriosity, the process of giving.As a young man, in the late ‘60s, I moved to San Francisco and

was fortunate to connect with Jewish friends (early YAD). In myprofession of Commercial Real Estate I was influenced by finepeople like Ron Kaufman and Bill Lowenberg. They encouragedme to get involved in Federation and inspired me to help buildother institutions such as Congregation Kol Shofar.It is a privilege and obligation to help others and assure the

survival of our people. My annual gift and that which I leave in thefuture benefit so many agencies at one time. My daughters andgenerations to come will see, as I did, all that has been created, andwill continue our Jewish tradition of caring and giving.

EDITH AND BENJAMIN DORFMAN

Edith is a fourth generation San Franciscan and Benjamin is anative of Louisville, Kentucky, whose parents were immigrantsfrom Eastern Europe.Benjamin met and married Edith in San Francisco when he

was assigned there as a naval officer for a tour of duty duringWorld War II. After returning from overseas at war’s end, wemade our home and raised two children in San Francisco.Although our Jewish experiences were different before

marriage, we inherited from our families similar examples ofcommitment and concern toward Jewish endeavors. Ourparticipation in various Jewish activities and organizations, aswell as serving on committees and boards, has meant a great dealto us and it is our hope that our children will carry on thetradition of service to the Jewish community.

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RONALD STEVEN DUNN

Being Jewish represents a core and most fundamental aspect ofwho I am in this world of ours. In many ways, being a “child of theHolocaust” always reminds me of that truth. My parents strove toencourage education, honesty and the importance of sharing.Giving to the Jewish community, especially through my foundationfor hospital care to children in Israel, is important to me not onlyas a basic aspect of my Jewish heritage but also as part of the legacyof philanthropy within my immediate family. Fulfilling thattradition through the Jewish Federation allows me to honor myparents and their ancestors as well as the entire Jewish family. Ibelieve that all Jews must also honor their responsibility to protectthe survival of the Jewish community and the state of Israel.

ESTHER EISENBERG

My mother and father came from the old country to America. Myfather, from Lithuania, shortly after the turn of the century andmy mother, from Grodno, which is on the border of Poland andRussia. They came to make a life for themselves, to carry on thetraditional Jewish values they were brought up with, and to passthese values on to their children. My mother was fifteen when shebegan work in the garment district of New York; she was anadvanced thinker and an active member of the InternationalLadies Garment Workers Union. My father, also an intellectual,found work with the railroad, but later they were able to buy astore in Brooklyn, New York, where they catered to a non-Jewishclientele, yet always observed their own religious rituals.My parents would reach out to help others—they understood that

not everyone had the same opportunities as they did. Years after theirstore closed, my mother would still receive a small, monthly check froma woman that my parents had extended credit to many years ago. Thosevalues, coupled with a strong commitment to Judaism, allowed my sisterand me to understand the true meaning of tzedakah early in our lives.One of the lessons I remember from my father many years ago, is

that, as Jews we must learn, we must pray, and we must act. Afterexperiencing the depression and the struggle to make a living, I wasencouraged to complete my education. The social values instilled in mebecame part of my way of life. Later in my own life, when I moved toCalifornia and finished my degree in social work at UC Berkeley, Iretained that sense of touching other lives in a profound andmeaningful way. I accomplished this through my vocation, but also bybecoming an active volunteer in the ever-expanding Jewish community.I give, because I am able to, and because I care deeply about the many

accomplishments of the Jewish Community Federation. I have also madea legacy gift, because I know it will benefit others for generations to come.

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HENRY EVANS

I have always given to Jewish causes—since the time I was able to give.I was born in Vienna and grew up there until I was a young man. I

studied law in Vienna, but a bad economy forced me to switch tobusiness. Then, when Hitler came into power in 1938, I fled to Swedenand I waited there for my visa to come to this country, to the UnitedStates of America. Eventually, my wife and I settled in the Bay Area andsoon after we began giving to Federation; it became a part of our lives.I was a shipbuilder and later I owned a textile plant—all of

these experiences enabled us to have a good lifestyle and to giveback to our Jewish community.I was brought up in a Jewish home and have always recognized

the importance of being Jewish, of helping others. I am also veryfond of Israel, I have been there three times and whatever I cando to help Israel, I will.I am both proud and grateful that I can give—it has become

an important part of my life.

MICHAEL A. FREEMAN, M.D.

Jewish DNA carries the source code for our unique and specialpeople. I believe that it is our responsibility to carry this sourcecode forward. To accomplish this we must also carry forward thewonderful culture that sustains Jewish people.For over 5000 years the world has been blessed by abundant and

amazing contributions and mitzvot from Jewish people and Jewishcommunities. During these eons Jewish culture and values haveprovided the interpersonal architecture of meaning, hope, andcommunity that perfuse Jewish lives and Jewish people with theirradiant effervescence and their commitment to future generations.The Jewish Community Endowment Fund has gained my

commitment because it provides an outstanding service tosupport Jewish continuity. Fundamentalists and extremistelements of all world religions, including our own, threaten worldpeace and stability through intolerance of others and suppressionof human rights. This is why I support the JCEF’s stewardship offunds for programs that strengthen Jewish continuity within thecontext of a free and vibrant secular Jewish culture.

PHYLLIS FRIEDMAN

I remember my mother saying to me, “You are fortunate to be avery rich girl. You have money. You need not boast about it norbe embarrassed about it. Use it well.”Both my parents were very generous people. They not only

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they served their community well.It was not just to the Jewish community that they dedicated

their skills of leadership and involvement. My father started theSan Francisco Foundation and my mother was Chair of theEureka Benevolent Society—the forerunner of the Jewish Familyand Children’s Services, long before women held any position ofprominence in the educational and philanthropic world.Throughout their lives, my parents always lived their Jewish

heritage; this enabled them to give to many less fortunate than they.They were inspired by our Jewish watchword “Repair the World.”It is a most important legacy they gave to me. Hopefully I have

demonstrated this level of commitment to my own children. I want themto know giving brings many wonderful people into your circle of friends.We are an expanding and diverse community and we are all

interdependent on each other to make this a happier and saferplace to live.

CHARLES AND GERRY GENSLER

At this point in my life, I want to do something for the Jewishcommunity that will be important for years to come. My wife,Gerry, who passed away in 1998, and I have always been donors tothe Federation because we believe in their work and what they havebeen able to do for our community and for Jews around the world.Our generation has gone through a Holocaust, something that

has not happened since Biblical times. This terrible, unforgivableperiod in our history, must be of enormous concern to Jewishpeople everywhere. I went into the service in January 1941 aspart of the 104th Infantry Division and fought through Hollandand Germany. I saw many atrocities, too numerous to mention. Ialways felt this could never, ever, happen again.About twenty years ago, there was a reunion of men who served in my

division, it was held at the Hilton in San Francisco and over 1400 peoplecame. I did not know at the time of the reunion, that I would have theprivilege of meeting two individuals who had survived Nordhausen, oneof the labor camps we had helped to liberate during the war. Meetingthese men, hearing about their lives after the war, deepened my feelingsabout Judaism and all that our people have gone through. I becamemore involved then, I wanted to do more. Gerry and I always felt, that asresponsible people, we wanted to be philanthropic, we had the ability tohelp others, and it was important to give where there was a need.I am a third generation San Franciscan, I have been involved in

activities that helped to ease racial tensions during the ‘60s and inprojects to benefit the community at large. This year, I feel the newNorth Peninsula Jewish Community Center and taking care of the BayArea’s émigré population are two areas of interest that are important tome personally. It feels good to give to things that I care about.

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RICHARD AND NAOMI GREEN

We have tried to live our lives so that our values are imparted toour children and grandchildren as a living legacy, and it isimportant to us that our legacy to the Jewish people be equallyvibrant, alive and continuing. In this vein, it is satisfying to us tohear and act on the words in Chapter 19, verses 9 and 10 ofLeviticus, where we are enjoined to share our gleanings with thepoor and the stranger.

ELEANORE AND ARLEIGH GROSSMAN

I am pleased to sign The Book of Life as a symbol of thecommitment I have made to help provide for the needs oftomorrow through the Jewish Community Endowment Fund.

AARON JACKSON

To perform tzedakah is a given. It’s what Jewish people do to helpother Jewish people. It is a part of our heritage, and to somedegree, it’s genetic. It is indeed a privilege to do it and I thank theJewish community for giving me the opportunity to contributeto the betterment of Jews everywhere.

BARBARA R. JACOBS

With my mother by his side and with her support andparticipation, my father literally lived his entire adult lifeteaching Judaism and giving tzedakah.It gives me an enormous amount of pleasure and pride to be

able to follow in the footsteps of my parents, Sylvia and HaroldJacobs, with this gift to the Jewish Day School of the NorthPeninsula Endowment Fund in their memory. They would be sopleased knowing that their legacy lives on through educatingJewish children for future generations.Many thanks to the Jewish Community Federation’s

Endowment Fund for this opportunity.

ALEXANDER C. KATTEN

I am one of the 36 children that survived underground inGermany during the Second World War. In 1954 I came to theUnited States. Even though I am not orthodox, I am a Jew andfeel that charity is a Jewish tradition and obligation. TheEndowment Fund allows a person to continue giving even whenthat person is no longer here.

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DAVID M. KATZ

The Jewish People have been “chosen” to bring a social justice,fairness, moral and ethical agenda to the world. Social justice,fairness, morality and ethicality are all part of our concept oftikkun olam which is “the repair of the world.”Repair can include directly fixing problems through the

investment of time, energy, money, emotions, and materialresources, but it can also include the “fixing” of the way that wethink. Too many people place themselves first in their actions,behavior and speech and the acquisition of material wealth. Yetwe know better…we must place some of the needs of others firstto our own needs. This is perhaps our greatest human challengeand yet….…this is the essence of service and contribution to others…

certainly one of the many essences of Judaism in all of the waysin which it is joyously celebrated. The Hebrew for the phrase“mitzvah therapy” (the doing of good deeds for others first) hasbeen around much longer than the phrase “random act ofkindness.”It is this “mitzvah therapy,” in all of its many forms. the

volunteering of time, the giving of personal energy, the donationof money, and the investment of emotions and the acquisition ofmaterial resources, all brought together to make the world abetter place… this is what we have been “chosen” to do. And, wehave been “chosen” to fully participate in this process…daily,weekly, monthly, yearly, and for all of the decades of our lives.There can be no exceptions. None. Not one. This means you andthis means me. We must serve and contribute during out timehere on God’s green planet.If charity begins at home, and it does, then we have an

unending moral and ethical obligation to see to it that thedemands placed upon that charity are met. To accomplish thisgreat task required the involvement of extraordinary peopleusing extraordinary organization that can deliver what our localand world communities need now and in the future. Therefore,the JCF must be fully supported by each one of us in the bestways that we know how.Where there is not money for a large, direct personal

donation, there may be monthly money available within thescope of the premium structure of an insurance portfolio inwhich the JCF is named beneficiary. This is the way I have chose.Perhaps, in your heart, you can and will do the same.The Jewish People will live on for all time. Let us hasten the

Messianic Era of peace and good acts. This is the essence of the JCF.

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JULIAN L. KAUFMAN

Over the years my parents Golda and Hank Kaufman (may theyrest in peace) contributed to the Jewish community in manyways, both as volunteers and funding many causes.They generously established a fund for me, my daughter Karen

and my son Steve, giving us the opportunity to support non-profits and be an active part of the community. They also did thisfor my sister Denise and her daughter, Tora.The legacy of the Kaufmans continues from them to their son,

his children and his sisters.

JACK AND ELISA KLEIN

Being brought up in a traditional, observant Jewish home andexperiencing the importance of giving, while attending theShabbat and Jewish Holidays at the Synagogue, and observingthat people offered contributions for helping the poor and theneedy.We feel obligated to be more scrupulous in fulfilling the

commandment of tzedakah—more than any other positivecommandment. We are obligated to be more scrupulous becausetzedakah is the sign of the righteous man, the seed of Abrahamour Father.Compassion is the ability to feel deeply and give generously,

while remaining free of expectations. When you havecompassion for yourself and others, you interact freely andlovingly with all of life.Graciousness is displayed in generosity and in hospitality.

When you greet another and give generously, you areentertaining God. When you give generously, it comes back toyou many fold.We must remember that naked we come into the world, and

naked we leave it. After all our toils we carry away nothing, exceptthe deeds we leave behind.

PETER AND CAROL KORNFELD

Having escaped the Holocaust in Austria, I lived as a refugee formany of my formative years. I know the meaning ofphilanthropy from personal experience. It allowed me tointegrate into American society more readily and complete myacademic studies.We hope that our modest donation to the Jewish Community

Endowment Fund will enable similar philanthropies in the future.Every Jew must be his brother’s keeper.

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STEVE AND MARIBELLE LEAVITT

Simcha, our supporting foundation, focuses on two broadtargets: education and Jewish affairs. It is when these intersectthat we are most delighted.We give to Jewish community causes because we want to

protect and nurture our Jewish family so that all of us can thrivein this largely tolerant, open, but sometimes threatening, society.Our best gifts have been for institutions and programs which

reach out to the wider community to explain, demystify anddemonstrate Jewish ideas and Jewish life. Our support forresearch which examines the Jewish experience and peoplehoodwithin the larger culture is a part of that.Our first one million dollar gift was to rebuild and revitalize

the SF Jewish Community Center, where Jews and people of allethnicities, cultures and religions, are warmly welcomed and canobserve our Jewish culture and style first hand. Our newest,major gift is to help establish a new Jewish museum, theContemporary Jewish Museum, whose vision is to interpretJewish ideas for the Jewish and general public through exhibits ofthe finest examples of new art—not only Jewish art by Jewishartists, but art and artists everywhere as they interpret Jewishthemes and concepts, such as tzedakah, Shabbat, justice, ritual,learning, mitzvoth and tikkun olam.It is our hope to make a difference in how Jews and Jewishness

are considered in our world, and that in this endeavor our sonswill follow our lead.

MARYAN LEBELL

As a child in Rockford, Illinois, I have fond memories of watchingmy mother cook meals for a Jewish family who welcomed the giftof food—a family who was in need. Rockford was not primarily,a Jewish community; we were definitely the minority, so as Jews,the few families who lived there, became very close and sharedtraditions and celebrations throughout the year. I also rememberthe pushka, the Blue Box, and how important it was to know thatI could give, that I could help others. Years later, when I moved to San Francisco, I had the privilege of

working as an administrative secretary, for the Jewish CommunityRelations Council. The job was interesting, it taught me invaluablelife lessons and it made me realize that discrimination against Jewsexisted then, it exists today and that it must be eliminated. I had theopportunity to take part in tasks that exposed anti-Semitic acts andI felt confident that my small role was important—to furtheringthe mission of the JCRC. I was employed there fourteen years andI am grateful for the experience.

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I am a deep believer in religious harmony—that as a nation—and a world we must learn to accept and celebrate the religiouspractices of all people. I pray for peace, both at home and inIsrael. It is so important that we continue to educate people, thatwe, as Jews, show the example that tolerance towards others isvery important. The people of Israel need our help, as do Jews inour very own community. I give because I am able to dosomething that will hopefully set an example for this generation,and for generations to come.

JULIE AND DAVID LEVINE AND FAMILY

My wife and I share many values; three that are critical to both ofus are family, education and Judaism.It is our hope that this gift will enable Jewish educators to

enhance and enrich their classroom experience and bring a moremeaningful understanding of Judaism to children of all ages andbackgrounds.In addition, we want our children to appreciate the

importance of tzedakah and through this fund, we hope to beginthe process of teaching them the significance of giving.

HELEN AND MELVIN LEWISON

I was born in Waco, Texas, a long time ago; well, it doesn’t seemthat long ago to me, but it was the late 1920s and since we’re in2000 plus I guess that would qualify as a long time ago. When I wasin the sixth grade, age eleven, one of my friends, who happened tobe Jewish, had a mother who could drive a car. Her mother calledout to me one day “Helen, do you want to go to Hebrew Schoolwith my daughter?” I said “Sure.” I loved Hebrew School, I lovedthe Rabbi, and so it came to be I loved being Jewish. The Rabbiinvited me to celebrate Passover at his home. I felt honored by hisinvitation, totally enthralled by partaking in the Passover Seder athis house. He was to be my mentor in many other ways and atremendous influence in learning more about Judaism. At the age of 12, I was confirmed at Congregation Agudath

Jacob and read from the Torah. I also made a speech entitled“Modesty.” The Rabbi wrote all our speeches to exemplify avirtue—there were five of us. Later, I worked in Houston atTemple Beth Israel, which added to my education regardingJudaism. I already knew about the Orthodox, Conservative andReform denominations, but I got an inside look at the Temple.Another life change, and I moved to San Francisco.I met and married a “nice Jewish boy,” and we were married for

thirty-three years. Melvin was an intelligent and compassionateman. Melvin told me how he volunteered in 1939 in the armed

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forces before WWII started. He said he knew war was inevitable andhe felt deeply about what was happening in the world. He served forfive years, the last year in Ludwigslust, Germany where his outfit, anordnance company, was attached to the 82nd Airborne Division. Hetold me stories about the concentration camp he and his menliberated. Memories of his time spent there were never forgotten.During our marriage, Mel read almost everything by or about Jews,and himself outlined a military novel in which Israel grew to have asymbolic six million Jews and soundly defeated surrounding Arabarmies, though not civilian populations, using advanced weaponrypossessed by no other country. In this way, Israel became a lightunto the Nations as a matter of necessity and saved itself and worldJewry. Sadly, Mel was too ill to finish his masterpiece. He diedOctober 16, 1992. A rabbi performed the services at the Golden GateNational Cemetery, so that Mel would be buried with others whohave served their country. I am sure this is what he would havewished, and when presented by the Honor Guard with theAmerican flag, I knew I had done the right thing. After my husbanddied, I, too, started to write and have published my own books ofloss and life, and I have had my father’s work—many plays andpoetry—translated from German. We have made a bequest to the Jewish Community Endowment

Fund because of our pride in Jewish culture, history and philanthropy.We were each touched significantly by our Jewish experiences. Amongmy many jobs, the one I liked the most was at the Jewish WelfareFederation in San Francisco. I was an executive secretary and really gotan inside look at the various Jewish organizations here in the city. I hada sense of pride being a member of a group that was philanthropic inmany ways and had a Board of Directors who were truly interested inthe welfare of the Jewish people.

JULIA AND CHARLES LOBEL

My parents, Morris Lobel and Dora Barnett, came to the UnitedStates from Romania. They met at Montefiore hospital in NewYork City where my mother became a nurse and where my fatherwas working while deciding whether he wanted to pursue acareer in medicine.While my father chose not to become a physician and instead

went to work for his family’s business, he did decide to ask mymother to marry him. As a couple, they established a home intheir new land, a country where they believed a Jew could achievewhatever he or she set out to do.In those early marital years, they overcame hardships and

raised four children. Their lives spanned WWI, the GreatDepression and WWII.

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Despite limited financial means, my parents shared whateverresources they possessed with those less fortunate. Through theiractions, we learned to be understanding and generous of spirit.We were taught to be honest and reminded that once you loseyour good name, it is lost forever.When I became a physician, my mother’s greatest wish for me

was to be a “gitem shliakh” (good messenger). She said thatmedical knowledge was not enough and that comfort andcompassion were integral parts of providing medical care. Incaring for others, she felt that one should always be kind.My parents left no worldly goods when they died. Their legacy

to me was kindness and empathy—qualities that have made mypractice of medicine meaningful.In memory of my parents and their dreams, my wife and I

honor them with this gift of a Living Legacy.

ELIE AND GERALD MARCUS

Ever since the State of Israel was established Elie and I havesupported it as a haven for the oppressed, little dreaming thatyears later our daughter would become a member of a Kibbutz inWestern Galilee, that we would have 3 Sabra grandchildren thereand have a more personal stake in Israel.We hope that through the influence of the Federation, Israel

will progress toward becoming a truly democratic societytreating all of its residents without discrimination and thatthrough the Federation’s subventions to agencies within theUnited States it will help produce a more caring and responsiblesociety here. The work of the Federation follows a Jewishtradition of giving in which we are proud to participate.

MARLYN G. MCCLASKEY

As a new bride in 1960 at age 21, I brought with me childhoodexperiences of personal and financial commitment tophilanthropic causes. My father strongly supported the JewishCommunity in Cleveland through UJA and our Temple as well asthe “Negro” community through the NAACP locally andnationwide. My mother supported Hadassah and Cleveland’sJewish Children’s Home as a volunteer.So when my new father-in-law suggested that I attend the

fundraising events of UJA, it was a natural response to say yes, goand give. But when Hadassah called a week after we returned from our

honeymoon to ask me to join, I begged off saying I wasn’t oldenough. In our small close-knit town that response got back tomy father-in-law who called me not a half hour later. In his

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charming, sensitive way he informed me that “our” familymembers belonged to every Jewish organization and if moneywas a problem, he would pay my dues! Abashed, I readilyunderstood and paid my dues and so continued and grew alifetime commitment to Jewish causes which were increasinglycentered around UJA and later the Community Federationswherever I lived.I have reaped far more in personal growth and pleasure than I

gave in time and dollars. But the best reward has been seeing mychildren adopt my values, giving of themselves generously andwhole heartedly to the Jewish and broader communities. I hope tosee the day when my grandchildren will follow in our family’s path.L’Chaim… to Life

ROZ AND MERV MORRIS

The future of our community is important to Roz and me. Wechoose to stay active in many organizations because we feelthrough time and leadership and a deep commitment to theprograms we believe in, we are able to improve the quality of lifefor generations to come. We have been fortunate in business and it gives us great pride

to be able to share our blessings with those who have been lessfortunate. It is a privilege to give through the Jewish CommunityEndowment Fund. We know our gift will be managed withintegrity and make an impact on society today and tomorrow.

PAULINE NEWMAN-GORDON

My bequest to the Jewish Community Federation reflects myloving memory of my parents, Eva and Bernard Newman, andmy late husband, Sydney Gordon. My parents were working-classpeople struggling to make ends meet during the Depression. Inthe midst of hard times, they transmitted to me a strong sense ofmoral values, a firm commitment to Judaism and an example ofgenerosity commensurate with their means.I remember my late husband Sydney Gordon, for his kindness,

his unconditional love and his soaring spirit even in the midst ofadversity. As a Jew born and raised in San Francisco, he did nothave a strong sense of religious affiliation but he lived a good lifewith his kind deeds and his forthright and adventurous spirit.These memories prompted me to establish The Newman-

Gordon Philanthropic Fund in 1995. Its proceeds are to be used forprograms and social services that will benefit seniors in the PaloAlto Jewish Community Center. If that Center no longer exists, theFund is to be used for programs in other JCCs in the San FranciscoBay Area that will bring aid to the needy, aged and infirm.

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LEAH NOHER

Growing up in the tightly knit Jewish community of Buenos Airesafforded me a sense of warmth, extended family, historic purpose,a strong connection to Israel, and a responsibility to maintain andsupport that rich heritage. Today, as a mother and communityleader, I see it as my honor to have the responsibility not just for aJewish community, but for the strength and continuity of a Jewishpeoplehood. Let my children and their children’s children carrythe torch forward helped by the commitments that I make today.

ADELE R. PASSALACQUA

This gift, in loving memory of my parents, Armin and StellaKatz, is simply a reflection of their values and commitment toJewish causes here and in Israel.It was a way of life in our home that I treasure and wish to

continue now and in the future.

ROSEMARIE AND ALAN PAUL

IN MEMORIAM

Do not stand at my grave and weepI am not there, I do not sleep.I am a thousand winds that blow,I am the diamond glint on the snow.I am the sunlight on ripened grain;I am the gentle autumn rain.When you wake in the morning hush,I am the swift uplifting rushOf quiet birds in circular flight.I am the soft starlight at night.Do not stand at my grave and weep,I am not there, I do not sleep.

BRIAN AND KAREN PERLMAN

To our wonderful children Anna and Olivia, and the generationsthat follow…It is both a privilege and an honor to have our names inscribed

in The Book of Life alongside the many wonderful families whohave participated. We consider ourselves to be a living bridgebetween the Perlman and Kaufman families’ many decades ofJewish community involvement, and the continued involvementand contribution by you and your children. It is our hope thatour gift will serve as a Living Legacy that will inspire future

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generations to give, so that collectively we may one day see thedreams of the Jewish people realized.As beneficiaries of the sacrifices made by those before us, we

feel that it is incumbent upon all of us, as Jews, to eagerly acceptthe duty and obligation of ensuring that Israel and the Jewishpeople continue to not only survive, but thrive.May the Jewish traditions of tzedakah and tikkun olam be

carried forth forever.

LEO H. RIEGLER

May our country, the Jewish people and the state of Israelflourish, L’Chaim.

BARBARA ROGERS

My family has always given to the Jewish community. I give becausethe Jewish people need it—they never get a peaceful chance in thisworld and I give because I want them to have that chance.I support the Federation because they believe in taking care of

the community here, and in Israel and I am proud of all that theyhave done. I believe Israel will continue to turn the desert into a‘green garden’ and the Federation will help to make this happen.My late husband, Dr. Ernest Rogers and I have five children

and one of them, our daughter Barbara, lives in Israel; visitingher there has been a source of joy and comfort to me. The time Ispent there with my granddaughter, Cecily was most meaningfuland hopefully what I am doing for the Federation will bringpeace to the Israelis. I give because I want others to have theexperience of Israel.I go to Temple Emanuel and I am able to sit in the seats my

grandparents sat in many years ago. I hope I am able to give these seatsto my children; this would truly be a gift from generation to generation.

ROBERT RONALD

When my family had to leave Europe in 1941 to escape theHolocaust, HIAS, the Jewish Organization, helped us byarranging visas and ship transportation for us.When we arrived in Havana, Cuba, on September 22, 1941, the

local Jewish Organization received us and fed us. Later they organizedschools for us to learn Spanish, enabling us to enter in the mainstreamof life in Cuba. Later, we arrived in the United States after the end ofthe War. I made my way in business while raising a successful family.Now that I can afford it, I would like to contribute to the

Jewish Community Endowment Fund to help others by givingthem a hand to start their lives anew.

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LISA AND PETER ROSENBERG

Legacy: It’s the thread that weaves through generations. We areso privileged to benefit from the example of mitzvah set for usby our parent’s generation. We take that legacy of tikkun olamvery seriously, and we are dedicated to continue thatcommitment as an example for our children. Our affiliationwith the Jewish Community Endowment Fund is therealization of our cherished Jewish heritage. It is ourparticipation in the chain of tzedakah that defines Judaism, andwe are proud to continue to weave the cloth of legacy throughthe generations of our family.

JERRY (GERALD B.) ROSENSTEIN

As a Holocaust survivor who lived through many camps, as anactive member of the Gay & Lesbian community, the Jewishcommunity, resident of this wonderful city since 1949, for all thegood fortunes which befell me, I hope that these endowmentsshall perpetuate Jewish continuity & Human Rights, causes dearto my heart.It is our duty to insure their growth, now and after we are gone.May the community thrive, may the Endowment’s fruits be

allotted judiciously.

MAUREEN AND PAUL ROSKOPH

We were both raised in Cleveland, Ohio of parents born in theUnited States. Our synagogues were reform (Paul) andconservative (Maureen), but the basic tenants were the same,with a strong background in tzedakah—and the Blue “pushkes”Box at Sunday school. We didn’t fully comprehend its meaning aschildren, but the basics were obvious and the tradition wellformed in our education. We have lived well in California. We have had the

opportunity of America, thanks to our grandparents and theirquest for freedom and education. Religious rituals wereobserved in both our families as children, and the obligation toshare and give is as basic to us as our entitlement to inhale theair we breathe. We are grateful for our opportunity and delightin our chance to “give back” and contribute to the causessupported by the Jewish Community Endowment Fund. Wehave seized the opportunity to establish a growingPhilanthropic Fund and add to it regularly.

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GREGG IVAN BERNELL RUBENSTEIN

My family and I have lived on the Peninsula almost all of my life.Although we were surrounded by the Jewish community, wewere not overly involved until we heard about Camp Tawonga.I spent the next eight years of my youth at Tawonga. When I

later returned as camp staff, I realized how much I received fromthe summer camp experience. Camp is the one place where as achild, and now as an adult, I live and experience a Jewish life witha supportive and loving community.I am blessed to now support Tawonga in a year-round staff

capacity. It is in this work that I have learned more about ourvibrant Bay Area Jewish community and the importance of theagencies that support it.All of these experiences made me realize that I wanted to

create a lifetime commitment to the community through theLiving Legacy Society.

PAUL AND ELEANOR SADE

Paul and I consider ourselves most fortunate to be living in theU.S.A. and the opportunities this country has offered us.Both of us were born in Europe. Paul is the sole survivor of his

family of six members, and he has been on his own since the ageseventeen. My parents and I barely made it out of Germanybefore the outbreak of World War II.We firmly believe in giving to those who are less fortunate

than we are. It is our conviction that a strong Jewish communityis vital to all Jews, and it is an assurance that another Holocaustwill never occur again.

MARGOT SALOMONSKI

When my husband and I first came to San Francisco, we hadnothing. We literally arrived here from Shanghai with the clotheson our back and a desire to start a new life. The year was 1947and we had been in Shanghai since 1939 in very limited quarters.The Jewish Welfare Federation made that life possible. They

were our lifeline to finding both a job and an apartment. Theyprovided us with the funds to get established and to slowly findour way in the city. Soon, we were both working and were able tomanage and even put a “little away” for a rainy day.Now I have the ability to help the wonderful organization that

helped me. My gift is my way of saying thanks to all those whoenabled us to feel safe and secure in a new land close to sixtyyears ago.

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JOHN R. SCHWABACHER

Who really knows what the future will bring? How could I haveknown, as a little boy growing up in a small town in Germanythat our family would lose everything and many members of ourfamily would disappear in the concentration camps. Who couldhave foretold that I would be spared my life in a time that tooksix million Jewish lives only to start life anew in a country, usinga new language? Who could have predicted, when I was 12, andso close to losing my life during the bombing in Germany, that Iwould start two major Silicon Valley companies? I could not haveanticipated the losses, or the wonderful help system that kept mybrothers and me going—our nanny, and righteous families whofed us and hid us. Nor could I have anticipated the blessing that70 years of life has brought me. I have undergone hardship, but Ialso have had tremendous support from generous and lovingpeople in my life. This is what I focus on when I think of thosethat will follow.

JERRY SCHWARTZMAN

I want to impart the lessons of philanthropy to my children andgrandchildren. It is very important that my descendants be awareof their heritage and their ability to contribute to the well beingof their community through charitable giving.In particular, making educational opportunities available to

children in the Jewish community is very important to me. Ichose to establish a scholarship fund at the Mid-Peninsula JewishCommunity Day School because I feel that every qualified child,that could otherwise not afford a Day School education, shouldhave the opportunity to reach their full potential.Seeing how my gift made through the Jewish Community

Endowment Fund touches children on a daily basis gives me joy.It is my way of providing for future Jewish generations.

ELIZABETH SEELIG

I grew up in a home where giving was a way of life and working inthe Jewish community was just the thing to do. I learned from anearly age to appreciate what we had and to help others who were lessfortunate. My parents, Bess and John Altman, were involved in whatis now known as the Jewish Community Federation. When I was achild, we moved from San Francisco to the Peninsula. I did not havemany Jewish contacts growing up there, but I do recall however,volunteering at the office of the Federation early on and learningmore about important Jewish programs from this experience. TheJewish community has always been a top priority for me.

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MICHAEL AND DARYL SHAFRAN

Giving to the Jewish community has always been part of ourlives. This tradition will continue even when we are gone,through the Jewish Community Endowment Fund.

GRACE R. SHULMAN

I am not, I must admit, an active member of the Jewishcommunity. However, remembrance of my childhood and youngadulthood in an observant home—examples set and valuesestablished—is still with me many years later. Most important, Ibelieve, was the giving and sharing—caring. There wasn’t muchmoney, but coins were dropped into the blue-and-white box onthe kitchen shelf. With some affluence came the Sunday-morning routine of writing checks. But my strongest memoriesare of the things that had nothing to do with money. I rememberhow my father – a shy man – would race across the parkway tothe firehouse as the alarm blared throughout our small town.And I remember how he broke down and cried when his fellowvolunteers told him that the CPR he applied would not revive theneighbor who had a heart attack. My mother and aunt did the“women” things—shopping and other errands, cooking, caringfor a child, watering the lawn—for neighbors who were in themidst of a family crisis, and as they did for us. And there was myuncle who seemed to be the designated driver for all sorts ofneighborhood emergencies. Do I meet the standards set?Probably not. But I try, and I think I know what’s truly importantin life: Caring. After all, isn’t that really what charity is?

HOWARD & ELIZABETH SHWIFF

My wife, Elizabeth, was born in a Jewish refugee camp inAdmont, Austria in 1946 and came to the United States when shewas six. I was born and raised in Dallas, Texas of a family thatimmigrated from Russia to Texas in 1910. Our parents taught usthe same two important principles in life: 1.) work daily, workhonest; 2.) be Jewish, live Jewish. We met at a San FranciscoFederation sponsored event, and we both feel a desire to help ourJewish community flourish. It is an honor for us to work withinthe Federation.

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MARION R. SKOOTSKY COLTON, DEBORAH SKOOTSKY LUBOW, SAMUEL ANSHEL SKOOTSKY, AND SETH MORRIS SKOOTSKY

We have established the Harold Skootsky Family Fund inmemory of a husband and father who didn’t live to see hischildren grow up or to know his grandchildren, but who wasexemplary in his concern for his family and community. He wasa second generation San Franciscan and his children andgrandchildren represent the third and fourth. His legacy is astrength for our family and for the Jewish community.

INGRID D. TAUBER

I was born in the early 1950s, the offspring of Hungarian survivorsof the Holocaust. The profound and poignant legacy of beingraised in the shadow of the Shoah served as a template for myfuture commitment and dedication to the Jewish community.Influenced by a Jewish paradigm that values tzedakah and tikkunolam and drawn to a heritage that echoes and links an ethos ofcontinuity, I feel privileged that I can now honor my parents andthose family members that perished with an assurance that mycommitment is a living testament to their memory.

ESTHER YOUNG WEDNER

Israel was my parents’, grandparents’ and great-grandparents’birthplace and burial site. I was born here and brought up in ahome where respect for Jewish tradition, for Judaism and itsethical teachings, and for Israel was the core of family life. Myhope is that these values live on in my children andgrandchildren. My commitment to JCEF is to insure that avibrant Jewish community lives on for future generations.

BEVERLY AND BERNARD WOLFE

I am pleased to sign The Book of Life as a symbol of thecommitment I have made to help provide for the needs oftomorrow through the Jewish Community Endowment Fund.

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RHODA AND SHELDON WOLFE

Although we had been involved in Jewish philanthropy for anumber of years, our first mission to Israel, in 1975, was a lifechanging experience. It heightened our awareness of our heritageand solidified our connection to our Jewish community.We feel privileged to be able to leave a legacy to the

community that has given so much to our family. A pricelessreward for our involvement has been the extraordinaryfriendships we have made. It is our hope that our endowment, insome small way, will assist our community in making adifference in people’s lives and ensure the continuity of theJewish people.Our endowment is in admiration for those who have gone

before;In celebration of those now living;And in dedication of those yet to come.

ALANNA ZRIMSEK AND MORTON LEVIN

As the Talmud Says, “Whoever practices tzedakah and justice fillsthe world with loving kindness.”It is our honor to join with the Federation to nourish our

community.It is our wish that Jews and people everywhere live in peace

and freedom and join with all people to heal the world.

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The Jewish Community Endowment Fund deeply

appreciates the significant contribution of Joseph R.

Goldyne, renowned San Francisco artist, curator and

scholar, who designed The Book of Life as an artistic and

historic record of Bay Area Jewish philanthropists.

The Jewish Community Endowment Fund commissioned

Ervin Somogyi, Hungarian Holocaust survivor and

craftsman, to create the carved wooden case in which the

first volume of The Book of Life is permanently displayed.

l i l i l i l k

IF I AM NOT FOR MYSELF, WHO WILL BE FOR ME? ANDIF ONLY FOR MYSELF, WHAT AM I? AND IF NOT NOW, WHEN?

With Heartfelt Thanks toJoseph R. Goldyne

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Rita Choit Adler and

Joel D. Adler

Richard and Barbara Almond

Karen L. Alter

David and Beverly Altman

Alfred and Hilde Amkraut

Joanne and Bernard Arfin

Edith and Myron Arrick Fund

Fae R. Asher

Yetta and Morris Bach Fund

Gerson and Barbara Bakar

Abraham and Kathlin Bakst

Marci Gurwitch Ballin

Ralph and Estelle Bardoff Fund

Rose and Ralph Barkoff Fund

Alvin H. Baum, Jr.

Ann L. Bear

Irwin Bear

Miriam and Joel Bennett

Dorothy Berelson

Berger Endowment Fund

Annette M. Berger

Marsha Lee and

Norman M. Berkman

Pauline N. Berkow

Warren and Aline Berl

Eve Bernstein

The Irving and Helen Betz

Foundation

Michael Bien and Jane Kahn

Elizabeth Bing, Ph.D.

Simon Blattner

Lenore K. Bleadon

Judith Gold Bloom

Rosalind and David Bloom

The Doris and Ben Blum Fund

The Betty and John Blumlein

Fund

Arthur and Helen Bobrove

Aviva Shiff Boedecker

Jerome I. Braun

Margot E. Braun

Dr. James B. and Suzanne Becker

Bronk

Lucille and Arthur Brown

Martin and Geri Brownstein

Neill and Linda Brownstein

Jane and Sumner Burrows Fund

Ronald M. Bushman

C. Roy and Alice Calder Fund

Fund for Camp Tawonga

I. D. Caplan

Robert and Laura Caplan

Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Cherniss

Carole A. Cohen

Eve Cohen

Herbert A. Cohen Trust

Seymour Cohen

Harry Cohn

Norman Coliver

Daniel Levine Cook

Scholarship Fund

Phyllis and David Cook

William and Adele Corvin Fund

Robert F. Cowan

Dr. Elaine Dallman

Leonie J. Darwin

Ruth Kay Debs

Ellen Deck

Stan Deck

Renée and Ervin Delman Fund

Betty Denenberg Adler

Robert and Margo Derzon Fund

Helen Diller Family Foundation

Joan Withers Dinner

Joan and Richard S. Dinner

Philanthropic Fund

Annette Dobbs

Jill and Martin Dodd

Edith and Benjamin Dorfman

Dr. Ronald Steven Dunn Fund

Maurice and Marguerite Edelstein

Esther P. Eisenberg

Connie and Albert Eisenstat

Dr. Jack and Seena Elfant

Carla Emil and Rich Silverstein

Jack and Marion Euphrat

Henry Evans

Barbara Farber

Wesley and Bonnie Fastiff

Lawrence and Marian

Feigenbaum

Alan and Gail Feinstein

Wayne and Leslee Feinstein

Dr. Leland R. Felton

Saul A. Fenster

Dr. Martin Fleishman

Susan and David Folkman

Eleanor Fraenkel

Max and Lilli Frank Fund

Tom and Myrna Frankel

Michael A. Freeman, MD

Jill and John Freidenrich

Lauren A. Friedman

Phyllis K. Friedman

Virginia and Jay Friedman Fund

Don and Janie Friend

Elinor and Eugene Friend Fund

Michelle and Robert Friend

Peter and Luze M. Frohwein

John and Florine Galen

The Rowena and Bud Gansel

Fund

Claude and Lynn Ganz

Marilee Konigsberg Gardner

Arthur B. and Miriam Gauss

Frances K. Geballe and Theodore

H. Geballe

Mona and Dan Geller Supporting

Foundation

Shoshana and Martin Gerstel

Gideon Hausner Jewish Day

School Endowment in Memory

of Mary Snyder Heller and Paul

Heller

Reuben and Ruth Gilbert Fund

Louise H. Ginsburg

Dr. Abraham and Natalie Goetz

Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell Golbus

Jane Blumberg Goldberg

John and Marcia Goldman

Juliette Dayan Goldman

Lisa and Douglas E. Goldman

Marianne Goldman

Richard and Rhoda Goldman

Foundation

Jennifer Spitzer Gorovitz

Doris Livingston Grasshoff

Richard M. and Naomi Green

William H. and Frances D. Green

Barbara L. and John M.

Greenberg

Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Greenhood

Fund

Flora Greenhoot

Charles Gresham/

Sydney Engleberg Fund

Arleigh and Eleanore Grossman

Fund

J. Grossman

Ruth Gundelfinger

Lisa Gurwitch and Martin

Fleisher

Peter and Miriam Haas Fund

Susan Hamlin

Martin and Carol Harband

Helen and Arthur Hausman

Douglas M. and Mary E. Heller

Herst Family Foundation

Rachelle Hirstio

Ida G. Hodes

Russell and Susan Holdstein

Laurence Hootnick

Sonya and Stephen Hurst

Nancy Igdaloff

Alex and Bernadette Inkeles Fund

Aaron Jackson

Lois and Robert Jacob

Barbara R. Jacobs

Gerson and Marilyn Jacobs

Dennis and Paula Jaffe

Alvin and Phyllis Janklow

Gerardo and Priscilla Joffe

Valerie Joseph

Dennis Judd

Lillian Judd

Rabbi Douglas and Ellen Kahn

Howard R. Kahn

Ara and Anatoliy Kalika

Joel Kamisher

Alexander C. Katten

David M. Katz

Lee and Martin Katz

Arnold and Ruth Kaufman

Charitable Trust

Bernard Kaufman, Jr.

Frances Lee Kaufman

Julian L. Kaufman

L IV ING LEGACY SOCIETY MEMBERS

List current through April, 2008

Ron and Barbara Kaufman

Steve Kaufman

Rachel and Wilfred Kay

Permanent Endowment Fund in

Memory of Peisach and Sara

Katz and their children: Sholom,

Shimon, Sima, Lea, Rachel and

Benjamin

Morton D. Kirsch

Jerome and Meta Kirschbaum

Hilla and Fred Kirschner Family

Philanthropic Fund

Jack and Elisa Klein

Emil Knopf

Phyllis V. Koch

Sidney and Vivian Konigsberg

Peter and Carol Kornfeld Fund

Emil Knopf

James and Cathy Koshland

Larry and Bernis Kretchmar

Sigmund and Helen Kriegsman

Henriette Landman in Honor of

Isador and Anna Landman and

Jack Landman

Adele and Donald Langendorf

Jacqueline and Sol Langsam

Laura and Gary Lauder

Jerry Layne

Stephen and Maribelle Leavitt

Maryan Lebell

Warren G. Lefort

Henry and Elizabeth Lehmann

Fund

Vivian and Leonard Lehmann

Sandra and Leonard Leib

Claire Elaine Leibowitz

Robert and Francine Lent Family

Leslie Family

Lenore and Lewis B. Levin

Adeline Horwich Levine

Memorial Fund

Julie and David Levine

Miriam and Milton Levison Fund

Robert and Anne Levison Fund

Rosanne and Al Levitt

Harold L. Levy

Harry and Gene Lewin

Helen Lewison

Mel and Bettie Lichtman

The Linker Family

Charles and Julia Lobel

Eva T. Lokey

Lorry I. Lokey Supporting

Foundation

Fern and Bill Lowenberg

Susan E. Lowenberg

Stanley and Judith Lubman

Brian L. Lurie

Connie and Bob Lurie

Jane R. Lurie

Siesel and Howard Maibach

Gadi and Marlene Maier

Foundation

Peter and Melanie Maier

Alexander M. and June L. Maisin

Foundation

Susan and Jay Mall

Elie and Gerry Marcus Fund

Victor L. Marcus

Gladys and Larry Marks

Lois Marks

Marcia Markels

Eve and Harvey Masonek

Laurie and Laurence May

Marlyn G. McClaskey

Charles F. and Marilyn Meier

Honey and David Meir-Levi

The Purple Lady/Barbara J.

Meislin Fund

Beryl and Renee Mell

Frank G. Meyer

Avram Miller

Susan and Bill Mirbach

Phyllis and Stuart Moldaw

Supporting Foundation

Lillian and Harold Moose, Jr. Fund

Roz and Merv Morris

Milton Mosk

Judith Moss

Eleanor and Laurence Myers

Foundation

Mark and Jamie Myers

Ann and Joseph Nadel Fund

Hilda and Manfred Namm Fund

Peggy Nathan

Edna and Irving R. Newman Fund

Robert and Jan Newman

Pauline Newman-Gordon

Leah Noher

Richard Orgell

Don and Shari Ornstein

Bernard and Barbro Osher

Adele R. Passalacqua

Dr. Richard and Martha Pastcan

Rosemarie and Alan Paul Fund

Steve Peckler

Eda and Joseph Pell Fund

Rose Penn

Karen Kaufman Perlman

Frances Pivnick

Dan Porat

Karen L. Posner

David S. Pottruck and

Emily W. Scott

Natalie Prager-Hertzmann

Dana Mack Prinz

Pritzker Family

Amy Rabbino and Neal Rubin

Irving and Varda Rabin

Rado Family Fund

Caroline and Bennett Raffin

Supporting Foundation

Bert and Anne Raphael

Shirley and Robert Raymer

Eli Reinhard

Joyce and William Remak Fund

Paul and Hilda Richards

Leo H. Riegler

Joyce Baker Rifkind

Caryl Lancet Ritter

Paul and Sheri Robbins

Alex and Gertrude Roberts Fund

Carol Seiler Roberts

Norman R. Rogers

Cindy Rogoway

Patricia and Robert Ronald

Mark Rosen–Beth Ami Fund in

Honor of Benny and Rosemary

Friedman

Herbert and Ilse Rosenbaum

Barbara and Richard Rosenberg

Claude and Louise Rosenberg

John and Thelma Rosenberg

Peter and Lisa Rosenberg

H. Glenn Rosenkrantz

Gerald B. Rosenstein

Martin and Bette Rosenthal

Zoe (Alice) Rosenzweig

Paul and Maureen Roskoph

Eva and John Ross

Luba R. Ross

Alan and Susan Rothenberg

Lottie L. Rothschild

Gregg Ivan Bernell Rubenstein

Esther Rubin

Harry J. Saal and Carol D. Saal

Paul and Eleanor Sade

Ellen and Jerry Saliman

Margot Salomonski in memory of

Julius and Meta Loewenheim

and Heinz Salomonski

Sandler Family Supporting

Foundation

Sejong and George Sarlo

Gerry and Lela Sarnat

Dorothy and George Saxe

Loren and Shelley Saxe

Betty and Jack Schafer, BJS Fund

Ron and Marilyn Schilling

Norman and Adrienne

Schlossberg

Sherry and Howard Schor

Janet and Albert Schultz Fund

Lori Ann Schwab Memorial Fund

John R. Schwabacher

S. Jerral (Jerry) Schwartzman

Elizabeth Seelig

Lauren Gage Segal

Donald H. and Ruth F. Seiler

Walter S. Selig

Janice Selix

Doré Selix-Gabby

Theodore R. Seton

Michael and Daryl Shafran

Albert A. Shansky

Dana and Gary Shapiro

Phyllis and Lawrence J. Shapiro

Fund

Barry and Esther Sherman

Leslie and Dan Shiner

Grace Shulman

Howard C. and Elizabeth H.

Shwiff

Nathan and Rebecca Siegel

Jordan R. Sills

Juliette Silver

Jeffrey S. Skoll

Emily and Alec Skolnick Fund

Harold Skootsky Family

Barbara H. Smith

Mildred R. Snitzer

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Vivian R. Solomon

Susan Wander Sorkin

Sari R. Spector

Joel Spolin and Margot Parker

Bruce and Beverly Stamper

Joelle Spitzer Steefel

Howard M. Steiermann

Marlene W. Stein

Martin A. Stein

Vera and Harold S. Stein, Jr.

Anne and David Steirman

Elsie M. Stevens

Hal Stoll Family Fund

Dr. and Mrs. Sherman H. Strauss

Sylvia C. Sugarman

Bette J. Sussman

Swig Fund for Jewish Community

Involvement

Mae and Benjamin Swig

Supporting Foundation

Roselyne Chroman Swig

Steven L. Swig

Valli Benesch-Tandler and Robert

S. Tandler

Dr. and Mrs. Irving B. Tapper

Tad Taube

Ingrid D. Tauber

Joel and Fran Teisch

Olga Thein

Veronica S. Tincher

Haskell and Janice Titchell Fund

Mary Ann and Bertram Tonkin

Fund

Juana Torczyner

Charlene and Sid Tuchman

Carol Schussler van Wijnen

Dorothy R. Vogel and Walter

Vogel Fund

Myron and Jerrie Rubenstein

Wacholder Fund

Joseph and Kathi Wahed Fund

Miriam Wain

Marilyn Yolles Waldman

Barbara Wallerstein

Dr. Samuel and Mrs. Hjordis

Waxler Fund

Alfred and Lee Weber Fund

Esther Y. Wedner

Lewis and Helen Weil Fund

Janice Weinman

Robert and Tita Weir

Marilyn and Raymond Weisberg

Charles and Barbara Weiss

Otto and Idell Weiss

Erna and Herman Wertheim Fund

Hans and Susan Wildau Fund

Kathy Williams

Thelma Green Wiprut Fund

Jacob H. and Celina Wisniewski

Michael and Devera Witkin

Beverly and Bernard Wolfe Fund

Sheldon and Rhoda Wolfe

Sue and Richard Wollack

Martin Zankel

Nina Zentner

Mark Zitter and Jessica Nutik

Harold and Mary Zlot

Alanna Zrimsek and Morton

Levin

Steven Zuckerman and Debra

Meyerson

Richard and Jean Zukin

565 Mayfield Supporting

Foundation

Irving Abrahams Agricultural

Scholarship Fund

Henrietta Goldstein Ackerman

Fund for Hospitals

Adath Israel Congregation-Jewish

Study Network

Max and Sophie Adler Fund for

an Award to a Visual Artist

Edith and Myron Arrick

Endowment Fund

Yetta Bach and Morris Bach Fund

for Financial Assistance to Needy

Jewish Families

Estelle and Ralph Bardoff

Scholarship Fund

Ann Bear Women in Leadership

Fund

Agnes and Byron Beildeck Music

Scholarship

Belgium 1944—Hidden Jewish

Children’s Fund to Honor

Righteous Gentiles

Berger Endowment Fund

Berkeley Hillel Endowment Fund

Berkeley Hillel Lapan Fund

Russell and Evelyn Bliss

Permanent Fund for Israel

Grace and Samuel Bloom Fund

for Needy and Worthy Jews

Margaret Abel Bloom Fund for

Home Care for the Aged

Monroe and Margaret Bloom

Fund for Charitable,

Humanitarian and/or

Educational Purposes in Israel

Dorothy and Harry Blumenthal

Fund for Needy Jewish Youth

Jessie Brandenburg Education

Fund for College Scholarships

Sue V. Bransten and William Haas

Family Fund

Louis Briskin Fund

Bureau of Jewish Education

Endowment Fund

Allan G. Byer Sports Fund

Albert L. Schultz Jewish

Community Center

Albert L. Schultz Jewish

Community Center Seniors

Endowment Fund

Brandeis Hillel Supporting

Foundation

Fund for Camp Tawonga

Nat Ceitlin Fund for Scholarships

for Study in Israel

Judith Chapman Memorial

Women’s Leadership Fund

Ira E. and Beulah C. Charmak

Fund for Projects in Israel,

Including Projects Connected

with Hebrew University

Alice Kovacs Cohen Fund for

Educational Institutions

Colloff Fund for Jewish Youth

Kenneth and Thelma Colvin Israel

Scholarship Fund

Community Jewish Day Camp

Scholarship Fund

Community Jewish Day School

Scholarship Fund

Community Jewish Pre School

Scholarship Fund

Congregation Beth Ami Fund

honoring Rosemary and Benny

Friedman

Congregation Beth Ami Fund for

Charitable and/or Educational

Purposes of the Congregation

Congregation Beth Shalom Fund

for the David Levinson Lecture

Series

Congregation B’Nai Israel

Endowment Fund

Congregation Kol Emeth

Congregation Kol Shofar

Endowment Fund

Congregation Peninsula Temple

Beth-El

Congregation Rodef Sholom of

Marin

Congregation Shomrei Torah

Endowment Fund for Education

Congregation Shomrei Torah

Endowment Fund for Building

Contemporary Jewish Museum

Endowment

Daniel Levine Cook Scholarship

Fund

Anne and Robert Cowan Writer’s

Fund

Henrietta Danaceau Fund for

Israel

Ruth Kay Debs Interest-Free Loan

Fund

Ruth Kay Debs CCSF Scholarship

Fund

Marshall Denenberg Fund

Zelda Dick Memorial Scholarship

Fund

DONOR DES IGNATED SPEC IAL PURPOSE FUNDS OF THE J EWISH COMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND

List current through April, 2008

Helen Diller Family Teen Fellows

Leadership Program Fund

Helen Diller Family Tzavta Young

Adults Program of the Israel

Center

Lloyd Dinkelspiel Fund for

Scholarships in Israel

Lily Drake Fund for the Sick and

Poor

Emanu-El Residence Fund for

Jewish Women

Emergency Needs for Low

Income People with Disabilities

Ensuring Our Survivors Legacy

Fund

Jack and Marion Euphrat

Continuing Education Fund

Farkas Philanthropic Fund for the

Holocaust Center of Northern

California

Fertman Family Fund

Meta Fleisher Scholarship Fund

for Students of the Arts

David and Susan Folkman

Friends of the Harvard Center

for Jewish Studies

David and Susan Folkman

Harvard School of Business

Fund

David and Susan Folkman

Harvard Judaica Collection

David and Susan Folkman

Peninsula Temple Beth El

Lynne Frank Fund for Jewish

Needs

Jerome J. Friedberg Fund for

Overseas Relief

Nathan Jay Friedman College

Scholarship Fund

William S. Friedman Fund for

Scholarships for Teen Trips to

Israel

Friends of the Jewish Community

Library Fund

Rowena and Bud Gansel Fund for

the Young and Elderly

Sadye Garfinkel Fund for the

Jewish Home and the JCCSF

Fund for Gay and Lesbian Causes

in Israel

Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School

Endowment in Memory of Mary

Snyder Heller and Paul Heller

Gift of Israel Fund

Hy Ginsburg Memorial Gift of

Israel Fund

Ralph Glaser Fund for Local and

Israel Agencies

Gluck Family Scholarship Fund

J. Eugene and Faye Barrett

Goldberg Philanthropic Fund

Rose and David Goldberg Fund

for Scholarships

Edwin Golden Fund for

Education

Rhoda Goldman Plaza for Needy

Jewish Elderly

Susan F. Goldshine Memorial

Scholarship Fund

Francis S. Goldsmith Fund to

Report on Activities of Jews

Worldwide who have

Contributed to Human

Betterment

Samuel Gordon Endowment

Fund for the Visually Impaired

in Israel

Bill Graham Foundation

Tzierel Gurman Fund to Help

House and Resettle New

Immigrants to Israel

Walter A. Haas, Sr. and Daniel E.

Koshland, Sr. Award Fund

Doris Hammond Fund for the

Benefit of Emigrés to Israel

Hatikvah Endowment Fund

Hebrew Free Loan Fund

Hillel of Sonoma County

Endowment Fund

Stephanie G. Hoffman

Scholarship Fund

Holocaust Center of Northern

California Fund

Holocaust Memorial/Education

Fund for the San Francisco

Holocaust Memorial and

Educational Programs

Felicia Hyman Fund for the Elderly

and Homeless in San Francisco

Immediate Response Grants for

Clients of First Place Fund for

Youth

Interfaith Connection Outreach

Fund

Iscoff-Ofenham Fund

Israel Children’s Tennis Center

Isaac and Clara Jacobs Fund for

Use in the United States

Jack and Anne Jacobs Fund for

Elderly, Needy Jewish Men

Jewish Community Center of San

Francisco Endowment Fund

Jewish Community Endowment

Kohn Fund for Education and

Youth

Jewish Community Endowment

Maimonides Fund for Jewish

Elderly

Jewish Community Endowment

Newhouse Fund for Compelling

Human Needs in Education,

Health, Religion and Aging

Jewish Community High School

of the Bay Area

Marion Kaplan Fund to Provide

for the Needs of Children and

the Elderly in Israel

Bernard Kaufman, Jr. Fund for

Educational Purposes

Edith Schoenberger Kaufman

Memorial Lecture Fund for

Congregation Beth Sholom

Vernon Kaufman Memorial Fund

for St. Anthony’s Kitchen

Rachel and Wilfred Kay Permanent

Endowment Fund in Memory of

Peisach and Sara Katz and their

children: Sholom, Shimon, Sima,

Lea, Rachel and Benjamin

Jack and Elisa Klein College

Scholarship Fund

Harvey Koch Leadership Award

Fund

Lillian Koster Fund for Medical

Research for the Visually

Impaired in Israel

Minerva Kramer Memorial Fund

for Park Hazahav, Kiryat

Shmona, Israel

Jacob Kroll Fund for Orphan

Children

Isador and Anna Landman

Memorial Endowment Fund for

Jewish Seniors

Jack Landman Memorial

Endowment Fund for Jewish

Seniors

Stanley Langendorf Jewish Fund

Florence Lehman Fund for the

Elderly in Israel

Lehrhaus Judaica Fund

David Levinson Memorial Fund

for Lecture Series at

Congregation Beth Sholom

Tillie Lewin Israel Emergency Fund

George and Susi Lewinsky Fund

for Needs in Israel and for Senior

Citizens in San Francisco

Sol and Isabella Lewis Fund for

Emigré Relief and Rehabilitation

Elsie B. Lipset Fund for an Annual

Lecture in Contemporary Jewish

Studies

Fredrick Litynski Fund for

Medical Schools in Israel

Lorry I. Lokey College

Scholarship Fund

Brian L. Lurie Fund for

Israel/Diaspora Relations

Florence Mack Family Fund

Judah L. Magnes Museum

Endowment

Alexander M. and June L. Maisin

Foundation Scholarship Fund

Sylvia Martin Permanent Fund

for Israel

Mary Michaels Fund for Women’s

Education

Mrs. Alex Miller Camp Tawonga

Scholarship Fund

Walter and Madeline Moldawer

Fund

Judith Moss Fund for Needy

Jewish Women

Mount Zion Health Fund

Murray Narell Memorial Fund for

Ethiopian Jewish Orphans in Israel

National Council of Jewish

Women–San Francisco Fund

Gail Karp Orgell Scholarship Fund

Bernard Osher Cultural Award Fund

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Bernard Osher and Barbro Osher

Jerusalem Center Fund

Carl and Virginia Pearlstein

Scholarship Fund for Teens to

Participate in the Gift of Israel

Program

Paula Phillips Philanthropic Fund

Peninsula Jewish Community

Teen Foundation Fund

Peninsula Temple Beth El Fund

Petaluma Jewish Fund

Stephanie Praszker Memorial Fund

Lisbeth Pratt and Craig Resnick

Scholarship Fund

John Rado Family Scholarship Fund

Raising Jewish Children Fund

Mary L. Ralph Fund for

Weizmann Institute

Nathan Ratner Fund for the

Moishe Tal School

Rehabilitation Loan Fund for

Vocational Rehabilitation

Reiner Family Charitable Fund

Adele Ash Ringole Fund for Needy

Jewish Families in San Francisco

Alfred Roberts Fund for

Scholarships for Study in Israel

Claude and Louise Rosenberg

Early Childhood Education Fund

Jeanbelle and Zachary Rosenman

Fund for the Exclusive Benefit of

the Albert L. Schultz Jewish

Community Center

Saul and Lillian Ross Fund for

Jewish Youth

Royce Fund for the Elderly

Cynthia Rudman Fund for

Operation Exodus

San Francisco State Jewish Studies

Program Fund

Paula Schuldt Fund for Israel

Janet Schultz Teens to Israel Fund

Schwartzman Family Scholarship

Fund for Gideon Hausner Jewish

Day School

Melvin Schwarzbaum Fund for

Hebrew University

Scott Street Senior Housing

Scholarship Fund

Seattle Victims Fund

Dolly C. Seeney Fund for Youth

Services

Lee Shapiro Cash Assistance Fund

for the Needy

Shalom Hartman Fund

Joan and Robert Sinton

Supporting Foundation

Joan Salz Sinton Youth

Scholarship Fund

Robert Sinton Distinguished

Volunteer Leadership Award Fund

Stein Family Tel Hai Coexistence

Scholarship Fund

Frank Steinberg Fund for Orphan

Children in Israel

Paul and Ruth Steiner Permanent

Endowment for Gifted Public

School Students and PJCC Adult

Programs

Herman Steinfeld Fund for the

Elderly in Israel

Dr. and Mrs. Sherman H. Strauss

Restricted Fund

Pinkus Sugarman Fund for

Exceptional Children with Special

Needs in Jewish Education

Swig Fund for Jewish Community

Involvement

Mae and Benjamin Swig

Supporting Foundation

Taube-Koret Campus for Jewish Life

Teen Philanthropy Professionals

Fund

Temple Beth Israel

Temple Beth Jacob Fund

Ursula E. Thalheimer Memorial

Fund for Day Care to

Underprivileged Jewish Children

in the Bay Area

Victoria Tincher Fund for the

Oshman Family JCC

Sanford M. Treguboff Fund for

Israel-Arab Relations

Charlene and Sid Tuchman

Campership Fund

Ruth and Chuck Tuckman

United Jewish Community Center

for Senior Adult Programs

Walter Vogel Campership Fund

for Day and Overnight Camps

for Jewish Youth

Walter Vogel Fund for Immigrant

Youth in Israel

Emma Wasserman Fund

William Wasserman Fund for Bay

Area Camp Scholarships

Ronald P. Wilmot Scholarship Fund

Women in Leadership Fund

Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day

School Scholarship Fund

Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day

School Fund in Honor of Harold

and Sylvia Jacobs

Emma Lou Young Music Fund for

Scholarships

Young Artists Fund

Youth/Youth Adult Trips to Israel

Fund

Zimmerman Library Fund at

Danziger High School in Kiryat

Shmona, Israel

Kenneth C. Zwerin Fund for Arts

and Cultural Needs of the Jewish

Community

Anonymous

Gerson and Barbara Bakar

Jill and John Freidenrich

James and Cathy Koshland

Laura and Gary Lauder

Phyllis and Stuart Moldaw

Supporting Foundation

Pritzker Family

Barbara and Richard Rosenberg

Harry J. Saal and Carol D. Saal

Donald H. and Ruth F. Seiler

Commitments from the following donors helped make possible the Jewish Community Endowment Fund’s $10 million grant to the Taube-KoretCampus for Jewish Life:

Gerson and Barbara Bakar

Philanthropic Fund

Allan and Marian Byer

John and Jill Freidenrich

Friedman Family Fund

John and Marcia Goldman

Foundation

Lisa and Douglas Goldman

Fund

Richard Goldman

Dr. Carl Grunfeld

Peter and Miriam Haas Fund

Walter and Elise Haas Fund

Jewish Community Endowment

Fund

Jim Joseph Philanthropic Fund

Koret Foundation

James and Cathy Koshland

Laura and Gary Lauder

Philanthropic Fund

Louis R. Lurie Foundation

Connie and Bob Lurie

Phyllis and Stuart Moldaw

Roz and Merv Morris

Bernard and Barbro Osher

Catherine and Mike Podell

Louise and Claude Rosenberg

Richard M. and Barbara

Rosenberg

Sara and Jeffrey Schottenstein

Ruth and Donald Seiler

The following Builders have enabled the Jewish Community Federation to provide stable, affordable space for non-profit agencies in San Francisco at 131 Steuart Street:

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PERMANENT IMPRINT FUNDS

Estelle and Ralph Bardoff

Scholarship Fund

Fund for Camp Tawonga

Community Jewish Day Camp

Scholarship

Community Jewish Day School

Scholarship Fund

Anne and Robert Cowan Writer’s

Award Fund

Helen Diller Family Teen Fellows

Leadership Program

Helen Diller Family Tzavta Young

Adults Program of the Israel

Center

Jack and Marion Euphrat

Continuing Education

Jill and John Freidenrich PACE

Fund

Nathan J. Friedman Memorial

Scholarship Fund

William S. Friedman Memorial

Fund

Richard P. Gross Perpetual Annual

Campaign Endowment Fund

Kanbar Émigré Scholarship Fund

Gail Karp Orgell Scholarship

Fund

Jack and Elisa Klein College

Scholarship Fund

Eva T. Lokey Funds for San

Francisco State Jewish Studies

Lorry I. Lokey College Scholarship

Alexander M. and June L. Maisin

Foundation Scholarship Fund

Carl and Virginia Pearlstein

Memorial Scholarship Fund for

Trips to Israel

Peninsula Jewish Community

Teen Foundation Fund

Robbins Family JCF/ Community

Development Fund

Dr. Barbara Rosenberg Lion of

Judah Endowment Fund

Louise and Claude Rosenberg

Early Childhood Education Fund

Janet Schultz Teens to Israel Fund

Schwartzman Family Scholarship

Fund for the Gideon Hausner

Jewish Day School

Brandon Shorenstein Bar and Bat

Mitzvah Scholarship Fund

Paul and Ruth Steiner Permanent

Endowment for Gifted Students

in Public Schools and North

Peninsula JCC Adult Programs

Fund

Dr. Walter Vogel Memorial

Campership Fund for Day and

Overnight Camps for Jewish Youth

Dr. Walter Vogel Memorial Fund

for Immigrant Youth in Israel

Fund

Ronald P. Wilmot Scholarship

Fund

DES IGNATED J EWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATIONANNUAL CAMPAIGN IN PERPETUITY FUNDS ANDCOMMITMENTS , INCLUDING L ION OF JUDAHENDOWMENTS ( LO JE )

List current through April, 2008

Betty Denenberg Adler (Ruby LOJE)Sylvia Ashe Z”LAnn Bear (LOJE)D.B. BerelsonLenore K. Bleadon (LOJE)Judith Gold Bloom (LOJE)David and Rosalind BloomRuth Breslar Z”LJerome H. and Sylvia CherinZ”LAnnette Dobbs (LOJE)Barbara Ann Farber (LOJE)Susan and David FolkmanEleanor Lesser Fraenkel (LOJE)Jill and John FreidenrichMiriam J. Gauss (LOJE)Jane Blumberg Goldberg (LOJE)Richard P. Gross Z”LBarbara Kaufman (LOJE)Ron Kaufman

Bernis Kretchmar (LOJE)Eva Chernov Lokey (LOJE)Fern Elizabeth Lowenberg(LOJE)Louis D. Marks Z”LMarcia A. MarkelsMarlyn G. McClaskey (RubyLOJE)Eleanor Myers (LOJE) Leah Noher (LOJE)Karen Kaufman Perlman(LOJE)Reiner Family Charitable FundJoyce Baker Rifkind (LOJE)Sheri L. Robbins (Ruby LOJE)Dr. Barbara C. Rosenberg(LOJE)Madeleine Haas Russell Z”LCarol D. Saal (Ruby LOJE)Harry J. SaalDorothy Ruby Saxe (LOJE)

Janet A. Schultz (Ruby LOJE)Z”LAdolph Schuman Z”LDana Bloom Shapiro (LOJE)Jordan R. SillsJoan and Robert Sinton Z”LSusan W. Sorkin (LOJE)Marlene W. Stein (LOJE)Martin A. SteinAnne F. A. Steirman (LOJE)David SteirmanValli Benesch Tandler (LOJE)Carol Schussler van Wijnen(LOJE) Dorothy Vogel (LOJE)Walter Vogel Z”LKathy Williams (LOJE)Rhoda Wolfe (LOJE)Alanna Zrimsek (LOJE)

THE J EWISH COMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUNDIMPRINT FUNDS

List current through April, 2008

(Z"L: May their memory be a blessing)

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The Dr. Bernard S. Aarons Fund

The Greta Abrams Fund

The Irving and Goldie Alter Fund

The Bess G. Altman Fund

The Philip Anspacher Fund

The Sylvia Ashe Fund

The Karl Bach Fund

The Frank G. Back Fund

The Florence M. Baerwald Fund

The Irving and Elaine Bartel Fund

The Benjamin Baum Fund

The Olga Baxt Fund

The Irma Becker Fund

The Charlotte and Isidor Bedak

Memorial Fund

The Helene Beerwald Fund

The William E. Berelson Fund

The Alma Bernheim Fund

The Ruth F. Bien Fund

The Kate Blanton Fund

The Russell and Evelyn Bliss Fund

The Bernard Blumberg Fund

The Harry Blumenthal Fund

The Louis Blumenthal Fund

The Jean and Joseph Blumlein

Fund

The Sylvia Boxer Fund

The Jessie Brandenburg Fund

The Cathryn and Edward

Bransten Fund

The John Bransten Fund

The William Haas Bransten Fund

The Ruth Breslar Fund

The L. G. Brickman Fund

The Rebe L. Brittan Fund

The Blanka B. Brock Fund

The Rose Bruckner Fund

The Bushman Family Memorial

Fund

The Miriam I. Chaban Fund

The Sylvia and Jerome Cherin

Fund

The Herbert A. Cohen Trust

The Bernice Cohn Fund

The Dr. Ben Colloff Fund

The Nadine S. Cole Fund

The George and Leah Colton Fund

The Nancy M. and Louis S.

Constine, Jr. Fund

The Maxwell W. Cramer Fund

The Esther Wollner Daniel Fund

The Audrey and Julian Davis Fund

The Sidney and Ida Davis Fund

The Louis Dessauer Fund

The Bess and Joe Dienstag Fund

The Thelma Duze Fund

The Miriam Faverman Fund

The Emilie Simon Feins Fund

The Jesse and Joan Feldman Fund

The Morris Feldman Fund

The Margarete Fischer Fund

The Martin Fish Fund

The Alan A. Fishel Trust

The Hattie Fishel Fund

The Milton Fleischman Fund

The Robert O. and Fanny Folkoff

Fund

The Gertrude F. Francisco Fund

The Monte Frankel Trust Fund

The A. C. Freeman Fund

The Alfred and Winifred Fremont

Fund

The Ilse Friedman Fund

The Norman Friend Fund

The Alfred and Hanna Fromm

Fund

The Henry and Tamara G. Fuchs

Fund

The Helen and Lloyd Gartner Fund

The Virginia and Edward

Gassman Fund

The Charles and Gerry Gensler

Fund

The James and Elizabeth Gerstley

Fund

The Eva G. and Louis Gold Fund

The Felice S. Gold Fund

The Robert L. Goldman Fund

The Irma Goldner Fund

The Pauline S. Goldsmith Fund

The Mira Goorian Fund

The Florence Grafman Fund

The Julius Greenberg Fund

The Malcolm C. Greenberg Fund

The Walter A. and Ena Griesbach

Fund

The Richard P. Gross Fund

The Richard Gump Fund

The Morgan Gunst Fund

The Alfred Gutman Fund

The Walter Haas, Jr. Fund

The Walter Haas, Sr. Fund

The Eric M. Hacker Fund

The Rose Handler Fund

The Joan Eames Hayes Fund

The Bella Heiden Fund

The Isaias W. Hellman Fund

The Gina Herrman Fund

The Helen Heskins Fund

The Allan B. Hirsch Fund

The Nan May Holstein Fund

The Gloria Hubner Fund

The Charles Isaacs Fund

The Robert L. Jacobs Fund

The Henry and Sophie Jasny

Fund

The Jim Joseph Fund

The Edgar M. Kahn Fund

The Dorothy and Martell Kaliski

Fund

The Hilda Kaplan Fund

The Bernard Manasse Kaufman

Fund

The Golda and Harold Kaufman

Fund

The Joan I. Kauffman Fund

The Simon and Esther Koplan

Fund

The Carol Koshland Fund

The Daniel E. Koshland Fund

The Edith G. Koshland Fund

The Lucille Koshland Fund

The Henry L. Kurtz Fund

The Adolph and Lucille Lakes Fund

The Julius Landauer Fund

The Mary Landauer Fund

The Mildred Lange Fund

The Jack Langsam Fund

The Harry Lazarus Fund

The Louis Lebovitz Fund

The Betty R. Leland Fund

The Hilde J. Leopold Fund

The Alicia G. Levita Fund

The Annette Levy Fund

The Ernest Lilienthal Memorial

Fund

The Ruth H. Lilienthal Fund

The Rose Lister Fund

The Tom Lowenstein Fund

The Josie and Irv Maltzer Fund

The Joseph and Genevieve

Markson Fund

The Dr. Samuel L. and Helen

Marsh Fund

The Julius May Fund

The William A. Melchior Fund

The Charles E. Merrill Trust

The Clotilde Merle Fund

The Eva Metzger Trust

The Florence Meyer Fund

The Carol Michaelis Fund

The Cora Miller Fund

The Elyse and Grant Miller Fund

The Florence Berger Mintz Trust

The Otto and Betty Modley Fund

The Gusti and Walter Moellerich

Fund

The Madeline and Walter N.

Moldawer Fund

The Helene Eleanore Moral Fund

The Daniel L. Morris Fund

The Esther Pearl Morse Fund

The Thea Munter Fund

The Herbert Naor Fund

The Martin J. Nathan Fund

The Charlotte Newman Fund

The Edna K. and Irving R.

Newman Fund

The Dorothy Norton Fund

The David Obstfeld Fund

UNRESTR ICTED NAMED FUNDS

Their Memories Will Live on Through Their Legacies to the Jewish Community Endowment Fund.

List current through April, 2008

The Jack and Minette Ornstein Fund

The Joseph and Eda Pell Fund

The Wally Pfeifel Fund

The Julius Phillips Fund

The Lydia Phillips Fund

The Ludwig and Lotte Pick Trust

Fund

The Pollat-Harris Family Fund

The Matilda Ada Prince Fund

The Ruth Pulverman Fund

The Mitchell and Shirley Raskin

Family Trust Fund

The David J. Reina Memorial Fund

The Reiner Charitable Funds

The Fred F. Renner Fund

The Charlotte Reznek Fund

The Gertrude Resnick Fund

The Jerome K. Robinson Fund

The Samuel and Valerie Rodetsky

Fund

The Barbara and Ernest Rogers

Fund

The Frieda Roof Fund

The B. Rose Trust Fund

The Margaret Rosenau Fund

The Martin Rosenblum Fund

The Rosenthal Family Trust

The Samuel and Annette Rosner

Fund

The John J. and Rosetta Sampson

Fund

The Nadine and Oscar Rushakoff

Fund

The Madelyn Russell Fund

The Fred Morris Sanders and

Miriam Gerson Sanders Fund

The Elmer Schlesinger Fund

The Edward and Frances

Schneider Fund

The Charles S. Schonfeld Fund

The A. Schuman Fund

The Hildegarde Schwartz Fund

The Melvin Schwarzbaum Fund

The Hilda E. Seelig Fund

The Walter S. Selig Fund

The Drs. Ben and A. Jess Shenson

Fund

The Irving and Esther Shiller

Fund

The A. J. and Mollie E. Shragge

Memorial Fund

The Freema Shwartz Fund

The Henry and Geraldyn Sicular

Fund

The Katherine Simon Fund

The Rudolph Simon Fund

The Henry and Carol Sinton

Fund

The Robert and Joan Sinton Fund

The Adrienne Sloss Fund

The Peter F. Sloss Fund

The Herbert W. Solmsen Fund

The Samuel Sommer Fund

The Sosnick Fund

The Lucille and Jules E. Steen

Fund

The Henry H. Stein Fund

The H. A. and Sylvia Steingart

Fund

The John Steinhart Fund

The Carl and Marjorie Stern

Fund

The John D. Stern Fund

The Sylvia Stone Fund

The Lura Martin Swig and

Howard R. Swig Fund

The Melvin and Dee Swig Fund

The Melvin M. Swig Memorial

Fund

The Robert Swig Fund

The Lewis and Lillian Tilin Fund

The Samuel Untermyer Fund

The Dr. Walter Vogel Fund

The Max O. Wahl Fund

The Paula Wallech Fund

The Phyllis Wasserman Fund

The Charlotte Weil Fund

The Michael Weiner Fund

The Miriam Weiss Fund

The Jerome and Henriette Werner

Fund

The Frederic S. Whitman Fund

The Erika Wiener Fund

The Greta R. Windmiller Fund

The Edith L. Wineman Fund

The Morris and Antoinette

Wisefield Trust Fund

The Jacob H. and Celina

Wisniewski Fund

The Jacob W. Wolf Fund

The Gertrud Wolff Fund

The Edward M. Zeller Memorial

Fund

The Hana F. Zellerbach Fund

The Harold Zellerbach Fund

The Alice and Arthur

Zimmerman Fund

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UNRESTR ICTED ENDOWMENT FUNDS

Their Memories Will Live on Through Their Legacies to the Jewish Community Endowment Fund.

List current through April, 2008

Nathaniel and

Katherine Abel

Lloyd S. Ackerman

Eugenie Sachs

Alanson

Harry Albert

Ray Alexander

Marcus Alter

John Amezcua

Margaret Anker

Lempi Aro

Leon Aronson

Hillard Asch

George Babin

Dorothy M.

Bachman

Francis K. Baerwald

and Resi

Baerwald

Judith Balderston

Paula Baneman

Margaret Bank

Robert Bank

Rosalind Bare

Edith Barnett

Leah S. Barnett

Ezra M. Battat

Fannie Becker

Esther Bell

Apolonia Berge

Anna Berger

Ernest Berman

Estelle Berns

Minnie Bestandig

Ralph A. Bing

Bernice Biederman

Matilda Birnbaum

Florence Black

Gertrude T. Bleiberg

Gertrude Block

Katherine A. Block

Jonas Bloom

Margaret A. Bloom

May Bloom

Charles J.

Blumenthal

Emma L.

Blumenthal

Else F. Blumlein

Sara Boudofsky

Amy Steinhart

Braden

Frederick T.

Bransten

Frances M. Breger

Samuel Breger

Ted Brilliant

Ernest Brown

Lincoln A. Brown

Morris Bruck

Harry Bunzel

Irma Burger

Beatrice Cahn

Frances T. Cahn

William F. Cahn

Zena Casper

Edith I. Cassmir

Rebecca Cerf

Betty S. Cerkel

Helen Chaim

Hadassah Cohen

Herbert Cohen

David G. Cohn

Edith Coliver

Rose Verna Colle

H. James Compton

William F. Cordes

Rebecca Cornet

Bella Cross

Josephine

Dannenbaum

Sallye and Myron

Dawidoff

Edward Debs

Vera Donig

Anne G. Duffy

Samuel H. Edelman

George Edelstein

Pauline Edelstein

Emmi Ehrlich

Emma B. Ehrman

Harold and Eva

Eisenberg

Victor Eisner, Jr.

Charlotte Cerf

Elasser

Meyer Elsasser

Beatrice S. Epstein

Sidonie Erdheim

Jack Feibusch

Gabriel A. Feinman

Joseph Feldman

Samuel L. Fendel

Fred Joseph Field

Harold S.

Firstenberg

Ida Fishel

George and Helen

Foos

Leone Frank

Israel Friedman

Benjamin Friend

Hazel Stone Fries

Bernard Frommer

Philip Fruchter

Harrison Gans

Melville T. Gellert

Sylvia Gellert

Goody J. Gensler

Adele M. Gerstley

Gerry B. Gilbert

Mirry Gilbert

John Gims

Samuel Ginsberg

Max Gold

Hattie Goldberg

Marjorie L.

Goldberg

Ethel Goldfarb

Eugene D.

Goldman

Gertrude Goldman

Lena Goldman

Babette Goldsmith

Myron B.

Goldsmith

Alexander

Goldstein

Erna Goldstein

Lutie D. Goldstein

Solomon and

Helene Goldstein

Regina Goldstine

Harold Goodkind

Fritz Gottlieb

Ilse M. Grabowski

Esther Graves

Roy C. Greenberg

Sarah Greenberg

David A.

Gruenberger

Milton Grunbaum

Elsa T. Guggenhime

Martha

Guggenhime

Abraham Haas

Louise F. Haas

Susie Haas

Samuel Hamburger

Homer Harris

Jeannette C. Harris

Jerome A. Harris

Fanny Hasterlick

Julius E. Hecht

Bella Heiden

Charles Heiden

Ruth Heinemann

Jeannette M. Heller

Martin J. Heller

Richard H. Heller

Walter D. Heller

Alfred Hiller

Leonard M. Hirsch

Morton T. Hirsch

Irving Hochman

Lionel S. Hockwald

Florence J. Hoffman

Joseph Hoffman

Florence

Holcenberg

Irving Holcenberg

Gloria Hubner

David R. Hyman

Ethel Isaacs

Maurice and

Frances Jackson

Arthur and Rose

Jacobi

Harold W. Jacobs

Jack Jacobs

Jean Jacobs

Pearl B. Jacobs

Jack Jacobson

Maurice Jacobson

Ralph N. Jacobson

Peggy Jordan

Hilda Joseph

Mary J. Joslyn

Babette Kach

Marie Kahn

Irma Ida Kalisher

Mary Kanter

Ida Henrietta

Kantor

Esther Kasowitz

Ethel C. Kasowitz

Betty Kasper

Murray A. Katz

Sarah Katz

Sara S. Kaufman

Thelma Kaufman

Carla Kay

Selma C. Kay

Sarah E. Kertz

Rosa Kline

Gerda I. Kmanitzer-

Melor

Eve Valerie Koch

Cecile S. Kochmann

Walter Isaac Kohn

Henry I. Kolman

A. Henry Kolos

William Kolos

Aidel Korenberg

Robert J. Koshland

Dr. Louis Kovitz

Johann Kraus

John Kraus

Jacob Kroll

Belle Lachman

Jacob Lafer

Eura Langsam

Sam Langsam

Harry Langsdorf

Hilda Latz

Linda M. Latz

Milton H. Lees, Sr.

Isadore Lefkowitz

Leona G. Leibert

Hazel Lesser

Elsie Levi

Fred Levi

Louis M. Levitas

Ben Levy

Clara M. Levy

Edith C. Levy

Emma Levy

Margery J. Levy

Meyer Lewis

Abraham

Lezerowich

Rose Liber

Arthur G. Lilienthal

Theodore M.

Lilienthal

Priscilla Lee

Lipavsky

Abe Livingston

Margaret Loewy

Juliet Lowenthal

Max Malk

Leon K. Manaster

Robert and Della

Mann

Harry Marcovitch

Esther Marcus

Rubie Nancy

Martin

Sophie Cohn

Marum

Nathan Matzger

Ethel H.

McCaughna

Fae and Fred

Melmon

Jennie Melmon

Nathan

Mendelowitz

Minnie Mendelson

Suzanne Mensor

Gertrude Metzner

Mabel R. Meyer

Clarabelle Miller

Boris Milovich

Lillian Mintz

Sara Mish

Nannette Leavy

Mooney

Carol Morris

Shirley Moscovitz

Jerome Moscovitz

William Moskovitz

Florence Neppert

Ira Neumark

Charlotte Newland

Alice Nossen

Fannie Oberfelder

Lotte and Eric Ohm

Trust

William J. Ostrow

Florence Patterson

Fund

Carl and Virginia

Pearlstein

Estelle M. Pinkiert

Leon J. Pinkson

David Polak

Rose M. Pollak

Benjamin Pooler

Hulda S. Popper

Marie L.

Postlethwaite

Della S. Prescott

Jerome Rabin

Jacie B. Raiss

Stella Ramon

Jessie Raphael

Arnold and

Katherina Reed

Kathryn Tess

Reichenbach

David Rhamm

Rose P. Rinder

Sidney Ritzwaller

Samuel I. Roland

Louis S. Roos

Sam Rosberg

Anna Rosenberg

Henry Rosenberg

Grace L. Rosenfeld

Ida Rosenfeldt

Kate Rosenheim

Rae Rosenthal

Philip Rude

David D. Sachs

Ruth C. Sahlein

Natalie Salen

Jeffrey M. Salinger

Josef D. Salinger

Robert Salinger

Ansley K. Salz

Helen Salz

Samuel M. Samter

Lawrence Samuel

Louis T. Samuels

Henrietta

Samuelson

Norman Satir

Maria Sator

Esmond Schapiro

Leib Schapiro

Ida Schiff

Kay Schmulowitz

Nat Schmulowitz

Benjamin Schneider

Paula Schoenholz

Irma Schrag

Ethel Schultz

May K.

Schwabacher

Otto Schwalb

Alice Schwartz

Harry S. Schwartz

Mark Schwartz

Miriam Schwartz

Lillian

Schwartzburg

Laurien Segall

John Seid

Mayme L. Serbin

Samuel Shainsky

Edith G. Shapirer

Ann Shapiro

David Shapiro

Leib Shapiro

Minna K. Shapiro

Joseph Sheftel

Gertrude Silberberg

Hilde Silberberg

Ruth and Mervyn

Silverstein

Blanche Simon

Fred Simon

Harry L. Simon

Katherine Simon

Sam Sinkoff

Edgar Sinton

Marian W. Sinton

Leo S. Sloss

Joseph A. Smith

Samuel Sonnenberg

Leo Stearns

Anna D. Stein

Edith R. Steinberg

John H. Steinberg

Lillian M. Steinberg

Etta Steinman

Ethel H. Stern

Margarethe

Sternfeld

Minnie Stolz

Samuel Stotland

Robert Swartz

Foundation

Louis Yale Sweet

Joseph Tarika

Rose Terk

Solomon Timen

Frances M.

Treguboff

Dorothee and

Frederick Triest

William O.

Trownsell

Reuben Ungar

Walter V. Walsh

Simon Walter

Emma Wasserman

Sarah Weisman

Bernice Levy

Wetterwik

Raoul and Ellen

Wexberg

Jerome B. White

Rabbi Saul White

Dr. Ernst Wohlauer

Jerome Wolff

Desider Wollner

Ernst Wollner

Ruth Yoell

Fany Zaiions

James D. Zellerbach

Jennie B. Zellerbach

Matilda Zenter

Joseph Zimmerman

Henni Zippert

Bernard Zomber

Giza Zomber

Eugene Zucker

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Endowment Committee Richard Rosenberg, Chair, Jewish Community Endowment Fund

F. Warren Hellman, Vice Chair, Jewish Community Endowment Fund

John Freidenrich, Chair, Endowment Development Committee

James Koshland, Chair, Endowment Distributions Committee

John Osterweis, Chair, Endowment Investment Committee

Ian Altman

Gerson Bakar

Alvin H. Baum, Jr.

Riva Berelson

Jerome I. Braun

Neill Brownstein

Adele Corvin

Annette Dobbs

Steven Fayne

Robert Friend

John Goldman

Richard N. Goldman

Stephen Grand

Frances D. Green

Douglas M. Heller

Judy Huret

William Isackson

Ron Kaufman

Laura Heller Lauder

Ginny Lawrence

Dan Leemon

Bobby Lent

Joan Levison

William J. Lowenberg

Stuart Moldaw

Mervin G. Morris

Bernard Osher

Joseph Pell

John Pritzker

Lisa Pritzker

Alan Rothenberg

Jackie Safier

Lela Sarnat

Jack Schafer

Phil Schlein

Mark Schlesinger

Donald H. Seiler

David Steirman

Roselyne C. Swig

Valli Benesch Tandler

Norman Traeger

Diane Zack

Harold Zlot

John Pritzker, President, Jewish Community Federation

Phyllis Cook, Executive Director, The Jewish Community Endowment Fund

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