Create a Legacy
What does it mean to create a legacy? How does Rodef Sholom, the synagogue, your Jewish community, and its future rank in your vision, values, and your charitable giving plans? As members of the Planned Giving Committee of Rodef Sholom, we feel that these are personal questions each of us should address.
Legacy or planned giving is another way to give to the community beyond your lifetime, to strengthen future generations to come.
We all have experienced events in our lives in which Rodef Sholom and our synagogue community has played a critical role. Our lives are enriched by memories of holidays, family traditions, religious rituals, and community membership. We have celebrated and honored life at births, b'nai mitzvah, weddings, and funerals of loved ones and friends. We have prayed at High Holy Days led by our incomparable clergy. Shabbat services, adult education, Torah study, social activities, and community service programs have filled our lives with joy, connection and meaning.
Thanks to annual participation and generosity of our members - of all ages and at all stages of life - Rodef Sholom remains a dynamic congregation, a warm caring center of our Jewish life today.
But what about tomorrow? It is our mission to secure the future of our congregation for our children and generations to come. For this reason, we have established our Planned Giving program – The Legacy Circle of Rodef Sholom. The Legacy Circle builds future financial stability and security for our congregation, allowing us to protect and continue our ability to transmit our values and our connection to Torah and our Jewish community. Where does Rodef Sholom fit into "your world"? Not only for spiritual purposes, but just as importantly, as an organization to sustain as part of your charitable planning.
We ask you to join over 150 fellow congregants in becoming a member of the Legacy Circle at Rodef Sholom.
Jeffry Bernstein, Planned Giving Committee Chair
To notify Congregation Rodef Sholom that you have made a provision in your estate plan for the synagogue, please complete our Legacy form.
If you prefer to fill out a PDF version of this same form, please click HERE to access the file. If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact Heather Griggs at 415.479.3441 or heather@rodefsholom.org.
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Judith Bloomberg and Michael Barnett
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Joshua Davis and Jessica Nenner
Mary G. De May and Thomas Neylan
Marci and Marc Dollinger
Laurie Phillips Dubin
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Amy R. Friedricks
Abe and Suzanne Froman
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Joanne and Fred Greene
Mitchell and Antoinette Golbus
Edward and Kristine Grossman
Val Hornstein and Cynthia Pepper Family
Doreen Ishtam
Marilyn and Gerson (z”l) Jacobs
Christy and Ralph Jacobson
Jane and Arnold (z"l) Kahn
Michael Kamler and Pat Shiu
Marty and Beth Katz
Martin Konopken and Richard Schneider
Christopher and Rebecca Lien
Michael and Jeanne Lipson
Sarah Lowenthal
Jan and Jay Luxenberg
Barbara L. Merino
Raoul Stepakoff and Cindy Ostroff
Hali Croner and Eugene Palmer
Joyce Pavlovsky
Russell and Joni Pratt
The Press Family
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Fred Ross-Perry
Sidney Sall and Deborah Gray
Joanne and Steven Saxe
Jay and Harriet Schnitzer
David and Susan Schwartz
Merv and Charlotte Shenson
Harriet and Hal Silen
Lynne M. Simon
Mrs. Frank Solomon, Jr.
David and Marcia Sperling
Gail W. Stern
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