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Tuesday, October 4 at 11:45AM
Closing in fast! Just five hours remaining, and
we are only $48,000 shy of our goal. Don't make Open The
Gates '22 a nail-biter — give soon and fill up the meter! And
to the 204 members and friends who have donated already — thank you
very much again. Your tzedakah creates gateways for the
cross-generational dialogue that had sustained Torah and
tradition through the ages. Bookmark this page and check later on
our progress — we are adding everyone's names to the donor roll below.
Monday, October 3 at 5PM
On our way! 25 hours into the campaign, and 99
gifts are inputted already. Can we surpass Open the Gates
'21 and collect 245 donations? You'll have to keep refreshing this
page to find out. We are grateful
— beyond words! — for your giving hearts and for your
partnership in our growth. Thanks so much for keeping the
"gates" of our shul open to all.
A note about tipping — this is optional and benefits FundRazr,
the crowdfunding platform. If you wish, you can opt out of tipping
FundRazr by clicking "Change Tip Amount" before
proceeding to payment.
Sunday, October 2 at 5PM
Calling Beth Meyer Synagogue members and
friends! Open the Gates: A 48-Hour Fundraiser, the annual
campaign for our community,
starts now. Before Kol Nidre — while
the celestial "gates" that divide heaven from earth are
still open — we aim to raise $300,000 in
unrestricted gifts to build and nourish our kehillah.
What motivates you to contribute to Beth Meyer Synagogue? Watch Susan Ehrlich, the Immediate Past President of the shul, share words from the heart on Rosh Hashanah Day One about the drivers of her tzedakah — she views her life as "enriched because of this community, the rituals of our tradition, the lovingkindness Hesed offered when [she] was sick and in mourning, and the countless friendships [she's made] because of [her] participation."
We count on annual giving to operate programs and services essential to community-building. This is a snapshot of what charity enabled in Hebrew Year 5782:
- Subsidized textbooks and individualized instruction for 20 adult Hebrew learners
- Scholarships and discounts on tuition to 70 families enrolled in the Naomi & Ken Kramer Religious School and Beth Meyer Preschool
- Production of a video series on how to perform service honors, such as opening and closing the Torah Ark
- Creative overhaul of gift baskets to welcome new babies
- Rain and winter gear for volunteers patrolling the shul grounds on Shabbatot
- Expansion of outdoor drainage and plant beds to stop mud from pooling at Beth Meyer Preschool emergency exits
Over the next 48 hours, we encourage you refresh
this page often and follow in live-time here and on Facebook as
we race to meet our goal. Donations received before kick-off will be
posted on this page at different times to build momentum — for now,
here are the leaders who pledged pace-setting, inspirational gifts
to seed-fund
Open the Gates:
Founders מייסדים
Shelly and Brian Satisky
Marie-Claude and Barton White
Stacy and Geoffrey Alexander
Alan and Benjamin Buie-King
Mor and Jeffrey Kantor
Judi and Howard Margulies
Meredith and David Ruff
Ronald Schwartz
Benefactors נדיבים
Stacy and Craig Becher
Randi and Steven
Dmiszewicki
Susan Ehrlich* and Jeff Engel
Kellie
Falk
Susan and Marc Finkel
Lee and Rod Frankel
Emily and Tony Frazier
Anya and Arthur
Gordon
Jennifer and Karl Mundt*
Graham and Keith Satisky*
Lyn and Howard Satisky
Sharyn and Charles Shapiro
Barbara Vosk and Howie
Shareff
Faith Shertz
Leaders מנהיגים
Maureen and Alan Aarons
Eva and Ruth Buck
Sarah Fuerst
Debbie and Brian
Orol*
Natalie Rothman Schechtman and Evan Schechtman
Doug Sosnik
Supporters תומכים
Anonymous
Sam Bayer
Ceci and Saul Berenthal
Mara and Jon Buxbaum
Blair and Benjamin Denkin
Robin and Brett Dorfman
Judy and Tom Fisher
Jonathan Flescher
Carl Halperin
Stacey Horowitz
Michele and Burton Horwitz
Sue Ellen and Phillip Horwitz
Maryanne and George Klein
Janet Fox-Kreielsheimer and Gregg Kreielsheimer
Bonnie* and Jim Leach
Betty Mandel
Ronni and Marvin Marblestone
Mindy Oberhardt
Donna Osborn and
Beth Polakoff
Susan and Steven Reinhard
Rachelle and Jay Schwartz
Rabbis Jenny and Eric Solomon
Michelle and Gregory Tayrose
Glenda and Richard Toppe
David Weinstein
Craig and Carol Winter
Other Contributors
Anonymous
Rachel
Ripps and Aaron Adams
Jane Pinsky and Richard
Adelman
Ellen Adelman
Virginia and Daniel
Ambar
Debra and Ron Aronson and Family
Richard
Avendano
Alyssa and Matthew Altman
Susan and Larry Bach
Shana Silverstein* and Thomas
Barbieri
Stefanie Barish
Gail and Neil
Baron
Patricia and Denis Becker
Steve Beresid
Susan
and Mel Bernay
Karen Blum
Roberta Blumberg
Karen
and Jon Bograd and Family
Leonard and Sandi
Bouchard*
Linda and Danny Brinkley
Mindy and Phil
Brodsky and Family
Gena and Marvin Brown
Amy and Leonard
Bush
Allison and Scott Checkoway
Tina and Alan
Chester
Diane Clarke
Betsy Katzin and Jim
Comen
Rick and Ronni Cristol
Karen Daniel
Daniel
Dembow
Cynthia Dickman
Jim Duley Doerfler and Brian
Doerfler
Orna and Randy Drawas
Alisha
Dreese
Michelle and Arnold Dunn
Carole
Eagle
Michelle and Bradley Eisenberg
Nancy Thomas and
Seth Effron
Jamie and Michael Eliahu
Jenny and David
Elstein
Michelle Speakmaster and Marc Farber
Lisa and
Steven Feierstein
Larry Fetter
Beverly and Howard
Filtz
Joyce and Don Francisco
Alyssa and Scott
Fultonberg
Roger Friedensen and Teresa Kriegsman
Allan
From
Claudia Fuerst
Bette and Martin Gabel
Giuliana
and Michael Gage
Allison Gaynor
Lauren and Jonathan
Gindes
Rabbi Michael Gisser
Micha and David
Gittelman
Elaine Schlesinger Glass and David Glass
Robin
and Eric Glickstein
Susan and Mark Goldhaber
Suzanne and
David Goldman
Susan and Michael Goldstein
Yonina
Goorno
Elizabeth Gordon
Jessica and Evan
Gorelick
Lisa Grafstein
Lynn Mindel and Roger
Grissom
Natalie and Michael Guld
Adam and Rona
Haller
Shari Hardy
Sam Hershey
Madge Cohen and Brad
Hessel
Liliane and Roger Himmel
Courtney and Joshua
Hirsch
Joshua Homes
Alla Alexis Shrager-Horalek and
Anthony Horalek and Family
Ron Horowitz
Leslie and
Michael Horwitz
Amanda and Ken Hunter
Donna and Alan
Isaacs
Lauren and Michael Isaacs
Harriet and Alec
Jablonover
Paula and Arthur Jaeger
Ian Jagoda
Lynn
Wancket and David Johnson
Stefanie Mendell and Richard
Johnson
Peri Jones
Claudia Kadis
Robin Jacobs and
Rick Kane*
Cathy and Richard Kaplan
Jody and Steve
Katz*
Lisa Kaufman
Harriet and Fred Kelner
Holly
and Zachary Kelton
Melissa and Gary Kindler
Jan and
Ronald Kirschbaum
Suzanne* and Frank Kirschbaum
Sibyl
and Manuel Kleiner
Stacey and Larry Kohn
Ora and Michael
Kramer
Jerry Kushner
Roberta Lang
Carol and Willy
Larsen
Pilar and Steve LaSala
Tom Magnani
Perin and
Jeffrey Marcus
Allison and Jeffrey Matty
Karen and
Joseph Meir
Lois Mendell
Judy and Jeffrey
Miller
Jordan Miller
Robin and Jeff Miller
Sharon
and Wayne Mills
Sandy Schwarcz and Terry Mizesko
Amy
Napier
Leslie and Randy Needham
Brandi and Edward
Neuwirth
Marcie and Steve Novick
Lois and Barry
Ostrow
Brittany and Andrew Pais
Mollie
Parlini
Shelly Pasquale
Danielle and Michael
Penick
Leah and Gary Perchick
Samara and Michael
Perchick
Jesslyn and David Perlmutter
Tari and Harry
Perlstadt
Diane and Sean Pokorney
Elizabeth and Matthew
Portnoy
Beth and Steve Richman
Amy Ripps
Sharon
Tyer and Susan Robinson
Sharon and Shalom Rokach
Lisa
and Jeffrey Rosenberg
Marsha and Dennis
Rosenzweig
Elizabeth Ross
Beth and Stephen
Rossen
Betty Rothman
Jaclyn and Daniel Rubinstein and
Family
Melissa and Tal Rubinstein
Ilena and Chad Ryzoff
and Family
Barbara and Nelson Salez
Art and Lynn
Samberg
Harvey Sapir
Molly and Rick Sapir
Dianne and Henry
Schaffer
Michael Schaul
Eric Schwartz
Harriet
Schwartz
Analemma McKee-Schwenke and Eric
Schwenke
Juliana Schiff
Sherry* and Svi
Shapiro
Shawn Sager and Harlan Shays
Dara Schwartz and
Kevin Sheehan
Lindsay Mach Sherer and Seth
Sherer
Stephen Sheriff
Gail Sherman
Eileen and
Andrew Shulman
Larry Sichel
Patricia and Michael
Siegel
Sharon and Dave Singer
Alexandra and Marc
Sokol
Richard Solomon
Karen Koenig and Jerome
Solomon
Paul Stillman
Alyssa and Scott
Stollwerk
Carrie and Greg Stopka
Sue and Sam
Suls*
Vesta and Kris Svendsen
Robin and Wayne
Talley
Jessica Tecler
Ellen and David Tillem
Amanda
and Noah Toppe
Ann and George Tosky
Jeffrey
Wasserman
Alison and Seth Weinreb
Heather and Philip
Weinstein
Jenny Weiss
Annie Goldblatt and Jonathan
Wertheim
Jackie and Brian Wolborsky
Phyllis
Wolborsky
Ryan Woroniecki
Paula and Jeffrey
Zaleon
Janis and John Zaremba
Joyce and Kenneth
Zeitler
Holly and Michael Zendels
Norma and David Zendels
* Denotes member of Board of Trustees
Some final thoughts as we begin. Thank you for considering a contribution of any size. Truly, we rejoice at a new gift of $18 as much as we celebrate a repeat contribution of $1,000 — what matters is participation.
And secondly, we know that generosity takes many forms. While Open the Gates counts monetary gifts, only, please reach out if you want to donate something equally precious — your time!
G'mar tov — a good sealing in the Book of Life! Now let's get started.
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