The Legacy Society
The Legacy Society is a group of committed, generous community members who have made financial commitments to ensure the long-term stability of our vibrant Jewish community. Your commitment is a powerful statement to your family and community about your values and your hopes for the future.
Interested in Joining The Legacy Society?
As you consider your legacy, we invite you to join our Legacy Society by:
- Declaring your intent or making a planned gift to Minneapolis Jewish Federation (MJF);
- Including MJF in your estate or financial plans; and/or
- Making a completed or planned gift to non-profit organizations in the general community for which they designate the Jewish Community Foundation (JCF) as the manager.
Your legacy gift can be customized and structured to fit your philanthropic goals, lifestyle, family, and financial needs. We would be happy to work with your professional advisor to find a planned gift that accommodates your needs, provides tax-advantaged giving, and assures that your wishes are fulfilled.
As a Legacy Society member, you will be honored for planning a gift to secure the future of our community and will receive invitations to exclusive Legacy Society and other MJF and JCF events.
Kol Hakavod to our Generous Donors
*We honor the community members listed below as well as our anonymous members who have made a lasting impression on our community.
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Sally Jaclyn Abrams Genesis Mitzvah Fund
David H. Abramson
Adath Yeshurun Cemetery Endowment Fund
Barbara Lynn Adelman Perpetual Annual Campaign Endowment
Alexander Muss High School in Israel
Julius Ancer Senior Fitness Programming Fund at the Sabes Jewish Community Center
Lydia and Lee Andren
Dotan Aviv Appelbaum Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Kaynan Avi Appelbaum Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Kenneth and Sally Appelbaum Holocaust Studies Fund
Matan Lee Appelbaum Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Aronson and Associates Immigration Law Firm Designated Fund
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B’nai B’rith Youth Organization Endowment Fund
Ben Badower Mitzvah Donor Advised Fund
Eli Badower Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Bernard and Fern Badzin Philanthropic Fund
Bais Yaakov Girls High School of the Twin Cities Fund
Baron Family Philanthropic Fund
Avi Baron Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Mara Baron Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Linda and Robert Barrows Philanthropic Fund
Linda Barrows Lion of Judah Endowment
Daniel Steven Kronfeld Baum Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Lee and Barbara D. Bearmon Family Philanthropic Fund
Dr. Michael Belzer L’Chaim Fund
Jane and Steve Benowitz Camp Scholarship
Linda and Paul Benenson Family Fund
Morris Berenberg Family Scholarship Fund (JVS/JFCS)
Gary Berman M.D. Family Philanthropic Fund
Jennifer Berman Family Philanthropic Fund
Noah T. Berman Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Oren Berman Family Philanthropic Fund
Shirley and Marshall Besikof Family Philanthropic Fund
Robert J. Beugen Family Philanthropic Fund
Bigos Charity Fund
Bradley Birnberg and Stacy Pinck Family Philanthropic Fund
Borenstein Family Fund
Gerald and Joy Bratter Philanthropic Fund
Larry and Darlene Braufman Family Philanthropic Fund
Jill and Kevin Brazner Family Philanthropic Fund
Bressler Family Philanthropic Fund
Howard B. and Ruth F. Brin Jewish Arts Endowment Fund
Cathy and Richard Broms Camp Scholarship Designated Fund
Nancy S. Brown Philanthropic Fund
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Chalfen Family Philanthropic Fund
Susan and Mitchel Chargo Family Philanthropic Fund
Joan Chazin-Esterkin and Neil Esterkin Endowment for the Arts Designated Fund
Sheldon and Lili Chester Philanthropic Fund
Ali Ann Cohen Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Bobby and Elliot Cohen Tzedakah Fund
Jonathan H. Cohen Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Sam Cohen Donor Advised Fund
Eva and Marius Cohn Designated Fund
Cohodes Goldsteen Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Cohodes – Goldsteen Philanthropic Fund
Dyanne and Andrew Cooperman Charitable Fund
Stanley and Beatrice Cowle Family Philanthropic Fund
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Elaine and Gary Dachis Family Philanthropic Fund
Gregory and Maureen Davis Philanthropic Fund
Dale and Lois Dobrin Family Donor Advised Fund
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Jane L. Effress Donor Advised Fund
Eiger-Zaidenweber Holocaust Resource Fund for the Talmud Torah
David and Linda Estrin Family Philanthropic Fund
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Joan Miriam Feinberg Tribute to Children & Women’s Health & Welfare Fund of the WEF
Miriam and Sarah Feingold Nechama Family Philanthropic Fund
Manny & Rose Fingerhut Memorial Perpetual Annual Campaign Endowment Fund
Ronald Fingerhut Family Philanthropic Fund
Frances and Samuel Finkelstein/Janice Finkelstein Mattison Memorial Fund of the MSCF
Lavine Family Natalie Fischman Fund
Terry and Sheldon Fleck Philanthropic Fund
Harvey and Evelyn Flom Family Philanthropic Fund
Frailich Family Philanthropic Fund
Frankel and Hurwitz Family Philanthropic Fund
Richard M. Joseph and Ann R. Friedman Family Philanthropic Fund
Lori Fritz Lion of Judah Endowment
Max Fritz Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Sophie Fritz Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Gabriel and Jonah Fruchter Family Donor Advised Fund
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Natalie and Leonard Gale Camp Scholarship
Garber Family Camp Scholarship Fund (SJCC)
Jacob Garber Endowment Fund
Todd and Amy Geller Family Philanthropic Fund
Carolyn and Barry Gerr Philanthropic Fund
Giesener Family Philanthropic Fund
Emma F. Gilbert Jewish Community Relations Council
Emma F. Gilbert Tuition Fund for Children of Israeli Veterans
Matthew and Linda Gilfix Family Technology Designated Fund
Glassman-Kaufman Family Fund for Multicultural Programming (ACHMJDS)
Sherry and Mimi Gleekel Family Philanthropic Fund
Sanford and Marlene Goldberg Family Philanthropic Fund
Aviva Goldblatt Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Leora Goldblatt Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Talia Goldblatt Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Chad and Debbie Goldenberg Donor Advised Philanthropic Fund
Judy and Herbert Goldenberg Philanthropic Fund
Susan and William S. Goldenberg Philanthropic Fund
Kay and Bruce Goldstein Philanthropic Fund
Danny Gollin Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Elan Halpern Green Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Tamar Halpern Green Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Alvin and Florence Greenberg Arts Fund (HMJDS)
Davy and Nile Greenberg Giving Fund
David Greenfield and Benjamin Greenfield Donor Advised Fund
Allison D. Greenstein Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Matthew Greenstein Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Erwin and Arlis Grossman Family Philanthropic Fund
Pat and Tom Grossman Philanthropic Fund
Grossman Kadima Fund
Gurstel Family Philanthropic Fund
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John and Elsie Halper Philanthropic Fund
Halper Family Philanthropic Fund
Harad Family Philanthropic Fund
Judith and Jon Harris Health & Healing Fund
Scott and Andrea Harris Family Charitable Fund
Caleb Hausman Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Heidi Foundation Designated Fund
Amos and Celia Heilicher Foundation (HMJDS)
Daniel and Phyllis Heilicher Family Philanthropic Fund
Ethan Heilicher Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Leeyah F. Heilicher Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Mickela Heilicher Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Orielle Heilicher Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Bonnie and Steven Heller Rimon Designated Fund
Herman Donor Advised Fund
Kimberly and Ross Herman Family Fund
David Lev Hope Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Miriam Cis Hope Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Ruth Kayla Hope Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Sharon and William Hope Family Philanthropic Fund
Brita Lila Hunegs Genesis Mitzvah Fund
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Yoni Israelson Genesis Mitzvah Fund
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Robert and Ann Jackson Family Philanthropic Fund
Jewish Developmentally Disabled Fund
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest: Founders’ Fund
Joshua Scholarship Fund
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Avinoam Kahn Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Benjamin Z. Kahn Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Daniel D. Kahn Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Miriam Kaitz Israel Program Designated Fund
Steven A. Kalin Family Philanthropic Fund
Howard & Marlee Kaminsky Donor Advised Fund
Morton and Merle Kane Philanthropic Fund
Clara Ruth Kaner Children’s Fund
Arlene and Sidney R. Kaplan Donor Advised Fund
Harvey and Marge Kaplan Family Philanthropic Fund
Harry & Marilyn Karasov Family Philanthropic Fund
Alan and Beverly Kasdan Philanthropic Fund
Alvin & Audrey Kaufman Family Philanthropic Fund
Kaufman Hashkiveinu L’Shalom Social Action Fund
Eloise Kelen Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Erwin and Miriam Kelen Family Philanthropic Fund
Drs. Linda and Scott Ketover Charitable Fund
Jerome & Margery Silverman & Grace E. Ketroser Family Philanthropic Fund
Anita and Julius Kieffer Family Education Fund (HMJDS)
Cyrile and Stephen Kieffer Fund
Herb and Betty Kohn Scholarship Fund (HMJDS)
Koppel Family Philanthropic Fund
Ben and Libby Koval Family Philanthropic Fund
Kozberg Family Staff Career Enhancement Fund (HMJDS)
Elana Kravitz Donor Advised Fund
Gabriel A. Kravitz Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Talia Kravitz Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Krebs Family Fund
Avi and Tamar Krivosha-Herring Philanthropic Fund
Barbara Kronson Memorial Camp Scholarship Designated Fund
KTN Foundation Fund
Kuller Gerber Family Fund
Hart and Susan Kuller Family Philanthropic Fund
Bertha and Irving Kutoff Family Philanthropic Fund
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L&L Family Fund
The Grandchildren of Dr. Fredric and Suzanne Langer Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Lavine Family Susan Goldman Fund
Alexander C. Lazar Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Elliot Lazar Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Raymond Lazar Philanthropic Fund
Rebekah M. Lear Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Steve Lear Donor Advised Fund
Elyse Lederer Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Beverly Lederfine Family Philanthropic Fund
Danny, Zack and Eli Leonard Family Philanthropic Fund
Levie/Cohen Family Philanthropic Fund
Sheldon and Delores Levin Philanthropic Fund
Diana Chazin Levitt Memorial Designated Fund (B’nai E’met Synagogue)
Lieberman Family Fourth Generation Philanthropic Fund
Carolyn Figur Lieberman Lion of Judah Endowment Fund
Carolyn and Stephen K. Lieberman Family Philanthropic Fund
Charles Even Lieberman Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Emet Elazar Lieberman Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Leo Lieberman Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Adam William Lifland Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Tara Melissa Lifland Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Renee and Arnold Lifson Family Philanthropic Fund
Sue and Mike London Family Camp Scholarship
William and Harriet Lumel Post Bar/Bat Mitzvah Educational Fund
Eliazer Lynne-Seligman Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Ruth Lynne-Seligman Genesis Mitzvah Fund
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Ma’anit Tzoran Kibbutz Sasa Designated Fund
Machov Family Philanthropic Fund
Daniel Mann & Emily Silber Philanthropic Fund
Debra and Gil Mann Family Philanthropic Fund
Shoshana Mann Philanthropic Fund
Ben & Rollie Marcovitch Charitable Fund
Marcus Family Donor Advised Fund
Judith W Mares Philanthropic Fund
Markowitz Family Philanthropic Fund
Alvin E. and Mildred H. Miller Philanthropic Fund
Isabella Alexander Miller Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Minnie and Joe Milstein Scholarship Fund (Hillel)
Rabbi Albert G. and Frances S. Minda Leadership Development Fund
Minnesota Israel Norway Education (MINNE) Holocaust Fellowships Fund
Minneapolis Jewish Day School Designated Fund II (HMJDS)
Minneapolis Jewish Cemetery Endowment Fund
Minnesota Cantors Association Cantorial Scholarship Fund
Elianna Mintz Family Philanthropic Fund
Ilan Mintz Family Philanthropic Fund
Marshall and Deborah Mintz Charitable Gift Philanthropic Fund
Michael Raymond Mintz Family Philanthropic Fund
Tova Leah Mintz Family Philanthropic Fund
Joel A. Mintzer and Heidi A. Schneider Philanthropic Fund
Asher Mintzer Genesis Mitzvah Fund
MJF Programs in Israel Endowment Fund
Mount Sinai Community Foundation
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Nahum Family Philanthropic Fund
Nechama – Jewish Response to Disaster Designated Fund
Bruce and Bobby Nemer Heilicher Mpls Jewish Day School Scholarship Designated Fund
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Harold and Sandra Okinow Family Philanthropic Fund
Orbuch Family Philanthropic Fund
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Annette Paletz Memorial Scholarship for Alexander Muss High School in Israel Designated Fund
Parish Family Community Fund
Leonard and Betty Parker Endowment Fund (HMJDS)
Sam Parker Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Arthur T. Pfefer Memeorial Award Travel Fund
Jay and Rose Phillips Memorial L’Chaim Fund
Asher Pink Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Norman and Dorothy Pink Philanthropic Fund
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Ivan and Tina Rafowitz Family Philanthropic Fund
Gary and Susan Rappaport Family Philanthropic Fund
Jon and Diane Rappaport Philanthropic Fund
Ken Raskin and Lynn Lederman Philanthropic Fund
Edward and Joyce Ratner Philanthropic Fund
Harvey and Barbara Ratner Family Philanthropic Fund
Jacob Ratner Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Joel Ratner Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Laura Ratner Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Adam and Talia Ribnick Baruch Family Philanthropic Fund
David Ribnick Family Philanthropic Fund
Jonathan I. Ribnick Family Philanthropic Fund
Samuel Ribnick Family Philanthropic Fund
Rimon Arts Fund
Ben and Joan Rischall Family Fund
Daniel & Laura Robbins Charitable Endowment Fund
Harold Roitenberg Family Philanthropic Fund
Naomi Ribnick Rose Donor Advised Fund
William S. Rosen Jewish Unity Fund
Ben Rosenzweig Holocaust Memorial Designated Fund
Francie and Barry Ross Family Philanthropic Fund
Rotenberg Family Philanthropic Fund
James H. and Ruth P. Ruben L’Chaim Fund
Dr. James E. Rubin Memorial Medical Scholarship Fund
Russ and Karen Rubin Family Philanthropic Fund
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Miriam and David Sanders Family Philanthropic Fund
Janice and Jeffrey Schachtman Donor Advised Fund
Nancy and Steve Schachtman Talmud Torah Scholarship Fund
Harold and Eileen Scherling Philanthropic Fund
Frank and Freda Schochet Perpetual Annual Campaign Endowment Fund
Mike and Nancy Schoenberger Family Philanthropic Fund
Marcee Harris Schwartz and Jon Schwartz Philanthropic Fund
Benjamin Segal Family Philanthropic Fund
Renee & David Segal Fund
William and Ruth Seltz Family Philanthropic Fund
Ruth Shalev FLP Fund
Susan Himmelman Shapiro Fund
Jeffrey and Cari Shaw Family Philanthropic Fund
Laura and Stephen Silberfarb Philanthropic Fund
Paul and Sybil Silverstein Philanthropic Fund
Wendy and Colin Smith Family Philanthropic Fund
Leon and Sylvia Sorkin Professional Achievement Award Fund
Richard G. and Judith Spiegel Philanthropic Fund
St Petersburg/Berlin Mission Fund
Stern-Snyder Family Tikkum Olam Philanthropic Fund
Kenneth Stesin Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Marlee Stesin Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Loni and Allan Stillerman Philanthropic Fund, LOL (Laugh out Loni)
Jerry Strauss Memorial Designated Fund for Holocaust Education
Robert and Marcy Strauss Family Philanthropic Fund
Wayne Stutzer Inclusion Fund (Sha’arim)
Bobby and Missy Swiller Teen Israel Scholarship Fund
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Marsha Tankenoff Lion of Judah Endowment
Jonah Tapper Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Talia Rose Teplinsky Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Mulvien and David B. Trach Family Philanthropic Fund
Frank and Carol Trestman Family Philanthropic Fund
Twin City Holocaust Education Fund
Albert and Deera Tychman Young Leadership Award
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Ubuntu I
Ubuntu II
Uganda Community Fund
United Hebrew Brotherhood General Unrestricted Fund #1
University of Minnesota Hillel Foundation Endowment Fund
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Walthour Family Fund
Weinblatt/Bass Family Philanthropic Fund
Paul A. Weingarden Law School Scholarship Fund
Ariel Weinstein Fund
Dori and Gary Weinstein Philanthropic Fund
Eitan S Weinstein Donor Advised Fund
Ilana Weinstein Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Raella Weinstein Scholarship Fund for HMJDS
Jeffrey and Mary Werbalowsky Philanthropic Fund
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Zack Family Philanthropic Fund
Benjamin Zack Genesis Mitzvah Fund
Rory and Josh Mann Zamansky Family Fund
Ed and Jane Zeman Family Donor Advised Fund
Bruce and Ilene Zwick Family Philanthropic Fund
