Adult Programming Funds & Endowments
Bess and Irving Kamins Lecture Fund
Supports an annual lecture on a subject that furthers Jewish learning, culture, and religion.
Cantor Ilana Wolpert Music Enrichment Fund
To enhance B’nai Israel’s continually evolving musical tradition.
Edith and Charles M. Pascal Yom HaAtzmaut Programming Endowment
To enhance and expand the current level of Yom Ha’Atzmaut programming.
Hazzan Robert Kieval Music Library Fund
Ida and Morris Park Memorial Lecture Fund
Supports an annual lecture for the benefit of B’nai Israel and the metropolitan Washington community.
Israel Bimblich Memorial Lecture Fund
Joseph and Lillian Tudor Endowment for Adult Education
In support of Adult Education at B’nai Israel.
Louis Wener, M.D. Memorial Lecture
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald S. Snyder Information and Technology Endowment
Rabbi Michael Safra Adult Programming Endowment
Rabbi Safra Fund for Programming and Service Leadership Training
To subsidize programming and provide scholarships for service leadership training programs with Jewish values for youth and adults.
Rabbi Ralph and Kelsey Hoffer Simon Endowment for the Enrichment of the Holidays
To enhance B’nai Israel Congregation’s celebration of the holidays.
Wachtel Family Senior Programming Endowment
Dedicated to the support of new and existing programming for members 50 years of age or older.
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