Gift Planning and the Emanu-El Legacy Circle
The Emanu-El Legacy Circle was established to honor and recognize the individuals and families who have left legacies to Congregation Emanu-El, and those who have made charitable provisions in their estates to benefit our synagogue.
Including Congregation Emanu-El in your estate planning promises your children and future generations a place of worship, study and community. Your legacy gift automatically makes you a member of the Emanu-El Legacy Circle. With your permission, your commitment to the congregation will be honored by a permanent place of recognition at the synagogue as a tribute to your values and generosity, you will be acknowledged in our donor reports, and invited to special events during the year.
There are several ways to leave a legacy to Congregation Emanu-El:
- Name the synagogue in your will or estate plan as a recipient of a set percentage or dollar amount of your estate
- Designate Emanu-El as a beneficiary to a life insurance policy, retirement fund, or IRA
- Make a bequest of real estate, a valuable work of art or other personal property
Unrestricted gifts provide Emanu-El with the maximum flexibility to allocate funds where the need is greatest. If you wish to designate a more specific purpose to your gift, please consider one of the broad areas that serve our congregation’s core mission - worship and spirituality, Jewish education, or community and social justice – and let us know, so we can ensure that we will be able to honor your wishes.
The following sample provision may be helpful to you and your attorney.
“I bequeath to Congregation Emanu-El, Two Lake Street, San Francisco, California 94118, the sum of $ _________ * [or ________percent of my estate] for its general charitable, religious and educational purposes.”
If you have made a provision in your will, or would like more information on the Emanu-El Legacy Circle, please contact Lani Zinn in the Development Office by phone: (415)750-7557.
The Emanu-El Legacy Circle:
Anonymous (15)
Lowell Adelson
Eugenie S. Alanson
Herbert Alter
Ludwig and Emmy Altman
Cantor Roslyn Jhunever Barak
Rabbi Ryan Bauer and Alisa Arquilevich Bauer
Mrs. Centa Baum
llya Berman and Larisa Lisista
Louis and Lenore Blumenthal
Sue Bransten
Mrs. Iris Bulasky and Mr. Louis Bulasky
Caro-Serensky Families
Alvin and Hélène Cohen
Bernice Cohn
Gary S. Cohn
Mrs. Edith S. Coliver
Andrew and Suzanne Colvin
Dana Corvin
Mr. and Mrs. Steven E. Dinkelspiel
The Harold and Annette Dobbs Family
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ehrman III
Philip M. Eisenberg
Mrs. Helene Ettelson and Mr. George Ettelson
Edward and Susan Euphrat
Dorothy B. Feigenbaum
Margarete Fischer
Alfred P. Fisher
Fannnie H. Freudenthal and Walter J. Freudenthal
Joseph and Mollie Friedman Family Trust
Don and Janie Friend
Elena F. Gary
Dorothy Tonn Gold and Benjamin P. Gold
Mr. David N. Goldman and Ms. Angela Lin
Francis S. Goldsmith
Pauline S. Goldsmith
Mrs. Doris Livingston Grasshoff
Rosalind Greenfield
Hans and Elizabeth (Libby) Gronowski
Alfred and Martha Gutman
Katherine S. Hack
Isser Harel
Louis H. Heilbron
Alfred and Ruth Heller
Richard H. Heller
John F. Hogan, Jr.
Margo Horn
Scott and Vicki Kahn
Barbara and Ron Kaufman
Golda Kaufman
Mrs. Margaret Kaufman
Michael and Martina Knee
Dr. Sidney Konigsberg and Vivian Konigsberg
Terry Kraus
Terri L. Kwiatek
Thea Werth Lambertsen
Dr. Richard and Sharonjean Leeds
Kerri and Mark Lehmann
Mr. Max S. Levi and Mrs. Eva I. Levi
Donald E. Levy
Harold and Phyllis Levy Trust
JoAnne and Jesse M. Levy
Mrs. June Levy
Lopez Low Foundation
Dorothy C. Lurie
Rebecca Macieira-Kaufmann
Melanie and Peter Maier
Mrs. Sophie Manasse
Mrs. Mae Mandl
Victor L. Marcus
Ms. M. Dulcenea Martinez
Jane L. Mierson
Rabbi Sydney Mintz
Hanna W. Morrison and Frederick L. Morrison
Greta Newman
Dr. Raquel H. Newman
Rabbi Stephen S. and Laurie E. Pearce
Jefferson E. Peyser
Pollard Family Trust
Steven and Kirsten Polsky
Ella Rinkel
Barbara Rogers
Mr. Morton A. Rosenblum and Mrs. Barbara Rosenblum
Ilya and Mayya Rudyak
Robert Sachs
John Samter
John Upton and Janet Sassoon-Upton
Rita R. Semel
Theodore R. Seton
Clara (Kay) Shiman
Paul J. and Sheri Dana Siegel
Ronna Stone and Tim Smith
Jonathan Sorgen
Steve Steinberg
Laszlo N. Tauber Family Foundation
Tonkin Family Fund
Shirley and Herman Victor
Lottie Viyolini
Yvette Watenberg
Sam Welling
Dr. Lawrence H. Werboff and Caroline Kahn Werboff
Louis M. Werth
Irene E. White
Helene (Lani) Zinn
* may their memory be a blessing