Honoring Idit Klein,
President & CEO, Keshet
When Idit Klein started building Keshet as a local Boston organization 24 years ago, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Jews were largely invisible in American Jewish life.
Together, since Keshet’s inception, we’ve achieved changes that at the time seemed unimaginable. Acceptance and affirmation in thousands of Jewish spaces across the country. Marriage equality. Progress on trans rights. We’ve made the extraordinary, ordinary.
Your gift to the Idit Klein Fund for the Impossible ensures that Keshet can face today’s urgent challenges and continue building a thriving Jewish community and a fully just world. Donations can be made until Idit’s last day at Keshet on Thursday, July 31.
Rabbi Marc and Jill Baker
Carson and Joseph Gleberman
Eli and Sheri Gurock
Patty Jacobson
Liana and Michael Krupp
Marc Maxwell
Betty Morningstar and Jeanette Kruger
Rabbi Suzanne and Andy Offit
Stacy Schusterman
Rabbi Becky Silverstein and Naomi Sobel
B. Andrew Zelermyer and Daniel L. Romanow
As of 5/29. To become a sponsor of the Idit Klein Fund for the Impossible, click here.
Radiant Luminary (500K+)
Carson and Joseph Gleberman
Maxwell Sedel Family Foundation
Rainbow Visionary (250K+)
Betty Morningstar and Jeanette Kruger
Shining Trailblazer (100K+)
Anonymous
Marc Maxwell
Jeffrey Schoenfeld and Matthew Holbein
Luminous Leader (50K+)
The Gurock Family
Jim Joseph Foundation
Rabbi Suzanne and Andy Offit
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies
Rabbi Becky Silverstein and Naomi Sobel
B. Andrew Zelermyer and Daniel L. Romanow
Dazzling Champion (25K+)
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Adam Berger and Steve Frank
The Samuel Bronfman Foundation
The Davis Family
Dorot Foundation
Shoshana Dweck
Michael and Linda Frieze
Patty Jacobson
Rabbi Myriam Klotz and Rabbi Margot Stein
UJA-Federation of New York
Irridescent Advocate (10K+)
Anonymous
Susan Bernstein
Marci and Joram Borenstein
Jeremy Burton
Lisa Capelouto and Paul Bernstein
Ann and Myron Falchuk
Karla Goldman
Greenbaum Charitable Trust
Debbie and Jamie Heller
Stuart S. Kurlander and David Martin
David Roberts and Sue Fischlowitz
Jane E Rosenbaum
Martin Tannenbaum and Alex Ingersoll
Brilliant Beacon (5K+)
Rabbi Nehama Benmosche and Family
Susan Bernstein
The Covenant Foundation
Joan Garry and Eileen Opatut
Robert Holgate
Idit Klein and Jordan Namerow
Liana and Michael Krupp
National Council of Jewish Women
Julie Sissman and Phil Richter
Shimmering Supporter (1,800K+)
Neil Berenson and Jason Archambault
Hilary Blumberg and Alex Ginsburg
Ross and Wendy Born
Shifra Bronznick
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl
Alan Cohen and Robert Bank
CLA
CliftonLarsonAllen LLP
Eastern Bank Foundation
Lisa and Mitch Eisen
Kohenet Keshira haLev Fife and Tim Fife
Avram and Rhoda Freedberg
Nicole and Joshua Gann
Jack Gilad and Doug Hauer
Jill Goldenberg and Sidney Kriger
Jessica Goldhirsch and Michael Jacoby Brown
Lenny Goldstein and Tom Formicola
Jake Goodman and Sean Shepherd
Rabbi Lauren and Jon Grabelle Herrmann
Ellen Grubert and Janis Lippman
Joshua Herzig-Marx and Carla Naumburg
David Hochberg
Ron Kaplan and Yoni Bock
Rabbi Jason Klein
Andrei and Judith Klein
Jaimie Krass and Rabbi Alexis Pinsky
Ari Kristan and Suzanne Adamczak
Renata & Zuzana and Shawn Landres
Esther and Josh Langer
Mimi Lemay
Rabbi Navah Levine
David Levy and Keith Shumann
Rabbi Adina and Andi Lewittes
Nahma Nadich and David Belcourt
Evan Namerow and Justin Stone
Peri and David Namerow
Dara Papo and Taren Brant
Yvonne Pollack and Frederica Ford
Louis and Lane Rosner
Liz Schwartz and Lydia Martin
Amir Shaviv and Beth Brodsky
Susan Shevitz and Lawrence Bailis
Adam and Lori Simon
Nancy and Howard Smith
Nancy and David Solomon
Mamie Kanfer Stewart and Justin Stewart
The Clergy of Temple Israel of Boston
Shana Weaver and Stacy Ulrich
Jean Weinberg
Arnee R. and Walter A. Winshall
Ami Altzman and Jamie Weisbach
Neil Berenson and Jason Archambault
Alyx Bernstein and Jord Barnett
Amy Born and Alex Pascal
Rabbi Micah Buck
Jeremy Burton
Jon Cohen and Kevin Corp
Shana Aviva Cohen
Michael Davis and Michael Inge
Suzanne and Jacob Feinspan
Sarah Gill
Lenny Goldstein and Tom Formciola
Rabbi Lauren and Jon Grabelle Herrmann
Ellen Grubert and Janis Lippman
Pamela Heller and Erik Hartog
Oren Henry and David Rak
Thea Hillman and Christopher Pepper
Ron Kaplan and Yoni Bock
Idit Klein and Jordan Namerow
Kiyomi Kowalski
Jaimie Krass and Rabbi Alexis Pinsky
Ari Kristan and Suzanne Adamczak
Tracey and Michelle Labgold
Renata & Zuzana and Shawn Landres
Mimi Lemay
Rachie Lewis and Liz Aeschlimann
Rabbi Adina and Andi Lewittes
Xiomara Lorenzo
Dara Papo
Tamar Prager and Arielle Freedberg
Dana and Yossi Raucher
Jason Rosenberg and Seth Radin
Louis and Lane Rosner
Wendy Rosov and Peg Sandel
Lani Santo
Lori and David Schechner
Adam and Lori Simon
Emily and Jay Solomon
Abigail and Larissa Weiner
Arnee R. and Walter A. Winshall
Thank you to our generous donors toward the Idit Klein Fund for the Impossible.
Click here to see a full list of Keshet’s 2024 donors.
Pamela Adelstein and Michael Weissmann
Liz Aeschlimann
Ira Alkalay and Mindy Scharlin
Kara Allen
Jocelyn Alt
Amram Altzman and Rabbi Jamie Weisbach
Josie Batia Altzman
Angel Alvarez-Mapp and Danielle Natelson
American Conference of Cantors
American Jewish World Service
Ammud Jews of Color Torah Academy
Anonymous (x15)
Ansche Chesed (New York, NY)
Susan Ansin
Anti-Defamation League, New England
Denise Aptekar
Richard Asch and Roger Sutton
Ellie and Judah Axe
Beth and Adam Badik
Rabbi Marc and Jill Baker
Melissa Balaban
Katherine Gergen Barnett and Mark Barnett
Jonathan Baron
Rabbi Jordi and Seth Battis
Beacon Hill
The Beker Foundation
Catherine Bell and Maddie Ribble
Tobin Belzer and Jesse Ruskin
Michael Benac
Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice
Rabbi Nehama Benmosche and Family
Neil Berenson and Jason Archambault
Adam Berger and Stephen Frank
Ruthie Berman and Connie Kurtz z”l
Alyx Bernstein and Jord Barnett
Lisa P. and Jeffrey Bernstein
Susan Bernstein
Bet Mishpachah (Washington, DC)
Robert and Jamie Allen Black
Hillary Blumberg and Alex Ginsburg
Marci and Joram Borenstein
Amy Born and Alex Pascal
Wendy and Ross Born
Carrie and Jamie Bornstein
Dana Bornstein
Rabbi Naftali Brawer
Judith and Arthur Breakstone
Thea Breite
The Samuel Bronfman Foundation
Shifra Bronznick
Rabbi Sharon Brous
Michael Jacoby Brown and Jessica Goldhirsch
Nina Bruder and Gary Pretsfelder
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl
Jeremy Burton
Robert Campagna
Lisa Capelouto and Paul Bernstein
Liz Carver and Bryn Austin
CCS Fundraising
Jonathan and Rabbi David Chapman
Arleen Chase
CLA
Aimee Close
Shira and Ariel Cohen-Goldberg
Alan Cohen and Robert Bank
Amanda Cohen
Rabbi Ayelet Cohen and Rabbi Marc Margolius
Dr. Elaine R. S. Cohen
Shelly F. Cohen
Congregation Keneseth Israel (Allentown, PA)
Marjorie Conn
Margaret Conway and Rea Carey
Cheryl Cook
Gali Cooks and Keren Rosenbaum-Cooks
Kathy and Lino Covarrubias
Sen. Cynthia and Harvey Creem
Sloan Danenhower and Jacob Samuels
Jayme David
Michael Davis
Steven Davis and J. Jacob Krause
Anita Diamant and Jim Ball
Alan Divack and Amy Zarrow
Elan Divine
Mickey Dobbs
Dobkin Family Foundation
Prof. Tanya Domi
Susan Donnelly and Jennifer Levi
Dorot Foundation
Lauren Doty Brown and Casey Brown
Steven and Cynthia Drysdale
Shoshana Dweck
Eastern Bank
Rabbi Laurence Edwards
Lisa and Mitch Eisen
Gavriel Elkind and Gary Alpert
Becca Epstein
Ann and Myron Falchuk
Rabbi Susan Falk
Fascitelli Family Foundation
Richard and Sabina Feczko
Elana Fein
Michael Feldman and Karen O’Malley
Rabbi Sue Fendrick and Dr. Ben Kruskal
Kohenet Keshira haLev and Tim Fife
Barry Finestone
Renee and Steven Finn
Brynna Fish
FayeRuth Fisher
Julie Fisher and Dan Shapiro
Rabbi Betsy Forester
Avram and Rhoda Freedberg
Marion and Stanley Freedman-Gurspan
Valerie Frias
Rachael Fried
Frieze Family Foundation
Suzi and Lenny Fuld
Lauren and Bill Gabovitch
Deb Gaffin
Lisa Gallatin
Isabella Gambill
Beth and John Gamel
Nicole and Joshua Gann
David Gardner
Joan Garry and Eileen Opatut
Jackie and Merle Gelb-Bicknell
Matt and Karen Abrams Gerber
Jodi Gerston
Marc and Jessica Gidal
Jack Gilad and Doug Hauer
Sarah Gill
Yaakov Ginsberg-Schreck
Carson and Joseph Gleberman
Robin Gold
Beth S. Goldberg
Betty and Jerry Goldberg
Naomi Goldberg and Libby Hemphill
Jill Goldenberg and Sidney Kriger
Priscilla Golding and Barbara Burg
Juliann Goldman
Prof. Karla Goldman
Gene Goldstein-Plesser
Lenny Goldstein and Tom Formicola
Madison Goldstein and Ally Helberg
Samuel Golino
Yelena Goltsman and Barbara Freedman
Good Treble Fund
Dylan Goodman
Jake Goodman and Sean Shepherd
Lisa Gossels
Harriet Gottesman
Jacob Green
Ginna Green
Myla Green
Rabbi Lauren and Jon Grabelle Herrmann
Alexander Greenbaum and Yoav Weinberg
Kayla Greenberg
Naomi Greenfield
Lael Greenstein
Tyler Gregory
Ora Grodsky and Jonathan Rosenthal
Matthew Grossman
Ellen Grubert and Janis Lippman
Jayne and David Guberman
Rabbi Jen Gubitz
Rabbi Rachel Gurevitz and Suri Krieger
The Gurock Family
Rebecca Gutman and Rev. Liz Steinhauser
Rabbi Steve Gutow
Sherry Hahn and James Hill
Danya Handelsman and Jed Shugerman
Allison and Ezra Hausman
Jonathan Heimberg
Becca Heisler
Debbie and Jamie Heller
Laurie Heller
Pamela Heller and Erik Hartog
Amyra and Kenneth Henry
H Henschel
Dr. Cara Herbitter
Frederick Hertz and Randolph Langenbach
Judy and Chayim Herzig-Marx
Tom Higgins and Abbie Spielman
David Hochberg
Susan Hoffman
Robert Holgate
Institute for Jewish Spirituality
Rabbi Sandi Intraub and Stephanie Rotsky
Marshall and Vicki Isman
Mike Isman
IsraAID US
Sherry Israel
Susan and Joel Ivers
J Street
Andrea Jacobs
Elizabeth and Edward Jacobs
Rabbi Jill Jacobs and Rabbi Guy Izhak Austrian
Richard and Ilene Jacobs
Patty Jacobson
Rabbi Suzie Jacobson and JoJo Schwartz Jacobson
Rabbi David Jaffe and Janette Hillis-Jaffe
Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action
Jewish Social Justice Roundtable
Jews of Color Initiative
Jewtina y Co.
Lisa Fishbayn Joffe and Jonathan Joffe
Carly Johnson
Meredith Joy and Marjorie Siegel
Joyous Justice
Rabbi Daniel Judson and Dr. Sandy Falk
Meryl and Kyle Junik
Jyl Jurman and Len Connolly
Marvin Kabakoff
Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster and Paul Pelavin
Rabbi Mark Kaiserman
Rabbi Jane Kanarek and Andrew Halpert
Ron Kaplan and Yoni Bock
Ariel Kates
Drs. Judith and William Kates
Joy Katz
Rebecca Katz-White
Nechama Katz and Serena Shapiro
Joyce Kauffman
Nancy K. Kaufman
Ari and Jennifer Kaufmann
Barbara Kaufmann
Kathy Kaufmann
Oren Kaunfer and Rachel Pressman
Susan Kay and David Baron
Felicia Kazer and David Vitale-Wolff
Jessica Keimowitz and Polly Crozier
Dove Kent
Sara Kippur and Josh Lambert
Andrei and Judith Klein
Rabbi Daniel and Jen Klein
Idit Klein and Jordan Namerow
Rabbi Jason Klein
Ron Klein and Michelle Rosen
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum and Randi Weingarten
Rabbi Myriam Klotz and Rabbi Margot Stein
Adina and Ari Konikoff
Debbie Kopel-Kintish
Kiyomi Kowalski
Prof. Jonathan Krasner and Frank Tipton
Jaimie Krass and Rabbi Alexis Pinsky
Ellen and Michael Krause-Grosman
Ari Kristan and Suzanne Adamczak
Keith Krivitzky
Liana and Michael Krupp
Elianna Kruskal
Stuart S. Kurlander and David Martin
Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer and Stephanie Ives
Tracey and Michelle Labgold
Dr. Joy Ladin and Dr. Elizabeth Denlinger
Meir Lakein and Orit Kent
Renata and Zuzana & Shawn Landres
Karen Landy and Rhonda Cherry
Esther and Josh Langer
Prof. Sue Lanser and Prof. Jo Radner
Mimi Lemay
Rabbi Michele Lenke and Rachel Goldman
Lisa Lepson
Lesbians for Good
Marjorie Levin
Abby Levine
Rabbi Navah Levine
Sharon Levine
David Levy and Keith Schumann
Amy Lewin
Dr. Talie Lewis
Rabbi Adina and Andi Lewittes
Carla and Marty Lieberman
Laura Liebman
Rabbi Ellen Lippmann and Kathryn Conroy
Jayson Littman
Douglas London
Carl and Naomi Lopkin
Xiomara Lorenzo
Love & Tradition
Stephanie Lowitt and Mason Weintraub
Hilary Lustick
Jane Lynch
Beth Mann
Louis Mansdorf and Lisa Pollack
Hilary Marcus and Jonathan Magaziner
Rachel Marder
Nora Margolis
Ellen and Stuart Masters
Gabi and Jared Matas
Jane Matlaw
Marc Maxwell, Trustee, Maxwell Sedel Family Foundation
Aliza Mazor
Tammy Mccormack
Keren McGinity
Jacob Meier
Rabbi Rim and Anne Meirowitz
Deborah Melnick
Dr. Rachel Mesch and Eric Fisher
Danielle Meshorer
Miriam Messinger
Ruth Messinger and Andrew Lachman
Jessica Kate Meyer
Carol B. Michael
Rabbi Mimi Micner
Myron Miller
Kaden Mohamed
Betty Morningstar and Jeanette Kruger
Richard and Faith Morningstar
Tim and Liz Morningstar
Moving Traditions
Nahma Nadich and David Belcourt
Justin Stone and Evan Namerow
Peri and David Namerow
Carla Naumburg and Joshua Herzig-Marx
NCJW – National Council of Jewish Women
Joan Neal and David Weisbach
Eve Neiger
Deb Neiman
Jodi Nemser-Abrahams and Peter Doherty
Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies
New Israel Fund
Gabrielle New
Lesléa Newman
Amy Nishman
Rabbi Jessica Dell’Era Nussbaum and Rabbi Leah Nussbaum
Neda and Alan Nussbaum
Joshua Obeiter
Robert Obeiter
Rabbi Andrew Oberstein
Rabbi Suzanne and Andy Offit
Dara Papo and Taren Brant
Pam Pass
Dvora and Josh Pemstein
Rabbi Barbara Penzner and Brian Rosman
Luis Perelman
Rachael Petru
Samantha Pohl
Rabbi Elaine Pollack
Yvonne Pollack and Frederica Ford
Karla Van Praag and Raphael Mares
Tamar Prager and Dr. Arielle Freedberg
Andrea Pressman-Ochoa
Rabbi Joshua Rabin
Lily Rabinoff-Goldman and Hillel Greene
Peter A. Rabinowitz
Rachel Ratchin
Dana and Yossi Raucher
Paula Rayman
Reconstructing Judaism
Gail and Joe Reimer
Mark Reisbaum
Deborah and Robert Render
Glenn Rigoff
Cindy Rizzo
David Roberts and Sue Fischlowitz
Jane E Rosenbaum
Dr. Judith Rosenbaum and Rabbi Or Rose
Rachel Jacoby Rosenfield and Paul Rosenfield
Rabbi David and Rabbi Jennie Rosenn
Martin Rosenthal and Robyn Newman
Louis and Lane Rosner
Cindy Rowe
Robert Rubin and Marion Gribetz
Jared Saks
Jaymie Saks
Abby Saloma
Janet Samuels and David Kalow
Lani Santo and Nathan Ascher
Jennifer Sartori and Barry Gilbert
Beth Schafer
Rivka Schafer
Lori and David Schechner
Karen Schiller
Ronit Schlam
Melanie Schneider
Jeffrey Schoenfeld and Matt Holbein
Adir Schorr
Gail Schulman
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies
Elizabeth Schwartz and Lydia Martin
Rabbi Aliza Schwartz
B. Lynne Schwartz
David Schwartz
Beverlee Sclar
Aubree Sepler
Ayele Shakur
Amir Shaviv and Beth Brodsky
Susan Shevitz and Lawrence Bailis
Margaret Shukur
Dr. Jenny Siegel and Dr. Elizabeth Ferrenz
Jodie Siegel
Molly Silver and John Burstein
Beth Silverberg Marx and Dan Marx
Riva Silverman and Abram Heisler
Rabbi Becky Silverstein and Naomi Sobel
Neil Silverston and Risa Shames
Adam and Lori Simon
Rebecca Sirbu
Mary Lee and Louie Sirkin
Julie Sissman and Phil Richter
Arthur Slepian and Gerry Llamado
Nancy and Howard Smith
Justin Rosen Smolen and Avi Smolen
Sara Smolover and Larry Kraus
Rabbi Matthew Soffer and Nicole Vengrove Soffer
Bradley Solmsen and Aliza Kline
Nancy and David Solomon
Michael Sonduck and David Zeligson
Dr. Norman Spack and Dr. Judith Feldman
Beverly and David Spencer
Amy Spitalnick
Gabriella Spitzer and Sandy Johnston
Rabbi Toba Spitzer
David Spivak
Marjorie Stamper-Kurn
Juliet and Birger Stamperdahl
Eva Stern
Mamie Kanfer Stewart and Justin Stewart
Rabbi Violeta Stolpen
Erica Streit-Kaplan and James Kaplan
Alicia Svigals
Rebecca Swartz
Stephen Switzer
Martin Tannenbaum and Alex Ingersoll
Carol Targum
Andy Tarsy
Mia and Ethan Tavan
Bruce Temkin and Judson Morrow
Temple Beth Zion (Brookline, MA)
Temple B’nai Israel (Kalamazoo, MI)
Temple Isaiah (Lexington, MA)
Temple Israel of Boston (Boston, MA)
Temple Ohabei Shalom (Brookline, MA)
Temple Shalom of Newton (Newton, MA)
Temple Sinai (Sharon, MA)
Jamie Tessler
Martin Tobias and Robert Marx
Mike Honigberg and Ben Tobin
Darlene and Bob Torio
Jeff Trachtman
Jessica Lissy and Jeff Trey
Rabbi Andy Vogel and Martha Hausman
Jim Wallack and Rebecca Matthews
Shaina Wasserman
Rabbi Deborah Waxman and Christina Ager
Francine Lavin Weaver
Shana Weaver and Stacy Ulrich
Sue Weil and Sandy Goodman
Jean Weinberg and Mark Dinaburg
Cheryl Ann Weiner and Jared Matas
Shari Weiner
Melanie Weiss and Rabbi Rachel Isaacs
Diane and Michael Werner
Dara Wilensky
Colin Winkler
Arnee R. and Walter A. Winshall
Damian Wisniewski
Gavi Wolfe and Vicky Steinberg
Elizabeth Wolfson
Anna Worrell
Janet Yassen and Dr. Irle Goldman
Judith Zachs
B. Andrew Zelermyer and Daniel L. Romanow
Reuben Zellman
Pavel Zlatin
Debbra Zucker
Supported the creation of the first Gay-Straight Alliance at a Jewish high school
Produced “Hineini: Coming Out in a Jewish High School” inspiring tens of thousands of Jewish educators and students across the country
Keshet mobilized widespread Jewish community support to preserve the first-in-the-nation marriage equality in Massachusetts
Launched the first-ever life-changing Keshet Shabbaton for LGBTQ+ and Ally Jewish Teens
Partnered with Kar-Ben Publishing to publish The Purim Superhero, the first Jewish children’s book to feature gay characters
Mobilized over 70% of all Jewish communities in Massachusetts to successfully defend transgender rights statewide
Established new Keshet offices in Florida and Texas to join teams in Boston, New York, Chicago, and the Bay Area
Launched Thrive: the Coalition to Defend Trans and LGBQ+ Youth, now with over 240 Jewish organizational partners
Hosted first-ever Shabbaton for LGBTQ+ Jews of Color
Successfully defeated 21 of 22 anti-LGBTQ+ state bills in coalition with our partners in Florida
Released Threads of Identity: LGBTQ+ Jews of Color in the Fabric of Jewish Life, the first-ever report to explore the unique experiences of LGBTQ+ Jews of Color in Jewish spaces
Initiated Move to Thrive, a partnership with the Hebrew Free Loan Society to establish the first-ever Jewish loan fund for LGBTQ+ people needing to relocate to safer states
Making the impossible, possible.Keshet invites you to invest in the next generation of work for equality by giving to the Idit Klein Fund for the Impossible. Gifts to the Fund will be accepted until Idit’s last day on Thursday, July 31.
Thank you to the over 400 donors who have generously contributed $2.7M to date! To give toward Keshet’s Idit Klein Fund for the Impossible:
Together, since Keshet’s inception under Idit’s leadership, we’ve achieved changes that at the time seemed unimaginable. Acceptance and belonging in thousands of Jewish spaces. Marriage equality. Progress on trans rights.
Then, as now, Keshet works for the full equality of all LGBTQ+ Jews and our families in Jewish life. We strengthen Jewish communities through education and training, create spaces for LGBTQ+ youth to be proudly and joyously Jewish, and advocate for LGBTQ+ rights nationwide.
Today, we are experiencing an alarming rise in transphobia, homophobia, and antisemitism. The new Administration seeks to legalize anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination and build on the policies that have already hurt so many of our children, families, and friends in states across the country. In the face of these threats, Keshet programs and advocacy efforts are a proven source of support, collective power, and even joy on the long road to full equality.
You can make the extraordinary, ordinary.Please make a leadership pledge to the Idit Klein Fund for the Impossible. Your generosity honors and builds upon Idit’s decades of pioneering leadership, enabling Keshet to meet today’s urgent and increasing needs while continuing to take bold risks for growth and impact.
We invite you to invest in the next generation of work for equality through the Idit Klein Fund for the Impossible:
If you would also like to consider making your 2025 annual gift for Keshet’s general programs today, please click here. To see your household giving history, click here.
Let’s keep imagining. Let us celebrate our extraordinary selves as we build a future of ordinary dignity, belonging, and joy for LGBTQ+ Jews and our families.
To discuss your Keshet giving, please contact Shana Cohen, Director of Major Gifts, at [email protected].
“As a family with two dads living in Florida, finding inclusive Jewish spaces is more important than ever. Keshet is working every day to make it easier for families like ours, and we are indebted to Keshet and its staff for their advocacy and programming in our state. We have seen firsthand the impact that Keshet has made for our family, and we are proud to support their continued good work.”
“Raising Is, a nonbinary trans-Thai-Jewish kid in Florida, has been joyful and challenging. Keshet has been a place of comfort, inspiration and safety for Is — from Shabbaton participation to team leader work. Emotional and intellectual support of Keshet guides countless LGBTQ+ teens and families towards acceptance and fulfilment. We are so thankful for Keshet.”
“At eleven years old, our child, who had attended URJ Camp Eisner since she was seven, formally transitioned to her affirmed name and gender. This was more than a decade ago, and it was the first time an overnight Jewish summer camp had faced such a request. Keshet worked with camp leadership to prepare a welcoming environment. Later that year, The Forward published ‘How one transgender camper helped shape the entire Reform movement’. That camper was Hannah. Keshet made it possible.”
The Idit Klein Fund for the Impossible is a historic, one-time fundraising initiative honoring Idit Klein’s 24 years of visionary leadership at Keshet. This fund ensures that Keshet has the resources to meet this urgent moment and can continue to take bold risks in the pursuit of full LGBTQ+ equality in Jewish life.
We invite you to make a meaningful investment in Keshet’s work by making a special, one-time gift to the Idit Klein Fund for the Impossible to honor Idit’s legacy and propel Keshet into the future.
The Fund pledge form also includes the option to renew your annual gift in 2025 to Keshet to ensure we have the resources to continue our essential work every day.
Your support ensures that LGBTQ+ Jews and our families can live with pride, dignity, and belonging in Jewish life and beyond. Thank you for standing with us.
From the very beginning, under Idit’s leadership, Keshet has achieved victories that once seemed impossible—LGBTQ+ inclusion in Jewish institutions, marriage equality, and advancements in trans rights. Today, we face an alarming rise in transphobia, homophobia, and antisemitism. The new administration is actively working to dismantle LGBTQ+ protections, putting our community, especially our youth, at great risk.
A gift to the Idit Klein Fund for the Impossible is a vital investment in Keshet’s future, allowing us to seize bold opportunities for growth and impact while sustaining a strong core of programs and infrustructure.
Your investment in the Idit Klein Fund for the Impossible honors our founding leader, sets up Keshet’s next CEO for success, and ensures that Keshet remains an unwavering force for dignity, belonging, and justice.
The Idit Klein Fund for the Impossible is a one-time, special campaign designed to enable continued bold growth and impact while securing Keshet’s future. Gifts to the annual fund sustain Keshet’s ongoing impact each year.
We invite you to renew your typical annual gift in 2025 and to make an additional donation toward Idit Klein Fund for the Impossible as a separate and special, one-time pledge that can be paid over multiple years.
Your 2025 annual donation provides the critical operating support that fuels our day-to-day work. It sustains our core programs, including:
Pledge your leadership gift toward the Idit Klein Fund for the Impossible at www.keshetonline.org/impossiblefund.
Or to make a donation today in Idit’s honor, click here.
Donations will be accepted to this special fund until Idit’s last day on July 31, 2025.
MAKING THE EXTRAORDINARY
ORDINARY GALA
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Newton, MA and Online
For each person who attended the event in-person, the non-tax-deductible portion of your gift is $150. If you are making your gift via donor-advised fund, the fund is typically unable to pay the non-tax-deductible portion of your gift.
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