New and increased gifts, as of December 4
2023 has been a painful and difficult year for all of us, especially since the October 7th attacks on Israel. At such a time when it is easy to despair, we find hope and inspiration from the voices of our young people.
On this page, we proudly feature six testimonial videos by Keshet’s LGBTQ+ and Ally Teen Shabbaton leaders and participants. Your support for Keshet today means that in 2024, we will:
New and increased annual giving can be fully matched up to $100,000. Help us pass our goal by December 31!
A: New and increased donations through the Keshet Matching Challenge will be used to invest in Keshet’s organizational capacity and will be matched $1-for-$1, up to $100,000. Your gift makes empowers and celebrates queer and trans youth through additional Keshet Shabbaton weekend retreats in 2024. Your donation makes possible Keshet’s expansion in Texas and Arizona to train Jewish institutions how to build communities of belonging and to mobilize for LGBTQ+ rights. Your gift creates spaces by and for LGBTQ+ Jews of Color where they can be their full, fabulous selves! Your contribution strengthens Jewish life across North America. The Keshet Matching Challenge is made possible through OnBoard, a program of a prominent national foundation.
A: Total donations that you make to Keshet in 2023 must exceed your 2022 giving to Keshet. The amount of your increased giving counts toward the Keshet Matching Challenge when donating through this special campaign. Help us reach $100,000 by December 31 to access matching funds through the OnBoard program, part of a prominent national foundation. Note: One-time gifts made in 2022 toward Keshet’s special Dare to Dream campaign are not counted as part of your 2022 total giving baseline.
A: You can use our 2022 annual campaign lookup tool! If you have any questions, please email [email protected].
Last updated December 8th.
The below donors have generously contributed to Keshet when the challenge was launched during Pride Month 2023 or directly toward the matching program. Thank you! Donations by individuals listed in bold font are matched through the Keshet Matching Challenge, reflecting 2023 gifts or pledges that exceed 2022 contribution levels.
Rabbi Susan Falk
Debra Abolafia and Nancy Cook
Eric Adelman
Gabriello Adler-Abramo
Ruth Alderson
Rabbi Jaymee Alpert and Danny Kischel
Loen Amer
Eden Anolick
Susan Ansin
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Rabbi Victor Appell and Colin Hogan
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Jodi Asarch
Sandy and Ron Ashendorf
Aaron Askanase
Susan Azizo
Paul and Debra Bahner
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Laurence Bailen and Jennifer Weber
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Jord Barnett
Dr. Herbert Baum and Dr. Kathleen Whitmire
Marty Becker and Rabbi Shelley Kovar Becker
The Beker Foundation
Dr. Melanie and Ryan Berg
Cathy Bernard
Eve Bernfeld
Beth El Congregation
Beth El Temple Center
Rabbi Adena Blum
Karin and Jerry Blum
Amy Born and Alex Pascal
Myriam Bostwick
Evie and Peter Bramson
Alan and Joyce Lynn Branfman
Judith and Arthur Breakstone
Thea Breite
Alex Brenon-Hodas
Joel Buchband
Rabbi Yechiel Buchband
Judy Caplan and James Roberts
Neshama Carlebach and Menachem Creditor
Aimee Close
Beth Cobert and Adam Cioth
Leslie Cogan
Rabbi Heidi Cohen
Martin and Helen Cohen
Congregation Beth Or
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Congregation Beth Shalom Congregation B’nai Shalom, Westborough MA Congregation Rodeph Sholom Congregation Emeth Sen. Cynthia and Harvey Creem Susan Cummings-Lawrence |
Howard and Melissa Dakoff
Steven Dale
William Davidson Foundation
Lynn Davis
Rob Dekoven
Marc and Mindy (Sager) Dickler
Jody Dietch
Eliana Dobres
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Robert and Ellen Dobrusin
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Ariel Edery
Rabbi Marc Ekstrand
Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell and Nurit Shein
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Nini Engel and Neil Actor
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Rabbi Susan Falk
Rabbi Zev-Hayyim Feyer
Renee and Steven Finn
Dr. Howard and Jody Fixler
Flemington JCC
Deborah and Jonathan Forman
Corey Fox
Randy and Robert Fox
Free Synagogue of Flushing
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Marion and Stanley Freedman-Gurspan
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Marjorie and Leonard Freiman
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Melissa and Akiva Friedman
Linda and Michael Frieze
Margaret Frisch Klein and Simon Klein
Howard Fuller and Gregg Orlik
Staci and David Gambach
Beth and John Gamel
Miriam and Dov Gardin
Terry Gedan and Chuck Drago
Gillian Geller
Marian Geller and Gina Kamas Choi
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Rabbi Myron S. and Eileen Geller
Rabbi Bernard Gerson and Sue Parker Gerson
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Amanda Gillespie
Rob Gips and Karen Harris
Darin Givens
Carson and Joseph Gleberman
Denise Gold
Stacy and Jeffrey Goldsmith
Jay Goldstein and Marc Matlin
Gittel R. Goodman and Nachman Goodman
Allyson Goose
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Randy and Nancy Gorod
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Daniel Gottlieb
Tania and Michael Gray
Rabbi Lisa and Shelley Grushcow
Alan and Julie Gubernick
The Gurock Family
Helene Haapala and Connie Martin
Sherry Hahn and James Hill
Kenneth Hailpern
Larry Hanover
Jessica Harrell
Bonnie Hausman
John Hawkins
Megan Henderson
Amyra and Ken Henry
Alec Herberholz
William Herbert and Marvin Glyder
Neal Hoffman and Andrew Ingall
Abby and Jeremiah Holmes
Peyton Holubeck
Jon and Erika Hornstein
Abby Horowitz
Samara Hutman
Laura and Scott Hyman
Shirley Idelson
Shira and Ariel Isenberg
Marvin Israelow and Dorian Goldman
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Jo and Jon Ivester |
Marvin Kabakoff
Marie-Louise Jackson-Miller
Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund
Michael Kalb and Brian Heng
Rabbi Jeremy and Amy Kalmanofsky
Rabbi Shalom and Shana Kantor
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Eleanor Kaplan
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Talia Kaplan
Wendy and Hank Kaplowitz
Ryan Karben
Rabbi Lawrence Karol
Drs. Judith and William Kates
Michael Katz and family
Dr. Katherine Kaufmann
Henry and Laurie Kay
Lisa Kershner
Maria and Steven Kessler
Linda and Brian Kingsbury
Rebecca Kirsch
Idit Klein and Jordan Namerow
Rabbi Myriam Klotz and Rabbi Margot Stein
Charles Koplik and Sue Tafler
Michele Koppelman
Chananya Kozlovsky
Dr. Philip Klapper and Elissa Kraut Klapper
Rabbi Jeremy and Raya Kridel
Rabbi Darby Leigh
Melanie and Hope Levav
Robert Levers and Dr. Peggy Levitt
Sue Levi Elwell and Nurit Shein
Marjorie Levin
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Julie Levy
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Yonit Levy
Rabbi Aliza Libman Baronofsky
Jacqueline and Fred Lieberberg
Aliza Lifshitz
Mamaleh’s Delicatessen
Beth Mann
Sherie Mar-Chaim
Rabbi Randall Mark
Albert and Rachel Marks
Olga Markus
Sara, Gordon and Gershon Marx
Richard and Elizabeth Mason
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Prof. Natan Meir and Chanan Van Herpen
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Jules and Ruth Mermelstein
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Myron Miller Cindy and Tony Monroe
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Tamara Moscoe and Eric Petersiel
Mount Zion Temple
Beth and Behrooz Nazer
Brittany Nehmen
Agnes Neiger and Shu and Shulamis Lieber
Barbara and Paul Neustadt
Mark Nimar
Rabbi George Nudell and Liba Casson-Nudell
Geri Pell
Dvora and Josh Pemstein
Peninsula Temple Sholom
Gary Perolman
Paul Peterson
Jen Phillips
Daniel and Ilene Pincus
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Jacob Pinnolis
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Rabbi Joel Pitkowsky
Dr. Judith Plaskow and Dr. Martha Ackelsberg
Eric Pliner and Jonathan Bloom
Drs. Irene and Richard Plotzker
Gayle Pomerantz
Vivian Posen
Kristy Poteat
Rabbi JoHanna Potts
Regene and Dr. Kenneth Prager
Tamar Prager and Dr. Arielle Freedberg
Andrea Presberg and Jackie Miller
Peter A. Rabinowitz
Tom Raffin
Alexia Ramos
Ellen Rapkin
Firkins Reed and Dennis Barr
Arlene Remz
Anthony Reiter
Deborah and Robert Render
Dr. Meri-Jane Rochelson and Joel Mintz
Sarah Rolle
Alison Rollman
Ari Rosen and Elaine Klein
Navah Rosenblatt
Sam and Terry Roth
Alissa and Danny Rozansky
Rabbi Adrienne Rubin
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Todd B. Rubin
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Francesca Rubinson
Leland Rudofsky
Rachel Sagaser
Simone Schicker and Keith Eiser
Will Schneider
Jeffrey Schoenfeld and Matt Holbein
Solvej Schou
B. Lynne Schwartz
Fayla Schwartz
Beverlee Sclar
Donna Segal
Carrie Seligman
Dr. Robin Septon
Lester Shane
Alan Shapiro
Rabbi Daniel Shapiro and Rabbi Max Chaiken
Amir Shaviv and Beth Brodsky
Dr. Sara and Bennett Shenker
Rabbi Judith Siegal
Jerry and Arleen Silverlieb
Hannah Silverman
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Mitchell Silverman Rabbi Todd Silverman
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Nina Simon and Robert Rosenthal
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Myrna and Len Sirowitz
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Susannah Skyer
Emily and Jay Solomon Nancy and David Solomon
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Michael Sonduck and David Zeligson
Martin Sonkin
Gilda and Samuel Spinat
Noah, Brett and Shoshi Stern
Nancy and Norman Stoff
Connie and Bob Stolow
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Nora Stolzman and Sam Trulli Lisa Stone and Scott Cantor
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Rabbi Barbara Symons
Selma Telles
Temple Adas Shalom – The Harford Jewish Center
Temple Beth Torah
Amy Teplow and Mindy Rice
Mitchell Tobin
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Michael Tronic
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Susan Tubbesing
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Lisa Joy, Lisa and Alan Tuttle
Shelley and Dr. Leonard Victor
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Kai Wallace
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Leona Wayser
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Penina Weinberg Gail Weinbrum
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Rabbi Jennifer Weiner and Jeffrey Sachs Marcia and Herb Weller
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Christopher Wetmore
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David Wheaton Wildflour Vegan Bakery and Cafe
Debra and Richard Winer Paul Winkler
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Mollie Witenoff
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Nina Wouk and Jessie Ap’Neva
Lori-Ann Wynter
Yahelle Yaccoby
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Rabbi Mara and Mark Young
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Giselle Youngblood
Rabbi Barbara Zacky
Daniel and Tamara Zimmerman
Henry and Barbara Zoob
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