On this page, Keshet proudly features six testimonial videos by Keshet’s LGBTQ+ and Ally Teen Shabbaton leaders and participants.
THANK YOU for helping Keshet surpass our matching goal of $100,000 in new and increased annual giving in 2023! Your gifts help make it possible for our youth to realize the futures they deserve.
New and increased donations received in 2023 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 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.
Last updated January 19, 2024.
The below donors have generously contributed to Keshet when the challenge was launched during Pride Month 2023, our End-of-Year Appeal, 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.
Debra Abolafia and Nancy Cook
James Abrams and Thomas Chiang
Eric Adelman
Gabriello Adler-Abramo
Ruth Alderson
Rabbi Jaymee Alpert and Danny Kischel
Loen Amer
Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld and Shimon Anisfeld
Eden Anolick
Susan Ansin
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Rabbi Victor Appell and Colin Hogan
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Jodi Asarch
Sandy and Ron Ashendorf
Debra and Aaron Askanase
Susan Azizo
Paul and Debra Bahner
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Laurence Bailen and Jennifer Weber
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Jord Barnett
Avram Baskin and Marjorie White Baskin
Robin Baslaw and Susan Smith
Dr. Herbert Baum and Dr. Kathleen Whitmire
Marty Becker and Rabbi Shelley Kovar Becker
The Beker Foundation
Dr. Melanie and Ryan Berg
Carlyn and Michael Bergman
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
Libby Cohen
Congregation Beth Or
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Congregation Beth Shalom Congregation B’nai Shalom, Westborough MA Congregation Rodeph Sholom Congregation Emeth Gali Cooks and Keren Rosenbaum-Cooks Rabbi Meryl Crean Sen. Cynthia and Harvey Creem Paul Croft Susan Cummings-Lawrence |
Howard and Melissa Dakoff
Steven Dale
Michael and Debbie Daniels
Flora and Aryeh Davidson
William Davidson Foundation
Lynn Davis
David and Carole Decter
Rob Dekoven
Marc and Mindy (Sager) Dickler
Jody Dietch
Donna Dimery
Eliana Dobres
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Robert and Ellen Dobrusin Shoshana Dweck
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Ariel Edery
Marshall and Deborah Skolnick Einhorn
Vanessa Eisemann and Catherine Whiting
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
David Feltman
Rabbi Zev-Hayyim Feyer
Johanna Fine
Renee and Steven Finn
Becca and Mike Fishbein
Dr. Howard and Jody Fixler
Judith Florence and Bruce Mann
Flemington JCC
Deborah and Jonathan Forman
Corey Fox
Dr. Randy and Robert Fox
Steven Fraade and Ellen Cohen
Dr. Laura Frank and Bob Dromboski
Nancy Frankel and Mary Atwell
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
Edward Gamson
Rabbi Ilana Garber and Adam Berkowitz
Miriam and Dov Gardin
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
Laura Anne Gilman
Joshua Gilstein
Rob Gips and Karen Harris
Darin Givens
Carson and Joseph Gleberman
Denise Gold
Natalie Goldfein
Stacy and Jeffrey Goldsmith
Jay Goldstein and Marc Matlin
Gittel R. Goodman and Nachman Goodman
Emily Goodstein and Ron Kelly
Allyson Goose
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Randy and Nancy Gorod
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Jennifer Gorovitz
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
Rabbi David Jaffe and Janette Hillis-Jaffe
Michael Kalb and Brian Heng
Rabbi Jeremy and Amy Kalmanofsky
Carol and Alan Kamin
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
Michael Kharfen
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
Marci R and David Laurvik
Rabbi Darby Leigh
Melanie and Hope Levav
Robert Levers and Dr. Peggy Levitt
Sue Levi Elwell and Nurit Shein
Debra Levin
Marjorie Levin
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Julie Levy
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Yonit Levy
Rabbi Aliza Libman Baronofsky
Jacqueline and Fred Lieberberg
Aliza Lifshitz
Dr. Davia Loren
Barry and Lynne Lotenberg
Mamaleh’s Delicatessen
Beth Mann
Sherie Mar-Chaim
Eric Marcus
Rabbi Randall Mark
Albert and Rabbi Rachel Marks
Susan Marks
Olga Markus
Sara, Gordon and Gershon Marx
Richard and Elizabeth Mason
Ellen and Stuart Masters
Joshua Matz and Hillel Smith
Robbie Medwed
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Prof. Natan Meir and Chanan Van Herpen
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Jules and Ruth Mermelstein
Barry Mesch
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Myron Miller Cindy and Tony Monroe
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Tamara Moscoe and Eric Petersiel
Laura Moskowitz and Robin Shore
Mount Zion Temple
Beth and Behrooz Nazer
Joan Neal and David Weisbach
Brittany Nehmen
Agnes Neiger and Shu and Shulamis Lieber
Debra Neiman
Barbara and Paul Neustadt
Mark Nimar
Rabbi George Nudell and Liba Casson-Nudell
Okun Kalamazoo Community Jewish School
Kate Passow
David Peck
Dvora and Josh Pemstein
Peninsula Temple Sholom
Cathie and 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
Rabbi Gayle Pomerantz
Rabbi Michael Pont
Vivian Posen
Kristy Poteat
Rabbi JoHanna Potts
Regene and Dr. Kenneth Prager
Tamar Prager and Dr. Arielle Freedberg
Andrea Presberg and Jackie Miller
Judith Price
Peter A. Rabinowitz
Tom Raffin
Maggid Eli Andrew Ramer
Alexia Ramos
Ellen Rapkin
Firkins Reed and Dennis Barr
Arlene Remz
Anthony Reiter
Deborah and Robert Render
Susan and Franklin Richard
Bree and Ed Robin
Dr. Meri-Jane Rochelson and Joel Mintz
Lisa Rogerson
Sarah Rolle
Alison Rollman
Rabbi Yaacov and Nina Rone
Ari Rosen and Elaine Klein
Navah Rosenblatt
Sam and Terry Roth
Alissa and Danny Rozansky
Rabbi Adrienne Rubin
Dr. Jerryl Lynn Rubin and Mandy Devona
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Todd B. Rubin
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Francesca Rubinson
Leland Rudofsky
Rachel Sagaser
Elizabeth Scafidi
Simone Schicker and Keith Eiser
Karen Schiller
Barbara Schneider
Will Schneider
Allison Schnipper
Jeffrey Schoenfeld and Matt Holbein
Solvej Schou
Andrea Schuver
B. Lynne Schwartz
Deborah Schwartz
Fayla Schwartz
Eugene Schweig and Lisa Kanter
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 Mr. and Mrs. Craig Simon
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Nina Simon and Robert Rosenthal Mary Lee and Louie Sirkin
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Myrna and Len Sirowitz
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Susannah Skyer Carole Slipowitz and Daniel Halbert Ben Solomon-Schwartz and David Tessler Emily and Jay Solomon Nancy and David Solomon Paula Sommer
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Michael Sonduck and David Zeligson
Martin Sonkin
Tova and Ken Sperber and Ken Sperber, MD
Gilda and Samuel Spinat
Jennifer Spitzer
Ellen Steinbaum and James Dalsimer
Noah, Brett and Shoshi Stern
Nancy and Norman Stoff
Connie and Bob Stolow
Ms. Lisa Stone and Scott Cantor
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Nora Stolzman and Sam Trulli Lisa Stone and Scott Cantor Rabbi Joshua and Tali Strom Sheila Sydney
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Rabbi Barbara Symons
Mia and Ethan Tavan
Selma Telles
Amanda Tempel
Temple Adas Shalom – The Harford Jewish Center
Temple Beth Torah
Amy Teplow and Mindy Rice
Mitchell Tobin
Roger Tobin and Bonnie Payne
Andrea Trivax
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Michael Tronic
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Susan Tubbesing
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Lisa Joy, Lisa, and Alan Tuttle
Alastor Van Kleeck
Shelley and Dr. Leonard Victor
Karel Visser
Rabbi Andrew Vogel and Martha Hausman
Valerie Wald
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Kai Wallace
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Leona Wayser
Philip Webber
Adriana Wechsler
Dana Wechsler Linden and Larry Linden
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Penina Weinberg Gail Weinbrum
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Rabbi Jennifer Weiner and Jeffrey Sachs Sherri Weintrop Tammy and Robert Weiser Dr. Daniel and Cheri Weiss 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 Marilyn and Gary Wind Paul Winkler
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Mollie Witenoff Howard Wolfe
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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
Brenna Zonick-Wootten
Henry and Barbara Zoob
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