Saul Sahner Library/Educatiom Endowment      Jewish institutions cultivate scholarship, discussion, and awareness. We try to satisfy our intellectual curiosity by questioning and not blindly accepting. Our thirst for learning requires more and can be fulfilled under our roof. The inspiration provided by a library enhances our Jewish education.      By providing financial support for the library, the Saul Sahner Library/Education Endowment Fund encourages research and scholarship in Temple Shalom. Your contributions make books, periodicals, hardware, software, and Internet services available to all congregants in the pursuit of learning. Your gifts to this fund will perpetuate our lifetime commitment to education. Please take the opportunity to visit our library and utilize its resources. The informal setting is a great way to relax year round. For information regarding contributions, donating to an existing fund or establishing a new fund, contact Robert Lear

Contribution Selections

Stained Glass Window: A special gift to honor a Simcha or remember loved ones. Donation $5,000.

Pews: Recognize a Simcha or Memorial with a plate affixed to a pew $300 for a double seat; $450 for a triple seat.

Memorial (yahrzeit) Plaque: Traditional way to memorialize those who have passed away. Names read from pulpit ion their yahrzeit each year. $250 (members); $325 (non-members).

Tree of Life: Honor special family occassions with an engraved leaf on tree bearing name of person honored. Donation i$175.

Friday Night Oneg Sponsorship: Celebrate a birthday, anniversary, engagement, marriage, Bar/Bat Mitzvah. iSuggested minimum donation $75.  Prayer Book Fund: To maintain prayer books. Book plates may be purchased for $25.

Tree for Israel Certificates: A gift with special significance, help restoration of Israel's forests. $18 per tree.

Fund Contributions start at $7.00

Rabbi's Discretionary - Used at Rabbi's discretion.

Cantor's Discretionary - Used at Cantor's discretion.

Israeli Scholarship - Endows Confirmation Class members for URJ sponsored trips during summer to study in Israel.

Library - Provides new books and supplies for Temple Library.

Mitzvah - Supports various areas of need in Temple.

College Contact - Enables Temple to stay in touch with higher education students living away from home.

Golden Book - Maintained by Sisterhood for community projects, nursing home visits, gifts, etc. Contact Marilyn Lubin.

Growing - Established by Sisterhood to celebrate and honor occasions and accomplishments of children and support Tot Shabbat & Cradle Roll Programs. Contact Marilyn Lubin.

Religious School Enhancement - Special programs to enhance religious school education.

Scholar-in-Residence - Secures appropriate scholars to participate in annual Scholar-in-Residence program.

Youth - supports Temple Youth programs.

Alfred Sackerman Memorial Garden - Maintains and beautifies the garden at the Temple's main entrance.

Brakman/Petrera Memorial Mitzvah Corps - Assists children of Temple Shalom members to participate in the NFTY Urban Mitzvah Corps.

Burton J. Jacowitz Social Justice - Provides a merit based award to a Confirmation student who attended the L'Taken Social Justice Seminar of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism."

Esthelle Gordon Kallah - Scholarships for teachers in Temple Shalom's Religious School to attend a URJ Kallah.

Family Concert - Allows Temple to stage an annual concert celebrating Jewish music in a family oriented ienvironment that encourages congregant participation.

Hoffman/Weinstein Family - Provides Shabbat meals and/or other appropriate items to bereaved families and to those families who are coping with serious illness.

Joseph Rabin Memorial Nursery School - Helps to support Temple's Nursery School.

Larry Sadja Memorial Fund - Provides for the beautification of the santuary and building.

Lee Gura Music and Choir - Supports needs of Cantor and Choir.

Michael Henry Memorial Children's - Assists needy children to pursue Jewish experiences, including both formal and informal Jewish education, as well as marking Jewish life cycle moments.

Myrna P. Back - Assists the ten neediest Temple Families every 3 months.

Natalie Rubin Family Caring - Helps fund activities and support groups needed by Temple families through the Caring Community. Contact Julie Barugel.

Rae Ranowitz Technology - Maintains a viable computer network and training for efficient temple operations.

Saul Sahner Library/Education Endowment - Supports the library, including computer hardware and software, on-line services, books and support materials; To encourage & support research and scholarship in all areas for Temple youth, members and clergy.

Wallace H. Steinberg Family Education Endowment - Supports Family Education Programs.

William and Harriet Kossin Bereavement - Support an ongoing bereavement group held at Temple Shalom.

One Step at a Time……. Adopt a Brick for Our Courtyard Another Chance to be Inscribed in Stone   Help to build our future and remember our past by adding your brick as a lasting tribute to a loved one and as a testimony to your commitment to Temple Shalom.   Over the past years, with the help of many*, we have laid paving stones on which to walk, resurfaced the exterior walls, installed benches and re-landscaped the Alfred Sackerman Memorial Garden.  The last phase, still in process, will be a beautiful pergola erected at the courtyard entrance from the parking lot to provide welcoming arms into our Temple home.   Each brick can have up to 3 lines of text with 14 characters per line (including spaces and punctuation).  If you wish to purchase more than one brick, please make copies of the form below.   If you would like to purchase a brick or need other information, contact the Temple Shalom office at 732-566-2621.   Take a step……..and leave a lasting impression. Click here for Brick Purchase Form. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   *Thanks to Paulette & Gene Eichenholtz, Temple Shalom Brotherhood, David & Dorothy List, Circle of Giving 5765, Peggy & Lou Schoen, Jessica & Leon Smith, Wendy & Gerry Marks and the multitude of purchasers of Bricks.