Gift of Israel Program

Betsy Karpf, Gift of Israel Chair

The Gift of Israel Program is an excellent opportunity to send your children to Israel at a fraction of the cost! This innovative program is open to all children of our Temple and beginning in the 3rd grade parents may enroll their children. The Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey provides $100 a year for a maximum of seven years to families who also contribute matching funds and whose children continue their Jewish education through Confirmation. Each family is required to contribute a minimum of $150 the first year per child and then our Temple and the family are to contribute $200 combined every year thereafter. Children who enroll in 4th - 6th grades receive Federation and Temple funding only for the years they are enrolled.

Remember to make your minimum $100 contribution by mid-December in order to qualify and receive matching funds from Federation and Temple Emanuel.

Temple Emanuel's Board of Trustees strongly endorses this program because it believes that the Israel experience reinforces your children's Jewish education. We hope all of our members with children will take advantage of this exciting program.