Legacy - Winter 2013

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Simplify your year-end giving.

Important information on pp. 4-5.

The Foundation’s Cutting Edge Grants Award Over $1.2 Million to Seven New Programs

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he Foundation’s 2013 Cutting Edge Grants totaling $1,230,000 were recently awarded to seven new programs serving the Los Angeles Jewish community.

This year, The Foundation’s Cutting Edge Grants focus on highly innovative programs that foster engagement in the community among diverse constituents, including special-needs adults, music industry executives and artists, and the LGBT population.

Grantmaking is at the heart of what we do. Together with our family of donors, The Foundation is pleased to provide seed funding to creative thinkers, social entrepreneurs and innovative organizations in Jewish Los Angeles to develop and implement transformative, high impact programs.

This year’s Cutting Edge Grants recipients include: Bnei Akiva of Los Angeles for Moshava Malibu; Builders of Jewish Education for Sifriyat Pijama Community B’Los Angeles; Creative Community For Peace; GrapeVine for the GrapeVineLA web-based network; The Jewish Federation for the Los Angeles Jewish Abilities Center; The Jewish Federation for NuRoots Community Fellows; and Jewish Outreach Institute for the LGBT Interfaith Parents Circle.

We look forward to watching these programs grow in the community. Read more on pp. 2 and 3 and at www.jewishfoundationla.org.

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A Glance At What’s Inside:

1-3 YEAR-END GIFT PLANNING 4 CENTER NEWS 6 CUTTING EDGE GRANTS

DONOR PROFILE: PEGGY & ED ROBIN

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VOL. 23 • NO. 2 FALL 2013 • 5774 NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR DONORS AND FRIENDS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES

NuRoots Community Fellows, a recipient of a Foundation 2013 Cutting Edge Grant, connect young Jews to one another and to meaningful Jewish experiences.

FROM THE DESK OF

Marvin I. Schotland PRESIDENT & CEO, JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Why We’re Bullish on the Future The recent Pew Research Center’s survey on American Jews (www.pewforum.org) has generated much reaction.

Some people worry that it portends less Jewish identity and community affiliation in the future, while others see hopeful signs in the survey’s findings. One thing the study definitely reveals: There are enormous complexities in accurately assessing Jewish identity and affiliation, and equal challenges in appropriately addressing issues raised by such a survey.

Although we face significant challenges of affiliation and identity here in Los Angeles—one of the most vibrant, energetic and creative Jewish communities in the world—we view these issues quite optimistically. As a matter of fact, many of the programs funded by The Foundation, The Jewish Federation and other major organizations are specifically designed to enhance Jewish affiliation and identity.

To that end, in this issue of Legacy, you’ll read about seven initiatives with the potential to profoundly enhance Jewish identity and affiliation.You’ll also read the Robin family’s story—inspired by the Goren family’s legacy gift earlier this year—about creating Donor Advised Funds for each of their seven grandchildren to strengthen their connections to community.

Additionally, you’ll read about a recent Foundation event featuring 18 dynamic, young individuals who are creating innovative programs supported by Cutting Edge Grants—like Om Shalom Yoga, Neshama Center & Mikvah, and Tzedek America—to engage peers in meaningful Jewish expression. These stories bode quite well for Jewish L.A.’s future.

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Los Angeles is blessed with forward-thinking social entrepreneurs and we look forward to seeing their efforts come to fruition.”

— Foundation President & CEO Marvin I. Schotland

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n this year’s 2013 Cutting Edge Grants awards, we are partnering with the Jewish Federation on two vital programs: Los Angeles Jewish Abilities Center, the first of its kind in the country to create a collaborative and provide comprehensive services to Jewish adults with special needs, and NuRoots Community Fellows, which will engage thousands of unaffiliated young Jewish adults in meaningful Jewish experiences in their own neighborhoods. Additional funded programs for adult Jewish populations include Grapevine, a web-based network connecting young Jewish adults to Jewish nonprofits that match their specific areas of interest, and the LGBT Interfaith Parents Circle, an educational program addressing both Jewish and LGBT identity, Jewish culture and heritage, adoption and gender roles.

In support of Israel, Creative Community For Peace mobilizes Hollywood music executives and pop artists to counter the cultural boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel and to promote a positive image of the country.

Two initiatives will provide new opportunities to Jewish youth.

Builders of Jewish Education’s (BJE’s) Sifriyat Pijama Community B’Los Angeles will be sending free children’s Hebrew literature and music to 6,500 Israeli-American families nationally, including 1,200 in L.A., on a monthly basis. In addition, BJE will partner with early childhood centers, day schools, synagogues and community centers to host 15-20 story and holiday-related events per year that attract hundreds of Israeli-American families with young children.

Finally, Moshava Malibu is the only Orthodox overnight camp in the west. Through programs related to the arts, Jewish history, Zionism and leadership, the camp will serve hundreds of youth, aiming to instill a sense of pride in Orthodox Jewish life, inspire a love for Israel and foster

the next generation of Jewish leaders. The effort is a first-of-its-kind partnership between the Orthodox organization, Bnei Akiva of Los Angeles, and a trans-denominational organization, the Shalom Institute, which houses the camp at its facility.

Since establishing the Cutting Edge Grants program in 2006, The Foundation has seeded 46 programs with a total of nearly $9 million.

Learn more about all of our Cutting Edge Grant recipients at www.jewishfoundationla.org/grantsawarded.

BUILDERS OF JEWISH EDUCATION, for Sifriyat Pijama Community B’Los Angeles $100,000 To engage hundreds of Israeli American families in organized Jewish life by leveraging the Sifriyat Pijama free Hebrew book program and partnering with community organizations offering family-friendly activities and events. www.bjela.org

BNEI AKIVA OF LOS ANGELES, for Moshava Malibu $100,000 To create the only Jewish Orthodox overnight camp west of the Mississippi in an unprecedented trans-denominational relationship with the Shalom Institute. www.bneiakivala.org

CREATIVE COMMUNITY FOR PEACE, for Creative Community For Peace $250,000 To mobilize Hollywood music executives and artists to counter the cultural boycott against Israel through educational salons, briefings and media campaigns. www.creativecommunityforpeace.com

This grant recognizes our successful behind-the-scenes efforts to reach out to industry executives and artists, as well as fans across the globe, through our social media platforms, to educate and counter the misinformation disseminated by the boycott movement against Israel.” — David Renzer and Steve Schnur, Creative Community For Peace Co-Founders and Advisory Board Members

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GRAPEVINE, for GrapeVine LA $230,000 To connect an estimated 8,000 Jewish young adults with Jewish nonprofits that match their interests through a centralized web-based network. www.grape-vine.com

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Endowments Play a Vital Role in Cutting Edge Grants Our Cutting Edge Grants are made possible in large part by the following families and individuals who established Endowment Funds for the benefit of the Los Angeles Jewish community.

In 2014, we will be highlighting some of the people behind these Endowment Funds in issues of Legacy so that you can learn more about them and how their gifts are supporting important programs shaping our community in profound ways.

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JEWISH FEDERATION OF LOS ANGELES, for Los Angeles Jewish Abilities Center $250,000 To enhance the quality of life for hundreds of adults with special needs through a unique collaborative that will develop and coordinate innovative resources and programs. www.jewishla.org

JEWISH FEDERATION OF LOS ANGELES, for NuRoots Community Fellows $200,000 To train highly-qualified fellows to network and Jewishly engage unaffiliated young adults through intimate gatherings and large-scale events. www.jewishla.org

Eric & Paula Bloom Memorial Trust David G. & Bella L. Davis Endowment Dorothy Fenmore Endowment Restricted Fund David and Rena Fox Endowment Josephine Gang Endowment Fund Martin Gang Endowment Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown George & Harry Gittelson Fund Marcus Glaser Fund David & Freda Goldstein Endowment William and Alfrieda E. Goldwyn Endowment Samuel Gordon Endowment Fund Ike & Peggy Greenberg Endowment Fund Arthur Groman Fund Stella F. Joseph Endowment Stanley F. Katz Endowment J. Stanley Klein & Roberta Klein Endowment Fund Lester & Rhea Kleinberg Endowment Fund Isadore Kragen Endowment Harry & Belle Krupnick Endowment Fund Werner & Ellen Lange Memorial Endowment Edward Lasher Memorial Fund Estate of Lillian Levine Alfred Lisbon Memorial Fund Andrew Z. Meyer Endowment Fund Freda Mohr Endowment Sadie Verschleiser Musof Trust Margaret Nathan Endowment Anna Warner Robins Memorial Endowment Benjamin Rogowitz Charity Stella Rugeti Endowment Fund Isador Saul Endowment Joseph & Elizabeth Schwartz Endowment Fund Estate of Florence Wayne Ernest Weissberg Endowment Fund David Weisz Memorial Restricted Fund

Did You Know?

JEWISH OUTREACH INSTITUTE, for LGBT Interfaith Parents Circle $100,000 To provide the first-of-its-kind parenting programs to LGBT couples who are raising, or are considering raising, Jewish children. www.joi.org

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Establishing an endowment for a specific nonprofit, a field of interest or The Foundation’s Permanent Legacy Fund is as easy as leaving simple language in your will.

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An Endowment Fund can also be established by using assets in an existing charitable fund at The Foundation, such as a Donor Advised Fund, Family Support Organization, Charitable Gift Annuity or Charitable Remainder Trust.

For more information, please consult with your attorney and visit www.jewishfoundationla.org/endowment or call us at (323) 761-8704.

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YEAR-END GIFT PLANNING

Year-End Gift Planning I

f you thought planning and purchasing holiday presents for your friends and family raises various questions…what about managing your philanthropic gifts before year-end?

Let us make it easy for you. We are here to clarify your year-end solutions with thoughtful and strategic guidance and advice.

Donor Advised Funds: A Great Way to Make a Difference at Year-End Create a Donor Advised Fund at The Foundation before year-end!

It will enable you to conduct your charitable giving in a smart, efficient, and convenient fashion, and includes these key benefits: 1 With an initial contribution of at least $5,000 in cash, stock or real estate by 12/31/13, you can create your own Donor Advised Fund in a very quick and easy process and receive an immediate charitable tax deduction for 2013.

2 You’ll have convenient, 24/7 online access to your fund enabling you to make grants to the Jewish community and beyond.

You will be able to review your fund’s balance and giving history, whenever you wish.

3 If your balance is $50,000 or more, there are several types of investment options providing diversity and potential growth for your fund’s assets.

Provide Permanent Support with an IRA Charitable Rollover Gift by 12/31/13: If you are age 70½ or older, you may transfer up to $100,000 directly from your IRA to The Foundation to fund a new or existing endowment to support the causes you care about or our Permanent Legacy Fund, which supports The Foundation’s annual grantmaking. There are several benefits and important considerations when making an IRA Charitable Rollover Gift by year-end: ■

Your rollover gift may be counted toward your minimum distribution requirement from your IRA.

4 If you own appreciated assets like stock or real estate—or if you plan on selling a business—a Donor Advised Fund is an ideal way to maximize your tax benefits.

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Your gift is tax-neutral on your federal tax bill—it will not be included in your income, but neither will it be deductible.

5 Complimentary guidance, consultation and educational programs on how to give more strategically and magnify the impact of your giving are offered by The Foundation’s Center for Designed Philanthropy.

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A rollover gift is preferable to withdrawing cash from your IRA, paying tax on it, donating it to a public charity such as The Foundation, and receiving a federal charitable deduction limited to not more than 50% of your contribution base, i.e., usually adjusted gross income.

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The IRA Charitable Rollover provision is set to expire at year-end, but please consult your professional advisors regarding the likelihood that Congress will reauthorize it for future years.

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Rollover gifts may NOT go to Donor Advised Funds, Family Support Organizations, Private Foundations, Gift Annuities or Charitable Remainder Trusts.

In addition to these important benefits, you’ll receive top-notch customer service from Foundation staff. With 60 years of history, more than 1,000 donors and $812 million of charitable assets,The Foundation is considered the real “maven” of philanthropy. So if you want to make a difference in the world through your giving, creating a Donor Advised Fund at The Foundation by year-end is the prudent and meaningful way to go. Call us to learn more at (323) 761-8704.

Please contact your IRA plan administrator to transfer assets directly to The Foundation by 12/31/13. For more information about making an IRA Charitable Rollover gift by year-end, or if you have other questions about charitable gifts from IRA accounts and retirements plans, please call us at (323) 761-8704.

The Foundation does not provide legal or tax advice. Please consult your professional advisors.

Try this useful online calculator to help you determine the benefits of various gift options. www.jewishfoundationla.org/calc

YEAR-END GIFT PLANNING

Our Team Provides Solutions For Your Year-End Needs

Providing Effective Solutions for Year-End Charitable Planning Needs As the year comes to a close, many people face questions about what type of year-end charitable contributions they should make and how they can best support the causes they’re passionate about.

Sometimes these issues are very straightforward, and other times they can be quite complex.

Fortunately, The Foundation’s senior management team has the experience, depth and know-how to handle virtually any charitable planning issue that comes their way. Plus, with extensive resources at their disposal, they can provide you with ideas to address just about all your year-end planning needs.

Be sure to contact us before the year-end crunch so that we can best serve your needs.

The Foundation’s Senior Management team. (L-R) Marvin I. Schotland, President & CEO; Baruch Littman,VP, Development; Susan Mattisinko, General Counsel; Lewis Groner, Dir., Marketing & Communications; Amelia Xann,VP, Center for Designed Philanthropy; Dan Rothblatt, Senior VP, Philanthropic Services; Elliot Kristal,VP, Charitable Gift Planning; Mike Januzik, CFO/Senior VP, Finance & Administration.

Engaging Your Family in Philanthropy by Sharing Values & Giving Back

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n effective way to engage your children and grandchildren in meaningful philanthropy is to invite them to the table in your charitable decision-making process.You can even establish a Donor Advised Fund for each member of your family so that the next generations will be engaged in community and share your values of giving back. By doing so, each member of your family will experience firsthand the joy—and solemn responsibility—of strategizing about and distributing charitable assets to make a difference in the world.

As featured in the last issue of Legacy, Dorothy and Ozzie Goren, longtime pillars in our community, decided to leave a lasting legacy for their children and grandchildren by creating Donor Advised Funds for each one. Inspired by the Gorens’ story, Ed and Peggy Robin decided to follow in the footsteps of their dear friends, who they consider their role models. The Robins have also recently established Donor Advised Funds for their seven grandchildren. Read their story on p. 7.

A Donor Advised Fund can be established with only $5,000.What could be a more lasting and meaningful gift to your loved ones!

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Mail the enclosed card to us, call (323) 761-8704, or email hglynn@jewishfoundationla.org and we’ll be happy to address your inquiries.

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M A K I N G A N I M PA C T T O G E T H E R

The Center For Designed Philanthropy— Working With Donors And Nonprofits to Effect Positive Change

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any people want to play a role in improving our community and society, but oftentimes are uncertain about the best way to go about fulfilling these ambitions.

That’s where the Center for Designed Philanthropy comes in.

Its staff meets with donors and families to provide complimentary, consultative services to ensure their giving is meaningful and impactful.

“It’s a privilege to assist donors in realizing their charitable goals,” says Amelia Xann, vice president of the Center for Designed Philanthropy. Among the services provided by the Center for Designed Philanthropy are arranging site visits to nonprofit organizations, developing grant implementation plans with agreed upon milestone goals, and working with grant recipients to ensure appropriate evaluation strategies, timely receipt of grantee reports and donor recognition.

The Center is working to implement a wide range of donors’ philanthropic goals. For example, Foundation donor Dr. Leonard Lipman worked with the Center to structure a significant grant to establish The Leonard M. Lipman Diabetes Management Program at Venice Family Clinic. It will improve diabetes care by providing an additional Diabetes Nurse Practitioner, among other important resources, to the program. Further, Dr. Lipman was moved by the work of a local nonprofit that provides grief support services. The Center worked with him to facilitate his grant to Our House which will create a satellite grief support center for Spanish-speaking youth and families.

Whether you wish to explore new funding opportunities, engage your family members in philanthropy, or discover your philanthropic passions, the Center is here for you. Contact us at (323) 761-8705 or thecenter@jewishfoundationla.org.

Meet Naomi Strongin, Program Officer As a program officer for the Center for Designed Philanthropy, Naomi Strongin manages The Foundation’s institutional grants programs, including its Cutting Edge Grants, General Community Grants, Capital Grants and Israel Grants.

In this capacity, she provides technical support to grant applicants, assisting them with program development and evaluation.

“We seek to fund programs that address a specific need, that have the potential to make a significant impact, and that are sustainable,” she explained.

Naomi also assists family foundations with their grantmaking. “Thanks to our active involvement with many grantees, we are continuously expanding our knowledge about nonprofit organizations and their programs, which we use when working with donors,” she said.

For Naomi, who joined The Foundation in 2009, the opportunity to work with dedicated people is the most rewarding part of her job. “I am very impressed by how thoughtful our donors are about their grantmaking. Furthermore, the members of our grant committees take their role very seriously to ensure that dollars are being used to their greatest potential. Their dedication is a key reason why The Foundation is making such a significant impact on our community.”

NextGen Fellows Make an Impact in the Community

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he Foundation recently hosted an event spotlighting dynamic social entrepreneurs and emerging artists supported by Cutting Edge Grants. Eighteen fellows affiliated with PresenTenseLA and The Six Points Fellowship for Emerging Artists shared “fast-pitch” presentations and samples of their creative work. Each fellow is making an important impact on our local Jewish community and beyond with a unique brand of innovation, entrepreneurship and artistry.

The Six Points Fellowship for Emerging Artists uses popular culture as a powerful connector and a mechanism for strengthening Jewish identity among young unaffiliated Jews.

A 2010 Foundation Cutting Edge Grant launched the inaugural Six Points Los Angeles cohort of nine artists.

The Foundation also awarded The Jewish Federation a Cutting Edge Grant in 2012 for PresenTenseLA, which trains NextGen social entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs to launch new social ventures addressing the challenges facing our community.

Fellows from The Six Points Fellowship for Emerging Artists and PresenTenseLA have launched innovative programs to transform our community.

PresenTense Fellows and Their Projects

Six Points Fellows and Their Projects

Gabriel Botnick – Tekumah Rabbi Sara Brandes – Neshama Center and Mikvah Michal Brous – Sweets2Share Asher Gellis – JQ International Zack Lodmer – Om Shalom Yoga Avram Mandell – Tzedek America Project Rachelle Minteer – Jewish Recovery Services Sharona Motkin – Generous Spoonfuls Alisha Pedowitz – Step Up! Powered by BJE Impact Johannah Sohn – Virtual Israel Ashley Gleitman Waterman – Tell and Retell Jason Youdeem – 30 Years After Fellowship

MEDIA ARTS

Jessie Kahnweiler – Dude, Where’s my Chutzpah?

Sasha Perry – Untitled Paul Ratner – Moses on the Mesa

MUSIC

Tali Tadmor – Ella Fitzgeraldberg

PERFORMING ARTS

Kristen Smiarowski – Sleep, Staring, Well Yelena Zhelezov – PED XING VISUAL ARTS

Jonas Becker – 2x12 Will Deutsch – Notes from the Tribe Corrie Siegel – Cadastral Masorah

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INSPIRED PHILANTHROPY

Donor Profile: Peggy & Ed Robin

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fter decades of growing deep roots across the Los Angeles Jewish community and beyond, Peggy and Ed Robin have partnered with The Foundation to make a gift-of-a-lifetime, and it’s a wonderful surprise for the whole family.

Two Peas in a Pod “We started dating when I was a sophomore and he was a senior, and we never stopped!,” enthuses Peggy Robin of meeting her husband Ed at the University of Florida, Gainesville. They married soon after. Ed continues. “I was in law school at Duke University. Peggy supported us by working at the Neighborhood Youth Corps.” “We were poor,” Peggy adds, “but life was rich.”

Peggy & Ed Robin Ed’s extensive leadership in the community also includes helping to establish the North American Jewish Forum and chairing the national UJA Young Leadership Cabinet, and the Center for Policy Options, among others.

Donor Advised Funds—A Special Gift for Their Loved Ones

The Robin family (L-R): Top row: Rich & Nurit Robin, Peggy & Ed Robin, Nat & Jill (née Robin) Linhardt. Middle row: Daniel Linhardt, Jacob Linhardt, Sarah Linhardt, Max Linhardt, Heather Matheson.

Lower row:Yonit Robin, Eliana Robin, Maya Robin.

A Family Tradition of Community Engagement Peggy and Ed started their own family with deeply felt traditions from their upbringings. “Tzedakah and community were a part of life,” says Peggy, who grew up in a close-knit family in South Carolina. “I went to Hebrew school and Sunday school, and my parents were involved with Hadassah and Israel Bonds, among other Jewish organizations.”

Ed was raised in a Conservative Jewish home in Jacksonville, Florida.

“Our family had modest means,” recalls Ed, “but our parents were generous with their time and whatever resources they had.” Ed and Peggy lived these values that they learned from their parents as they were building their lives together. Ed and Peggy moved west in the 1960s. Peggy became a speech and language pathologist, which she continues part-time today. Ed went into business as a labor relations attorney. Today, he chairs NAS Insurance Services, a thriving insurance underwriting firm, which he helped establish.The Robins enjoy the nachas of having their two adult children, Rich and Jill, work in the family business.

The Robins’ dedication spans across a lifetime of community involvement. They have contributed countless hours, significant support, and invaluable thought leadership to a great many causes in the Jewish community locally, nationally and internationally. The couple is in their third decade of involvement with The Foundation, including several years of service on the Advisory Board. “Our family has benefited greatly from the community, and we want to give back,” says Ed of their lifelong philanthropy. “It’s a fundamental Jewish principle.”

Ed served as the chairman of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry from 2006-2008. Support of Jewish life in the region has been a passion of the Robins for decades, and Ed helped lead the Soviet Jewry movement, including co-chairmanship of Freedom Sunday in 1987, when 250,000 Americans gathered in Washington D.C. during the Reagan-Gorbachev summit. He and Peggy continue to travel and advocate on behalf of Jews in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic States and Eurasia.

Ed has served as vice chairman of the Board of The Jewish Federation and played many vital roles on behalf of the Federation over the years.

“Some of our best friends and experiences came from our philanthropic and community involvement,” Ed stated. “For example, Dorothy and Ozzie Goren are among our great role models and we give them a lot of credit for inspiring our work in the community,” they explained.

Last month, Peggy and Ed established Donor Advised Funds for each of their seven grandchildren, following in the footsteps of the Gorens who did the same for their family earlier this year. Both the Robins and the Gorens were motivated to leave a lasting legacy that will continue ‘l’dor vador’—from generation to generation.

As Peggy and Ed explain, “We agreed with our grandchildren that each would contribute some of their own money to the charitable funds we established for them.We’d like them to have both the joy and responsibility of choosing charities to support,” says Peggy.

“The best part was surprising our grandkids with their own Donor Advised Funds,” Peggy shared. Ed continued, “They asked very good questions about charitable giving, and they are excited to carry on what has been important to us in our lives.”

Peggy and Ed are filled with gratitude as they reflect on what they provided to their family through these funds.“Passing down material things is not as meaningful to us,” Ed summarizes.“We hope our grandchildren will use this valuable tool to find meaningful involvement with many causes, as well as friendships throughout their lives.”

What do Peggy and Ed’s grandchildren have to say about their new Donor Advised Funds?

“My grandparents’ gift of a Donor Advised Fund inspires me because tzedakah is important to them—it’s both a mitzvah, and is also very fulfilling. I hope to find the same fulfillment through my giving. Grandma and Zayde are ‘da best’!”

— Jake Linhardt, age 21, a senior at Berkeley “My grandparents have been fortunate in their lives, but they never forget about the less fortunate. They inspire us in continuing their generosity and I am so happy that together, we can help others.”

— Sarah Linhardt , age 20, a junior at CSUN “I admire and look up my grandparents so much, probably more than they know. I can only hope to be as altruistic as they are.”

— Daniel Linhardt, age 18, a freshman at NYU

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As I look beyond into the vast expanse of Jewish Los Angeles— as just one example—I see major construction projects reflecting enormous demand for Jewish engagement in education, spiritualism, culture and arts. But a few examples: ■ The recently inaugurated Herscher Hall and Guerin Pavilion at Skirball Cultural Center, the final piece of this magnificent 15-acre campus.

■ New Community Jewish High School’s state-of-the-art facility in West Hills which opened this fall with 500 students.

■ The recent major renovation of Wilshire Boulevard Temple that will serve not only its 7,500 congregants, but also as the hub of Jewish community life for rapidly growing East Side Jewish families.

■ The construction of Maimonides Academy’s 50,000-sqare-foot ultra-modern campus expansion in West L.A. to accommodate 360 students, scheduled to open in January 2015.

A downturn in Jewish affiliation, community engagement and growth? Not according to the facts on the ground in L.A. Quite the contrary: We have much to be grateful for and even more to be hopeful about regarding Jewish L.A.’s future.

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Chair

Lawrence Rauch President and CEO

Marvin I. Schotland Vice Presidents

Leah M. Bishop Anthony Chanin William R. Feiler Abby L.T. Feinman Harold J. Masor Eugene Stein Alan Stern Adlai W. Wertman Senior Vice President, Philanthropic Services

Dan Rothblatt CFO/Senior Vice President, Finance & Administration

Michael J. Januzik Vice President, Charitable Gift Planning

Elliot B. Kristal Vice President, Development

Baruch S. Littman

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