Elul 5782/Tishri 5783 • September 2022
Jewish Senior Services announces significant community grants
Etz Chayim, Hillel, Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo, and Temple Shomer Emunim. The funds will be paid to the organizations in two installments, $50,000 this September and $50,000 next September. These grants are being made to benefit the community at large by supporting the communities’constituent organizations, each of which plays a unique and important role in the vitality of Jewish life. JSS hopes that these distributions will be used by the grantees to further each organizations mission with programs and services that benefit the communities that they uniquely serve. The recipients are encouraged, but not required, to use the funds in ways that are innovative or in support of new initiatives or ideas that have not been pursued because of a prior lack of funding. These grants are without strings or formal requirements. Instead, it is requested recipients share with the community how the funds will be used, and the distributions be received and used in a spirit of k’lal Yisrael, an understanding that all of Israel is responsible one for another—kol Yisrael arevim zeh lazeh.
Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo Annual Meeting
More than 100 Jewish Toledo community members attended the Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo Annual Meeting 2022 last month at Temple Shomer Emunim, gathering for an elegant dinner followed by a business meeting, presentation of awards, and a Jewish Senior Services Community Announcement of generous funding to multiple Jewish Toledo organizations (stay tuned for more information on this wonderful opportunity). Thank you to all who joined us. Jewish Toledo is a reflection of all of you, and we can't wait for all that is to come in our vibrant community.
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Jewish Senior Services ( JSS) formerly owned Pelham Manor, which was a federally subsidized housing building managed by the Jewish Federation. The property was built and maintained without community funds. The funds to build it were borrowed and repaid. In 2019, JSS sold Pelham Manor and realized approximately $2.5 million dollars. JSS placed those funds with the Toledo Jewish Community Foundation and set about deciding what should be done with the money. In 2021, JSS approved a distribution of $700,000 to the Toledo Jewish Community Cemetery Association to help ensure its financial future. After that distribution, JSS continued to explore how to best use the remaining sale proceeds. Ultimately, JSS decided it would be best to provide significant resources to the community’s primary institutions to let them pursue their own visions. At the recent Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo ( JFGT) Annual Meeting, it was announced that six $100,000 grants will be made to Chabad of Toledo, Congregation B’nai Israel, Congregation