Donations

If you are making a donation to more than one fund, please write a separate check for each donation.

If you would like to make a donation to a Temple or Sisterhood fund, please mail your check to Temple Israel and tell us to whom you would like a card to be sent.

Donations to a Sisterhood fund (Care Committee, Floral Fund or Y.E.S. Fund), should be made payable to Temple Israel Sisterhood with a note on the memo line telling us which fund the donation is for.

Donations to the Temple Israel Social Action Fund should be made payable to that fund.

Donations to the Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund should be made payable to that fund. All donations made to this fund will be disbursed for one purpose: to help Temple members in financial distress.

Unrestricted donations or those to the Temple Israel Library or to the Reba and Charles Cohen Children’s Library should be made payable to Temple Israel.

Would you like to sponsor an Oneg Shabbat reception?

Following our Shabbat service we gather for an Oneg reception to celebrate the “Joy of Sabbath”.*

We encourage you to sponsor an Oneg by reserving a date with the House Committee. You may prepare and/or purchase the food yourself or cover the cost and let us do the shopping.

Challah, wine, and juice, as well as tea and coffee, are provided by the Congregation.

Would you like to sponsor Shabbat flowers for the bimah?

You may sponsor the flowers on the bimah by contacting Betty Stern to reserve a date. The cost of sponsorship is $40 by check made payable to Temple Israel Sisterhood. Please note: we don’t have flowers at summer services.

Local Partners in Social Action

Temple Israel partners with several charities serving the Kanawha Valley. We are founding members of

  • The Religious Coalition for Community Renewal (RCCR), which develops projects and programs to identify, address, and overcome obstacles that keep people from decent, affordable housing.
  • Covenant House, which helps people with the fewest resources meet their basic needs: food, clothing, and shelter.
  • Manna Meal, which serves two meals a day (breakfast & lunch), 365 days a year, to individuals and families that include the homeless, mentally challenged, and under-employed workers, as well as people who simply cannot make ends meet.

Temple Israel Sisterhood supports the YWCA of Charleston’s Sojourner’s Shelter for Women and Families.

Temple Israel is a member of Kanawha Valley Interfaith Council.