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A Culture of Philanthropy at TBS

Temple Beth Shalom’s funds empower meaningful work across our community in areas of temple life that may resonate with you and have a valuable impact on the many people, programs and experiences we support. 

Donate to a Fund Today!

Annual Fund

The Annual Fund is a lifeline that sustains our operations and outreach efforts all year. It is a commitment that allows us to carefully plan and execute programs, maintain our beautiful facility, and foster meaningful connections within our congregation. Every dollar raised in the Annual Fund helps TBS continue to strengthen and evolve our community, enhance our staffing needs, create innovative programming, and so much more. The Annual Fund strengthens TBS and makes possible all that we do each and every year. Donate to the Annual Fund.

Being Jewish in America Fund

This fund is used to provide special programmatic opportunities for our teens, specifically those that expose our teens to Jewish American voices of leadership or cultural endeavors.

Chesed Fund

Supports the “chesed” (“compassionate outreach”) needs of our community during times of illness and loss, as well as in celebration of joyous occasions.

Children’s Center Fund

This fund is used to support the programmatic and capital endeavors of our Children’s Center.

Elementary Education Fund

This fund is used to support the programmatic and capital endeavors for children in grades K-5.

Emergency Relief Fund

This fund was established at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to help sustain our members and community through the economic hardships brought on by the pandemic. It continues to be a vital fund to meet those needs.

Families with Young Children Fund

This fund supports community, holiday, and educational programs for young children and their families.

Library Fund

This fund helps to maintain and supply our TBS Library with outstanding books, texts, and other essential resources.

Music Fund

This fund provides music for the enrichment of Shabbat and Holiday Services and helps provide special music programs throughout the year.

Oneg Fund

This fund is used to ensure delicious refreshments at all TBS community pre-service and post-service gatherings.

Prayer Book Fund

This fund supports our upkeep and purchase of prayer books for our community. Donate in any amount, or if you would like to dedicate a prayer book please contact us for more information.

Refugee Resettlement Fund

This fund provides support for refugees in crisis across the globe. Contributions to the TBS Refugee Resettlement Fund support refugees resettling in the Boston/Needham area, provide aid for refugees around the world through financial support from global organizations, create opportunities for activism, purchase supplies sent to refugee camps and support organizations, and other refugee aid endeavors.

Safety and Security Fund

This fund is used to sustain and enhance all hardware, programs, and protocols that ensure our community’s safety and security.

Sanctuary and Worship Fund

This fund is used to help sustain the beauty and proper use of our Sanctuary and Beit Midrash.

Sanctuary Flower Fund

This fund, utilized mostly by our Beth Shalom Garden Club, ensures that beautiful flowers adorn our bima on Shabbat and during holidays and are available for special programs throughout the year.

Tikkun Olam Fund

This fund supports all activities by the TBS community that work towards helping to achieve a just, compassionate, and peaceful society.

Torah Commentary Fund

This fund supports our upkeep and purchase of Torah Commentaries for our community. Donate in any amount, or if you would like to dedicate a Torah Commentary please click here for more information.

Youth Education Fund

This fund is used to support the programmatic and capital endeavors for children in grades 6-12.

Named Funds

Jerry Arransky Passport to Israel Fund

This fund supports the Passport to Israel program which helps to fund trips to Israel for Temple Beth Shalom high school students.

Dr. Ted Chamberlain Interfaith Fellowship Fund

Chamberlain Interfaith Fellowship was established by David and Sydney Feldman in memory of a beloved friend, Dr. Ted Chamberlain. The program builds bridges of understanding between the Jewish and Christian communities. In partnership with Eastern University in Philadelphia, the Chamberlain Interfaith Fellowship program annually brings together four TBS high school students and four college students from Eastern for a year-long immersive experience learning about the educational, spiritual, and relational aspects of both Judaism and Christianity.

Feldman Community Outreach Fund

This fund is used to support strong interfaith relationships between the TBS community and those in the community at large. These efforts include but are not limited to the support of Project Ezra (our annual Christmas Dinner program) and the Chamberlain Interfaith Fellowship program.

Gersten-Hoisington Scholar in Residence Fund
This fund has been established in loving memory of Shirley Gersten-Hoisington and Sumner Hoisington. As Shirley and Sumner were deeply dedicated to the Temple Beth Shalom community and adult learning in particular, this fund helps to support Temple Beth Shalom’s annual hosting of an outstanding guest scholar or presenter as part of a weekend program.

S. David Goldberg Memorial Fund

This is a named general fund of the Temple.

Irma and Kivi Grebber Memorial Fund

This fund provides children who are members of the Temple community scholarship assistance to help them attend a Jewish camp, a special Jewish educational program, or participate in a trip to Israel.

Patti and Louis Grossman Education Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarship funds for our TBS learning programs (formal and informal education – preschool through high school) to families experiencing financial hardship.

Richard Todd Sacks Lifelong Jewish Learning Fund

This fund supports adult learning seminars, classes, and activities sponsored by TBS.

Ned Saltzberg Memorial Fund

This fund is used to subsidize special activities and field trips for students in grades K-5.

Amy Sanker Kappel Memorial Fund

Funds are used to provide an outstanding special program experience for children/teens who participate in our TBS congregational trips to Israel.

Marjorie Silver Camp Fund

This fund helps TBS families with financial need send their children to Jewish overnight summer camp. Created in loving memory of Marjorie Silver by her family, this fund celebrates the important role overnight summer camp played in Margie’s life growing up and continues to play in Jim’s and Margie’s family to this day. In their words: “The goal of this fund is to have as many Jewish children develop their own friendships, memories, and ideals through camping which they may carry forward through their own lives.”

Michael Sockol Jewish Writers Fund

The Michael Sockol Jewish Writers Fund enables TBS to invite outstanding writers to our community so that they might share their writing with adults and youth.

K-12 Logistics & Administration Coordinator

K-12 Logistics & Administration Coordinator

Temple Beth Shalom is seeking a warm, detail-oriented, collaborative problem-solver to be our next K-12 Logistics and Communications Coordinator. The position will begin on May 1, 2025.

ABOUT TBS K-12 LEARNING PROGRAMS

TBS offers a rich and robust selection of afternoon Jewish learning programs for about 675 children in grades K-12. It is our version of what is often called “religious school” in other communities, but it is a completely different approach to learning in a congregational setting. Our curriculum is built on the twin pillars of “Deep Relationships” and “Deep Learning.” Learn more about K-12 programs at tbslearning.org.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The K-12 Logistics and Administrations Coordinator (LAC) works in close partnership with our K-12 Leadership Team and faculty to bring to life our vision for excellence in learning. The K-12 LAC is a critical part of the team, tying together all of the logistical and administrative details that keep things humming and thriving. 

Responsibilities:

The K-12 LAC is responsible for transportation management, communication, daily administrative tasks, scheduling, event logistics, organizing supplies and equipment, maintaining systems for attendance and dismissal, and more. The K-12 LAC also works closely with the TBS Kitchen Manager on daily food service for children. Details about individual responsibilities may be provided upon request.

Schedule:

During the school year (September to June), the hours for this position are Monday-Friday, 10:00 am-6:30 pm. There is some flexibility with this schedule during the summer months (July-August). Our desired start date is May 5, 2025.

Salary and Benefits:

Salary range is $55,000-58,000 per year. TBS offers generous benefits for full-time employees, including medical insurance, dental insurance, retirement contributions, flexible spending plans.

ABOUT YOU

If the following statements describe you, you are a great fit for this role!

You possess exceptional executive functioning skills and the ability to prioritize multiple projects and tasks. You create and easily work within structures, processes, and procedures that help people do their best work. You are detail oriented and diligent.

You are an unflappable problem solver, who calmly and confidently navigates challenges. You exercise good judgment and are able to make decisions both independently and collaboratively. You are able to shift gears quickly, assess what needs to be done, and bring a “get it done” attitude, with the ability to stay focused and nimble in a dynamic environment.

You are an excellent collaborator and team player. You are eager to partner with and learn from colleagues. You thrive in an environment that values learning, relationships, collaboration, and joy. You are flexible, adaptive, authentic, confident, and humble. 

You are an effective communicator and relationship builder with children, teens, and adults. You easily develop rapport and inspire trust. You have a warm, energetic, and authentic personality that translates to building lasting relationships. You are joyful, present, and relaxed with children. 

You are a reflective, emotionally intelligent learner. You are self-aware and seek to learn and refine your skills. You are eager for feedback and engage in your own ongoing reflective practices. You recognize your own emotions and are able to engage with them in healthy ways.

You resonate deeply with Temple Beth Shalom’s mission and values. You are motivated and inspired to be part of a warm, vibrant, and diverse Jewish community and close-knit, hard-working professional team. 

You are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. You model anti-bias practices and cultural sensitivity. You are excited to be part of a community that is diverse by age, family make-up, religious background, ethnicity, gender identity, and sexual orientation. 

You are able to participate physically in an active learning community. This includes hearing and speaking to exchange information in person and by phone; seeing to read and prepare documents, monitor children for safety, and perform assigned duties; sitting or standing for extended periods of time; dexterity of hands and fingers to operate tools and equipment; kneeling, stooping, bending at the waist, and reaching overhead, above the shoulders and horizontally, to retrieve and store supplies; occasionally lifting moderate weight objects.

To apply, please email a cover letter and resume to Rachel Happel, Senior Director of Learning and Engagement, at rhappel@tbsneedham.org.

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