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Donations
MAKING DONATIONS TO AJ
Every dollar donated to AJ goes towards strengthening our community and is tremendously appreciated. Whether you are honoring a friend or loved one, celebrating a simcha or expressing thanks, we have many funds for you to choose from to support AJ.
For all funds, you may pay online, by mail, or in person. If instead, you would like your donation added to your synagogue bill, there is a $20 minimum donation. To add your donation to your synagogue bill, call the office at 215.635.6611, or click here to send an email to the AJ office.
Please note: you must use a separate form for each donation you wish to make, and they will need to be paid for separately.
AJ's Funds are described below. Click here to donate to any of these funds.
Education Fund
Donations to the Education Fund help support many of our engaging adult and youth educational programs. For this fund, there is a $10 minimum donation.
Hazzan’s Discretionary Fund
Donations to the Hazzan’s Discretionary Fund are used towards programs, needs or projects as determined by AJ’s hazzan. For this fund, there is a $10 minimum donation.
Hebraic Arts Fund
Donations to the Hebraic Arts Fund are used towards musical programming. For this fund, there is a $10 minimum donation.
Humash Etz Chaim Fund
This is the humash used at AJ. You can dedicate this in honor/memory with a book plate in the humash. For this fund, there is a $72 minimum donation.
Jewish Summer Camp Fund
Summer Camp is expensive, and Jewish Summer Camp is one of the best ways to instill a sense of Jewish pride and identity in our youth. This fund helps AJ subsidize those in need. For this fund, there is a $20 minimum donation.
Joy Fund
Donations to the Joy Fund can be made for a variety of reasons: in honor of a bar/bat mitzvah, wedding, engagement, anniversary, refuah shelaimah get well soon), courtesies extended and more. Like the Memorial Fund, these dollars help support a variety of activities at AJ. For this fund, there is a $10 minimum donation.
Memorial Fund
Donations to the Memorial Fund in memory of a loved one provide funding for the enhancement of AJ in a variety of ways. For this fund, there is a $10 minimum donation.
Morning Minyan Breakfast Fund
Donations to the Morning Minyan Breakfast Fund go towards providing a breakfast for everyone who attends morning minyan. For this fund, there is a $10 minimum donation.
Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
Donations to the Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund are used towards programs, needs or projects as determined by AJ’s rabbi. For this fund, there is a $25 minimum donation.
Seder Avodah is AJ’s unique prayer book. You can dedicate a prayer book in honor/memory with a book plate in the prayer book. For this fund, there is a fixed donation of $36.
A Tamhui was the Jewish version of a soup kitchen. We’re repurposing the Tamhui to provide funds for food and meals for those in a temporary crunch. For this fund, there is a $10 minimum donation.
Volunteer Choir Fund
Donations to the Volunteers Chorus Fund help with our musical programming and performances. For this fund, there is a $10 minimum donation.
The Funds of the Congregation’s Torah
Donations to the Congregation’s Torah are a unique opportunity to help fund AJ’s Endowment to ensure the future of the Congregation while celebrating a special occasion or remembering a loved one. Each donation is added to the commemorative documents in the Congregation’s Torah display case outside of the Strauss Chapel. All donations that have been made in past years related to the week’s Torah portion (Parashat Hashavua) are reprinted on the center panel of the inside of the pew pamphlet. To donate to the congregation's Torah, please call the synagogue office at 215.635.6611.
Pasuk (a verse of Torah)...............$150
Aliyah (each section of a weekly portion)...............$250
Patriarchs, Matriarchs, Biblical Symbols, Names...............$500
Maftir (final aliyah each week)...............$1,000
Parasha (weekly reading)...............$2,500
Favorite Torah Story...............$3,600