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This special edition of Chai Lines comes to you on 08.08.2022. No matter how you read the date of 08.08 - August 8th or the 8th of August...

It is easy to see that 08 turned upside down is 80. That is why we have chosen today to celebrate Torah Fund’s 80th birthday and 80 years of supporting our future rabbis, cantors, scholars, and educators. 

Turn that 8 on its side and it looks a lot like the symbol for infinity. Isn’t that the goal of Torah Fund – to ensure support in perpetuity for our students at the five institutions of high learning we support?

Our 2022-2023 Chazak v’Ematz Torah Fund Campaign supports scholarships and programming at The Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles, Schechter Institutes of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, Seminario Rabinico Latinoamericano in Buenos Aires, and Zacharias Frankel College in Potsdam. You can help strengthen Jewish education and ensure the vibrancy of the Jewish people for decades to come, with your gift to Torah Fund.

Will you join the 80th birthday party? While all donors are being requested to go above and beyond their usual donations, we know that an additional $80 can be a big reach. So, let’s band together and show our support in whatever way we each can!

Of course, $80 would be great, but if not $80, will you make a donation of $8? Or $16? Or $32? Or $40? You get the idea. Give what you can, when you can. If our region’s donors give even an additional small amount, INR will be showing our support of Torah Fund’s 80th birthday. 

In the US...

go to the online donation page:

https://inspired.jtsa.edu/give/314821/#!/donation/checkout

Select your donation amount.

Check the box to donate $80.00 for 80 years. (Or your chosen donation amount.)

Complete the form and select your method of payment.

In Canada...

go to the online donation page:

https://torahfundecards.jtsa.edu/canadian/

Select a card to send to a friend or family member & follow the instructions.

Choose $80 as a donation. (Or your chosen donation amount.)

Make your payment.

In the US...

Make your check payable to Torah Fund. Please write "for 80 Years" on the memo line. Give that check to your local Torah Fund Chair.

or mail to:

Linda Boxer

6 Village Gate Court

Buffalo NY 14221

You may make your annual gift at the same time, but please issue two separate checks – one for your annual donation and one for the 80th birthday. This will be appreciated!

In Canada...

Make your cheque payable to Jewish Theological Society. Please write "for 80 Years" on the memo line. Give that cheque to your local Torah Fund Chair.

or mail to:

Jewish Theological Society

100 Elder Street

Toronto, Ontario M3H 5G7

You may make your annual gift at the same time, but please issue two separate cheques – one for your annual donation and one for the 80th birthday. This will be appreciated!

And.... please do not forget the following important step if you are sending a check/cheque...

Please complete this special transmittal form below, and submit it with your check/cheque, to ensure your local affiliate/sisterhood will get credit for your donation for INR’s Chazak v’Ematz 2022-23 Campaign:

A few final thoughts...

80 years ago the world was in the midst of World War II. Despite the grim times, the members of Women’s League for Conservative Judaism looked forward and started a fund to help the students at the Jewish Theological Seminary. In 1942, there was one school. Now, in 2022, there are five institutions of higher learning. The world today is, again, one filled with uncertainty, but we forge ahead, confident that we will sustain our students. Torah Fund is the dedicated tzedakah of Women’s League. Your support, large or small, is important as we show strength and courage, Chazak v’Ematz. Thank you for all you do to support the students.

Thank You, Merci, Todah Rabah!

Linda Boxer

INR Torah Fund VP

INRTorahFund@gmail.com

Rita Wertlieb and Margie Miller, Co-Chairs of Torah Fund 80th Celebration, have some suggestions for celebrating 80 years of Torah Fund:

We ask every member of Women’s League to increase her level of giving by $80 during the 2022 - 2023 campaign year. We all know these are challenging times. The need is still great and constant at our five institutions of higher Jewish learning. The giving levels to receive your Torah fund pin have not changed for two decades. During this 80th anniversary, please, add to your donation so that we may continue to support future rabbis, cantors, educators and scholars for decades to come.

How to save for the extra $80? Some suggestions:

• Affiliate craft project – create tzedakah boxes specifically for the 80th

        anniversary to collect your money toward your plus $80 donation.

• After you light your candles each night of Chanukah, put $10 in your tzedakah box. At the end of the holiday, you’ll be able to give your $80 gift to Torah Fund.
• Put $10 in your tzedakah box for each day of Pesach.
• Over the next 80 weeks, put $1 in your tzedakah box before you light your Shabbat candles.
• Collect $1 from 80 affiliate/sisterhood members and gift $80 from your affiliate.
• Put $0.80 in your tzedakah box for 100 days, then donate the $80 you’ve saved.
• Put $0.25 in your tzedakah box for 320 days, then donate the $80 you’ve saved.

Let’s start together with our Plus 80 for 80 Year campaign and honor this amazing milestone.

Thank You!

And - As we talk about perpetual support, please think about joining the Torah Fund Legacy Society....

INR of Women's League for Conservative Judaism