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MANY WAYS TO HELP
With your support, we are able to give hope and make a critical difference in the lives of the more than 3,500 people we serve and support annually. We offer a variety of ways to help, from a cash gift now to volunteering to estate planning.

Do lasting good in our community by enriching the lives of those who are vulnerable and struggling. There are many ways to use your talent, time and resources to support JFS from sharing our Facebook posts to creating a legacy gift. JFS is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
Thank you to all of our 2019 donors!
$25,000+
Harvey Braufman
Jewish Federations of North America
Minnesota Department of Human Services
Otto Bremer Trust
St. Paul Jewish Federation
$10,000-$24,999
Dr. Jimmy & Stephanie Levine
Lockridge Grindal Nauen
Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation
$5,000-$9,999
BOND
Charles Schwab
Charlie Nauen & Pati Jo Pofahl
Mary Dinerstein Endowment Fund
Robert Mersky
Tom & Deb Frishberg
$2,500-$4,999
Anonymous
Dr. Arnold & Judy Brier
Dr. Irving & Gwen Lerner
Fidelity Charitable
Mairs and Power
Mildred Miller
Minneapolis Foundation
Ronald J Smith and Diane K Aves
Sharon Benmaman & John Allen
Steve & Rita Levin
Whirlwind Clean and Green
$1,000-$2,500
3M Foundation
American Endowment Organization
Ameriprise Financial Inc.
Anonymous
Barry R. & Rena Glaser
Beth & Todd Johnson
Bob Baldinger
Bruce & Annie Matza
Bruce I. and Cindy G. Idelkope
Connie Ross
Dan & Myndal Davis Silver
David & Dede Smith
Deb Fineman & Rich Soule
Debbie Vertelney
Don & Rhoda Mains
Donald Greenebaum Jr. & Beth Honetschlager
Dr. Daniel & Pamela Weisdorf
Dr. David Wark & Mary Ann Barrows Wark
Ethel Smith
Fred & Karen Gordon
Harriet Levy
Harris Company
Hodroff-Epstein Memorial Chapels
Joanne Messerly
Jodi & Dan Saltzman
Jon & Robin Parritz
Kate Searls & Daniel Rybeck
Luciano & Adriana Kolodny
Mark & Alison Savin
Marvin J. Pertzik Foundation
Michael & Susan Minsberg
Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians
Mitzi & Rich Gramling
Morgan Stanley
Mutual of America
Nancy Karasov
Parritz Family Charitable Fund
Pastor David Holm Chaplain, Senior Care Communities, Inc.
Paul & Lisa Dorn
Paul & Patty Gust
Paul Kaufman & Pat Hayes
Phillip and Susan Fantle
Richard & Rossy Shaller Family Foundation
Roger & Jennifer Kramer
Ruth Strauss
Steve & Ruth Abrahamson
Steve Shafer
Stuart & Lynne Sanders
The Merck Foundation
Vanguard Charitable
$500-$999
Alan Milavetz & Bonnie Resnick
Allen & Nancy Levine
Andy Rapoport
Anita Dinerstein
Avrom Brendzel & Ida Dreyfus
Bernie & Deb Weiss
Beth Jacob Congregation
Bremer Bank
Brian & Enrica Zaidman
Brian & Sandy Kamin
Brodie Family
Bruce Noyes
Carol Shapiro
Daniel & Susan Levey
David & Ruth Waterbury
David Feinberg
Diane Hallock
Dr. Jeffrey & Debra Kohen
Drs. Aaron Milbank & Amelia Burgess
Drs. Leslie Hahn and Merrill Biel
Ecolab Foundation
Eric Galatz and Lisa Tiegel
Esti Koen & Andrew Meltzer
Gary Steinman
Helen Adler
Ira & Peggy Kipp
Jeffrey and Debra Kohen Fund
Jeremy R. and Gabrielle H. Minkus
Jerry Helfand & Joan Cleary
Joe & Sandy Wolkowicz
Joel Paper & Rachael Goldberger
Leon & Yolla Levitt
Leonard & Cookie Mastbaum
Lisa Cohen & Amy Jacobson
Lisa Silverberg and Grey Staples
Mark & Elaine Adelman
Mark Usem & Lynn Mandle Usem
Marsha Zimmerman
Melanie M. S. Baumhover
Mendota Heights Volunteer Firemen’s Relief Association
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Michael & Jennifer Wall
Minneapolis Jewish Federation
Neil & Nancy Fink
Neil & Susan Moses-Zirkes
Paster Properties
Paul & Jennifer Bagdade
Philip Halfond
Rabbi Lynn C. Liberman & Elizabeth Barnard
Richard & Joan Newmark
Richard Markovitz
Robert Steinman Charitable Foundation
Ron & Phyllis Ettinger
Ruth Rischall Endowment Fund
Steve & Michelle Shaller
Steve & Wendy Baldinger
Steven Lowenthal
Stewart & Jamie Shacter
Susan Cobin
Ted & Jackie Flaum
VDAC (Vehicle Donation to Any Charity) America’s Best Charities
Will Thomas & Cynthia Launer
$250-$499
Alan & Elisa Bernick
Alex Treitler
Anita Lurye-Silver
Anne Geisser
B Kyle, St. Paul Chamber of Commerce
Barbara Hirsekorn
Ben and Joan Rischall
Bill and Susan Robiner
Bob & Jennifer Kaplan
Bob & Sandy Loewenstein
Bonnie & Al (z”l) Abrahamson
Carla Grosmann
Charitable Adult Rides & Services (CARS), Inc.
Charles & Susan Ward
Chris Kellogg & Jack Leveille
Church of St. Timothy
Daniel & Carolyn Kleinberger
Daniel & Emily Shapiro
David & Sheila Brod
David Knapp & Yasmine Moideen
David Wolkowicz
Dick Van Deusen & Marjorie Sigel
Dr. Brian M. & Judith Krasnow
Dr. Jim & Joanne Smith
Dr. Katherine Guthrie
Dr. Mitchell Wittenberg & Jaine Strauss
Dr. Paul & Rhoda Redleaf
Dr. Rick & Diane Smookler
Dr. Robert & Linda Perry
Dr. Sheldon Berkowitz & Carolyn Levy
Elaine Steinman
Harold & Judy Kuller
Henry & Janice Snyder
Howard & Karen Gochberg
Hennion & Walsh, Inc.
Janet Kampf
Jason & Jacy Grais
Jeff Natzke and John Frisk
Jewish Community Relations Council
Joanie Levey
Joe & Adela Peskorz
Joe & Jane Goldberger
Jonathan & Becca Kvasnik
Julie Wagner
Katherine and Kevin Schill
Kyle & Nathan Luebke
Lee Litman
Linda Alter
Loren & Rosie Geller
Louis & Janice Leichter
Mall of America
Margie & Larry Solomon
Mark Fellman & Robin Caplan
Michael Niedorf
Mike & Stacy Dockman
Morgan MacBain
Nancy Flynn
Network For Good
Nicolas & Jennifer Strauss-Klein
Peter Douglas & Anne Strasser
Phil & Renae Goldman
Rabbi Adam & Cantor Rachel Stock Spilker
Rabbi Esther Adler & Rob Lebowitz
Randi Roth
Rebecca Glass
Redpath and Company
Richard and Nancy Dana
Ross Kahn
Ruth and David Olkon
Ruth Ann Rose
Sally and Charles Jorgensen
Scott Bunin
Stuart & Martha Schmitz
Stuart Appelbaum & Jean King
Stuart Management Corporation, Wellington Activities
Sue Tobachnik and Arnie Berman
Susan Siegfried
The Ben and Joan Rischall Family Fund
The Family of Fred Hirsekorn
Thomson Reuters
Tim & Sheila Gothmann
Tom & Janine Braman
Troy Beugen
Vladimir Frolov
Warren & Susanne Cohen
Yelena Abramovich
$100-$249
Alla Haspel
Allan & Helen Rossman
Amy & Jeff Alch
Anita Raymond
Anne Rizzo-Donovan
Annette and Victor Sandler
Arlene Alm
Aurora on France
Barbara L. Harris & Madeline B. Harris
Barbara Winthrop
Barbie Levine & Sara Lynn Newberger
Bea Roitman Johnson
Ben & Bree Axelrod
Benjamin Silberglitt
Bert Kritzer
Betsy and Pola Rest
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Bonnie Jaffe
Brad & Carolyn Borow Moore
Brian & Laura Millberg
Burt & Lucille Garr
Casey Gores
Catherine and Richard Girgenti
Chaplain Shawn Latourelle
Charles & Maureen Davidson
Charles & Terri Stander
Charles Anderson & Jeri Glick-Anderson
Charles Levine & Marjorie Dana-Levine
Charlie & Dina Goodman
Chris & Vic Rosenthal
Cino Adelson
Cliff & Donna Cohen
Dan & Denise Jacobus
Dan & Gilda Gieske
Dan Haupt
Dan Rischall
David & Laura Honan
David & Theresa Glaser
Deborah Brown
Deborah Evans
Debra Krawetz
Devora Molitor
Donald & Marjorie Frishberg
Dori Denelle
Doug Moses & Leah Goldstein Moses
Dr. Elliott & Cheryl Francke
Dr. Larry & Sue Savett
Dr. Mitchell & Sally Rubinstein
Dr. Paul & Karen Schanfield
Dr. Rick Brody & Margaret Flynn
Drs. David Rischall & Flora Soumekh
Dudley Flamm
Dylan & Marcia Woods-Weisman
Ed & Sandy Abramson
Elaine Dufresne
Elizabeth Alpert
Ellen Mack & Tom Bates
Ellen Seesel
Ellen T and Peter C Brown
Eric & JoAnn Pasternack
Erika Lefton
Euan & Jane Kerr
Fred Dulles and Cathy Jordan
Gary & Jane Smith
Gary Thomsen
Geoff & Jennifer Mason
Giulia Girgenti
Haddie Derechin
Harry & Nina Rosefelt
Howard Mironov & Janet Dubinsky
Howard Tomar & Judy Smith
Irina & Mikhail Margolin
Jack & Bobbi Schribman
Jacque Olson
James & Karen Forman
James & Robin Lackner
James Bakke
James Liston & Dr. Sandra Rosenberg
Jay & Karen Rosen
Jay Krasnow
Jean Witson
Jeff & Barb Skochil
Jeff Prauer & Barb Grossman
Jeff Winston
Jeffrey & Katherine Tane
Jeffrey and Judith Gelfand
Jim & Sandy Rutzick
Joanna Lowinger
Joel Glaser and Jethra Kapp
John and Norma Davidson
Judge Richard & Liz Spicer
Julia Wayne
Julienne Applebaum
Karen Hessel and Isaac Rischall
Karen Hites
Katherine Gay Hadley
Kent & Karen Simon
Kevin & Lisa Walker
Kim Ross
Leah Krawetz
Lee Sperling
Len & Joyce Levitan
Leslie Martin
Lori Vanderhider
Luba Royzenfeld
Lyngblomsten Foundation
Maggie Matz
Margo Crouch
Mark & Inna Milstein
Mark & Jill Cohen
Mark and Melissa Hortman
Mark Ratner and Marci Frost
Martin & Ellen Sampson
Marvin Pertzik
Maya Levine
Metro Sales
Michael & Erin Waldman
Michael Katzman
Michael Zaslofsky & Mary Van Slyke-Zaslofsky
Mike Rust
Miles & Linda Braufman
Mindy Geisser
Molly Kitching
Mt. Zion Temple
Naomi Perman
Nathan & Barb Paradise
Neal & Susan Shapiro
Olga Kazarina-Margolina
Pam and Jeffrey Orren
Patricia Rogin Pearson
Paul & Lois Bloomberg
Phillip Cohen & Mary Youle
Phillip Geller & Nancy Goldstein
Phyllis Long
Ray Conroe & Maureen Shannon
Raymond Phillips
Renaissance Charitable Foundation
Richard Epstein & Melissa Weisman
Robert Karon
Robert Zelle
Ronald Krank
Ronny & Sandra Loew
Sally Lorberbaum
Scott & Sheri Yarosh
Serene Engler and Phil Marks
Sergei Shvetzoff
Sharyn E. Pesses
Sheldon & Dee Finver
Sherm & Jan Ringer
Shirley Kulevsky
Sophie Frishberg
Stephen Gordon & Pat Gavan-Gordon
Steve & Barb Godes
Steve & Gail Brand
Steve & Stephanie Greenstein
Stuart & Phyllis Goldbarg
Stuart Bear & Marsha Schoenkin
Susan Saxl and Robert Kramer
Susan Watchman
Tammy Pettigrew
Ted & Elaine Kvasnik
Thomas & Vicki Hurwitz
Tim & Wendy Oskey
Tim Rumsey & Rosemary Reger-Rumsey
Tom & Sue Stillman
Tom Kigin & Donna Avery Kigin
US Bank
Vadim Lender
Valerie Pace
Walter & Lois Baum
William Leo Tilton
Wyman Spano & Marcia Avner
Yakov & Anna Estraykh
Yuriy & Irina Natarius
$1-$99
Aaron Rosenthal
Adam Garen and Alison Brueggemann
Agnes Pilko
Agnes Trouche
Alana and Thomas Petersen
Alden Hoffman
Alexander Amnuel & Stephanie Lonetti
Alla Valdberg
Allan & Kathy Share
Allison Roba
Amazon Smile
Amy Ariel & Liddy Rich
Amy Farber
Amy Susman-Stillman
Anatoliy Shapiro
Andy & Judy Halper
Anna Spektor
Anna Zelenyuk
Anne Stevens
Annette Larson
April M. Shaw
Arkadiy Sokolovskiy
Arnold Usem
Aron & Ellen Rolnitzky
Arthur T. Himmelman
Avi-Natan Zadaka and Jenna Basman Zadaka
Barbara Frank
Barbara Kaster
Barbara S. Levie
Barbara Sarapas
Barry C. Rosenman
Barry Greenwald
Batya Spector
Bernice Bernick
Bernie Miller
Bert & Anna Walter
Bert & Rosalyn Strimling
Betty Baumgarten
Beverly Flaum
Bill & Mary Lerman
Bill Lauer and Pam Winthrop Lauer
Brian Serle
Bruce & Julie Cohen
Bruce Kessler
Bruno Chaouat & Monica Kelly
Carol Ahlquist
Carol Gurstelle
Carol Whitman
Cary Libman
Charlie & Sally Bans
Cheryl Anderson
Dale E Grossman
Dan & Nancy Klausner
Dan Kantar
David & Margo Fox
David & Rochelle Rottenberg
David Milavetz
David Porter
David Stamps
Davida Alperin & Rabbi Sharon Stiefel
Dede Wolfson
Dianne Siegel
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Dora & Mark Lender
Doug Lemons
Dr. Barry & Janice Godes
Dr. Erwin Farkas
Dr. Leonard & Linda Schloff
Dr. Milton and Marilyn Ozar
Dr. Peter & Madee Wilton
Dr. Richard Weil & Lindsay Nauen
Drs. Michael & Cindy Garr
Drs. Todd & Judi Marshall
Earl Schwartz & Nina Samuels
Elaine & Mike Savick
Elizabeth Seehawer
Ella Baskina
Ella Kordysh
Elliot Siegel
Ellis & Riva Nolley
Emma Stout
Eric & Sara Rice
Eric & Sue Lund
Erin Baldinger
Felicia Weingarten
Floyd Knight & Belina Reisman
Frank & Cookie Gordon
Gail H Hanson and Curtis J Oliver
Gail Rosenberg
Gayle Hackner
Gennadiy Epshteyn & Margarita Kharshan
Georgia A Usdin
Glenn E. and Karen E. Berg-Moberg
Gordon & Carol Altshuler
Greg & Meredith Anderson
Harriet Lane
Harvey & Bobby Berwin
Hazel Chase
Heidi Gedis-Grimsby
Heidi Tarshish
Henry & Debbie Brandis
Herbert & Marcia Bernick
Hoang Murphy
Howard & Arlene Kurs
Howard & Suzanne Malmon
Ilia Boroda and Asia Kogan
Inessa Sukhanova
Inna and Cary Geller
Inna R. Shargorodsky and Savva Balayan
Ioni Gueron & Laura Pizer-Gueron
Ira & Marina Gorina
Ira & Peggy Deneholz
Jacob & Elaine Govze
James & Marcella Kahn
Jane Belgum and Daniel Steen
Janet Gabor
Jason & Laurie Fink
Jeff & Melanie Goldetsky
Jeff Burton & Varda Nauen
Jeffrey and Susan Summit
Jeffrey Feldman
Jenny Winkelman
Jerald Glantz & Dr. Debra Caspers
Jerry & Louise Segal
Jerry & Sue Schwartz
Jerry Silverman
Jerry Waldman & Judith Belzer
Joan Farber
Joan Yearous
Joel & Janet Knoepfler
Joel Levenson
Johanna Lester
Johanna Vohnoutka
John & Susan Flynn
John Allison & Rebecca Picard
John Plano & Shelley Robbins
Jonathan & Kate Eisenthal
Jonathan & Rachel Zimmerman
Jonathan and Mary Ann Grad
Joseph Leon Rine
Joshua Rolnitzky
Joyce M Getchell
Judith Marvy
Judy Sharken Simon & Chris Simon
Jules & Janice Goldstein
Julie and James Friedman
Julie Swiler
Kale Nerison & Deborah Thorson-Nerison
Karen Shapiro
Katie Goldman MacDonald
Ken & Molly Garelick
Laura Erwin
Leonid Moyseyevich Khait
Les Novak
Leslie Gerstman
Linda Woessner
Lisa Brenner
Liz Cassel
Lloyd & Phyllis Robinson
Lloyd & Vicki Stern
Lois Bette Levine (z”l)
Lorin Godes
Lorraine Hertz
Maggie Madden
Marc & Jo Ellyn Cohen
Marcia Levine
Marcia Zappa
Marilyn Parker
Marilyn Wert
Mark & Michelle Schuleman
Martha and Ernie Gulner
Marv & Doreen Greenblat
Matt Leichter
Melissa Krasnow and Danley Chan
Merton & Patricia Horne
Michael & Polly Saxon
Michael Bander
Michael Belzer
Michael Kanner
Michael Kuhne & Amanda Roll-Kuhne
Mike and Rima Dvorkin
Mike Neren & Barbara Krovitz-Neren
Mikhail & Klara Grinberg
Mitch & Margie Fink
Mort Naiman
Nancy Fushan
Neal & Barbara Frank
Nina Leikikh
Orit and Michel Rouache
Pam Passman
Paula Bernstein
Pauline Boss and Dudley Riggs
Pearl Rosen
Petro Shishkin & Nelya Shishkina
Rabbi Tamar Magill-Grimm and Andrew Magill
Rabbi Zalman & Nechama Bendet
Raline Paper
Ralph Wittcoff
Ray & Elissa Getsug
Rebecca and Shane Noecker
Re’ema Absey
Regina Klachko
Rena Waxman
Renee Rubenstein
Rick Linsk & Nancy Crotti
Rita Grossman
Rochelle S Stillman
Roger & Amy Matza
Rolla Breitman
Ron & Elaine Goren
Roxanne and Gary Portnoy
Roxanne Markoff
Ruth Ann Schumeister
Ryan Lohr
Sally Abrams
Scott & Cori Rutchick
Scott Burstein
Scott M. Goldberg
Shane & Mavis Goldstein
Sharon Lazarus
Sheri Bergen Brown
Sherman Devitt
Sherri Weitzman
Shirley Ungar
Shirley Vinitsky
Sofya Introlegator
Solomon & Mira Bobrov
Stan & Jo Ellen Robins
Steve & Barbara Wolf
Steve & Betsy Sitkoff
Steven & Amy Boley
Sue Shea
Susan Grupe
Svetlana & Vladimir Rabinstein
Target Corporation
Tatiana Kan
Thomas Wolfe & Sally Silk
Timothy Zuel
Tom & Ardis Wexler
Tom & Randy Edelstein
Tom Cytron-Hysom
Tom Lipschultz
Tomi R Calhoun
Toni McNaron
Valentina Panchenko
Victoria & Charles (z”l) Fodor
Vilyam & Marlena Kogan
Virginia Belden-Charles
Virginia Merritt
Vitali Gueron
Vladimir & Galina Dreyster
William Shore
Yuliya Verenych
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