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In this mid-year report, we are pleased to acknowledge our new Friends who offered significant financial support from October 31, 2008 to August 20, 2009.

-Myles Adelman -Irving and Shirley Goldberg '66 '71 Alper -Emil and Ruth Bardach -Leonard '59 '64 and Barbara Goldberg '64 Bornstein -Efthimia N. Christie	-Robert and Marlene Freeman -Ms. Sheila Glassner -Howard and E. Viviana '98 Gluckman -David and Alice Goldfarb -Peter Winn and Sue Gronewold -Elaine Spinrad Hochheiser '65 -Hohn, Needle & Silverman	-David and Geralyn Lichtenstein -Jerry '60 and Esther Minskoff -Marshall N. Rajs '74 -Ronald '82 and Iris Hershkowitz '73 Schaffer---Melvyn S. Nutkis and Dorothy Z. Silberman Nutkis
-Lewis and Carol Coe -Alan and Susan Coen -Lewis and Yetta Fielstein '77 '81 Cowen -Mark A. '94 '07 and Julie A. D'Aloia -Mildred Asman Feig '55	-The Jobar Foundation -Myron Katz -Bernice Scarr Kessler '68 -Sydell Kessler-Levy -Roger Klein -Robert M. Koros and Carole M. Shaffer-Koros	-SO Charitable Trust -Kenneth and Doree Denburg '52 Stark -Alvin and Cynthia Steinberger -Myra Lubowitt Weiger '67 -Morton and Joyce Weinstein -Marcia Weissberg

If you would like to help support our growing program, contact Dr. Dennis B. Klein, the Jewish Studies Program director, at 908-737-4256 or dklein@kean.edu.

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Consider a Planned Gift to Jewish Studies at
Kean University

Like you, Jewish studies at Kean University must plan for tomorrow. We have hopes and plans for the future. We care deeply that the future of our students, faculty, and staff will be one of impressive accomplishments and always higher standards. And, like you, we are best able to plan for the future when we have a stable financial base to support our considerable goals. By establishing a planned gift to the Jewish Studies Program at Kean University you help to build the future of this important program. You will also gain the satisfaction of knowing that as long as there is a Kean University, your gift will make good things happen in Jewish Studies, such as providing scholarships to deserving students and attracting more outstanding faculty to the campus. Your gift will help our program maintain its promises.

Consider these planned giving options:

Charitable Gift Annuities...Boost Your Rate of Return

A Charitable Gift Annuity is a wonderful way to boost your rate of return while satisfying your philanthropic wishes. The concept of a gift annuity is simple. You donate assets that we reinvest. The Kean University Foundation, our partner, agrees to make fixed payments to you for life (and, if desired, for another beneficiary’s lifetime). At the end of the agreement, the funds are available for our use.

A Charitable Gift Annuity is particularly attractive because the rates (based on your age) typically produce higher yields than you would receive in the stock and bond markets. And when combined with partially tax-free payments, the effective rate of return is even higher.

Pledge a Gift in Your Will, Trust, or Estate Plan...Join Kean University’s
Medallion Society
 

Pledging a gift is a significant way of supporting the Jewish Studies Program. Pledge a gift in your will, trust, or estate plan to the Kean University Foundation, designating the Jewish Studies Program as the recipient. You’ll also qualify by naming Jewish Studies as the beneficiary (or contingent beneficiary) on any of your life insurance, IRA, and/or 401(k) accounts, or through a charitable gift annuity, unitrust, or life estate gift.  Your pledge to the Jewish Studies Program at Kean will also make you a member of the Kean University Medallion Society. Medallion Society members are recognized in several ways:

• Annual report and Web site listing
• Recognition and enrichment events
• Articles featuring dedicated donors
• Medallion Society plaque listing
• Medallion Society pin

If you’ve already included the Jewish Studies Program in your will, please let the Kean University Foundation know so that we may express our thanks. Announcing your gift can inspire others to give, but we’ll also respect your preferences for anonymity if that is your wish.

For more information about planned giving to the Jewish Studies
Program, contact Cynthia McChesney at the Kean University Foundation:
908-737-3433

 

Join “Friends of Jewish Studies at Kean University”

Become a special part of our inspiring program and receive unique benefits, such as priority mailings and. Your tax-deductible gift helps to keep our great courses and our many stimulating lectures, films, performing arts programs, and conferences affordable—often free—and accessible to all.

If you are interested in becoming a Friend or in learning about donor-designated giving opportunities, call the Jewish Studies director at 908-737-4256. If you prefer, simply call the Kean University Foundation to use your credit card, write a check, or make an online pledge:

Call 1-866-737-4438 and remit by credit card.

Make your check payable to “Kean University Foundation” and send with your name(s) and address to: Kean University Foundation, Attn. Jewish Studies Program, Townsend Hall 130, Kean University, Union, NJ 07083.

For an online pledge, go to www.KeanFoundation.org, click “make a gift now,” then click under “make a donation”: “other programs,” enter the amount and skip down to “type program name here,” enter “Jewish Studies Program,” enter your contact information, and complete your submission. We will gratefully acknowledge your valuable and tax-deductible gesture of support in future Jewish Studies newsletters and on our web page (www.kean.edu/jstudies.html). After all, your support means a lot to us!

For an online pledge, click https://www.cit-e.net/KeanUnivFoundation/cit-e-access/Payments-Donations/index.cfm?TID=47&TPID=5264, in Step 1 select "Other Programs," enter the amount, type in "Jewish Studies Program," enter your contact information, and complete your submission.