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ENSURING OUR FUTURE T GETHER A Capital Campaign for The Park Synagogue Anshe Emeth Beth Tefilo Congregation
There is a weekly Shabbat prayer which blesses and praises all who dedicate and maintain synagogues all who enter therein to worship who provide for the wayfarer and give charity to the poor Jews build we dedicate we provide Jews plant trees We build communities We commit to certain principles We hold out our hands to the needy We build trust We create a future That s what this campaign is all about To create a future for our families our community and for the Jewish role in the world It is to fulfill the words of the prayer mentioned above to provide for all those who want and need the support and wisdom of our faith The Talmud states as God created a world so too we can create a world We have created more than a synagogue at Park we have created a world filled with Jewish identity for all ages Let us sustain it and provide for its future Together JOSHUA SKOFF SENIOR RABBI
Synagogues are always dependent on philanthropy and you our congregation have been a wonderfully generous and supportive community keeping the spirit of Park Synagogue alive through good times and hard Now we find ourselves at a unique moment in the history of our synagogue as we reimagine our physical home We have moved twice from the inner city of Cleveland in our original home where the Jewish community was concentrated and again when we moved to Cleveland Heights following the migration of the Jewish community where we have been for almost 70 years This is the leadership moment for our generation of members a moment in which we are putting all our hopes and dreams for the future in a new campus a campus that we are creating together based on thoughtful input from clergy staff and all of you about how our new home should look feel and function as we look ahead for another long stretch of time This is our own moment in time a time to be visionary for the next generation and you have had so many creative and inspiring ideas for how to enrich a new vision for the future This vision could never be possible without the generosity from our lead gifts but it is a vision that can only be realized if we all each one of us contribute something to making it a reality This is our once in a lifetime opportunity to create a new home and an endowment to support all the spiritual emotional and intellectual activities that make a house of worship a home A once in a lifetime gift is just that a different kind of support than you give all the time This is our opportunity to join together to create something new that honors our past and inspires our future As a community we are stronger together and we need everyone joined together giving their utmost to make a new dream of a future a reality Please join us to make the new home of Park Synagogue an inspiring place of worship of solace of learning and of community we cannot do it without you SUSAN RATNER PRESIDENT
THE PLAN Looking to the future and honoring the past has been a watchword for our Park Synagogue family From our roots on East 105th Street to our iconic sanctuary in Cleveland Heights congregants have treasured our history and our rituals while constantly evolving to meet the needs of the present and future We now find ourselves at the beginning of another exciting time the reimagining of our congregational home Just as the generations before us looked ahead to make a home for us now we look ahead to an expanded home on our Pepper Pike campus a campus that will meet the needs of our community now and into the future A A ADDITIONAL PARKING B COMMUNITY HALL C D AERIAL VIEW B C EXPANDED SANCTUARY NEW CHAPEL D
PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR Why do we need this Capital Campaign While Park East was initially intended to augment Park s main campus in Cleveland Heights there is now a growing desire for greater utilization of the Park East campus due to changing demographics The Capital Campaign s goals are to have a unified campus in Pepper Pike to meet all the needs of congregants now and into the future as well as bolstering the endowment to help ensure Park s future financial stability SHAKER BLVD ENTRANCE C A B A COMMUNITY HALL VERANDA B PLAZA C NEW CHAPEL
OUR VISION Working with Centerbrook Architects who built Park East with input from clergy staff and congregants we are making the following changes PLAZA Expanding our sanctuary and adding a chapel Building a state of the art community hall PLAZA FOYER Adding flexible indoor and outdoor space Increasing parking and accessibility Maximizing natural light
SANCTUARY Through song or study through public celebration or private reflection there is something for everyone at Park Synagogue And true to Jewish history we will have the pillars of our home with us our traditions our historical record our memorabilia and most importantly our family you the congregants who make our house our home CHAPEL EXPANDED CAPACITIES CURRENT PROPOSED COMMUNITY HALL 300 800 SANCTUARY 200 500 PARKING 235 305
OUR VISION COMMUNITY HALL Reception Set Up COMMUNITY HALL High Holiday Set Up A synagogue means different things to people at different times And this vision will support all these needs support congregants who join us daily those who join weekly and those who look to Park for life cycle events We will be able to accommodate celebrations large and small indoors and out
VERANDA Open Lobby VERANDA Conference Room Conservative Judaism is of utmost importance to me and this new improved campus is vital in keeping our congregation healthy vibrant and current It is a stepping stone to the future just as my parents Frida and David Robinson provided stepping stones for me by inculcating a love of conservative Judaism and a belief in philanthropy As they did for me so I want to do for future generations That is why I am so pleased to endow the Lois and Larry Davis Community Hall in our new building a stepping stone to our future at Park Synagogue my spiritual home LOIS DAVIS
LEAD GIFT Sydell and Arnold Miller Campus Park Synagogue is central in the story of our family where generations have gone to worship to socialize to learn and grow to participate to give back and to celebrate life cycle events When I look back at my life learning about Judaism and our traditions I think about the many happy memories and important moments that took place at Park Synagogue starting with Sunday School and Park Day Camp My family s history is long and meaningful at Park I m honored to be a 4th generation Park member and my children 5th generation members My mother Sydell Miller sister Stacie Halpern and her husband Jeff and my husband Steve Spilman and I know of no greater honor to the blessed memory of my father grandparents and greatgrandparents than to make this significant lead gift honoring the past present and future generations This gift is about perpetuating Jewish life at Park I feel strongly that central to our Jewish life is our synagogue It doesn t matter if you come once a year for High Holidays or if you participate in services and programming daily When it s time to celebrate a wedding or B nai Mitzvah Park is ready to celebrate and help us at every step When life gives us lemons or when loved ones die our synagogue is always ready to help us guide us and support us While it may be something many of us take for granted Park and our clergy are here for us 365 days a year Our family wants to help ensure Park has the space and facilities to provide programming to members at every age and every stage of life for now and for future generations Pepper Pike is now truly the location of our Park home and we must help it grow to meet our needs It s the members that make a community the people who bring it to life and all of us participating and coming together that make it thrive Park needs all of us now doing our part what we can to make this vision a reality Please make Park Synagogue a priority in your giving especially this year and every year you can If we don t who will Photo Credit Luis Alvarez LAUREN SPILMAN Sydell Miller center with her family Lauren Steve Alana and Max Spilman Stacie Jeffrey Linne and Austin Halpern
YOUR MOMENT Ensuring Our Future Together is focused not just on creating a beautiful integrated campus but critically ensuring the long term financial strength and stability of our beloved synagogue Just as generations before us created a vision for us we are joining together to create a vision for those to come after us It is our joint gift to the future As a third generation member Park Our congregation is an incredibly generous and philanthropic one As we ask for this unique gift we are inviting the whole community to participate in preparing the way for the future Your gift will honor those who came before us and help give wings to those who come after us carrying on a long Jewish tradition of adapting to change and preserving the past all at once together From Hebrew school and consecration Why do we need you to think about a stretch gift This is a once in a lifetime growth opportunity to create a home and endowment to support all the spiritual emotional and intellectual activities that make a house of worship a home This gift is a different kind of support than you give annually This is our opportunity to join together to create something new that honors our past and inspires our future and we need everyone joined together giving their utmost to make this happen Synagogue is a special place that has played an important supportive role in so many of life s milestone events through marriage and the passing of loved ones Park has been the backdrop of our Jewish lives I want to ensure the future of Park because it is important to me that my children continue to have the same warm vibrant experiences I grew up with I m looking forward to making new memories in a new place where my children will feel at home just as I did and still do Park is not just a synagogue it is a community We can do this together OUR GOAL 32 MILLION KERRY KERTESZ
PARK SYNAGOGUE LEADERSHIP CLERGY OFFICERS CAMPAIGN CO CHAIRS Joshua Hoffer Skoff Senior Rabbi Leighton A Rosenthal Chair in Rabbinics Susan Ratner President Joel Adelman Sharon Marcus Associate Rabbi Andrew Kline Vice President Stuart Garson Joel Adelman Vice President Larry Goldberg Loree Potash Vice President Chuck Horowitz Ratner Bruce Epstein Vice President Ellen Zelman Milton Rube Rabbi in Residence Misha Pisman Cantor Gadi Galili Ritual Director Scott Weltman Vice President Bart Simon Treasurer Stacy Goldberg Recording Secretary Ira Goffman Endowment Chair PROFESSIONAL STAFF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Stuart Deicher Executive Director Mitchell Balk Past President Mitchell Balk Teri Rube Hochberg Director of Education Robert Brenner Past President Judy Kaufman Marilyn Zaas Preschool Director Mark Froimson Past President Bob Kwait Anne Sportas Executive Education Consultant Stuart Garson Past President Susan Ratner Judy Kaufman Development Director Marvin Karp Past President Elisabeth Sherman Ellen Petler Program and Volunteer Director Judy Kaufman Past President Allison Solomon Membership Director Andy Randall Past President Mackenzie Corpora Media Director Peter Rzepka Past President Michael Rubin Park Day Camp Director Larry Goldberg Appointee Julie Moss Park Librarian Leonard Senkfor Appointee Judy Willensky Appointee Norman Adler Honorary Life Member David Miller Honorary Life Member Albert Ratner Honorary Life Member 27500 Shaker Blvd Pepper Pike OH 44124 216 371 2244 For more information visit www parksynagogue org