To Donate
“Charity is as potent a force for reconciliation as the ancient Temple altar.”
Rabbi Jochanan Ben Zakkai, founder of Rabbinic Judaism
To participate on a leadership level to sustain Kane Street Synagogue or to learn more about the following opportunities, please contact [email protected].
Support Kane Street Now
by making an immediate donation online.
Your donation is a wonderful way to help sustain the Synagogue, mark a special occasion, remember someone dear, celebrate a birthday or anniversary, rejoice in the arrival of a child, mourn the passing of a friend or recognize an Aliyah honor. Your gift goes towards the General Fund to help defray the annual expenses of Synagogue operations. You may alternatively designate a specific Kane Street Synagogue fund listed at kanestreet.org/donate. You can also participate in our annual Kol Nidre Appeal. Physical checks can be made out to Kane Street Synagogue, and sent to 236 Kane Street, Brooklyn NY 11231.
Sponsor a Kiddush
Celebrate a simha by sponsoring a Kiddush. This is a great way for individuals, friends or study groups to show their appreciation to the community. kanestreet.org/sponsor-kiddush
Give a Matching Gift
Please check to see if your employer participates in a matching gift program that will double your contribution.
Please contact the Synagogue office to make those arrangements.
Give a Gift-in-Kind
Services and new goods and for Kane Street Kids Preschool, the Hebrew school, or the administrative offices are greatly appreciated. Please do not drop off items without making arrangements with the the Synagogue office in advance.
Memorial Markers
Two large bronze memorial boards located at the rear of the Sanctuary bear individual plates with the names and Yahrzeit dates of the Congregation’s loved ones. Memorial lights on the markers are lit for Shabbat and holidays. Letters of upcoming Yahrzeits are mailed to families before the anniversary of the death.
Memorial Markers: $500
Capital and Endowment Gifts
Special Gifts, Endowments, and Legacies
Please consider making Kane Street Synagogue a part of your estate and tax plan for a permanent impact on the Synagogue and community. Contact the Fundraising Committee to arrange for the Synagogue to receive appreciated assets, a Charitable Trust, Gift Annuity, Life Insurance, or Retirement plan, or name Kane Street Synagogue as a beneficiary of your estate.
Our Current Capital Campaign — MIKDASH
Go to mikdash.kanestreet.org to make a gift towards the renovation and renewal of our magnificent sanctuary.
The Mikdash Campaign aims to address the needs of our growing Congregation with a new vision for our magnificent Sanctuary. Visit the Sanctuary lobby for a preview of the plans, or contact [email protected] for more information.
Previous Capital Projects
We thank all of our past donors, especially those who, over the last ~30 years, have contributed generously to our capital projects to renovate and maintain our historic buildings.
The Capital Campaign in 2016-2018 was the beginning of a long-term project to raise funds restore our Sanctuary (the second part of which continues with the Mikdash Campaign). With a successful start to the campaign, priority was immediately given to the envelope of the building. This included reconstructing the top of both the east and west towers, and the crenellated cornice to weatherproof the most vulnerable sections of the building. The stucco on the north façade was entirely replaced, and details around the windows on the north façade were enhanced to restore them to former appearance.
In addition, a project to build a previously-planned rooftop community space on the top of the Goldman Building was completed just before the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Unbeknownst to the Congregation, the rooftop space was a huge blessing, allowing outdoor services to start taking place as soon as it was safe to do so. It continues to be used as the venue Friday evening Kabbalat Shabbat and other services services in the Spring and Fall (weather permitting), as a wonderful play space for the preschool and the Hebrew School, and an outdoor extension for private and community-wide social events.
The L’Dor Vador marker in the Goldman Educational Center lobby recognizes the names of donors who contributed gifts of $2,500 or above to the rebuilding of the Goldman Educational Center Building, a project which started in 2004. That renovation included a restructuring of the entire building behind that building’s historic facade, replacing the Community Room on the first floor, adding a Chapel on the second floor, and classrooms on the second and third floor that host our Hebrew School on the upper floors, and shortly after the completion of the project allowed us to open our preschool, Kane Street Kids.
Dedication Opportunities
Families or individuals who have made major capital gifts have areas of the Synagogue or a program dedicated in memory or in honor of a loved one. Dedication Markers are clustered on panels in the Goldman Educational Center lobby and throughout the Synagogue.
Gifts of Time and Support
Volunteer for a Social Justice project with the Tzedek Group
Join our Hesed Group to help others in our community in their times of need
Participate in lay leadership of Shabbat and holiday services
Kane Street has a long tradition, and a deep bench of talented members, well-versed in leading services. Contact [email protected] if you already have liturgical knowledge and experience, or if you want to learn!
Serve on a Synagogue Committee
Our community thrives because of the many devoted synagogue members who volunteer their talents and energy. Let us know how you’d like to help. Please contact [email protected] to register your interest. Examples include:
- Fundraising: Aid in fundraising efforts such as the Kol Nidre Appeal, Mishloah Manot, the Journals campaigns, and capital campaigns
- Events: Help organize annual and special events such as Trivia Night and the Anniversary Gala
- Engagement: Plan and support activities and programs, for groups like Y-CAS (Young(ish) Couples and Singles), new parents and preschool parents, and the Hazak Group (members who are 60+)
- Communications: Join efforts create our publications about our programs, events, community, and history, by writing and editing content, designing layout, or proofreading for our weekly newsletter, Kane Street Connections, and/or for annual print publications like the Anniversary Commemorative Journals, and our Yizkor Book.
- Greeters: Serve as a greeter or usher to welcome and help members and guests at Shabbat, holiday, and the High Holy Day services
- Membership: Host new and long-time members at Shabbat dinners or lunches in your home
Join Kane Street’s Volunteer Leadership
- Members of the Congregation are permitted to chair standing committees or committees commissioned by the President of the Congregation each year.
- The President appoints the chairs of each committee at the Annual Meeting, and the chairs select their respective committee’s members. Some committees’ membership is also restricted to members only.
- After two years of membership with the Synagogue, members are eligible—alongside a commitment to the Synagogue and the community—to be nominated to join the Board, as a Trustee or an Officer.