
“The whole value of a benevolent deed lies in the love that inspires it.”
– Talmud, Sukkah 49b
Synagogue Funds
Park Avenue Synagogue is a beit tefillah (house of prayer), a beit midrash (house of learning), and a beit knesset (house of community). When making a gift to Park Avenue Synagogue in addition to your Kol Nidrei Appeal pledge, consider supporting one of these three areas. For a full description of each of our restricted Synagogue Funds, see below.
Restricted Giving Funds
Beit Tefillah
Park Avenue Synagogue seeks to inspire you toward living a passion-filled Jewish life through the rhythms of the Jewish year. We are committed to making the old new and the new sacred.
To directly support our clergy and spiritual practice at PAS, please select one of the following funds:
Clergy Discretionary & Welfare Fund
Enable our clergy to lend support and care for individuals in need, as well as to support worthy organizations.
Prayer Book Fund
Support the purchase and maintenance of prayer books and books of Torah readings. A donation of $118 or more will be commemorated with a bookplate in our Shabbat and Festival prayer book, Siddur Lev Shalem. A donation of $180 or more will be commemorated with a book plate in our humash, Etz Hayim.
Beit Midrash
Park Avenue Synagogue is anchored in tradition, yet committed to innovation. This mission is expressed in our dedication to educating all our members, from toddlers to centenarians!
To support educational programming and initiatives at PAS, please select one of the following funds:
Adult Education Fund
Support our educational offerings, from yearlong courses taught by our own clergy to one-time lectures by world-class speakers from across the globe.
College Connections Fund
Help us to send care packages to our college students, plan campus visits by our clergy, and arrange meet-ups during school breaks.
Congregational School Fund
Support educational programming for children in grades K–7, including curriculum development, classroom materials, and professional development for our educators.
Penn Family ECC Fund
Support programming for children in Penn Family Early Childhood Center, including curriculum development, classroom materials, and professional development for educators.
Jewish Camping Fund
Provide financial support for children to attend summer camps with a Jewish mission. PAS assistance is on the basis of need, merit, or special circumstances.
Library Fund
Provide for the purchase of new books and for the maintenance of the Park Avenue Synagogue Library, a circulating collection open to the entire congregation for leisure reading and study.
Shapiro Audio Archive Fund
Support the digitization and the database of the recordings made in the PAS Sanctuary from 1954 to 2004. The searchable audio archive includes sermons, guest speakers, concerts, and weekly services.
Young Family Education Fund
Support year-round programming for families with children ages 5 and under, including Shabbat and holiday worship and classes.
Youth and Teen Engagement Fund
Help to provide year-round programming for our youth and teens, including Shabbat and holiday worship, classes, and travel experiences.
Beit Knesset
Park Avenue Synagogue is a vibrant community, committed to celebrating together, comforting one another, and doing mitzvot together.
To support community-building initiatives at PAS, please select one of the following funds:
Bikur Cholim Fund
Help to finance our Bikur Cholim Committee, whose life-affirming activities offer support for members facing long- or short-term illness through home visits and assistance in getting to medical appointments.
Food Pantry and Social Action Fund
Support the Food Pantry and other social-action efforts at Park Avenue Synagogue. The Food Pantry has been entirely teen-run for more than 30 years and distributes food packages weekly to hundreds of local families.
Inclusion Fund
Help to fund education, training, and programming to further our awareness and practice of inclusion.
Music Fund
Support the Park Avenue Synagogue Music Center, which produces concerts, commissions new music, performs music in educational programs, and publishes a series of prayer books for children and families.
Tikkun Olam Fund
Help make our annual Vicki K. Wimpfheimer Mitzvah Day happen, as well as year-round educational programming and volunteer opportunities that help heal the world, one good deed at a time.