Donations and Dues

Thank you for considering a contribution to Heska Amuna Synagogue. We offer many ways to put your donation to good use that suits your intentions. Please review our listing below to help you make your decision. If you prefer, you may ask the officers to assign your contribution to the current area of greatest need by selecting “Greatest Need”.

When a contribution indicates a person to honor or memorialize, a suitable acknowledgement card (without the donation amount) will be sent to the person or family. All contributions are acknowledged in Ha’Kol, our Knoxville Jewish community newsletter, unless you indicate otherwise.

3 Ways to Contribute
Online. Complete the form below to securely charge your contribution to PayPal or your credit card.
Postal Mail. Mail the information requested below, along with your check, to:
                             Heska Amuna Synagogue
                             3811 Kingston Pike
                             Knoxville, TN 37919
Phone. Call the synagogue office at (865) 522-0701 and we will be glad to help you!

Contribution Opportunities by Category
(Click on a fund in the following list and then complete the form at the bottom of the page.)


Counting the Omer: Honor those you wish to acknowledge as we Count the Omer this year. (If you did not already fill out the form to let us know who you would like to honor, click *here* to complete the form after you have finished making your donation here).

Greatest Need

Greatest Need: Instead of selecting from the following accounts, you may ask the synagogue’s officers to assign your contribution to the current area of greatest need.
Dues

Dues: Instead of selecting from the following funds for a donation, select this choice to pay your annual dues.
Assistance

Bikkur Cholim: This fund, established in memory of Elaine Brown and Marilyn Shorr, supports efforts to care for our Heska Amuna community members who are sick, infirm, or isolated.
Member Assistance: This fund, established in memory of Bryan Merrell, aids members otherwise unable to participate in programs designed to increase affiliation with Conservative Judaism.
Burial and Funeral

Cemetery: This fund supports maintenance and improvements at the Knoxville New Jewish Cemetery.
Chesed: Contributions support the efforts of the committee that provides a meal of condolence following a funeral.
Chevra Kadisha: Contributions support the efforts of the committee that prepares our deceased for burial in accordance with Conservative Judaism practices.
Yahrzeit: Donations to the synagogue honor the memory of a loved one on the anniversary of his/her death.
Education & Youth Programs

Camp Ramah: This fund supports students unable to afford the cost of Jewish camping experience at Camp Ramah.
Educational Enrichment: This fund is used to provide, enhance, and enrich educational programs of the Synagogue.
Educator’s Supplement: Established by Nancy and Jeffrey Becker, this fund supplements the salary/benefits compensation package of the Heska Amuna Education Director and teachers in the Religious School.
Religious School Capital: This fund provides for capital improvements of our religious school.
Religious School Financial Aid: This fund assists students needing financial assistance to attend our religious school.
Youth Enrichment: This fund, established in memory of Bradley Sturm, provides funds for youth enrichment activities.
Environmental

Environmental Awareness: This fund, established in memory of Rose Rosenthal, mother of Jenifer Ohriner, supports educational programs and practices relating to environmental preservation and conservation.
Buildings & Grounds

Building Fund: This fund is used for capital improvements, expansions, and emergency repairs to the buildings and property of the synagogue.
Cohen-Presser Endowment: This fund supports maintenance of the building’s physical integrity. Established in memory of Amy Cohen and David Cohen, Eva and Louis Slovis, and Norbert Slovis, and in honor of Lisa, Michael, Adam, David, and Jennifer Cohn.
Glazer-Cohen Endowment: This fund, established in memory of Gertrude Glazer Cohen and I. B. Cohen, mother and father of Arnold Cohen and Robert Cohen, helps to defray significant synagogue expenses.
Outside Beautification: Contributions provide for the maintenance and beautification of the Synagogue grounds.
Operations

Calendar: Contributions support production of our yahrzeit calendar and congregational directory.
Change for the Future: Contributions defray our daily operating expenses.
General Operations: Contributions provide for our operating expenses.
High Holiday Appeal: Contributions support on-going synagogue operations and projects.
Library: Contributions support our Winick Library with new books and periodicals of interest.
Programs

Special Programming: This fund, established in memory of Sylvia Robinson, supports special communal events.
Heska Amuna’s 130th Anniversary Celebration: We will be celebrating our anniversary at a gala on December 4th but if you can not attend, you can support our celebration by making a donation here.

Rabbi

Rabbi’s Discretion: This fund is for use at the Rabbi’s discretion, consistent with the goals of Tzedakah, both inside the congregation and in the larger community.
Religious Observance

Defenders of the Faith: This fund is used for the repair, replacement, or embellishment of religious items used for observance, prayer, or Torah study.
Flower Fund: This fund, established in memory of Zelda and Miles Siegel, provides flowers to beautify the sanctuary, primarily for the High Holidays.
Minyan: Contributions are used for charitable purposes at the discretion of the attendees of the Morning Minyan.
Shabbat Oneg and Kiddush: Contributions support weekly celebrations of Shabbat.

 

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Purpose of donation (Examples: In honor of Jerry and Joan Shapiro on their tenth wedding anniversary. In memory of George Brownstein.
To thank Emily Goldblume for her work on the fundraiser. For the yahrzeit of Adam Greenberg.)

OK to list in Ha’Kol (community newsletter)
Do NOT list in Ha’Kol