Life and Legacy

Life and Legacy

“As my ancestors planted for me, so do I plant for those who will come after me.”
Talmud, Ta’anis 23a
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Kesher Legacy Society

Please remember Kesher Israel Congregation with a gift in your will, trust, retirement account or life insurance policy.

This initiative is a great vehicle to consider when exploring bequests and planned gifts to KI. Please join us and sign your Letter of Intent. Barry Stein and Stan Lewin are happy to share more information about this important project. 

KI sincerely thanks the following members who have signed letters of intent or formalized their support

 of KI’s Life & Legacy Project:


Cheryl & Norman Gras

At Kesher Israel we have all been the beneficiaries of generous donations that support the daily operations of our Synagogue. These donors had the foresight to leave a legacy to keep our Shul with financial vitality. Providing for the sustainability of our community by participating in the Life and Legacy program will enhance the future of Jewish Harrisburg.

Dan and Gloria Grabenstein

While Gloria and I have not been members of KI for multiple decades, we have been members long enough to realize how important KI is to the Harrisburg Community. And with that realization we are aware that we needed to do something to insure its future viability. With that in mind we decided to make KI a beneficiary in our wills. This enabled us to be able to provide for not only our family needs, but also our spiritual family as well. We are convinced that doing this was one of the best decisions we have made in recent years.

Kesher Israel Legacy Donors as of 12/23/25

(a couple listed together represents one discrete commitment; names in bold print have formalized their commitments)

  1. Anonymous
  2. Ben Altman
  3. Edward & Esther Beck
  4. Viviane Benoudiz
  5. Vincent F. Berger
  6. Jerry M. Brenner
  7. Sadie H. Brenner
  8. Stuart Brenner
  9. Leah Bridavsky
  10. Gail Burcat
  11. Joel R. Burcat
  12. Howard Cohen
  13. Faye Brojges Doctrow
  14. Aaron N. Dym
  15. Shari Dym
  16. Holly S. Engelman
  17. Ann Sherman Feierman (z’l)
  18. Janice Fitzgerald
  19. Diane Garonzik
  20. Ricki & Robert Gold
  21. Arthur Goldberg (z’l)
  22. Frances Goldberg (z’l)
  23. Philip Goldstein
  24. Barry E. Gordon
  25. Dan Grabenstein
  26. Gloria Grabenstein
  27. Cheryl A. Gras
  28. Norman Gras
  29. Henig Family
  30. Joel Hervitz
  31. Beatrice Kessler (z’l)
  32. Sanford & Sandra Krevsky
  33. Stan & Ruth Lewin
  34. Marty Lowy
  35. Aviva Brojges Miskin
  36. Burton D. Morris
  37. Jack B. Ogun (z’l)
  38. Morris E. Ogun (z’l)
  39. Eunice Press (z’l)
  40. David A. Raffel
  41. Bryan Reid
  42. Dena Linn Rockoff
  43. Ann Michael Rosenberg
  44. Alvin Rotolosky
  45. Fredrick Sandow
  46. David & Niema Schertz
  47. Dan Schulder
  48. Judy Schulder
  49. David Sherman
  50. Eva Siegel
  51. Lee M. Siegel
  52. Michael Siegel
  53. Bobby Snyder
  54. Alyce Spector
  55. Barry Stein
  56. Susan Stein
  57. Brent Stine