永利国际app

our new campus

We are grateful to Temple Reyim for opening their home to us so together, we can create this exciting new shared campus for the Greater Boston Jewish community.

Our new home will include state-of-the-art, flexible spaces for teaching and learning, community building, and collaboration.

Teaching and Learning

• A beautiful light-filled Beit Midrash will house the Rabbinical School during the day, and be used for community-based study programs on evenings and weekends
• A renovated school wing, as well as other gathering spaces throughout the building, will offer sun-infused and spacious classrooms for all of our programs
• A dedicated wing will be created for Kesher鈥檚 pluralistic afterschool program with welcoming and flexible learning spaces, as well as an outdoor playground
• The Joseph and Rae Gann Library with a comfortable reading lounge for students and visitors to gather.

Community

• An enhanced entrance and reception area will create a welcoming experience for all who come to the campus.
• An outside shared courtyard for meals and conversation, quiet meditation, and public reception
• Access to a social hall and stage for cultural performances, film screenings, receptions, communal meals, and public events

Flexibility and Collaboration

• As we plan for a post-pandemic environment, we are putting a premium on flexibility鈥攚ith private and shared offices designed to support faculty and staff working independently and collaboratively both on and off-campus
• Small conference rooms and lounge spaces will foster and facilitate interaction and collaboration among faculty, staff, students, and core programs and partners

Technology

• Classrooms and conference rooms will be equipped with state-of-the-art technology for both on-campus and remote learning and collaboration and our library will include enhanced access to digital collections and online resources.

Location

Our new site provides an ideal physical location for the College鈥檚 base of operations, including easy access to parking, local highways, and public transportation. It is conveniently located for our full-time students, faculty and staff, and members of the wider community we serve. And it is nestled on a beautiful wooded campus, which we will develop with an eye to environmental sustainability and the preservation of green space.

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Founding Partners

Why is 永利国际app moving?

Nearly four years ago, the 永利国际app Board of Trustees made the decision to sell the College鈥檚 current campus in order to eliminate debt, reduce operating costs, rededicate resources to people and programs, and seek new opportunities for strategic partnership and collaboration. Since that time, 永利国际app has been working diligently with an ever-growing group of dedicated board members, community leaders, donors, alumni, staff, and students to develop a strategic vision for 永利国际app鈥檚 next chapter, and to identify a new home for its sacred work. 永利国际app will be joining with Temple Reyim to create a new shared campus and interdisciplinary hub for Jewish life in the Auburndale neighborhood of Newton, MA. Once in its new home, 永利国际app will be operating with a sustainable budget and poised for growth.

Where is 永利国际app going?

永利国际app is thrilled to have identified an exciting site for its new home. In December 2022, 永利国际app will relocate to Temple Reyim鈥檚 grounds at 1860 Washington Street in Newton, where the College will join with Temple Reyim and other partner organizations to create an interdisciplinary hub of Jewish learning, spirituality, and innovation. Partners include: Mayyim Hayyim Living Waters Community Mikveh and Education Center, the Jewish Arts Collaborative, The Jewish Women鈥檚 Archive, Keshet, Kesher Newton, the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis, Camp Yavneh, RUACH:Breath Lab, and Zamir Chorale of Boston.

Is this a merger?

No. This is a partnership to create a shared campus, with 永利国际app, Temple Reyim, and other partners retaining their own identities and staff, but working together to build a strong, collaborative, interdisciplinary hub for Jewish leadership, learning, spirituality, and innovation. The shared campus uses a condo model of joint ownership between Temple Reyim and 永利国际app, facilitated by a condo association to ensure long-term sustainability for both organizations. Other on-site partners will have long-term leases.

Why a Shared Campus?

At a time of so much division in the world, this vision of deep connection and collaboration will enable both organizations to better serve the Jewish people and the world. This dynamic shared campus will:听

• Develop a national model for Jewish communal sustainability, creativity, and growth听
• Create a vibrant living laboratory for spiritual and educational leadership and experimentation
• Deepen local and national impact through creative programmatic collaborations
• Promote the financial health of mission-aligned partners, with ongoing opportunities for cost reduction and resource optimization听

What will the renovations entail?

永利国际app will renovate 25,000 square feet of existing space, and build an additional 16,000 square feet of state-of-the-art facilities to create a post-pandemic shared space. The renovated building will include state-of-the-art, flexible spaces for teaching and learning, community building, and collaboration. These include:听

• A beautiful light-filled Beit Midrash that will house the 永利国际app rabbinical and cantorial programs school during the day, and be used for community-based study programs on evenings and weekends
• A renovated school wing, as well as other gathering spaces throughout the building, with sun-infused and spacious classrooms for all of the programs
• A dedicated wing for Kesher鈥檚 pluralistic afterschool program with welcoming and flexible learning spaces, as well as an outdoor playground
• The Joseph and Rae Gann Library will be accessible and housed on the first floor of the new addition with a comfortable reading lounge for students and visitors to gather.
• An enhanced entrance and reception area that creates a welcoming experience for all who come to the campus.
• An outside shared courtyard for meals and conversation, quiet meditation, public reception, and a community prayer and gathering space.
• Access to a social hall and stage for cultural performances, film screenings, receptions, communal meals, and public events
• Private and shared offices designed to support faculty and staff working independently and collaboratively both on and off-campus
• Shared conference rooms that will foster and facilitate interaction and collaboration among faculty, staff, students, and core programs and partners
• A new recording studio for artists, educators, and other organizations in the local Jewish community to create high-quality online content
• Classrooms and conference rooms equipped with state-of-the-art technology for both on-campus and remote learning and collaboration

Why this location?

Temple Reyim鈥檚 property in Auburndale provides an ideal physical location for our shared campus, allowing for easy access to parking, local highways, and public transportation. It is conveniently located for full-time students, faculty and staff, and members of the wider community 永利国际app serves. And it is nestled on a beautiful wooded campus, which will be developed with an eye to environmental sustainability and the preservation of green space.

How will 永利国际app pay for this?

When 永利国际app sold its building, it eliminated debt for the first time in recent history. As part of this move, 永利国际app has launched Branching Out, Building Together, a Capital Campaign to raise $9.5 million by October 15, 2021. The College has already raised more than $5.8 million in generous leadership gifts. When donations reach $9.5 million, 永利国际app will receive a $1 million challenge grant from a major philanthropic foundation, securing 永利国际app鈥檚 future in this vibrant new hub for Jewish community, learning, and innovation.听

Is 永利国际app in trouble?

永利国际app has never been stronger. 永利国际app is a vibrant center of Jewish learning and leadership, with the fastest growing rabbinical school in the country, groundbreaking graduate programs for cantors and educators, and community education programs serving over 2,700 adults, teens, Jewish professionals, and interreligious leaders throughout Greater Boston and beyond. Learn more about the impact of 永利国际app alumni in the Greater Boston area and across the country here.

永利国际app has moved several times in its 100 years. Founded in Roxbury in 1921, the College moved to Brookline in 1952 and to Newton Centre in 2002. After selling its building in 2018, 永利国际app decided on a shared campus to reduce operating costs and create a smart and sustainable model for the future. The shared campus will not only promote the financial health of mission-aligned partners with ongoing opportunities for cost reduction and resource optimization, but will also create a national model for Jewish communal sustainability and a hub for spiritual and educational leadership, experimentation, creativity, and growth, and deep community听 impact.听

When will this happen? How will it affect the neighborhood?

永利国际app and Temple Reyim have submitted their zoning application to the city of Newton and hope to begin renovation and construction in mid-October 2021. The work will be carried out with as minimal disruption of Temple Reyim programs and services as possible. If necessary, some services may be remote for limited periods of time. 永利国际app plans to move in December 2022.听

Will 永利国际app have a role in planning or leading Temple Reyim鈥檚 religious services or deciding religious and spiritual practices?

永利国际app will not have a role in planning or leading Temple Reyim鈥檚 religious services or deciding Temple Reyim鈥檚 religious and spiritual practices. As part of the financial agreement, 永利国际app will provide occasional Shabbat and weekday Torah readers. Temple Reyim鈥檚 religious and spiritual practices are considered by their rabbi in conversation with their Religious Services Committee and community members. Religious services are led by their rabbi and members of their community, together with others who are paid to read Torah on Shabbat and weekday services.听

Will 永利国际app remain an unaffiliated pluralistic Institution? Will Temple Reyim remain affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism?

Both institutions respect one another鈥檚 values and affiliations. 永利国际app will remain an intentionally and vibrantly pluralistic institution. Temple Reyim remains a traditional, egalitarian, inclusive and spiritual community affiliated with the USCJ and a member of the Conservative movement.听

How will Temple Reyim use the building? How will 永利国际app use the building?

Temple Reyim, 永利国际app, and other campus partners will have largely complementary uses of the building. The Temple Reyim community is primarily in the building in the evenings, on Shabbat, weekends, holidays, and weekday and Sunday mornings for minyan and breakfast/gathering. 永利国际app and other partners will be in the building from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, with Prozdor and JTFGB on Sundays. A Condominium Association will manage all space sharing.听

Temple Reyim will have exclusive use of its sanctuary. On Shabbat and holidays, they will also have exclusive use of听 the Goldweitz Chapel, Ordis Hall and the Offit Beit Am. They will continue to use the Chapel and Chaletzky Kiddush Room for daily minyan. Those spaces will be available to 永利国际app and other partners on weekdays. Similarly, Temple Reyim will be able to use Silver-Shore Hall (the 永利国际app Beit Midrash), the new lounge, classrooms, and other 永利国际app spaces when 永利国际app is not using them. Temple Reyim, 永利国际app and other partners will reserve in advance any rooms they need outside of their normal operating schedule.听

Will the campus share a kitchen?

Temple Reyim鈥檚 kitchen will remain under the supervision of its Conservative rabbi. 永利国际app will offer a catered lunch service and will use the Servery for food. They may use the kitchen for staging and minimal storage, but will not use it to prepare food.听

What will the courtyard look like?

The relandscaped, enclosed courtyard will be available to 永利国际app and Temple Reyim. Access will remain at grade level and will meet accessibility standards. The doors from Ordis Hall to the courtyard will be upgraded to include an accessible ramp. The tree dedicated to Zachary Solomon听 will be preserved. The courtyard will also be large enough for the sukkah.听听

Are there other changes for Temple Reyim?

Temple Reyim鈥檚 youth lounge, which is currently in the synagogue basement, does not meet ADA requirements. Instead, youth activities will meet in a lounge space in the new 永利国际app wing. Youth meetings will also take place in classrooms.听

While 永利国际app will be the primary user of Silver-Shore Hall (as its beit midrash), it will retain the name鈥� the XX Beit Midrash in Silver-Shore Hall.听

Will Kesher continue to serve as the Hebrew School for Temple Reyim children?听

Kesher will continue to be Temple Reyim鈥檚 partner and will be housed in its own school wing. They will have renovated classrooms, and will continue to have their own entrance at the far end of the corridor.听 Students and teachers may also use the main entrance. The play area will be smaller, but will be renovated for their use. Kesher will continue to have access to Ordis Hall, the Offit Bet Am, and other spaces for their program.

Will Temple Reyim be able to keep the art and plaques that are in the building?

The Reyim Art Committee will continue to make decisions about the artwork in the foyer, hallways, and other Reyim spaces. The 永利国际app Art Committee will make decisions about artwork in 永利国际app spaces. The two committees will work collaboratively on any decisions related to art in shared spaces.听

Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; extend your cords, strengthen your stakes.听 (Isaiah 54:2)

Campaign Goal & Progress

Make a Gift | Naming Opportunities

Branching Out Building Together听will provide the capital support required to make this vision a reality.听We have raised $13.3 million and have only $300,000 to go to reach our final goal of $13.5 million!听

When we reached $9.5 million, we received a generous $1 million challenge grant from a major philanthropic foundation, helping to secure our future in this vibrant new hub for Jewish community, learning, and innovation.

Enlarge the tent of our community. Stretch your imagination wide. Do not hold back.听Please give generously. Extend the possibilities of what we can create together. Strengthen your stakes in the future.

Please contact Rosa Franck, Director of Development, if you are interested in discussing a gift to the Capital Campaign, a Naming Opportunity, or a combined gift to the Capital Campaign and Annual Fund.

Make a Campaign Gift

We welcome gifts of any amount, and you may designate your gift to the听Capital Campaign听or increase your impact by combining it with a gift to the听永利国际app Annual Fund. You may also wish to consider one of the听new building naming opportunities.听The 永利国际app Federal Tax ID number is 042104300.

WAYS TO GIVE

Online 鈥斕�Use our听secure online form听and designate if/how you want your gift allocated in the COMMENTS field.

Check 鈥斕�Please mail checks to: 永利国际app, Office of Institutional Advancement, 160 Herrick Road, Newton Centre, MA 02459.

Credit Card 鈥斕�We accept Visa and MasterCard.听Donate online听or call us during business hours at 617.559.8764

Securities 鈥斕�Provided you have owned the securities for more than one year, a gift of listed stocks, bonds or other publicly traded securities entitles you to a charitable income-tax deduction equal to the full market value of the securities; this is calculated by averaging the high and low selling prices on the date of the gift.听Learn more

Real estate 鈥斕�A gift of real estate offers favorable tax benefits on the transfer of a highly appreciated asset.听Learn more

Legacy plans 鈥斕�Planned gifts include bequests, trusts, gifts of life insurance, and annuities.听听Learn more

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Naming Opportunities

Please听contact Rosa Franck, Director of Development, if you are interested in discussing one of the building naming opportunities below.

• Beit Midrash:听$1,500,000 鈥� NAMED
• New 永利国际app Building:听$1,000,000 鈥� NAMED
• New Building Atrium & Gallery Corridor:听$1,000,000 鈥� NAMED
• Center for Performing Arts:听$1,000,000 鈥� NAMED
• 永利国际app Academic Wing:听$500,000 鈥� NAMED
• Adult Learning Suite:听$500,000
• Lower Level of New Wing:听$500,000
• Upper Level of New Wing:听$500,000
• President鈥檚 Office:听$360,000 鈥� NAMED
• Sweeping Staircase:听$360,000听鈥� NAMED
• Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership Suite听鈥撎�NAMED
• Teen Learning Suite:听$250,000听鈥撎�NAMED
• Rae and Joseph Gann Library听鈥� NAMED
• Conference Room听鈥� NAMED
• Dean鈥檚 Office:听$250,000
• Vice President鈥檚 Office听鈥� NAMED
• Executive Leadership Office:听$250,000
• Library Lounge:听NAMED
• Kitchenettes (two available):听$200,000
• Conversation Alcove:听$100,000 鈥� NAMED
• Library Welcome Center:听NAMED
• Elevator:听$100,000
• Individual Classrooms (7):听$100,000 鈥� 5 of 7 NAMED
• Individual Offices (19):听$50,000 鈥� 5 of 19 NAMED

Social Media

Jewish Women’s Archive March 19
Collaboration and innovation? Yes, please! JWA is excited to be joining the new shared campus of , Temple Reyim, and many of our other partners like , , and (in December 2022).

Jeremy Burton (Boston JCRC) March 16
Huge, exciting, news for the community! Mazel Tov , & all the groups that will be joining them on their new campus.

FACEBOOK

“Wow! What an amazing hive of great ventures on one campus.”

“Great example for all communities.”

What a wonderful idea. It will be a vibrant hub of Jewish life!

Press

(The Boston Globe, March 18, 2021)

鈥淭he shared campus model will allow Temple Reyim and 永利国际app to maintain their distinctive identities and programs, strengthen their missions and long-term sustainability, and, together, serve the wider Jewish community in Greater Boston and beyond,.鈥� In Tuesday鈥檚 statement, officials for the college and the temple said the vision for the collaboration builds on the strengths of existing relationships with organizations now based at the temple 鈥� including Mayyim Hayyim Living Waters Community Mikveh and Education Center, Kesher Newton Jewish afterschool program, and Zamir Chorale of Boston.”

(The Jerusalem Post, March 22, 2021)

永利国际app President Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that she knew finding the right home for the school was a top priority when she was installed in 2018 as听 鈥淥n the one hand, our new home would have to be affordable and sustainable 鈥� It had to feel exciting, generative, hopeful 鈥� a compelling vision for the college and for the wider community.鈥�

(Sun Sentinel, March 23, 2021)

“Under the space-sharing arrangement, both 永利国际app and Temple Reyim will maintain their independent identities while introducing economies of scale that facilitate long-term sustainability.”

(The Times of Israel, March 23, 2021)

“永利国际app has already raised more than $5.8 million of its $9.5 million campaign to pay for renovations to Temple Reyim鈥檚 current building and add two floors for office and program space.”

(The Forward, March 21, 2021

鈥淥n the one hand, our new home would have to be affordable and sustainable. 鈥� On the other hand, the move couldn鈥檛 just feel like a story of contraction and loss. It had to feel exciting, generative, hopeful 鈥� a compelling vision for the college and for the wider community.” – 永利国际app President Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld

(Newton Wicked Local, March 18, 2021)

鈥淥ur new campus will preserve the warmth of the communities at 永利国际app and Temple Reyim, while creating pioneering opportunities for the college to grow, meet evolving needs and prepare Jewish spiritual and educational leaders to meet people at many different doorways to Jewish life,鈥� said 永利国际app President Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld. 鈥淎t a time of so much division in the world, we are enlivened by this vision of deep partnership and collaboration.鈥�

eJewish Philanthropy, March 16, 2021

“The non-denominational seminary 永利国际app announced plans…creating a hub for at least 12 Jewish organizations. Some are already located there, and some, such as the Jewish Women鈥檚 Archive and Camp Yavneh, will move in with the school.”