Jewish Community Legacy Project Inc

Programs: The services provided by the jclp during the year ranged from discussing possible engagements with communities to assisting with the development of meaningful plans for the future legacy of congregations including giving new life to community assets, religious and historic artifacts. The jclp also provided guidance to implement fiscal management plans for congregations and endowment funds that ensure congregations and their histories will be remembered and jewish charities will be funded in the future. The communities and congregations served by the jclp including a brief summary of the extent of the organizations activities follow: arkansas fort smith, hot springs and jonesboro: the planning process has been completed and the legacy plans will be implemented by the end of 2017. Central pennsylvania region hazelton: met with the director of the central pennsylvania jewish foundation to discuss a potential role of the foundation as financial institutional partner for oversight of the congregation's cemetery. Pottsville: legacy plan will be completed by the end of december 2017. Georgia bainbridge: engaged the congregation and legacy plan will be completed by the end of december 2017. Fitzgerald: discussed ideas with leadership to partner with the congregation. Rome: congregation approved continuation of the legacy planning process which will resume in the fall of 2017. Vidalia: discussed opportunities to work with the community. Waycross: entered into discussions with the community to provide services. Illinois quincy: implemented legacy plan including creating an inventory and establishing archival and legacy chairs. Plan will be completed by the end of december. Iowa council bluffs, ia: engaged by the community to create a legacy plan including developing a sustainability plan. Kansas city region joplin: engaged by the community, legacy chair appointed and meeting to be scheduled in the fall of 2017. St. Joseph: meeting with the kansas city jewish foundation; agreement by the two synagogues to engage the foundation as their financial institutional partner; gathering information about the status of synagogue endowments. Maine auburn: completing the legacy planning process including closing the synagogue. In the process of donating religious articles, a significant portion of which will appear in the 2018 maine historical exhibition on the jews of maine; discussions for the reform temple in auburn to provide oversight of the cemetery. Mississippi and alabama met with institute of southern jewish living to discuss approaching and serving about 6 mississippi congregations and several additional congregations in the isjl area. New york contact made with hornell and jamestown communities to introduce jclp services. Uscj publicized a webinar to introduce congregations to jclp. North carolina approached the salisbury community about utilizing the jclp's services. Ohio jewish federation of cincinnati: meeting on march 15, hosted by the cincinnati federation, with professional and lay leadership invited from columbus, dayton, indianapolis, lexington and louisville federations to discuss outreach to about 6 congregations in the region; also participating were representatives from the american jewish archives and the cincinnati jewish cemetery association. East liverpool: consulted on selling assets and cemetery care arrangements. Middletown: new congregation engaged jclp to provide legacy planning process; will engage with the jewish cemetery of greater cincinnati regarding perpetual care of their cemetery zanesville: new congregation engaged jclp to provide legacy planning services and facilitated discussion with the columbus jewish foundation which will serve as their financial institutional partner. Pittsburgh region ambridge: engaged in an initial discussion about whether jclp could be helpful and offered to facilitate a planning process. Carnegie: approached congregation about learning about the jclp planning process. Dubois: in process of facilitating transfer of documents to rauh jewish archives and will complete legacy plan by end of the year greensburg: legacy plan completed and new rabbi hired. Jefferson hills: facilitating asset sales and completed legacy plan including making arrangements to transfer assets to pittsburgh federation's foundation. Latrobe: congregation closed and jclp legacy plan established legacy endowments which are managed by the pittsburgh federation foundation. Monessen: inventory and legacy plan completed. New castle: legacy planning in process. Parkersburg, wva: working with congregation to consider having assets transferred to jewish federation of greater pittsburgh foundation uniontown: facilitating asset sale and transfer of funds to the jewish federation of greater pittsburgh foundation to an endowment for the perpetual care of the cemetery; waiting to hear the results of the pittsburgh federation's cemetery committee study. Washington: engaged to provide legacy consulting services. St. Louis region alton, il: completed legacy plan. Belleville, il: inventory committee established; plans to hire a part-time rabbi. Benton, il: initial meeting with the president and follow up meeting with leadership to be scheduled in the fall. Jefferson city, mo: legacy plan completed; oral histories in progress. Southwest region lake charles, la: approached congregation about legacy planning. Victoria, tx: approval of a memorandum of understanding with congregation beth israel in houston to provide oversight of the cemetery and to include victoria's congregants in the beth israel congregation schulenburg, tx: oral histories completed; cemetery arrangements in discussion with congregation beth israel in houston; archival information to be sent to the american jewish archives. Tennessee oak ridge: three oral histories completed; others in the process; archives to be transferred to american jewish archives; committee to discuss legacy endowment options and then engage in discussions with the east tennessee foundation. Supporting services community histories: a funding proposal is being drafted for submittal to an atlanta-based foundation and a new york-based foundation. The elements of the proposal will include partnerships with entities that document aspects of synagogues: synagogue 360, jewish gen, american jewish archives, and the national museum of american jewish history. Cemeteries: participating in the jewish federation of greater pittsburgh's study of the jewish cemetery and burial association of pittsburgh and its implications for jclp congregations in the region; consulted with the president of the jewish cemetery association of north america and received an invitation to present at their annual conference in may; discussing assistance that the jewish cemeteries of greater cincinnati can provide to jclp congregations in central and southern ohio. The recently retired executive director of jewish cemeteries of greater cincinnati has agreed to be available as a consultant to jclp congregations. American jewish archives: actively working with at least five congregations to transfer materials to aja. American jewish historical society: in discussion with jclp about becoming a partner of jclp and assisting in development of community histories and oral histories.