The Eva and Arie HalpernHillel House

The new home of Rutgers Hillel is unique, warm, inviting and sure to be the jewel of the new academic setting created by the redevelopment of College Avenue.

Rutgers Hillel will be one of the most prominent and memorable buildings on campus, and one of the finest Jewish buildings anywhere.

The welcoming exterior reminds one of a mountain lodge, inviting visitors to experience the warmth of Hillel within and to socialize in its pleasant outdoor spaces.

Interiors reflect the warm, home-like atmosphere of Hillel. A parlour with a fireplace, a kosher café, the curved Legacy Wall dedicated to the memory of Rutgers Hillel Founders Rabbi Julius and Pearl Funk. A grand staircase that carries students first to the gallery and dining hall, and then to the second floor, where they find inviting Reform, Conservative and Orthodox prayer spaces, designed to reflect and respect the full spectrum of Jewish life ... areas dedicated to celebrating Israel ... multi-purpose rooms and comfortable meeting spaces.

A dining room designed to offer the flexibility of a catering hall to host weddings, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs and other community events.

A wealth of cultural, spiritual, educational and social experiences awaits Jewish students at Rutgers University Hillel, not only now – but for generations to come.

the vision

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A new HillelFrom the July 4, 2013, issue of New Jersey Jewish News

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY has pulled off what is being called the “largest higher education merger in U.S. history.” With the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and its affiliated schools now part of a new, 65,000-student, $3 billion Rutgers, administrators and politicians have thrust NJ’s state university into the ranks of the top 25 research universities in the nation.

With all the changes going on at Rutgers, it is also important to recognize a partnership that has the potential to transform Rutgers Hillel. Last month, New Brunswick’s Zoning Board of Adjustment approved plans for a new Rutgers Hillel building at the university campus in New Brunswick.

The June 24 approval of the plan, which revolves around a land swap with the university, means that Hillel’s current College Avenue building will be demolished in one to three months, with Hillel activities temporarily relocated to a nearby structure.The new $18 million home will include a

400-seat kosher dining hall; prayer space; a kosher cafe; Israel resource center; classrooms; and a computer lab. Hillel hopes to move into the new facility for the start of the 2015 academic year.

The new location is the result of an agreement among Hillel, the university, the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, and the New Brunswick Redevelopment Corporation (DEVCO), al l partners in a $300 million College Avenue Campus Development Project.

Home to the nation’s second-largest Jewish student population, Rutgers has long lacked a Hillel building that matches the agency’s extensive Jewish identity programming and national reputation for Israel advocacy. Said Hillel board president Roy Tanzman: “Our state deserves a world-class Hillel, and that is precisely what our new plans will deliver.”

For further information about the project, contact Andrew Getraer or Lee Rosenfield at 732-545-2407 or lee@rutgershillel.org.

The eva and arie halpern hillel house

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Every gift stimulates others to participate.

Recognizing this, Rutgers Hillel has created a wide spectrum of permanent gift recognition opportunities. Each affords you the opportunity, as a friend of Hillel, to express a commitment to future generations of Jewish peoplehood.

Each tax deductible contribution to Rutgers Hillel links you inextricably to the current Jewish student body and tens of thousands of Jewish students in future generations.

Today, no gift is more important than your gift to the Rutgers Hillel Capital and Endowment Campaign.

We are Counting on You!

Hillel Impacts Lives

The Jewish Future Counts on Hillel...We are Counting on You.

I was closed to all Jewish organizations throughout my high school experience, but Rutgers Hillel warmly opened my eyes to the Jewish atmosphere that I craved so very much. I made life-long friends, and have a closer connection to G-d than ever before. Thank you Rutgers Hillel for giving people like me the chance to experience the amazing power, ruach, and strength that is synonymous with the Jewish People.

– Spencer Brooks, ‘11

If I hadn’t gone on Birthright with Hillel, I wouldn’t even be Jewish.

– Amy Suhotliv, ’13

My parents experienced anti-Semitism

in the Soviet Union because they were

Jewish. Through Rutgers Hillel, I have

found my identity. I am committed

to helping other Russian-Jews make

those connections and find a home in

Rutgers Hillel.

– Samuel Gluzberg, ‘15

An Alumnus Says “Thanks”

Our Students Say “Thanks”

A Parent Says “Thanks”My daughter Talia “loves” Rutgers – and loves the Jewish life there. You have so much to be proud of. You do amazing work. A heartfelt thank you for creating a place where kids love being Jewish.

– Mrs. Rina Ne’eman

A $300 Million Redevelopment Plan by Rutgers University, home to the second largest Jewish undergraduate population in the United States, has provided an extraordinary opportunity to build a new Hillel in the heart of the University’s reshaped College Avenue, further underscoring that Rutgers is a great place to be Jewish.

Inspired by the Wilf Family who, with no Rutgers connection, stepped forward with a $2 Million leadership gift to initiate planning, design and land acquisition, Rutgers Hillel launched an $18 Million Capital and Endowment Campaign. Additional gifts of confidence soon followed, building a solid foundation beginning for the Campaign’s initial phase.

Propelled into it’s final phase by a $3 Million gift from the Eva and Arie Halpern Family, Rutgers Hillel has targeted a groundbreaking in late 2013 and completion of its world-class building in 2015.

Now!Tomorrow is

opportunities for giving

overallHillel Foundation Name $4,000,000 Eva and Arie Halpern Hillel House $3,000,000 Sustainable “Green” Hillel $500,000 Technology Infrastructure $500,000

outdoors and Grounds Eric F. Ross Pavilion $1,500,000Terrace $500,000 Holocaust Memorial Garden $360,000 Promenade $100,000Terrace Sukkah $100,000 Pavilion Sukkah $100,000Main Entry Mezuzah $100,000Gateway Staircase $75,000 Large Sitting Walls (2) $54,000 each Disabled Access Ramp $54,000Benches (3) $54,000 eachTerrace Furniture $36,000 Small Sitting Walls (2) $36,000 eachPavilion Furniture $36,000 Terrace Grill $36,000 Honor/Memorial Trees (3) $36,000 eachPlanters $25,000 eachHandrail $10,000 Bike Racks $5,000 each

Main level Named Level $1,500,000 Main Lobby $1,000,000 Main Dining Room/Auditorium $1,000,000 David & Ceil Pavlovsky Student Activities Center $650,000 Grand Staircase $500,000 Front Parlour $500,000 Café $500,000 Exhibit Gallery $350,000 Harrison Family Engagement Center $250,000Kitchen $250,000 Staff Office Suite $250,000Program Room $250,000

Foyer $150,000 Rabbi Julius and Pearl Funk Legacy Wall $125,000Executive Director’s Office $75,000 Lounge Fireplace $54,000 Elevator/Lobby $54,000 Mezuzahs $25,000 each Coat Room $25,000 Staff Offices $18,000 eachReception Desk $18,000 Dining Hall Handwashing Station $18,000 Office Mezuzahs $10,000 eachLighting fixtures

second level Named Level $1,000,000 Philip Lax Sanctuary/Judaic Library $1,000,000Center for Israel Engagement $1,000,000 Sanctuary/Beit Midrash $1,000,000Permanent Arks (2) $100,000 each Sanctuary/Classroom $750,000 Multi-Purpose Room $500,000 Wellness Center/Shabbat Apartment $250,000 Wedding Photo Gallery $75,000 Dining Area/Multipurpose Room $54,000 Yiddish Library Collection $54,000 Torah Scrolls $54,000 eachRabbis Studies $54,000Portable Arks (2) $36,000 eachMechitza $36,000 Eternal Flames/Ner Tamid (3) $25,000 eachBeit Midrash Book Cases $25,000 eachLibrary Book Cases $25,000 eachPrep Kitchen $25,000 Permanent Bimah (2) $36,000 eachBimah – Portable (2) $18,000 eachYad (2) $10,000 eachBreast Plate $10,000 eachStained Glass Windows (Lee and Lanny Livingston)

CapiTal naMinG opporTuniTies endoWMenT naMinG opporTuniTies

Facility operations $3,000,000 endowed professional staff positions Executive Director $2,000,000 Rabbi, Conservative $1,500,000 Rabbi, Orthodox $1,500,000 Rabbi, Reform $1,500,000 Rabbi, Sephardi $1,500,000 Associate Director $1,000,000 Director of Israel Programs $1,000,000 Director of Development $750,000 Director of Outreach and Engagement $750,000 Outreach and Engagement Associate(s) $500,000 each Student Outreach and Engagement Fellows $500,000 Rabbinic Interns $400,000 Director of Alumni Relations $350,000

endowed programs Shabbat $2,000,000 Outreach & Engagement $2,000,000 Israel Israel Travel Experiences $1,000,000 Israel Education & Advocacy $1,000,000 Holiday Celebrations $1,000,000 Religious Life Conservative $1,000,000 Orthodox $1,000,000 Reform $1,000,000 Sephardi $1,000,000 Culture & Arts Exhibitions $250,000 Theatre Company $250,000 A Capella Group $100,000 Community Service/Social Justice Alternative Spring Break $500,000 Campus Programming $350,000 Education Jewish Learning $250,000 Shoah/Holocaust Education $250,000 Interfaith Programs $100,000 Social Programming $250,000 Leadership Development $250,000 Graduate and Professional Programming $250,000LGBT Programming $100,000Russian-Jewish Programming $100,000

Opportunities are offered to dedicate architectural features of the new Eva and Arie Halpern Hillel House in recognition of gifts at various levels. These elements may honor living or deceased family members of friends or the contributors themselves.

Names in red are reserved

Board of directorsexecutive Committee

Roy H. Tanzman, Esq. ’73, ‘76, P’00, P’03 President

Dr. Richard Bullock, P’05 Executive Vice-President

Howard Joffe ’76

Robert Kuchner

Philip B. Vinick, Esq. ’73, ‘76, P’04, P’07

Dr. Eric Wallenstein, ‘02, ‘09

Andrew Getraer Executive Director

Mark N. Busch, Esq. ’64 Immediate Past President

directors

Jeff Ackerman ‘77, P’10

Seymour Bromberg

Gerald A. Cantor

Philip R. Cantor ‘71

Leonard Cole

Ellen Gertler ’74, P’07

Michal Greenbaum ’07

Jeremy Halpern

Dr. Milton Heumann

Allan Janoff

Susan Kheel ’67, ’72, P’94

Elaine Livingston

Ariel Lubow ‘14

Rabbi Bennett Miller

Eric Morell

Samuel Pepper ‘74

Lauren Reich

Alan Schall ’97

James A. Schwarz

L. Marc Shegoski ’77

Barry Sherman ’81, P’08

Henry Stein

Dr. Gary Steinbach ’74, ’75

Audrey Wilf

Scott Wittenberg ‘05

L Richard Wolff

ex-officio directors

Gerrie Bamira P’05

Max Kleinman

Karen Small

honorary directors

Rabbi Julius Funk, z”l

Philip Lax, z”l

Oscar Lax

Ruth Marcus Patt ‘40

Building Committee

Mark N. Busch ’64

Michael Cohen

Mark Ginsberg

Michal Greenbaum ‘07

Brad Klatt

Barbara Littman

Elaine Livingston

Gonen Paradis ‘02

Alan Schall ‘97

Henry Stein

Roy Tanzman ’73, ‘76, P’00, P’03

Audrey and Zygi Wilf

Jane and Mark Wilf

Jewish Federation support

Atlantic/Cape May

Clifton-Passaic

Cumberland County

Greater MetroWest

Greater Middlesex

Greater Monmouth

Northern New Jersey

Ocean County

Princeton Mercer Bucks

Somerset, Hunterdon, and Warren

Southern New Jersey

The State Association of Jewish Federations

hillel staff

Andrew Getraer Executive Director

Rabbi Esther Reed Senior Associate Director

Greg Yellin ‘09 Director of Engagement

Rabbi Heath Watenmaker Reform Outreach Initiative Rabbi

Diana Diner ‘05 Director of Israel Engagement

Avia Prins Jewish Agency Israel Fellow

Rabbi Akiva Weiss JLIC Co- Educator, Heshe & Harriet Seif Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus

Nataly Weiss JLIC Co- Educator, Heshe & Harriet Seif Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus

Amy Winn-Dworkin Director of Development

Barbara Cohen Senior Development Officer

Laurie Zinberg P’09 Office Manager

Jerry Enis Herbert George Associates, LLC Communications Consultant

Lee Rosenfield Capital & Endowment Campaign Consultant

Idan Levin Project Manager

design and photography

Kann Partners Architectural Design

Winter & Winter Design Associates, Inc. Graphic Design

Wendy Robinson & Company Photography

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