The L'hibanot initiative at Anshe Emeth synagogue aims to celebrate the congregation's 155-year history, enjoy its vibrant present, and secure its strong future. The goals of the initiative are to eliminate the temple's mortgage, foster personal and spiritual growth for members, preserve the sacred space, cultivate visionary leadership, ensure fiscal well-being, and create a culture of loving-kindness. The fundraising goal is $5 million by the end of 2014 to retire the mortgage, expand programming, attract and retain top clergy and staff, and invest in the next generation. The initiative documents how the temple has been an important part of members' lives through celebrations, education, and community and aims to continue

1. honoring our Past.
building our future.

2. If you suggested to someone in
1859 that some 155 years later
there would be a thriving syna-
gogue in New Brunswick, they
would think you were a dreamer.
And if you told someone in 1926
that a few years later a beautiful
sanctuary building would be
built on Livingston Avenue and
more than 75 years later it would
serve as a magnet for a sacred
community coming from all
over to celebrate Jewish life,
you would be considered a bit
“meshugah.” But that has been
and continues to be the story
of Anshe Emeth, one of New
Jersey’s first synagogues and still
“meshugah” and dreaming after
all these years.
Our L’hibanot initiative is about
dreaming, dreaming about a
bright future for our congrega-
tion, dreaming about touching
lives and building a wonderful
tomorrow. L’hibanot is about
securing our strength today
so that we can boldly take on
tomorrow, and ensuring that the
values we hold dear will continue
to shape our lives and the life of
the community in which we live.
I invite you to join with the
leadership of our Temple in
making L’hibanot a huge success.
In doing so, maybe, just maybe,
future generations will say of us,
“they were crazy dreamers who
celebrated Jewish life in their
time and ensured a wonderful
future for our day. And we are
so privileged that they did!”
Rabbi Bennett F. Miller
This initiative is about building
our future. Our family have
been members of Anshe Emeth
for almost 20 years. Helene and
I have watched our children grow
up here. We have celebrated
baby namings, Bnei Mitzvahs,
and weddings too. We and the
Temple have been there for each
other along the way.
As I think of L’hibanot, it means
we need:
to make sure Anshe Emeth
continues to be there for future
generations, just as families of
generations past have done for us.
to eliminate our mortgage.
The Temple leadership team
is committed to doing so; join
with us to make it happen.
to preserve our wonderful,
sacred space. Our building
is heavily utilized – repairs,
replacements and upgrades
are always necessary.
to continue to attract and
retain the very best people –
professional and rabbinic.
to attract and retain members.
We work hard at it, and our
religious school enrollment has
actually increased over last year.
to invest in our children and
their future. We are not the
biggest, or the most wealthy
congregation in North America,
but we are healthy, because
investing in our children pays
huge dividends.
to continue to grow a culture
of loving kindness, make sure
that no one is ever turned away.
It is essential that we secure
the funding for this initiative
in the coming year. The goal of
L’Hibanot is to meet our goal by
the end of 2014. Ten years ago,
90% of the families at Anshe
Emeth came together around a
vision for our community. Join
us on this next journey as we do
some amazing things.
Mike greenberg
When we were asked to lead the
L’Hibanot initiative we were
honored and gave a resounding
YES.
We understand the significant
positive impact that Anshe Emeth
has had and continues to have
on our families. We have seen
our own families learn and grow
in this wonderful sacred com-
munity. We know that our lives
would be very different without
Anshe Emeth.
Our families, like yours, have
been given a gift from past
generations. This gift allows
Anshe Emeth to live Torah each
and every day. We have seen the
effect of this, and we are proud
that Anshe Emeth continues to
build upon the legacy that was
established 155 years ago.
Our fundraising goal of $5M
to retire our mortgage and
grow our endowment will do
just that. Meeting this goal will
ensure that Anshe Emeth has the
financial strength to continue
to offer innovative and diverse
programming, provide us the
ability to attract and retain
visionary leaders, grow and
strengthen our membership and
enable us to provide the same
opportunities that our families
have been given.
That’s what this initiative is
all about.
As we embark upon this year-
long initiative, we look forward
to having you join us as we
celebrate and look toward the
future. We are asking for your
resounding YES to ensuring that
Anshe Emeth has the ability to
go from “strength to strength.”
marc rothstein
Daryl Lipkin
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3. I n t r o d u c t i o n o f C a s e
What is L’hibanot? An opportunity for Anshe Emeth to celebrate our
past, rejoice in our present, and prepare for our future. The Hebrew
verb L’hibanot means “to be built up” or “to establish the future.”
Our Temple leaders have embarked on the L’hibanot initiative as an
expression of our collective commitment to celebrate our rich 155 year
history, rejoice in our vibrant present, and plan for a strong future.
Commencing on January 5, we will begin a year of celebration with
community wide events and programs culminating in a Gala on
December 6, 2014. During this year of celebration we will also build
and develop a strong future based on the successful achievement of
six fundamental goals. These goals are to:
Eliminate the Temple’s Mortgage
Foster Personal Growth for our Entire Membership
Preserve our Sacred Space
Cultivate Visionary Leadership
Secure our Temple’s Fiscal Well-Being
Create a Culture of Loving-Kindness
H o n o r i n g O u r P a s t . B u i l d i n g O u r F u t u r e . 3
“Your goal should be just out of
reach, but not out of sight.”

4. e l i m i n a t e t e m p l e m o r t g a g e
When the Legacy Project was established, a $1 million mortgage
was anticipated. Because some Legacy commitments were given as
testamentary gifts, the Temple was required to increase the mortgage
to $2.7 million. Currently, the mortgage obligation stands at $2.3
million. Annually, the temple pays approximately $80,000 in interest
to service this mortgage. We do believe that the Testamentary com-
mitments will certainly be fulfilled but we also hope that those who
have made them will continue to enjoy good health for many years.
A goal of L’hibanot is to “burn the mortgage.” Eliminate it entirely! In
so doing, Anshe Emeth will not be saddled with continued debt service
that would require reduction in program or staff in order to pay “the
bank.” Such debt service would have a very strong adverse effect on
the Temple’s ability to attract new members, provide quality programs
and service to members, and continue to retain quality staff.
The bottom line is this…we have a beautiful facility and use every
inch of it each and every day and throughout the whole year. Our
facility enables us to fulfill our mission and to inspire our members.
It is contemporary. It is relevant. It is our home.
It does not serve our short or long term interests to carry this debt.
And, we all agree that it makes no sense to expend precious resources
on interest payments. If each of us does our fair share, we can take
great pride in fully owning our Temple.
4 H o n o r i n g O u r P a s t . B u i l d i n g O u r F u t u r e .
Each fiscal
year, Anshe
Emeth must
allocate
$160,000 from
operations
to pay our
mortgage
obligations.
“If we don’t retire the mortgage soon it will strangle
the temple for years to come” - len littman

5. “L’hibanot will provide us with the necessary resources
to cultivate the next generation of temple leaders who will
ensure our temple’s continued vitality.” - regie roth
F o s t e r P e r s o n a l G r o w t h
Anshe Emeth encourages our members to live meaningful Jewish lives
through study, worship, and the performance of sacred acts. Oppor-
tunities abound for Temple members to be challenged by our Jewish
faith and tradition.
Anshe Emeth provides meaning and purpose for our members and
community. As a hub of Jewish life throughout Central New Jersey,
Anshe Emeth seeks to offer significant life experiences for all who
walk through our doors and want to partake in our vast array of
religious services and worship experiences, educational programs,
cultural events and social opportunities. Furthermore, Anshe Emeth
is committed to being a part of the broader New Brunswick and
Central New Jersey community for generations to come. We share
in a commitment to ensure life, respect, dignity, hope and care for all,
our members and our neighbors.
L’hibanot will enable us to further expand our resources through
current direct program funding, legacy and endowment opportunities and
establishing an innovative Program /Innovation Fund (PIF). Together,
these resources will allow AEMT to appeal to the broadest constituency
possible thereby ensuring that AEMT remains an educational, cultural
and religious Center of Excellence.
Over 375 people
attend adult
education
programs and
Shabbat services
every week.

6. P r e s e r v e o u r S a c r e d S p a c e
Twelve years ago, Anshe Emeth undertook an ambitious campaign
during which we successfully raised nearly $10 million. The Legacy
Campaign enabled us to restore the sanctuary, construct a state-of-the-
art media center, amphitheater, social hall, roof-top garden and more.
Every day the Temple’s facilities are filled with activities and programs.
During an average week more than a thousand people enter the Temple
and participate in worship, education, cultural, and programmatic
activities. Such activity represents the role that the Temple plays in
the life of our community, as it has been doing since its inception
in 1859.
With age and use, the Temple complex endures considerable wear
and tear. To maintain our wonderful facility requires constant main-
tenance, repair, and replacement. We are committed to caring for the
Temple’s physical complex to protect the investment made during the
Legacy campaign and to ensure that our facility will be a welcoming
and well-maintained building for many years to come.
The success of the Legacy campaign was due in large part to the full
participation of nearly 100% of the congregational membership.
Our goal is to replicate that success again with L’hibanot.
“quote from
mayor cahill”
“WhenIthinkofthesanctuaryofAnsheEmeth,Irecognizethat
it is the foundation of the Jewish community in central NJ”
- lee livingston
Anshe Emeth’s
sanctuary has
remained a
sacred space
since 1929.

7. C u l t i v a t e V i s i o n a r y L e a d e r s h i p
Anshe Emeth is blessed with visionary lay and professional leaders. A great
synagogue invests in its lay leadership. Lay leaders are the engine of a synagogue.
They create vision. They are financial stewards. They are ambassadors. They
are the critical links to membership. A great synagogue recognizes that when
it invests in ongoing training and skill building of its lay leadership it ensures
that all of these stewards have the ability to guide the congregation through
change, transition and solid management practice.
Rabbi Bennett Miller has served as the Temple’s spiritual leader for forty years, the
longest serving rabbi in its history. Rabbi Miller has contributed mightily to the life
of Anshe Emeth and, G-d willing, will continue to do so for years to come.
Notwithstanding, it is crucial that Anshe Emeth seize an important moment
of opportunity. Building on its proud 155 year history and 40 years of devoted
service by Rabbi Miller, now is the time for Anshe Emeth to leverage the love
and admiration that thousands of people feel for the Temple and for Rabbi
Miller to ensure that our financial house is in order as we prepares for the
next chapter in our distinguished history.
Anshe Emeth has other very talented clergy in both Rabbi Philip Bazeley and
Cantor Anna Ott. Anshe Emeth is fortunate to have this team in place ensuring
that all members of the Temple have access to their Rabbis and Cantor. Other
synagogues are not so fortunate. The result is lower membership, “burned out”
clergy, disenchanted members and low morale. Likewise, Anshe Emeth is blessed
with a strong professional team led by Heather Kibel as its most able Executive
Director and the entire Temple staff. To continue to recruit and retain the best clergy
and professionals, Anshe Emeth will need to continue to be strong and vibrant.
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8. 8 H o n o r i n g O u r P a s t . B u i l d i n g O u r F u t u r e .
“AnsheEmethisagreatplace-
it’sfullofmusic,joyandfamily.
Wewouldn’twantoursecond
hometobeanywhereelse.”
– zoe & avery lipkin

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10. our future

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“StartingwiththeJuniorChoir,
music at Anshe Emeth has
fostered my love of Jewish
Music and encouraged me to
be a singer and to strive for
bigger achievements in Music.”
– Phillip Fisherman

12. S e c u r e F i s c a l W e l l - B e i n g
The first step in fiscal well-being is to take stock of what you have. Any
financial advisor will tell you to spend wisely in the short-term and to
save and invest for the long-term.
The second step is to prepare a list of your short-term and long-term
goals and then create a financial plan to get there. Short-term goals are
for the near-future (1-5 years) and long-term goals look beyond that.
Membership assistance programs and scholarship funds are needed to
make sure that no one individual or family is ever turned away from
joining due to financial constraints. Endowments are critical for any
great organization so that it has available resources to supplement
shortfalls in operating budgets.
All of us care about the fiscal well-being of our family including our
children, grandchildren and often members of our extended family. We
spend a lot of time thinking about and planning for the financial security
of our loved ones once we are no longer here. Likewise, we should view
Anshe Emeth as a member of our extended family thereby doing our
part to help ensure its own financial stability and future.
To have true fiscal well-being means to plan realistically for the present
and for the future. Under the leadership of successive presidents, boards of
trustees and professional staff, the Temple continues to steward its financial
and human resources wisely. It remains committed to continue to do so.
12 H o n o r i n g O u r P a s t . B u i l d i n g O u r F u t u r e .
Only 44% of our
operating and
programming
costsarecovered
by Membership
Dues.Theremaining
costs are covered
by fundraising,
special funds
and endowment.

13. C r e a t e a C u l t u r e o f L o v i n g - K i n d n e s s
Loving-kindness or Gemilut Chesed is an act unlike any other. Anshe
Emeth is known for its welcoming, inclusive, progressive and pluralistic
nature. We are a warm and loving community. We express that to one
another and to the community at large. We care about each other deeply.
We engage in social action, service and act as responsible citizens in our
respective communities. We teach our youth to embrace this core value
in their own lives and to “pay it forward” wherever they go.
In many ways, the foundation of our Temple brand is built on this value.
This instills in all of us great pride.
Loving-kindness endures through the actions we take to express it. This
includes creating a culture of philanthropy within our community.
Synagogue dues provide us with access to all of the wonderful people,
programs and resources that Anshe Emeth provides. There is a direct
exchange that gives all of us far more in return than the minimal cost
of membership.
Our annual commitments are very important too and help Anshe Emeth
meet important needs on an annualized basis.
L’hibanot is different. It is described throughout this brochure. It will
truly yield the greatest return on our investment. It is sacred work and
totally selfless. It is one of the greatest expressions of Gemilut Chesed
that we can ever offer to our temple community – today and tomorrow.
Please join us in this effort.
Our High Holiday
Food Drive
provides almost
200 bags of
groceries for the
local food banks.
Anshe Emeth
Memberscollect
about 6,000
pounds of
clothing for the
rummage sale.

14. AEMT - L’Hibanot Categories of Giving
dreamers
$100,000
Prophets
$72,000
sages
$54,000
visionaries
$36,000
champions
$27,000
guardians
$18,000
guides
$10,000
planners
$7,200
advocates
$3,600
believers
$1,800
“Theworldissustainedby
threethings:bytheTorah,by
worship,andbylovingdeeds.”
–SimontheJust,
PirkeiAvot 1:2
ATID
Youth Commitments

15. H o n o r i n g O u r P a s t . B u i l d i n g O u r F u t u r e . 1 5
Joanne Stern
Roberta Stone
Bruce Trattler
Meryl Verb
Amy Warner
Allison Warzala
Gail Weber
Tracey Weingarten
Beth Zahorsky
officers
Mike Greenberg
Regie Roth
Daryl Lipkin
Barbara Sigman
Steven Darien
David Snyder
David Levine
Trustees
Charles Brandwein
Tamara Busch
Armona Epstein
Laura Gordon
Ina Horn
Frederick Kaimann
Paula Kaplan-Reiss
Stuart Kohn
Fran Lipsky
Beth Mandell
Suzanne Peskin
Jay Reba
Maurice Rosenstraus
Sheila Siegel
Robert Stern
Susan Szachara
life member
Sara Levine
honorary members
Dr. Norman Reitman
Ann Zar-Taub
Past Presidents
Marc Rothstein
Deborah N. Cohen
Susan Kohn
Steven Satz
Honorable Jane Cantor
Marvin R. Zektzer
Paula Masciulli
Lee Livingston
Kenneth Gordon
Jordon Brown
Phyllis Zieky
Sydney Brandwein
Lawrence Zicklin
Louis Goldstein
Malcolm Busch
Elliot Cohen
Honorable Richard S. Cohen
Dr. David Schwartz
Stanley Kaufelt
Honorable Herman Breitkopf
Edgar Rosenberg
Professional Staff
Rabbi
Bennett F. Miller
Rabbi
Philip Bazeley
Cantor
Anna West Ott
Executive Director
Heather Kibel
Director of Early
Childhood Education
Inna Shepard
Director of Youth
Activities
Alyson Bazeley
Osmin Diaz
Heidi Drisdom
Martin Garcia
Uma Iyer
Meredith Lubin
Zoraida Marroquin
Rose Miller
Jesus Pelaez
April Rosen
David Schlossberg
Susan Tapper
Ann Thayer-Cohen
l’hibanot leadership
Co-Chairs
Marc Rothstein
Daryl Lipkin
President
Michael Greenberg
Steven Darien
David Levine
Stu Levine
Bruce Newman
Regie Roth
Barb Sigman
Todd Simmens
David Snyder
Lee B. Rosenfield,
L’hibanot Consultant
Rosenfield Consulting
Services, LLC
Marketing Committee
Rabbi Philip Bazeley
Alan Brooks
Debbie Cohn
Michael Derer
Scott Friedman
Laura Gordon
Mike Greenberg
Heather Kibel
Daryl Lipkin
Jason Paddock
Regie Roth
Marc Rothstein
AETY Board Representatives
Royee Avitzur
Tom Avitzur
Ophir Epstein
Eric Flatt
Elisabeth Landis
Taylin Leibowitz
Noah Levine
Caleb Levine
Brandon Lillian
Alexa Maltby
Shelly Peskin
Matthew Siegel
Jonah Stern
Sarah Stuckey
Kayla Zambrana
art committee
Barbara Sigman
Lanny Livingston
Frankie Busch
Barbara Littman
events Committee
Event Chairs
Helene Greenberg
Suzanne Peskin
Carol Adelman
Risa Barisch Paddock
Ruth Boda
Pam Bransdorfer
Heather Brooks
Judy Burgis
Barbara Busch
Frankie Busch
Tamara Busch
Debbie Cohn
Anna Dulin
Armona Epstein
Phyllis Flatt
Rachel Fried
Debbie Friedman
Joy Goldstein
Ellen Greenberg
Ruthie Hass
Rebecca Hersh
Paula Kaplan-Reiss
Susan Kohn
Leah Kravitz
Laura Leibowitz
Lisa Levine
Sara Levine
Leigh Levy
Leslie Maltby
Beth Mandell
Rochelle Newman
Bruce Newman
Jason Paddock
Barb Peabody
Regie Roth
Shari Rothstein
Lori Schaer
Randy Schafer
Dana Schrager
Barb Sigman
Carrie Snyder
Steve Sokol
Carole Sokol
Rona Solberg

16. honoring our Past. building our future.
Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple
222 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732 545 6484
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