Three Organizations Receive Grants to Suppport Jewish Culture and Learning
May 11 , 2007
Great Barrington, MA –Three local organizations have received grants from the Wassermann-Streit Y'DIYAH Memorial Fund, an endowment of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation. The Fund supports programs that facilitate knowledge and understanding of the history, culture and practice of traditional Judaism.
“The Y’DIYAH fund plays an important role in presenting many facets of Jewish culture to the community,” said Jennifer Dowley, president of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, which manages the fund.
The Fund awarded grants totaling $1,500 to the following nonprofit groups:
Congregation Knesset Israel, Pittsfield, MA: $500 for the 2007 Berkshire Jewish Film Festival, which presents first run and obscure Jewish films from the United States and throughout the world.
Kinderhook Library, Kinderhook NY: $500 for a performance by Gerald Fierst, a storyteller, to perform Jewish folktales.
Congregation Shir Chadash, Lagrangeville, NY: $500 for an annual concert featuring the Folksbiene Yiddish Theater, which is the only professional Yiddish theater in America, and is currently in its 92nd year.
The next deadline for grant applications for the Wassermann-Streit Y’DIYAH Memorial Fund is April 1, 2007. Applications are available online or by calling Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation at 800.969.2823.
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation is a nonprofit organization that cultivates philanthropy in ways that have a direct positive impact in Berkshire County, MA; Columbia County and northeast Dutchess County, NY; and northwest Litchfield County, CT. To make a donation to the Y’DIYAH Fund or for more information, please contact Berkshire Taconic at 271 Main Street, Suite 3, Great Barrington, MA, 800.969.2823, e-mail info@berkshiretaconic.org or visit the website at www.berkshiretaconic.org.
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