Ner Tamid

Our Ner Tamid Society celebrates all who make a commitment to making Temple Israel part of their estate plans. Your gift will make a lasting impact, and allow us to meet challenges and seize opportunities for growth through changes in demographics which are impacting almost every Jewish institution in the United States.

You can provide for Temple Israel’s future by making us a beneficiary of any of the following:

• A simple bequest in your will – for a set dollar amount or a percentage of the residual
• All or a portion of your Individual Retirement Account (IRA)
• A new or existing life insurance
• A Charitable Remainder Trust
• A Charitable Gift Annuity

Bequest Language

A general bequest:

“I give the sum of_______ dollars ($_____) to Congregation Adath Israel of Boston Massachusetts for general purpose and use.”

A residuary bequest:

“I give _______ percent (___%) of the residue of my estate to Congregation Adath Israel of Boston Massachusetts for general purpose and use.”

Gift for preferred purpose:

“I give ______________ to Congregation Adath Israel in Boston Massachusetts, in support of.” It is my wish that this gift be specifically used to support [insert specific priority area such as education or young adults). If it becomes inappropriate or impossible to accomplish the purpose of the gift as described herein, then the board of trustees may designate this bequest to be used for the benefit of a substantially similar purpose.”