Naomi and Mose Levenstein, my parents, would be proud and happy to know that I was able to make this commitment to the future stability of the Jewish community via Congregation Beth Israel. I myself am proud and happy.

Having grown up in Greensburg, Indiana, part of the only Jewish family in town, our Judiasm was not hidden; but it was careful. Our last name was Jewish, we didn’t have a Xmas tree, we ate chopped liver; but we didn’t flaunt it.

Since those years, it has become more important to me to stand up and be counted as a Jew — for myself and for my children Andy, Molly, Steven and Sam. The Dor l’dor Society at Congregation Beth Israel provides this opportunity; and the Book of Life adds a special way of sharing my personal pleasure with the entire Jewish Community.