Leave a Jewish Legacy at Temple Beth El

We hope you will consider including Temple Beth El in your will or estate plan. You may be able to make a bigger gift than you imagine, provide for your family, and leave a Jewish legacy that will enrich our temple community for decades to come.  

There are many different kinds of planned gifts, some of which may provide you with current income and benefit Temple Beth El in the future. 

However, most Jewish legacy gifts are straightforward bequests. Your bequest language can be as simple as the following:

"I hereby bequeath to Temple Beth El Jewish Community Center, a tax-exempt organization, ID #94-6139655, located
at 3055 Porter Gulch Road, Aptos, CA 95003, the sum of _____ dollars [or, alternatively,  _____% of residuary estate; description of property, etc.] to be directed by Temple Beth El for unrestricted congregational support [or, alternatively, for the support of a particular Temple program or facility]."

For more information, on a confidential, no-obligation basis, please contact Planned Giving Committee Chair, Steve Shapiro at steveshapiro@cruzio.com or 831-465-1148 or one of the Temple clergy.

Please click here for a list of TBE Members who have become members of the Legacy Society by either donating to the Temple Endowment Fund or by remembering the Temple in their estate planning.