Fifth grade graduates tell others that “Tzedakah is the Greatest Act on Earth”

Columbus Jewish Day School graduate Michael Fishman receives a certificate commemorating the establishment of the Michael Fishman B’nei Tzedek Fund of the Columbus Jewish Foundation. Others with new funds are classmates Joshua Hoffman, Philip Schuss, Adam Soll, and Jacob Teich.

The Mitzi & Henry Saeman B’nai Tzedek Youth Philanthropy Program began in 1999.  To date, over 250 Jewish teens have funds with Foundation.  Program participants have already given over $26,000 to more than 100 different charitable organizations. Typically, teens make a $125 start-up contribution on the occasion of their Bar or Bat Mitzvah, which is matched three-fold by the Foundation and the Saemans.  The participants, as well as parents, relatives or friends can also make donations to maintain the funds throughout high school, college, and beyond.