- Named Endowment Funds
It was the joy that a particular JFCS program brought to her father’s life that prompted Joyce Newstat, along with her spouse, Susan Lowenberg, to establish a Named Endowment Fund in his loving memory.
The Seymour Newstat Endowment Fund makes distributions each year to support the Annual Seymour Newstat Passover Seders for participants of JFCS’ Café by the Bay program for Holocaust survivors.
Joyce Newstat with her father, Seymour Newstat z”l, and Susan Lowenberg with her father, Bill Lowenberg z”l
Joyce recalls that her father did not talk much about his life during World War II—which included time in a work camp, from which he’d later escape. As he aged, he began to share more about his harrowing experiences. His transformation came about, in part, as a result of his participation in Café by the Bay, which offers social and educational activities for Holocaust survivors, as well as ample opportunities to shmooze and talk about subjects of mutual interest.
“A whole new world opened to him with Café by the Bay,” says Joyce. “He developed new friendships toward the end of his life.”
Both members of the JFCS Holocaust Center’s Advisory Council, Joyce and Susan decided that the Seymour Newstat Endowment Fund should specifically support the Passover seder because it was one of Seymour’s favorite holidays. “My father was a quiet man,” says Joyce, “but he really took over at Passover. We knew that it would be the perfect way to honor him.”
If you would like to establish a Named Endowment Fund, please contact [email protected] or 415-449-3858.