The meal itself
Shabbat dinner is free for every student, every week, with no sign-up fee and no membership. Sponsorship is what makes that possible.
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Your giving pays for the food, the staff and the Jewish home that hundreds of Michigan students walk into every single week.
Choose your gift
Which Friday would you like to sponsor?
Nothing is locked in yet. Dates are confirmed by a person, not by this form — if the Friday you pick has already been promised to someone else, we will call and find you another one. Your gift is recorded either way.
Final wording, placement and recognition are confirmed with you before anything is engraved or printed.
Who should we thank, and make the tax receipt out to?
How would you like to give?
Your fund will need these details
Nothing is charged here. Confirming reserves your dedication and emails you these details. You then recommend the grant through your fund, and it comes to us directly — usually within a few weeks.
Reserved. Thank you.
We have you down for .
We have emailed you the details your fund needs — our legal name, address and EIN. Recommend the grant whenever suits you; someone from the JRC will be in touch to thank you and confirm your dedication wording.
Please email jrc@michiganjrc.com and we will take your gift over the phone.
Processed securely by PayPal. We never see or store your card details.
Thank you.
We've received your gift of .
PayPal will email you a payment confirmation. If you asked us to sponsor a specific Shabbat, someone will be in touch to confirm the date.
Where it goes
Shabbat dinner is free for every student, every week, with no sign-up fee and no membership. Sponsorship is what makes that possible.
One-on-one learning, a rabbi to call at 2am, and staff who know students by name rather than by headcount.
Israel and beyond, heavily subsidised so cost is never the reason a student stays home.
Other ways to give
Prefer not to give online, or want to talk through a larger gift? We would genuinely rather have the conversation.
Cheques payable to the JRC · 1335 Hill Street, Ann Arbor, MI