Generations of Generosity

Wayne Goldstein and Tara Slone-Goldstein use bequest to enhance legacy of UJA support.

Wayne Goldstein and Tara Slone-Goldstein are passionate about the work of UJA Federation, which is why they have established a bequest ensuring the organization continues to serve the Jewish community and the world far into the future.

“UJA is such an amazing organization that impacts so many different needs simultaneously,” Tara says. “It is smart and strategic and is an important partner for so many other organizations.”

Through their decades-long involvement with UJA, they have seen with their own eyes the good UJA does in New York, Israel, and around the world. Their firsthand encounters have been inspiring, especially witnessing the rejuvenation and vitality of Jewish communities and life in Eastern Europe and elsewhere just a few generations since the Holocaust, Wayne says.

Merry and Richard Slone use charitable gift annuities as their preferred legacy giving vehicle to make a difference in people’s lives.

With a bequest, Tara and Wayne are expressing to their family the value they place on the work of UJA, just as their parents have done for them. Tara’s parents, Merry and Richard Slone, actively support UJA, often using charitable gift annuities as their preferred giving vehicle. Wayne’s parents, Bobbie and Marty Goldstein, are also committed to UJA as lifelong supporters.

“Our parents have been great models for us in caring deeply about Jewish causes overall,” Tara says. She and Wayne have instilled those same values in their children.

Tara and Wayne encourage others to consider making a legacy gift to UJA as an investment in their community and the world. “We are so confident in the work of UJA and in the governance and stewardship of the funds,” Wayne says, “it makes it easy for us to do this.”