Dear B’nai Simcha Families, Friends and Community,


Happy 40th Anniversary to B’nai Simcha! We are excited to share that B’nai Simcha opened its doors to Jewish families, children and the community exactly 40 years ago! Through its many years, B’nai Simcha has been a pillar of Jewish community education in the San Gabriel Valley and the starting point for many young children to cultivate a strong Jewish identity. A school that started with several families, has now grown to 80 children. This year alone it has expanded from four classrooms to six.


B’nai Simcha was faced with many challenges this past school year, which makes this growth incredibly heart-warming and a true blessing. As we continue to grow, our goal is to provide children with more opportunities for enrichment, improved outdoor play spaces, and a rich Jewish curriculum. This can only be made possible with your support.


The only way to ensure we have a robust and flourishing early childhood education program is with community support! The important work that your generosity will allow us to do will enable our community to thrive for another 40 years and beyond.


Our goal is to raise $40,000 in 40 days (by October 10th) and we are asking for your generosity and support to help make this a reality.


Are you able to fulfill the mitzvah of Tzedakah and contribute the same or more than last year? Are you able to give $40, $400 or even $4000 to honor our 40 year anniversary? Every bit helps and every penny will go toward ensuring Bnai’s high standards of early childhood education are met as we continue to expand.


With much gratitude,


The B’nai Simcha Staff and the B’nai Simcha Parent Board of Directors


P.S. The Hebrew people lived in the lands outside of the Promised Land for "forty years.” Many Jewish leaders believe this period of years represents the time it takes for a new generation to arise (Numbers 32:13). As it happens, 40 is not an insignificant number in Jewish tradition. The Great Flood lasted 40 days and 40 nights. Moses spent 40 days on Mt. Sinai before bringing Torah to the people of Israel. There are 40 days between the beginning of Elul and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. In our tradition, 40 seems to be a span of time that invites discernment, if not quite fulfillment and understanding. In fact, there is a teaching that suggests 40 is the year we attain, or at least seek out, understanding.


40 YEARS, $40,000, 40 DAYS!

Anonymous

Crystal Curran-Moran

Don Diamond

Neil Brown

Jeremy Shulman

Lita & Jon Pollard

Sandy Hartford

Judith Sobel

Haley and Marc Karish

Michael Gordon

Zemel-Diamond Family

Ginny and Ira Blitz

Rabbi Terry Bookman

Fishman Family

Kellerzstein Family

Lee Gruzen

Alison Linder

Ezra and Marisa Callahan and Family

Sandra Wolchok

Georgia Gruzen

B'nai Simcha's 40th Anniversary Appeal

platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

fundCountryCode

NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

fundCurrencyCode

US + Non-charity COs Only

locale

fund country is US and user language is English

personId

comms-internal-person-ids

Enhanced Story Experience Users

Suggested Goal Experience Users

user language is English and fund country: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

Poster share - new funds eligible (newest 9/18)

Streaming widgets beta user

paymentProcessor

3DS payment method

user language is English and fundCountry: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

paymentMethodType

checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

paymentProcessorAccountId

fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

be_supporter_comments_enabled_supported_funds

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

Supporter Comments Eligible Funds

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

currencyCode

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

writePath

Stream Notification

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

Users Receiving Braze KYC Validation Failed

Native 11.3.0 and above

Influencer - Prod

US fundraisers and US users

userEmail

template_id

userId

fundUrl

isCharityCo

email

appVersion

shouldBucketIntoExperiment

partnerId

donationCadence

isActiveFundraiser

isPartner

isMobile

npoProfileOptIn

fundIsLinkedWithMeta

hasSessionDonation

isCampaignOwner

fundHasInstagramDeepLink

Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

userCurrencyCode

Localized Currency

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

B'nai Simcha's 40th Anniversary Appeal

Still $6,604 to go. Help us build momentum.