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From grief to generosity: How legacy giving helps me remember my father — and shape a Jewish future

JL;DR SUMMARY Rebecca Leibowitz Engel discusses how her father's sudden passing deepened her understanding of legacy giving and influenced her work in promoting legacy philanthropy through the Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s Life & Legacy program. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Harold Grinspoon FoundationJewish ValuesJewish FutureCommunity LeadershipMourning PracticesLegacy GivingLife & Legacy ProgramFamily FundIntergenerational PhilanthropyJewish Endowments

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Charleston, South Carolina, United States
"When Charleston joined the Life Legacy program, we adopted the tagline: Be remembered forever by the Jewish community with a legacy gift."

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