Harold Grinspoon and Diane Troderman are strongly committed to the Jewish community of Western Massachusetts and have taken on an increasingly national role in encouraging vibrant Jewish life and Jewish continuity.

While most of their financial support in these areas is made through the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, they have supported Jewish life in part, as well, through HGCF to the grantees listed here.

Summer and Camping Programs:

• Camp Ramah in New England, Palmer

• Hillel:The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life,Washington DC
• UMASS Department for Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, Amherst, sub-fund distribution
• University of Connecticut Foundation Inc., Storrs, CT –  to build kosher dining facility

Community and Family Life:

• Chabad House, Amherst
• Elat Chayyim, Accord, NY
• Jewish Lesbian and Gay Fund of the Jewish United Fund, Chicago IL
• Jewish United Fund, Chicago IL
• Lubavitch Mesivta of Chicago IL
• Jewish Community Center for Maccabi Games Support, Springfield
• Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, New York NY
• Chochmat HaLev, Berkeley CA
• National Yiddish Book Center, Amherst

Education:

• Aish Hatorah, Seattle WA
• Jewish Community Day School of Newton
• Leo Baeck College, London, England

Jewish Life