The Estelle W. and Karen S. Kalish Fund is a donor-advised fund at the St. Louis Community Foundation. I named it after my wonderful grandmother and favorite person ever, Estelle Watelsky Kalish (my father’s mother), not because the money came from her (it didn’t), but because I absolutely adored her. Everyone did. I was her first grandchild and there’s often something special between a grandmother and her first grandchild, and that was true for us. In my eyes, she was loving, warm, beautiful, caring, and could do no wrong.
I support both local and national organizations in several areas:
- literacy, closing the achievement gap;
- leveling the playing field for minorities, especially African Americans, and issues of race;
- the Jewish community;
- NGOs in Israel where Israelis and Palestinians are working together, and
- causes that my close friends care about.
My Legacy
If I have a few shekels left when I “leave,” several organizations in my will will benefit (with the caveat that they can’t kill me to get it). One of them is Central Reform Congregation in St. Louis. Here’s why.
