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TESTIMONIALS
Campaign Chairs
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"IDS made our capital
campaign a success.
Barry Judelman evaluated
our Congregation and
recommended a goal
hardly anyone felt was
achievable. We actually
achieved in excess of
the goal. We could not
have done it without
IDS."
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"I just wanted to take
the opportunity to say
thank you for all of
your sage advice, your
patience, your
commitment to
understanding who we are
as a congregation and
helping us find "the
right way" to conduct a
capital campaign!
When we looked for a
consultant, we found a
kindred soul.
Someone who cares as
much about Judaism and
our mission in our
community as we do.
It has been a great
pleasure working along
side of you on this
journey.
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You have earned my vote as
an honorary member of TBC (a
high honor, indeed!) and I
look forward
to the day that you and I
will sit together in our new
sacred space and together
celebrate our faith and the
renewal of our mission as a
house of learning, a house
of gathering, and a house of
worship."
Michael Johnston,
Campaign Chair,
Temple
B'nai Chaim, Georgetown, CT
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Presidents'
"On
two different campaigns IDS has
helped us raise more money then any
two other campaigns in our 50 year
history. Barry's Coaching,
Leadership, and Strategic Planning
were invaluable. He also
became a friend to all of the
leadership at our Temple."
Glenn Liebowitz, President,
Temple Emanu-El,
Oak Park, MI
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"Barry took our
impossible dream and made it possible.
His personal involvement at every level
of the campaign distinguished him from
every other advisor that we encountered.
As synagogue president, I could not have
made it through our process without his
advice, support and hard work. His has
superb judgment, immediate rapport with
donors and volunteers and unquestioned
integrity."
Sanford Goldstein, President,
Congregation Beth Sholom, San Francisco,
CA
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"Thank you for
your help in placing us on solid
footing. You lent an air of
graciousness and menshlichkeit to the
campaign which along with your knowledge
contributed mightily toward our
success."
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Stuart Rabner, President,
Congregation
Agudath Israel, Caldwell, NJ |
Rabbis
"Barry Judelman is a perfect
combination of a marvelous
fundraiser who will help you achieve
maximum results from your
congregation, and a committed Jew
who understands not only the
workings of the synagogue, but the
heart of Judaism. Like other
fundraisers, Barry will be able to
help you to find the "deep pockets"
in your congregation and move people
to be as
generous as they can. But, more
importantly, Barry will help you
find the deep neshamas of
your
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congregants and inspire them to
respond to the essence of their Jewishness and Judaism. He is a
master motivator, and a mensch.
With that you cannot go wrong. Our
congregation has been in our
marvelous new building for the past
four years. Without Barry, we would
still be raising the resources that
helped us transform our congregation
into what it is today."
Rabbi Norman M. Cohen,
Congregation Bet Shalom,
Minnetonka, MN |
"It is a
pleasure to recommend Mr. Barry
Judelman and his IDS firm. We
could not have gotten our "Kehillah"
building program started, were
it not for the expertise and
wisdom of Barry and his firm.
The feasibility study was
especially helpful in
determining the scope of our
fundraising potential. He was
literally "on the money" in
determining the correct amount
we were able to raise. Barry
was also helpful in launching
our committees, helping us to
name the project, and even
helping us with details such as
the logo, stationery, types of
letters to be mailed,
etc. Although we, like most
other congregations, thought we
could do it by ourselves, we
could not have started and
continued this project were it
not for Barry Judelman and the
IDS firm. On a personal level,
as Barry is fluent in Hebrew and
extremely knowledgeable about
Jewish text and tradition, he
added a dimension of
authenticity, sechel (sense) and
neshama (soul) to our entire
project."
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"Let me put this very simply. Barry
Judelman and IDS helped us raise $12
million
for the rebuilding of our synagogue and
I know for a certainty that we couldn't
have raised one tenth of this amount
without him. I know this because we
tried. Several times!! What I learned
from Barry Judelman is that fund raising
is a complex and often baffling
landscape. But Barry knows this
territory like the back of his hand and
he has a real gift for helping others
negotiate it."
Rabbi Alan Lew,
Congregation Beth Sholom,
San Francisco, CA
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