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The agreement ending the Gaza war sparked by the Oct. 7 attacks offers a rare chance to reengage young Jews and heal the rift that has widened in recent years. Over the past five years, a deep physical and emotional disconnect has grown between Israel and the Jewish world. The COVID-19 pandemic and the Gaza... Read More The post End of Gaza war offers a historic opportunity to reengage young Jews worldwide appeared first on eJewishPhilanthropy.| eJewishPhilanthropy
The table setting at the inaugural Asian Jewish Shabbaton at Yale University Hillel last Friday night — challah and chopsticks — straddled more than just culinary worlds. It also served as a tangible bridge linking the intersecting identities of the 450 students from 15 universities in attendance. The two-day inaugural Asian Jewish Shabbaton, organized by... Read More The post Asian Jewish students celebrate intersecting identities, gather for landmark Shabbaton at Yale appeared first on ...| eJewishPhilanthropy
The 39th World Zionist Congress kicks off in Jerusalem on Tuesday, with more than 2,500 people — voting delegates, observers and staff members — in attendance. Over the course of three days, the congress will debate and vote on the budgets, appointments, committee makeups and resolutions that will guide the so-called National Institutions over the... Read More The post A contentious World Zionist Congress kicks off in Jerusalem with slates expected to duke it out over budgets, positions a...| eJewishPhilanthropy
At a time marked by uncertainty and rapid change, Jewish organizations face unprecedented challenges in sustaining their missions and serving their communities. While organizations must always plan for the future, the events of the last few months more than ever require institutions to think creatively about long-term financial stability. In this landscape, securing the future... Read More The post Leverage the potential of legacy giving to sustain Jewish communities appeared first on eJewish...| eJewishPhilanthropy
Two years ago, when Hamas murdered 1,200 and kidnapped 251 Israelis and foreign nationals, the reality for leaders of Jewish organizations around the United States suddenly transformed. They now had to manage day-to-day business, meet their missions and navigate the impact of the trauma of the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks on their staff, including the... Read More The post It’s not too late for post-Oct. 7 leadership do-overs appeared first on eJewishPhilanthropy.| eJewishPhilanthropy
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'Slowly, slowly, this place will become a place that is not good to live in... because the most basic things won't be able to function,' warns former Justice Ministry director-general Emi Palmor at Taub Center confab| eJewishPhilanthropy
As we enter the fourth quarter of 2025, nonprofits enter the most critical fundraising season. It is common knowledge that November and December are often the most important months for donor giving, with 30%-40% of annual contributions arriving in the last few weeks of the year. In this crowded marketplace, organizations must rise above the... Read More The post Results by the numbers: An imperative for end-of-year fundraising appeared first on eJewishPhilanthropy.| eJewishPhilanthropy
The release of the hostages this month and the subsequent fragile peace that has ensued has marked for many the end of the war and the opportunity to move beyond the conflict to focus on other pressing issues. But for...| eJewishPhilanthropy
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Even after the IRS ruled this summer that spiritual leaders could endorse candidates from the pulpit, few major rabbinic figures opted to do so. But this past Shabbat, Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove of the Park Avenue Synagogue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side and one of the leading rabbis in the country, pleaded with congregants not to... Read More The post After Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove endorses Cuomo, leaders debate if he opened Pandora’s box or if circumstances demanded it appeared first on eJewish...| eJewishPhilanthropy
Last week, the world watched as Israeli hostages returned home in helicopters, just one day before the two-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks and the holiday of Simchat Torah. Videos of tearful reunions filled the internet. Families ran to embrace loved ones they feared they might never see again. For Israel and the Jewish... Read More The post Freedom is only the beginning: What former hostages can learn from Holocaust survivors appeared first on eJewishPhilanthropy.| eJewishPhilanthropy
There are no words because he is not here to write them. There are no words because he is not here to speak them. There are no words because he is not here. This is the situation I find myself...| eJewishPhilanthropy
Israeli journalist who has written for Davar and Yedioth Ahronoth, he won the Israel Prize in 2007, Nahum Barnea turns 81 Chairman emeritus of the shopping mall developer Simon Property Group and the principal owner of the NBAs Indiana Pacers, Herbert Herb Simon turns 91 Distinguished university professor of American and Jewish studies at the State University of New York at New... Read More The post Your Daily Phil: Repair the World gets $13M boost for post-Oct. 7 expansion appeared ...| eJewishPhilanthropy
Weve been living through a period of significant transition in the Jewish nonprofit world, with executive shake-ups announced across our landscape over the past two years, the shuttering of treasured partners like Bamidbar and the Gender Equity in Hiring Project this year, and now swings from optimism to cynicism as we follow news coming from... Read More The post 5 lessons on mergers in this moment of change appeared first on eJewishPhilanthropy.| eJewishPhilanthropy
Israeli President Isaac Herzog bestowed the country’s highest civil honor, the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor, on eight Israeli citizens and a German publisher last night for their contributions to the country. “Each and every one of our honorees tonight...| eJewishPhilanthropy
Seven foundations teamed up to boost the organization, which has seen its attendance rates nearly double post-Oct. 7| eJewishPhilanthropy
This week, a chapter closed in Jewish history. Our hostages are home. Thanks to President Donald Trump and his team, negotiations are underway for the next phase of the ceasefire, and the prospects for peace are greater than ever before....| eJewishPhilanthropy
In the last few years, American Jews have experienced “the return of history.” Antisemitism, pervasive over the course of millennia, was thought to have been relegated to the dark and hidden recesses of American public discourse. Over the last decade,...| eJewishPhilanthropy
Since Oct. 7, 2023 Jewish philanthropy has surged to meet the crisis of antisemitism. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been mobilized for campus advocacy, security and public messaging campaigns designed to combat hatred and misinformation. With the release of...| eJewishPhilanthropy
Portion of respondents saying that they are increasingly involved in Jewish communal life drops slightly over past year, but remains high — particularly among hard-to-reach groups| eJewishPhilanthropy
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When I was a freshman football player, I had a coach from South Jersey whose accent sounded more like the Deep South. Whenever he thought we weren’t giving enough effort, he’d bark, “You gotta have a sense of UR-GEN-SEEE!” I’m...| eJewishPhilanthropy
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At SRE Network’s Executive Symposium in June 2025, we outlined eight bold aspirational statements for our sector looking ahead to the year 2035. One of them posits that we will be able to respond to the question of pay equity...| eJewishPhilanthropy
By Rachel Gildiner The secular year of 2018 was deemed the Year of the Woman by CNN and other national news outlets. Originally coined for the 1992 elections, when American voters elected more new women to Congress than in any...| eJewishPhilanthropy
Like many of us have experienced, it’s been difficult for me to access a sense of hope since Oct. 7, 2023. I’ve tried, but my energy and ambitions have felt muted. It has been a devastating time for the Jewish...| eJewishPhilanthropy
Nily Falic, who previously served in the role, will replace Morey Levovitz as board chair until September, when a vote is called; national director Nadav Padan will take over for Steve Weil as interim CEO| eJewishPhilanthropy
Prior to his first week on the job at the fledgling organization, eJP spoke to Elbaum about the his new role and the group's trajectory| eJewishPhilanthropy
'She didn't act like she was a big deal. She just was. She made the world better. Not many people can say that.'| eJewishPhilanthropy
Last week, I served as a member of the delegation leadership from the Detroit Jewish community to the JCC Maccabi Games in Pittsburgh. This was my second consecutive summer and my third summer overall serving in this role. Delegation heads...| eJewishPhilanthropy
Good Thursday morning. In today’s edition of Your Daily Phil, we examine how Jewish communal discourse around Israel and Gaza has shifted in recent weeks and reveal new Jewish Federations of North America data showing that “The Surge” has affected Chabad more than other denominations. We report...| eJewishPhilanthropy
Signatories of the missive, which was initiated by The London Initiative, include Charles Bronfman, Susie Gelman, Dame Vivien Duffield and others| eJewishPhilanthropy
Let’s build institutions that support courageous education.| eJewishPhilanthropy
Amid a major surge in antisemitism across the country, Jewish educators, advocacy groups and administrators have understandably embraced a tempting proposition: providing schools and workplaces with diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)-style training that advances consensus positions on antisemitism within the...| eJewishPhilanthropy
‘We are deeply saddened by the deaths, injuries and structural damage at the Holy Family Church in Gaza and stand in solidarity with our Catholic brothers and sisters,’ AJC CEO Ted Deutch says| eJewishPhilanthropy
395 volunteers met with 51 lawmakers or their representatives in 26 states last week, pushing for greater legislative efforts to address climate change| eJewishPhilanthropy
In 2001, when the Israeli tech sector was starting to produce a stream of initial public offerings on the Nasdaq but it was still years before the country would come to be known as the “Start-Up Nation,” I started hearing...| eJewishPhilanthropy
Oren, owner of the small eatery Ach Sheli Gibor (My Brother, The Hero), located in the Shomron, recently stood in his empty restaurant, mentally preparing to shut the business down. “I told my mom, ‘That’s it. I’m done. I can’t...| eJewishPhilanthropy
Good Monday morning. In today’s edition of Your Daily Phil, we examine the Jewish community’s reactions to the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. We report on Jewish organizations’ refusal to meet a French minister after French President Emmanuel Macron announced that the country would...| eJewishPhilanthropy
Jewish life in America is changing at a rapid pace. The horrific Oct. 7 attacks against Israel were just the start, with the subsequent war in Gaza, the increase in antisemitism in America and continued widespread campus protests stoking fear...| eJewishPhilanthropy
Twelve Jewish nonprofits have been awarded a total of $575,000 in “field building grants” from SRE Network, the organization announced today. Connecting over 175 Jewish organizations, SRE Network promotes creating and maintaining safe, respectful and equitable Jewish workplaces and communal...| eJewishPhilanthropy
