Jacqueline Levine, activist for Soviet Jewry and civil rights, dies at 99 - 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
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In 2010, Sarah Levin contacted synagogues seeking congregants to participate in an oral history project for JIMENA: Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa, where she had recently become executive director. The Sephardic Congregation in Evanston, Ill., which her great-grandparents helped found, pointed her towards a Syrian and Turkish couple who had immigrated... Read More The post JIMENA teaches social services to offer culturally responsive care to Mizrahi, Sephardic clients app...| eJewishPhilanthropy
Days before the deadline to certify the World Zionist Congress elections, the organization’s ultimate judicial authority, the Zionist Supreme Court, ruled last week against disqualifying slates as a penalty for apparently fraudulent votes and other irregularities in this year’s election, according to a copy of the ruling obtained by eJewishPhilanthropy. The court’s decision, which was... Read More The post Zionist Supreme Court permits slates that received fraudulent votes to serve in c...| eJewishPhilanthropy
Giving to your alma mater is one of the most popular philanthropic pathways for the average donor; far rarer in the charitable giving space is donating to another university with which you have no previous affiliation. Yet this is exactly what happened at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology over the last several months,... Read More The post When a perfect storm drives donors appeared first on eJewishPhilanthropy.| eJewishPhilanthropy
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In Judaism, the house is a holy place. It’s where traditions and mitzvot are practiced and passed down. When it comes to the environment, the household is also a major driver of climate change. While there is a global push to shift from dependence on coal, oil and gas for power to renewable energy such... Read More The post Australian ‘It’s Time’ initiative encourages Jewish households to ‘electrify’ and make greener choices appeared first on eJewishPhilanthropy.| eJewishPhilanthropy
Israeli President Isaac Herzog will present the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor to philanthropist Dr. Miriam Adelson, tech entrepreneur Yossi Vardi, Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Muwaffaq Tarif, German publisher Mathias Döpfner and five other recipients, his office announced on Sunday. The other five recipients are: George Costa Karra, one of Israel’s first Arab Supreme Court... Read More The post Israeli President Isaac Herzog to present medal of honor to Dr. Miriam Adelson, 8 others ...| eJewishPhilanthropy
A series of Jewish community groups, in a joint statement released on Tuesday, urged Jewish organizations to apply for Nonprofit Security Grant Program funding, in spite of ongoing concerns from some in the community about potential new conditions on the funding. Some in the Jewish community have raised concerns and expressed confusion about language present in... Read More The post Jewish orgs urge institutions to apply for NSGP grants, despite questions about new conditions appeared first ...| eJewishPhilanthropy
Barry Finestone wisely identified the crisis facing Jewish communal professionals in his recent piece, “The crisis we’re ignoring: Who’s caring for the people who hold up the Jewish world?” (Aug. 25). In an era of rising antisemitism and polarization, Jewish educators, clergy, fundraisers, social workers, CEOs and staff are “running on fumes,” as he says.... Read More The post A cure for Jewish communal burnout? Ancient Jewish wisdom appeared first on eJewishPhilanthropy.| eJewishPhilanthropy
When Barry Finestone published his courageous op-ed urging the Jewish communal sector to care for its professionals, he named the crisis clearly: Our educators, clergy, social workers and organizational leaders — the people who hold up Jewish life — are running on fumes. His practical solutions, from temporary staff to peer support networks, signal a... Read More The post Building systems of care appeared first on eJewishPhilanthropy.| eJewishPhilanthropy
Can there be rest in times of crisis? The only answer is yes, and the future of our sector depends on it; gratitude to Barry Finestone for raising this critical conversation for the field (“The crisis we’re ignoring: Who’s caring for the people who hold up the Jewish world?” Aug. 25). Every week, we hear... Read More The post Fund the talent, or forget the cause appeared first on eJewishPhilanthropy.| eJewishPhilanthropy
Kol hakavod to Barry Finestone for sounding the alarm in the Jewish communal world about a crisis that has gone unaddressed for far too long, and that is now threatening to drive our best talent away from the field (“The crisis we’re ignoring: Who’s caring for the people who hold up the Jewish world?” Aug.... Read More The post Thanks but no thanks: What Jewish professionals really want appeared first on eJewishPhilanthropy.| eJewishPhilanthropy
Good Thursday morning. In today’s edition ofYour Daily Phil, we report on Jewish communal leaders’ and organizations’ reactions to yesterday’sdeadly shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school churchand interviewWhitney Fischabout the decision to shut down the teen mental health nonprofitBaMidbar. We speak with colleagues and acquaintances of real estate developer and philanthropistStephen Muss, who died on... Read More The post Your Daily Phil: Echoes of Tree of Life: Jewish groups’ ...| eJewishPhilanthropy
After expanding to meet the growing mental health needs of teenagers in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Oct. 7 terror attacks, the nonprofit BaMidbar will end operations on Sept. 1, the organization’s CEO, Whitney Fisch, announced on Wednesday in an email to supporters. Fisch, who joined the organization last December, told eJewishPhilanthropy... Read More The post Teen mental health nonprofit BaMidbar to shut down Sept. 1 due to financial struggles appeared first on eJewishPhilan...| eJewishPhilanthropy
Stephen Muss saved the Alexander Muss High School in Israel from bankruptcy by treating it like a hotel — an industry the Miami Beach businessman knew well. He understood that “a not-for-profit organization cannot simply have its hand out and beg,” Ron Werner, AMHSI chairperson and president emeritus, told eJewishPhilanthropy. “But [it] needs to be... Read More The post Stephen Muss, who revitalized Miami Beach and Alexander Muss High School in Israel, dies at 97 appeared first on eJe...| eJewishPhilanthropy
As we approach Labor Day, a holiday dedicated to celebrating the achievements of American workers, a new study by the Womens Rabbinic Network reveals a troubling truth: Changing policy is hard, but changing culture is much, much harder. The study, which focuses on paid leave experiences among Reform movement professionals, presents a striking paradox. While... Read More The post Labor Day reminder: Policies aren’t enough when it comes to paid leave appeared first on eJewishPhilanthropy.| eJewishPhilanthropy
Good Wednesday morning. The post Your Daily Phil: Harlaps donate $180M in largest-ever gift to an Israeli hospital appeared first on eJewishPhilanthropy.| eJewishPhilanthropy
Shmuel and Anat Harlap have donated $180 million to central Israel’s Rabin Medical Center, the hospital announced on Wednesday, in the largest-ever single gift to an Israeli hospital and likely the largest single gift ever made by Israeli donors. The donation will go toward the construction of a new cardiological and neurological center at the... Read More The post Shmuel and Anat Harlap donate $180 million to Rabin Medical Center, in largest-ever gift to an Israeli hospital appeared first ...| eJewishPhilanthropy
The Jewish world thrives on direct contact. From the Shabbat table to shul, the beit midrash to Birthright Israel, summer camp to community centers — it’s how we connect. We bond with each other and to our Jewish identities in proximity to peers, mentors and luminaries. We are an “IRL” people, stronger together. “Do not... Read More The post It’s time to take a serious look at digital engagement appeared first on eJewishPhilanthropy.| 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
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Signatories of the missive, which was initiated by The London Initiative, include Charles Bronfman, Susie Gelman, Dame Vivien Duffield and others| eJewishPhilanthropy
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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
When I was 17, an educational trip changed my life. It was one of the first Jewish educational journeys to Poland in the late 1980s, and my first time traveling abroad: a dreamlike journey filled with unfamiliar places, first-time experiences,...| eJewishPhilanthropy
In the early hours of July 16, I began to receive a flurry of WhatsApp messages from my friend and colleague, Vlada Nedak, a leading Jewish Ukrainian figure based in the southern industrial city of Kryvyi Rih. More than 30...| eJewishPhilanthropy
Omer Bartov is a respected historian of the Holocaust who also teaches about genocide as Dean's Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University. We do not impugn his scholarship regarding Nazi Germany’s annihilation of 6 million Jews during...| 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
