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Maimonides’ Eight Levels of Charity

yoav@negevdirect.com 04/10/2010

Mishneh Torah, Laws of Charity, 10:7-14 “There are eight levels of charity, each greater than the next.” 1. The greatest level, above which there is no greater, is to support a fellow Jew by…

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Rating the Charities

yoav@negevdirect.com 04/07/2010

There are several charity rating agencies on the web, the best-known and largest being Charity Navigator. CN looks at...

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Jobs in Jewish Philanthropy 4.7.10

yoav@negevdirect.com 04/07/2010

Director Tikkun Olam Women’s Foundation Posted: 03/22/2010 Category: Grant administration Location: Maryland Chief Executive Officer The Jewish Federation of...

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Bad Marketing

yoav@negevdirect.com 04/06/2010

We’ve all seen it. But every once in a while a particularly egregious example crosses our desk. So let’s...

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Better Than Charity

yoav@negevdirect.com 03/31/2010

Jewish tradition teaches that there is something even better than charity… Nearly a thousand years ago, the sage Maimonides...

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When Bibi Met Obama

yoav@negevdirect.com 03/30/2010

Whatever your political opinions are, you’ll find this funny. Thanks to Yaakov (Bones) Kirschen who has managed to live...

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