October 8th Jews
The data is in. We’ve seen it first-hand. Starting on October 8th, Jewish donors decided enough is enough and we started giving (even more) to Israeli causes. A new donor term has been coined:…
Read moreVideo: The Power of Tzedakah – Must See
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Read moreFederations and Jewish Agency to Provide Financial Assistance to Bulgaria Terror Victims
Source:Â https://www.jewishfederations.org The Fund for the Victims of Terror, operated by The Jewish Agency for Israel and made possible by contributions from Jewish Federations across North America, will provide financial assistance to Israelis wounded in…
Read moreWhere Do You Give?
A really neat new tzedakah design contest put on by AJWS. What does tzedakah look like? Where do you give? To whom and why?
Read moreThe Global Day of Jewish Learning
What: The Global Day of Jewish Learning When: 11.7.10 About: “On November 7, 2010, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz will complete his monumental translation and commentary on the Talmud. His mission has been to give Jewish…
Read moreThe Saddest Day
Tisha B’Av, the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av is by far the saddest day in the scope of Jewish history. Both the First Temple and the Second Temple were destroyed on…
Read moreMaimonides’ Eight Levels of Charity
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…
Read moreRating the Charities
There are several charity rating agencies on the web, the best-known and largest being Charity Navigator. CN looks at a lot of financial data and then rates 5,500 agencies using a 0-4 star system.…
Read moreBetter Than Charity
Jewish tradition teaches that there is something even better than charity… Nearly a thousand years ago, the sage Maimonides wrote:”A loan is better than charity, for it enables one to help himself.” And Jewish…
Read moreBGU Looks At Israel’s Nonprofit Sector
Remember the good old days of fundraising? That’s right, I’m talking about 2007. The following report summary on Israeli non-profit fundraising in 2008 was put together by our neighbors down the road at Ben…
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