Charity Navigator has a somewhat controversial rating system for charities awarding stars to measure the financial health, viability and transparency of charities. A new updates rating system has resulted in ratings changes for over…
Read moreThis summer, Vivint, one of the largest home automation companies in North America, is giving away more than one million dollars to charities through its GiveBack Project. We LOVE Vivint for it’s innovative approach…
Read more - Maccabi USA now has 9,330 names available (down from 12,292). – The Center for Jewish History list now has 4,487 names available for exchange only (down from 4,799). – As of today, The Fiends of the 92st…
Read moreSharon Temkin Portnoy has joined the Forward Association, publisher of the Forward newspaper, as Director of Development. Portnoy joins the Forward from Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America. During her tenure with Hadassah,…
Read moreToday’s eJewish Philanthropy features an article by Susan Weidman Schneider, one of Lilith Magazines founders, on the concept on Salons. She writes…Salons, popular among intellectually curious and avant-garde Jewish women from the eighteenth century onward,…
Read moreIn an article entitled “A century after one of N.Y.’s worst fires, we still struggle with how to bury the poor” the New York Daily News mark’s the 100th anniversary of the infamous Triangle Shirt…
Read moreVia: Dan Elbaum, AJC regional Director, Chicago, IL. “Please take a moment to watch this video about AJC’s Project Interchange and the important work we do to bring decision makers from around the world…
Read moreWho knew? In 1968 Dali produced a limited edition set of 25 colored lithographs to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel. The title piece of the suite, reproduced…
Read moreHere’s some rather unpleasant news. Ace reporter Jane Eisner of The Forward finds that women continue to lag behind men in both representation and compensation in Jewish communal organizations. The Forward’s second annual survey of…
Read moreImage by Jerise Fogel, www.jerise.com Repost of an article by Holly Hall appearing in yesterdays online version of The Chronicle of Philanthropy “As many charities suffered a decline of 10 percent or more in…
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