Sharon 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…
Read moreBeing Jewish on College campuses isn’t just about getting a degree. As they head back to campus for another year of hitting the books, this years class of Jewish college students face the monumental…
Read moreBeit Issie Shapiro is Israel’s leading organization in the development and provision of innovative therapies and services for children with disabilities and plays a leading role in promoting the inclusion of people with special…
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