“School’s back in session — and, despite the recession — new money is coming in for Jewish education. This week Manhattan’s Heschel School, a pluralistic Jewish day school, announced new gifts totaling $75 million,…
Read moreby Tamar Snyder Staff Writer: Jewish Week of New York The Power Of The Circle: the Next Phase in Jewish Philanthropy Rochelle Kleter never pictured herself as a philanthropist. The first-generation American, born to…
Read moreFrom Haaretz “A 13-year-old from New York has decided to give $40,000 he received from his parents for his bar mitzvah to the children of Sderot. The municipality says the money will go to…
Read more“Responding to what experts are calling a financial crisis in the American day school movement, UJA-Federation of New York is launching a $300 million campaign to provide cash-strapped parents with tuition assistance, and schools…
Read moreWhat is the definition of philanthropy? This fun and heart warming video explores the notion of the concept of philanthropy through the eyes of givers and the average person on the street. “Co-produced by…
Read moreRe-post by Jacob Berkman from the blog “The Fundermentalist” “The E. Ike Eshaghian Foundation has given $1.8 million to the American Technion Society to help kidney research at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in…
Read more“Affluent people are increasingly likely to use the Internet to make their charitable donations, according to results released today of a study of nearly 3,500 donors. But charities are turning off some of their…
Read moreThe 2008 Slate 60 which lists the 60 largest American charitable contributionsof the year is out. There are a number of Jewish donors on the list including Sheldon Adelson, Michael Bloomberg, to name a…
Read moreFrom:The eJewish Philanthropy blog by Dan Brown “Nefesh B’Nefesh has announced the receipt of a major gift to support the organization’s work in bringing Jews from the West to live in Israel. The donor…
Read moreBirthright nails down tycoon Adelson’s $20m pledge for youth trips By Anthony Weiss, The Forward “Birthright Israel, one of the most prominent identity organizations for young Jews, has worked out a deal with its…
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