Posts Tagged: Jewish philanthropy
Philanthropy Raises $90 Million for Jewish Camps
JNS.org - The Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s JCamp180 initiative raised $90 million to support Jewish camps across the United States. Recently, JCamp180 held its 11th annual conference, drawing...
How a Jewish Leader With 3 Months to Live Created a ‘Seminar’ on Life
JNS.org - What would you do if you found out that you had only three more months to live? Gordon Zacks was a successful businessman,...
Is the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge a Model for Jewish Fundraising?
JNS.org - The hottest month of summer was ice cold, as thousands of people poured buckets of ice water over their heads to raise...
Foreign Donors Boost Aid to Southern Israeli Communities, IDF
Non-Israeli aid organizations, primarily led by Jews from North America and Christians around the world have launched major fund-raising campaigns for Israelis affected by rocket...
Dozens of Jewish Charities Supported by Newly Revealed ‘$13 Billion Mystery Angels’
A recent groundbreaking Bloomberg Businessweek report exposing the identities of a trio of philanthropists, who took great pains to conceal their giving, revealed extensive support...
Extended Family: Jewish Foster Mom Has Cared for 150 Children and Counting
JNS.org - Two power strips with 10 outlets. Bunk beds, stress balls, and enough kinetic sand to fill the Tel Aviv beach. One mother. Meet Rose...
Millennials: The Future of Jewish Non-Profits
JNS.org - In 2007, a friend reached out to me for help. Her uncle was a long-term resident at the Reuth Medical Center in...
Putting the Mitzvah in Bar Mitzvah
JNS.org - It's 9:30 a.m. on a sunny Monday morning in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City. Two large groups of revelers almost...
Inclusion of Jews With Disabilities is Focus of New Leadership Conference
JNS.org - Weekly services, Torah studies, aliyot to the Torah, sitting shiva, and even trips to Israel. These are experiences shared by many Jewish Americans...
Jewish Groups Provide Relief Following Typhoon Haiyan
JNS.org - Jewish groups organized relief efforts following Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded. Authorities said it...
Where and When to Give to Charity
I read a thought provoking article in Sunday's New York Times entitled "Good Charity, Bad Charity," in which an Ethics Professor from Princeton University argues...
Where is Jewish Art Now?
Recently, it was announced that the UJA-Federation in New York will not be renewing their funding of the Six Points Fellowship, a program that has awarded...
Heir to Lauder Fortune Pledges Billion-Dollar Cubist Collection to New York Museum
Jewish philanthropist Leonard Lauder has pledged 78 cubist art works to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. The collection, considered one of the foremost...
RAJE or Kars4Kids: Pick a Charity and Support It
One of the greatest things any one can do in life is give charity, and every person, regardless of his means or financial situation should...
