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Students at the Liessin day school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during a fundraising drive in October 2018. (Courtesy of Liessin via JTA)
October 11, 2018, 11:40 pm
Brazil’s largest Jewish day school raises $1.1 million in 2-day campaign
Liessin surpasses target by 65% in blitz bid to fund scholarships, with official saying it shows ‘all Jews are responsible for each other’
By Marcus M. Gilban
'Rescue Board' author, Rebecca Erbelding. (Miriam Lomaskin)
June 29, 2018, 12:06 pm
Holocaust museum scholar pushes fund drive for group that compares Israel, Nazis
Dr. Rebecca Erbelding offers a free copy of her new book to anyone donating to the Quaker AFSC, which rescued Jews in WWII but now compares Jewish state’s policies to Hitler regime
By Atara Beck
Samantha Dubrinsky
May 4, 2018, 7:00 pm
Samantha Dubrinsky
Why engaging millennials is not worthless
To Jack Wertheimer: Marginalizing us is not going to do the Jewish community any good in the long run
Moshe Ya'alon (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 11, 2018, 9:30 am
Ex-defense chief Ya’alon says he will head new party in elections
Former Likud member ousted from ministerial position by Netanyahu announces bid to replace prime minister, though polls showing him unlikely to even make it into the Knesset
By Michael Bachner
Alan Abrams
December 31, 2017, 1:32 pm
Alan Abrams
Do you get tons of year-end solicitations?
I run a non-profit organization and I’m convinced that there’s a better way
Simi Polonsky, left, with her husband Shua. (The Frock NYC/Instagram via JTA)
November 23, 2017, 7:46 am
$1 million raised for Orthodox fashion designer whose husband died suddenly
Online supporters rally to help Simi Polonsky, co-founder of The Frock NYC
By JTA
Working on breast cancer research at the Ben-Porath laboratory, Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem. (Keren Freeman/Flash90)
October 18, 2017, 3:04 pm
Cancer rates for men down in Israel, but not for women
Results attributed to decrease in colon and prostate cancer rates; breast cancer incidence stable for 25 years
By TOI staff
Massachusetts native Mike Shultz and his son Ari at Boston's Fenway Park, 2016 (Courtesy)
July 25, 2017, 4:47 pm
5-year-old Ari Schultz dies months after rejected heart transplant
Jewish pre-schooler became a social media darling through videos of his sports-fueled antics and exuberant banter
By Matt Lebovic
A New York license plate reading Mazal Tov. (Serge Attal/Flash90)
July 20, 2017, 5:24 am
UJA-Federation of New York raises cool $238.2 million
Annual campaign remains the single largest philanthropic undertaking by any local community anywhere in the world
By JTA
Trump National Golf Club in Westchester Country (Screen capture: YouTube)
June 11, 2017, 11:50 pm
NY to probe money routed from Eric Trump charity to father’s company
Annual fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Hospital charged ‘unreasonable’ sums for use of Donald Trump’s golf club
By AFP
Cardinal Rainer Woelki (C) leads a mass at the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish in Tabgha, on February 12, 2017, upon its reopening following eight months of renovation. (AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)
February 12, 2017, 4:48 pm
Jesus ‘Loaves’ church reopens 20 months after arson attack
President Reuven Rivlin attends interfaith meeting at holy site; Israel contributed $400,000 toward repairs
By AFP and TOI staff
Dancers perform in the official Israeli Independence Day Ceremony on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on April 22, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 1, 2017, 6:15 pm
Cabinet okays private donations for 70th Independence Day bash
Measure backed by Netanyahu, Culture Ministry allows PM to solicit funds from Israel and abroad to pay for anniversary festivities
By TOI staff
Fireworks from the Mount Herzl ceremony seen over the Knesset in Jerusalem, marking the beginning of celebrations of Israel's 68th Independence Day, May 11, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 1, 2017, 10:14 am
Cabinet to debate private fundraising for Israel’s 70th anniversary
Culture Ministry proposal would put PM in charge of contacting donors to pay for Independence Day celebrations in 2018
By TOI staff
President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence react to supporters during a rally, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
December 9, 2016, 8:02 am
Right to the end, Trump campaign spent less than Clinton’s
President-elect’s digital director credits crucial, last-minute get-out-the-vote ads in narrowly-won Michigan, Wisconsin
By Julie Bykowicz and CHAD DAY
A picture taken on November 27, 2016 shows smoke billowing near the northern Israeli city of Hadera following a wildfire. (AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)
December 8, 2016, 2:30 pm
After raising $6m, JNF hits back at reforestation critics
Mere weeks after a wave of forest fires, the NY-based organization has already transferred $2m for firefighting equipment, including 23 trucks
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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