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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 623

Jewish philanthropy

Illustrative: Students explore local sustainable agriculture as part of a long-running semester academic program at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies. (Marcos Schoenholz)
February 13, 2025, 11:09 am
Budding climate fund seeks to guide Jewish response to era’s greatest threat
As Trump retreats on environment in US and Israeli commitment wavers, Jewish Climate Trust looks to engage more civic and religious leaders; raises nearly $18m in initial pledges
By Sue Surkes
Participants hold up signs at the March for Israel rally organized by the Jewish Federations of North America on November 14, 2023, on the National Mall in Washington. (Daryl Perry)
December 7, 2024, 9:50 am
Huge post-October 7 giving boom from overseas brings hope to battered frontlines
With no shortage of organizations trying to help, big philanthropic bodies say they’re working in coordination, each filling a different role, while letting local communities lead
By Sue Surkes
David Magerman (courtesy)
October 21, 2024, 1:59 am
Spurning alma mater UPenn over response to antisemitism, benefactor pivots to Israel
David Magerman to donate millions to 5 Israeli universities to create specialized degree programs that aim to integrate English speakers into Hebrew-speaking society
By Gavriel Fiske
Volunteers at the Oregon Food Bank, 2023. (Screenshot via YouTube/ via JTA)
July 21, 2024, 3:26 am
When Portland charities condemned Israel, Jewish philanthropy was put to the test
After Oct. 7, groups have issued strident and one-sided statements on the war in Gaza, causing local Jews to reconsider longstanding relationships – regardless of optics
By Andrew Lapin
Young women rally against child marriage, dowry, and domestic violence in a protest organized by AJWS grantee Masum Foundation in Mavadi, India, March 31, 2015. (Jonathan Torgovnik/AJWS via JTA)
March 6, 2024, 4:01 pm
American Jewish World Service to lay off 10% of staff, pare back global operations
Citing declining donor support, charity group ‘inspired by the Jewish commitment to justice’ says it will exit 3 of the 17 countries where it has provided aid
By Luke Tress
Dr. Ruth Gottesman speaks at a Albert Einstein College of Medicine event at the Rainbow Room in Manhattan, May 17, 2016. (Brent N. Clarke/Getty Images via JTA)
February 27, 2024, 2:57 am
Jewish philanthropist gives $1 billion to Bronx med school, waiving all future tuition
Dr. Ruth Gottesman says she hopes donation will help Albert Einstein College of Medicine students ‘find new ways to prevent diseases and provide the finest health care’
By Luke Tress
A tzedakah box for charitable giving in the foyer of a synagogue in Lafayette, California, Jan. 20, 2022. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
February 20, 2024, 11:15 pm
Jews who experience antisemitism give more to charity, US survey shows
American Jews donated more than $750 million to war-related causes after Oct. 7, but study authors say such giving isn’t sustainable in the long term
By JTA and ToI Staff
Participants hold up signs at the March for Israel rally organized by the Jewish Federations of North America on November 14, 2023, on the National Mall in Washington. (Daryl Perry)
December 14, 2023, 9:16 pm
American Jewry raised $1 billion for Israel in first month of war, scholars say
The Jewish Federations of North America is responsible for $602 million and the rest came from various groups and friendship associations, the Ruderman Program researchers estimate
By Canaan Lidor
Philanthropist Sylvan Adams announcing a $100 million donation to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, at an event in Toronto, Canada, on December 3, 2023. (Liora Kogan/Courtesy)
December 4, 2023, 12:06 pm
Ben-Gurion University gets $100m donation to ‘rebuild and strengthen the south’
Gift by philanthropist Sylvan Adams designated for ‘future of the Negev and Israel, technologies for the future, climate change, sustainability and the environment and global health’
By Gavriel Fiske
Los Angeles high school students held a bake sale that raised $5,000 for the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles' Israel Crisis Fund, Nov. 6, 2023. (Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles via JTA)
November 12, 2023, 10:44 pm
US Jews are raising money for an Israel in crisis, but is there enough to go around?
Some worry attention will shift away from local communities’ needs as Jewish organizations donate millions in emergency funds to support Israelis affected by war
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Illustrative: Miriam Adelson at the opening of an ancient road at the City of David archaeological site in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, June 30, 2019. (Flash90)
August 1, 2023, 4:08 am
Miriam Adelson cut philanthropy as casinos hit COVID slump. Now they’re rebounding
After the pandemic caused the casino industry to flatline, the megadonor’s political and charitable donations lessened and foundation assets dropped – but that has happened before
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
STEMpower founder Mark Gelfand at a STEM center in Africa in an undated photograph. (courtesy)
July 8, 2023, 5:36 am
How a Boston-based retired physicist is spreading the gospel of science in Africa
To explain why he’s founded over 100 hands-on labs in sub-Sahara Africa, Mark Gelfand points to Hebrew school classes and a natural curiosity for the workings of the world
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Sanford Greenberg in Washington, DC, September 25, 2017. (Courtesy)
July 7, 2023, 2:25 am
Inventor, blindness activist and former roommate of Art Garfunkel honored at Harvard
The musician inspired Sanford Greenberg to push on with his studies at Columbia after losing his sight. In turn, he helped inspire the classic anthem, ‘The Sound of Silence’
By Rich Tenorio
James Crown attends The Aspen Institute's 33rd Annual Awards Dinner at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, Nov. 3, 2016. (Jared Siskin/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images/JTA)
June 28, 2023, 9:08 am
Leading Chicago Jewish philanthropist James Crown dies in racetrack crash
Billionaire’s car slams into wall as he celebrates 70th birthday; Biden eulogizes him as ‘America at its best’ and ‘a good man, a dear friend’
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Barbra Streisand presents the award for best musical at the Tony Awards in New York on June 12, 2016. ( Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
May 2, 2023, 10:42 am
Barbra Streisand to get the ‘Jewish Nobel’
Star will donate $1 million Genesis Prize award to groups protecting environment, promoting women’s health, combating disinformation, aiding people of Ukraine
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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