JPost: Israeli govern to give Jewish Agency cash for budget, and JAFI to hold meetings in St. Pete
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Sharansky unplugged: Jewish Agency chairman sits down with The Fundermentalist
While the system as a whole may be looking to Jerry Silverman for answers, some folks at the Jewish Agency for Israel have been treating their new chairman, Natan Sharansky, as something closer to a messiah than a CEO. Read more »
Citing new reality, JDC presses for change in funding formula
The main international relief agency of the Jewish federation system says it is pulling the plug on a long-standing funding arrangement, saying it requires more money to meet the humanitarian needs of poor Jews abroad. Read more »
JDC: No deal on allocations split
The chairman of JDC says the organization needs more money—and needs to get a bigger piece of the pie that it shares with the Jewish Agency for Israel. Read more »
Food for thought from Bill Gates
The 92nd Street Y really has a phenomenal philanthropy thing going with its Business of Giving lecture series, led by the Economist’s Matthew Bishop. Read more »
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Posted in: At least 139 of the Forbes 400 are Jewish
10/06/09 12:46 PM
Thanks for the early Christmas gift Santos… Some explanations: ++ Stephen Bechtel received a humanitarian award from the AJC. http://www.tbp.org/pages/AssnNews/Briefs/BechtelBio.cfm ++ John Catsimatidis, also lit the worlds biggest Chanukah menorah one year, but he is Greek. I meant to delete him before the list went out... ++ You are correct on Lucas. He is Methodist… Mea Culpa. ++ You seem to be correct on Marianne Cargill Liebmann and Donald Schneider as well. All of those names have been deleted... (Though you just cost the Jews several bilion dollars, we aim for accuracy, so thanks) ++ Margaret Whitman, though, I still believe is Jewish. She was ranked one of the worlds most influential Jewish women in 2005, according to this link: http://www.worldjewishnewsagency.org/america.htm ++ I could still be wrong about Arrilaga, but he built a Hillel house at his alma mater, Stanford. http://www.hillel.org/about/news/2008/apr/ziffcenterstanford_15april2008.htm As for the others: ++ I wish you were right about Burkle, but according to the Forward he has widely been described as Jewish, but it is incorrect. http://forward.com/articles/10507/ ++ Frost is on the board of the Miami Jewish Home for the Aged, so could be… ++ Great call on Bloomberg co-founder Charles Zegar. He was married by Rabbi Joel Goor. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/24/style/weddings-merryl-snow-charles-zegar.html ++ And on Moritz, who is listed on Wikipedia as one of Britain’s famous Jews. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_Jews I added Zegar and Moritz to the list. All other corrections are greatly appreciated. As for why I thought this was important? I'll explain in the next Fundermentalist newsletter. Sign up here for free: http://salsa.jta.org/t/6863/signUp.jsp?key=1179
Posted in: Caption this: Sharansky in Moscow
09/02/09 10:41 AM
Neil... you managed to be more offensive than Mussa, who seems to have followed me to JTA from my Jewish Standard days
Posted in: Coming soon...
08/27/09 12:03 PM
Can't wait. Finally a little more office space here in New York for the Fundermentalist!
Posted in: What are your thoughts on PresenTense?
07/23/09 05:12 PM
(Looks like we were having a little technical difficulties of our own and the comment section wasn't working for some.) This is from presentense: Apologies for the low audio quality. We'll certainly be investigating higher streaming options for the future (If anyone has recommendations for good services compatible with Israeli servers, please be in touch!). In the mean time, we'll be uploading some of our Flip Videos tonight, and you can learn more about our fellows and their ventures at http://presentense.org/institute/2009/ and http://issuu.com/presentense/docs/pti09-institutereport-r. Thanks to the many who followed our livestream, and the many more who twittered along. We hope you felt the excitement and energy as much as we did here in Jerusalem! ShaiDavis@presentense.org Shai Davis Director of Communications, PresenTense
Posted in: What are your thoughts on PresenTense?
07/23/09 01:04 PM
and shouldn't make me dizzy :)
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