Philanthropy

Do Jews not give in the recession? Jewish charities do poorly in annual list

In its annual report, The Chronicle of Philanthropy found that fund raising at the largest American Jewish charities was down 18.5 percent in 2009 compared to the previous year — a decline about twice as steep as large U.S. charities generally.

By Jacob Berkman October 19, 2010 9:02 pm

Charendoff: There is too much waste in the Jewish world

Tamar Snyder at The Jewish Week has a Q&A with the outgoing president of the Jewish Funders Network. She asks Charendoff about how his organization changed over the past decade during which he led the membership organization of donors of $25,000 per year or more to explicitly Jewish causes. And she asks him about his […]

October 13, 2010 8:18 pm

Seinfeld, Midler to headline Philly museum’s opening bash

Jerry Seinfeld will emcee and Bette Midler will headline a Nov. 13 gala to celebrate the official unveiling of the renovated National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, a $150 million project to place the museum on the city’s Independence Mall and expand it tenfold to more than 100,000 square feet.

September 22, 2010 2:08 pm

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Do Jews not give in the recession? Jewish charities do poorly in annual list

Charendoff: There is too much waste in the Jewish world

Seinfeld, Midler to headline Philly museum’s opening bash

Shared office space for Jewish nonprofits to open in N.Y.

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Fundermentalist from Phoenix at the JFN conference

L.A. philanthropist pleads guilty on bribes

Check out the Forward’s special section on giving…

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