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ATM Giving to Launch in U.K.

Posted on March 27, 2012 Written by
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from Third Sector (U.K.): Charity giving through all cashpoints expected this year, Link confirms Giving to charity through almost any cash machine is expected to be possible before the end of the year, the cash machine network Link has confirmed. The service will allow anyone using one of the 100 million Link cards to make a donation at almost any of UK’s 40,000 free-to-use cash machines. It will be up to individual machine operators which charities people can give to and what sizes of donations they are allowed to make. However, minimum donations will be at least £1. No one will take a commission and all money will go direct to the chosen charities. … [Read more...]

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Kevah to Begin Teacher Training Fellowship

Posted on March 26, 2012 Written by

Kevah, a Bay Area-based organization that engages Jewish identity and builds Jewish community through study of classical Jewish texts, has received a $250,000 grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation for the Kevah Teaching Fellowship. The Fellowship will provide participating educators with a fully funded professional development opportunity in facilitating Jewish small group learning for young adults. The Fellowship includes three in-person workshops over the course of the year, a supervising mentor, personalized guidance in curriculum development, participation in ongoing Jewish learning with other Kevah Fellows, and access to carefully selected curricular resources. Ideal candidates for the program will have at least a BA, basic to advanced Hebrew literacy, experience learning Jewish texts, and a … [Read more...]

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Networks and the Future of Jewish Philanthropy

Posted on March 26, 2012 Written by

[eJP note: During last week's Jewish Funders Network Conference in Tel Aviv, Andres Spokoiny, the organizations' president and CEO, laid out his vision for the future of Jewish Philanthropy and the Jewish Funders Network. Following, with minor omissions, are his remarks; his call to action.] A person is walking in the street and passes by a dance hall. The windows of the dance hall are very thick and soundproof, so he can’t hear the music. He only sees people making all sort of strange movements. He walks away, thinking he just saw a bunch of totally crazy people, maybe a mental asylum of some sort. If somebody would walk by our conference, she would probably also think that we are crazy. Here, we have 400 people spending three days trying to see how to give money away! If we were discussing … [Read more...]

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Benchmarking Your Digital Fundraising

Posted on March 26, 2012 Written by
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Here's a first look at the eNonprofit Benchmarks Study; check back next week for more. … [Read more...]

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A Trip to India Touches A Jewish Soul

Posted on March 26, 2012 Written by
Alibag, India (Jewish ladies at medical centre)

by Daniella Alhadeff Local legend says that when the first Jews of India arrived by ship on the Konkan coast of India, they were accompanied by Prophet Elijah. Escaping persecution in the Galilee, it is believed to be thanks to Elijah that the Jewish families survived a shipwreck and subsequently settled in the region. 2,100 years later, locals watch curiously as a group of nineteen Australians disembark from a large white bus and enter the nondescript gates of the oldest synagogue in the remote Panvel village in Southern India. A young man pours chai into a large silver vat by the dusty narrow street, tuk-tuk drivers wait for custom in their parked vehicles and goats wander languidly through the village. "Jews in India? Really?" This was the common response from our social circles in … [Read more...]

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What Does a Post-Start-Up Need? Bikkurim Finds Out

Posted on March 25, 2012 Written by

by Abigail Pickus A few years back, the Jewish community experienced a start-up explosion. It was a heady time and one that spoke to a new chapter of innovation and diversity in Jewish life. But now that the honeymoon is over, what’s next? That question and more propelled Bikkurim, a New York-based “incubator for New Jewish ideas,” to commission an in-depth report to identify the unique needs of Jewish post-start-ups and make recommendations to the community. The result is the recently released, From First Fruits to Abundant Harvest: Maximizing the Potential of Innovative Jewish Start-Ups. “If the Jewish community in aggregate is serious about fostering and sustaining new ideas, then serious new supports need to be built into the system to enable start-ups and post-start-ups to … [Read more...]

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