The Hadassah Foundation has awarded the 2017 Bernice S. Tannenbaum Prize to Stephanie Goldfarb, program director for youth philanthropy and leadership at the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago. The Bernice S. Tannenbaum Prize recognizes emerging professionals who have made innovative contributions to advance the status of women and girls in Israel and the United States. Awardees demonstrate a high degree of talent, commitment, and accomplishment in their work. The prize honors Bernice S. Tannenbaum, z’’l, for her lifetime of service to the Jewish People; the State of Israel; and Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America. Goldfarb was awarded the prize for her work with the JUF’s programs for Chicago-area youth. During her seven years at the JUF, she has … [Read more...]
Trevor Pears receives Knighthood
Pears Foundation Executive Chair Trevor Pears has been awarded a Knighthood for Philanthropy in the 2017 Birthday Honours List: "Trevor Pears is honoured for his philanthropic work in the UK and overseas. The Pears Family Charitable Foundation has donated £100 million in the past ten years and Trevor Pears has dedicated himself full time to philanthropy and running the foundation. The foundation has worked with over 250 grantees, a quarter of which have received funding for five years or more. Areas covered include Holocaust education and anti-Semitism, youth social action through their funding of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, and funding for other youth groups. Activities overseas have included Project Darfur which galvanised the Jewish community’s response to the crisis in Darfur. He … [Read more...]
In Lakewood, Special Ed is a Big Business
By Mark Di Ionno Posted with permission from NJ.com Perception and reality in Lakewood these days are like fraternal twins. Close but not identical. The township struggles with heightening tension over many issues, centering mostly on education and development, which translate into taxes and congestion. Lakewood's population has more than doubled since 1990 to over 100,000, spurred by an influx of Orthodox Jews from Brooklyn, New York State, Israel and all over the world. A once popular year-round Jewish resort of lakes and fresh air, this 25-square-mile township on the northeast edge of the Pine Barrens, seems an unlikely place to now be New Jersey's fifth largest city in population. But it is, and still growing faster than any town in the state. If it keeps expanding at this rate, … [Read more...]
Giving USA 2017: By the Numbers
American individuals, estates, foundations and corporations contributed an estimated $390.05 billion to U.S. charities in 2016, according to Giving USA 2017: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2016, released today. Total giving rose 2.7 percent in current dollars (1.4 percent adjusted for inflation) from the revised estimate of $379.89 billion for total giving in 2015. Charitable giving from individuals, foundations and corporations all increased in 2016, while gifts by estates decreased sharply. Giving by individuals totaled an estimated $281.86 billion, rising 3.9 percent (2.6 percent adjusted for inflation) in 2016. Giving by foundations increased 3.5 percent (2.2 percent adjusted for inflation) to an estimated $59.28 billion in 2016. Data on foundation giving are … [Read more...]
New Papers Released on Challenges Facing Jewish Continuity in North American
The Jewish People Policy Institute has released two action-oriented papers that focus on the deep challenges facing Jewish continuity in North America. "Family, Engagement, and Jewish Continuity among American Jews," was prepared at JPPI by Profs. Sylvia Barack Fishman and Steven M. Cohen. The authors surmise that considerable disturbing evidence points to deeply challenging trends in America’s Jewish families - late marriage, intermarriage, reduced child-bearing and non-Jewish child-rearing. Nevertheless, prominent Jewish thought leaders are sharply divided over the state of the Jewish family and its implications for the Jewish future. Fishman and Cohen contribute to this policy-related discourse by demonstrating that Jewish social networks (spouse and close friends), Jewish education, Jewish … [Read more...]
Introducing the Slingshot Class of 2017
Slingshot has released Slingshot ‘17 - a collection of some of the most forward-thinking organizations found in Jewish life today. They offer us a hopeful snapshot of Jewish life in these unprecedented times. Organizations included in this year’s class were evaluated on their innovative approach, the impact they have in their work, the leadership they have in their sector and their effectiveness at achieving results. In the Guide's introduction, Stefanie Rhodes - Slingshot's Executive Director - writes: "This year’s guide brings optimism to the communal conversation in this moment, giving us pause to celebrate the important and impactful work that fills the pages of this book. We believe that it is from the incredible organizations within this guide that some of the most important responses to … [Read more...]
JDC Responds to Massive Flooding in Sri Lanka
Sarvodaya-JDC Disaster Management Unit, founded after 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, providing food and other emergency aid The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is responding to catastrophic flooding and mudslides in Sri Lanka, the result of the worst storms to hit the island nation since 2003. JDC, together with its local partner Sarvodaya, a Buddhist-inspired humanitarian organization, deployed its first responder unit to provide food, water, and other emergency aid in Sri Lanka’s five hardest hit districts, including the Galle and Kalutara districts on the coast where JDC worked extensively after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. The first responders are reaching beleaguered Sri Lankans by via road and boat where necessary. As a result of the unprecedented rains, more than 500,000 … [Read more...]
Prof. Eliezer Jaffe, z”l
It is with great sadness we inform our readers that Prof. Eliezer Jaffe, one of the founders of the Hebrew University School of Social Work and referred to by many as Israel’s Dean of Philanthropy, has passed away. He was 84. The American born Jaffe initially came to Israel in 1957 as a volunteer in Jerusalem. He returned to the U.S. to complete his education, obtaining degrees in sociology, psychology, and criminology, and a doctorate in social work, and made aliyah in 1960 to be one of the founders of Israel’s first university school of social work, the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Jaffe’s research has focused primarily on social services to children and families, ethnic stereotypes, and on the nonprofit sector and philanthropy in Israel. He has … [Read more...]
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