In today's world, no nonprofit organization would think twice about collecting, and hopefully analyzing, information about their donors. So too, with website traffic. For how else can one effectively judge site visitors' demographics and interests? Based on site and RSS feed analytics, here - in alphabetical order - are the most popular posts on eJewish Philanthropy last week: America’s First Female Rabbi Reflects on Four Decades Since Ordination by Michele Alperin Rabbi Sally Priesand, America’s first seminary-ordained female rabbi, decided at age 16 to pursue her calling. “I always wanted to be a teacher of whatever was my favorite subject,” she tells JointMedia News Service. “In the end, I decided to become a teacher of Judaism.” June 3 will mark the 40th anniversary … Continue Reading

In today's world, no nonprofit organization would think twice about collecting, and hopefully analyzing, information about their donors. So too, with website traffic. For how else can one effectively judge site visitors' demographics and interests? Based on site and RSS feed analytics, here - in alphabetical order - are the most popular posts on eJewish Philanthropy May 6th-12th: JDC’s Steve Schwager to Retire The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) announced that Steven Schwager, the organization’s Executive Vice President and CEO, will step down as CEO as of June 30, 2012 and will retire from JDC on January 31, 2013. Move Over TED, ELI Has Arrived After several years of discussions and attempts in the community to launch a Jewish TED, the Avi Chai Foundation has … Continue Reading

In today's world, no nonprofit organization would think twice about collecting, and hopefully analyzing, information about their donors. So too, with website traffic. For how else can one effectively judge site visitors' demographics and interests? Based on site and RSS feed analytics, here - in alphabetical order - are the most popular posts on eJewish Philanthropy last week: A New-Old Approach to Holocaust Education by Rabbi Benjamin Berger It is often noted that Holocaust education is one of the most pressing and vexing educational challenges of our time given the passage of time and waning number of survivors. Nowhere is this challenge more pressing than on the college campus, where reasonably competing interests, programs and pleasures are often a priority for our students. … Continue Reading

In today's world, no nonprofit organization would think twice about collecting, and hopefully analyzing, information about their donors. So too, with website traffic. For how else can one effectively judge site visitors' demographics and interests? Based on site and RSS feed analytics, here - in alphabetical order - are the most popular posts on eJewish Philanthropy last week: Failure in Chicago by Michael Lipkowitz As shocking as this story may be elsewhere, the truth is that it doesn’t surprise anyone who has been involved as a lay leader in Chicago at an agency or project “owned” by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago (JFMC). This is typical behavior for a professional leadership team that operates a cabal over everything Jewish in Chicago. Jewish Summer Camps: … Continue Reading

In today's world, no nonprofit organization would think twice about collecting, and hopefully analyzing, information about their donors. So too, with website traffic. For how else can one effectively judge site visitors' demographics and interests? Based on site and RSS feed analytics, here - in alphabetical order - are the most popular posts on eJewish Philanthropy last week: Hadassah Investigation Concludes Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, has concluded the investigation concerning allegations of mishandling funds by organization personnel. How Do We Talk to Our Children About Israel? by Robbie Gringras Bringing up our children to “love Israel” should not mean we are brainwashing them or serving evil reactionary interests. Sometimes I fear that too much … Continue Reading

In today's world, no nonprofit organization would think twice about collecting, and hopefully analyzing, information about their donors. So too, with website traffic. For how else can one effectively judge site visitors' demographics and interests? Based on site and RSS feed analytics, here - in alphabetical order - are the most popular posts on eJewish Philanthropy last week: Do-It-Yourself Communications for Nonprofits on a Budget by Jo-Ann Mort and Julie Sedlis Even if you can’t afford communications staff, there are steps that you can take to effectively run your own communications. They involve planning, structure and a set of best practices. Four Zionist Questions for the Seder by Rabbi Daniel R. Allen Israel and Zionism should be at the core of our Passover observance. The … Continue Reading

In today's world, no nonprofit organization would think twice about collecting, and hopefully analyzing, information about their donors. So too, with website traffic. For how else can one effectively judge site visitors' demographics and interests? Based on site and RSS feed analytics, here - in alphabetical order - are the most popular posts on eJewish Philanthropy last week: 7 Tips and Cheat Sheets to Help You Implement the New [Facebook] Timeline by Beth Kanter If you are an administrator for your organization’s Facebook page, you’ve no doubt noticed the alert that invites you to preview the look of your new page with the option of publishing it for all the world to see. Between now and March 30, only page administrators can see the changes, if you haven’t set it live yet. On … Continue Reading

In today's world, no nonprofit organization would think twice about collecting, and hopefully analyzing, information about their donors. So too, with website traffic. For how else can one effectively judge site visitors' demographics and interests? Based on site and RSS feed analytics, here - in alphabetical order - are the five most popular posts on eJewish Philanthropy last week: Bat Mitzvah Comes of Age by Sally Gottesman If we were going to preserve the stories of girls, parents and rabbis who had transformed bat mitzvah from a radical act to a communal norm, a paradigm shift second to none in the American Jewish community, then we needed to do it now. The first bat-mitzvah was in March, 1922, ninety years ago this month, and that celebrant, Judith Kaplan Eisenstein, was dead, as was … Continue Reading

In today's world, no nonprofit organization would think twice about collecting, and hopefully analyzing, information about their donors. So too, with website traffic. For how else can one effectively judge site visitors' demographics and interests? Based on site and RSS feed analytics, here - in alphabetical order - are the five most popular posts on eJewish Philanthropy last week: A Look at Jewish Foundation Giving The Institute for Jewish and Community Research has released FOLLOWING THE MONEY: A Look at Jewish Foundation Giving, a summary that examines giving characteristics of selected Jewish foundations with approximately $20 billion in combined assets who made grants of $1.4 billion to Jewish causes. Alpha Epsilon Pi: How Paying Fraternity Dues Makes Young Jews Contributing … Continue Reading

In today's world, no nonprofit organization would think twice about collecting, and hopefully analyzing, information about their donors. So too, with website traffic. For how else can one effectively judge site visitors' demographics and interests? Based on site and feed analytics, last week our special Purim Spiel issue occupied three of the top five slots. Here is the additional top content (alphabetical by title): Empowering a New Generation of Young Jewish Women by Abigail Pickus Jewish Women International (JWI) is set to launch an innovative new venture: a professional leadership network for young Jewish women... The network will target Jewish women in their 20s and 30s and will debut in New York and Washington, D.C., with the goal of expanding to other major U.S. cities. Facebook … Continue Reading