Jim Joseph Foundation Makes $5.2m Grant to DeLeT
July 16, 2010 by eJP
Filed under In the Media
The Jim Joseph Foundation has awarded a three-year, $5.2 million grant to the DeLeT teacher education program at Brandeis University and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles.
The grant extends a donor relationship between the»
Brandeis Names New President
July 9, 2010 by eJP
Filed under In the Media, The American Jewish Scene
Frederick M. Lawrence, dean of the George Washington University Law School and one of the nation’s leading experts on civil rights and free expression, has been named president of Brandeis University.
Lawrence, 54, will become the university’s eighth president on»
Behind the Scenes at America’s Largest Jewish Charity
May 13, 2010 by Stephen G. Donshik
Filed under In Case You Missed, Jewish Philanthropy, The Blog
Mission, Meaning, and Money: How the Joint Distribution Committee Became a Fundraising Innovator
a review by Stephen G. Donshik
Mark Rosen teaches at the Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program at Brandeis University and he has written a seminal»
Pulling Back the Curtain on The Joint
May 13, 2010 by eJP
Filed under In Case You Missed, Jewish Philanthropy, The Blog
Mark Rosen provides an inside look at how the JDC became a fundraising innovator.
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), a global humanitarian organization, is a fundraising powerhouse; the JDC raises more than $100 million annually from»
Fundraising Challenges at Brandeis
April 21, 2010 by eJP
Filed under In the Media
from thejusticeonline.com (an independent student publication at Brandeis University)
It will take Brandeis another 25 years to have a pool of alumni comparable to that of older private universities that can rely on more alumni for»
Israel Studies on U.S. Campuses Grow
January 13, 2010 by eJP
Filed under Education, In the Media, Jewish Philanthropy
The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation announces the release of Searching for the Study of Israel: A Report on the Teaching of Israel on U.S. College Campuses 2008-09, prepared by the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis»
The Russian Players in American Jewish Philanthropy
December 10, 2009 by eJP
Filed under Jewish Philanthropy, The American Jewish Scene, The Blog
by Gal Beckerman
When hundreds of thousands of Jews began leaving the Soviet Union 20 years ago, American Jews looked at them the way a father beams at his children. Here was a large part of the tribe, almost lost»
Birthright Israel Experience Significantly Lowers Rate of Intermarriage
October 26, 2009 by Dan Brown
Filed under The American Jewish Scene
New research released this morning by researchers from The Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University backs up what many of us have known for years – Birthright participants return home with positive perceptions of their experience, increased»
NewsBits: Around the Jewish Web
October 18, 2009 by eJP
Filed under In the Media
from BostonHerald.com:
Brandeis agrees not to sell art from 3 donors
Brandeis University has agreed not to sell artwork given by three donors who sued to stop it from closing the Rose Art Museum and selling pieces of its collection.»
Jehuda Reinharz: Movin’ On
September 25, 2009 by eJP
Filed under In the Media, The American Jewish Scene
from Boston.com:
Brandeis president to step down
Brandeis University president Jehuda Reinharz, after months of sharp criticism over his financial stewardship and plans to close the university’s renowned Rose Art Museum, announced yesterday that he will resign at the»
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