Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Rothschild Foundation Funds Beit Ha’Nassi Repairs

Israel’s Cabinet is expected to approve today acceptance of a $500,000 grant from the Rothschild Foundation to carry our emergency repairs at Beit Ha’Nassi, the official residence of Israel’s President. This will cover approximately half the cost of needed structural»

JNF (U.K.) Sues Board Member

February 26, 2010 by eJP  
Filed under In the Media, The World

from The Jewish Chronicle (London):

JNF sues board member for £700k costs

JNF UK could be heading for a new High Court case later this year after suing a former board member for nearly £700,000.

The charity claims that Maurice»

World Zionist Organization Cancels Elections

January 15, 2010 by eJP  
Filed under New on eJP, The World

from Haaretz:

Budget shortfall forces World Zionist Organization officials to cancel elections

A crippling financial shortfall prompted World Zionist Organization officials this week to cancel the body’s elections for the first time since 1980, Anglo File has learned. Leading officials»

JNF Recognized for Website Innovation

November 17, 2009 by eJP  
Filed under Using Technology Wisely

logoThe Jewish National Fund was one of eleven nonprofit organizations honored for innovation in online marketing, fundraising, advocacy or email marketing at Convio’s annual conference in Austin, Texas.

JNF received an Innovator Award for their strategy and development»

NewsBits: Around the Jewish Web

November 15, 2009 by eJP  
Filed under In the Media

Recent stories you may find of interest…

from The Jewish Chronicle (UK):

US Jewish charities: prospering despite credit crunch

“It’s a very challenging time, but we are finding creative ways to cope,” said [Jewish Federation of Greater Washington's] CEO, Misha»

NewsBits: Federations Continue to Cut Allocations and More

July 5, 2009 by eJP  
Filed under In the Media

from The Cleveland Jewish News:

Recession translates to lower JCF allocations

The Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland unanimously approved allocations for the 2009/2010 fiscal year at its June 29 board of trustees meeting. For the first time in more than»

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: A Comedy in Three Acts

June 25, 2009 by Dan Brown  
Filed under Opinion, The World

masks_and_058_450x600This is turning out to be quite a farcical week among the alphabet soup of Jewish organizations; consider:

At the Jewish Agency, the nominating committee met yesterday to select a new chair of the executive. An open position with only»

Standoff in Jerusalem

June 16, 2009 by Dan Brown  
Filed under Philanthropy in Israel

Bibi is busy playing poker. Now that he has, at least temporarily, pushed his problems with Obama off to the side, he had his Cheerios for breakfast and is tackling head-on the American fundraiser community and their relationship with the»

JNF (UK) and the OR Movement: Going to Bet Din Hearing

May 8, 2009 by eJP  
Filed under In the Media, The World

As a follow-up to our post on March 1st concerning the continuing controversy between JNF UK, some donors and Project Or here in Israel, according to the London Jewish Chronicle:

JNF agrees to go to Beth Din hearing

The»

The Sound of Laughter

March 11, 2009 by Dan Brown  
Filed under Jewish Philanthropy

kids-play-first-day_small_1Children playing; enjoying themselves; laughing. We take it for granted. But for the past eight years, this scene has been in short supply in Sderot.

That changed yesterday – appropriately on Purim. For (according to JNF’s CEO Russell Robinson) “the»