Yad Vashem Launches National Campaign to Rescue Personal Items from the Holocaust Period Yad Vashem, in partnership with the Prime Minister’s Office National Heritage Project, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Pensioner Affairs, has embarked on a new campaign: “Gathering the Fragments: A national campaign to rescue personal items from the Holocaust period.” The campaign seeks to gather documents, diaries, photos, artifacts and … [Read more...] about Gathering the Fragments of Memory
Archives for April 2011
Oranim Educational Initiatives Has Been Sold
Oranim Education Initiatives, a long-time leader in Jewish educational travel programming, has been sold. Founded by “Momo” Lifshitz in 1986, Oranim was at one time the largest provider of Birthright Israel trips. Made famous by meeting with every single group that came through Oranim and telling the participants, “raise your children Jewish”, Momo and Birthright parted company with a very public divorce in 2009. Oranim's new owner is Egged … [Read more...] about Oranim Educational Initiatives Has Been Sold
New York State Plans Charity Law Reform
from Reuters.com: New York plans charity law reform to cut red tape New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced plans on Tuesday to reform cumbersome laws and regulations burdening the state's charities in a bid to ease what he called a looming funding crisis. ... U.S. tax authorities grant groups charitable status, exempting them from taxes, but most laws governing nonprofits are at state level from the … [Read more...] about New York State Plans Charity Law Reform
Britain’s Top 10 Trends in Philanthropy
Some trends seem to be global. This from The Telegraph (UK): Philanthropy in Britain: top 10 trends among this century's William Morrises Here we take a look at the 10 emerging trends among British philanthropists ... 2. A new type of donor is emerging, altering the giving landscape Changes in amount and source of wealth are giving rise to a new type of donor - one who is younger, typically (but not necessarily) self-made and socially … [Read more...] about Britain’s Top 10 Trends in Philanthropy
First National Conference Slated for Professional Fundraisers in Israel
From concept to reality: after many years of discussion, the Israel Association of Professional Fundraisers is set to launch in a few short weeks. Join them for their inaugural conference. Click anyplace on the image to register. … [Read more...] about First National Conference Slated for Professional Fundraisers in Israel
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