[This essay is part of a series from leaders in the field of Jewish philanthropy, who will offer reactions and analyses to Jack Wertheimer’s report, Giving Jewish: How Big Funders Have Transformed American Jewish Philanthropy, commissioned and released earlier this year by The AVI CHAI Foundation.]
By Chip Edelsberg
As one of the more than one-hundred individuals with whom Dr. Jack Wertheimer spoke in conducting admirably thorough research … [Read more...] about Actions to Be Taken:
Insights on Giving Jewish
Giving Jewish 2018
Actions to Be Taken:
Reflections on “Giving Jewish” from a Local Foundation Perspective
[This essay is part of a series from leaders in the field of Jewish philanthropy, who will offer reactions and analyses to Jack Wertheimer’s report, Giving Jewish: How Big Funders Have Transformed American Jewish Philanthropy, commissioned and released earlier this year by The AVI CHAI Foundation.] By Lisa Farber Miller “The Jewish world is resounding with cries and counter-cries. Jews are divided into factions that antagonize one another … [Read more...] about Reflections on “Giving Jewish” from a Local Foundation Perspective
Independent Funders and Federations: Bound Together and Bound to Change
[This essay is part of a series from leaders in the field of Jewish philanthropy, who will offer reactions and analyses to Jack Wertheimer’s report, Giving Jewish: How Big Funders Have Transformed American Jewish Philanthropy, commissioned and released earlier this year by The AVI CHAI Foundation.] By Andrés Spokoiny Jack Wertheimer’s study, Giving Jewish, alongside the other work of The AVI CHAI Foundation that supports and contextualizes … [Read more...] about Independent Funders and Federations: Bound Together and Bound to Change
Philanthropic Accountability is a Two-Way Street
[This essay by Jack Wertheimer will be followed by a series of pieces from leaders in the field of Jewish philanthropy, who will offer reactions and analyses to Wertheimer's report, Giving Jewish: How Big Funders Have Transformed American Jewish Philanthropy, commissioned and released earlier this year by The AVI CHAI Foundation.] By Jack Wertheimer The Jewish philanthropic sphere, much like the wider world of American giving, is undergoing … [Read more...] about Philanthropic Accountability is a Two-Way Street
Trends in Philanthropy:
A Response to the Giving Jewish Report
By Sandy Cardin
I read with great interest the recent publication by my colleague and friend, Professor Jack Wertheimer, both because of its subject matter and the fact my own career in Jewish philanthropy mirrors the timeline he covers in Giving Jewish: How Big Funders Have Transformed American Jewish Philanthropy. Jack is a knowledgeable and astute observer of philanthropic trends, and I have long admired his scholarship since my early days … [Read more...] about Trends in Philanthropy:
A Response to the Giving Jewish Report
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