Tag: Jewish Philanthropy
Zamir Choral Foundation launches program to train Jewish choir conductors
A $500,000 donation to the Zamir Choral Foundation from husband and wife Robert and Vicki Lieberman aims to teach conductors of Jewish choral music.
Named after Matthew Lazar, the foundation’s founder and director, between 12 and 15...
Six teachers celebrated for excellence in innovative Jewish education
A mathematics teacher who combined geometry with architecture for a classroom project. A special education teacher who uses dolls for therapy. A grammar school instructor who started a communication simulation project to increase pupils’ confidence...
American donor giving $5m to Israeli colleges after spurning Penn
An American-Jewish entrepreneur who has decided to reroute his philanthropy from U.S. colleges is donating $5 million to institutes of higher education in Israel.
The move comes as months of often violent antisemitic protests at...
Los Angeles-based Jewish philanthropist Elissa Czuker dies at 53
Elissa Czuker, who with her husband, Edward Czuker, donated to many prominent Jewish and political causes, died on Aug. 25. She was 53 years old.
The mother of nine was active in the Young Israel...
Philanthropic teens feel more passion for Judaism, survey says
Young people who take part in charity programs feel more connections to Judaism. That’s according to a new survey from Honeycomb, a Jewish youth philanthropy resource.
“By creating space to blend these passions with Jewish learning and...
James Crown, major donor to Jewish causes, dies in car crash at age 70
A Jewish leader in philanthropy, business and politics died while participating in a race at a motorsports park in Aspen, Colo.
James “Jim” Crown, 70, had led his family’s investment firm as CEO and inherited $10.32 billion...
Nonprofit founded by Australian Jewish family changes lives in Cambodia
If an Australian Jewish high school student hadn’t missed a deadline in 2009, her family might not have gone on to found a nonprofit, which is helping young people some 4,300 miles away in...
Documentary on largest-ever gift to Israel to screen at international film festival
A documentary that reconstructs the lives of Holocaust survivors Lottie and Howard Marcus, who made the largest-ever charitable donation to an institution based in Israel, will screen at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival...
Couple plans to build first Holocaust museum in Boston
Jewish philanthropists Jody Kipnis and Todd Ruderman of Massachusetts bought a 15,000-square-foot building in Boston to create a Holocaust museum.
“Look what’s going on in Europe again,” she said, referring to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine...
In yet another media move, ‘Jewish Insider’ acquires ‘eJewish Philanthropy’
Jewish Insider has acquired eJewish Philanthropy, which covers the latest in Jewish philanthropy, announced the former last week.
In a post on its website last week, Jewish Insider said the objective of the merger “will be to capture, convene and drive...