Tag: Jewish Philanthropy
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...
Jewish, pro-Israel groups mourn loss of Sheldon Adelson
Jewish and pro-Israel groups expressed condolences over the loss of Jewish and pro-Israel donor Sheldon Adelson.
Adelson, a Republican megadonor and business titan, died on Jan. 11 at the age of 87 from complications of...
October 30, 1959: Sol Tax and the Darwin Centennial
Sol Tax, an anthropologist who was the central organizer of the Darwin Centennial Celebration in November, 1959, a five-day celebration held in Chicago, was born on this date in 1907. Tax was a specialist...
Dumbing down the ‘Jewish Nobel Prize’
Did the Jewish people really need their own Nobel Prize? To the three wealthy Russian Jewish business “oligarchs” who endowed the Genesis Prize with $50 million in contributions, the answer was “yes.”
The Genesis Prize...
Multigenerational family, lone soldiers to be featured at virtual FIDF annual gala
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) will hold its 2020 national gala online for the first time as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The philanthropic evening, themed “A Night of Heroes,” will...