Tag: Philanthropy
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...
Floyd Mayweather dedicates motorcycle fleet to Magen David Adom
On the fourth day of his trip to Israel, former boxing champion Floyd Mayweather visited Magen David Adom’s Marcus National Blood Services Center in the central city of Ramla, where he dedicated a fleet...
Jewish philanthropist gives $1 billion to Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Ruth Gottesman, 93, widow of Warren Buffett protégé David Gottesman, gifted $1 billion to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine to cover tuition for all students, the New York Times reported.
The school in the Bronx was...
Jacob Rothschild, who worked ‘always’ for Israel, Jews, Britain, dies at 87
Lord Jacob Rothschild, a member of the famous Jewish banking family, died on Monday.
“With his passing, we bid farewell to a great man who carried the historic legacy of his family with pride and...
Billionaire donor Kenneth Griffin ‘not interested’ in supporting Harvard
"The real question is will America's—and I'm gonna choose a word here carefully—America's elite university get back to the roots of educating American children, young adults, to be the future leaders of our country,...
With $9.5m grant, Federations to focus on training, retaining leaders
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation has given the Jewish Federations of North America a $9.5 million grant to develop and train leaders.
"The grant will support the recruitment of top talent from across...
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...
‘The Six-Day War changed my life,’ says Alan Meltzer, whose name adorns American University’s...
American University’s Center for Israel Studies is now the Meltzer Schwartzberg Center for Israel Studies, recognizing an April 16 joint “multimillion-dollar commitment” from Alan—a trustee at the private university in Washington, D.C.—and Amy Meltzer, and...
Lack of time, lack of interest, politics: why so many US Jews avoid communal...
Thirty-two percent of American Jews do not have time to be involved with Jewish organizations and institutions, and 28% do not consider those organizations a high priority on a personal level, according to a...