Since Oct. 7, the organizing principle for American Jewish leadership has been one of “emergency response.” That response has focused on important needs such as supporting the evacuees, the wounded and abducted; fighting the surge of antisemitism on campuses...
Dozens of major funders and funding bodies including the Human Rights Funders Network (HRFN) – a membership organisation which includes some of the largest US and European foundations as dues paying members – have called for an immediate ceasefire...
Colombia’s capital city Bogota is set to host a major conference bringing together voices from community philanthropy and networks exploring how the sector can tackle various global crisis with decision makers rooted in the Global South.
Shift The Power, a...
Marking 85 years since Kristallnacht and amid an ongoing surge of antisemitism worldwide in the wake of Israel’s war with Hamas, World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder told some 250 attendees at the organization’s gala dinner on Thursday that...
To proceed, or to postpone? That’s the delicate dilemma Jewish nonprofits have been navigating, post-Oct.7, as they consider the events they had planned before the shattering attacks.
A month after the terrorists’ rampage — amid the fundraising campaigns, the organizational...
California-based Tarsadia Foundation, and its CEO Maya Patel, received recognition for a distinct approach to philanthropy at an awards ceremony in central London on 8 November.
The Catalyst 2030 Awards, which recognise efforts across the public, corporate and philanthropic sectors...
Coined by Conceição Evaristo, the term ‘escrevivência’ is a combination of the words ‘writing’ and ‘experience’ in Portuguese, and refers to writing that comes from everyday life, from memories, from the life experience of the author herself and her...
ISTR’s Latin America and Caribbean Regional Conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil was another great ISTR event among third sector researchers and practitioners.
As editor of ISTR’s official journal Voluntas (with my colleagues Fredrik O. Andersson and Galia Chimiak), I want to...
Day 1 of ISTR LAC: ‘Las estrellas aconsejan pero no obligan’ or; ‘The stars advise but do not oblige’.
And then the big day arrived. After months of dreaming and working voluntarily with a wonderful group under the tutorship...
