For many donors, philanthropy is a largely reactive endeavor. Someone you know sends a solicitation and you write them a check. You find a compelling story for Giving Tuesday and make an online contribution. These acts of...
Ian Tuttle/Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize Mark Zuckerberg and his wife were in the delivery room when they wrote a letter announcing their foundation.This was back in 2015, when Zuckerberg...
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In today’s edition of Your Daily Phil, we report on increased security measures at Hillels and other Jewish campus institutions, as well as the Jewish Priorities Conference at the...
Within a day of hearing about the massacres in southern Israel on Oct. 7, Dr. Allan Tissenbaum was ready to come to Israel to volunteer in a hospital or with a military medical unit.
Unlike thousands of other American doctors...
After last week’s mass exodus of influential donors and board members from the University of Pennsylvania amidst allegations of a systemic failure to combat antisemitism on campus, you might have thought that the leadership of the school would take...
The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia had been organizing its Jewish Priorities Conference for months, bringing together prominent Jewish voices to discuss the leading issues and challenges facing the American and global Jewish community today....
Before our interview at IMD in Lausanne this month, environmental philanthropist Alexa Firmenich took part in a workshop in the Arctic Circle with a group of experts that included American marine biologist and explorer Sylvia Earle and Johan Rockström,...
It’s old news that giving is down in the UK, and it’s hardly come as a surprise; in recent times we have been rocked by a pandemic and a war. We are living through one of the most tumultuous...
