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Philanthropy

From you – December 2023

SDGs – time to bring youth into the frame Alliance’s special feature in our September 2023 issue looked at philanthropy’s contribution to the SDGs Stefan Germann from Fondation Botnar comments:  Alliance’s latest feature (Understanding SDG-speak, September 2023) reminds us that we are...

Time to reassess the tradition of keeping philanthropy and politics separate

In the early years of the Christian era, Pliny the Younger, then administrator of the Roman province of Bithynia-Pontus, wrote to the Emperor Trajan asking for permission to establish a ‘society of 150 firemen’ in the city of Nicomedia,...

SparkIL launches $2.7 million emergency fund for businesses affected by war – eJewish Philanthropy

When war broke out on Oct. 7, Sahar Vissozki, who owns a wine bar and a coffee shop in Tel Aviv, went into the reserves. So did his business partners, Tal Malichi and Yonatan Vaknin. With no one to run...

Funders must help youth respond to climate change

From deadly wildfires to record-breaking storms to life-threatening heat waves, climate change has brought disastrous effects that are profoundly impacting human health and increasing young people’s anxiety about their future. This is especially true for young people from under-resourced...

2,500 people gather in Denver for JNF-USA conference – eJewish Philanthropy

Canadian-Israeli businessman and philanthropist Sylvan Adams donated $100 million to Ben-Gurion University in the southern Israeli city of Beersheva. The funds will go to advancing education and campus life at the university as part of...

De-NGOsation: the re-foundation of the heart of civil society

‘We do not want to be part of the system that has generated social injustice, the climate crisis, and violence against women. We want to create new ways to advance our objectives, new ways to communicate with others. We...

The climate crisis is a wake-up call for philanthropy

You may have heard that 2023 is on track to be the warmest year on record. As the world grapples with the stark reality of a planet that has been overheating about 40 percent faster during the past 15...

Your Daily Phil: Reform rabbis visit a ‘nation at war’

Good Friday morning. In today’s edition of Your Daily Phil, we report on the psychological toll that the war has taken on Israelis, and feature an opinion piece by Ketti...

Unlocking Hebrew  – eJewish Philanthropy

The Hebrew language has always been a bridge connecting Jews with each other, Israel and our shared heritage. Yet for so many English speakers, Hebrew is inaccessible.  Studies show that 1 in 5 children in the United States is diagnosed...

Community philanthropy – reimagining the sector

Community philanthropy – people-led and people-centred approaches and models – is becoming all the more relevant against a backdrop of changing funding flows, and increasingly restrictive operating environments for civil society in many parts of the world. Community philanthropy...
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Inside the national operation that rescued a Baltimore boy who went missing in Arizona’s Coconino National Forest – eJewishPhilanthropy

Menachem “Mark” Kahn was at home in Rockland County, N.Y., when he got an emergency call from across the...
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