Alexa, Buy Whole Foods and Give me a Philanthropy Strategy Perhaps timed to coincide with Amazon’s announced purchase of Whole Foods, or POTUS Trump’s trip to Miami to discuss Cuba, Jeff...
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Man’s Itinerary To Avoid Panhandlers Foiled By Police Incident
“He’s kicking himself because he knows he could have prevented this situation by better situational awareness.” Jerusalem, August 11 – A resident of Israel’s capital had...
Jewish Charity Scandal
Scandal rocks one of the Jewish world’s biggest charities as the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty’s CEO William Rapfogel leaves the organization over financial malpractices, NYC...
Matisyahu “Happy Hanukkah” and Hurricane Sandy Relief
A new Hanukkah song and a Hurricane Sandy Relief Campaign? OK Matis, that no beard thing? All is forgiven! So yeah, as per the Web site: All proceeds from Matisyahu’s new song “Happy...
Ambitious Week-Long BBYO Fundraising Project
A group of Jewish teenage leaders have embarked upon an ambitious initiative to support their overseas brethren. These BBYO teens decided to spearhead ILTC Reach, an one-week fundraising project to...
write me off!
April 15th is almost here. And, this year for many of us it marks the day of truth. Can we really go another 8 days without eating bread continuing the South Beach/Atkins diet Passover so nicely...
1 Million Drops: Israel Charity Initiative
Israel Charity Initiative?? Doesn’t sound very sexy does it? But it so is! 1 Million Drops is a kind of Web 2.0 Micro giving charitable project that is modest in its scope but revolutionary in...
The Sweetness of Giving
by Ruth Andrew Ellenson When I was little, my father would begin every Shabbat by having each person in my family donate money to the bright blue and white tzedakah box we kept in our dining room. We...