There was a big hullabaloo over at EJewish Philanthropy that began with an otherwise innocuous and well meaning article by my dear friend, educator, comedian and hummus enthusiast Benji Lovitt. In...
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Rocket Resistant High School, Courtesy of San Diego Philanthropists
Over 4000 rockets have been fired upon southern Israel since the withdrawal from Gaza in August 2005. One of the sectors hardest hit by these attacks has been the educational sector, where classes...
Heeb Redesigns Website; JDub Folds. Coincidence?
Last week Heeb Magazine unveiled their newly redesigned Web site. Shortly thereafter, fellow Natan Grant recipients JDub Records announced that they were winding down for “financial...
Just a Few Days Left to Save Passover and Screw the BDS Movement
Last chance to help out! Thanks to your help, we’ve already bought and distributed 34 cartons of Matzah (5 boxes per carton) and 2 cases of wine to needy families in central Jerusalem. Since...
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...
Dancing for Richard Pratt
Last Friday, friends and relatives of Australian Jewish Philanthropist Richard Pratt gathered in Jaffa, to commemorate in words, music and dance, the life of a man who had touched so many. Pratt, who...
Fear of Change: A must read blog post for Jewish Non-Profits
Seriously… Seth Godin wrote a scathing blog post about fear induced institutional torpor found in established non-profit organizations: These organizations exist solely to make change...
Nachas with Those Nachos
When I read the New York Times weddings announcement for Dr. Sarah Sternklar amd Marvin Davis in 1996, I had no inkling that they would produce such a mensch. Sternklar, a psychoanalyst...