In a recent article on ejewishphilanthropy.com, Renee Rubin Ross focuses on the new and growing popularity of experiential Jewish educators. Many organizations are now looking for educators with not only formal teaching credentials, but also experiential teaching experience, such as working in a camp or youth movement in a more informal capacity. Experiential educators have profound Continue Reading »
Here you can read a story of an amazing 6-year-old boy named Zach Bonner who knew exactly what to do when disaster struck, and he actually put his plan into action. When his family had extra food and supplies after Hurricane Charley missed them, he decided to bring this food to people who were not Continue Reading »
The PJ Library which sends out free books to children is adding a surprise cardboard tzedakah box with stickers to decorate it in November. This is because Harold Grinspoon, the funder and visionary behind the project found it very meaningful to grow up with tzedakah boxes around his house. From a young age, he was instilled with the Continue Reading »
Hildy Gottlieb decided that she wanted to take on some new projects, so she took time off to focus on what she wanted to do. She found this to be incredibly rewarding and recommends this to others. Gottlieb discusses how, in addition to being able to focus on her larger goals, she was able to accomplish Continue Reading »
A recent article in BBC News reports on the generous giving of a woman, Dame Stephanie Shirley, who ran away from the Nazis to London at the age of five. She grew up to become a very successful woman, who donated much of her wealth to good causes. When asked what makes her donate, she gave a very Continue Reading »
BBC News put out an article about Dame Stephanie Shirley and her reasons for being a philanthropist. Dame Shirley was one of the children brought over on the Kindertransport to flee the Nazis before WWII. Since then, she has been very successful and has donated much of her money to good causes. When asked what Continue Reading »
Philanthropist Harold Grinspoon started the PJ Library, which is a project that gives free Jewish children’s books to families. Now he has funded a new poster project that he refers to as “informal education.” Through this project, he will distribute posters to campus Hillels, federations and other Jewish organizations with an educational message on each about Continue Reading »
In this amazing article, Donniel Hartman raises the great point that we should be taking action to make a difference in our Jewish community rather than being pessimistic and using fear as a tactic of getting things done. “The great benefit of demography is that it allows different visions and ideas to tailor Continue Reading »
This past summer, JUF Israel Experiences & Youth Initiatives staff, in collaboration with the BBYO Panim Summer of IMPACT program, ran their first Philanthropy Bootcamp. The program was for high-school teenagers from all across America. The camp taught the Jewish teens about philanthropy, helped them develop leadership skills, and engaged them in discussion about tzedakah Continue Reading »
Morten T. Hansen wrote a list of ways to get others and ourselves to change in ways that stick. Included in these are taking on reformations gradually, one at a time, aiming for changes that involve concrete behaviors, not abstract ideas, and several other suggestions. It is always important and valuable to consider how we could Continue Reading »
