eJewishPhilanthropy

eJP highlights news, resources and thought pieces on issues facing the Jewish philanthropic world in order to create dialogue and advance the conversation.

[Jay Deitcher (he/him) @jaydeitcher]

I took home two 1st-place Simon Rockower Awards at the @TheJewishMedia ceremony last night. One was alongside my always amazing editor, @JudahAriGross, who guides and polishes everything I write for @eJPhil!

So grateful I get to do what I do.
2 X champ, baby!
The winners 👇

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The goal is "bringing Israeli and Diaspora peers together in authentic relationships in joyfully Jewish spaces," Union for Reform Judaism’s Executive Director Melissa Frey says.
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“Economists on this topic are more careful than the tech gurus,” Assaf Patir, chief economist at RISE Israel Institute and visiting fellow at IDI, said, "we’ve studied and seen more technological revolutions in the past.”
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[Judah Ari Gross @JudahAriGross]

So proud that @eJPhil's @jaydeitcher took home not one but two first-place Rockower Awards from @TheJewishMedia yesterday. One for his socko piece on Joshua Ventures and one, with me, examining the recent Atra study.

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Your Daily Phil: The promise and peril of AI for Judaism, Israel
• URJ to host record 570 Israelis in 14 camps this summer as it 'doubles down' on Israel
• Yad Vashem to open Munich center focusing on Holocaust's victims lives
https://t.co/z8CfVkdMPP

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OPINION | By inviting NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani to address its recent gala, "T’ruah has now made its choices visible. The Jewish community is obligated to take seriously the dangers they represent."

By @rabbikirshner, @RabbiESherman and R. Neil Zuckerman
https://t.co/HlrJ7ss0EJ

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Yad Vashem is set to open a new educational center in Munich, with support from the German government, providing a unique Jewish and victim-centric perspective that complements Germany’s existing focus on perpetrator responsibility.

@jsudireports reports: https://t.co/leqehptAev

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OPINION | "The public debate is missing a quieter sector, one no less sensitive and often far more essential to daily life in Israel: the ‘third sector,' Israel’s nonprofits."

By Uriel Dagan, chief financial officer of @sncentral_

https://t.co/TIToK2ttJv

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OPINION | "The idea that AI can replace staffing or consultancy support rests on two flawed premises."

By Steven Green and Stephanie Levin

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This month the cuts to SNAP, sometimes referred to as food stamps, are going into effect, and with the potential to affect over 40,000 vulnerable New York City residents, @UJAfedNY announced that it has committed $5 million to 17 local nonprofits.

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The Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund, a San Francisco-based funder of progressive causes, including Jewish ones, will shut down in two years, distributing its remaining assets to the three branches of the family, the organization announced this week.

https://t.co/TR2GygrdP7

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Members of the initiative, which launched last year, highlight their program ideas to combat antisemitism, connect global Jewry, deepen Jewish identity, boost ties to non-Jewish and — most importantly — reduce polarization.

https://t.co/XAcyPfEQSS

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Abby Leibman, who as president and CEO of Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger presided over the organization’s significant growth and expanded its national policy footprint, will step down in mid-2027 after 15 years, the organization shared with eJP.

https://t.co/o8PR5jawAo

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Your Daily Phil: Haas Fund to shutter, distribute assets among next-gen heirs

• Abby Leibman to step down as CEO of anti-hunger nonprofit Mazon next year
• 'From Blueprints to Life' showcases first year of Herzog's Voice of the People
https://t.co/vlZPQtywpl

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OPINION | "This is not a failure of our young people; it is a failure of our own making. We cannot expect young Jews to defend an identity they were never truly given the chance to understand."

By Mike Leven, founder of the Jewish Future Promise

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Olam CEO Dyonna Ginsburg described the situation as a series of “compounding crises” that have been facing the field in recent years — both in general and particularly for Jewish organizations and Jewish employees of secular organizations.

Full story: https://t.co/1JFTYR8cG4

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OPINION | "Antisemitism now spreads less like an organized movement and more like an atmosphere: ambient, repeated, absorbed through constant exposure to suspicion, conspiracy and ideological framing."

By @AvivaKlompas

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@BronfmanFellows CEO Rebecca “Becky” Voorwinde spoke with eJP about philanthropists welcoming new perspectives, viewing leadership initiatives as a communal benefit and grappling with generational divides.

https://t.co/EuFxOiuKMh

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Your Daily Phil: Aid, development NGOs strive to innovate amid massive cuts
• We already know how to strengthen Jewish continuity. So why aren't we doing it?
• The new antisemitism problem our institutions weren't built for
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[Shai Franklin @shaifranklin]

What should be obvious to funders, but sadly isn’t… As I wrote in March 2025:
“Now is the time to ensure grantees have the resilience and adaptability to transition to a new reality where government support and even protection cannot be assumed.”
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