Note: Elie Wiesel served on the host committee of Defiant Requiem, a concert held in April at Lincoln Center to benefit the UJA-Federation of New York Community Initiative for Holocaust Survivors. In honor of JCF’s Special Gift Fund grant of $100,000 to the Community Initiative for Holocaust Survivors, our VP/Controller — Saul Wadowski — shares his own…
Jewish Communal Fund is delighted to welcome Teena Lerner to our Board of Trustees. Teena, a former bio-tech analyst and hedge fund manager, holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from The Rockefeller University. She currently serves as Chair of the Development Committee at Salanter Akiba Riverdale (SAR) Academy, a Modern Orthodox Jewish Day School in…
Development Corporation for Israel, commonly known as Israel Bonds, and Jewish Communal Fund (JCF) are proud to announce the launch of a strategic partnership that will enable individuals and families to maximize their charitable giving while at the same time invest in Israel. Now, for the first time, people who open a donor advised fund…
What are the most effective ways to transmit your philanthropic values to your children and grandchildren while also ensuring that your charitable legacy within the Jewish community continues to endure? That’s one of the key questions on our minds here at Jewish Communal Fund, the donor-advised fund of the Jewish community of greater New York,…