(Note: This post was originally sent via email to Jewish Funders Network members. It is reprinted with permission). What can we do as philanthropists amid the horror of this recent tragedy? Can any parent be relieved? Can any mourner be comforted? Watching the news this week, I’ve wondered why pain isn’t a zero sum game.…
Today is the 107th birthday of Irving Kahn, JCF’s oldest living fund holder! JCF visited him last week in his Midtown office, where he still works at the investment firm he founded in 1978. Mr. Kahn is likely the oldest active investor; he began his long and storied career before the Great Depression. He is…
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…
Last week, Offi Zisser, the Director of Advisory Services for Jewish Funders Network’s Israel office, spoke to a group of Jewish Communal Fund donors about the philanthropic landscape in Israel, how it has changed in recent years, and opportunities to get engaged. Here are five things you should know about philanthropy in Israel today. 5.…
Although a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas was reached on November 21, the conflict is “far from over,” Israeli officials say. “Millions of Israelis are still under rocket fire or in bomb shelters. It’s too early to declare this finished, but we hope it will be,” said Israel’s Ambassador to the United States Michael…