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November 17, 2016
Making an impact in the Jewish world with philanthropic spirit
Ellen Bronfman Hauptman — whose grandfather started the Seagram company and whose father co-founded Birthright Israel — will never forget an unexpected but powerful lesson she learned as a student at Yale University.
He reached into his pockets to give back
As members of Iran’s Jewish community fled their home nation over the years and settled in places like Los Angeles and New York, they brought with them both an entrepreneurial spirit and a philanthropic one.
No donation too small for tzedakah
It would be nice to have millions of dollars that could be used to better the world. But let’s be honest: Most of us don’t have gargantuan bank balances, seismic investment portfolios or seven-figure incomes.
Leeds family shares the values of great leaders, good neighbors
At the age of 14, with $500 saved up from bussing tables, Fred Leeds bought a 1965 Mustang. A couple of months later, he sold it for $900.
Generations of generosity
Between November 1930 and Aug. 28, 1931, Mark Schulman wrote hundreds of letters to his sweetheart, Esther Wiesman, in San Francisco; by his count, he wrote 90 letters in one five-week period.
New countersuit in discrimination case at Urth Caffé
A lawyer for the popular Southern California restaurant chain Urth Caffé filed court documents Nov. 8 alleging the seven Muslim women suing the chain for discrimination were trespassing at its Laguna Beach location on the night in question.
Wine Wednesday pairs wine with charity across the world
An Israeli initiative has reinvented the traditional fundraiser and taken it global.
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