Rabbi David Wolpe and Elon Gold at JFN 2013 [VIDEO]
Rabbi David Wolpe and Elon Gold speak at the 2013 Jewish Funders Network Conference.
Rabbi David Wolpe and Elon Gold speak at the 2013 Jewish Funders Network Conference.
“Philanthropy is what you’ll be remembered for,” Jewish Funders Network (JFN) President Andrés Spokoiny told the 400 attendees at the Beverly Hilton on March 18, the first full day of the group’s annual conference. “Philanthropy is your legacy.”
Thank you, Mr. President. (Applause.) It’s great to be here. It’s great to be here. (Applause.) Hey, Debbie.
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President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agree, at least in principle: Keep the talk on what to do about Iran behind closed doors. But once they’re behind those doors, they can’t agree — and they can’t seem to resist bringing their disagreements into the open.
A Jewish member of the Ukrainian Parliament said it is up to religious leaders to educate young people to ensure that hatred and extremism are stopped. Oleksandr Feldman, a Ukrainian lawmaker and Founder of the Institute of Human Rights and Prevention of Extremism and Xenophobia, made the comments Tuesday in conjunction with his unveiling a new initiative to encourage the world\’s youth to become better advocates for tolerance education and inter-religious dialogue.
A day after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s tirade against Israel triggered a walkout by the European delegation and generated headlines around the world, diplomats at the U.N. forum scrambled to ratify the conference’s final document on Tuesday — three days before the parley’s close, when the document was scheduled to be adopted.\n
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