For Adelson, political and Jewish giving are all of a piece
Jewish Journal
August 7, 2012
Call it the Adelson conundrum: What happens when the guy who acts as if he owns the room really does?
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Another Soros steps out
Jewish Journal
November 10, 2011
Alexander Soros — what a catch! And not just for the obvious reason. Sure, papa George is worth $22 billion, and as your bubbe says, it’s as easy to fall in love with a rich man as a poor one.
Holocaust survivors’ 11th hour
Susan Freudenheim
November 10, 2011
Last week, everyone was scurrying around Zane Buzby’s small but serviceable office, high up in a rather creaky building in downtown Los Angeles. Right inside the door, one person packed tubes of arthritis creams, soaps, magnifying glasses and Star of David necklaces. Someone else carefully counted cash into envelopes. And yet another entered data into a computer.
On fire
Dikla Kadosh
November 9, 2011
The old stereotype of Mizrahi music — an Israeli genre created by immigrant Jews from North African and Arab countries — was of teary, sorrowful love ballads: tales of lost loves, broken hearts and dashed hopes. You could say Mizrahi music was Israel’s version of country music.
The giving network
Dikla Kadosh
October 21, 2011
Later this month, the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk will become Caesarea, the Israeli amphitheater renowned for its magical atmosphere and unparalleled performances.
Getting that giving is getting
Dikla Kadosh
October 21, 2011
When Eli Tene, co-chair of the Israeli Leadership Council (ILC), first called to tell me about a new initiative they had cooked up, I knew it was something big. I could hear it in his voice.
Study: Giving to Israel down 16 percent between ‘06 and ‘09
Jewish Journal
September 19, 2011
Giving to Israel decreased by 16 percent between 2006 and 2009, exhibiting the same trends as overall American giving, a study found.
Adelsons give $5 million matching grant to Birthright
Jewish Journal
July 28, 2011
Philanthropists Sheldon and Miriam Adelson are giving a $5 million matching grant to Taglit-Birthright Israel.
Give until it hurts
Rabbi N. Daniel Korobkin
April 26, 2011
Two Jewish philanthropists were overheard disagreeing about how to give charity. “I only support Jewish causes — the Jewish people need our help more than anyone else in the world,” Cohen said.
Japan disaster and Itamar killings put Jewish giving on the spot
Jewish Journal
March 15, 2011
Almost as soon as the catastrophe in Japan began unfolding last Friday, Jewish groups scrambled to figure out how to get help to the area. In Israel, search-and-rescue organizations like ZAKA and IsraAid readied teams to head to the Japanese devastation zone. In Tokyo, the Chabad center took an accounting of local Jews and began organizing a shipment of aid to stricken cities to the north. In the United States, aid organizations ranging from B’nai B’rith International to local and national federation agencies launched campaigns to collect money for rescue, relief and rebuilding efforts in the Pacific.
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