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non-profit
An instrumental leader
Howard Banchik will tell you there’s a lot more to music and learning to play an instrument than meets the ears.\n
Heads of young innovative Jewish organizations debrief L.A. Jews on their work
As part of their visit to Los Angeles last week, the outgoing class of Joshua Venture Fellows, all leaders of innovative Jewish organizations that are less than five years old, spent a few hours one evening talking to a group of L.A. Jews.
Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi to step down as Israel Project head
Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, the founder and president of The Israel Project, said she will leave the advocacy group by July 1.
Beit Issie Shapiro named Israel’s most efficient non-profit
Beit Issie Shapiro, a special needs organization in Raanana, was recognized as Israel\’s Most Efficient Non-Profit Organization.
Forward’s salary rankings: Men got more money, better raises
The Forward’s second annual survey of 74 major Jewish national organizations found that in the past year, women lost ground in leadership, continued to lag behind men in pay and did not experience the same increases in salary that a majority of the men enjoyed despite these recessionary times.
Old traditions, new rules
The media is full of sad-sack accounts of billionaires who, having lost 20 percent of their net worth overnight, are down to their last 9 billion. Some of these men have the gall to say they will have to reduce their charitable commitments.
Zucky’s and SOVA — knishes and compassion
\”Hy looked at me and said, \’He\’s not Jewish,\’\” recalled his wife, Zucky Altman, 89. \”I said, \’So what? He\’s hungry.\’ From that moment on, we decided we would just feed everybody.\”
With economy faltering, nonprofits brace for recession
The philanthropic world is becoming increasingly fearful about what seems to be a perfect storm brewing against the financial world. While most philanthropy professionals feel some anxiety now, they are bracing for what could be a calamity in the world of charitable giving.
Special Report
KANCHIPURAM DISTRICT, INDIA — The bright, clear morning of Dec. 26, 2004, would forever change S. Desingu\’s life.
The first monster wave rose from the Sea of Bengal without warning at 8 a.m. — silently, massively.
For the Indian fishermen at sea, the startling energy pulse bumped harmlessly under their boats, passing in an instant. The wave started to rise ominously in the shallows.
Onshore, the 36-year-old Desingu glanced up to see a 30-foot liquid wall surging in as tall as the tops of the soaring coconut palms. The fishing craft along the shore rolled end over end, tossed as easily as playthings in a bathtub.