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Grantmaking Pros Convening / Impact Investing Roundtable / Israeli Philanthropy Conference

NEWS
Tisha B'Av Message / Losses in the JFN Family / Tech Survey

NEWS FROM OUR MEMBERS
Maimonides Highlights Education / Members in the Headlines

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EVENTS

Unless otherwise indicated, events listed are limited to JFN members and those eligible for JFN membership. Eligible non-members must request permission and can attend a limited number of member events.

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Grantmaking Professionals Monthly Online Convening

Online: Wednesday, September 7, 12-1:30 p.m. ET (9-10:30 a.m. PT, 19-20:30 IL)

Join us for a monthly virtual convening for grantmaking professionals where we will come together for shared learning and community-building. Facilitated by Mike Berkowitz and Jaré Akchin of Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies and Tamar Frydman of JFN.

Impact Investing Roundtable

Online: Tuesday, September 20, 12–1:30 p.m. ET (9-10:30 a.m. PT, 19-20:30 IL)

Join JFN’s growing community of impact investors for a lively and action-oriented monthly roundtable, each featuring JFN members for shared learning and shared action. Each session is facilitated by JFN Board Member Vanessa Bartram of ZORA Ventures.

Read JFN's Guide to Jewish Impact Investing

The 2022 Israeli Philanthropy Conference

Tel Aviv: Monday, October 31, 13:30-20:00 IL

This in-person event, held primarily in Hebrew, is a partnership between JFN Israel, Keshet-DAF, Committed to Give, the Forum of Foundations in Israel, and the Institute for Law and Philanthropy at Tel Aviv University.

More details coming soon!

FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DESK

Mourn the Past, But Build a Better Future (Tisha B'Av 5782)

In a special message for Tisha B'Av, which begins at sundown this Saturday, JFN President and CEO Andrés Spokoiny writes, "The Jewish attitude to our greatest national loss was twofold: introspection and transformation. After the churban (destruction) we asked ourselves what in our behavior as a people contributed to our demise (famously, the rabbis identify sin’at chinam, internecine hatred, as the culprit). The idea was not to wallow in guilt – after all Judaism rejects a simplistic view by which calamity is always a punishment for a sin – but to strive to be better."

State of Philanthropy Tech Survey

The Technology Association of Grantmakers invites all grantmaking organizations to complete its 2022 technology survey by August 26.

The 2022 State of Philanthropy Tech survey builds on past surveys and includes questions related to IT budgets; IT staffing; staff turnover and burnout; remote work policies; systems selection for GMS, CRM, remote work enablement, etc.; and cybersecurity breaches, training, and tools.

JFN has no formal relationship with the Technology Association of Grantmakers, but we are sharing this information because we think it will be of interest to our members and will yield useful data for the field.

NEWS

Losses in the JFN Family

JFN mourns the recent passing of Eli Evans and Phyllis Bernstein. May their memories be for a blessing.

Eli served as Chairman of the Board of The Covenant Foundation for 22 years and helped envision and gain support for a program of grants and awards that remain the backbone of the Foundation’s success today. He was also the first president of The Charles H. Revson Foundation and was the author of several books about Southern Jewish history. Learn more about him here.

Phyllis co-chaired the economic development committee of JFN's Social Venture Fund for Jewish-Arab Equality and Shared Society. An advocate for Israel's Bedouin community, she spent six weeks each year living in the Negev teaching English and art in Rahat and other Bedouin communities.

MEMBER NEWS

Maimonides Journal Highlights Education

Published this week, the newest issue (Volume 6) of JFN member the Maimonides Foundation's Sapir: Ideas for a Thriving Jewish Future journal focuses on education -- both Jewish education and the role of Jews in North American universities. Among the articles is a conversation on "Jewish Education: Why We Should Care" with JFN member Barry Finestone of the Jim Joseph Foundation, Rabbi Leon Morris of Pardes, and "Stories for the Sake of Argument" co-author Abi Dauber Sterne.

Learn more about Sapir in this podcast episode with Felicia Herman, its Managing Editor.

JFN members are eligible to receive a free hard copy of Sapir in the mail. Sign up here.

Members in the Headlines

eJewish Philanthropy reported on the Harold Grinspoon Foundation's "Aspen in August" gathering this week. “These couple of days together…in this spectacular setting help us to relax and regroup and reconnect,” Winnie Sandler Grinspoon, president of the foundation and a JFN board member explained. “These gatherings always lead to further conversations and partnerships, and deepening relationships, which is what it's all about."

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FROM THE FIELD
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Who’s In? An Exploration of the Changing Jewish Religious Economy
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