A New Tool for Fighting Antisemitism
Fighting antisemitism can be a Sisyphean task. We’ve been pushing that boulder up the slope for three thousand years, and yet we need to keep pushing.
Sometimes I feel that it’s like cutting your nails; they keep growing back. And yet, what can we do? We keep cutting them and we keep improving the implements we use to do so.
Shine a Light is, maybe, one of the best new nail clippers in the market.
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Carly Maisel: Shining a Light on Antisemitism
Episode 34Â of What Gives? the Jewish philanthropy podcast from Jewish Funders Network.
Carly Maisel, Global CEO of The Kirsh Foundation, talks to JFN President and CEO Andres Spokoiny about Shine a Light on Antisemitism, a new initiative that she is spearheading. They speak about offering a new take on an intractable problem, partnering among funders, and how to get competitive organizations to work together.
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Read moreWhat the World Cup can teach us about Chanukah (Chanukah 5783)
As we are now in the midst of the Football World Cup (no, sorry, it’s not “soccer”), I think it’s timely to quote Diego Maradona, the mythical Argentinian player. Speaking about football, that modern philosopher once said, “la pelota no se mancha,” “the ball doesn’t get stained.” He meant to say that there was something in the game that would always be pure and good, despite the corruption of FIFA officials, the political interference, the monumental transfer fees, and the dark machinations of some club owners.
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