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Purim, the Beauty of Difference

Purim is arguably one of the merriest holidays of the Jewish calendar. Because of that, perhaps, we don’t often reflect on its deep meaning and its contemporary relevance.

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A Social Capital Market for Israel: Report of the Working Group for Social Investment

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Elad Katz, Didi Lachman-Messer, Yad Hanadiv

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Four Essentials for Evaluation

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Collaboration and Connection: How Foundations Partner Effectively to Address Their Community’s Information Needs

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FSG, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

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Leveraging Networks: From Commitment to Action

Andrés Spokoiny and Jay Ruderman, eJewish Philanthropy.

On December 6th, nearly 175 leaders – funders, academic experts, and program leaders – came together in New York to explore ways that our community can do more to be fully inclusive of people with disabilities.

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The Redcoats are Coming – and Hope Out of Boulder

eJewish Philanthropy.

Every school child in America knows that Paul Revere rode through Massachusetts warning the militia that “the Redcoats were coming”. Fewer people know that in the night of April 18th, 1775, other riders were sent with the same goal, among them William Dawes.

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Family Foundation Giving Trends 2011

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Cathy Pharoah, Charles Keidan and Jillian Gordon, ESRC Research Centre for Charitable Giving, Pears Foundation and Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship

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Rose Youth Foundation: Ten Years of Impact

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Karin E. Tice, Formative Evaluation Research Associates (FERA), Rose Community Foundation

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The New 10 Commandments of Strategy: Planning for our Uncertain World

eJewish Philanthropy.

The fall of the Berlin Wall, the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the Arab Spring, the travesty of Argentina’s early elimination in the 2010 World Cup and many other defining events of the last two decades all share a simple truth: the best of our expert predictions about the future are, quite often, wrong.

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Catalyzing Networks for Social Change: A Funder’s Guide

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Monitor Institute, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations

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