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The President's Desk by Andrés Spokoiny
Monday, October 6, 2025
Reclaiming Community in a Fractured World (Sukkot 5786) »
All Jewish holidays emphasize the importance of community, but none does so as much as Sukkot. On Passover, for example, t...
Sunday, September 21, 2025
Fuimos Todos: Moving From Collective Guilt to Personal Responsibility »
My elementary school class was particularly mischievous. Though some of us were nerds, as a group we engaged in all sorts...
Monday, July 28, 2025
When Power Replaces Principle: Lessons from 2,000 Years Ago (Tish B'Av 5785) »
The long road to the origin of Tisha Be’av, the day in 70 CE in which the Temple of Jerusalem was destroyed, started decad...
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
The War with Iran May Be Over, But the Needs Remain »
The war with Iran may have ended, but on the ground in Israel, urgent needs persist. As we emphasized at the beginning of...
Friday, June 20, 2025
Operation Rising Lion: Update on Israel’s Evacuations, Hospitals, and Recovery »
The crisis in Israel continues to unfold, resulting in mounting injuries and damage. The Israeli spirit remains somethi...

Podcast: What Gives?
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Ronen Koehler - From Command to Community: Leading in Times of Crisis »
Episode 73 of What Gives?—the Jewish Philanthropy Podcast from Jewish Funders Network, hosted by JFN President and CEO An...
Monday, October 13, 2025
Dr. Keren Fraiman and Dr. Sivan Zakai - The Future of Israel Education »
Episode 72 of What Gives?—the Jewish Philanthropy Podcast from Jewish Funders Network, hosted by JFN President and CEO An...
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Sarah Hurwitz - Reclaiming Jewish Identity and Peoplehood »
Episode 71 of What Gives?—the Jewish Philanthropy Podcast from Jewish Funders Network, hosted by JFN President and CEO An...
Tuesday, July 29, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Elias Saratovsky - Immersive Israel Travel and the Future of Jewish Identity »
Episode 70 of  What Gives? —the Jewish philanthropy podcast from Jewish Funders Network, hosted by JFN President and...
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Shai Held - Judaism is About Love »
Episode 69 of What Gives?—the Jewish philanthropy podcast from Jewish Funders Network, hosted by JFN President and CEO An...

JFN in the Headlines
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
As Israel-Iran war breaks out, JFN’s Andrés Spokoiny to funders: ‘Pace yourself’ »
From eJewish Philanthropy   (June 17, 2025) Five days into Israel’s conflict with Iran, scenes of destruction from d...
Monday, June 16, 2025
With experience gained from 20 months of war, Israeli civil society responds to Iranian barrages »
From    eJewish Philanthropy  (June 16, 2025) Twenty months ago, the State of Israel and Israeli civil so...
Wednesday, May 28, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Counting What (and Who) Matters in Jewish LA »
From  The Jewish Journal   (May 28, 2025) It shouldn’t be so hard to believe there are still Jews in our commu...
Sunday, January 12, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
JFN West Coast director: ‘People are coming together in a way we haven’t seen in a really long time’ »
From  eJewish Philanthropy   (January 12, 2025) Volunteers are clamoring for opportunities to help after dev...
Friday, December 20, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
An Iranian Jewish Hanukkah, made in America »
From  eJewish Philanthropy   (December 20, 2024) I have been asked more this year than ever what it’s like to...

Guidebooks
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Jewish Wisdom for Philanthropy »
Grounded in timeless Jewish teachings, Jewish Wisdom for Philanthropy offers funders practical guidance and inspiration...
Monday, February 3, 2025
Gender Lens Philanthropy: Promoting Gender Equity through Strategic Philanthropy »
Authored by Jewish Funders Network (JFN) members and experts in gender equity, Gender Lens Philanthropy: The Complete G...
Sunday, March 27, 2022
New Guide Explores Participatory Grantmaking in the Jewish World »
We are delighted to publish “ Participatory Grantmaking in the Jewish Community and Beyond ” as part of our Guides for Int...
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
A Guide to Jewish Impact Investing »
Authored by JFN member and impact investor Michael Lustig, this is the first-ever guide to Jewish impact investing, invest...
Monday, March 18, 2019
Young Adults At Risk in Israel »
Thousands of young adults in Israel lack a family support network. When young Israeli adults from dysfunctional or struggl...

News
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Adina Poupko Awarded the 2025 JJ Greenberg Memorial Award »
Adina Poupko, Executive Director of the Natan Fund, Awarded the 2025 JJ Greenberg Memorial Award Adina Poupko , Exec...
Monday, March 24, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
"Barriers to Entry" Awarded the 2025 Ilia Salita Excellence in Research Award »
Barriers to Entry: Exploring Educator Reticence for Engaging with the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Announced as the Recip...
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Sivan Zakai Awarded the 2024 Ilia Salita Excellence in Research Award »
The Jewish Funders Network (JFN) is honored to announce Dr. Sivan Zakai, Sara S. Lee Associate Professor of Jewish Educati...
Sunday, April 2, 2023
Doron Kenter of the Maimonides Fund Wins 2023 JJ Greenberg Memorial Award »
The Jewish Funders Network (JFN) announced today that Doron Kenter, a Senior Program Officer at the Maimonides Fund, is th...
Thursday, September 15, 2022
JFN Joins Jewish Climate Leadership Coalition »
Jewish Funders Network is proud to announce that we are a founding member of the Jewish Climate Leadership Coalition&...

TEN Newsletters
Monday, September 30, 2024
Putting Jewish Poverty Front of Mind »
Joining Together to End Jewish Poverty TEN envisions a world where every Jew, regardless of their income, can have th...
Wednesday, May 29, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
NY Funders Talk Poverty »
Funder Convening: Jewish Economic Insecurity in New York  Last week, twenty funders convened on a day of site visits...
Friday, October 20, 2023
October 2023 TEN Newsletter »
Announcing TEN: Together Ending Need Four years ago, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation and Jewish Funders Netwo...
Saturday, September 30, 2023
National Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty rebranding as TEN: Together Ending Need »
Four years ago, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation and Jewish Funders Network established the National Affinity Gr...
Friday, October 14, 2022
October 2022 »
OCTOBER 2022 Dear Friend...

From Our Members
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Reflecting and Looking Ahead: The Days of Repentance and Jewish Philanthropy »
We are now in the thick of the Ten Days of Repentance, the time between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. As we reflect on year...

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