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Shayna Rose Triebwasser Wins 2020 JJ Greenberg Memorial Award

Jewish Funders Network awarded the 2020 JJ Greenberg Memorial Award to Shayna Rose Triebwasser, senior program officer of the Righteous Persons Foundation.

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Responding to Coronavirus, Jewish Funders Pledge to Stand with Grantee Partners

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Jewish Funders Network and 18 of our member foundations issued this message to grantee partners:

 

Message to our Grantee Partners

Since biblical times, Judaism’s imperative has been to protect the most vulnerable members of society. Vulnerability has taken on new meaning in our communities today. It includes our friends and neighbors, teachers and rabbis, colleagues and family.

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Deena Fuchs Joins Jewish Funders Network as Executive Vice President as JFN Seeks to Evolve

Deena Fuchs

Deena K. Fuchs will join Jewish Funders Network to inaugurate the new role of Executive Vice President. In partnership with JFN President & CEO Andrés Spokoiny, Deena will help JFN to grow and transform as the organization seeks to enhance its role as a catalyst for partnerships and coalitions in the Jewish philanthropic world.

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David Rittberg Wins JFN's 2019 JJ Greenberg Memorial Award

Rittberg, Director of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation's U.S. Jewish grantmaking portfolio, wins award honoring young foundation professionals.

David Rittberg

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JFN Releases Funders' Guide to Young Adults At Risk in Israel

Latest volume of Jewish Funders Network’s “Greenbook” series provides a snapshot of the emerging field of young adults at risk in Israel.

Greenbook 6: Young Adults at Risk in Israel

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JFN & Genesis Prize Foundation announce Women's Empowerment Challenge

Women's Empowerment

Up to $2 million in new funding to be channeled to Jewish organizations in the United States and Canada committed to promoting gender equality

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JFN Releases Guide to Funding the Arts for Social Change in Israel

Latest volume of Jewish Funders Network’s “Greenbook” series makes the case for art as an engine for social change, maps the existing landscape, and highlights opportunities for philanthropic action

TEL AVIV—Why invest in art, and why now? A new Greenbook from Jewish Funders Network says the arts represent a powerful opportunity to foster change in Israeli society.

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Amy Braier Wins JFN's 2018 JJ Greenberg Memorial Award

Braier, Director of Pears Foundation, wins award honoring young foundation professionals.

Amy Braier

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SVF, Fund for Jewish-Arab Equality, Wins Shapiro Prize for Philanthropic Collaboration

Jewish Funders Network bestows prestigious award on partnership funding efforts to increase equality in Israel

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Press Release: The Guide to Funder Collaboration with the Government of Israel (GOI)

July 26, 2017, NEW YORK — Jewish Funders Network (JFN) has released The Guide to Funder Collaboration with the Government of Israel (GOI), a comprehensive overview of why, when, and how to work with Israel’s government to achieve philanthropic goals.

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