We’ve heard a lot about the need for nonprofits to engage millennials—the generation born between 1979 and 1990—as a way to ensure their interest, not to mention ensure the long-term survival of the Jewish community. And it’s easy to understand why.  Millennials in the U.S. are nearly 33 million strong, and stand to inherit $40 trillion in the coming decades.

But a new study finds Jewish organizations that cater to millennials while giving short shrift to the three older adult generations may do so at their own peril.

Sometimes we need to spawn many new organizations, and sometimes we need intelligent birth control.

eJewish Philanthropy, August 10, 2014

Meet the millennials.

Actually, you already have. They’re the generation born from 1979 to 1990. If you’re not one of them, then you probably have at least a few in your life.

One of the more provacative titles for a panel at the 2014 JFN Conference was "Israel's Internal Ticking Time Bomb."

The world of philanthropy and social impact is undergoing rapid change. 

For centuries, doctors had all sorts of assumptions about human anatomy. For example, it was believed that men had fewer ribs than women, or that women had fewer teeth than men. Until the 16th century, doctors followed to the letter Galen’s description of the heart, including a fictitious set of holes that supposedly connected the two ventricles.

Foundations and organizations must not treat Jewish next-gen donors as if they are the same as their parents and grandparents.

Philanthropy News Digest.

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We are delighted to share a new report released today from 21/64 and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy that paints a revealing picture of the next generation of major Jewish donors.