Forward, February 26, 2018.

I follow Anshel Pfeffer’s column in Haaretz with assiduity. I usually find his mordant analyses profound and insightful. But I can’t help but take exception to his recent article, “Help Israel. Stop Giving It Money.”

It is not often that one can say, "I was there when it happened," or, "I participated in that meeting which changed the world".

Tuesday night (June 21), JFN Israel celebrated the longest day of the year on a gorgeous rooftop in Tel-Aviv. Andrés Spokoiny, JFN's President & CEO, addressed the Israeli membership on the rapid growth of Israeli philanthropy and the positive effect this continues to have on Jewish Philanthropy at large.

This past Friday morning, I had the pleasure of teaching a cooking class for my fellow JFN members at the gorgeous "Farma Cultura", an organic farm on a beautiful moshav in Central Israel. The event was a special gathering that brought together 35 of JFN Israel's younger funder community.

The Center for Effective Philanthropy interviewed Ronit Amit, CEO of JFN member organization the Gandyr Foundation on "The Emerging Philanthropic Sector in Israel."

Writing on the blog of the Jewish Communal Fund, Tamar Snyder discusses a presentation at JCF given by Sigal Yaniv Feller, Director of Advisory Services at JFN Israel.

Talk highlights dramatic shifts happening in Israeli philanthropy.