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Pages tagged "poverty"


Naomi Adler: Solving Jewish poverty

Posted on Podcast: What Gives? by Jewish Funders Network · October 17, 2019 5:00 AM

Episode 6 of What Gives? The Jewish philanthropy podcast from Jewish Funders Network.

Guest: Naomi Adler, President & CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia.

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Now is the Time to Do More to Fight Jewish Poverty

Posted on Spotlight on Poverty by Jewish Funders Network · July 29, 2019 6:00 AM

By Jewish Funders Network and The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

The number of people living in low-income Jewish households in New York has doubled over the past two decades. And many more Jewish families around the country say they are struggling to make ends meet.

The challenges posed by Jewish poverty are substantial (click here to access an overview of what we know about Jewish poverty in the United States). The question that we have been asking at the Jewish Funders Network (JFN) and The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation: what can we do about it?

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We All Own It: Reflections of a First Time Attendee at the JFN 2019 Conference

Posted on News by Jeffrey Schoenfeld · May 14, 2019 5:00 AM

Shouldn’t we focus on engagement and education programs only after a significant portion of philanthropic dollars have been committed to supporting the most vulnerable in our communities? 

(Cross-posted at eJewish Philanthropy.)

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Young Adults At Risk in Israel

Posted on Guides for Intelligent Giving by Jewish Funders Network · March 18, 2019 11:45 AM

Thousands of young adults in Israel lack a family support network. When young Israeli adults from dysfunctional or struggling families, or those who have been in State boarding schools or foster care, reach the age of 18, they become adults by law and are expected to integrate into society on their own. Without further support, they face steep odds against breaking the cycle of poverty and achieving their potential.

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Strategic Philanthropy and Vintage Tzedaka

Posted on Spotlight on Poverty by Joseph Gitler · September 12, 2018 10:45 AM

Even the most advanced Jewish philanthropic portfolio, should have an allocation of “vintage Tzedaka”, which is earmarked to sustain the weakest and neediest of our communities. 

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Poverty: Calling for Meaningful Jewish Attention

Posted on Spotlight on Poverty by David Eisner · August 13, 2018 9:27 AM

(An installment in the series Spotlight on Poverty, a partnership between JFN and eJewish Philanthropy.)

There is an enormous opportunity for the Jewish community to bring new energy, power, and cohesion to the work of our non-profit sector and, especially, of our philanthropy, to address the needs against which our neighbors and often our community are struggling. 

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Poverty: We Can Do Better Than That

Posted on Spotlight on Poverty by UJA Federation of New York · August 03, 2018 5:00 AM

By Alex Roth-Kahn, Managing Director, UJA-Federation of NY’s Caring Department and Jeffrey A. Schoenfeld, President, UJA-Federation of NY

(An installment in the series Spotlight on Poverty, a partnership between JFN and eJewish Philanthropy.)

Fifty-four years ago, President Lyndon Johnson first uttered the now famous phrase “the war on poverty” in his State of the Union address.  When he spoke in 1964, a staggering 19% of Americans were considered poor, equaling 36 million Americans at the time. Today, the poverty rate may have dropped to 12.7%, but with our much larger population, that translates to more than 40 million Americans living in poverty.

The more local statistics are no less startling.  One in five New York–area Jewish households is poor.  One in 10 are near poor.  Moreover, 45% of all children in Jewish households live in poor or near-poor households.

We can do better than that.

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Poverty: It’s About Us

Posted on Spotlight on Poverty by AndrĂ©s Spokoiny · April 24, 2018 6:30 AM

By Eric S. Goldstein and Andrés Spokoiny
eJewish Philanthropy

Poverty is about other people, not American Jews.

That’s not something we hear out loud, but it does seem to be a subconscious assumption underlying too many American Jewish conversations – and actions  – about poverty.

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Israel & the US have the Highest Poverty Rates in the Developed World

Posted on News by Jewish Funders Network · October 24, 2016 9:00 AM

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By Federica Cocco, Financial Times. (Paywall.)

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Video: Alleviating Poverty through Jewish Leadership

Posted on JFN TV (Videos) by Jewish Funders Network · December 03, 2015 4:08 PM

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