When Laura Lauder sees a problem, especially but not exclusively in the Jewish world, she does her best to help solve it. She has the financial resources, intellectual acumen and stomach for risk to make an impact. “You [have to be] willing to take a risk on something that is not proven,” said the Silicon…
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Philanthropy
Philanthropy
Substantial new grant for Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies
The Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies at UC Berkeley has been awarded a matching grant of $1 million from a Los Angeles-based foundation, the…
Trailblazers
Adele Corvin reflects on a lifetime of community service
This is the first in a series of profiles of Jewish men and women who build and sustain our Jewish community, supported by a generous donation from Carol…
Philanthropy
5 ways to approach philanthropy after terror
As I watched the news of the massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, I wondered again what I’ve wondered before: Why can’t we spread the…
U.S.
Bernie Madoff's victims, 10 years later
Robert Lappin was in Palm Beach when he found out that his charity was broke and his money was gone. It was the same small, moneyed Florida town where he…
Hanukkah
Sikh artist offers menorah as response to Pittsburgh
Indian-born designer Nima Oberoi wasn’t planning to make a donation to a Jewish organization. “I’ve never taken a stand on something to do with religion,”…
Our Crowd
Honors, happenings, comings & goings — Nov. 2018
Happenings More than $2 million was raised and more than 450 people attended a pair of gala dinners hosted by the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces in…
Philanthropy
Taube gift strengthens Holocaust education at New Orleans WWII museum
San Francisco-based Taube Philanthropies has pledged $2 million to the National WWII Museum in New Orleans to develop the Taube Family Holocaust Education…
Philanthropy
After Prop. C win, Benioff rallies fellow philanthropists
During his remarks before a largely Jewish audience of 650 at the Day of Philanthropy, keynote speaker Marc Benioff recited lines from a prayer. The…