Once again, the Bay Area is at the forefront of Jewish innovation, with seven organizations named in the national Slingshot Guide of game-changing programs across the country. It’s the 13th and final edition — Slingshot has announced it is switching gears from providing an annual guide for funders to promoting the next generation of philanthropists.…
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Education
Major new teen initiative launches in Bay Area
In the early 1990s, Debra Sagan Massey was a young adult working as a youth director at Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills, and Mike Friedman was one…
Philanthropy
Helen Diller foundation gives $50m to Israel's Technion
The San Francisco-based Helen Diller Family Foundation has given the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology a $50 million contribution, which will…
Obituaries
Franny Green, Federation’s first female president, 89
Frances Dinkelspiel Green, an avid philanthropist who in 1975-76 was the first woman to serve as president of the S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation,…
Bay Area
Young adults priced out of Bay Area — and Jewish life
TAKING A CLOSER LOOK: Part one in a series exploring key results of the 2018 Portrait of Bay Area Jewish Life. Melanie Malinas makes $39,000 a year while…
Education
Elevating Jewish early childhood education
How much money does it take to change the landscape of early childhood Jewish education in the Bay Area? A $3.3 million long-term investment by the…
Philanthropy
Koret gives $10m for Berkeley-Stanford-Tel Aviv research collaboration
Tel Aviv University this week announced a new initiative funded by a $10 million grant from the San Francisco-based Koret Foundation. The grant will fund…
Leadership
Is the Jewish community safe for Jews of color?
Against the backdrop of a nation strained by senseless, race-based police killings and the most serious wave of racial injustice seen in 50 years, more…
Bay Area
JCRC honors three for leadership at ‘Behind the Scenes 2018’
The San Francisco-based Jewish Community Relations Council will honor three community members at its “Behind the Scenes 2018” event on Feb. 27. Dr. Tricia…