Bay Area
J. selected for invitation-only Jewish media fellowship
J. The Jewish News of Northern California has been chosen to participate in the inaugural Jewish Journalism Fellowship, a yearlong program designed to…
Philanthropy
Major funder pulls out of Jewish disability inclusion efforts
To many in the Jewish world, the Ruderman Family Foundation is synonymous with efforts to increase inclusion for Jews with disabilities. Based in Boston,…
Analysis
Don’t call them ‘fringe’: New Jewish groups seek mainstream respect
Keshira haLev Fife is well known in the Jewish community of her native Pittsburgh, where she conducts Shabbat services and Hebrew school classes. But…
Philanthropy
SF Federation event touts investment in the developing world
Stanford business school grad Jacqueline Novogratz has earned global renown for her work as a venture capitalist. As it happens, the ventures she…
Philanthropy
Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur donates $25 million to BGU
Silicon Valley technology entrepreneur and philanthropist Nahum Guzik has donated $25 million to Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, the…
Philanthropy
Taube Philanthropies endows new Jewish Studies chair at GTU
Thanks to a $750,000 endowment gift from Taube Philanthropies, Berkeley’s Graduate Theological Union will establish a new chair position at its Richard S.…
Philanthropy
Jewish program at UC Berkeley gets $10m from Diller Foundation
The Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies at UC Berkeley announced Tuesday it has received a $10 million gift from the S.F.-based Helen…
Bay Area
Donation to right-wing group is ‘old news,’ says S.F. Federation
A recent story by JTA about a large donation to a right-wing organization facilitated by the S.F.-based Jewish Federation was misleading and is “old…
Bay Area
Federation’s marquee Day of Philanthropy goes multi-day
Before Covid-19, the Day of Philanthropy was just that — a day. Now, with the S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation’s annual event coming around during…