Film Spielberg launches foundation to fund Jewish documentaries Steven Spielberg has launched a film foundation called Jewish Story Partners to fund documentaries that “tell stories about a diverse spectrum of Jewish… By Gabe Friedman, JTA Apr 16, 2021
Bay Area Program created to honor local day school grad who died in nature From the time he was a little boy, Yonim Schweig revered nature. He loved hiking and camping with his family and davening in natural settings where he… By Rachele Kanigel Apr 15, 2021
U.S. Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme devastated Jewish world, dies Bernie Madoff, the fraudster who ran a $17.5 billion Ponzi scheme ensnaring thousands of investors, including a long list of Jewish organizations and… By Ben Sales, JTA Apr 14, 2021
Philanthropy Steven Spielberg giving $200,000 to Jews of Color Initiative Steven Spielberg is donating his Genesis Prize earnings — and more — to Jewish and non-Jewish groups working to promote racial and economic justice. The… By JTA, J. Staff Mar 26, 2021
Obituaries Philanthropist Stephen Grand, 77, ‘made every day count’ Stephen Grand was well known as a prodigious philanthropist, supporting a variety of Jewish causes and medical-scientific institutions. For those who knew… By Dan Pine Mar 25, 2021
Philanthropy Our Pandemic Year: 12 months of frenzied fundraising and philanthropy Part Two of OUR PANDEMIC YEAR, a week-long series examining how the Covid pandemic has changed our local Jewish world. There was a day last spring when… By Maya Mirsky Mar 12, 2021
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… By J. Staff Mar 5, 2021
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,… By Asaf Shalev, JTA Feb 23, 2021
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… By Gary Rosenblatt, JTA Feb 22, 2021