Lucy Bernholz bounded off the stage at the opening panel of the Jewish Funders Network conference in San Francisco and approached a man sitting in the front row. “Give me your phone,” she said, as he obliged. She then turned to another attendee and asked for $20, while pointing out that this was, after all,…
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