Editorial
Charitable giving is an essential part of being Jewish
While the wildfires were still raging last month in the North Bay, Bay Area Jews stepped up big time, donating money, food, clothing, gift cards, as well…
Tech
Meet the Oakland philanthropists trying to diversify the tech world
One of Freada Kapor Klein’s earliest memories is of her older brother coming home from school, bloody. His classmates had accused him of killing Christ,…
Israel
Israeli institute receives $6m from Bay Area couple
Atherton residents Dr. Gladys Monroy and her husband, Larry Marks, have donated more than $6 million to establish a center for brain research at the…
Tech
Facebook’s Sandberg launches scholarship in memory of husband
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg announced the creation of a scholarship program for low-income college students named after her late husband. The Menlo Park…
Opinion
Too many mega-donors, not enough campus activism
On college campuses, Jewish groups are present but not generating needed activism. Throughout the 20th century, American Jews — particularly young Jews —…
Bay Area
Stanford Chabad gets $1.3M from Taube Philanthropies
Taube Philanthropies announced it has pledged a $1.3 million grant to Stanford Chabad. The funds will be used to buy a new property near the Stanford…
Bay Area
Grandson of Goldman philanthropy family dies in plane crash
William Sachs Goldman of San Francisco, the 38-year-old grandson of prominent Bay Area philanthropists Richard and Rhoda Goldman and a popular professor…
Bay Area
Gerson Bakar, philanthropist and developer, dies at 89
As the adage goes, “If you build it, they will come.” Gerson Bakar built it. And come they did. They came to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, to…
Bay Area
Tipping Point pledges $100 million to fight homelessness
Daniel Lurie’s S.F.-based nonprofit organization Tipping Point Community has made big bets over the past 12 years in its quest to combat poverty.…