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Members of the 2017-18 seventh-grade class at the Brandeis School of San Francisco (Photo/JTA-Ben Sales)

Education

Putting philanthropy before b'nai mitzvah gifts

Lyla Maymon and Jane Shvartzman went to interview officials last year at Larkin Street Youth — an organization in San Francisco fighting homelessness…
By Ben Sales Dec 11, 2017
(Photo/Pixabay)

Local Voice

8 ways to set your teen up for a lifetime of helping others

Generosity is a quality we all hope to embody. Sometimes it seems as if it’s particularly difficult to teach empathy to the teenagers in our orbit. Here…
By Lisa Tabak Nov 8, 2017
David Levine and Laurel Zien (Photo/Marcus Photography)

Philanthropy

Spreading the word about legacy gifts

“The time is now” for legacy giving, says Steve Brown, director of legacy development for the Jewish Federation and Jewish Community Foundation of the…
By Elissa Einhorn Nov 5, 2017
Volunteers from Kol Shofar, led by Rabbi Chai Levy (left) provided lunch to displaced families sheltering at Congregation Shomrei Torah in Santa Rosa, Oct. 11. (Photo/Courtesy IsraAid)

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…
By J. Editorial Board Nov 3, 2017
Freada Kapor Klein and Mitch Kapor with their dog, Dudley. (Photo/Kola Shobo)

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,…
By Alix Wall Nov 2, 2017
Dr. Gladys Monroy and Larry Marks visiting the Weizmann Institute along with other Bay Area funders in 2014

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…
By Maya Mirsky Oct 10, 2017
Goldberg and Sandberg walk holding hands

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…
By JTA Oct 6, 2017
Founding members of the Jewish Student Press Service (now New Voices Magazine), an organization founded in 1971 by college students in the heyday of Jewish campus activism (Photo/Courtesy New Voices)

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 —…
By Misha Vilenchuk Aug 15, 2017
Outside Stanford’s Chabad Building, Rabbi Dov Greenberg and assistant Goldie Shaw (behind the table) talk with students Jonas Shomorony and Madeline Lee in September 2016. (Photo/Joyce Goldschmid)

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…
By J. Staff Aug 3, 2017
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