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Your Daily Phil: Funders brace for Israeli election results
• Jewish Federations survey finds deepening ties between U.S., Israeli Jewish communities
• I was a little girl hiding from a mob. Now I'm standing up for my grandchildren.
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In an interview with eJP, Sigal Yaniv Feller, the executive director of Jewish Funders Network-Israel, outlined the trends reshaping Israeli giving ahead of the vote, the issues likely to stay on funders’ agendas as well as her reasons for optimism.
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OPINION | "While Dana-Farber is one of the best-funded institutions in the country, much of what I saw could be replicated in any nonprofit. Small (and free) shifts in culture can have a big impact."
By Meredith Lewis
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OPINION | "No electoral outcome should make us hesitate to affirm that Israel has an enduring right to exist and that its citizens deserve peace and security."
By Mark Levenson and Shoshana Dweck, president and national board chair of @AZM4Israel
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Ahead of Israel's election, Diaspora Jewish leaders — particularly progressive ones — are proactively reiterating their support for Israel, no matter who takes power.
By @JudahAriGross
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When 89 of its 150 council members in the inaugural cohort of Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s The Voice of the People initiative gathered last week, a thorny question lingered: What can a hand-picked global network achieve together, and for how long?
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Your Daily Phil: Diaspora leaders go all-in on Israel — regardless of election results
• Voice of the People charts its course forward
• The 'great wealth transfer' has a disconnect, and Jewish philanthropy needs to find it
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OPINION | "When your classmate is an Israeli you see every day, with hobbies, friends and complex opinions, trust grows. And once a student sees the person in front of them as someone they respect, everything shifts."
By Dana Ginzburg
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OPINION | "A year later, it’s time to check in. Have Jewish funders and nonprofits learned anything? Have we advanced, or are we just adding steps to our pedometers? The answer is a definitive maybe."
By Andrés @Spokoiny, president and CEO of @jfunders
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Mark Wilf sat down with eJP as he wraps up his time as chairman of the @JewishAgency's Board of Governors, discussing the values of strong Jewish communal infrastructure, the organization’s response to Oct. 7 and his hope for the Jewish future.
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Despite some claims, the riots were not antisemitic in nature, with French Jewish groups stressing that even though some Jewish-owned businesses and institutions were damaged, they did not appear to have been targeted because they were Jewish.
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Your Daily Phil: French Jews on alert as country braces for fresh riots
• Wrapping up as Jewish Agency chair, Mark Wilf remains hopeful amid Israel's 'greatest challenge'
• One year later, are we getting smarter about antisemitism?
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OPINION | "When the world proves itself unsafe, naiveté is a luxury we cannot afford. But there is a hidden, corrosive danger to this newfound shrewdness: What happens when we turn it inward on our own community?"
By Or Caduri
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OPINION | "After three years of wartime reality, millions of Israelis are facing emotional, social and economic hardships, while the professionals and institutions that support them are under increasing pressure."
By Hadas Minka-Brand
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It was the detention of Brad Lander by the Israeli military that made international headlines yesterday.
But within the Jewish world, it was the American rabbis being taken into custody that made waves.
By @JudahAriGross
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Manhattan’s Waldorf Astoria was basking in blue light as more than 800 guests gathered for the inaugural benefit gala of Robert Kraft’s Blue Square Alliance Against Hate.
The sold-out event raised more than $32 million to combat antisemitism and discrimination, according to the organizers.
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Your Daily Phil: Inside Robert Kraft's big, blue square gala
• CSS to train volunteers in first aid with United Hatzalah partnership
• Robert Kraft's Blue Square gala pulls in $32M
• AIPAC to end candidate endorsements, PAC contributions to allies
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Parts of the West Bank have devolved into a Middle Eastern version of the Wild West. Where the IDF should be stepping in to impose order, there is a vacuum being filled by activists and settlers. Foreign politicians pop in for a headline and photo op, then leave. None of this makes anyone safer. My latest:
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OPINION | "If there’s something all communities can learn from this election season, it’s that showing up matters, but showing up together matters more."
By Jeremy Bannett
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OPINION | "Jewish professionals should learn from the broader marketplace of ideas and present Judaism as a resource that can make one’s life better, deeper and more meaningful."
By Rabbi Brent Chaim Spodek and Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block
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