http://blogs.jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/head-of-indiana-school-on-philanthropy-spins-positive-on-jewish-giving/ eJewishphilanthropy has an interesting post today in which Bob Evans and Avrum Lapin of EHL Consultants spoke with the new head of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, Patrick Rooney, about Jewish philanthropy. en-us jberkman@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-09-09T;21:53:00-05:00 asc@njjewishnews.com A “rosy picture”?  The fact that “the Jewish community is the only religious community that traditionally gives more to secular causes ... than to their own religious group” is exactly what maddens and terrifies Jewish philanthropies. And given the demographic bubble of intermarried Jews and their half-Jewish children and giving trends going back 50 years, it’s hard to see where he gets his optimism that “Jewish institutions should see could be stronger giving by Jews as priorities adjust.” A “rosy picture”?  The fact that “the Jewish community is the only religious community that traditionally gives more to secular causes ... than to their own religious group” is exactly what maddens and terrifies Jewish philanthropies. And given the demographic bubble of intermarried Jews and their half-Jewish children and giving trends going back 50 years, it’s hard to see where he gets his optimism that “Jewish institutions should see could be stronger giving by Jews as priorities adjust.”

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