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More on the Jim Joseph grant to HUC, JTS and YU

Spurred by a major grant from one of the largest Jewish foundations, the rabbinical seminaries of three major synagogue movements are forging a groundbreaking partnership to train Jewish educators.

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Jim Joseph Foundation to give $12 million to Stanford for Jewish studies doctoral program

The Jim Joseph Foundation will give Stanford University $12 million to renew its Jewish education studies department.

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Jim Joseph disappointed others did not meet their challenge

A year after one of the country’s largest Jewish foundations tried to inspire other mega donors to step forward with emergency funding by making available $11 million in matching grants for an emergency gift to help five communities deal with the high cost of Jewish education, its executive director says the foundation only saw a “modest response.”

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Guest post: Other orgs can learn from post Birthright peer-to-peer success

As a JPost writer and the director of Birthright NEXT debate whether there is enough follow-up programing for the 220,000 alumni of Birthright Israel trips, the Jim Joseph Foundation’s Josh Miller says that other organizations can learn from what successful follow-up initiatives have found works:

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The great incubator debate continues

It’s getting colder here in New York, but the debate started at JTA by my former colleague Daniel Sieradski over funding for Jewish innovation remains burning hot.

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New Jim Joseph grant shows that pluralism pays

The Jim Joseph Foundation, which is cementing its position as one of the most significant Jewish foundations around, gave out another big grant this week—$12 million to three Jewish seminaries to help recruit and train new educators across the denominational spectrum.

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Jim Joseph Foundation gives $12 million to seminaries to improve Jewish education

The Jim Joseph Foundation will give $12 million to three Jewish seminaries to help train new Jewish educators across the Jewish denominational spectrum, the foundation announced Tuesday. 

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Adapting to the recession: Mechon Hadar

More evidence that the Jewish nonprofit world is grabbing onto the notion that grassroots fund-raising is necessary as major donors have become harder to tap in the recession: The egalitarian independent yeshiva Mechon Hadar is trying to raise significant dollars in small gifts to fill its end of a $1 million matching grant.

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Adapting to the recession: The Birthright Israel Foundation

The Fundermentalist begins a rolling look at how organizations are adapting their fund-raising strategies in the recession.

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Aronson: Davidson foundation could be as big as Jim Joseph and primarily Jewish

Bob Aronson, the late Bill Davidson’s adviser on Jewish giving, discusses how his legacy will continue.

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