New study offers tips on engaging Jewish teens

Published on March 18, 2013

Trying to interest teenagers in activities is difficult, parents and teachers know well, especially given what technology has done to the attention spans of young people.

Groups tout youth grants

Published on February 27, 2013

As the Jim Joseph Foundation, a San Francisco-based foundation that focuses on Jewish education, wraps up three major grants in the Los Angeles area, its beneficiaries are touting their programs’ successes as models for Jewish funding.

Repair the World names David Eisner president and CEO

Published on January 16, 2013

The Jewish service group Repair the World has named David Eisner its new CEO and president.

Moishe House gains up to $6 million to expand

Published on August 14, 2012

Moishe House, the international group focused on building communities for Jews in their 20s, will gain up to $6 million to expand its programming.

Camp foundation grant to fund new specialty camps

Published on March 15, 2012

The Foundation for Jewish Camp's new grant cycle will fund the creation of four new specialty Jewish overnight camps.

Seminaries getting $12 million boost to train educators

Published on September 8, 2009

Three Jewish seminaries across the denominational spectrum will receive a total of $12 million to help train new Jewish educators.

Foundations Form New Nonprofit to Build Jewish Social Service Movement

Published on March 23, 2009

Several of the country¹s largest Jewish foundations and organizations have banded together to form a new nonprofit aimed at creating a Jewish social service movement.

L.A. Receives Emergency Grant, Sinai Head Appointed, Composer Wins Soup Contest

Published on March 18, 2009

Five communities, including Los Angeles, will split an $11 million emergency grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation for day school and Jewish camp tuition assistance over the next two years. The San Francisco-based foundation will begin paying money out immediately to Jewish federations in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Boston and its neighboring North Shore, and the greater Washington, D.C., area.