Posts Tagged ‘charitable’

Why the CAA’s charitable status must end

I appeared on Not the Andrew Marr Show to talk about the recent article which I co-wrote with Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt revealing that the “Campaign Against Antisemitism” was secretly funded by the Jewish National Fund, a group closely tied to the Israeli state. Watch the full interview in the video above. Palestine is Still the Issue […]

US Charitable Donations Are Funding Displacement Of Palestinians

Above Photo: A child holds a Palestinian flag during a rally to commemorate the 46th Palestinian Land Day anniversary in Gaza City. Land Day marks an incident in 1976 when Israeli troops shot and killed six people during protests against land confiscations. Yousef Masoud / SOPA Images/LightRocket Via Getty Images. Several gunshot bangs pierced the […]

US charitable donations are funding the displacement of Palestinians

Editor’s Note: A version of the following article first appeared in Truthout on April 4, 2022. Several gunshot bangs pierced the sky. Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinian protester with live ammunition. Chants and cheers from Israeli settlers from Modi’in Illit rang out through the air as they stood upon a mound of dirt overlooking the […]

Fundraiser Responsible for Securing the Largest Charitable Gift to Israel to be Honored

As the recently retired southwest regional director at American Associates, Ben-Gurion University (AABGU), Philip Gomperts facilitated what is widely believed to be the largest charitable gift in Israel’s history. During his nearly three-decade career at AABGU, the United States-based fundraising arm of the Negev-based research university, Gomperts befriended Howard and Lottie Marcus, an unassuming couple […]

Charitable giving among billionaires decreases in 2020 amid COVID

Charitable giving among billionaires has decreased amid 2020, a year shrouded by the coronavirus pandemic, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy.The report details the top-ten largest publicly announced gifts of the year, which stem from the heads of many major companies including Nike, Amazon, Facebook and Twitter, among others.The Chronicle estimates that donations totaled over […]

Jewish charitable giving has increased exponentially amid coronavirus

Jewish charitable giving has increased exponentially amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a recent survey conducted by the Jewish Funders Network (JFN). The study notes that Jewish philanthropists and foundations “significantly” increased charitable donations during the ongoing health crisis – awarding more grants in areas previously ignored, while loosening reporting and application requirements to receive said grants.The study, […]

UK Church and Former CEO Sue Charitable Trust for Religious Discrimination

(The Christian Institute) — A multimillion pound charitable trust is being sued by its former CEO and a church over alleged anti-religious bias, in separate legal actions supported by The Christian Institute. Kenneth Ferguson, an elder at Stirling Free Church, had been CEO of The Robertson Trust in Scotland since 2011 but was dismissed in […]

Legacy Charitable Foundation Distributes 162 Food Boxes for Thanksgiving

The Legacy Charitable Foundation’s third annual Thanksgiving Turkey Brigade looked a little different this year. The non-profit’s Executive Director Jennifer Brown, who started the holiday turkey distribution tradition in 2018, said that in its first two years, the Turkey Brigade served dinner boxes to 625 families and fed 4,964 mouths. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, […]

Donations of Appreciated Stock Unlock Charitable Currency, Bring Fulfillment

A few years ago, the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles (The Foundation) ran an advertisement with an attention-grabbing headline: To open a charitable fund there, a person didn’t need to be a millionaire just a mensch – Yiddish for a good person of integrity and honor. As vice president of advancement  at The Foundation, […]

FLASHBACK: What does it say about the US when a narcissist with zero empathy is the frontrunner for US president?

     All hail grandiose narcissist Donald Trump. Now that the GOP debates are over, I don’t think he’s made the front page in a couple of weeks. So now I think I can bear to post this blog post I wrote a month ago. Before I just couldn’t be one more person talking about Donald […]

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