Palo Alto JCC selects Rambam Ladder Award winner Facebook Twitter Email SMS WhatsApp Share By J. Correspondent | February 10, 2012 Laura Lauder, a Bay Area philanthropist and venture capitalist known for her passion for Jewish education, has been named the recipient of the 2012 Rambam’s Ladder Award. The award, given annually by the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, honors individuals and organizations who “exemplify righteous giving.” Lauder, who lives in Atherton, serves as vice chair of the $1.6 billion S.F.-based Jewish Community Endowment Fund. In 2002, Lauder raised $6 million to found DeLeT, or Day-school Leadership through Teaching, a program that annually trains 20 fellows for day school teaching positions through Hebrew Union College and Brandeis University. In 1999, she was awarded the Bay Area Dinkelspiel Young Leadership Award, and in 2004, she was named one of “10 Women to Watch” by Jewish Woman magazine. She’ll be honored at the Rambam’s Ladder Award gala and auction, which begins at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11 at the OFJCC’s Taube Koret Campus for Jewish Life, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. The silent auction and fundraiser will help support OFJCC’s programs and scholarships. J. Correspondent Also On J. Bay Area Marin teen travels solo to Israel to volunteer on evacuated kibbutzim Philanthropy Devastation and hope in Israel on Federation fact-finding mission Art A Jewish artist so gifted, he could even teach a stone to paint Local Voice I was shouted down for condemning Hamas in Oakland City Council Subscribe to our Newsletter Enter Email Sign Up