Philanthropy
Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur donates $25 million to BGU
Silicon Valley technology entrepreneur and philanthropist Nahum Guzik has donated $25 million to Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, the…
Philanthropy
Taube Philanthropies endows new Jewish Studies chair at GTU
Thanks to a $750,000 endowment gift from Taube Philanthropies, Berkeley’s Graduate Theological Union will establish a new chair position at its Richard S.…
Philanthropy
Jewish program at UC Berkeley gets $10m from Diller Foundation
The Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies at UC Berkeley announced Tuesday it has received a $10 million gift from the S.F.-based Helen…
Bay Area
Donation to right-wing group is ‘old news,’ says S.F. Federation
A recent story by JTA about a large donation to a right-wing organization facilitated by the S.F.-based Jewish Federation was misleading and is “old…
Bay Area
Federation’s marquee Day of Philanthropy goes multi-day
Before Covid-19, the Day of Philanthropy was just that — a day. Now, with the S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation’s annual event coming around during…
Philanthropy
Philanthropy up during pandemic — but prioritizing causes has never been harder
Lisa Greer used to devote a significant share of her time and money to long-term philanthropic projects. She didn’t mind that it could take years to see a…
Holidays
East Bay shuls fund 232,000 meals
A group of East Bay synagogues teamed up to donate more than $115,000 to the Alameda County Community Food Bank this holiday season. That’s enough to…
Bay Area
Tiny colorful houses for homeless Oakland youth almost ready
In an empty lot near the Oakland Coliseum, a fence of “blessings” is going up in a mélange of bright 2-by-4s painted all colors of the rainbow, with words…
Bay Area
JCC and Federation merge into ‘Jewish Silicon Valley’
It’s official. After announcing their intentions in June, the Addison-Penzak JCC and the Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley have merged. The new single…