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Philanthropy

Melissa Saxe Blaustein and David Saxe asked their wedding guests to donate to four Bay Area art institutions instead of giving traditional gifts. (Courtesy Radostina Boseva)
Posted inFirst Person

How we turned our wedding into a celebration of tzedakah

Melissa Blaustein (Courtesy)David Saxe (Courtesy) by Melissa Saxe Blaustein and David Saxe December 17, 2025December 17, 2025
Anna and Matthew Kovinsky
Posted inSPONSORED CONTENT

The Strategic Philanthropist’s Guide to Transforming Jewish Giving

by Special to J. November 4, 2025November 4, 2025
Green-brown standing brick with tzedakah in Hebrew letters
Posted inPhilanthropy

‘My favorite mitzvah’: Our readers reflect on the meaning of tzedakah

by J. Staff October 20, 2025October 21, 2025
One of Nancy Grand's latest donations was a $2.5 million gift last winter for the renovation and expansion of SF Hillel. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inPhilanthropy

‘Authentic and inspired’: Nancy Grand to receive Federation’s leadership award

by Dan Pine October 14, 2025October 15, 2025
Guy Raz has been host, co-creator and editorial director of three NPR programs. (New America CC BY 2.0)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Journalist Guy Raz to headline Federation Day of Philanthropy

by J. Staff October 14, 2025October 21, 2025
Tad Taube's philanthropy stretched from the Bay Area across the U.S. and all the way to Israel and his native Poland. (Joyce Goldschmid)
Posted inObituaries

Tad Taube, 94, remembered for his generosity and hope for the Jewish future

by Dan Pine September 25, 2025September 26, 2025
Kalphon Avraham
Gee stands in his
renovated home in
Kiryat Shmona.
Posted inSPONSORED CONTENT

Rebuilding lives with dignity: Ogen’s lifeline for Israelis in crisis

by Ogen September 25, 2025September 25, 2025
Tad Taube (Courtesy)
Posted inObituaries

Tad Taube, donor to causes from Bay Area to Poland, dies at 94

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett September 13, 2025September 18, 2025
FDIF gathering
Posted inPhilanthropy

Bay Area donations to FIDF plummet as nonprofit untangles national scandal

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss July 22, 2025July 22, 2025
An illustration of the First Temple from a 1922 Bible manual for teachers
Posted inTorah

The Torah seems to understand the psychology of exuberant donors

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen May 22, 2025May 22, 2025

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