Film Prestigious NEH grant for local film on teen’s Holocaust diary By Laura Paull Apr 14, 2020 A documentary on the life of Rywka Lipszyc, a 14-year-old Jewish Polish girl whose diary was discovered in the rubble of the Auschwitz crematorium in 1945, has been awarded a coveted grant from the…
Art Berkeley Kabbalah scholar wins Koret Book Award By J. Correspondent Mar 5, 2004 Berkeley scholar Daniel Matt's lyrical translation of the Zohar, the centerpiece of Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism, has won the 2003-2004 Kore…
Art Finalists announced for Koret Jewish Book Awards By J. Correspondent Feb 18, 2005 The Koret Foundation has announced the finalists for the Jewish Book Awards, which will be held in San Francisco for the first time since t…
Culture Koret Awards go digital with online voting By Dan Pine Mar 3, 2006 It's not exactly "American Idol," with its 40 gazillion votes phoned in and text-messaged every week, but the Koret International Jewish Boo…
Koret wonders what became of $10,000 for S.F. schools By Andy Altman-Ohr May 26, 2000 The S.F.-based Koret Foundation, which will hand out $20 million in grants this year, is suddenly dealing with a relatively small amount of mo…
Hebrew Academy claims bias after Koret turns down grant By Joe Eskenazi Feb 18, 2005 An open letter to the community accusing the Koret Foundation of "discriminating" against the Hebrew Academy has drawn an angry response from T…
Koret commits $3 million for Israeli postwar recovery By J. Correspondent Sep 29, 2006 The Koret Foundation has announced a $3 million commitment aimed at the rejuvenation of Israel's economy and infrastructure. That grant come…
Hebrew Acadamy petition urges Koret to restore grant By Joe Eskenazi Aug 26, 2005 Spurned for a grant this year, the Lisa Kampner Hebrew Academy in San Francisco has compiled a petition of more than 2,000 signatures in a…
News Koret Jewish Book Award winners include Isaac Babel By J. Correspondent Mar 22, 2002 The author's writings, edited by Nathalie Babel, his daughter, will receive the fiction prize in the fourth annual Koret Jewish Book Award…
Israeli veterinarians learn new science with Koret aid By J. Correspondent Dec 6, 1996 In California, if it barks, meows or whinnies when it's seriously sick, the animal might benefit from nuclear medicine or radiation tr…
News Koret awards ditch academia for more popular writers By Sue Fishkoff Oct 19, 2006 "Everything is Illuminated," Jonathan Safran Foer's tragi-comic tale of a young American Jew's journey through Ukraine in search of his gra…
Koret program provides funds, counseling to affected Israelis By Dan Pine Jul 21, 2006 Soon after the Katyushas started falling, S.F.-based Koret Foundation CEO Jeff Farber called his colleagues in Israel with only one questi…
Education For now, Hebrew program back on at Lowell High School By Hannah Jannol Jul 12, 2018 The Hebrew program at San Francisco’s Lowell High School is fully funded again, at least for now. In 2015, J. and the student newspaper reported that the program had run out of funding, and that…
Koret helps renovate Jerusalems Liberty Bell Park By J. Correspondent Sep 3, 1999 The Koret Liberty Bell Park is Jerusalem's most popular city park. Covering nine acres of land in the heart of the city, the park is wid…
Bay Area HUC program gets big boost from S.F.-based Koret By J. Staff Jan 10, 2017 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion has received a $3.75 million grant from the San Francisco-based Koret Foundation to fully fund tuition for its Year-in-Israel Program. HUC-JIR, the…
Koret gives another $1 million to help economy victims By J. Correspondent Dec 18, 2009 The Koret Foundation recently approved another $1 million grant to strengthen Jewish Family and Children’s Services’ capacity to offer support to clients hit hard by the economic crisis.…
S.F. native moves up the ladder to head Koret staff By Alix Wall Feb 2, 2001 Edwards "will be responsible for supervising all personnel and activities relating to evaluation and distribution of grants," said T…
Israel trip alters Koret fellows view of homeless issues By J. Correspondent Sep 8, 1995 One of five Koret Israel Prize fellows who took a 10-day trip to Israel last month, Leibsohn is the founder and executive director of the Lo…
Koret, Taube jointly award Palo Alto campus $15 million By Joe Eskenazi Nov 4, 2005 When soliciting a lead gift for a building project, one can do worse than coming away with what is one of the largest ever bestowed upon a loca…
Koret awards $1.2 million grant to refurbish park in Jerusalem By J. Correspondent Oct 11, 1996 The Koret grant will be used to construct a new clock tower and for park improvements such as pedestrian malls, trellises, parkways, benche…
Koret House: family solace, volunteer opportunities By J. Correspondent Apr 25, 1997 After spending all day at the hospital watching her 13-year-old daughter battle cancer, Dill Celis welcomed the chance to sit down to a hom…
S.F.-based Koret fund jump-starts Israeli businesses By Alix Wall Sep 29, 2000 Of all the many philanthropic endeavors American Jews support in Israel, only one can boast it has created more than 1,500 jobs in the Jewi…
New novelist vies with Bellow, Roth for Koret prize By J. Correspondent Feb 23, 2001 Nominees in the biography, autobiography and literary studies category are Naomi W. Cohen's "Jacob H. Schiff: A Study in America…
News Koret, Taube announce $5 million gift for Contemporary Jewish Museum By Joe Eskenazi Mar 21, 2008 On Mother's Day in 2004, the Koret Foundation thought it'd be nice if everyone who wanted to take Mom to the Contemporary Jewish Museu…