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…
Koret study sketches vision of 21st-century synagogue By Teresa Strasser Sep 20, 1996 Brandeis University researchers are homing in on their vision of the perfect synagogue for the 21st century -- with the help of four Bay Area sy…
Jews in ex-USSR get a major Koret grant By J. Correspondent Jan 19, 2001 Led by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, the Aleph Society has become one of the most prominent Jewish educational institutions in the former Soviet Uni…
News Koret offers teen trips to Israel for under $2,000 By J. Correspondent Feb 16, 1996 Koret Foundation president Tad Taube said KITT was designed after reviewing research into Israel summer trips conducted by Brandeis University dem…
George Shultz at Koret event: Assad totally murderous By Teresa Strasser Apr 26, 1996 Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz said Israel shouldn't "crawl around to Damascus" to negotiate peace in Lebanon, but h…
Koret Initiative breaks down barriers at Beth Sholom By Teresa Strasser Feb 28, 1997 Still, four women known as Koret Synagogue Initiative program directors are quietly but powerfully making an impact on the Bay Area Jewish community…
Art Theodore Bikel to host Koret Book Awards in S.F. By J. Correspondent Nov 3, 2006 The Koret International Jewish Book Awards, managed for the first time this year by Jewish Family & Life! in cooperation with the National Fo…
Koret honorees get $2.7 million in grants at S.F. luncheon By J. Correspondent May 23, 1997 San Francisco's Ritz-Carlton Hotel teemed with royalty Wednesday of last week. Prince Andrew and his entourage visited, while in anoth…
Editorial Even in the darkness of 2019, the Jewish spirit shines By J. Editorial Board Dec 19, 2019 With the House impeachment of the American president, Israel facing its third election in less than a year, and the latest U.N. climate report predicting a dire future for the planet, readers might…
Koret grant boosts Jewish-themed academic books By Joe Eskenazi Feb 1, 2002 Books on Karaite Jews don't usually fly off the shelves or create stampedes at Barnes & Noble. And that's OK with Fred Ast…
Mazon head to broaden focus as new director of Koret By Leslie Katz Jun 11, 1999 After 14 years leading Mazon: A Jewish Response for Hunger, founding director Irv Cramer is leaving the organization to take the helm of the S.…
U.S. Finalists vie for 4th annual Koret Jewish Book Awards By J. Correspondent Feb 22, 2002 Edelman's book competes in the fiction category with "The Complete Works of Isaac Babel," edited by Nathalie Babel and trans…
Koret doubles scope of synagogue revitalization plan By J. Correspondent May 15, 1998 Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, Temple Sinai in Oakland, Peninsula Temple Sholom in Burlingame and Congregation Beth David in Sara…
Art Koret strives to shatter academic-pop culture barriers By Sue Fishkoff Apr 15, 2005 Ten thousand dollars is a nice chunk of change, but organizers of this year's Koret Jewish Book Awards — who this week handed out c…
Authors turn up the volumes at Koret Jewish Book Awards By Dan Pine Nov 24, 2006 Yosef Abramowitz took the stage of Kanbar Hall at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, and declared the city to be the "center of th…
Opinion Today’s challenges demand a more collaborative Jewish philanthropy By Tad Taube, Shana Penn Nov 15, 2019 Collaborative philanthropy is today a popular subject of articles and speeches, which we have advocated for years. Tad’s business background in real estate, where collaboration is the…
Koret head making job shift to help teens experience Israel By Leslie Katz Sep 18, 1998 Not really. Papo, executive director of San Francisco's Koret Foundation, has accepted a job at Israel Experience Inc.-Birthright, a New Yo…
The 1999 Koret Prize will go to 4 recipients By J. Correspondent Apr 23, 1999 Eisen has worked with synagogue and federation leadership around the country in thinking through issues of Jewish identity, the revitalization o…
News Koret gives JFCS $1 million to help those in need By Amanda Pazornik Dec 19, 2008 Jewish Family and Children's Services' drive to ramp up assistance for those suffering in the economic crisis just got a $1 million boost…
Radio exec, scholar, 2 civic leaders win Koret Prize By J. Correspondent May 22, 1998 Zipperstein, the Daniel E. Koshland professor in Jewish culture and history at Stanford University, is being recognized for his contribution…
Koret provides a spark to help invigorate business in the Negev By Stacey Palevsky Jan 15, 2010 A program started by a San Francisco foundation soon will make it possible for struggling small businesses in the Negev to obtain the loans necessary to bolster their businesses, create jobs and…
Philanthropy Koret gives $10m for Berkeley-Stanford-Tel Aviv research collaboration By J. Staff Mar 16, 2018 Tel Aviv University this week announced a new initiative funded by a $10 million grant from the San Francisco-based Koret Foundation. The grant will fund two new programs in bioinformatics and…
Bay Area San Francisco diplomats celebrate AJC, UN Charter and Hanukkah By Dan Pine Dec 15, 2020 On the fifth night of Hanukkah, San Francisco-based diplomats who represent countries around the world lit the menorah in a show of support for the Jewish community. And like all gatherings these…
Trailblazers Tad Taube, proud philanthropist and builder of Jewish life in Poland By Liz Harris Jul 12, 2019 Part of Trailblazers, a series of profiles of Jewish men and women who build and sustain our Jewish community, supported by a generous donation from Carol and Norman Traeger. “Your papers, please!”…