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Jan Koum

Pro-Israel demonstrators march across Stanford University in Palo Alto on May 12, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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Stanford’s Israel studies program becomes permanent after three-year pilot

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi November 21, 2025January 6, 2026

After a three-year pilot, Stanford University’s Israel studies program became permanent with a major endowment from the Koum Family Foundation, Stanford announced on Nov. 18.  The new Jan Koum Israel […]

an inscription on the wall: "welcoming strangers -- let your house be open wide, pirkei avot"
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A $10M ‘lifeline’ has helped Bay Area JCCs survive big losses during pandemic

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss October 12, 2022October 14, 2022
WhatsApp founder Jan Koum addresses the audience during Science Channel's "Silicon Valley: The Untold Story" Screening at Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, January 17, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Lachlan Cunningham-Getty Images for Discovery)
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WhatsApp founder Jan Koum donates record $2 million to AIPAC’s campaign efforts

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA July 22, 2022
(Graphic/JTA-Grace Yagel with images from Getty Images and Wikimedia Commons)
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How WhatsApp’s reclusive founder quietly became a megadonor to Jewish causes

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA June 15, 2022June 15, 2022

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