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Jan Koum

Pro-Israel demonstrators march across Stanford University in Palo Alto on May 12, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inBay Area

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"
Posted inPhilanthropy

A $10M ‘lifeline’ has helped Bay Area JCCs survive big losses during pandemic

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)
Posted inTech

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)
Posted inPhilanthropy

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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