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Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. launched their foundation in 1953. (Courtesy Haas Jr Fund)
Posted inBay Area

Major S.F. foundation run by Levi Strauss descendants to close in 2028

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss June 4, 2026June 4, 2026

The Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund, a major San Francisco philanthropic foundation run by descendants of Levi Strauss, will shut down in 2028 after 75 years. This move is […]

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
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
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
Barbara Rosenberg with President Ronald Reagan. (Photo/Courtesy Michael Rosenberg)
Posted inObituaries

Philanthropist Barbara Rosenberg, a ‘force of nature,’ dies at 91 

by Sue Fishkoff May 9, 2024May 9, 2024
Ari (left) and Noah Hirson organized the Sept. 17 Alcatraz Swim for Sight. (Photo/Ezra Trost-Goldhammer)
Posted inPhilanthropy

With Alcatraz swim, teen brothers raise $150,000 for blindness research in mom’s honor

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss October 18, 2023October 23, 2023
Alex Soros attends the Pencils of Promise 10th Anniversary Gala at the Duggal Greenhouse in New York City, Oct. 24, 2018 in New York City. (Photo/JTA-Kevin Mazur-Getty Images for Pencils Of Promise)
Posted inU.S.

Alex Soros, just named as father George’s successor, is a longtime donor to liberal Jewish causes

by Ron Kampeas July 17, 2023July 19, 2023
Joseph Pedott at his office in San Francisco in 2017. (Photo/@jaywatsonphoto)
Posted inObituaries

Joseph Pedott, Chia Pet mogul and Jewish philanthropist, dies at 91

by Dan Pine June 28, 2023June 29, 2023

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