By Curt Schleier
Talia Leman was 10 years old when she began her fundraising career, bringing in millions for Hurricane Katrina victims. She founded RandomKid to enable others to do the same.
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By Margaret Eby
‘Crowdfunding’ is quickly becoming the norm for grassroots funding of artists and inventors. Jewish projects have found their backing on sites like Kickstarter.
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By Joel Berg
GIVING 2012: What is the best way to respond to panhandlers? An anti-hunger advocate says the Jewish social justice tradition compels us to redress the root causes of poverty.
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By Abe Mezrich
GIVING 2012: Maimonidies wrote that if you don’t trust a man enough to give him charity, offer him some bread.
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By Dan Friedman
GIVING 2012: How should panhandlers respond when we decline to give them money?
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By Laura Miller
GIVING: Why you shouldn’t give money to panhandlers, ever.
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By Stephanie Ruskay
GIVING 2012: What’s the best way to respond to panhandlers? For one rabbi doing nothing is not an option.
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By Ziysah von Bieberstein
GIVING 2012: What’s the best way to respond to panhandlers? Just give.
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By Amy Schiller
The Andrea and Charles Bronfman and Avi Chai foundations are in the process of spending down their assets. They are working to make sure groups they help stay afloat.
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By Brent Chaim Spodek
Every year, thousands of American Jews go to ‘do service’ in the name of tikkun olam, or repairing the world. But who, exactly, is served by these efforts.
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