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Fast Forward Sandy Cardin Steps Down As President Of Schusterman Foundation
(JTA) — The longtime president of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation is stepping down. Sandy Cardin announced this week that he was leaving the role, after leading the prominent charitable organization for 25 years, according to a statement. He’ll serve the foundation as a senior adviser. Longtime foundation staffer Lisa Eisen will become president…
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Opinion Dear Lynn Schusterman: Please Stop Funding Shady Organizations.
Dear Lynn Schusterman, I am a documentary filmmaker and a member of the ROI Community, an initiative of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation. I attended the ROI Summit in Jerusalem in 2011 and have since received funding for various stages and aspects of my film, Punk Jews. The ROI network has been invaluable…
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News Shul’s Out Forever? Millennials Customize and Curate Faith To Create Their Own Judaism
New York’s Jews are finding creative new ways to connect with Judaism independent of synagogues – from musical Shabbats for young families in an upscale Brooklyn condo building to pot luck suppers and lots of singing with hundreds of 20- and 30-somethings around the corner; and from a monthly Ecstatic Mincha that pairs dancing with…
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News Schustermans’ Deep Roots in Oil Make Foundation Divestment Unlikely
When the Rockefeller family announced in September that their charitable foundation would sell off all its would sell off fossil fuel assets, the heirs to America’s quintessential oil baron added major heft to a growing divestment campaign. That campaign could stumble in the Jewish community, where the largest family foundation has deep, ongoing ties to…
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Breaking News Lynn Schusterman Donates Judaica Collection to Boston Museum of Fine Art
An important collection of Judaica donated to Boston’s Museum of Fine Art places its holdings on a national footing among mainstream museums in North America. Lynn Schusterman, a philanthropist to many Jewish causes and an art collector, donated a collection of 119 decorative and ritual objects. Her gift also includes an undisclosed amount of money…
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Breaking News Schusterman Launches #MakeItHappen Micro-Grant Program
A new micro-grants initiative will award funding of up to $1,000 each for 50 different project ideas. The #MakeItHappen micro-grants initiative, for creating Jewish experiences in communities around the world, was announced Monday by the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Philanthropic Network. The submission deadline is Dec. 6 and the ideas will be selected on a…
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Life Youth Groups Take On LGBT Bullying
When “Dan”, a 16-year-old boy from the center of Israel left for school on Tuesday morning, he told his mother that everything was fine and he was okay. That afternoon, Dan committed suicide. Dan’s mother had no idea how bad his situation had become, she told the Army Radio in an interview last week. The…
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