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Invest in Philanthropy

JL;DR SUMMARY The piece advocates for a transformative approach to Jewish philanthropy, proposing the concept of universal Jewish giving. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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MaimonidesEducationPhilanthropyCommunity EngagementJewish OrganizationsJewish ValuesTzedakahDiversity In GivingCollective GivingIsraeli Causes

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United States
"The American Jewish experience of being expected, from the days of Peter Stuyvesant onward, to take care of our own, and nearly four centuries of proudly having done so."
Israel
"Such an idea touches on a core Jewish value: The Talmud teaches that giving is incumbent on everyoneeven a poor person who is sustained from tzedakah must also perform tzedakah (Gittin 7b)."

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