For Immediate Release Photos Available Contact: Glenn Rosenkrantz 646.245.8975, [email protected] JEWISH WOMEN’S FOUNDATION OF NEW YORK NAMES TEN WOMEN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS TO ITS INAUGURAL “COLLECTIVE” Each Receives Long-Term Funding, Mentorship and...
After Steinhardt, Now What? The Jewish community has so far resisted embracing the systemic change needed to build a gender reality rooted in equality and respect April 24, 2019 Jamie Allen Black, Naomi Eisenberger, and Nicole Nevarez The dark and painful side of the...
OP-EDBy Jamie Allen Black, Naomi K. Eisenberger, and Nicole Nevarez The dark and painful side of the Jewish community was exposed again recently, when everyone awoke to a New York Times report describing more episodes of gender harassment in our communal...
By NAOMI K. EISENBERGER and JAMIE ALLEN BLACK Just over a year ago, we convened hundreds of Jewish community members and presented harrowing, deeply disturbing stories of some of the nameless who have endured and suffered gender harassment across the spectrum of our...
We are all heartbroken and outraged following the massacre of 50 Muslim men and women in Christchurch, New Zealand. On Monday, the Nathan Cummings Foundation sent an email to other foundation presidents expressing their outrage, not only about the attack, but about...
Nicole Nevarez, a Jewish educator, trainer and facilitator, and most recently New York Director for Moving Traditions, has been named Director of B’Kavod, a grassroots, multi-pronged initiative dedicated to ending gender abuse and harassment in the Jewish communal...
by Debbie Cosgrove and Jamie Allen Black At the Jewish Women’s Foundation of New York (JWFNY), we view all of our activities through both a Jewish and a gender lens and ensure that our work is centered on social change. So when it came time to enter into negotiations...
Giving Wellness A Jewish Twist March 13, 2019 Rebecca Raphael Sarah Waxman always knows when she’ll be celebrating Rosh Chodesh, the Jewish lunar calendar’s monthly holiday marking the new moon. She also knows precisely what day it is in her menstrual cycle. In fact,...
March 13, 2019 By Joshua AvedonPhilanthropy has evolved significantly from its noblesse oblige origins, through federated giving, to the competitive venture philanthropy model which now predominates. In those approaches charities set agendas and funders respond with...
By Natasha Mayer International Women’s Day has been observed since 1911 to celebrate the achievements of women in the social, economic, cultural, and political realms and to call for renewed commitment to improving the status of women worldwide. In 1975, the United...
