News: Making Communal Service a Rite of Passage in Jewish Life

Making Communal Service a Rite of Passage in Jewish Life

In May 2007, the Nathan Cummings Foundation and the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation convened a two-day conference in New York of Jewish funders, practitioners, and organizations involved in Jewish service programs. The conference was aimed at coordinating efforts, increasing follow-up and, eventually, creating a national movement to make Jewish service a normative part of growing up Jewish in this country...

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	Making Communal Service a Rite of Passage in Jewish Life In May 2007, the Nathan Cummings Foundation and the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation convened a two-day conference in New York of Jewish funders, practitioners, and organizations involved in Jewish service programs. The conference was aimed at coordinating efforts, increasing follow-up and, eventually, creating a national movement to make Jewish service a normative part of growing up Jewish in this country... The following article has been posted to JTA: view article						More than 6 Million Low-Income Elderly and Disabled Get Better Access to Prescriptions Executive Pay Weighs Heavy with Shareholders New IRS Reporting Requirement for Small Nonprofits, comply or LOSE exempt status NCF Joins 18 Other Institutional Investors to Press Exxon Mobil on Climate Change Visioning Justice and the American Jewish Community Report Tobacco & Global Warming The Nathan Cummings Foundation joins as an associate member of the Chicago Climate Exchange. Members of Congress in States with Highest Poverty Least Likely to Support Anti-Poverty Measures Revised Grantmaking Guidelines now available on the web NCF Supports "Principals for Good Governance and Ethical Practice:" New Poll Finds Hurdles, Opportunity on Global Warming NCF, Others Call on SEC to Force Corporate Climate Disclosure Making Communal Service a Rite of Passage in Jewish Life NCF Grantee, WITNESS, to Receive 2007 American Express Building Leadership Award Investors to Vote on Climate Change Resolutions at Kroger (KR) and Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) Wall Street Journal Covers NCF Shareholder Work NCF Shareholder Activism Recognized in LA Times Video of Lance Lindblom, CEO and President of the NCF at the Phillips Oppenheim 15th Anniversary Conference on Governing the Non-Profit Sector NCF at the Forefront of Discussions about Access to Quality, Affordable Health Care New Shareholder Activities Section Added to Website