Novum 11/11 – Making Of Cover from Paperlux on Vimeo . ‎”The goal, Kuehne says, is to underscore the importance of print media as the publishing industry goes digital: “Don’t get me wrong: We feel totally at home in the digital world. But it will never substitute the feeling and smell of a new book, a magazine or a handwritten letter. Read More »

A really neat new tzedakah design contest put on by AJWS. What does tzedakah look like? Where do you give? To whom and why? Read More »

1.22.08 – 1.22.12Thanks for your continued interest! Read More »

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Israel has just lost a good friend.From the Los Angleles Jewish Journal: “A prolific donor who had a reputation for humility, Becker donated to organizations that shared his belief in Israel’s importance to the Jewish people and to the world, due to its democratic nature. Read More »

And growing.With over 166,000 new births in 2011 plus a healthy level of immigration.Read all of the details in Ha’aretz and have a Happy 2012. Read More »

2011 was another full year of blogging for the JDB that’s now almost in the books. In 2011 we wrote 67 new posts for an average of around 5.6 posts a month or a bit over a post a week. Read More »

Another reason to make Aliyah.Read the full story in Globes . Read More »

Happy Chanukkah 2011 to all our loyal readers!! Video from the 12.19.11 Conan O’Brian Show. Read More »

More good news for Israel Hi-Tech as Apple Computers announces it will open up its first development center outside of its California headquarters.Check out the full story in Globes . Read More »

The Forward has just published it’s Annual Salary Survey covering 76 top Jewish communal organizations.Most revealing,  and it’s searchable.It’s worthwhile to check and see how much of your hard-earned contributions went to pay someone’s inflated salary.Or not.You can be the judge. Read More »

“This week, Beit Issie Shapiro was recognized as Israel’s ‘Most Efficient Non ProfitOrganization’ by efficiency monitor Midot. Read More »

Two of America’s oldest, largest and most prominent Jewish organizations are suffering massive slides in public contributions as Jews appear to be turning away from large, multi-issue advocacy groups and toward single-issue organizations. Don’t take our word for it.  Check out the article in Ha’aretz . Read More »

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It’s almost Thanksgiving, but Israel is number one. In turkey consumption. For years, Israel has led the world in per-capita consumption of turkey meat. The contest hasn’t even been close.  Israelis consume an average of more than 20 kg. of turkey meat per year, the next-highest consumers, Americans, eat just under 8 kg. per person. Read More »

On September 13 during a JINSA Executive Committee meeting, Tom Neumann announced that he would like to step down as Executive Director of JINSA in the coming months but will continue to work for JINSA work out of Houston in a new capacity. Read More »

Location   Posted Executive Director Contemporary Jewish Museum San Francisco, CA, United States   11/09/2011 save job  | view/apply Chief Development Officer The Jewish Theological Seminary New York, NY, United States   11/07/2011 save job Read More »

Scott Harrison, founder and CEO of charity: water charity: water founder and CEO Scott Harrison tells the story of how he went from being a nightclub promoter to building one of the fastest growing charities ever. An amazing story about solving problems and re-inventing the non-profit. Read More »

You know October 31st as Halloween. Here in Beersheva , we we know it as the anniversary of the great Battle of Beersheva , the last great equine-led calvary charge in history. Read More »

Charity Navigator has a somewhat controversial rating system for charities awarding stars to measure the financial health, viability and transparency of charities. A new updates rating system has resulted in ratings changes for over half of the 5,500 charities rated. Read More »