DOCSLIB.ORG

Charity Navigator

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Charity Navigator HonestReporting Defending Israel From Media Bias 2014 ANNUAL REPORT www.honestreporting.com HonestReporting is a global community fghting for fair media coverage of Israel. CONTENTS 4 International Outreach 6 United States Outreach 8 Engaging Radio, Video, and Social Media 10 The Blankfeld Award for HonestReporting Board of Directors Media Critique President of the Board: David A. Barish, Ph.D. 11 Fighting BDS Members of the Board 12 Holding the Media to Account 14 Operation Protective Edge Executive Staf 16 Getting the Corrections 17 HR in the Media 18 HR Missions to Israel International Staf 19 Guest Lecturers 20 MediaCentral 22 Financial Report This publication contains underlined hyperlinks. Clicking them from this PDF will open a related web page. The Table of Contents above is linked to interior pages. A Message from our President Dear Friends, A Message from our CEO Dear Friends, ONE DAY: Global scope of the Israel Daily News Stream email 48,117 OPENS 22,036 CLICKS International Outreach HR Managing Editor Simon Plosker spoke to against Israel. The visit was part of a two-day a group from the Onward Israel program of Student Activism seminar run by Neil Lazarus Australian and South African students. of Awesome Seminars. The seminar includes Simon was also on an Israel advocacy panel sessions on various elements in advocacy as part of a two-day “Next Israel” seminar training so that the students are equipped to organized by the IDC Herzliya’s student defend Israel when they return to the U.S. union in response to anti-Israel activities Thirty participants of the Israel Government on campuses worldwide. Simon addressed Fellows program heard from Simon Plosker students on media bias and how they could who explained the types of media bias HR take action before a panel discussion that included representatives from StandWithUs perceptions of Israel on the world stage. and NGO Monitor. Simon also outlined the reasons behind the HonestReporting ran an informational stall at bias and how these could be addressed. the World Union of Jewish Students Congress During a visit to the UK, Simon was the guest fair. speaker at a solidarity meeting in NW London Students from the Golda Och Academy in New Jersey paid a visit to MediaCentral for the media bias and his experiences as an HonestReporting sessions about media bias 4 GLOBAL COMMUNITY PAGE 9 / HR 2014 Q1 REVIEW HR HOSTS HORNSTEIN PROGRAM HR’s Israel Daily News Stream f enjoyed all-time readership highs this year. More than 1.9 million readers turned to the IDNS to stay up to PAGE 8 / HR 2014 Q1 REVIEW date on this year’s news, issues, and media trends. Nowhere was this more 1 evident than during the saturation coverage of Operation Protective Edge. When Joe Hyams learned that to “go beyond the simplistic his Hornstein group of students “The opportunity to polarizations of Israel as good or There were more than 637,000 page from his Brandeis program would host graduate students bad, or Israeli Jews as religious views in the 3rd quarter of 2014, be spending 10 days in Israel, he from Boston is exciting or secular,” in order to see the jumped at the chance to host a complexity and richness of Israel. JOE HYAMS by far the IDNS’ most successful session at the HonestReporting in its own right,” Joe “The delegtimization of Israel has International Headquarters in everyone, from right to left, looking quarter of all time. Overall, the IDNS Jerusalem. The opportunity, at Israel in these simplistic and he said, underscored how his citizen living among often extreme boxes,” he said. accounted for 40 percent of HR’s web traffc. SCREENSHOT: HONESTREPORTING HonestReporting and the larger Prof. Troy’s latest book, Jewish world. Community, I get to details the 1975 look at Israel from battle in the UN over the resolution AT AIPAC that declared Zionism as a form the outside in and of racism, which many consider HonestReporting’s website to bridge the gaps the start of the internationalOxfam, and created Joe met with a wide range of campaign to delegitimize Israel that attracted 4.8 million visits between Israel and is still underway. The bookan is the alternative to the policy makers and opinion leaders U.S.-based leadership. perfect starting point for anyone seeking to understand howdogma the that Israel’s throughout the conference, during 2014. 2 I’m proud to be a part anti-Zionist idea, or the movement to delegitimize Israel, grewpresence and in the West including current ministers in the of that emerging and spread. important trend.” The program also includedBank is entirely bad Israeli government, leaders of 1 The biggestThe session referring at HonestReporting sitepresentations to from MediaCentralfor the Palestinians.” local communities across the U.S., featured McGill University Professor director Aryeh Green and Smadar Bakovic, a MediaCentral staffer. The 22 students from Joe Hyams’ Gil Troy and was attended by authors, journalists and activists. HonestReporting the 22 students of the program. remained Judging by the Hornstein program at Brandeis were Prof. Troy spoke about the need audience response, which included hosted at HR’s Jerusalem HQ and heard Facebook, which sent more live tweets throughout the talk, from McGill University Professor Gil than 700,000 visitors. Troy. The students also heard from Joe’s message clearly hit its target. MediaCentral director Aryeh Green and The Israel Joe also talked about the elements and Smadar Bakovic, a MediaCentral of fair media coverage and what staffer. PHOTO: HONESTREPORTING Project’sDear Mr. CEO, Hyams, Josh Israel’s advocates can reasonably expect from the media. BlockI would on alike panel to thank you 2 for the wonderful night But the annual AIPAC Conference Joe joined CAMERA’s CEO, Andrea is more than just three days of Levin, and The Israel Project’s CEO, that you gave us. Your speeches and panels on the Josh Block on a panel discussing presentation certainly biggest issues facing Israel. It’s “Middle East Media: Covering a Region a Region in Turmoil,” also an opportunity to exchange clarifed many doubts about in Turmoil,” on the second day of on the second day ideas with the brightest stars in the the AIPAC Policy Conference. Joe met the international media.world of Israel advocacy and create with a wide range of policy makers opportunities for collaboration and opinion leaders throughout Simon Weinberg the conference, including current Conference. As an invited speaker and not ministers in the Israeli government, Parents Commission numerous unexpected ways. just a delegate attending the leaders of local communities across WhileBnei Prime Akiva Minister Benjamin conference, Joe was in high the U.S., authors, journalists and Netanyahu declared to the AIPAC demand, even when he attended activists. PHOTO: HONESTREPORTING audienceSao Paulo,that the BDS Brazil movement sessions by other speakers. would fail, Joe took up the chal- During a working dinner, Joe was lenge of showing the audience how. addressed from the podium, with the speaker informing “Unlike traditional forms of media the audience that Joe was “a bias from the mainstreamWWW.HONESTREPORTING.COM press, 5 temporary Bostonian” and which stand to lose credibility when recommending him as a keynote they are shown to be violating prin- speaker for upcoming events. ciples of journalism, BDS thrives on media exposure,” Joe said. Joe’s appearance at AIPAC was an important gateway to bringing “The only way to address it is to HonestReporting’s message to subvert its message. SodaStream a wider audience. And it comes is the most successful high just as the wider Jewish world has come to see the depth of the he continued. “They managed to media threat HonestReporting has appear more humanitarian than United States Outreach U.S.A. Executive Director Gary Kenzer has Congregational events in the Chicagoland travelled the length and breadth of the area and Illinois; Salem, Oregon; Milwaukee, country on behalf of HonestReporting. His Wisconsin; Chai Center, Dix Hills, New York many speaking engagements have reached Jewish war veterans in the Highland Park hundreds of participants and include: area. Limmud programs in Houston, Texas; Chicago area chapter of Parents of North Winnipeg Canada; Baltimore, Maryland; and Americans in Israel. the Bay area near San Francisco, California. Guest presenter at the 4th Annual Step Up for Guest lecturer and Super Sunday presenter for Israel advocacy day sponsored by the Jewish the Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton, Federation of Greater Metrowest New Jersey. New York. Retired seniors at the Rogers Park Plaza home. High school groups in Illinois: Am Yisrael Representing HR at the Sonoma County Israel and Congregation Beth Judea, Long Grove; Fair, Santa Rosa, California as well as LaLumiere High School in LaPorte, Gary has also appeared regularly on the Indiana. Hebrew Nation Radio talk show. A series of events for the Jewish Student Union of the NCSY. 6 GLOBAL COMMUNITY Gary Kenzer (center), North f American Excecutive Director of HonestReporting, continued his long- standing tradition of speaking to the seventh graders of Congregation Beth Judea in Long Grove, Illinois. He gave a class on media bias and the failure of the media during Operation Protective Edge. PHOTO: HONESTREPORTING 1 Joe Hyams met with Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor at a MaoZ SEAL event at 1 Boston University. Joe has effectively Dear Joe, utiliZed his presence in Boston, which has led to a number of speaking Take a look at this picture [below] of 21 engagements. These include: smiling faces, plus yours, and you will see what a phenomenal class you led! Thanks so Newton, MA; Northeastern University, much for sharing your expertise and passion Boston; Congregation Beth El Atereth with teens in our Israel Teen Advocacy Israel in Newton, MA; Congregation Workshop for Lappin Foundation’s Youth to Ahavath Chesed, Jacksonville, FL; an Israel Adventure (North Shore, MA).
Load more

Recommended publications
  • ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT Primer to Understanding the Centuries-Old Struggle
    ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT Primer to understanding the centuries-old struggle “When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. You’re talking anti-Semitism.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. HonestReporting Defending Israel From Media Bias ANTI-SEMITISM IS THE DISSEMINATION OF FALSEHOODS ABOUT JEWS AND ISRAEL www.honestreporting.com 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Part 1 History Part 2 Jerusalem Part 3 Delegitimization Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Part 4 Hamas, Gaza, and the Gaza War Part 5 Why Media Matters 2 www.honestreporting.com ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT Primer to understanding the centuries-old struggle The Middle East nation we now know as the State of Israel has existed throughout history under a va riety of names: Palestine, Judah, Israel, and others. Today it is surrounded by Arab states that have purged most Jews from their borders. Israel is governed differently. It follows modern principles of a western liberal democracy and it pro vides freedom of religion. Until the recent discovery of large offshore natural gas deposits, Israel had few natural resources (including oil), but it has an entrepreneurial spirit that has helped it become a center of research and development in areas such as agriculture, computer science and medical tech nologies. All Israeli citizens have benefited from the country’s success. Yet anti-Israel attitudes have become popular in some circles. The reason ing is often related to the false belief that Israel “stole” Palestinian Arab lands and mistreated the Arab refugees. But the lands mandated by the United Nations as the State of Israel had actually been inhabited by Jews for thousands of years.
    [Show full text]
  • Shalom San Diego 2014 Guide to the Jewish Community Shalom San Diego 2014 Guide to the Jewish Community
    OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY Shalom San Diego 2014 Guide to the Jewish Community Shalom San Diego 2014 Guide to the Jewish Community The Jewish Federation of San Diego County is pleased to present “Shalom San Diego, Guide to the Jewish Community.” Now available as an electronic file (Adobe PDF), it gives you the flexibility to print specific pages and the option to email a copy to family and friends. Whether you’re a longtime resident, new to the area, or just considering a move to San Diego County, we hope you’ll use this informative guide to our community. We look forward to you joining in our many activities! Get the latest information about what is happening at Federation and in the community: • Visit our website at jewishinsandiego.org • Subscribe for weekly updates at jewishinsandiego.org/federationnews.aspx • Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/jewishinsandiego Table of Contents Page Agencies & Organizations 8 Camps 13 College Organizations & Programs 14 Congregations/Synagogues 15 Disabilities & Inclusion 18 Hospice Care 19 Interfaith 19 Jewish Publications 19 Judaica Stores 19 Kosher Caterers & Restaurants 19 Men’s Organizations 20 Mikvaot 20 Mohalim 21 Mortuary/Cemeteries 21 Older Adult Programs & Centers 22 Schools 23 Singles 26 Social Services 26 Women’s Organizations 27 Young Adult Programs 27 Young Family Programs 28 Youth Organizations 29 Updated: March 2014 INDEX A Culture of Peace,...............................................................................................8 Chabad without Borders: Chula Vista & Tijuana.....................................16
    [Show full text]
  • Ethics Abuse in Middle East Reporting Kenneth Lasson University of Baltimore School of Law, [email protected]
    University of Baltimore Law ScholarWorks@University of Baltimore School of Law All Faculty Scholarship Faculty Scholarship 2009 Betraying Truth: Ethics Abuse in Middle East Reporting Kenneth Lasson University of Baltimore School of Law, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.law.ubalt.edu/all_fac Part of the Civil Rights and Discrimination Commons, First Amendment Commons, International Law Commons, and the Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Commons Recommended Citation Betraying Truth: Ethics Abuse in Middle East Reporting, 1 The ourJ nal for the Study of Antisemitism (JSA) 139 (2009) This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Scholarship at ScholarWorks@University of Baltimore School of Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Faculty Scholarship by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@University of Baltimore School of Law. For more information, please contact [email protected]. jsa1-2_cv_jsa1-2_cv 3/1/2010 3:41 PM Page 2 Volume 1 Issue #2 Volume JOURNAL for the STUDY of ANTISEMITISM JOURNAL for the STUDY of ANTISEMITISM of the STUDY for JOURNAL Volume 1 Issue #2 2009 2009 Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1564792 28003_jsa_1-2 Sheet No. 3 Side A 03/01/2010 12:09:36 \\server05\productn\J\JSA\1-2\front102.txt unknown Seq: 5 26-FEB-10 9:19 TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume 1 Number 2 Preface It Never Sleeps: A Note from the Editors ......................... 89 Antisemitic Incidents around the World: July-Dec. 2009, A Partial List .................................... 93 Articles Defeat, Rage, and Jew Hatred .............. Richard L. Rubenstein 95 Betraying Truth: Ethics Abuse in Middle East Reporting ..........................
    [Show full text]
  • San Diego History San Diego History
    The Journal of The Journal of SanSan DiegoDiego HistoryHistory The Journal of San Diego History Founded in 1928 as the San Diego Historical Society, today’s San Diego History Center is one of the largest and oldest historical organizations on the West Coast. It houses vast regionally significant collections of objects, photographs, documents, films, oral histories, historic clothing, paintings, and other works of art. The San Diego History Center operates two major facilities in national historic landmark districts: The Research Library and History Museum in Balboa Park and the Serra Museum in Presidio Park. The San Diego History Center presents dynamic changing exhibitions that tell the diverse stories of San Diego’s past, present, and future, and it provides educational programs for K-12 schoolchildren as well as adults and families. www.sandiegohistory.org Front Cover: Original Temple Beth Israel building located in Heritage Park, San Diego. Photo courtesy of Timothy Schenck. Back Cover: The Bishop’s School showing the chapel and tower designed by Carleton Winslow and to the right Bentham Hall entrance rebuilt. Photo editors’ collection. Design and Layout: Allen Wynar Printing: Crest Offset Printing Editorial Assistants: Cynthia van Stralen Travis Degheri Joey Seymour Articles appearing in The Journal of San Diego History are abstracted and indexed in Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life. The paper in the publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Science-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. The Journal of San Diego History IRIS H. W. ENGSTRAND MOLLY McCLAIN Editors THEODORE STRATHMAN DAVID MILLER Review Editors Published since 1955 by the SAN DIEGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1649 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, California 92101 ISSN 0022-4383 The Journal of San Diego History VOLUME 63 SPRING 2017 NUMBER 2 Editorial Consultants Published quarterly by the San Diego History Center at 1649 El Prado, Balboa MATTHEW BOKOVOY Park, San Diego, California 92101.
    [Show full text]
  • San Diego History Center Is One of the Largest and Oldest Historical Organizations on the West Coast
    The Journal of San Diego Volume 61 Spring 2015 Number 2 • The Journal of San Diego History Diego San of Journal 2 • The Number 2015 Spring 61 Volume History Publication of The Journal of San Diego History is underwritten by major grants from the Robert D. L. Gardiner Foundation and the Quest for Truth Foundation, established by the late James G. Scripps. Additional support is provided by “The Journal of San Diego History Fund” of the San Diego Foundation and private donors. Founded in 1928 as the San Diego Historical Society, today’s San Diego History Center is one of the largest and oldest historical organizations on the West Coast. It houses vast regionally significant collections of objects, photographs, documents, films, oral histories, historic clothing, paintings, and other works of art. The San Diego History Center operates two major facilities in national historic landmark districts: The Research Library and History Museum in Balboa Park and the Serra Museum in Presidio Park. The San Diego History Center presents dynamic changing exhibitions that tell the diverse stories of San Diego’s past, present, and future, and it provides educational programs for K-12 schoolchildren as well as adults and families. www.sandiegohistory.org Front Cover: Colorized postcards from the 1915 Panama-California Exhibition. (Clockwise) California Tower, Botanical Building, Cabrillo Bridge, and Commerce and Industries Building. Back Cover: USO Headquarters at Horton Plaza, World War II, supported by the Wax Family of San Diego. Design and Layout: Allen Wynar Printing: Crest Offset Printing Editorial Assistants: Travis Degheri Cynthia van Stralen Joey Seymour Articles appearing in The Journal of San Diego History are abstracted and indexed in Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life.
    [Show full text]
  • Psychology of Terrorism
    Psychology of Terrorism Bruce Bongar, et al., Editors OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS PSYCHOLOGY OF TERRORISM This page intentionally left blank Psychology of Terrorism EDITED BY Bruce Bongar Lisa M. Brown Larry E. Beutler James N. Breckenridge Philip G. Zimbardo 1 2007 3 Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Copyright Ó 2007 by Oxford University Press Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 www.oup.com Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publicaton Data Psychology of terrorism / edited by Bruce Bongar ...[et al.]. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN–13 978–0–19–517249–2 ISBN 0–19–517249–3 1. Terrorism—Psychological aspects. 2. Disasters—Psychological aspects. 3. Victims of terrorism—Mental health. I. Bongar, Bruce Michael. [DNLM: 1. Terrorism—psychology. 2. Stress, Psychological —therapy. 3. Survivors— psychology. WA 295 P9743 2006] RC569.5.T47P83 2006 363.32019—dc22 2005034001 987654321 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper This book is dedicated to all those who fight terrorism, to all those who strive to prevent terrorism, and to all those whose lives have been irreparably scarred by terrorism.
    [Show full text]
  • Return of Organization Exempt from Income
    PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COPY OMB No. 1545-0047 Form 990 Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax Under section 501(c), 527, or 4947(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code (except private foundations) 2019 a Do not enter social security numbers on this form as it may be made public. Department of the Treasury Open to Public Internal Revenue Service a Go to www.irs.gov/Form990 for instructions and the latest information. Inspection A For the 2019 calendar year, or tax year beginning 07/01 , 2019, and ending 06/30 , 20 20 B Check if applicable: C Name of organization COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF GREATER BOSTON, INC. D Employer identification number Address change Doing business as 04-2103559 Name change Number and street (or P.O. box if mail is not delivered to street address) Room/suite E Telephone number Initial return KRAFT FAMILY BUILDING, 126 HIGH ST (617) 457-8500 Final return/terminated City or town, state or province, country, and ZIP or foreign postal code Amended return BOSTON, MA 02110 G Gross receipts $ 629,700,028 Application pending F Name and address of principal officer: RABBI MARC BAKER H(a) Is this a group return for subordinates? Yes ✔ No SAME AS C ABOVE H(b) Are all subordinates included? Yes No I Tax-exempt status: 501(c)(3) 501(c) ( ) ` (insert no.) 4947(a)(1) or 527 If “No,” attach a list. (see instructions) J Website: a WWW.CJP.ORG H(c) Group exemption number a K Form of organization: Corporation Trust Association Other a L Year of formation: 1895 M State of legal domicile: MA Part I Summary 1 Briefly describe the organization’s mission or most significant activities: CJP'S MISSION IS TO INSPIRE AND MOBILIZE THE DIVERSE BOSTON JEWISH COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE IN BUILDING COMMUNITIES OF LEARNING AND ACTION THAT STRENGTHEN JEWISH LIFE AND IMPROVE THE WORLD.
    [Show full text]
  • In This Issue… Shake Local Power of the Collective
    Washtenaw Jewish News Presort Standard In this issue… c/o Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor U.S. Postage PAID 2939 Birch Hollow Drive Ann Arbor, MI Tavor Looking Harold Ann Arbor, MI 48108 Permit No. 85 Musicale For Grinspoon Rose page 6 page 8 page 20 October 2020 Tishrei/Cheshvan 5781 Volume XX Number 2 FREE Shake Local By Rabbi Nate DeGroot and Hazon Detroit tic core, the particular species that are to be 50 metric tons of carbon pollution. Does that to Michigan’s local plant-life, while honoring ur rabbis say (Tosafot, Suk. 37b) shaken. That was a later rabbinic interpreta- add to the joy of the singing trees? Shaking a the Torah roots of the lulav instruction? that when we shake the lulav tion and discussion. So then, returning to our bundle of plant life where only one of the four On Sukkot, we shake the lulav to bring O and etrog on Sukkot, “the trees original question: What are the conditions species, willow, grows in Michigan — does down rain from the sky to water our crops of the forest sing with joy.” So that got us and give us new life come spring. Do we to wondering, what are the conditions that think we’ll be able to conjure more rain with might allow the trees around us to sing with plants that are foreign to this soil, or plants the greatest amount of joy during the holi- that were once rooted in this soil? We asked: day season? In a normal year on Sukkot, the How might using local lulavim impact our United States imports upwards of 500,000 ability to connect with the earth that sur- lulavim from Israel and Egypt so that we can rounds us and how might using local lulavim construct our traditional lulavim bundles us- impact the forest’s ability to “sing with joy”? ing the familiar palm fronds, willow, myrtle, With all of this in mind, last year Hazon and citron.
    [Show full text]
  • REPORTING JEWISH: Do Journalists Have the Tools to Succeed?
    The iEngage Project of The Shalom Hartman Institute Jerusalem, Israel | June 2013 REPORTING JEWISH: Do Journalists Have the Tools to Succeed? Jewish journalists and the media they work for are at a crossroads. As both their audiences and the technologies they use are changing rapidly, Jewish media journalists remain committed and optimistic, yet they face challenges as great as any in the 300-year history of the Jewish press. ALAN D. ABBEY REPORTING JEWISH: Do Journalists Have the Tools to Succeed? ALAN D. ABBEY The iEngage Project of the Shalom Hartman Institute http://iengage.org.il http://hartman.org.il Jerusalem, Israel June 2013 The iEngage Project of The Shalom Hartman Institute TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………........…………………..4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY……………………………….....……………………...…...6 Key Findings………………………………………………………………………………..……6 Key Recommendations………………………………………………………………………….7 HISTORY OF THE JEWISH MEDIA……………………...……………………….8 Journalists and American Jews – Demographic Comparisons………………………………….12 JEWISH IDENTITY AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICE…………………………….14 Journalism Experience and Qualifications…………………………………………………….15 HOW JOURNALISTS FOR JEWISH MEDIA VIEW AND ENGAGE WITH ISRAEL……………………………………………….16 Knowledge of Israel and Connection to Israel…………………………………………...…….18 Criticism of Israel: Is It Legitimate?………………….………….…………………………..…….19 Issues Facing Israel…………………………………………………….…………………...….21 Journalism Ethics and the Jewish Journalist………………………………………..…….22 Activism and Advocacy among Jewish Media Journalists...…….......………………….26
    [Show full text]
  • JCF-2018-Annual-Report.Pdf
    JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND 2018 ANNUAL REPORT Since 2000, Jewish Communal Fund’s generous Fundholders have made nearly $5 Billion in grants to charities in all sectors, including: + GRANTS 300,000 to Jewish organizations in the United States, totaling nearly $2 Billion + GRANTS 100,000 to Israeli and international charities, totaling $664 Million + GRANTS 200,000 to general charities in the United States, totaling $2.4 Billion CONTENTS 1 Letter from President and CEO 2 JCF Reinvests in the Jewish Community 3 JCF Adds Social Impact Investments in Every Asset Class 4 Investments 5–23 Financial Statements 24–37 Grants 38–55 Funds 56 Trustees/Staff 2018 ANNUAL REPORT ANNUAL 2018 very year, we are humbled by the enormous generosity of JCF’s Fundholders. FY 2018 was no exception—our Fundholders recommended a staggering 58,000 grants totaling $435 million to charities in every sector. It is our privilege to facilitate your grant- Emaking, and we are pleased to report a record-breaking year of growth and service to the Jewish community. By choosing JCF to facilitate your charitable giving, you further enable us to make an annual $2 million unrestricted grant to UJA-Federation of New York, to support local Jewish programs and initiatives. In addition, JCF’s endowment, the Special Gifts Fund, continues to change lives for the better, granting out more than $17 million since 1999. Your grants and ours combine to create a double bottom line. Grants from the Special Gifts Fund are the way that our JCF network collectively expresses its support for the larger Jewish community, and this sets JCF apart from all other donor advised funds.
    [Show full text]
  • Table of Contents
    Table of Contents From the Editors 3 From the President 3 From the Executive Director 4 The Muslim Issue The Islamic Component of Jewish Studies 6 Norman A. Stillman Call Me Ishmael, Then Again, Maybe Not 9 Carol Bakhos The Prophet and the Rabbis 11 Reuven Firestone Why Jewish Studies Scholars Should Care about Christian-Muslim Relations 14 David M. Freidenreich The Moroccan Spring, the Berbers, and the Jews 22 Paul A. Silverstein The Civilized Alternative 24 Mustapha Kamal Moroccan Judaism for Sale: Jewish Culture in the Context of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict 30 Aomar Boum Muslims as Jews, Jews as Muslims, and Both as the Other in Recent French Cinema 32 Dinah Assouline Stillman Common Culture, Survival Strategy, or Useful Foil? Jews and Muslimness in Modern France 38 Ethan Katz Halal and Kosher: Jews and Muslims as Political and Economic Allies 40 Julia Phillips Cohen The Dönme: Jewish Converts, Muslim Revolutionaries, and Secular Turks 44 Marc David Baer If It Smells Muslim: Lemon Cologne, Hebrew Lessons, and Turkish Identity 46 Marcy Brink-Danan The Issue Between Judaism and Islam 48 Gil Anidjar The Latest Hadag Nahash 6 50 Azzan Yadin-Israel Notes on the Relaunch of Studies in American Jewish Literature 52 Benjamin Schreier The Questionnaire Why did you go into Jewish Studies? 54 AJS Perspectives: The Magazine of the President Please direct correspondence to: Association for Jewish Studies Jeffrey Shandler Association for Jewish Studies Rutgers University Center for Jewish History Editors 15 West 16th Street Matti Bunzl Vice President/Publications New York, NY 10011 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Leslie Morris Rachel Havrelock University of Minnesota Voice: (917) 606-8249 University of Illinois at Chicago Fax: (917) 606-8222 Vice President/Program E-Mail: [email protected] Reuven Firestone Web Site: www.ajsnet.org Editorial Board Allan Arkush HUC-JIR, Los Angeles Binghamton University University of Southern California AJS Perspectives is published bi-annually by the Association for Jewish Studies.
    [Show full text]
  • SMART PRODUCTS. COMPETITIVE RATES. METRO HAS a MORTGAGE for YOU! Call 877.MY.METRO Or Click Metrocu.Org
    AUGUST 27, 2020 – 7 ELUL 5780 JEWISHVOL 44, NO 29 JOURNALJEWISHJOURNAL.ORG Jewish Journal raises over $100,000; will continue to publish JOURNAL STAFF REPORT public to help keep the presses rolling. More than four months after Almost immediately, peo- the Jewish Journal launched ple began to contribute. By an emergency fundraising the first week of May, read- campaign to keep publishing ers had donated over $55,000. the paper, the Greater Boston Also, the paper was approved Jewish and interfaith commu- to receive a loan from the fed- nity has responded – donating eral Payroll Protection Program, over $100,000, and in the pro- and through the assistance of cess, ensuring that the Journal the National Grand Bank in will continue to publish its print Marblehead, received $68,500 edition. in funding – allowing the “This is a remarkable Journal to keep employees on endorsement by the commu- the payroll. nity for Jewish journalism,” said On its pages, the paper Steven Rosenberg, the Journal’s detailed the profound impact Photo: Tess Scheflan, Activestills publisher and editor. “This Covid has had on the commu- Like their counterparts in Israel, dozens of Greater Boston Israelis are holding weekly protests. They are essentially was a referendum on nity, and readers continued to demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resign. the future of the Journal and it’s donate. By early June, $75,000 clear that our readership sees had been raised, and earlier this us as a major link to the Greater month, more than $100,000 in Boston Jewish community.” donations had been received BOSTON-AREA ISRAELIS The paper, which is free and by the Journal.
    [Show full text]