COVID-19 is one of the most serious global public health threats in modern history. And it is also creating enormous economic upheaval worldwide, endangering the entire nonprofit sector, including Jewish communal infrastructure. Jewish Funders Network is working to ensure philanthropic responses are coordinated and effective by listing the needs and responses sector by sector and sharing resources here. Together, we can help meet the many needs of our community, and of our entire world.
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(Jewish) Journalism in the (Coronavirus) Crisis
https://youtu.be/QnFR47Gy2IU Never has independent, empathetic reporting on our communities been more important. And yet: Jewish and other news organizations are cutting salaries, cutting staff — even closing, as the pandemic intensifies the challenges the industry...
Yom HaShoah Briefing and Commemoration: Holocaust Survivors During COVID-19
https://youtu.be/lXJEbEb_tHY Too many of our Holocaust survivors are living in poverty. This situation has become dire. Join JFN's CEO and President, Andrés Spokoiny, Seed the Dream Foundation, and KAVOD SHEF Funding Partners for this April 20, 2020 briefing and Yom...
Video: Jewish Arts and Artists in a Time of COVID-19
This conversation, hosted by CANVAS — a new collaborative giving fund devoted to Jewish arts & culture and incubated at JFN — will give participants a firsthand account of how artists are being hurt by the COVID-19 crisis and how funders can help.
Does the Jewish Community Need a Central COVID Fund?
JFN President & CEO Andrés Spokoiny makes the case for coordination over centralization. Read article
Video: Supporting Vulnerable Populations During COVID-19
https://youtu.be/A17NIR0lyV4 During this coronavirus pandemic, already vulnerable populations find themselves in an even more precarious spot. Watch this March 30, 2020, discussion by funders and experts in the field of human services where they share what they are...