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Six Key Issue Areas in Jewish Poverty
In October 2020, the National Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty, a collaborative of funders, Jewish Federations, direct service providers, researchers, media outlets, and advocates coordinated by JFN and the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, published six funder briefings. These briefings highlight what is being done and outline needs — and concrete ways funders can help — in six key categories. Download PDFs of these briefings below:
End-Of-Life Care, Including Funeral Preparation/Burial Services
- According to a document prepared by the David Berg Foundation funerals and burials are the most pressing immediate need as many COVID-19 patients are dying quickly. However, other aspects such as palliative care will also require support. Palliative care will be needed for those who do not recover quickly, have been on ventilators, and will need end of life support.
- The Berg Foundation notes that “rules and norms in this area have had to be adjusted due to COVID-19 and there is need for
protective gear. Many Chevra Kadisha [burial society] members are themselves elderly.” - Many families are challenged by a limited amount of burial spaces in certain areas, as well as burdensome fees for additional services beyond burials themselves, such as transportation and headstone installation.
Coping with Closures of Facilities Due to Social Distancing/Quarantine
- How to get food, medication and other services to clients if agencies cannot keep facilities open due to social distancing requirements.
- Difficulty recruiting and mobilizing volunteers due to social distancing.
Serving Seniors
In a July report on business continuity issues for major Jewish communal networks in response to coronavirus, Jewish Federations of North America noted that “throughout the world, the infirm, elderly population has been the most severely impacted of all population groups during this pandemic period.”
Senior care facilities, according to JFNA, are experiencing significantly increased costs from several factors:
- Skyrocketing costs of PPE supplies: “As a result of heightened demand during the pandemic, shortages and distribution issues, it can cost $23 or more in PPE expenses every time a single nurse, caregiver or service worker enters a resident room properly attired.”
- PPE, JFNA notes, is not reimbursed and must be paid for directly by each facility. Total increases in PPE costs alone across Jewish long-term care facilities are estimated at $12M for 2020.
- Dramatically increased labor expenses, including managing drastic staffing shortages when staff become ill.
- Most facilities are closed to new admissions, further impacting revenue streams.
- JFNA reports that while all senior care institutions accept Medicare and Medicaid, “it is important to realize that reimbursement levels scarcely account for 50% of the cost of nursing home care during normal days.”
Issues Specific to Community Based Service Agencies as of July 2020 (Source: Jewish Federations of North America)
Read an April 2020 status report on these issues here.
These front-line crisis response service agencies have been highly disrupted by COVID-19 and have needed to close their facilities and dramatically alter the manner in which they operate, resulting in a loss of ability to meet clients in person or deliver home-based services in traditional manners. In almost every case, the agencies are experiencing a decrease in revenue and increased costs associated with providing service. A recent survey of member agencies estimated a total budget shortfall attributable to COVID-19 of $50M through June 30, 2020. This is due to both an increase in required services and a decrease in revenue.
- Less than one-third of NJHSA member agencies have some operating reserves on which to draw, and many of these reserves will cover only a small part of this shortfall.
- As unemployment grows and as individuals’ unemployment extends into months, agencies are starting to see the beginnings of the tidal wave of resulting need.
- Agencies will lose most fundraising revenue from Q2 (and most likely Q3 and Q4) of the fiscal year due to cancelled events. Many are also incurring related cancellation fees.
- PPE expenses are rising as supplies are currently sold at a significant markup from pre-COVID prices; the markup associated with this purchase was estimated in the aggregate at $2.2M as of June 30, 2020.
More than a quarter (29%) of member agencies expect to lay off staff, and more than one-third (35%) expect to furlough staff while some expect to do both. Moreover, two-thirds of agencies report an expected inability to maintain current service levels beyond the next three to five months for core populations (older adults, financially at-risk adults, children, teens and college students).
As a result of the pandemic, these agencies are seeing increased and new needs among the unemployed, older adults, families living with high conflict/domestic violence, refugees and asylum seekers, and persons with disabilities
Responses
Since May the National Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty has been hosting a series of webinars and virtual meetups to discuss the many challenges the coronavirus pandemic has created for Jews facing poverty and the agencies that serve them. These briefings are an opportunity to hear the needs from the service providers on the ground supporting our front lines, share best practices and information, and strategize on ways to respond collectively.
Each webinar, moderated by Susan Ditkoff of The Bridgespan Group Boston and featuring key leaders, focuses on particular needs.
Watch all the webinars in this series here:
Note: This is a YouTube playlist, playing each briefing from newest to oldest. If you click the “list” icon (three horizontal lines over an arrow) at the top of the screen, you’ll see a list of episodes and can then choose which ones to watch.
UJA-Federation of New York has allocated approximately $45 million in emergency funding to meet needs across the New York region and in Israel. In New York, this includes grants to expand food distribution, offer virtual programming for homebound seniors, and support the operational capacity of key human service agencies, Jewish community centers, and to assist low-income populations, and to ensure that no Jewish casualty of the virus will be denied a dignified burial.
The Rose Community Foundation (Denver) awarded over 120 grants totaling $1,566,754. The grants were directed to nonprofit organizations and government agencies on the front lines of COVID-19 prevention, containment and response and are specifically aimed at supporting the Greater Denver region’s most vulnerable and impacted populations.
This collection of grants – focused primarily on prevention, containment and emergency response to the basic need impacts of COVID-19 on vulnerable populations – represents the first of three anticipated COVID-19 grantmaking phases. Future grantmaking will develop to meet evolving community needs and will likely address impact mitigation and, eventually, recovery and stabilization efforts. The Foundation explained its three-phased plan for funding, which it believes can serve as a model for other Jewish funders during the coronavirus crisis, in this eJewishPhilanthropy article.
Providing Critical Personal Protective Equipment for Jewish Healthcare Providers and Institutions: JFN, the Jewish Federations of North America, and the North American Volunteer Network are teaming up (and raising funds) to purchase equipment and distribute to the Association of Jewish Aging Services and the Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies. Learn more here.
A document prepared by the David Berg Foundation describes the work being done by nonprofits providing end-of-life and funeral services in response to Covid-19, including a dramatic increase in burials by the Hebrew Free Burial Association in New York, and a successful campaign requesting donated prayer shawls for burial.
The Jewish United Fund in Chicago announced a $26 million coronavirus initiative to be used for: Emergency financial aid, including cash grants for housing, food, medical care and other essentials for individuals and families. Some assistance will be provided through synagogues’ Rabbinic Discretionary Funds; Increased food assistance, including expansion of pantries, grocery gift cards and meal programs; Health and safety, including enhanced staffing, trauma counseling and personal protective equipment for Mount Sinai Hospital, residential programs and other caregivers serving seniors and people with disabilities; and Community stability, including emergency operating support and professional expertise for local Jewish human service and educational agencies.
The Azrieli Foundation approved an emergency fund on March 18, earmarking $2 million to be directed to immediate needs in Canada, and NIS 10M to needs in Israel. Priority areas include serving the elderly and Holocaust survivors (particularly for food and basic needs), the educational and psychosocial needs of at-risk youth and special-needs learners, services for individuals with disabilities.
The Jewish Federation of San Diego County, Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego and Leichtag Foundation have partnered to establish the San Diego Jewish Community COVID-19 Emergency Fund. The accelerating scale of COVID-19 calls for a coordinated, streamlined response to support those who are most vulnerable and impacted primarily in San Diego’s Jewish community. A consortium of initial funders have already contributed more than $1.6 million to launch this Fund. This urgent effort will gather information about community needs and immediately allocate funds, employing effective processes that proved successful in prior crises.
The Jewish Communal Fund announced $1 million in emergency coronavirus response grants on April 6. This injection of funding will be earmarked for food delivery for low-income New Yorkers, cash assistance and social services for single parents and Holocaust survivors, and thousands of Passover meals to go.
The Claims Conference has established a Holocaust survivor COVID-19 emergency assistance fund, with $4.3 million in initial funds, to help address urgent needs worldwide during the coronavirus pandemic. It also announced it will be providing significant advances of nearly $300 million of the over $600 million in previously committed funds to agencies and relaxing reporting deadlines in an effort to mitigate any funding issues. The emergency fund, which includes $100,000 from the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation and €200,000 from the Alfred Landecker Foundation, will reinforce an array of services already in place, including delivering meals and medicine, assisting survivors with rent and utility payments, supporting short-term sheltering for Holocaust survivors, and expanding virtual/telephonic socialization programs and volunteer programs to help alleviate isolation and loneliness through secure methods. It also seeks to ensure that survivors can be cared for safely, by providing funding for personal protective equipment (such as masks, gowns, gloves, etc.) and sanitizing agents.
The Russell Berrie Foundation has approved $1.82 million in grants to serve organizations based primarily in Northern New Jersey including $235,000 granted to Jewish communal institutions. The grants primarily address medical and health care needs, food insecurity, and economic insecurity.
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NYC Covid Response & Impact Fund Report
Description - Report
Source - NYC Covid-19 Response & Impact Fund
January 2020
Pandemic and Economic Woes Decimated Many Nonprofits’ 2020 Fundraising Returns
Description - News Article
Source - Inside Philanthropy
January 12

National Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty: January Newsletter
Description - Newsletter
Source - JFN/National Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty
January 12
Rising COVID Needs Force Federations to Dip Into Their Endowments
Description - News Article
Source - Jewish Insider
January 12
“The System Has Never Worked Well.” An Arts Grantmaker Seeks New Funding Models
Description - News Article
Source - Inside Philanthropy
January 5
Disaster Philanthropy Practices: 2020 Edition
Description - Research Report
Source - The Conference Board
December 2020
The Jewish Free Loan Movement: Unpacking a Jewish Communal Treasure
Description - Article
Source - eJewish Philanthropy
January 21

Resilience and Mental Health: A Funders’ Discussion About Covid’s Impact
Source - JFN webinar
December 1

“What Gives?” JFN Podcast Featuring “Predictably Irrational” Author Dan Ariely
Source - JFN podcast
January 13

Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty Success Factors Series: Focus on Small Communities
Source - JFN/Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty Webinar
January 7
Religious Nonprofits Scramble to Get Enough Donations to Match the Surge in Community Needs
Description - News Article
Source - Washington Post
December 28
Jewish Philanthropists Have Increased Their Giving During the Pandemic — but Prioritizing Causes Has Never Been More Difficult
Description - News Article
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
January 5
The Pandemic Is Pushing the World’s Most Esteemed Charities to Their Limits
Description - News Article
Source - The Robb Report
December 20
Americans Give to Charity Like Never Before Amid Pandemic
Description - News Article
Source - Reuters
December 24
What LA’s Jewish Free Loan Association Has Seen During the Pandemic
Description - Article
Source - LA Jewish Journal
December 30
Study Reveals COVID-19 Hardships on Palm Beach Jewish Community
Description - News Article
Source - South Florida Sun Sentinel
December 23
Pinched by the Pandemic, Congregants Are Cutting Synagogue Dues from Their Household Budgets
Description - News Article
Source - The Forward
December 28
Nonprofit Jobs Could Take More Than Two Years to Recover, Study Finds
Description - News Article
Source - Philanthropy News Digest
December 18
As Needs of Newly Poor Surge, Emergency Aid Effort Underway for Frontline Jewish Agencies
Description - News Article (Sponsored by JFNA)
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
December 21
Nonprofits Win Extended Charitable Deductions and Paycheck Protection Loans in Stimulus Bill
Description - News Article
Source - Chronicle of Philanthropy
December 21
Donations Soar But Nonprofits Still Struggle with Pandemic
Description - News Article
Source - Associated Press
December 13
Jewish Poverty Success Factors Series: Focus on Advocacy
Date and time - Thursday, January 21
12-1 pm ET (7-8 pm in Israel)
Source - JFN/Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty webinar

JFN Members Increased & Expanded Their Giving In Response to Covid
Description - Report
Source - JFN
December 21
Without Federal Aid, Pantries and Agencies Warn of a Dark Winter
Description - News Article
Source - New York Jewish Week
December 10
COVID-19 Mortality and Jews: A Global Overview of the First Wave of the Coronavirus Pandemic, March to May 2020
Description - Research Study
Source - Institute for Jewish Policy Research
December 2020
COVID-19 Impact Studies: Building Resilient Jewish Communities
Description - Research
Source - Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies
Fall 2020
A Third of Americans Plan to Give Less or No Money to Charity in 2021
Description - News Article
Source - Philanthropy News Digest
November 30

Share of Donor Households Facing Hardship Grows, Survey Finds
Description - Study/Survey
Source - Dunham & Company (via Philanthropy News Digest)
September 2020
Giving Smarter in the Age of Covid-19
Description - Giving Guides
Source - Milken Institute Center for Strategic Philanthropy
September 2020
There’s a Hunger Crisis in America. Jews Must Push Our Leaders to Act.
Description - Op-Ed
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
November 25
JCC Staff, Funding and Facility Status Survey Highlights
Description - Report/Survey Results
Source - JCCA
November 18
Nonprofit Job Growth Anemic as New Covid Wave Looms
Description - News Article
Source - Chronicle of Philanthropy
November 17

Exploring the Challenges & Opportunities of Affordable Housing
Source - JFN/Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty webinar
November 17
Study Finds Large Funders Became More Flexible During COVID-19. Will it Last?
Description - News Article
Source - Inside Philanthropy
November 16

National Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty: November 2020 Newsletter
Description - Newsletter
Source - JFN/Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty
November 18

Foundations Respond to Crisis: A Moment of Transformation?
Description - Study
Source - Center for Effective Philanthropy
November 2020

FedLab Track: Developing Community Action Plans to Address Jewish Poverty
Description - Videos
Source - JFN/National Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty
October 27

Disaster Relief Funding: Handling Immediate Needs and Building for the Future
Source - JFN webinar
October 29
Nonprofit Jobs Recovery Slows to a Crawl
Description - News Article
Source - Chronicle of Philanthropy
October 30
More Urgent Than Ever: Confronting Jewish Poverty in the COVID Era
Source - JFN/Nat'l Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty Webinar
October 26

“Broke: The Game.” What Would You Do?
Source - JFN/Natl Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty webinar
October 22
FedLab 2020: Resources from “Building Community Action Plans to Address Poverty”
Description - Supplemental Materials
Source - National Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty
October 27
Fighting Jewish Poverty: Today Is That Rainy Day
Description - Op-Ed
Source - eJewish Philanthropy
October 22
How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Changed How We Give to Charity
Description - News Article
Source - Fast Company
October 16

Addressing Jewish Poverty in the Age of Covid: Funding Briefs
Description - Briefing Papers/Guides
Source - JFN-Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty
October 2020
New Help for the 20,000 Jewish Communal Professionals Who Lost Jobs During Pandemic
Description - News Article
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
October 8
Three in Five Households with Children Face COVID-Related Hardship
Description - News Article
Source - Philanthropy News Digest
October 5
Giving in the Pandemic: More than Half of Americans Have Found Ways to Help Those Hit by COVID-19 Hardship
Description - Article
Source - The Conversation
September 29

National Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty: October Newsletter
Description - Newsletter
Source - National Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty
October 6

Special Lecture with Dan Ariely: Harnessing the Power of Behavioral Economics
Source - JFN webinar
September 30
Among Jews, the Young and Highly Educated Bear COVID’s Emotional and Economic Toll
Description - Op-Ed from Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies
Source - The Forward
Help and Hope for COVID’s Jewish New Poor
Description - Article
Source - eJewish Philanthropy
September 24
Jewish Organizations Must Address the Pandemic Parenting Gender Gap
Description - Op-Ed
Source - eJewish Philanthropy
September 14
Nonprofit Jobs Rebound but Remain a Million Short of Pre-Pandemic Levels
Description - News Article
Source - Chronicle of Philanthropy
September 9
Amid Layoffs and Funder Bailouts, the Jewish Nonprofit World Is Fearing 2021
Description - News Article
Source - Jewish Insider
September 9
UJA-Federation of NY Adds $6.6 Million in Covid Relief
Description - News Article
Source - New York Jewish Week
August 31
Masbia Announces New Tech Support Hotline For Breadline Modernization Transition to Appointments
Description - News Article
Source - Jewish Press
September 3
New JFNA Campaign Aims to Support Struggling Jewish Communities
Description - News Article
Source - Jewish Insider
September 3

Philanthropy and COVID-19 in the First Half of 2020
Description - Report
Source - Center for Disaster Philanthropy & Candid
September 2020
Is Philanthropy’s Pandemic Response Hitting the Mark? Or Making the Usual Mistakes?
Description - Article
Source - Inside Philanthropy
September 3
The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Been Buffeting American Jewry for Months. What Lies Ahead?
Description - News Article
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
September 1
Chicago’s Federation Nailed Its COVID-19 Response. Now It Wants Other Cities to Follow its Lead.
Description - News Article
Source - The Forward
August 27
New Project Aims to Document Covid-19’s Impact on Jewish Community
Description - News Article
Source - Jewish Insider
August 26
To Meet Soaring Needs, Jewish Groups Get Creative to Feed the Hungry
Description - News Article (Sponsored by Anonymous Foundation)
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
August 24
Jewish Nursing Homes Struggle with Extra Costs from COVID-19
Description - News Article
Source - The Forward
August 19
What We’re Hearing from the Field July 17 – August 14
Description - Report/Update
Source - Leading Edge, Boardified (formerly Board Member Institute), Jewish Social Justice Roundtable, Jews of Color Initiative, JPRO Network, and UpStart
August 17

Rise: Support for Out-Of-Work Jewish Community Professionals
Description - Resource Page
Source - JFNA and JPro Network

National Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty Briefing: Focus on Higher Education
Date and time - Tuesday, August 4
12-1 pm ET
Source - JFN/Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty webinar
August 4

Back to Business: Guide for Reopening Jewish Institutions
Source - Secure Community Network (Convened by Jewish Federations of North America & Conference of Presidents)
July
Planning Reopenings Amid Pandemic, Jewish Institutions Navigate Minefield of Challenges
Description - Article (Sponsored by JFNA)
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
August 3
Jewish Charities Fear Budget Cuts are Coming as New York State Slows Government Aid
Description - News Article
Source - The Forward
July 30

National Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty: July/August Newsletter
Source - JFN/Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty
July 21
Abe Foxman’s Next Act: Raising $28 Million to Feed Thousands of Struggling Holocaust Survivors
Description - News Article
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
July 21

Briefings on Jewish Poverty & Covid-19 #5: Focus on the Intersection Between Government & Philanthropy
Source - JFN-Affinity Group Webinar
July 21
Some Nonprofits Hail Paycheck Protection Program as a ‘Savior’; Others See Layoffs Continue
Description - News Article
Source - Chronicle of Philanthropy
July 21
Jewish Environmental Organization Hazon Lays Off 35% of Staff Amid a Year of Canceled Retreats
Description - News Article
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
July 17
A Time to Act: Concrete Steps to Support the Unemployed in the Jewish Community
Description - Op-Ed
Source - eJewish Philanthropy
July 17
1,000 Jewish Groups Received at Least $500 Million in Government Loans. Some Laid off Staff Anyway.
Description - News Article
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
July 8

Briefings on Jewish Poverty and Covid-19: Focus on Jews of Color (Fourth in a Series)
Source - JFN/Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty webinar
July 7
Jewish Nonprofits Launch Nationwide Volunteer Drive to Respond to Pandemic, Social-Justice Needs
Description - News Article
Source - Chronicle of Philanthropy
July 6
Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles Redirects All 2020 Institutional Grants to COVID-19 Response
Description - Article
Source - eJewish Philanthropy
July 1
Fidelity Donor-Advised-Fund Giving Soars, Especially for Food Assistance
Description - News Article
Source - Chronicle of Philanthropy
June 26
Covid Erased an Estimated 1.6 Million U.S. Nonprofit Jobs From March Through May
Description - News Article
Source - Chronicle of Philanthropy
June 26
We Must Support Our JCCs in These Troubled Times
Description - Editorial
Source - The Jewish News of Northern California
June 25
For Young Adults with Disabilities the Loss of Specialized Birthright Trips is Particularly Poignant
Description - Article
Source - eJewish Philanthropy
June 25

Service for a Strong Future
Date and time - Tuesday, June 23
1:30-2:30 p.m. Eastern
Source - JFN webinar
June 23

Funding with an Inclusion Mindset: A Strategic Conversation in the Wake of COVID-19
Source - JFN webinar
June 18
Boston Federation Lays off 25 Employees Amid Economic Crisis
Description - News Article
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
June 11
UJA-Federation of New York Announces 54 Layoffs as CEO Forgoes Pay
Description - News Article
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
June 10
Cash is King: Two Case Studies on the Power of Direct Financial Support During Crisis
Description - News Article
Source - Inside Philanthropy
June 10
Met Council Unveils New App to Report Domestic Abuse
Description - News Article
Source - New York Jewish Week
June 9

Briefings on Poverty & Covid-19: Third in a Series
Source - JFN/National Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty
June 9
Amid Pandemic, These Young Jews and their Elderly Friends Are Finding New Ways to Connect
Description - Article (Sponsored by JFNA)
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
June 8

Affordable Personal Protective Equipment for Jewish Organizations
Description - Online Store with Reduced Pricing
Source - JFNA and KAHAL
June 9
‘Peoplehood Coalition’ Connects Diaspora with COVID-19 Tech Solutions from Israel
Description - News Article
Source - Jewish News Service
June 9
These Services Are Helping Older Jews Master Technology and Stay Connected in Isolation
Description - Article (Sponsored by Jewish Federations of North America)
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
June 4
Include Us in the Conversation: COVID-19 and Teen Mental Health
Description - Article
Source - eJewish Philanthropy
June 4

San Francisco Bay Area’s Jewish Community and Philanthropic Response to COVID-19
Source - JFN webinar
May 26
A New Fund Is Providing Aid to Jews of Color Struggling Due to Coronavirus
Description - News Article
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
May 27

Briefings on Poverty & Covid-19: Focus on Mental Health & Aging (2nd in a Series)
Source - Nat'l Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty/JFN webinar
May 26
In Jewish Philanthropy, a Case Study in How a Crisis Can Expand Communal Giving
Description - Op-Ed
Source - Inside Philanthropy
May 18
Jewish Crowdfunding Sites Meet Their Moment, Raising Millions of Dollars for Coronavirus Victims
Description - News article
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
May 18
May All Who are Hungry Come and Eat: Jewish Community Farming in the Face of Coronavirus
Description - Article
Source - eJewish Philanthropy
May 20

Why These 18 Israeli Donors Are Helping Get Protective Equipment to North American Jewish Social Service Providers
Description - Article
Source - eJewish Philanthropy
May 20
The Russell Berrie Foundation Announces $4.48 Million in Emergency Grants to Support COVID-19 Response Efforts in New Jersey and Israel
Description - Press release
Source - Russell Berrie Foundation
May 19

Part 1 in a Series on Food Insecurity & Housing During Covid-19
Description - First in a series on poverty and the impact of Covid-19
Source - JFN webinar
May 14
Cutbacks at Social-Service Groups on the Rise, Poll Finds
Description - News article
Source - Chronicle of Philanthropy
May 11
Impact of Covid-19 on Jewish Human Service Agencies — and the Case for Giving
Description - Document
Source - Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies

National Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty: How Members Are Responding to Covid-19
Description - Newsletter
Source - National Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty
May 12
For Jews Hit Hard by the Pandemic, a New Worry — Not Having Enough Food
Description - News article (Sponsored by JFNA)
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
May 11
Federations Tap Deep Experience and Networks to Respond to Pandemic-Era Needs
Description - News Article (JFNA-sponsored)
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency (Sponsored Content)
May 8
Push for Profits Left Nursing Homes Struggling to Provide Care
Description - News article
Source - The New York Times
May 7

Jewish End-of-Life Services Offered in Response to COVID-19
Description - Guide/Update
Source - The David Berg Foundation
May 7
Deep Layoffs at Jewish Federations of North America
Description - News Article
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
May 6

The Ruderman White Paper on Fair Resource Allocation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Description - White paper
Source - Ruderman Family Foundation
April 2020
How the Coronavirus is Hitting Jewish Communities Worldwide
Description - News Article
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
May 5
Jewish United Fund in Chicago Launches $26 Million Coronavirus Initiative
Description - News Article
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
May 5
Sharansky to Use Genesis Prize Proceeds to Fight Coronavirus
Description - News Article
Source - Associated Press
May 4
How US Jewish Groups Are Helping Overwhelmed Health Care Workers
Description - News Article (Sponsored)
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
April 23
$9 Million in Emergency Funding for Jewish Life Projects
Source - UJA-Federation of New York
April 23
Guidelines for the Elderly, their Caregivers, and Families During COVID-19
Description - Videos/Materials
Source - JDC/Eshel
Ordering Personal Protective Equipment for Jewish Healthcare Providers and Institutions
Description - Presentation
Source - JFN, the Jewish Federations of North America, and the North American Volunteer Network
Report from American Jewish Joint-Distribution Committee
Source - JDC
March 23

Coronavirus and the Jewish Community: Responses from the Field (First in an Ongoing Series)
Description - JFN Webinar
March 18
Nonprofit Funding Proposals