Noteworthy

Funder Lessons from Philanthropic Failure

“Without broader avenues to share the lessons learned, failures are wasted. As foundations continue to embrace risk-taking, they would be well advised to commit to...

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Making Big Bets for Social Change

“If donors could close the aspiration gap, billions of additional big-bet dollars would flow to the world’s most challenging problems, and millions of lives could...

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Future Scientists & Old Technologies 

https://youtu.be/oZX_aAyaxQk?si=rt-aBQdWg3OKphT9 Related Grantee: Future Scientists Center

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Haredim in Caps and Gowns 

“Given the correlation between higher education and better professional opportunities, the university provides Haredi students a stepping stone to a better economic future, while also...

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Behavioral Economics from Nuts to ‘Nudges’ 

“Although not every application of behavioral economics will make the world a better place, I believe that giving economics a more human dimension and creating...

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A Do Diligent Dozen List 

“We need a word for that feeling one experiences when you either a) reply all in error or b) send a sensitive (or worse) email...

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Israelis are Building New Jewish Bridges

“’To be Jewish’ is not black or white but actually shades of grey and that Judaism is for us to fall in love with, again...

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Pay-What-It-Takes Philanthropy 

“If nonprofits committed to understanding their true cost of operations and funders shifted to paying grantees what it takes to get the job done, the...

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Unpacking the Immense Popularity of Shtisel 

“Jewish tradition encourages Jews to think of themselves as an extended family; by reaching into the most extreme and insular corner of the Jewish world...

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As Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Enter The Workforce, High-Tech Beckons

“It used to be that most ultra-Orthodox, or haredi, men in Israel studied the Bible full time through adulthood. But that’s changing.”

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