One year after the collapse of Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme wrought havoc in the world of philanthropy, especially Jewish philanthropy, it is great to read an optimistic book about what philanthropy can achieve by a leading Jewish donor. “Where the soul meets a business plan” is the philanthrocapitalistic subtitle of The Art of Giving by […]
This has been a year full of collapse and scandal in the world of finance. But the revelation that Wall Street legend Bernie Madoff ran a $50 billion Ponzi scheme tops the lot. The losses – which may be most or all of that $50 billion – are likely to hit philanthropy particularly hard, especially […]
Today the New York branch of the Jewish Funders Network hosted a talk by Matthew about how the rich can save the world. He shared a panel with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, who talked about how the rich can save Judaism. All that was needed was an actress, and we would have had the perfect ingredients […]