Jewish Giving : Philanthropy and the Shaping of American Jewish Life.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wertheimer, Jack.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--United States--Charities--History.

Jews.

Charity organization--United States--History.

Charity organization.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, 2025.

Biography/History:

Wertheimer Jack: Jack Wertheimer is Professor of American Jewish history at the Jewish Theological Seminary. He has recently authored The New American Judaism: How Jews Practice Their Religion Today and is co-author of Inside Jewish Day Schools: Leadership, Learning and Community. Jack Wertheimer is Professor of American Jewish history at the Jewish Theological Seminary. He has recently authored The New American Judaism: How Jews Practice Their Religion Today and is co-author of Inside Jewish Day Schools: Leadership, Learning and Community.

Summary:

"Situating the interplay between funders and their grantees within the dynamic, and ever-changing contours of American Jewish life, Jewish Giving traces the evolving nature of Jewish philanthropy from the Colonial Era to the present"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I. Evolving Needs and Priorities from the Colonial Era to the Present

1. A Time to Aid the "Homeless" and "Tempest-tost"

2. The Era of Mass Giving

3. Big Funders in the Twenty-First Century

Part II. Contemporary Funders and Their Grantees

4. The Variety of Donors

5. What Grantmakers and their Grantees Say about Each Other

6. The Jewish Not-For-Profit Sector.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4798-3635-4

OCLC:

1520917844