The Ongoing Renewal of the Jewish People
We are participating in the renaissance of the Jewish people, and expanding the Jewish role in the 21st Century. The Leifer Family Fund works to support Jewish identity formation, to strengthen the bonds between Israel and the United States, and to create a new class of leaders and professionals in Jewish organizations.
Here are a few of the organizations we support:
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Noteworthy
Things we’ve written, things we’re reading, and news worth noting.
Shanghai: 300 million Chinese and 3000 Jews
At the vanguard of Chinese capitalism and growing a thriving professional and middle class, Shanghai is open to all comers. What role Jews and Israelis will have in the modern China is the question we have come to investigate... read more
In the Teeth of Typhoon Alley and the Ring of Fire
Did you know that the Jewish world has a team on 24-hour call to respond to global disasters wherever they occur, even in places that the Israeli government can’t work? This JDC team led the Jewish response to... read more
Judaism is not a Religion and Israel is not a War Zone
100 years ago, our grandparents who made the trek as youngsters from Russia to America were unable to complete an elementary school education and lived most of their lives in poverty and with limited choices... read more