Showing care and concern for our entire community: A call to address Jewish poverty

“May the dignity of your fellow be as dear to you as your own.”

For me, this verse from Pirkei Avot has always been the essence of the work of many funders committed to serving the Jewish community. But for years, the existence of poverty in our community was either dismissed or ignored. In fact, 36% of Jewish Funders Network members still do not support a single nonprofit focused on poverty in the Jewish community, according to a recent survey of more than 100 members.

The question is, why not?

Perhaps it is because, until now, we had little to no data to prove it exists. Today, however, we have the data — we know poverty exists in and is affecting our community.

Click here to read the full article.

Source: The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Originally published by eJewish Philanthropy