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1991 Jewish Life Grants
Spirituality
| RECIPIENT |
PURPOSE |
TOTAL AWARDS |
1991 PAYMENTS |
GRANTS PAYABLE
12/31/91 |
American Jewish Congress
Los Angeles, California |
For support and development of
the Jewish Feminist Center. |
$20,000 |
$20,000 |
|
B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation
Los Angeles, California |
For the expansion and development
of the School of Traditional Jewish Meditation. |
30,000 |
30,000 |
|
B'nai B'rith Women
Washington, DC |
For a book by a Jewish grandparent
on ways for grandparents to share Judaism with their interfaith grandchildren. |
15,000 |
15,000 |
|
CLAL-The National Jewish Center
for Learning and Leadership
New York, New York |
For creating a new curriculum
on Judaism and gender to be used in adult leadership classes around the
country. |
25,000 |
25,000 |
|
CUNY Board of Higher Education
New York, New York |
To develop the Outreach to the
Intermarried Training Program at the Center for Jewish Studies. |
20,000 |
20,000 |
|
Hospital Chaplaincy
New York, New York |
To train rabbinic students as
hospital chaplains and pastoral counselors. |
45,000 |
45,000 |
|
Hospital Chaplaincy
New York, New York |
For a two-year expansion of rabbinic
training staff and to support the student intern program. |
70,000 |
35,000 |
35,000 |
Jewish Theological Seminary of
America
New York, New York |
A two-year grant to support institutes
for rabbinic spiritual renewal. |
85,000 |
50,000 |
35,000 |
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
To support a book by Rodger Kamenetz
on the Tibetan-Jewish Dialogue. |
12,096 |
12,096 |
|
Midbar
Sudbury, Massachusetts |
For development of a strategic
business plan for the creation of a Jewish Retreat Center. |
45,000 |
45,000 |
|
P'Nai Or Religious Fellowship
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
For a handbook and seminars on
Spiritual Eldering and to develop the Eco-Kosher project. |
30,000 |
30,000 |
|
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
Wyncote, Pennsylvania |
To train rabbinic students as
spiritual leaders. |
75,000 |
75,000 |
|
Shefa Fund
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
For planning and developement,
and for general operating support of the Jewish Healing Center. |
345,000 |
170,000 |
175,000 |
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
New York, New York |
To enable the effective replication
of the Stepping Stones program for interfaith families nationwide. |
40,000 |
40,000 |
|
Young Men's & Young Women's
Hebrew Association
New York, New York |
To support the expansion of Derekh
Torah, a program of Jewish education for adults. |
25,000 |
25,000 |
|
Social Justice
| RECIPIENT |
PURPOSE |
TOTAL AWARDS |
1991
PAYMENTS |
GRANTS PAYABLE
12/31/91 |
American Jewish World Service
New York, New York |
To establish or expand the Volunteer
Councils for Development and to promote Jewish education and outreach
activities. |
$40,000 |
$40,000 |
|
American Jewish World Service
New York, New York |
To support a visit of the Dalai
Lama and the Service's Tibetan Economic Development Project. |
10,000 |
10,000 |
|
B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation
New Haven, Connecticut |
To establish the Robert Cover
Memorial Lectureship in Law and Religion. |
10,000 |
5,000 |
|
Institute for Labor and Mental
Health
Oakland, California |
For Tikkun Magazine to
commission investigative journalism on Jewish life. |
20,000 |
20,000 |
|
Jerusalem Foundation
New York, New York |
A Gulf War emergency grant for
informational flyers, supplies, counseling, and medicine. |
10,000 |
10,000 |
|
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs
Chicago, Illinois |
A two-year grant for outreach
to the Chicago Jewish community and for a Community Partnership program. |
70,000 |
35,000 |
35,000 |
Jewish Fund for Justice
New York, New York |
To support synagogues' involvement
in poor communities. |
40,000 |
40,000 |
|
New Israel Fund
New York, New York |
For a Gulf War emergency grant
to help the New Israel Fund grantees meet special demands caused by the
war. |
97,500 |
97,500 |
|
Religious Action Center
Washington, DC |
To educate and train congregational
social action committees nationwide. |
35,000 |
35,000 |
|
Shefa Fund
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
To support the second Jewish Funders'
Network Conference. |
7,500 |
7,500 |
|
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
New York, New York |
For outreach efforts to promote
grassroots social justice education. |
25,000 |
25,000 |
|
Wisconsin Law Alumni Association
Madison, Wisconsin |
For conference of Jewish law professors
on Jews in the law. |
15,000 |
15,000 |
|
Relations Between Jews and Non-Jews and Among Jews
| RECIPIENT |
PURPOSE |
TOTAL AWARDS |
1991
PAYMENTS |
GRANTS PAYABLE
12/31/91 |
Americans for Peace Now
New York, New York |
To promote peace in the Middle
East. |
$20,000 |
$20,000 |
|
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts |
To convene the third of a three-part
workshop to deepen trust between prominent Israelis and Palestinians. |
25,000 |
25,000 |
|
Jewish Museum
New York, New York |
To design the exhibition Bridges
and Boundaries: African Americans and American Jews, and to prepare educational
materials. |
40,000 |
40,000 |
|
Project Nimsha
Washington, DC |
To present American Jewish audiences
with Israeli generals speaking on the exchange of land for peace. |
40,000 |
40,000 |
|
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel |
For six months of publication
research on the study, Strategic Ramifications of the Guf Crisis by the
Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies. |
20,000 |
20,000 |
|
Jewish Education
| RECIPIENT |
PURPOSE |
TOTAL AWARDS |
1991
PAYMENTS |
GRANTS PAYABLE
12/31/91 |
Coalition for the Advancement
of Jewish Education
New York, New York |
To support the Conference on Alternatives
in Jewish Education, 1991. |
$5,000 |
$5,000 |
|
Congregation Emanuel
Denver, Colorado |
For the ongoing work of the Stepping
Stones program for children of interfaith families. |
10,000 |
10,000 |
|
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
New York, New York |
To support research on successful
models of Jewish supplementary education through the Fund for Journalism
in Jewish Life. |
15,000 |
15,000 |
|
Hebrew Union College
New York, New York |
For rabbinic education in the
fields of liturgy and theology. |
31,000 |
31,000 |
|
Museum of Modern Art
New York, New York |
For a retrospective on the Yiddish
cinema: 1920-1950. |
50,000 |
50,000 |
|
National Foundation for Jewish
Culture
Washington, DC |
For a re-granting program and
a three-year grant for development of the Jewish Endowment for the Arts
and Humanities. |
260,000 |
110,000 |
150,000 |
United Jewish Federation of Metro
West
East Orange, New Jersey |
For Jewish education of unaffiliated,
intermarried couples and their children. |
15,000 |
15,000 |
|
Jews from the Former Soviet Union:
Activities in the Former Soviet Union and Israel
| RECIPIENT |
PURPOSE |
TOTAL AWARDS |
1991
PAYMENTS |
GRANTS PAYABLE
12/31/91 |
Aleph Society
New York, New York |
To support the development of
the Jewish Free University in Moscow. |
$25,000 |
$25,000 |
|
American Friends of Rechov Sumsum
(Sesame Street, Inc.)
New York, New York |
A two-year grant to dub into Russian
thirteen episodes of Shalom Sesame. |
50,000 |
25,000 |
25,000 |
American Jewish Joint Distribution
Committee
New York, New York |
To assess the current state of
Jewish journalism in the former USSR and for training and networking for
Jewish journalists. |
44,000 |
44,000 |
|
Foundation for Social Innovations
USA
San Francisco, California |
To maintain effective communications
link between Jews in the United States and the former USSR. |
10,000 |
10,000 |
|
National Conference on Soviet
Jewry
New York, New York |
To coordinate a prominent, international
secretariat to represent the cause of Soviet Jews at the Conference
on the Human Dimension in Moscow. |
10,000 |
10,000 |
|
New Israel Fund
Washington, DC |
(i) A two-year grant to train
leadership of organizations initiated by Soviet immigrants in Israel;
(ii) A one-year grant to establish a food co-op run by Russian immigrants
in Israel; (iii) A one-year grant for the Russian Olim grassroots leadership
seminar. |
131,000 |
81,000 |
50,000 |
The World Union for Progressive
Judaism
New York, New York |
A training program for Jewish
leaders in Moscow on progressive Judaism, education, and community building. |
25,000 |
25,000 |
|
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
New York, New York |
A three-year grant to support
a chair in Jewish Studies at the Russian University for the Humanities
in Moscow. |
105,000 |
35,000 |
70,000 |
| TOTAL |
|
$2,193,096 |
$1,613,096 |
$575,000 |
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