Jewish Life Network

Jewish Life Network

The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life (formerly Jewish Life Network/Steinhardt Foundation) is a New York based non-profit foundation, which funds projects and programs aimed at improving Jewish education and identity.

The foundation was founded by former hedge fund manager Michael Steinhardt in 1994, who disbanded his financial practice to focus on philanthropy. Since then, the JLN has disbursed over $100 million [cite news
url=http://my.brandeis.edu/news/item?news_item_id=103681
title=Brandeis establishes institute to enable Jewish community to better plan its future
date= April 1, 2005
publisher=Brandeis University news] to various educational, cultural and service causes, including starting and/or funding the [http://www.peje.org Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education] in 1997; [http://www.92y.org/shop/category.asp?catalog=92yfall%5F001&category=Makor+%2F+Steinhardt+Center&category=Makor Makor] at the 92nd Street Y; the Steinhardt School of Education and the recent Steinhardt Social Research Institute at Brandeis University. [cite news |url=http://www.jta.org/page_view_story.asp?intarticleid=15273&intcategoryid=4
title=New institute aims to move Jewish demographics way ahead
publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency
date=April 13, 2005] Along with the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, The Steinhardt Foundation sponsors the annual [http://www.grinspoonsteinhardt.org Grinspoon-Steinhardt Awards for Excellence in Jewish Education] .

In 1999, JLN initiated one of its signature programs, birthright Israel, to provide young Jewish persons, age 18 to 26 years old, the opportunity to tour Israel for the first time.

The current acting president of the foundation is Robert P. Aronson, who succeeded the founding president Rabbi Irving "Yitz" Greenberg in the fall of 2007.

Since 1998, the foundation has published " [http://www.jewishlife.org/journal.html Contact] " a quarterly journal aiming "to stimulate discussion throughout the community on the most effective programs and ideas that will help to revitalize American Jewish life."

ee also

*Michael Steinhardt
*Birthright Israel
*Jewish education

External links

* [http://www.steinhardtfoundation.org/ The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life]
* [http://www.cmjs.org/ssri/ Steinhardt Social Research Institute]

References


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