Jewish Funds for Justice

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Jewish Funds for Justice
Formation1984;41 years ago (1984) [1]
Founder Si Kahn and David Tobin [1]
Dissolved2012;13 years ago (2012)
52-1332694 [2]
Legal status 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
Headquarters New York City, New York, United States of America [2]
Coordinates 40°44′52″N73°59′36″W / 40.7477734°N 73.9933646°W / 40.7477734; -73.9933646
Simon Greer [2]
Revenue$6,024,357 [2] (2011)
Expenses$6,007,281 [2] (2011)
Employees71 [2] (2010)
Volunteers20 [2] (2010)
Formerly called
Jewish Fund for Justice [3]

The Jewish Funds for Justice (JFSJ) was an American charity based in New York. In 2005, Simon Greer became its President and CEO. [4] In 2011, Progressive Jewish Alliance merged with Jewish Funds for Justice and became a new organization, Bend the Arc.

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History

The original Jewish Fund for Justice was created in 1984. Si Kahn and David Tobin spent eighteen months organizing the Fund. [1] Its first board chair was Kahn and its first executive director was Lois Roisman. [1]

Ruth Wisse argues that the Jewish Fund for Justice is one of a number of left-of-center Jewish organizations founded in the 1980s without explaining why a new, specifically Jewish charity was needed, in her view, the actual motivation was a need felt by highly educated people to counter rising antisemitism by means of "public avowals of kindliness and liberalism." [5]

Jewish Funds for Justice was created in 2006 when the Jewish Fund for Justice [6] merged with The Shefa Fund, which had been founded in 1990. Jewish Funds for Justice then merged with Spark: The Partnership for Jewish Service in February 2007. [3]

On June 1, 2011, Progressive Jewish Alliance merged with Jewish Funds for Justice, adopting the name Bend the Arc in 2012.

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Activities

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References

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Other Resources

Jacobs, Rabbi Jill (2010). There Shall Be No Needy: Pursuing Social Justice through Jewish Law and Tradition. Jewish Lights. ISBN   978-1580234252.