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The issues, stories, and people changing the world in philanthropy and the Jewish community. If you like "What Gives?" be sure to check out "Outside the Tzedakah Box" (https://honeycomb.org/podcast-outside-tzedakah-box/) a podcast on Jewish youth philanthropy from JFN's Honeycomb.
Episodes

Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
Yotam Polizer: IsraAID’s frontline Humanitarian Work
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
Episode 42 of What Gives? the Jewish philanthropy podcast from Jewish Funders Network. Yotam Polizer, CEO of IsraAID, talks to JFN President and CEO Andres Spokoiny about how IsraAid is able to deploy to places where Israel doesn't have diplomatic relations, and the knock on effects of sending aid from Israel to unfriendly territories. Yotam spoke about how a humanitarian organization fundraises at times when there isn’t a disaster in the news, and about the steps that he and his team take to ensure that they stay mentally and emotionally happy in the face of this difficult work.

Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Casper ter Kuile: Building Spiritual Connections Locally and Digitally
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Episode 41 of What Gives? the Jewish philanthropy podcast from Jewish Funders Network. Casper ter Kuile, CEO of the Nearness, talks to JFN President and CEO Andres Spokoiny about Casper’s work in seeking to create a new structure of community experience that uses the ease and accessibility of the internet while also building local connections that become deep friendships. Casper and Andres dive into what the spiritual leadership of the post-COVID world looks like, which models of community we can learn from in creating spiritual belonging, and the importance of the Jewish community asking itself the hard, uncomfortable questions about where it’s going, like what the boundaries of Judaism should be.

Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Dara Horn: The Problem with Holocaust Education
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Episode 40 of What Gives? the Jewish philanthropy podcast from Jewish Funders Network. Award-winning author, essayist, and professor of literature Dara Horn talks to JFN President and CEO Andres Spokoiny about her recent essay in the Atlantic, Is Holocaust Education Making Anti-Semitism Worse? They speak about this hallmark of Jewish education, and education about Jews, that has been so prevalent for the last 50 years. Dara talks about what she found in her research for the piece, her thoughts about identity, antisemitism, Jewish culture, and much, much more.

Wednesday May 31, 2023
Dan Smokler: Reinventing the Old for an Innovative Future
Wednesday May 31, 2023
Wednesday May 31, 2023
Episode 39 of What Gives? the Jewish philanthropy podcast from Jewish Funders Network. Daniel Smokler, Chief Innovation Officer of the Office of Innovation, talks to JFN President and CEO Andres Spokoiny about how the philosophy of l'chadaysh et ha'yashan, renewing the old, informs his practice of innovation, how his family history of philanthropy influences his own journey, the changes in rabbinical leadership, and the delayed awakening that could come out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tuesday May 09, 2023
David Bernstein: The Threat of Illiberalism
Tuesday May 09, 2023
Tuesday May 09, 2023
Episode 38 of What Gives? the Jewish philanthropy podcast from Jewish Funders Network. David Bernstein, Founder and CEO of the Jewish Institute for Liberal Values, talks to JFN President and CEO Andres Spokoiny about the threat of illiberalism facing the Jewish community and the United States at large. They discuss what kind of America the Jewish community should be striving to live in and how that can be achieved.

Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Eli Paley: Opening Our Communities to the Haredi Sector
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Episode 37 of What Gives? the Jewish philanthropy podcast from Jewish Funders Network. Businessman and social activist Eli Paley, talks to JFN President and CEO Andres Spokoiny about strategies for opening our communities to the Haredi sector.

Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Ari Wallach: The long-term goal of a vibrant Jewish future
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Episode 36 of What Gives? the Jewish philanthropy podcast from Jewish Funders Network.
Ari Wallach, Founder and Executive Director of Longpath Labs, talks to JFN President and CEO Andres Spokoiny about the case for presenting a positive vision of the future. We discussed the long-term goal of a vibrant and meaningful Jewish future, and spoke about working backwards to determine what steps are necessary to get there

Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
Yohanan Plesner: Democracy in Israel
Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
Episode 35 of What Gives? the Jewish philanthropy podcast from Jewish Funders Network.
Yohanan Plesner, President of the Israel Democracy Institute, talks to JFN President and CEO Andres Spokoiny about the consequences of the new Israeli government’s judicial reform initiatives, how today’s issues compare to existential threats of Israel’s past, and Yohanan's hopes and aspirations for the future of Israeli democracy.

Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Carly Maisel: Shining a Light on Antisemitism
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Episode 34 of What Gives? the Jewish philanthropy podcast from Jewish Funders Network.
Carly Maisel, Global CEO of The Kirsh Foundation, talks to JFN President and CEO Andres Spokoiny about Shine a Light on Antisemitism, a new initiative that she is spearheading. They speak about offering a new take on an intractable problem, partnering among funders, and how to get competitive organizations to work together.

Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Einat Wilf: Reclaiming Zionism
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
In Episode 33 of "What Gives," author and former Knesset member Einat Wilf talks to JFN President and CEO Andres Spokoiny about why so many people in the world misunderstand Israel and Zionism.