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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

Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Eric K. Ward: Staying in the Room Together
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Episode 32 of What Gives? the Jewish philanthropy podcast from Jewish Funders Network.
Eric K. Ward, a nationally recognized expert on authoritarian movements, hate groups and preserving inclusive democracy, talks to JFN's Andres Spokoiny about the importance of fostering respectful and open debate.

Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
Bret Stephens: Fostering Jewish Conversations
Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
Episode 31 of What Gives? the Jewish philanthropy podcast from Jewish Funders Network.
New York Times columnist and Sapir Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens talks with JFN President and CEO Andrés Spokoiny about the importance and limits of civil debate and making room for a diversity of opinion in a time of polarization and echo chambers.

Wednesday Jul 06, 2022
Jonathan Goodman & Shawna Goodman Sone
Wednesday Jul 06, 2022
Wednesday Jul 06, 2022
Episode 30 of What Gives? the Jewish philanthropy podcast from Jewish Funders Network.
Brother and sister Jonathan Goodman and Shawna Goodman Sone (a JFN board member), of the Morris and Rosalind Goodman Family Foundation, talk about growing up in a philanthropic family, Jewish summer camp, and their shared funding interests.

Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
Amy Mandel: Sharing Philanthropic Power
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
Episode 29 of What Gives? the Jewish philanthropy podcast from Jewish Funders Network.
In Episode 29 of "What Gives?", the Jewish philanthropy podcast, Amy Mandel of Tzedek Social Justice Fund talks about participatory grantmaking, her decision to cede power over her foundation's grantmaking, and what it was like growing up the daughter of Morton Mandel, a major American Jewish philanthropist.

Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Felicia Herman: From Jewish History to Jewish Philanthropy
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
In Episode 28 of "What Gives?", the Jewish philanthropy podcast, Maimonides Fund COO and Sapir Managing Editor Felicia Herman talks about "geeking out" in Jewish historical archives, Jewish giving circles, and the impact of the pandemic on Jewish giving.

Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
Danny Hakim: Sports for Social Change
Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
In Episode 27 of "What Gives?", Danny Hakim, a board member of the Azrieli Foundation talks about the power of sports to solve social problems and bring disparate groups together. The founder of Budo for Peace (now called One Team – Sports for Social Change), Danny recently launched the Sports for Social Change Coalition, a growing movement of sports for peace stakeholders in Israel.
Mapping of Sports for Peace Coalition (in Hebrew)
Sports for Peace Coalition Info (in English)

Wednesday Dec 15, 2021
Fay Twersky: Philanthropy That Listens and Responds
Wednesday Dec 15, 2021
Wednesday Dec 15, 2021
In episode 26 of Jewish Funders Network's "What Gives?" philanthropy podcast, Fay Twersky, the president and director of the Atlanta-based Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation (and former vice president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation) discusses everything from the critical role philanthropy played in the LGBTQ rights movement to participatory grantmaking, to strengthening grantmaker-grantseeker relationships,

Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Georgette Bennett: How She Mobilized Jews and Muslims to Help Syrians
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
In Episode 25 of JFN's Jewish philanthropy podcast, former JFN Board Chair Georgette Bennett talks about her new book, "Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By," her experience growing up the child of Jewish refugees, and how to forge multifaith coalitions.

Tuesday Oct 12, 2021
Eytan Stibbe: Israeli Astronaut and Philanthropist
Tuesday Oct 12, 2021
Tuesday Oct 12, 2021
In episode 24 of "What Gives?" the Jewish philanthropy podcast from Jewish Funders Network, JFN President and CEO Andrés Spokoiny talks to renowned Israeli fighter pilot Eytan Stibbe about his philanthropy, impact investing, and how his friend Ilan Ramon inspired him to travel to outer space.

Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
Adina Shapiro & Reem Younis: The Growth of Arab Philanthropy in Israel
Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
In Episode 23 of "What Gives?" the Jewish philanthropy podcast from Jewish Funders Network, JFN Board Member Adina Shapiro and Israeli Entrepreneur/Philanthropist Reem Younis talk about Qudra, a new network for Israel's growing community of Arab philanthropists.