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Jewish People's Fund

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Transparency, Truth, and Restitution

Singer
Holocaust survivors are not the only persons charged with making decisions for the Jewish people about how to use monies that will not be needed after they die.

Our Task: To Dignify the Lives of Survivors

Eva Fogelman
Why are we talking about excess riches when there is no money to pay for survivors’ basic necessities like hearing aids, medication, dentures, and transportation?

Let Us Not Fight Over the Yerushah

Michael Berenbaum
While I endorse the concept of a Jewish People’s Fund that Singer proposes, I fear we have not yet discharged the responsibilities that we have toward the survivors that are still with us.

Use Restituted Funds for Urgent Survivors’ Needs

David Schaecter
There are enormous and unacceptable shortfalls in social service funding, including long-term in-home health care that is essential to the dignity and health of survivors.

Sharing Knowledge: A Key to Our Survival

Marcella
Today’s solution is not the solution for tomorrow. It is simply part of tomorrow’s foundation.

Visions for a Jewish People’s Fund

Visions:
Sh’ma queried many people for innovative and creative ways to allocate a Jewish People’s Fund. You can read those visions and add your own.

Changing Notions of Torah