The success of Jewish fundraising has an almost mythic quality, yet for better or worse, Jewish nonprofits have struggled to adjust to significant changes in Jewish philanthropy. This session will examine three factors that lend Jewish fundraising its unique set of challenges and opportunities—the values that underlie concepts of asking and giving in the Jewish world, the shifts in the Jewish communal infrastructure, and the emergence of new wealth and the new Jewish donor.

Amy Sales, Fisher-Bernstein Institute for Jewish Philanthropy and Leadership, Waltham, Mass.
David Mersky, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass.