Jewish Giving: Philanthropy and the Shaping of American Jewish Life

by Jack Wertheimer

Evaluating Jewish donors over time

The American Jewish philanthropic enterprise is unparalleled in scope, dynamism, and the diversity of funders and the causes they support. Yet even as Jewish giving has been largely successful in responding with alacrity to emergencies, it has been subjected to severe criticism. What once was regarded as a point of pride has become the object of scorn and dismissal, with skepticism--if not harsh...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147983632X
• ISBN13: 9781479836321
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 368 Pages