Tzedaka

Tzedakah: The happiness of giving instead of spending on ourselves - opinion

Spending money on others has a stronger, more lasting impact on happiness than spending it on ourselves.

VOLUNTEERS PRESENT food packages to elderly people in Tel Aviv last year. The pleasure of giving often feels different from the fleeting rush of acquiring something for ourselves, the writer notes.
MAKING MATZAH in Jerusalem last week: Historically, community leaders would collect donations of flour, wheat, or money to provide matzah, wine and other essential Passover provisions to impoverished families.

What are the ancient and modern practices of Passover's Kimcha de’Pischa? - opinion

 THE PINCHEVSKYS in Israel

‘Philanthropy starts with curiosity’

 Businesswoman sitting on her desk in an office (illustrative).

American Jewish World Service to lay off 10% of staff and exit 3 countries where it has provided aid


Activism through alcohol

Wine Wednesday goes global.

'Wine, charity and people who care about stuff’: Wine Wednesday co-founder Emma Datney introduces the Global event atop the bar

Pack it up

The IFCJ and local organizations team up to provide children with school knapsacks.

A generous outpouring of support. Donations of used backpacks are so plentiful they filled a warehouse

Raising Arrows: Charity with a happy heart

"I am thankful she not only gave her own things to another person whom she did not even know, but also gave them with a happy heart."

A Charity box in Paris.

Getting the ‘tzedaka’ flowing

Israeli startup JGive wants to streamline charitable donations.

'All the charities and all the donors can meet,’ says JGive Founder and CEO Ori Ben-Shlomo

Extensional Judaism

The Jerusalem Post

Israelis rally to celebrate the release of ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’

Fans of franchise use occasion of new film's release to raise money for a good cause.

Princess Leia, a.k.a. Fleur Hassan-Nachum, and a Stormtrooper at the VIP screening of ‘Star Wars’ in Jerusalem

Helping children across boundaries

Bayit Ham and Akamasoa: Worlds apart, with similar goals

Father Pedro Opeka in Madagascar

Yael's Corner: Spreading the light

In this dark world, there are endless opportunities to spread light if we simply open our eyes and don’t fear starting with small steps.

YAEL ECKSTEIN and her family lighting the Hanukka candles.

This Hanukka, ‘Give One Night’ to Jewish children in need around the world

The campaign calls on Jewish families around the world to choose one night to donate to needy Jewish children instead of giving presents.

A young girl lights a hanukkia

Facebook's Zuckerberg pledges 99% of family's wealth to charity

Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan made the pledge, which is worth approximately $45 billion, in a Facebook post Tuesday announcing the birth of their daughter, Max Chan Zuckerberg.

Mark Zuckerberg