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April 2004
Groundbreaking party on April 1, community invited
The
original structure of the Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center on Oka
Road in Los Gatos will come tumbling down Thursday, April 1, as the Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley begins construction of the new $22 million
Gloria and Ken Levy Family Campus.
San Jose Construction Company will begin the demolition at 10 a.m. at a Jewish ceremony celebrating the new beginning. The public is invited.
Building demolition will be followed on April 25 by a community-wide party celebrating the beginning of construction. The 116,000 square foot building is scheduled for completion in summer 2005. More
Yom Ha’Atzmaut Israelathon April 27
The Jewish community of San Jose will celebrate Israel’s 56th birthday at the Yom Ha’Atzmaut celebration on April 27. This year’s event will include an “Israelathon,” a fundraising event to benefit families with young children living in Kiryat Malachi, Israel.
“Israelathon” participants will seek sponsors and deliver donations to the Yom Ha’Atzmaut event. Individuals who participate in the fundraiser will have the chance to climb Masada (a rock-climbing wall), participate in an archeological dig in Jerusalem, go hula hooping in Eilat, and play paddleball in Tel Aviv - all without leaving San Jose! More
Jewish mega-donors give little to Jews
Robert Meyerhoff, a Maryland real-estate developer, and
his wife, Jane, promised last year to bequeath their $300 million collection
of more than 100 modern art works to Washington’s National Gallery
of Art.
Irwin Jacobs, chairman and chief executive officer of the San Diego wireless
company Qualcomm, and his wife, Joan, pledged $110 million to the University
of California-San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering, which bears
their name.
“This is the pattern of Jewish mega-giving,”
said Gary Tobin, president of the Institute of Jewish & Community
Research, in San Francisco.
“For the most part, the largest gifts that Jewish philanthropists
make go to higher education, health-related causes, and arts and culture
— that’s it.”
Last spring, Tobin unveiled a study tracking 188 mega-gifts
of $10 million or more by the nation’s 123 wealthiest Jews between
1995 and 2000; he plans to release a follow-up study in September.
Tobin’s initial study found that out of a total of $5.3 billion
in philanthropy by Jews, only $318 million — 6 percent — went
to Jewish institutions. More
SBI: Rabbi Kushner ‘Living a Life That Matters’
By
Bettina Rosenberg
Rabbi Harold S. Kushner will give the final lecture of the 2004 SBI lecture series on Thursday, April 22, 7:30 p.m., at Congregation Beth David. The talk, underwritten by Gloria and Ken Levy, will be on the topic “Living a Life That Matters.”
Kushner is rabbi laureate of Temple Israel of Natick, Mass., and has served that congregation for 24 years. He is best known as the author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, an international best seller first published in 1981. He has also written When All You’ve Ever Wanted Isn’t Enough, which was awarded the Christopher Medal for its contribution to the exaltation of the human spirit. More
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