Lila Corwin Berman: Judaism Unbound Episode 244 - The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex
Lila Corwin Berman, director of the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History and author of the upcoming book The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex: The History of a Multibillion Dollar Institution, joins Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg for a conversation looking at the history of Jewish philanthropy, along with an exploration of how Jewish philanthropists are responding to COVID-19.
[1] Learn more about Lila Corwin Berman here. Purchase The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex: The History of a Multibillion Dollar Institution by clicking here.
[2] Listen in to Lila Corwin Berman’s previous appearances on Judaism Unbound here - Episode 75: The Myth of Apolitical Judaism - Lila Corwin Berman, Episode 220: Viral Philanthropy - Lila Corwin Berman
[3] Berman references an influential article by William Novak, entitled “The Myth of the ‘Weak’ American State.” You can read it here.
[4] For more of Berman’s thoughts on this topic, see “Democratizing American Jewish Philanthropy New Models for Capital Circulation,” a report that she wrote in partnership with Matthew Berkman. For a short piece featured in JTA on similar topics, see “It’s Time to Talk About Democratizing Jewish Philanthropy.”
[5] Toward the end of the episode, Lila Corwin Berman alludes to The Jewish Future Pledge. Learn more about it here.