Binny led Foundation staff and Trustees on a 19-year learning journey that shaped the directions of our Israel grantmaking.
U.S. camp provides two-week escape for Israeli teens displaced by war
100 Israeli teens uprooted by the war attended Machane Am Echad, a special summer camping experience in the Poconos.
Prophecy vs. Destiny? Building bridges to extinguish hate
With many Jews feeling alone and abandoned in this moment, CEO Idana Goldberg writes that we must redouble our commitment to building bridges, no matter how difficult and painful it may be.
Summit rallies local leaders to intensify bridge-building efforts
The Jewish Council of Public Affairs hosted a June summit to help local community relations leaders rally diverse groups around the fact that antisemitism threatens not only Jews but all communities.
Integrating health and diabetes care into Israel’s local authorities
The Russell Berrie Galilee Diabetes SPHERE initiative launched a mobile unit that brings “one-stop-shop” care to residents across the North of Israel.
The Russell Berrie Foundation Pauses Funding to Columbia University
Board President Angelica Berrie stated, "We hope the University can move beyond this toxic chapter in its history and support students and scholars of all faiths and backgrounds in engaging in civil discourse and building bridges across differences.”
The North of Israel can’t afford for us to wait for greater certainty
CEO Idana Goldberg writes that Israel won’t be able to emerge from current crises stronger and more resilient unless greater public, private, and philanthropic support is directed to the North.
Israeli artists at HBCUs expose American students to diverse culture and creation
This spring, students and faculty at Xavier University of Louisiana, the only Catholic historically Black university in the U.S., are creating and learning together with two artists and musicians from Israel.
"Community Calls" pursues stronger interfaith and community ties post-October 7th
At a February 25 “Community Calls” event hosted by the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades, Imam Abdullah Antepli from Duke University, Rabbi Hilly Haber from Central Synagogue, and Dr. Terrence L. Johnson, an expert in African American religious studies at Harvard Divinity School, engaged in a panel discussion exploring how to build relationships across faiths in a post-October 7 world.