The Lilith Blog

December 4, 2014 by

Finally: Relief from GivingTuesday Emails

SUPPORTERS-artYou’ve been bombarded with GivingTuesday emails. We know. 

At this point, they’ve all started to look the same. In fact, you haven’t opened one all week.

We get it.

And we won’t bore you with more of the same. Instead, we offer you Lilith’s guide to Giving Tuesday: a selection of articles to help you think about how to give, what to give, and to whom you should give.

A ninth-grader derives tzedakah lessons as she sorts through her family’s philanthropy.
 
Susan Weidman Schneider on learning value from a New Orleans street performer.
 
Why is women’s charity undervalued in the Jewish community? Is it because women tend to give differently than men?

 
Feminist Philanthropy
Female philanthropists are putting their tzedakah right where their personal politics are. 
 
Philanthropy Begins at Home

What if you’re Jewish and you don’t have any money to speak of?