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Promoting Inclusion and Diversity in Jewish Life

The Genesis Prize has awarded $1 million annually to Michael Douglas for the establishment of a matching grants fund that promotes inclusion and diversity in Jewish life. The fund generated $3.3 million when matched, supporting 28 geographically diverse grantees. This article provides a list of the grantees and their project descriptions.

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Promoting Inclusion and Diversity in Jewish Life

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  1. THE GENESIS PRIZE • A $1 million annual award • 2015 Genesis Prize Laureate: Michael Douglas • Signature Initiative: Establishment of a matching grants fund promote inclusion and diversity in Jewish life • Mr. Douglas’ prize award, combined with gifts from additional donors, created a fund of $1.65 million, which generated $3.3 million when matched.  

  2. TRENDS Applicants (81): • Geographically diverse • Focus on millennials and young families • Emphasis on expanding existing efforts • Majority requests for program support Grantees (28): • Even split between new and expanded efforts • Geographically diverse • Committed to diversity in the Jewish community, including but not limited to engaging intermarried families

  3. Be’chol Lashon (United States) • Big Tent Judaism (United States) • Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University (United States) • European JanuszKorczak Academy (Germany) • Friends of Rodeph Sholom School (United States) • Hebrew College (United States) • Hillel at UCLA (United States) • Honeymoon Israel (United States) • IKAR (United States) • InterfaithFamily (United States) • International Jewish Student Organization “Hillel” (Ukraine) • J-ArtEck Youth Education Center (Germany) • JCC Manhattan (United States) • JCC Warszawa/Jewish Community Center of Warsaw (Poland) • Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival (Israel) • Jewbelong (United States) • Jewish Family Service of the Cincinnati Area (United States) • Judaism Your Way (United States) • Kidum Le-Aliyah (Israel) • Memphis Jewish Federation (United States) • PJ Library (United States) • Sixth & I Historic Synagogue (United States) • Temple ShaarayTefila of Northern Westchester (United States) • The Daniel Centers for Progressive Judaism (Israel) • The United Jewish Congregation of Hong Kong (China) • Union for Reform Judaism (United States) • United Israel Appeal of Canada (Canada) • United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (United States) *A full list including project descriptions can be found on www.jfunders.org. GRANTEES*

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