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Nov 27, 2019

Giving Strategies: Year-end Tax Planning

by David Harris

A Giving Strategies post by Jim Friedman, Director of Gift Planning & Endowment, and Deb Steinbuch, Director of Planned Giving and Endowment, Jewish Federation of Cincinnati

The end of the year has always been an advantageous time to review strategies to reduce overall income tax liability…

Nov 22, 2019

Leah’s Story: A Long Hard Road to Thankfulness

“A love letter”

“I was in terrible shape financially, physically, and emotionally, and I was homeless,” said Leah. She had come for an interview, relaxed but engaged, four years after her time of worst crisis. Sitting alongside her care manager, Melissa, at the Jewish Federation of …

Nov 15, 2019

Cincy Fellow: In Israel, To Live Is to Live Jewishly

Cincy Fellow Ezra Babcock stands in the middle of a deserted interstate in Netanya on Yom Kippur, when only emergency vehicles operate.
 

Ezra Babcock, 23, is spending a year in Netanya, Israel as the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati’s Cincinnati Fellow in Israel, or Cincy Fellow. Ezra…

Nov 8, 2019

Delegation of Cincinnati Women Head to New York to ‘Imagine More’

by David Harris

A delegation of 11 Cincinnati woman attended the JDC’s Imagine More conference.
 

A dozen women from the Jewish Cincinnati community traveled to New York City for a first-of-its-kind summit: Imagine More. The event was the inaugural global women’s summit of the Joint Distribution Co…

Nov 8, 2019

Giving Strategies: A Donor-Advised Fund is a Win-Win

by David Harris

Jewish Federation donor Mike Safdi recently increased his charitable impact thanks to his donor-advised fund.
 

A Giving Strategies post by Jewish Federation of Cincinnati

Would you like to increase your support of the Cincinnati Jewish community, while also minimizing your tax burden…