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Les Lenkowsky & the Jewish philanthropic tradition in America

Les Lenkowsky & the Jewish philanthropic tradition in America

Season 7 Episode 4 Published 1 year ago
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This week on Givers, Doers, & Thinkers, Jeremy is joined by one of America’s foremost thinkers on philanthropy, Indiana University’s Les Lenkowsky, about the Jewish philanthropic tradition in America. They highlight, in particular, Julius Rosenwald, who funded over 5,000 schools for African Americans in the Deep South in the first half of the 20th century. They also discuss the impact of the Trump administration on contemporary philanthropy and touch on the troubling rise of anti-Semitism. 

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