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Books We’re Reading Now

Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe

Dirt by Bill Buford

Invisible Child by Andrea Elliot

Juneteenth by Annette Gordon Reed

Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans

From Left to Right by Nancy Sinkoff

Empathy Diaries by Sherry Turkle

New York, New York, New York by Thomas Dyja

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Eli Evans, ‘poet laureate of Southern Jews’ and influential grant-maker, dies at 85

JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY— July 28, 2022 — It was the landmark 1993 handshake between Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israel prime minister Yitzchak Rabin that inspired Eli Evans to invest, for the third time, in “Sesame Street.” As an executive…

Eli N. Evans, z’l

The Trustees and staff of the Charles H. Revson Foundation mourn the passing of Eli N. Evans, its founding President. Through his great generosity of spirit, love of Israel and the Jewish People, profound belief in the promise of American…

Press Release: GoVoteNYC Funder Collaborative Announces $1.05 Million in Grants to Get Out the Vote

THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST— April 26, 2022 — The GoVoteNYC Fund in The New York Community Trust has announced $1.05 million in grants to 11 nonprofits for nonpartisan get-out-the-vote activities. Targeting more than 2 million new and infrequent voters,…