Marty Levine

Marty Levine April 15, 2022 In this season of Passover, Ramadan, and Easter I wonder if we, as a nation can rise above our focus on just ourselves. Rabbi...

Marty Levine April 8, 2022 In 2015 the editors of Nonprofit Quarterly published their definition of Philanthropy. “ A Greek term which directly translated means ‘love of mankind.’ Philanthropy...

Marty Levine March 31, 2022 It seems to not matter if government programs work; or if they actually improve people’s lives. What matters from both sides of the political...

March 25, 2022 Should we be hopeful that times they might be “a-changin’?   Could we be reaching a tipping point when reality would finally overcome the fantasy that Israel...

Marty Levine March 15, 2022 This is not a pleasant story to write. I want so much to return to a time when I saw Israel as a place...

Marty Levine March 13, 2022 Last week, in his first State of the Union address, President Joe Biden felt that among all of the other challenges our nation and...

On Ethical Philanthropy Marty Levine March 6, 2022 I wasn’t quite sure how I should react to this story. Should I be shocked by what these voices of responsible...

Marty Levine March 2, 2022 Has my criticism of philanthropy and philanthropists been wrong? This is a question I have been mulling over for the past couple of weeks....

Marty Levine February 25, 2022 How important is understanding our history? Is it important for us to open up the wrongs of the past as we try to understand...

Marty Levine February 17, 2022 Last week the Chronicle of Philanthropy published its list of 2021’s 50 largest philanthropists. And they are large. In total, they contributed $25.48 billion...