JLens Engages Israeli Company Teva on the Opioid Crisis
Over 183,000 Americans have died from opioid overdoes during the past 16 years, producing a devastating impact not only for individuals...
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Rabbi Jacob Siegel
Apr 16, 20194 min read
Investor Spotlight: Jewish Community Foundation San Diego
Interview with Beth Sirull, President & CEO, Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego Q. What was JCF San Diego's process to consider...
Rabbi Jacob Siegel
Mar 22, 20192 min read
JLens Represents Jewish Communal Capital at Interreligious Vatican Summit
Last week, the Vatican invited JLens to participate in a conference on religions and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, a...
Rabbi Jacob Siegel
Feb 1, 20192 min read
Investor Spotlight: Hadassah
JLens is thrilled to have Hadassah as an investor and supporter of our mission! Janice Weinman, CEO of Hadassah, spoke with Rabbi Jacob...
JLens Team
Nov 27, 20185 min read
Airbnb Abandons Corporate Social Responsibility Values by Acquiescing to BDS Campaign
Airbnb executives acquiesced last week to pressure from the BDS (“Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions”) campaign by removing roughly 200...
JLens Team
Oct 24, 20182 min read
JLens Receives $10 Million Impact Investment from Leichtag Foundation
Leichtag's challenge investment seeks to grow JLens' Jewish Advocacy Strategy above $100 million The Leichtag Foundation has awarded a...
JLens Team
May 19, 20183 min read
Gun Violence and Investing
JLens' position on gun violence and investing is influenced by Jewish tradition which generally views weapons unfavorably, seeing them as...
Rabbi Joshua Ratner
Oct 24, 20171 min read
Investment Insights for the Jewish Community to Further the UN Sustainable Development Goals
JLens was asked to convene Jewish institutions to consider how they might further the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in advance of...
Rabbi Jacob Siegel
Aug 22, 20174 min read
Boston's Judaism-infused Impact Investment
"There is no guarantee," your financial advisor explains. "But a new investment called a Social Impact Bond could return a profit in...
Rabbi Joshua Ratner
May 23, 20172 min read
Merck's 2017 Shareholder Resolutions: product safety, corporate governance, and Israel
My name is Rabbi Josh Ratner and I am the Director of Advocacy at JLens, a Jewish values-based investor network that owns thousands of...
Julie Hammerman
Dec 14, 20162 min read
Anti-Israel BDS Attacks Fail at Cisco
Unfortunately attacks against Israel in the responsible investing arena have increased due to inroads by the BDS (Boycott, Divestment,...
Rabbi Jacob Siegel
Sep 21, 20163 min read
Tikkun Olam Through Shareholder Advocacy
[This blog series will introduce eJewish Philanthropy readers to three impact investing strategies: shareholder advocacy, ESG...
Julie Hammerman
Aug 17, 20163 min read
Jewish Insights from Vatican Conference on Impact Investing
This summer, Catholic leaders from around the world gathered in Rome for three days to discuss the topic of “impact investing.” The...
Rabbi Jacob Siegel
Jun 16, 20164 min read
Seek Profit or Impact? A Rabbi's Advice for Investors
Many of us feel a tension when it comes to money and wealth. And that’s a good thing. For thousands of years, the leaders of the Jewish...
Julie Hammerman
Mar 9, 20164 min read
Internal protest at Methodist pension after Israel divestment
Last month the $21 billion Methodist pension divested from five Israeli banks to appease the church’s anti-Israel BDS (Boycott Divest...
Julie Hammerman
Nov 19, 20152 min read
Opposition to Holy Land Principles Resolution
Statement delivered at the Cisco Annual Shareholder Meeting My name is Julie Hammerman and I run a socially responsible investment...
Julie Hammerman
Sep 16, 20152 min read
Opposition to Berkeley's Israel divestment resolution
Public Testimony Opposing the City of Berkeley's Israel Divestment Resolution At the core of tonight’s resolution is an investment...
Beth deBeer
Feb 18, 20152 min read
My Journey through Judaism and Impact Investing
I grew up in the suburbs of New York City. While much of what was on inside of my house was similar to my American neighbors, my father,...
Julie Hammerman
Jun 24, 20143 min read
Impact Investing Through a Jewish Lens
This blog post from eJewish Philanthropy is based on a presentation at the Jewish Funders Network 2014 Conference Impact investing has...
Avi Deutsch
Jun 18, 20143 min read
Takeaways From TBLI USA Conference
I have always known that I wanted to be at the forefront of social change, yet I have spent the better part my adult life trying to...
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