OPINION | "Some foods, like chicken soup and challah, are Jewish because our grandmothers made them. Others became Jewish because a kosher symbol landed on a supermarket box and a community decided it was theirs." By Sara Fredman Aeder ejphil.com/5jw9v

OPINION | "Canadian philanthropy continues to evolve. While private foundations remain an essential source of charitable funds, DAFs are playing an increasingly important role for charities of all sizes." By Randy Speigel ejphil.com/5jw8g

Leon Black, the Apollo Global Management co-founder who fell from grace amid revelations about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, cannot find organizations to accept money from his family foundation, said @WilliamCohan, author of a book about Black. ejphil.com/5jvv6

Purim costumes sparked a conversation about creating an eruv for the growing community, a goal set 20 years ago by leaders striving to cultivate an inclusive congregation. A campaign was launched the following month, and last week it was completed. ejphil.com/5jvqh

A piece of political theater — mostly but probably not entirely pointless — played out in Israel this week, as it does ahead of every national election: the disqualification of political parties. Full story from @JudahAriGross: ejphil.com/5jvkf

Your Daily Phil: The Stella D'oro Effect: Can a cookie save Sunkist Fruit Gems? • Greenpoint Shul establishes eruv for North Brooklyn • Investor Leon Black can't give his money because of Epstein ties, biographer says • Save the Fruit Gems ejphil.com/5jvbt

“It's about embracing a fundamental truth: Jewish advocacy is stronger when rooted in Jewish knowledge.” In @eJPhil, Meggie Wyschogrod Fredman, AJC’s U.S. Director of Jewish Communal Engagement and Partnerships, explains why AJC is investing in Jewish learning and why knowing what we are advocating for requires knowing who we are. She explores how Torah study is integral to strengthening Jewish identity, deepens our understanding of the values we advocate for, and informs our path forward. AJC is launching a year of global Jewish learning by kicking off our partnership with the Simchat Torah Challenge. We dedicate this year to the memory of the victims of Hamas’ October 7 attack, honoring their lives by continuing the tradition of Jewish learning that has sustained the Jewish people for generations. ajc.org/news/why-todays-glob…

In an interview at 92NY, William D. Cohan, who wrote a new book on Apollo co-founder Leon Black, said Black has "a billion dollars in his foundation that he’s having trouble giving away because people don’t want it" due to his Epstein ties. Read more: ejphil.com/5junb

OPINION | "This is why we know at the AJC that engaging in Torah learning is not a departure from our mission — it is a deepening of it." By Meggie Wyschogrod Fredman, @AJCGlobal's U.S. director of Jewish communal engagement and partnerships ejphil.com/5jsjy

OPINION | "The rising level of poverty in Israel should provoke a harder question for all of us who give, allocate and receive philanthropic dollars." By Avital Blonder ejphil.com/5jr25

Your Daily Phil: JFNA’s got talent: Mandel Foundation is nurturing it • Sunkist Fruit Gems, a colorful kosher staple of synagogue celebrations, discontinued • Why today’s global advocacy demands investment in Torah learning • A sukkah is not a home ejphil.com/5jpvr

After more than a half-century of sweetening Jewish events, the kosher staple Sunkist Fruit Gems has been discontinued as of May, eJewishPhilanthropy has learned. “They’ve gone from being a classic candy to being a collectible.” ejphil.com/5jpep

Who among us hasn't whipped one of these as hard as we can at our friend's faces (out of love)?

They had the perfect softness to pelt at 13 year olds. You don't know what you got till it's gone. My latest in @eJPhil ejewishphilanthropy.com/sunk…

News you can use from @jaydeitcher: Sunkist Fruit Gems, a colorful staple of synagogue celebrations, discontinued ejewishphilanthropy.com/sunk…

OPINION | "The tragic reality of 21st-century America is that, for many Jews, university campuses have become a kind of battlefield, and too many young Jews arrive unprepared." By Richard Kemp ejphil.com/5jmjb

A new program from Sir Ronald Cohen’s Portland Trust Israel, dubbed Oz Ve’Ruach (“Strength and Spirit”), is piloting an effort to train reservists in AI and other tech fields to help them reintegrate into the Israeli tech workforce. ejphil.com/5jm4b

eJewishPhilanthropy spoke with @UJAfedNY's Hindy Poupko to discuss her expanded role, representing New York City’s politically diverse Jewish community and how the federation is preparing for anti-Israel demonstrations this week. Full interview: ejphil.com/5jkgm

OPINION | "A canary in a coal mine doesn’t sing to save itself. It sings so the miners still have time to climb out. Consider this our song." By Sam Jefferies and Joe Schocken ejphil.com/5jk8d

Your Daily Phil: UJA-Fed N.Y. steps deeper into the political fray • Portland Trust Israel pilots program to move wounded reservists into lucrative tech careers • Treasury moves to terminate tax-exempt status for some universities, private schools ejphil.com/5jjjr