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When generational differences clash over family foundation giving priorities

Our family foundation has traditionally supported Jewish causes, but the younger generation wants to diversify our giving to include climate action and racial justice organizations, and the older generation worries we're losing our cultural identity and abandoning community obligations.

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A family is confronting whether maintaining cultural continuity requires limiting moral imagination to familiar boundaries.

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“Where Are You with Charitable giving across traditions?”

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