Foundation Spotlight
Taube and Koret Award New Collaborative Funds to Museum of the History of Polish Jews
March 26, 2012 -- The Taube and Koret Foundations proudly announce new grants to the Museum of the History of Polish Jews. These include a joint matching grant, which provide a valuable incentive to raise and/or contribute matching funds during this final, most critical phase of the Museum's completion.
Koret Taube Jewish Peoplehood Initiative
The Koret Foundation and Taube Philanthropies have launched a major initiative focused on Jewish Peoplehood, committing close to $100 million to capital projects, operating support and funding for Jewish cultural programs in the Bay Area, Poland and Israel.
Jewish Heritage Initiative in Poland
Founded in 2003, the JHIP nurtures the revival of Jewish life in Poland, furthers awareness of this resurgence among Jews and non-Jews, and fosters positive interest in Poland and Polish Jews among Jews worldwide.
With thanks to your ongoing involvement, the JHIP has become a major force in the revitalization of Jewish life in Poland, supporting more than 70 programs and five new educational initiatives in the arenas of scholarship, genealogy and publishing; the arts and cultural forums; educational tourism; and heritage restoration.
Honorary Consul for
the Republic of Poland
In May 2007, the Republic of Poland appointed businessman and philanthropist Tad Taube, one of the Bay Area's distinguished civic leaders, to represent Poland as an Honorary Consul in northern California. Mr. Taube was born in Krakow, Poland, in 1931 and immigrated to the United States in the summer of 1939, just weeks before the outbreak of World War II. He has dedicated his life to efforts strengthening the civic and cultural life in both the United States and Poland and to building a close connection between the two.
Poland in the News
Konstanty Gebert Visited Bay Area and Los Angeles
Konstanty Gebert, scholar in residence at the Taube Center for the Renewal of Jewish Life in Poland, came to California in February 2012. He was a guest speaker at the Limmud in Los Angeles and had a full schedule of other speaking engagements organized by the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles and by the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life & Culture in San Francisco
Chanukah Candles Lighted in the Polish Parliament
A ceremony to light the Chanukah candles took place in the main chamber of the Polish Parliament on December 21, 2011.
Jewish Thought Leaders
Grant Highlights
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Through the Taube and Koret Foundations I have had the great privilege of being involved in literally tens of millions of dollars of philanthropy. Most of those dollars and efforts have been focused on projects, organizations and programs that have a local or regional impact here in the Bay Area. But if you ask me what I am most proud of, it has to be my involvement in Poland. With that work, we are literally changing a country. -Tad Taube |