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LOOSE CHANGE: Prince Charles finds a Jewish cause, ex-NFL-ers to donate their brains, and stripping

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I think the headline for this post speaks for itself:

  • The Broad Foundation gave $44 million to Harvard for the creation of a new education research school, according to the WSJ.
  • Portfolio.com recounts an event where Muhammad Yunis explains the difference between micro-lending and sub-prime lending. “It’s extreme greed. You misled people into getting involved. It’s irresponsible capitalism,” said the Nobel Prize winner.
  • Prince Charles will become a patron of the Jewish Museum in London, making it his first Jewish cause.
  • Germany has increased its financial support of the Jewish community there, boosting its annual gift to the Central Council of Jews in Germany by about $2.9 million this year.
  • The Ellis Island Museum will get a $20 million expansion. Fund raising is about 75 percent complete and includes a $1 million gift from the Annenberg Foundation, according to the New York Times. But the president and CEO of the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Stephen A. Briganti, is concerned about raising the rest.
  • Gold medalist Michael Phelps returned home to Baltimore to pick up a $250,000 check for his foundation from Kellog’s, says the AP.
  • I hope this is not a trend: A charity ball in Sussex, England, was called off because organizers could not sell enough tickets due to the economic downturn, reports BBC.
  • Twelve athletes, including several former NFL players, will donate their brains to Boston University Medical School after their deaths, for a study on the effect of concussions. Is there any irony in athletes donating their brains? That would be like journalists donating money.
  • Move is afoot in Ft. Lauderdale to start a foundation to help deal with housing foreclosures.

And now from the Jewish media:

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