Warning of a new generation of “Jewish ignoramuses,” mega-philanthropist Michael Steinhardt urged a gathering of donors and education leaders to double financial support for Jewish day schools. Steinhardt, founder of the Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education, told the group’s first assembly of donors, education leaders and professionals that some 700 Jewish day schools fell $500 million short of the $2 billion they need annually to operate effectively — at a time when only 20 percent of all philanthropy from Jews goes to Jewish causes.
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