SparkIL launches $2.7m loan fund for Israel’s war-torn north For a loan as nominal as $25, lenders worldwide have a tangible way to directly help the Israeli people. Sept. 4, 2024
How SparkIL saved Meir and Rachel’s counseling business The first peer-to-peer lending platform in Israel offers borrowers access to a loan of up to $27,300 for five years at zero interest. Feb. 16, 2024
Why do Jews who worship social justice support social injustice? Liberals are backing open borders and loan bailouts that hurt working-class Americans and could lead to a massive wealth transfer from the less well-off to the more prosperous. Jonathan S. Tobin Aug. 30, 2022
Think tank: Israel’s gift of hundreds of millions of dollars to Palestinians violates law The Jerusalem-based Kohelet Policy Forum says “transferring funds as an ‘advance’ or as a ‘loan’ or labeling them with any other name cannot permit what the law prohibits, and does not confer authority on anyone, including a minister in Israel, to transfer funds.” Israel Kasnett Feb. 3, 2022
Google grants Israeli nonprofit lender $1 million ‘impact loan’ to help small businesses “Small businesses are the heart of the economy and in the past year we have felt the need to do more for them,” says Google Israel director Barak Regev. Feb. 17, 2021
Jewish philanthropies establish $80 million fund for nonprofits during pandemic The challenges have affected every sector of Jewish communal life, including organizational closures, staff layoffs, canceled programs, a pivot to online education and an increase in financial-aid needs. April 20, 2020
