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A giving people.(charitable donations)
Within three weeks of the Asian tsunami disaster, private donors in America had given even more than the $350 million in official assistance pledged by the U.S. government, note researchers Gary Tobin, Alexander Karp, and Aryeh Weinberg in a forthcoming study entitled "American Mega-Giving." With private contributions continuing to pour in, and $6 million per day of relief assistance being carried out by nearly 20,000 U.S. troops, total U.S. aid for this disaster will exceed $1 billion.
And as impressive as that sum is, Tobin, Karp, and Weinberg note that it is far less than 1 percent of the total amount Americans will donate to the less fortunate this year. In 2003, the latest year for which complete data are available, Americans gave $241 billion to charitable causes. We will offer up considerably more in 2005, as our historic pattern is to give more with each passing year. "For Americans, responding to a crisis is not unusual. Millions of Americans respond to the everyday crises of life all the time."
Americans donate like no other people, the researchers note, whether you look at total donations, per capita giving, size of gifts, or types of giving. "The European country with the greatest tradition of giving, Britain, gave approximately $14 billion in 2003. Even after adjusting for population differences, British giving constitutes less than one ...
- 'Take action against GSS in Deri case'
- Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post Itim March 10, 1996 700+ words
...those of the other defendants were being tapped, and hinted that he was told this by GSS contacts. Deri, Moshe Weinberg, Aryeh Weinberg and Yom-Tov Rubin are on trial for fraud, taking bribes and breach of trust. The inquiry team, appointed a year ago...
- High Court: Deri not allowed to tape trial. Key witness arrives from...
- Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post Evelyn Gordon January 25, 1995 700+ words
...According to the indictment, Deri took bribes from his three co-defendants in the trial - Yom Tov Rubin and Moshe and Aryeh Weinberg - in exchange for using his influence in the Interior Ministry to help three non-profit organizations in which all four...
- Anti-Semitism Continues to Surge on College Campuses.
- Newspaper article from: Education Letter November 11, 2009 700+ words
...edition. Released in 2005, The UnCivil University exposed how American Universities had become politicized institutions; where...remains incapable of responding," explains co-author Aryeh Weinberg. "There is no quick fix to the problem and we have to be...
- Court rejects Deri's request to see evidence
- Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post Itim December 13, 1996 700+ words
...Moussia Arad ruled the issue of the leaks was irrelevant to the guilt or innocence of the defendants, Deri, Moshe and Aryeh Weinberg, and Yom-Tov Rubin. The prosecution maintained the material was classified. In rejecting the request, the justices...
- Between the lines.(DATA POINT)
- Magazine article from: University Business Fliegler, Caryn Meyers February 1, 2006 700+ words
...UNCIVIL UNIVERSITY: Politics and Propaganda in American Education Gary Tobin, Aryeh Weinberg, and Jenna Ferer Institute for Jewish &...REquired several schools to stop using Native American mascots. George WILL, the conservative columnist...
- Shmulevitz resumes testimony in Aryeh Deri trial
- Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post Itim April 25, 1995 700+ words
...Yeshiva, Shmulevitz said the the Prisoner Rehabilitation Center was established by Deri, Yom-Tov Rubin, and Moshe and Aryeh Weinberg to channel funds to the yeshiva. This is why the center bought a building for the yeshiva, said Shmulevitz, who served...
- 'Shmulevitz file also missing from Adjutant's Branch'
- Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post Itim March 7, 1995 700+ words
...According to the indictment, Deri took bribes from his three co-defendants in the trial - Yom-Tov Rubin and Moshe and Aryeh Weinberg - in exchange for using his influence in the Interior Ministry to help three non-profit organizations in which all four...
- Taylor Woodrow.(relocates)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Florida Trend May 1, 2001 700+ words
Developer Taylor Woodrow is relocating its North American corporate headquarters to the Lakewood Ranch Financial Park this month. Sixty employees will make the move to the 23,000-sq.-ft. office. The company is a subsidiary of international developer Taylor Woodrow.
