Too Many Charities? Inside the Fight for Jewish Donor Dollars

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Do you guys know how much money was raised in 2025 on charity alone? Over a billion dollars. >> It was a woman who sent in a donation of 12 checks of $7 each postdated. And she said, "I talked to my children and they decided to give up their shabbos soda." But when we told her father about the donation, he broke down. But the stress that's on donors. >> I've personally I've sat with many people like this and they've opened up to me and they said, "You think that this is enjoyable? You think this is easy?" easy?" >> I was very successful many many years ago. I was in the real estate business and took a major hit in 2008. Everything dried up and when we used to get 30 cheesecakes on shul went down to one. >> So how did you go from flying high being able to give tzedakah to so many different places to then having to really pull it back? Very painful, it's humiliating, it's embarrassing. Is it true what I feel like Russian kids? Listen, no, it's an unbelievable organization. Just come. And I went [music] and it changed my life. There's a lot of people, especially young people, they want to give, but they

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