The Covenant Grants
Jewish Family and Life!
Organization: Jewishfamily.com, West Newton, MA
Grant Year: 1997
Project Director: Yosef Abramowitz
Type of Grant: Signature
Grant Amount: $160,000 (3 years)
To support the creation of an on-line community of Jewish parents with an online library of articles and discussion groups.
The national Jewish parenting magazine, Jewish Family & Life! was launched in March 1996. JewishFamily.com was launched later that year, the first webzine in Jewish history. This was followed by the bestselling Jewish Family & Life: Traditions, Holidays and Values for Today’s Parents and Children (Golden Books, 1997), which Yossi co-authored with his wife, Rabbi Susan Silverman.
