Founded in 2019, TEN is coordinated by Jewish Funders Network and the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. TEN inspires funders to invest in organizations that bolster communal support systems to ensure that every Jew has food, dignified employment, safe housing and health services—and a lifeline of support when financial crisis strikes.
Why Engage with TEN?
Jewish poverty is real — and it’s a bigger problem than you may realize.
There’s a deeply entrenched myth that all Jews are wealthy or economically secure. In reality, 1 in 5 Jews in America is economically vulnerable. Every single Jewish community everywhere includes low-income Jews who struggle to pay their bills.
- Check out the recent on the Edge Study here.
- 21% of Jewish households are low income, and only 11% of those are Orthodox
- According to Pew Research, in 2021, there were around an equal number of Jews making under $50,000 (21%) as making over $200,000 (23%)
- These families are often one event away—one emergency, one home repair— from falling into serious financial crisis
- Members of our Jewish community who experience the impact of financial insecurity are essential voices in our work and communal life.
- After four years, the National Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty rebranded as TEN: Together Ending Need. TEN brings together funders, social service agencies, and communal leaders to build a Jewish community that supports the basic needs and humanity
of our people. Like a minyan coming together
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Rachel Sumekh is the Project Executive of TEN: Together Ending Need.
TEN represents the essentialism of collection action towards our shared goal. If you are a funder interested in connecting with other leaders working to end Jewish and communal Povery, visit email rsumekh@jfunders.org.
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