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Ann Arbor Nonprofits Receive COVID-19 Relief Grants

The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan announces Relief and Resilient grants to Ann Arbor arts and culture nonprofit organizations to help with financial pressures from COVID-19.

Click On Detroit
4 Jun 2020

JPMorgan Chase Commits More than $1M to Detroit Businesses

The New Economy Initiative receives funding from JPMorgan Chase and other co-funders to support small business owners in Detroit, providing access to capital, underserved workers with access to job training opportunities, and support nonprofits responding to the crisis.

dbusiness
27 May 2020

2,000-Year-Old Coin Unearthed in William Davidson Archaeological Park

The Israel Antiquities Authority announces the unearthing of 2,000-year-old coin that commemorates the Jewish rebelling against the Roman Empire.

Smithsonian Magazine
20 May 2020
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Design Core Detroit

Design Core Detroit

Design Core Detroit unites government, academia, the private and philanthropic sectors and community development groups to elevate and expand the role of Detroit’s design-driven industries – some 80,000 workers and $9 billion in wages – and strengthen the overall economy.

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Sefaria Talmud

Sefaria

Sefaria is a nonprofit organization, established in 2013, to advance the future of Jewish learning by digitizing and offering Jewish texts, in Hebrew and English translations. Sefaria’s founders, the best-selling author Joshua Foer and Google project manager Brett Lockspeiser, envisioned a world in which any interested person could have unfettered access to the entire Jewish canon.

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