Aaron Kaufman

Aug 4, 2024 | thehill.com | Aaron Kaufman

As an adult living with cerebral palsy, my life’s mission has been to ensure that people with disabilities have the support and services they need to flourish and be part of the fabric of their community. People with disabilities are twice as likely as their peers to live in poverty. That’s why one of my main goals during my time with the Jewish Federations of North America has been advancing legislation to improve the financial security of individuals living with disabilities.

Sep 26, 2023 | philanthropynewsdigest.org | Aaron Kaufman

For many nonprofit organizations, their physical building represents both their largest single financial investment and also the greatest enduring strain on their resources. Facilities can cost tens of millions of dollars to design and build and hundreds of thousands of dollars annually to maintain. What if there were a way to build a strong physical presence and a robust balance sheet at the same time, setting a nonprofit up for future success and real financial sustainability?

Sep 21, 2023 | tinyurl.com | Aaron Kaufman |Daniel Davis |Isabel van Brugen |Omar Mohammed

On Wednesday, the Biden administration announced it will expand a program granting temporary work permits and deportation relief to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said that he made the decision because conditions in Venezuela "prevent their safe return." This move could potentially have a huge impact on New York City, which has been grappling with the arrival of over 110,000 migrants in the last year.

Sep 20, 2023 | canadanewsjournal.com | Tom O'Connor |Aaron Kaufman |Daniel Davis |Oz Rashid

As President Joe Biden's administration seeks to deepen its strategic partnership with India, the White House has called on New Delhi to cooperate with a Canadian investigation into potential state-sponsored links to the killing of a Sikh dissident.

Sep 19, 2023 | newsweek.com | Aaron Kaufman

01:05Zelensky Courts Nonaligned Nations At UN General Assembly I spent the seven weeks before Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in Kyiv, prepping for a film I was co-directing with Sean Penn. Like many Americans in January 2022, I was mispronouncing the name of Ukraine's capital city, and had assumed Ukraine would look like every film I'd seen about the Eastern Bloc–cold, harsh, and very Russian. To my surprise, Kyiv was busy, bustling, and full of energy.