News & Events
Sons of Cold War spies reinvestigate their parents' case
Press Coverage
It was called "The Crime of the Century," one of the most famous espionage cases of the Cold War. In 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sent to the electric chair for conspiring to provide… Read More
Visiting Ethel & Julius in Havana
Blog Post
(guest blog by RFC Communications Director, Amber Black)It’s large, the monument. It resides on a nondescript corner of an intersection in Havana, Cuba. The striking portrait in stone honors a young… Read More
June 19, 2017: Honoring Ethel and Julius and Anne and Abel
Blog Post
On this 64th anniversary of the execution of my grandparents, I’m struck by a related milestone that passed without fanfare a few months ago: the 60th anniversary of my dad and uncle’s adoption by… Read More
RFC Families and Kinship of Clover
Blog Post
My mother, Ellen Meeropol, calls herself "a literary late bloomer.” After careers in art and medicine, she started seriously writing fiction eighteen years ago when she was well into her 50s, and has… Read More
Prisoners' Rights, Racial and Environmental Justice Activists Join the RFC Community
Blog Post
We just finished awarding over $190,000 in grants for the first half of 2017. In addition to the four new beneficiaries discussed in my previous blog , three more new families have joined the RFC… Read More
The Sins of the Father Shall Not Be Visited on the Son
Press Coverage
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's son has devoted his life to aiding children of imprisoned radical leftists. And his work is about to become more urgent than ever.
Prison abolition, racial justice and anti-female genital mutilation activists join the RFC community
Blog Post
We’re in the midst of awarding our first grants of 2017 at the RFC. To date, four new grantees have joined the RFC community this spring and additional new applications are pending. So far, the new… Read More
Protecting Kids by Protecting Prison Visits
Blog Post
One of things I’ve found fascinating about working in social justice organizations are the moments when an issue arises with so many implications for your work that information explodes from multiple… Read More
Honoring Lynne Stewart
Blog Post
Radical attorney and former political prisoner Lynne Stewart died Tuesday, March 7th at the age of 77 following an extended battle with cancer. In her lengthy career, this “people’s lawyer” defended… Read More
"The most exciting weekend ever!"
Newsletter
We’re thrilled to announce that the next RFC Carry it Forward Gathering will be August 3-6, 2017. Held over a four-day period in western Massachusetts, Gatherings offer RFC beneficiary families and… Read More
Exoneration Campaign Comes to an End
Newsletter
How are we measuring the success of the campaign to exonerate Ethel Rosenberg? The petition to President Obama garnered 60,000 supporters, both from within the ranks of RFC donors,… Read More
Thank You
Newsletter
It’s been an extraordinary year since we announced the campaign to exonerate my grandmother in our spring 2016 newsletter.
Building Community Across Generations
Newsletter
Providing safe havens and a sense of community for our beneficiaries is one of our primary missions at the Rosenberg Fund for Children. We also strive to remember the work of activist families from… Read More
A Message from Ethel's Sons
Blog Post
Like many of you, my family watched the clock tick down to the end of Barack Obama's presidency, hoping that in his final hours he would act to exonerate my grandmother, Ethel Rosenberg. Though that… Read More
President Obama did not exonerate Ethel Rosenberg
Press Coverage
To the disappointment of many, thousands of individuals and organizations who supported the appeal to President Obama’s conscience in an effort to move him to exonerate Ethel Rosenberg, Obama did not… Read More
Exiting Obama does not act on request to exonerate Ethel Rosenberg
Press Coverage
EASTHAMPTON - The sons of accused spy Ethel Rosenberg say they will not give up on their quest to have their mother exonerated, after President Obama left office without acting on their bid.