News & Events
Executive Director's Report: Working for Better Days Ahead
Newsletter
By Jennifer Meeropol, RFC Executive Director
Record-Breaking Fall for the RFC
Newsletter
In a year of overwhelming need marked by a global pandemic, economic hardship and escalated targeting of progressive activists, the RFC responded by awarding a record-breaking $230,000+ during our… Read More
Ethel and Billie, Again
Blog Post
Guest blog by RFC Founder Robert Meeropol
Six years ago I posted a blog on the RFC website entitled “Strange Convergence” (available here). In it I compared details of the life of my mother, Ethel… Read More
The Rosenberg Fund Reports Record-Breaking Year
Press Coverage
The Reminder
By Angelica J. Core
January 12, 2021
EASTHAMPTON – In a time of great need, the Rosenberg Fund for Children (RFC) awarded a record-breaking $230,000 in awards in fall 2020 for programs… Read More
2020 Year-end Report from Jennifer Meeropol
Blog Post
This has felt like the longest, most monumental election of my lifetime. While I am enormously grateful that Trump was defeated, the level of support for him and his hateful, racist, homophobic,… Read More
Bully. Coward. Victim.: The Story of Roy Cohn Now Available on HBO
Newsletter
Ivy Meeropol’s documentary, “Bully. Coward.
The RFC at 30: Join the Virtual Celebration!
Newsletter
While we wish we it would have been possible to gather safely with members of our community to celebrate the RFC's 30th anniversary, we were thrilled to be able to offer a virtual program to mark… Read More
Executive Director's Report: Making Sense of Extraordinary Times
Newsletter
Unprecedented. Extraordinary. Global Crisis. Pandemic. How quickly these terms have become clichés as we all try to capture the current moment. And yet, despite how overused they already are, they… Read More
RFC Granting: A New "Normal"
Newsletter
“Things have been so insane and hectic here,” a parent wrote to us recently. Maybe you can relate.
Guest Blog by Robert Meeropol: Her Sister's Tattoo
Blog Post
My wife’s fourth novel, Her Sister’s Tattoo, was published in April. It’s the story of Esther and Rosa, whose arrests during an anti-Vietnam War protest tear the sisters apart. It’s fiction, but it… Read More
Celebrating the RFC's 30th anniversary with a virtual playlist
Blog Post
While we wish we could have safely gathered together to celebrate the RFC's 30th anniversary in 2020, we were thrilled to be able to offer a virtual program to mark this milestone. The five videos… Read More
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn’ on HBO, a Fascinating Portrait of an American Villain
Press Coverage
The Gist: Meeropol’s interviewees reserve their choicest commentary for Roy Cohn: “He was a lawless madman.” “The personification of evil.” “Without conscience.” “Like Dracula coming out of his box… Read More
On the 67th anniversary of my grandparents' executions
Blog Post
Kids wondering if their father will go to prison this summer for participating in a nonviolent demonstration.
Where Are Michael and Robert Meeropol Now?
Press Coverage
‘Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn’ is a look into the role Roy Cohn played in Julius and Ethel Rosenberg’s espionage trial, and how later he was tied to several prominent political… Read More
2020 Spring Grants
Blog Post
This spring the RFC awarded:
67 grants totaling $149,610 to support 151 kids from 75 families, including a group grant for a music therapy program
An additional, special grant of up to $18,400… Read More
Update on RFC Spring Granting and 30th Anniversary plans
Blog Post
Everyone at the RFC sends their love and sympathy to those of you who are experiencing hardship or loss related to the current crisis. I also want to thank the many of you who have sent us messages… Read More
Our Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Blog Post
Hello everyone,
I hope you, your families, and your immediate community are okay in this very trying moment. I’m sure that the worldwide upheaval from the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting every member… Read More