One Mitzvah A Day with Daily Giving Founder Dr. Jonathan Donath
Being Jewish with Jonah Platt
Jonah Platt
4.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Can we change the world with just ONE dollar? In this inspiring episode of '30 Minute Mensches,' Jonah talks to Dr. Jonathan Donath, founder and president of Daily Giving, the grassroots online platform that has turned daily donations of just $1 into almost $27 million distributed to over 75 Jewish causes worldwide. Dr. Donath shares the epiphany that led him to start Daily Giving, the importance of working the daily giving “muscle”, and the organization’s growth journey. A true mensch, Dr. Donath’s appeal will have you racing to sign up so that you too can feel the joy of philanthropy, unity, and the transformative power of giving.
Discussed topics include:
- The Near Death Experience of a Rabbi that Inspired Daily Giving
- The Big Impact of Many Small Mitzvahs
- Stories of Daily Giving’s Work
- Mel Robbins and Why Immediate Action is Important
- Chasing Balance in Life
- Comedian Elon Gold’s Viral Moment for Daily Giving
- Nonprofit Operational Challenges and Growth
- Who Are Some Partner Organizations (75+) and Why
A big thank you to Daily Giving
MENTIONS
Non-surgical spinal decompression therapy
Rabbi Alon Anava and His Near Death Experience
Daily Giving Beneficiary Organizations
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| 1:12.1 | Let's go. |
| 1:16.1 | Welcome to another episode of Being Jewish with Jonah Platt, 30-minute menches. |
| 1:21.2 | Same vibe, same tribe, shorter episodes. |
| 1:24.3 | My guest today is a healer in more than one sense of the word. By trade, he's the |
| 1:28.7 | founder and president of joint effort chiropractic in White Plains, New York, where he specializes |
| 1:33.9 | in non-surgical spinal decompression therapy, which sounds awesome to me. But by mission, he's the |
| 1:40.8 | founder and president of daily giving. An online platform that's transformed |
| 1:44.8 | the simple gift of a dollar a day into over $13 million of staka to over 75 Jewish causes |
| 1:52.3 | around the world. He puts the mensch in mensch. Please welcome Dr. Jonathan Donath. Thank you for |
| 1:58.6 | having me, John. Oh, thank you so much for being here. |
| 2:01.3 | So, you know, it's 2018. You're doing Mar-Eve. You're doing your daily evening prayers at |
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