Jennifer Meeropol is the granddaughter of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg and the daughter of RFC Founder, Robert Meeropol. Jenn became the Executive Director of the RFC on September 1, 2013. Prior posts on this page were written by Robert (unless otherwise noted), and represent his opinions, which are not necessarily shared by the RFC.
The Hill, Harriet Clark’s quiet, thoughtful debut novel, is told from the perspective of Suzanna, who was still a baby when her mother participated in a bank robbery to finance the revolution. People died during the heist, and her mom, the getaway driver, was caught and sentenced to life in prison. “Forever and ever” is how Suzanna understands it, and she vows to visit the prison on the hill every week as long as her mother is there.
We completed that spring granting cycle at the end of April, awarding almost $220,000 in grants to more than a hundred children. The 82 grants we funded this spring brought the total awarded in the RFC’s history to $10,092,186! That total is remarkable to me. The first RFC grants in 1991 were for just over $800 and sent children from two families to a pacifist summer camp. Fast forward 35 years and we’ve awarded over $450,000 each of the last three years.
Just over two months ago I stood on a stage in front of hundreds of local supporters to mark the Rosenberg Fund for Children’s 35th anniversary. As I reflected on that milestone achievement, I shared that the RFC is surviving, and, despite headwinds and with our community’s support, deeply committed to the long fight.
This spring, the RFC welcomed six new children from four new beneficiary families as we awarded almost $220,000 in spring grants. All in all, we will be supporting 163 children this spring- children from all over the United States who come to us with a wide variety of backgrounds, life experiences, needs and interests...
By RFC Founder Robert Meeropol
The August 2024 release of the memo written by the National Security Agency’s (NSA) chief analyst, which concluded that my mother, Ethel Rosenberg, was not a spy, was a smoking gun. Both the KGB and the NSA agreed Ethel was not a spy, and this evidence was kept secret for 74 years!