News & Events
"The executed innocent: Why justice for Ethel Rosenberg still matters"
Press Coverage
How a new investigation into a 1951 spy trial exposed long-running injustices committed in the name of US security. READ MORE
Executive Director's Report: Working for Better Days Ahead
Blog Post
We all know that 2020 was a very difficult year. It featured a raging pandemic fueled by inept leadership, endless police brutality directed at Black and Indigenous people and other people of color,… Read More
RFC Awards Record-Breaking $230,000+ in Grants
Newsletter
Immigrants’ Rights Whistleblower Targeted $6000 for virtual learning supplies for three children, ages nine to 15, whose mother lost her job and faced threats for exposing flagrant disregard for… Read More
New Ethel Rosenberg Biography in 2021
Newsletter
We’re eagerly anticipating St. Martin’s Press’s June publication of New York Times best-selling author, Anne Sebba’s, newest book, Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy. RFC Founder Robert Meeropol… Read More
RMD & Bequests for the RFC
Newsletter
By Robert Meeropol, RFC Founder
It’s been over seven years since I retired as RFC Executive Director. Now I’m getting used to being a senior citizen. Like many aging people, especially in this time… Read More
Building a Virtual Community
Newsletter
COVID-19 has drastically changed the way we connect with each other, but building community remains a high priority for the RFC. While we may be unable to host Gatherings and other in-person events… Read More
New Year, New Staff
Newsletter
The end of 2020 saw new faces joining the RFC as we welcomed Tori Montemurro and Rachel Harb to the staff.
OPINION: The Capital Rioters Were Like a Lynch Mob
Press Coverage
Robert Meeropol is the younger son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and the adopted son of Abel and Anne Meeropol. His is the Founder and former Executive Director of the Rosenberg Fund for Children,… Read More
Executive Director's Report: Working for Better Days Ahead
Newsletter
We all know that 2020 was a very difficult year. It featured a raging pandemic fueled by inept leadership, endless police brutality directed at Black and Indigenous people and other people of color,… Read More
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
How to Reach Us While We're Working Remotely
Blog Post
RFC staff are continuing to work remotely and our office remains closed indefinitely. To make it easier for our community to contact us, we've set up temporary phone numbers: please call 508-275-… Read More
The Rosenberg Fund Reports Record-Breaking Year
Press Coverage
The Reminder
By Angelica J. CoreJanuary 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