Insights from a panel discussion hosted by Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles On a recent evening, the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles (The Foundation) hosted donors and friends for a panel discussion on next-generation engagement. This universal topic is front of mind with Jewish leaders striving to create pathways of inclusion and connectivity to Judaism for “Gen X” and millennials. The four panelists - Jewish innovators … [Read more...] about Social Innovators Share Thoughts on Next Generation Jewish Engagement
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Four Organizations Merge to Lead Next Stage of Jewish Innovation
UpStart, Bikkurim, Joshua Venture Group, and U.S. based-programs of PresenTense consolidate to be central resource for Jewish Innovation UpStart, Bikkurim, and Joshua Venture Group are consolidating into a single organization - UpStart - to serve as the central resource for Jewish innovation. The newly envisioned UpStart will also include the current U.S.-based programs of PresenTense. The four organizations currently provide the Jewish … [Read more...] about Four Organizations Merge to Lead Next Stage of Jewish Innovation
Three Questions Innovators are Asking This Year
By Jaime Rapaport Barry Just a week after Yom Kippur, many of us still have more questions than answers in our hearts. The process of cheshbon hanefesh - an accounting of one’s soul - rarely yields simple, executable solutions. Rather, this annual process of immersing with ourselves frames the questions we need to answer in the coming year: “How can I be a better ________?” In many ways, this process aligns with design thinking, a … [Read more...] about Three Questions Innovators are Asking This Year
Hillel International, Penn Hillel announce Jewish Innovation Endowment
Hillel International’s Office of Innovation and University of Pennsylvania's Hillel (Penn) have established the Eleanor Meyerhoff Katz Jewish Innovation Endowment, a joint venture. The Endowment will fund several projects - the Eleanor Meyerhoff Katz Jewish Innovation Summit, Innovation Fellow and Innovation Award - all designed to foster creative thinking and new ideas towards Hillel’s vision of inspiring every Jewish student to make an enduring … [Read more...] about Hillel International, Penn Hillel announce Jewish Innovation Endowment
At Forbes Summit in Israel, Entrepreneurship is a ‘Common Language’
By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman JNS.org Nine months ago, Seth Cohen, director of network initiatives for the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, and Randall Lane, editor of Forbes Magazine, were schmoozing about the “vibrancy of Tel Aviv and soul of Jerusalem,” as Lane put it. They dreamed about how they could bring young and innovative millennials to the so-called “start-up nation.” From April 3-7, Forbes turned that dream into a … [Read more...] about At Forbes Summit in Israel, Entrepreneurship is a ‘Common Language’
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