Creating Positive Jewish Experiences
August 31, 2010 by Leadel.net
Filed under Cool People, Snapshots: The New Jewish Landscape
Former lawyer and Web mastermind David Abitbol was born in Israel and raised in Montreal, and says he has a love-hate relationship with Jews. A product of 11 years of Jewish day school, one year at Hebrew University in Jerusalem»
New LA Grants Expand Five Innovative Programs
August 26, 2010 by eJP
Filed under In the Media, Jewish Philanthropy, Media Release / Official Publication
The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles (The Foundation) has awarded a total of slightly more than $1 million in Cutting Edge Grants to five nonprofit organizations whose programs seek to address social issues, strengthen Jewish identity and add vibrancy»
Jewish Identity Among My Generation (of Ladies) in the U.S.
June 22, 2010 by eJP
Filed under The American Jewish Scene, The Blog
by Vicki Boykis
Here’s a study Peter Beinart can use in his next article. Pete, call me!
I was recently asked by a friend to participate in a study conducted by Ariella Goldfein of JTS on Jewish identity among Jewish»
The $300k Branding Campaign
May 18, 2010 by eJP
Filed under In the Media
The Jewish Federations of North America certainly has pulled a coup by getting their new #ish campaign covered as a news story by The New York Times:
You Don’t Have to Be Jewish to Love This Campaign
In»
Jewlicious Cool
February 26, 2010 by eJP
Filed under In Case You Missed, The American Jewish Scene, The Blog
Jewlicious: Celebration of Jewish Cool
Letter From Long Beach, CA
by Gordon Haber
I’ve just spent my entire weekend at the sixth annual Jewlicious Festival in Long Beach, Calif., and I’m exhausted. Between sundown Friday and Sunday afternoon, I»
Innovation, By the Loaf
November 18, 2009 by eJP
Filed under Cool People, Snapshots: The New Jewish Landscape, The Blog
Last week, at the General Assembly in Washington DC, ROI, PresenTense, Jumpstart, the Center for Leadership Initiatives, Bikkurim and Jewlicious Festival, all official fans of challah, innovation, and Eli Winkelman, sponsored an event in honor of Challah for»
Fear of Change
October 7, 2009 by David Abitbol
Filed under Opinion
Seriously…

Seth Godin wrote a scathing blog post about fear induced institutional torpor found in established non-profit organizations:
“These organizations exist solely to make change. That’s why you joined, isn’t it? … The problem facing»
The Jewish Innovation Pipeline: A Google Chrome OS for New Jewish Organizations?
August 3, 2009 by eJP
Filed under Innovation
by Joshua Avedon
Seth Cohen recently challenged us to think about 5 key questions facing Jewish innovation. While we hope his excellent analysis continues to spark a broader conversation in the Jewish world, Jumpstart sees a big picture»
State of the Jewnion
March 9, 2009 by David Abitbol
Filed under NewGen
It’s been a week since the Jewlicious Festival ended. I thought some kind of broad recap would be in order and might even prove to be somewhat instructive to those of you out there who are into that sort of»
NewsBits: Around the Jewish Web
February 26, 2009 by eJP
Filed under In the Media
from the Canadian Jewish News:
Budget cuts force Montreal aliyah centre to close
The global economy, drastic cuts to the Jewish Agency for Israel’s (JAFI) budget and the online age converged last month to force the closure of the Montreal»











