Thursday, March 18, 2010

Expanded Survey of New Jewish Initiatives Launched

2010 Survey of New Jewish Initiatives Focuses on Startup Leaders, Expands to Europe

Jumpstart, The Natan Fund, and The Samuel Bronfman Foundation announced the launch of the 2010 Survey of New Jewish Initiatives. The survey builds on the»

New Ideas from the Old World

February 17, 2010 by eJP  
Filed under 28 Days, 28 Ideas, In Case You Missed, New on eJP, The World

Lisa Capelouto, Director of JHub – a London-based incubator that focuses on Jewish social action and innovation – presents a European perspective to the conversation about innovation, and looks at how the old world is learning from the»

2010 Survey of New Jewish Initiatives Will Expand to Europe

February 17, 2010 by eJP  
Filed under New on eJP, The World

New Transatlantic Partnership Links the Pears Foundation, Jumpstart, and the ROI Community of Young Jewish Innovators

The Pears Foundation, Jumpstart, and the ROI Community of Young Jewish Innovators today announced that the 2010 Survey of New Jewish Initiatives»

The Next Big New Idea is Neither Big Nor New. Discuss.

by Joshua Avedon and Shawn Landres

“Apple is regularly voted the most innovative company in the world,” writes The Economist in its January 30 edition, “but …rather than developing entirely new product categories, it excels at taking existing, half-baked ideas»

NADAV Foundation Awards Grants to North American NGOs

January 25, 2010 by eJP  
Filed under In the Media, Jewish Philanthropy

The Israeli NADAV Foundation announced today the recipients of its “Jewish Peoplehood Innovation Grants” given to North American NGOs working to connect Jews from different places and perspectives in order to build collective Jewish identity and strengthen the global Jewish»

Nurturing Jewish Innovation

December 24, 2009 by eJP  
Filed under In the Media

from The Canadian Jewish News:

Toronto hosts think tank on social entrepreneurship

Last week, UJA?Federation of Greater Toronto hosted a two-day international think tank on Jewish innovation and social entrepreneurship.

About 30 people – social entrepreneurs (people who use a»

Spinning

77417748_4660d88719It’s that time of year again – the days are shorter and colder, and across cultures people huddle together with family members, and brighten the dark evenings with orbs of light. Chanukah is upon us. We eat latkes and jelly»

Innovation, By the Loaf

GAC4Hreception1Last 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»

A Moment in Time: Sunday Night at the GA

November 16, 2009 by Seth Cohen  
Filed under New on eJP, The American Jewish Scene

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.” – Henry David Thoreau

Anyone who has been to a GA knows that there are two schedules – the one that is published»

LA Event: Jumpstart Innovation Forum

November 12, 2009 by eJP  
Filed under Events

Also for Global Entrepreneurship Week, Jumpstart is hosting an event, Transforming the Landscape: Social Entrepreneurship’s Impact on the Jewish Community.

Hear from Lisa Lepson, executive director of the newly relaunched Joshua Venture Group, as»