PresenTense: Managing a Worldwide Staff

from NTEN (Nonprofit Technology Network):

“Google Was Our First Office”: Managing a Worldwide Staff

[PresenTense] PT used technology from day one, says Simi Hinden, the director of the online community. A print magazine is one of PT’s»

Meet the Future Today: Skilled Volunteers for Israel

Baby Boomers represent the largest, most educated and financially secure generation in history. They see the stage after retirement as a time for meaningful work and service which includes volunteering. In the United States, the secular community has set up»

Post-Startup Nation

For several years now the organized Jewish community has rallied around the innovative work of social entrepreneurs and the programs that support them. Hundreds of new projects and organizations have been launched as a result of this movement, which has»

PresenTense Launching in Philadelphia

In referring to the Philadelphia Federation’s recent allocation process, the Jewish Exponent has confirmed that PresenTense will be programming in Philadelphia beginning this fall:

Last year, the Center for Jewish Life and Learning received the smallest

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A New Recipe for Israeli Heroism

A New Recipe for Israeli Heroism: Makings of Falafel Man
by Dorit Maya Gur

My Israeli hero has red hair and a friendly, smiling face. He’s a chubby fellow who shoots falafel balls and protects the State. As a comic»

The Path of the Entrepreneur

The Path of the Entrepreneur: 21st Century Hero
by Lianna Wolfson

Jogging in the park, brunching at a café, or sitting in class in 2010 usually entails having a smart phone stuffed into a pouch, resting on a lap, or»

The Many Faces of the ROI Community

Yesterday I had the chance to, once-again, sit with 120 hyped-up, caffinated, sleep-deprived young adult movers and shakers of our Jewish world at the 5th annual gathering of the ROI Global Summit. And while perhaps I spent a bit»

Don’t Worry, Be Breslov

Don’t Worry, Be Breslov: Signs Point Young Jews to the Na-Nachs
by Shifra Mincer

In a post-modern, post-Nietzschian world where God, apparently, has supposedly been dead for decades, many young American Jews have not given up on spirituality or the»

For Israel’s Sake: Abba Eban

by Chaim Landau

We live in a fast-paced media age of shock culture. Those with extreme, black-and-white viewpoints have no problem having their voices heard in the media, while complex and nuanced opinions struggle to be heard above the din.»

Blazing Saddles: Jewish Life in Argentina

by Lina Tuv

A long time ago, in a far away land, there lived a Jewish gaucho in a settlement called Moisesville. This first Jewish colony in Argentina was comprised of Jewish cowboys. Fleeing pogroms, they arrived from Russia in»

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