Game Changers and Gunslingers: A Few Thoughts From Slingshot Day 2009
October 18, 2009 by Seth Cohen
Filed under Slingshot Fund, The American Jewish Scene
In the North American Jewish community there are a few names that, when said, conjure up more than just an organization – they convey an idea. For example, mention the words Birthright or Federation and you get more than a»
Slingshot Day 2009
October 15, 2009 by eJP
Filed under Slingshot Fund, The American Jewish Scene
The fifth edition of Slingshot: A Resource Guide to Jewish Innovation will be unveiled today at a full day launch event to be held at Random House in New York.
Without diluting this year’s selected grantees, the bigger»
Jewish Camp – Color Wars, Bug Juice, and the Power of the Personal Tribe
June 30, 2009 by Gail Hyman
Filed under Marketing, The American Jewish Scene
I just read one of Seth Godin’s recent blog posts titled, “Can Summer Camp Change Your Life”. Seth, for those of you have not yet discovered him, is the most popular business blogger in the world and the»
Slingshot’s Shooter
March 12, 2009 by eJP
Filed under Jewish Philanthropy
from a New York Jewish Week article with Will Schneider of the Slingshot Fund:
Q: What’s your vision for Slingshot during the next few years?
A: Over the next several years, we will engage a larger and diverse»
Slingshot Fund Calls for Nominations
October 23, 2008 by eJP
Filed under Fellowship Opportunities, Jewish Philanthropy
Young Philanthropists Urge Continued Support for “Jewish Innovation” Amid Economic Downturn
The Slingshot Fund is now accepting nominations for the 2009 / 2010 edition»
Links In A Chain
October 6, 2008 by Dan Brown
Filed under Cool People, Education
Over the past several years a handful of programs have graduated from the ‘Jewish incubator world’ as they have reached sustainability. One such organization is Sharsheret, an early incubated project»
Slingshot 4.0
September 21, 2008 by eJP
Filed under Jewish Philanthropy
As we wrote last week, Slingshot 2008/09, incorporating fifty of the most innovative Jewish nonprofits in North America has been released. Slingshot: A Resource Guide to Jewish Innovation is compiled and published by 21/64, a division of»
Snapshot of an Evolving Jewish Landscape
September 16, 2008 by eJP
Filed under Jewish Philanthropy
Fifty of the most innovative Jewish nonprofits in North America have been named in the 2008/2009 edition of Slingshot: A Resource Guide to Jewish Innovation. Compiled and published by 21/64, a division of The Andrea and»
The Woodstock of Judaism
February 20, 2008 by Dan Brown
Filed under Jewish Culture
While we have you in a ‘California frame of mind’, don’t forget, in just a few short days, the Jewlicious fest in Long Beach, “It’s basically the Woodstock of Judaism”.
Ladies and gents, believers and gentiles: Once»
Taglit: A Strategic Asset For the Jewish People
January 23, 2008 by Dan Brown
Filed under Jewish Philanthropy
Describing Taglit participants as such, Israeli Minister Isaac Herzog, led off a session early this afternoon at the Herzliya Conference. Joined by Gideon Mark of Birthright, Professor Leonard Saxe of Brandeis University and Knesset member Professor Menahem Ben-Sasson for»
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