Apply To Become an UpStarter
January 26, 2010 by eJP
Filed under Fellowship Opportunities
Are you ready to start up your Jewish idea? Or know someone who is?
UpStart is ready to invest in a fresh group of innovative Jewish social entrepreneurs, who will benefit from UpStart’s dynamic and supportive community.
In addition to»
Spinning
December 13, 2009 by Maya Bernstein
Filed under Innovation Roundtable, New on eJP, The American Jewish Scene
It’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»
Are Today’s Innovators “Leaders?”
December 3, 2009 by Maya Bernstein
Filed under Jewish Philanthropy, New on eJP, Opinion
Bob Goldfarb, in his recent piece Innovation, Management, and Leadership, raises an interesting question about the relationship between “innovation” and “leadership.” He writes: “From a structural perspective… [innovators] have simply added independent, entrepreneurial elements to Jewish communal life that»
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»
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»
Spelling Success Together
July 30, 2009 by Maya Bernstein
Filed under Professional Development, Social Philanthropy
In his article “How PresenTense Defines Success for Ventures Launched,” Ariel Beery explains that when PresenTense claims that “11 out of the 27 ventures that PresenTense’s summer Institute launched in the first two years of existence are successes, we mean»
Out of Egypt: What Do Moses & Obama Teach us about Passover?
April 3, 2009 by eJP
Filed under The American Jewish Scene
by Maya Bernstein
Last Sunday, on a warm, sunny day in San Francisco, UpStart joined 30 educators, artists, and thinkers, and 350 Jews in their 20s and 30s at BJE’s 4th annual Young Adult Feast of Jewish Learning.»
UpStart’s Latest Innovators
March 25, 2009 by eJP
Filed under Jewish Philanthropy
by Maya Bernstein
Two years ago, in an Op-Ed piece for the JTA, Ari Kelman spoke about a “wave of cultural and organizational creativity that American Jewry has not experienced since the early part of the 20th century.”»
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