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Lessons for the Jewish Innovation Enterprise from Ashoka: a Leader in Social Entrepreneurship

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Our Jewish community wants to do big things. But we sometimes keep our people small either through interpersonal failings or system failings such as bureaucracy, defining jobs too narrowly, or revering hierarchy. by Jennie Rivlin Roberts After 20 years as a business … [Read more...] about Lessons for the Jewish Innovation Enterprise from Ashoka: a Leader in Social Entrepreneurship

Things I Learned in Baltimore

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by Andrés Spokoiny Until the JFNA General Assembly, earlier this month in Baltimore, I didn’t know that the famous Exodus ship, the one that brought the world’s attention to the plight of Jewish Holocaust Survivors trying to break the British blockade into the Land of Israel, w … [Read more...] about Things I Learned in Baltimore

Ashoka Receives $250,000 Challenge Grant to Advance Social Entrepreneurship in Israel

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Ashoka has received a $250,000 challenge grant to customize its trademarked Changemakers® platform to support and connect growing numbers of social entrepreneurs in Israel and around the Jewish world. Kikar Ashoka, the customized platform, aims to help these social entrepreneurs … [Read more...] about Ashoka Receives $250,000 Challenge Grant to Advance Social Entrepreneurship in Israel

70 U.S. Educators in Israel to Explore Leadership, Education System

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Jerusalem - July 15, 2012 - On July 17th, 70 U.S. educators will visit Israel as part of a leadership development program designed to deepen their commitment to education reform and service. They will explore alternative models of education and methods of approaching complex … [Read more...] about 70 U.S. Educators in Israel to Explore Leadership, Education System