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 consultant and entrepreneur, I’m currently leading a Jewish start-up accelerator for the Atlanta Jewish community called ProtéJ. ProtéJ is an initiative of Jewish Federation of … [Read more...] about Lessons for the Jewish Innovation Enterprise from Ashoka: a Leader in Social Entrepreneurship
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Things I Learned in Baltimore
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, was built in and fitted in the Baltimore shipyards. The crew was even partially composed of Baltimore Jews. But beyond that neat bit of trivia, I learned lots more in … [Read more...] about Things I Learned in Baltimore
Ashoka Receives $250,000 Challenge Grant to Advance Social Entrepreneurship in Israel
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 develop, maintain and scale initiatives, collaborate on shared ideas and connect with potential supporters. The three-year challenge grant is from the Charles and Lynn … [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
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 societal challenges, including how Israeli schools address issues of co-existence, religion and minority populations. As part of their 12-day experience, they will meet … [Read more...] about 70 U.S. Educators in Israel to Explore Leadership, Education System
Just Give Them a Social Innovation
With all the hustle and bustle of the Chagim, not to say the goings on in the financial world, you may have missed the announcement last month that Ashoka, a global association of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs, is coming to Israel. Here, translated from the Hebrew, is a recent article by Oren Majar that appeared in The Marker. The international foundation Ashoka is a different kind of foundation: it does not invest money, but it does … [Read more...] about Just Give Them a Social Innovation
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