Over the past year or so, we've often written about the projects and the people, connected to the PresenTense network. Most of the stories have centered around their flagship fellowship program that takes place here in Jerusalem each summer. However, before there was a summer … [Read more...] about Why Should We Care?
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In Israel for Sukkot? Come Join in The Future of the Jewish People
Visit the PresenTense Open House to experience first hand the future of Israel and meet the social entrepreneurs who are lunching and managing ventures that take on social challenges facing Israel and the Jewish People. Located in the heart of the German Colony, PresenTense's … [Read more...] about In Israel for Sukkot? Come Join in The Future of the Jewish People
From WestHampton, New York to Russia’s Far East, Limmud FSU Makes Inroads
Seven time-zones from Moscow, about as far east as one can travel in Russia, lies the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, or Region. Established in 1934 “for the Jewish population of the Soviet Union to receive a territory in which to pursue Yiddish cultural heritage within a socialist f … [Read more...] about From WestHampton, New York to Russia’s Far East, Limmud FSU Makes Inroads
Two Generations of Leaders
from the Jewish Chronicle: Our ‘future leaders’ set out their visions What are young Jewish “leaders” and “thinkers” interested in? If the 120 participants in the fourth annual Return On Investment (ROI) Summit last week in Israel are anything to go by, the answer seems t … [Read more...] about Two Generations of Leaders
Who Said Jewish Boys Can’t Rap?
Meet Matt Bar: Bible Raps Learn Torah, bit by bit, from alphabet, to sentences, to pages, with phrases from sages oh baby… Rapper and educator Matt Bar infects his students with Torah. He’ll take a lesson plan, spin it on its head, and bust out rap lyrics that get kids cra … [Read more...] about Who Said Jewish Boys Can’t Rap?
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