PT NYers gather at an Open House to discuss the new Fellowship opening this year! Check out the conversation on social entrepreneurship and what it means today. From Aaron Herman at reviewmeplease. Read More »
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Some people ask, “What would Jesus do?” Others, “What would Moses do?” We ask, “What would JEW do?” If you could change one thing about the Jewish world tomorrow and could not fail, What Would JEW Do? PresenTense is all about cultivating the next great Jewish ideas. We want to hear how YOU want to change the Jewish world for the better. Read More »
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Global Launch Night 2010 Live!
Want to see Launch Night but far from Zion? See it streamed at www.presentense.org/live Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone Posted via email from Ariel’s posterous Read More »
PTI10 fellows group photo time
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Fellows preparing for dress rehearsal
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Nic shows off her postcards for launch night
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Interviews with the PTI ‘10 Global Fellows
What inspired you to embark on the path of an innovator? What big question are you struggling with right now? What do you hope to see change / to help change in your field in the next ten years? A couple of weeks ago, the 2010 Global Fellows sat Read More »
Yishai practices pitching his venture at mock pitch night
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David Lasday practices pitching his venture
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Aharon preps fellows for launch night
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Join Launch Night online!
2010 Global Launch Night is coming up tomorrow night at 19: 00 IDT/12: 00pm EDT! After months of preparation, and 6 weeks of workshops, meetings with mentors and VIPs, deliverable, project plans, and worksheets, the 16 fellows are excited to share their ventures with the PT community. Read More »
Global Fellow Profile: Mollie Gerver, Advocates for Asylum
PresenTense Fellow Stands up for Refugees in Israel Mollie Gerver is on a mission to establish an asylum-seeking process in Israel JERUSALEM, ISRAEL – July 11, 2010 – After lobbying in the Knesset for four years, Mollie Gerver, a Fellow Read More »
Nic meets with Aharon during crunch time
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Marla practices pitching for launch night
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Launch Night prep
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Skilled Volunteers for Israel: Karen Coven, CPA
“To me, Israel is home.” Volunteer Karen Koven comes to Israel twice a year and the more she’s here, the more this Phoenix native “wants to be involved in the community. Read More »
What’s Challenging Now: Up-and-Coming Environmental Leaders Speak Out
What are the key challenges in the environmental movement today that affect environmental leaders’ work personally, the field as a whole, or will create challenges in the future? PresenTense Magazine’s Environmental Steering Committee took on the Read More »
Global Fellow Profile: Madeline Bleiweiss, JCLe
Goodbye LeBron, Hello JCLe PresenTense Fellow Creates Cleveland’s New Hot Spot for Young Jews JERUSALEM, ISRAEL – July 15, 2010 – Lebron James may be leaving Cleveland, but Madeline Bleiweiss is confident the Cleveland Jewish community isn’t going anywhere. Read More »
Global Fellow Profile: Yishai Mizrah-Varon, Shemspeed Israeli Keffiyeh Project
Not your Grandmother’s Judaism PresenTense Global Fellow Fashions Hip Jewish Identity Jerusalem, Israel-July 7th, 2010— Hip, cool, edgy, and fresh … These are the words Yishai Mizrahi-Varon aims to communicate not only about fashion and music, but also about Judaism. Read More »
Global Fellow Profile: Jenny Kaufman – CYPMinyan
PresenTense Cleveland Fellow Initiates Traditional-Egalitarian Minyan Jenny Kaufman brings the young zest for Judaism to Cleveland area JERUSALEM, ISRAEL – July 13, 2010 – The medieval Jewish sages strongly emphasized the relationship between community and meaningful religious experience. Read More »
Sarah Kass speaks to Fellows
Sarah Kass from the Avichai foundation speaks to the PTI10 fellows about growing and exploring their ventures Posted via email from PresenTense Group Read More »
Global Fellow Profile: Yoni Sarason- Next Dor St. Louis
Not Your Typical House “Next Dor” PresenTense Global Fellow develops Next Dor St. Louis, A home for all things Jewish JERUSALEM, ISRAEL – July 11, 2010 –Yoni Sarason, a Cincinnati native and Fellow at the PresenTense 2010 Global Summer Institute, is reinvigorating the St. Read More »
Steven M. Cohen speaks to the #presentense 2010 global fellows
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Global Fellow Profile: Manny Waks, Capital Jewish Forum
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Global Fellow Profile: David Kramer – The NU Campaign
South African Turns Political Statement Into Trendy Fashion Statement PresenTense Fellow David Kramer increases awareness of Israeli causes and charitable organizations through his new clothing brand. JERUSALEM, ISRAEL – July 7, 2010 – David Kramer is not afraid to wear his heart on his sleeve. Read More »
Global Fellow Profile: Nic Abery-LooktoLearn
Londoner Develops Innovative Jewish Education Programme at PresenTense Institute At Institute for Jewish social entrepreneurs Nic Abery connects Torah to museum art and artefacts. Jerusalem, Israel-June 28th, 2010— What do the British Museum and the Tanach have in common? Nic Abery thinks a lot. Read More »
Global Fellow Profile: David Lasday-Bring It In Israel
A New Type of Jewish Sports Hero JERUSALEM, ISRAEL – July 5, 2010 –David Lasday, a Maplewood, New Jersey native and Fellow at the PresenTense 2010 Global Summer Institute, is bringing the excitement back into Jewish learning with Bring Read More »
Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem Naomi Tsur speaks to #presentense fellows at the Municipality
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Global Fellow Profile: Marla Gamoran-Skilled Volunteers for Israel
PresenTense Fellow to Match Skilled Baby Boomers with Israeli Organizations Jerusalem, Israel-June 28th, 2010—Marla Gamoran is ready for her “encore career.” After a career in workforce development in Madison, she’s excited to launch Skilled Volunteers for Israel at the PresenTense 2010 Global Summer Institute. Read More »
Boston Fellowship Launch Night
Missed the Boston Fellowship launch night back in May? Want to hear community reactions about the fellowship? Check out this video and watch the fellows’ pitches, reactions from steering committee members, and thoughts from coaches and skillbuilders. Read More »
Cleveland fellows pitch their ideas
Watch Noah , Jenny , and Madeline , PresenTense Institute’s three Cleveland Fellows, pitch their big ideas to reJEWvenate the Cleveland Jewish community. Read More »
Pitching in for Our Environment!
As PTMag has been accepting pitches for PT12: Our Environment, I’ve been in touch with people passionate about topics ranging from theology to drip irrigation, from the kosher status of genetically modified foods to the oil spill in the Gulf. Read More »
Mike Granoff explains how Better Place was founded
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Test driving cars at Better Place
Very smooth ride – they’re a lot of fun to drive! Posted via email from PresenTense Group Read More »
Brief intro at Better Place
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Michael Eisenberg of Benchmark Capital speaks with Global Institute Fellows
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David Sokolic from Battery Ventures meets with fellows
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Scott Tobin from Battery Ventures meets with fellows
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Global Institute Tel Aviv day trip – visiting SIT
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Audience listens to Sandy Cardin speaking at the PresenTense Institute
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Sandy Cardin speaking at the PresenTense Institute
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Birthright Judaism
“There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” That may be true, but there are free 10 day trips to Israel on Birthright. It sometimes feels like Jewish organizations respond to lagging participation in Jewish activities by throwing money at the problem (e.g. me) and I’m not complaining. Read More »
Male Stanford Sophomore seeks Female London Arts Educator
Now this is an awesome picture: I caught our Fellows Nic (left, in blue) and Zach (in the baseball hat) testing Zach’s prototype for his PresenTense project – a gaming platform to engage people in micro-philanthropy. Read More »
Bridging the “non” Divide
What really separates a non-profit from a for-profit besides a legal classification and mission statement? What is the difference between a social enterprise from an enterprise that is socially responsible? There are so many buzz-words thrown around these days, and the distinctions between their definitions is not so clear. Read More »
Joseph Gitler of Leket (formerly Table to Table) speaks to PT fellows
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Lynn Schusterman speaks to @presentense 2010 Global Fellows
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Lynn Schusterman visits the Summer Institute
Lynn Schusterman and Sandy Cardin of the Schusterman Foundation visit and speak with 2010 Summer Fellows. Read More »
Finding a way to help the fellows with their Ventures
I don’t know how many of you reading this post feel this way but… The fellows are awesome! They are young, energetic adults, with great ideas, who are very passionate about what they are doing. Read More »
What’s pressing about Our Environment?
After going to press with PT11: Jewish Heroes earlier this week (order your copy here !), PT Magazine’s all-volunteer team has turned a new leaf towards PT’s next issue… Read More »
Rapping the 10 plagues
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Matt and Ori kick off the Bible Raps concert!
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Matan Goldberg opening for Matt and Ori at the Bible Raps concert
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Congratulations to 3 Past PresenTense Fellows Selected as “36 Under 36″ in NY Jewish Week
Mazel Tov to Eli Winkleman, founder of Challah for Hunger and ‘07 Summer Fellow; Charlie Schwartz, co-founder of Media Midrash and ‘09 Summer Fellow; and JT Waldman, founder of Tagged Tanach, acclaimed illustrator, and ‘08 Summer Fellow! Check out the full “36 Under 36″ here. Read More »
Micha Kurz pitches his project
Micha Kurz #PTI10 pitches his project, Grassroots Jerusalem, to the fellows. Posted via email from PresenTense Group Read More »
Grassroots Judaism
When I think of “grassroots organizers,” I think of those who spark social change movements. While change can come from the top, the biggest stakeholders in changing society are those ‘on the ground” who organize their peers to take action. Read More »
Hard at work at the summer institute
Yoni (fellow) and Brian (intern) hard at work at the PT Institute Posted via email from PresenTense Group Read More »
The #PTI10 fellows are here!
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Garbage2Garden Announces its first composting site!
From Tess Lehrich, 2010 Jerusalem Winter fellow: מאשפה ל
