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The Schmoozer Interviews Sandy Cardin

This week, Aaron Herman had the opportunity to chat with Sandy Cardin, the President of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Foundation.
How do you build organizations and get funding to sustain projects? We spoke with Sandy Cardin President of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Foundation about funding and creating innovative Jewish programs. When Charles and Lynn Schusterman established their family foundation in 1987, they were led by a fierce determination to contribute their time and resources to the two communities closest to their hearts: k’lal Yisrael—Jewish peoplehood—and the people in their hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Interview with Dan Wolman of GEI ONI

This week, Aaron Herman had the opportunity to speak with Director Dan Wolman about his film GEI ONI.

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Moishe House

This week, Aaron Herman had the opportunity to speak with Oren Kashi, who is a member of Moishe House.

How do you build community? We had the opportunity to speak to Oren Kashi member of Moishe House Great Neck. Moishe House was founded in 2006 and has quickly grown from four friends hosting Shabbat dinners for young adults out of their home in Oakland, California, to 46 thriving centers of Jewish life, spanning 14 countries. Moishe House is the largest organization of its kind, serving an international cohort of more than 50,000 Jewish young adults around the world annually. Moishe House has become an essential component in serving the Jewish post-college young adult population, by providing opportunities for community involvement, Jewish learning and leadership.
THE MOISHE HOUSE MODEL
We have developed a creative, low-barrier, cost-effective and scalable model for building vibrant, peer-based Jewish communities and learning opportunities for Jewish young adults in their twenties. Given that emerging adults are the true experts on their generation, Moishe House cultivates young leaders to create Jewish community — on their own terms — for their peers, in ways that are meaningful and relevant.
The center of the approach is an open, welcoming home, created and facilitated by a group of 3-5 young adults (residents).
Moishe House residents come from a wide variety of Jewish backgrounds and are selected for their demonstrated leadership abilities and outgoing personalities. Working together as a team, the residents plan and host a diverse range of low-barrier religious, cultural and social events in their home, including Shabbat dinners, holiday celebrations, Repair the World programs, and more.
In addition to planning their own programs, the house residents also support existing community resources by partnering with local Jewish organizations such as JCCs, synagogues, federations, and other institutional providers.

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CEA Line Show

This week, Aaron Herman had the opportunity to attend the CEA Line Show to see the newest technology coming out now.
The holidays are just around the corner and we got a first hand look at the newest gadgets and products on the market today. With over 120 participating companies and the support of the tech industry’s most prestigious media outlets, CEA Line Shows is a must-attend opportunity for every member of the media, retail, trade and analyst communities. If you want to know what’s happening in the all-important 4th quarter selling season then you need to find out first — and CEA Line Show is where you’ll see what’s new, what’s coming and what’s going to change the tech scene in the months ahead.

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PresenTense NYC Launch Night

This week, Aaron Herman had the opportunity to attend the PresenTense Launch Event in New York. We had the opportunity to attend Presentense Launch Night NYC. We spoke with some young social entrepreneurs about their their innovative initiatives The PresenTense Group engages and inspires the most creative minds of our generation, investing in their ideas […]

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The Jewish Futures Conference

This week, Aaron Herman had the opportunity to attend the Jewish Futures Conference
As technology evolves so does the way we learn and connect. We had the opportunity to attend the Jewish Futures Conference and spoke with leaders in the community about how they are utilizing technology to enhance the way they teach and engage their constituents. The Jewish Futures Conference brought together visionary thinkers, passionate individuals, and inspiring presentations in a conference designed to shift the horizon of our thinking in Jewish education. New ways of connecting are simultaneously posing challenges to traditional institutions and offering new opportunities for forging community and undertaking Jewish learning both locally and globally. The Jewish Futures Conference provided a space to imagine, learn and engage in purposeful and courageous conversation about the future of Jewish community and education and how it can thrive in today’s and tomorrow’s world.

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Hillel’s Renaissance Award Annual Gala

This week, Aaron Herman had the opportunity to attend Hillel’s Renaissance Award Annual Gala honoring Randall R. Kaplan and Kathy E. Manning. He spoke with the honorees, Wayne Firestone and Hillel members about how Hillel is transforming Jewish life on campus.

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Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps

This week, Aaron Herman had the opportunity to attend Avodah’s Partners In Justice event, and had an opportunity to speak with a number of people involved in the program.
We had the opportunity to speak with current and former AVODAH fellows about their experience and why they decided to participate in this important inititive. AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps strengthens the Jewish community’s fight against the causes and effects of poverty in the United States. We do this by engaging participants in service and community building that inspire them to become lifelong leaders for social change whose work for justice is rooted in and nourished by Jewish values. Participants in our service Corps program live out and deepen their commitments to social change and Jewish life through a year of full-time work at anti-poverty organizations in Chicago, New Orleans, New York, and Washington, DC. This work partners Corps members with service providers and residents in low income communities and equips our Corps members and alumni to emerge as lifelong agents for social change, whose work for justice is rooted in and nourished by Jewish values. After participants complete this intensive year-long program, Pursue: Action for a Just World provides a broad platform for long-term leadership in social change and Jewish life.

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Tech Crunch Disrupt New York Israeli Innovation

This week, Aaron Herman had the opportunity to talk to attend Tech Crunch Disrupt New York, and speak with a number of Israeli tech start-ups who have new and revolutionary tech products.
Israel is at the forefront of disruptive technology. Since the beginning of the technology revolution Israeli companies have set the bar when it comes to innovation. We attended Techcrunch Disrupt in NYC and spoke with Israeli’s that are transforming the whey we connect, share and do business.

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