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Ideas — College
MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATION WORK
It's no secret that post- Bar/Bat Mitzvah Supplemental Jewish education is plagued by high drop-out rates. Unfortunately, the response by many supplemental programs has been to cut school hours and material from the curriculum. But with rising intermarriage rates and lower levels of education among many Jewish youth, attempts to keep students in the classroom by decreasing emphasis on education should strike many as troubling. It is for this reason that I propose the creation of a program in which Jewish high school students are given the opportunity to receive an intensive Jewish education by studying in classes taught by…
Heart to Heart
With an estimated 300,000 American Jewish students in college, surveys speak of the majority of Jewish students¦ untouched by formal Jewish organizations and activities. LA itself has numerous colleges, including UCLA, USC, Santa Monica College, Occidental, and others, with approximatively 14,000 Jews in total.
At the same time, there are over 10,000 Jewish students who grew up with intensive Jewish experiences and educations, entering college with much to offer but tending to participate exclusively in their own communities, leaving both themselves and the Jewish world around them unenriched by one another. This includes many Jews coming from rich Jewish backgrounds…
JewishGeography
The game of Jewish Geography gets a virtual update! Utilizing social media tools, this application instantly links your friends and family to the people you just met. Simply type in their name - and see all your connections - including mutual acquaintances from Synagogues, summer camps, youth groups, Hebrew Schools, day schools and more! It's instant context, instant connection, and instant community!
The California Israel Technology Collaborative
We intend to build an online facility to match Israeli start-ups in the medical devices industry to locate potential business partners in California. We believe this approach will have several major benefits to Israel:
- Utilize social networking capabilities of the Internet to enable Israeli startups to access US expert resources through real time audio/video/text communications.
Recognize and promote innovation and entrepreneurship in medical and high technology industries through fostering technology transfer between the US and Israel.
- Create awareness for Israel as a vibrant world class center for talent, R&D, innovation and business formation.
- Educate & mentor new…
SocialJew.com
SocialJew is a new social-networking website (still in development) that will be a place for Jewish youth to congregate, socialize and communicate.
It acts like Facebook, but with more of a focus on "groups" and socializing with other like-minded Jews.
Working Dreams
The Working Dreams Initiative will reach out to over 10,000 Los Angeles County foster youth ages 9-18 years old to provide them with a refurbished computer or lap top. Los Angeles County has approximately 20,000 foster youth currently in the Department of Children and Family Services in "Out of Home Care"/Foster Care as of November 2010. The Digital Divide demographic factors is associated with…
The Fireplace - Where Jews Are Growing Somewhere!
Currently, LA does not have a location that feels like home to young Jews. While young Jews in LA are very far from their Jewish roots, they are not opposed to meaningful Jewish experiences if presented in an appealing way.
Young Jews want to want to spend their down time meeting people in a cool, non-judgmental, appealing atmosphere. They are willing to explore Judaism if it's a choice presented in a non-threatening way. People don't want to feel obligated by Judaism; they want to choose it because it adds value to their lives and empowers them. A local hangout with…
The Hero in Us All
A tool to teach the benefits of always looking for the good around us. Use social media to send out stories about Jewish people who live in L.A. and make a contribution to someone's life. Anyone from the grocer who delivers to sick customers, or the teen ager who helps elderly in his neighborhood. Create a place real people can honor the real people in their everyday lives.
Jewish Communing in the 21st century
Web broadcasting of services is a newish Jewish thing that my Temple in Memphis does every week. It's for our elderly who are infirm, children who have gone to study abroad or just out of state, or just can't get home, and people outside our country who wish to feel a sense of community. Each Temple that can could have a Webstreaming System that is administrated via calendar, tells it when to come on and turn off (if), it can be small and mobile, and move into any room in a temple or synagogue for transmission of any event we…
Jewish Networking System
As we know there are many programs and sites such as Ask Moses.com, Chabad.org,, Lashon Hara hotline, etc. that provide support and information to anyone who needs it. Seemingly these are a few of the many great sites offered to those who seek it. The question is, how can we somehow bring them all together in a cohesive form to offer interactive, modern, and interesting way. My idea is to create a world wide network of Jewish networking within the youth and adults similar to facebook. Where people can post questions about Judaism and members can answer them in an…