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Haggadot.com
Passover is about freedom. But when it comes to the seder, many Jews are lost. The haggadah is a core artifact of freedom in Jewish identity. The versions of past and current haggadot illustrate incredible diversity in Jewish culture over the years. But some traditions get overlooked, while others may seem outdated, with no place for varied, individualized voices.
Today's Judaism demands that we value both personal narratives and the collective conversation. As the Jewish community struggles with participation, so does the publishing field. In our digital culture of immediacy, modularity and customization, consumers simply do not purchase full printed…
Holiday Pilgrimage
The holidays of Pessach, Shavuot and Sukkot mark three special points in the year when the entire Jewish community would unite in Jerusalem to celebrate together. The State of Israel was reintroduced to the world amidst a business savvy population- one which drives travel prices up specifically at popular times such as holidays. This project aims at securing affordable family trips to Israel, encouraging jubilant celebratory experience in the heart of our homeland along with all of our brothers and sisters.
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…
UNDO
UNDO is an online tool designed to help reclaim and reinterpret the observance of the Sabbath, helping users unplug from technology, set aside their TODO lists and make room for reflection, creativity and community. UNDO aims to facilitate a broad movement of people committed to unplugging once a week by enriching the offline experience and making it collective. UNDO is composed of three parts: Give, Get and Share. Each is an analogue to a part of the ancient Shabbat ritual: Candlelighting, the Sabbath day of rest, and Havdallah.
GIVE: Like insomniacs encouraged to write down their to-do lists to help…
EXODUS WEST 2012
Where: Palm Springs, CA, an easy weekend getaway for Angelinos When: Friday April 6th through Sunday April 8th, 2012 What: Exodus West is a 3-day Pesach celebration retreat, bringing Conservative, Reform or totally unaffiliated Jews together in the California desert for the purpose of connecting them to the greater Los Angles Jewish community, to our ancestors who left Egypt in the struggle for Jewish freedom and survival, and to the modern Jewish world. There are over 125 international destinations for celebrating Pesach in the Orthodox Glatt Kosher tradition. But, almost none or very few options exist for Reform or Conservative…
Shabbat Housing
The Ba'al Teshuva movement is HUGE. Bigger than it has ever been and is predicted to be exponentially greater in a matter of years. The problem many of these Baalei Teshuva have is that they don't live near synagogues or other people who keep Shabbat. I propose an online database is set up where people can volunteer to host those who want a place to stay for Shabbat. People who want to be housed only need to enter contact information, location they want to stay, and any other information a week in advance. Then the website automatically pairs up people,…
Mobile calendar of all things Jewish
We would use mobile (text message) marketing from newlegacymobile.com to create a text message alert system for all things Jewish with sign up forms on the web and in print. The various categories would include, but not limited to, shabbos and yom tov times (by region), sefirat haomer reminders, eiruv tavshilin and eiruv notices, breaking news, community events, restaurant deals and openings etc...
FREE ROSH HASHANA AND YOM KIPPUR SERVICES FOR “HIGH HOLIDAY JEWS”
Providing free Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur tickets will make the most significant Jewish holidays accessible to "unaffiliated" Jews who might be interested in going to high holiday services but who are not motivated enough to do the research or spend the money. It will provide a valuable service to this "non-community-community" by attracting participants with innovative, popular, community-wide holiday services. It will also provide a creative vehicle to expose otherwise disconnected Jews to the myriad of year-round opportunities for Jewish community engagement, whether religious, social or volunteer.
Having this option available would communicate to "high holiday Jews" that there…
JEWISH E-CARDS & MORE
JEWISH E-CARDS & MORE is an e-card and community website. Our vision is that JEWISH E-CARDS & MORE will provide the opportunity to send not just a card, but also something that is truly Jewish, beautiful, and inspiring. Our site will offer something for all ages, appeal to both families and organizations, and even offer e-cards and activities in English, Hebrew, Yiddish, Spanish, French, and Russian to engage the spectrum of the Jewish community. Soon to be launched, this vibrant, interactive site will offer Jews a broad range of choices to communicate with loved ones, friends and associates. These beautifully…
PICO KOSHER SOUP KITCHEN
A place where anyone who needs meals for friday(shabbos night) and saturday (shabbos) lunch a table and meal will be available. a safe atmosphere that will allow people too provide outreach services,..