Entries by Daniel Sieradski

Joshua Bloom is a consultant to Rabbis for Human Rights and B’Tzedek’s LIFE Program. He currently lives in Jerusalem. He submitted a series of great ideas. These are just two of them. Free JDate for Birthright Alumni So you returned from Taglit-Birthright Israel without finding your “bashert” (b’sheret), but you feel more Jewish than you’ve [...]

This idea comes from Jennie Starr, the director of Tarbuton, an Israeli cultural center in San Diego. Existing centers for dialogue about Jewish education should invite local innovative programs to participate in their forums, in their newsletters, in their meetings. A novel concept. Open the doors of existing Jewish organizations like JESNA, PEJE, other official [...]

Having worked with over 350 non-profit organizations, with a major emphasis in the Jewish community, we see wonderful acts of kindness every day; however, there seems to be a strong sense of division among our community. While we commend all participation within the Jewish community, we believe that our community needs an immediate call to [...]

This idea comes from Julia Levy, the NYC-based Director of Advancement for Cornell Hillel. I was a skeptic of meetup.com for years. Until I attended a meet-up with 400 attendees and 10,000 members in the wings on their mailing list. Suddenly, I understood its power: the ability to self organize in your community around a [...]