Using sports as an educational tool


Bring It In hopes to build a connection between American young adults and underprivileged Israeli youth

 

PresenTense fellows return from Israel with new ideas


The work of the three Cleveland fellows was made possible by a partnership between PresenTense, a self-described “global start-up” co-founded by Beachwood native Aharon Horwitz, and the Jewish Federation of Cleveland. PresenTense – a Jerusalem-based, largely volunteer-run program designed to encourage innovative Jewish projects mostly from 20- and 30-somethings – launched the JFC/PT Cleveland Social Entrepreneur Fellowship this year.

 

Global Fellow David Lasday in NJ Jewish News!


“I have seen the power of sports to unite communities, develop leaders, change lives, and teach life skills.”

 

Manny Waks' Capital Jewish Forum in J-Wire


The CJF, a non-partisan organization, provides a means of engagement through “a secure and inclusive environment for Jewish professionals whose personal perspectives are welcomed, indeed encouraged,” according to Waks.

 

PresenTense Launch in Philadelphia Featured in eJewishPhilanthropy


 Tribe 12 is bringing to the area the PresenTense Community Entrepreneur Partnership, which is essentially an idea incubator for young-adult programming. With a grant of $50,000, it was one of the few new programs to be awarded any funds.

 

Aharon in Cleveland Jewish News: Jewish Social Entrepreneurship


Innovative start-ups housed at the Federation will ultimately engage, leverage and inspire the community. They will draw social, intellectual and financial capital from demographics that are crucial to Jewish Cleveland’s future.

 

Local Social Media Entrepreneur Selected as PresenTense Global Fellow


Since opening its doors in November of 2009, Next Dor STL has connected hundreds of young Jewish adults in St. Louis.  Yoni Sarason, the Program Director of Next Dor STL, has been invited to spend 6 weeks this summer living in Jerusalem as a PresenTense Fellow.  Each year, PresenTense selects a handful of social entrepreneurs working on a variety of social ventures that seek to solve problems facing the Jewish People and the World to participate in the program.

 

Three Jews who will change Cleveland?


PresenTense, an Israel-based program to encourage young Jewish social entrepreneurs, has partnered with the Jewish Federation of Cleveland to create a pilot program to develop three innovative Jewish ventures put forth by Cleveland community members.

  After a rigorous application process, the 2010 Cleveland PresenTense fellows have been chosen...

 

המהפכה הירושלמית


תשעה יזמים מקומיים יפגשו ביום ירושלים עם תורמים מרחבי העולם כדי למצוא מימון ליוזמות שלהם שנועדו לשפר את החיים בעיר.

 

Teaching the Bible to a Beat


 In 2007, Iowa City native Matt Bar partnered with Israeli producer Ori Salzberg to start “Bible Raps,” a program that teaches Jewish texts through hip-hop. Bar... received funding in 2007 from the organization PresenTense (presentense.org)...“I was a PresenTense Fellow in 2007, and they gave Bible Raps business legs and showed me how to go about navigating the non-profit world,” said Bar.