Issue 11


What does Jewish heroism mean to young Jews in the here & now? How will the actions of our generation’s heroes— and what they stand for—change the future? For this issue of PresenTense, our eleventh in print, we set out to address these questions of where our generation finds its inspiration. We discovered that our heroes include sportsmen and statesmen, community organizers and community builders. With their wisdom, charisma, and clarity of message, each has a compelling case to make as a role model whose impact could not only change the world, but also how we interact with it.

Inside this issue:
Features
Fellow Photo
16 Fellows About to Change the World: From Daring Shall Come the Reward
Brachie Sprung
A Million Points of Light
The Growing Potential of Online Giving
Tova Serkin
A Movement Takes Root
the growth of jewish environmentalism
Nati Passow
A New Charter?: Hebrew School Revisted
Matthew Ackerman
All Together Now
Giving Circles Increase Impact
Shelby Zitelman
An Entrepreneur’s Journey
Simple Actions Are Simple Actions Enough?
getting beyond crisis mode
Evonne Marzouk
Basking in the Afterglow: Between Light and Dark
Rebecca Alperstein
Behind the Scenes
PresenTense Fellows at Work
Calling All Converts: Blogging the Burdens and Blessings of Conversion
Leah Jones
Cleveland’s JCLE Impact
Conversation for a Change
Power of the Great Schlep
Amy Beth Schneider
Digital Zionism
Influencing Change Using Social Media
Naomi Haworth
Direct Service or Community Organizing?
choosing a model for change
Rachel Van Thyn
Do Leadership Programs Work?
Nicky Goldman
Don't Worry, Be Breslov
Signs Point Young Jews to the Na-Nachs
Shifra Mincer
Editorial: Israel@60
Deborah Fishman
Elective Exile?
Israeli-American Dialogue on Jewish Identity
Avi Herring
betterplace Electric in Demand
bringing us to a better place
Lianna Wolfson
Engaging, Leveraging, Inspiring
Boston Update
Elana Boehm
Fetal Attraction: Why Orthodox Jews Will Prevent Jewish Extinction
Eric Ackland
Food, Faith, and Justice
what's your grocery story?
Miriam Leibowitz
Front Dev
Funny, You Don't Look Jewish: Converts on the True Colors of the Jewish Community
Aliza Hausman
Get Them Young
The Emerging Jewish Teen Philanthropy Movement
Becca Linden
Going Digital
Mega Jewish Nonprofits in the Digital Sphere
Ezra S. Shanken
Going Down: The Art of Israeli Yerida
Yoav Fisher
Have a Heart
Returning Soul to the Center of Giving
Ezra S. Shanken
I Would Rather Be Living in Philadelphia
Morris Levin
Interviews with the PTI '10 Global Fellows
An in-depth look at the 2010 Global Fellows
Israel Cars, Unplugged: The Electric Revolution Starts Here
Tamar Weiss
It Takes a Village: Tiferet Artists' Colony Hits Cleveland
Benjamin Muller
Jewish Innovation and the Establishment
ultimate roi
David Brown
Jews and Social Justice
complicating the narrative, learning from our past
Judith Rosenbaum
Judaism of the Brain: How College Life Has Changed Judaism
Deborah Fishman
Judeo-Veganism
Imagine a New World
Large Knit Kippas and Flowy Skirts Not Required: Neo-Soul Hippie Culture in Israel
Alex Margolin
Leadership Rising Up
visions for the future
Shirlee Harel
Lessons From India
a new context for community organizing
Abby Bellows
Let All Who Are Hungry
fighting hunger through food rescue
Asher Weiss
MEET a Coach
Stacy Goodman
Meet a Mentor
Michael Rosenzweig, CEO, National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia
Laurel Klein
Meet Global Fellow David Kramer
Interview with founder of the NU Campaign
Meet Global Fellow David Lasday
Bring it On! Interview with Bring It In Israel founder
Meet Global Fellow Jack Reichert
Interview with GreenProphet COO and founder of CleanTechnology.ME
Meet Global Fellow Jenny Kaufman
Minyanaire founds independent prayer community in Cleveland
Meet Global Fellow Madeline Bleiweiss
Interview with JCLE Founder
Meet Global Fellow Manny Waks
Interview with founder of Capital Jewish Forum
Meet Global Fellow Marla Gamoran
Interview with Skilled Volunteers for Israel founder
Meet Global Fellow Micha Kurz
Interview with a Yerushalmi from the grassroots
Meet Global Fellow Mollie Gerver
Interview with Advocates for Asylum Founder
Meet Global Fellow Naomi Grumet
Interview with Eden Center Founder
Meet Global Fellow Nic Abery
Interview with expert educator and LooktoLearn founder
Meet Global Fellow Noah Sudow
Interview with founder of ICO Group
Meet Global Fellow Yishai Mizrahi Varon
Interview with the Hip and Hot Founder of the Shemspeed Showcase
Meet Global Fellow Yonatan Neril
Interview with founder of The Jewish Eco-Seminars
Meet Global Fellow Yoni Sarason
Open the Door to NextDor
Meet Global Fellow Zach Weiner
Interview with environmentally-conscious "hacker" and founder of Robots Reboot
Meet the Fellows
Arts Education
Meet the Fellows
Jewish Education
Meet the Fellows
Community Organizing
Meet the Fellows
Social Action
Meet the Fellows
Jerusalem Winter Fellowship 2010
Meet the Fellows
Boston Fellowship
Meet-ups and the Modern Jew
Leah Jones
Mentor Talk
Advice and Vision from Leaders in the Field
Mentorship: Lessons Learned from Jewish Education
Dr. Donald A. Sylvan
Minyans of the People
The Rise of Lay-Led Congregations
Alieza Salzberg
More Orgies, More Babies: A Modest Proposal
Ben Asher
Never Heard it like that Before: Education, Biblically Speaking
Jane Charney
New Leadership for TAMID
TAMID Israel Investment Group
Max Heller
Next Year in Jerusalem: Israelis in America, Temporarily
Roi Ben-Yehuda
No Place Like Home: Scaling Up a Venture to Success
David Cygielman
Not Just a History Lesson: Rejewvenation of the Lower East Side
Miriam Bader
Not Just a Holy Land: Why the Deification of Israel Hurts Us
Simi Hinden
Not Your Father's Federation
y's ask why
Jackie Menter
Observations of a 21st Century Entrepreneur
Baillie Aaron
On the Derech
Journey to the Center of Judaism
Jason Arenstein
Outside the Bubble
Integration in Education
Benjamin Greene
Popping up in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv Steering Committee Member Inbal Baum
Stephanie Tenenbaum
Power to the People
Investing in the People Behind Projects
PresenTense Boston 2011 Fellows
Putting the focus on our Fellows
PresenTense Global Institute 2010: Meet the Fellows Extra
An in-depth look behind the 2010 Global Fellows
PresenTense Jerusalem 2011 Fellows
Putting the spotlight on our Fellows
PresenTense NYC 2011 Fellows
Putting the focus on our Fellows
2011 Philly Fellows PresenTense Philadelphia 2011 Fellows
Putting the focus on our Fellows
PresenTense Tel Aviv 2011 Fellows
Putting the focus on our Fellows
PT10: The Digital Issue is LIVE on Google Wave!
Putting the Social Back in Socialism
Flo Low
Electric Car Race to The Dream Machine
tokyo takes on tel aviv
Manuela Zoninsein
Re-thinking Here and There: Diaspora Education in Israel
Avi Herring
Seeds of Pluralism
sowing community at kayam farm
Seeking Spiritual Shepherds
The Crisis in Religious Leadership
Adir Glick
Slaves in the Holy Land: The Problem of Sex Slavery in Israel
Chloe Safier
Span, Inc.
Mark Gibson
meditation Spirituality and Activism
meditating on change
Alison Laichter
Sporting Community
Bring It In - Israel
David Lasday
The Biblical Case for Intermarriage: Why You Can Marry Anyone You Want
Ariel Beery
The Case Against Israel Advocacy: Calling for Less Pro-Israel Activism
Benjamin Greene
The Lein in Spain: A Glimpse of Life in the New Sefarad
Stacey Menchel
The Path of the Entrepreneur
21st Century Hero
Lianna Wolfson
Enthusiasm and Creativity Save the Day The Rain Can't Stop Us
Enthusiasm and Creativity Save the Day
Gabi P. Remz
The Urge to Emerge: New Communities Blossom
Joshua Avedon
Transferring Leadership
a multigenerational enterprise
Rachel Ain
Under Attack in a Virtual World
Andre Oboler
Under Cover
Changing Trends in Women's Customs
Hadassah Levy
Walking the Talk: Trekking for the Kids
Flo Low
Wandersurfing in the Online Shtetl: Jews and Social Media
Jerry Silverman
What Good Are You
A Guide for the Perplexed Establishment
Sarah Y. Eisenman
Who Would Jesus Save?: Christian Zionists Strengthen the Holy Land
Jo Ann Panzella
Why Invest in Social Entrepreneurs?
Boston’s CJP reflects on young adult engagement
With Friends Like These: Supportive Communities Enable Creativity
Benjamin Greene
Here and Now
Fellow Photo
6 on 60: 6 Ideas Shaping Tomorrow's Israel
Abigail Rozenberg
Airfield of Dreams: Americans' First Steps in Their New Homes
Simi Hinden
Body in Nature
A Conversation with Baruch Shapiro
Shifra Mincer
Boycott, Bloody Boycott
Yair Zivan
Child's Play: Four Lessons from Preschool
Josh Buchin
Dear Chaps, Thanks for the Boycott
Leora Addison
Editorial: As We Emerge
Ariel Beery
Enter the Matrix: A First-Person Account of the Ethiopian Identity Crisis
Danny Admasu
Face Time vs. Screen Time
Community Building in an Online World
Devorah Matkowsky
Go South, Young Jew: Zionist Settlement Thrives in the Negev
David Wainer
Home Land Home Run? Baseball Makes Aliyah
Maya Wainhaus
How to Get to Sumsum Street: Entertainment for Today
Mimi Borowich
In the Big-Inning: Opening Day at the Israel Baseball League
Adam Soclof
In the Footsteps of the Father: Walking Abraham's Path
Michael Green
Iron Lion Zion: Forging Ethiopian life in Israel
David Druce
Israel @ 60: How does she compare?
Chloe Safier
Man with a Plan
Kevin Coval
Steven Slivnick
Man With a Plan
Rabbi Yehuda Sarna
Carly Van Orman
Man with a Plan
Elijah Dornstreich
Lisa Snider
man with a plan Man With A Plan
ron gonen
Rachel Krauser
Elie Lowenfeld Man with a Plan
elie lowenfeld
Benjamin Weisberger
Man with a Plan
adam berman
Rachel Krauser
Man with a Plan: Avi Liberman
Esther D. Kustanowitz
Man with a Plan: Michael Oshman
Maya Wainhaus
Miami to My Country: TV Reporter Finds Life and Career in the Holy Land
Leah Stern
Museum Musings: Navigating the World's Galleries
Miriam Bader
Omri at the Garden
An Israeli Star is Born
Adam Chandler
PDXPlosion: Portland Is Good for the Jews
Elizabeth Kellogg
PresenTense Fellow Activists
changing the world, one venture at a time
Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez
Re-Thinking Jewish Affiliation
Josh Whisler
Rules of Engagement
Ties that Bind
Josh Whisler
Rules of Engagement
Giving to Israel Despite Reservations
Josh Buchin
Rules of Engagement
Charles Keidan of the Pears Foundation on Giving to Israel
Charles Keidan
Rules of Engagement
Rotem Weinner Shapira on Israeli Philanthropy
Rotem Weinner Shapira
Rules of Engagement
greening jewish institutions
Ezra S. Shanken
Rules of Engagement: Interview with young Israeli philanthropist Ronen Moas
Ronen Moas
Rules of Engagement: Unpacking the Hebrew School Baggage
Josh Whisler
ShaBot Spot: Kosha' for the Rosha'
Willam Levin
Sourcing Service
jewish perspectives and approaches
Ezra S. Shanken
The Hebrew Slanguage: Unpacking the Junk from Israel's Trunk
Jacob Shwirtz
The Zionist Frontier: Zionism redefined in Jerusalem
Benjamin Fisher
Tuesday, the Rabbi Went to Jail: Religious Activism and the Rabbinate
Yehuda M. Hausman
Tweet This
Virtual Judaism: Finding Second Life in Online Community
Julian Voloj
Woman to Watch
Deborah Silver
Anita Susan Brenner
Woman to Watch
Tanya Zion Waldoks
Deborah Laks
Woman to Watch
Jennifer Hoos Rothberg
Raeefa Shams
Woman to Watch Woman To Watch
risa alyson cooper
Ilan Glazer
Joelle Novey Woman to Watch
joelle novey
Rachel Krauser
Woman to Watch
stosh cotler
Devorah Matkowsky
Woman to Watch: Inbal Freund
Perel Skier
Woman to Watch: Naomi Less
Perel Skier
Would You Like Some Chumus with That Poke?: Facebook Invades the Holy Land
Benji Lovitt
Young Jews + Israel: How Vital is Israel to Diaspora Jewish Identity?
Josh Whisler
Arts
Fellow Photo
A Bright New Day: Optimistic Futures for the Jews
Phil Getz
Abroad But At Home: Israelis in San Francisco Await Their Return
Joey Gelpe
Aleph Bet in the Bronx
Ilana Garon
All Shuk Up: Returning to the Marketplace
Yaffa Yonah
An Act of Courage
Defiance
Alexander Green
Art for a Change
an under-tapped tool
Yael Miriam
Art for Life
Give Me Art, or Give Me Death
Deborah Plum
Art For Life: Give Me Art, or Give Me Death
Deborah Plum
Art of Zion
Ideologies and Icons for a Zionist Era
Shana Carp
Backpage
Jewish Heroes Issue
Chari Pere
Bar Kamtza's Audience: Tisha B'av 5768
Rachel Beitsch
Because: A Poem
Carly Sachs
Black Box
Zach Klein
Blind Taste Test
blackout: dining in style in the dark
Melissa Meyers
Blood Brothers: Masked Uncovers the Conflict
Lonnie Schwartz
Candy to Chew On: Matthue's Star Meets Her Maker
Matthue Roth
Challah and Our Annual Review
rest is in the recipe
Gayle Squires
Collin: A Poem
Genevieve Dreizen
Common Sparks 'Forever' Within: 'Finding Forever' Lacks Common's Sense
Margaret Teich
Cost of Living
Seeking Fate in the Land
Shuki Taylor
Culinary Zionism
An Ingathering of the Edibles
Eythan-David Volcot-Freeman
Devouring Cyberspace
Top 10 Jewish Food Blogs
Jo Mandel-Cohen
Dress Me Up in Jew
Eileen Levinson
Emerging from the Deep: Jellyfish Come to American Shores
Marianna Evenstein
Environmental Artifacts
american census on transportation
Filmed in Israel: Five Movies You May Not Know
PT Staff
First Course: Garlic, A Jewish Love Story
Rus Pearlman
For the Love of Couscous
Sharone Revah Zitzman
Found Through Translation
Chinese Seek Jewish Food for Thought
Erin Kopelow
Freedom Writers: Jewish-Iranian Women Explore Post-Revolution Life
Melody Ahdut
From the Edge of the Abyss
Heroes of Jewish legend and lore
Emily K. Alhadeff
Gringolandia
Leora S. Fridman
Heroes in Haiti
Israelis go global to save lives
Maya Rozov
Holy Chevre
an eco-friendly goat cheese
Melissa Meyers
I Want to Hear My Own Voice
Hebrew Melodies of the Romantic Era
Emily Isaacson
In Memory of the Fallen
Honoring heroes of Israel
Moti Vaknin
In The Gan
our hands at work
Suzanne Nathan
Innovation and the Arts
cultural change agents speak out
Anne Hromadka
Israel, Innovation Nation
Start-up Nation and a Conversation with Nir Kouris
Raeefa Shams
Israelite Science Fair
backpage
Sam Ackerman
Jew In or Jew Out?: Reviewing the Jewing in Contemporary Fiction
Lilit Marcus
Jew's Line Is It Anyway? Why the Chosen People Choose Improv
Esther D. Kustanowitz
Jews, Power and the Return to Zion: A Guide for the Politically Perplexed
Polly Zavadivker
Just Cheap
book review: in cheap we trust
Suzanne Lipkin
Just Vengeance?
Kick-Ass motivations
Arieh S. Rosenblum
Kick Tuchas
Real Life Superheroes in Action
Simcha Weinstein
Lines in the Sand
A Conversation with Michael Oren
Noa Levanon
Listen to the Beat
Jewish Online Radio
Rick Recht
Losers
Ruth Schachter
Lost, But Not in Translation: What Happens When the Band Visits
Esther Breger
Music Mashups
The New Jewish Soundscape
Miriam Brosseau
Music Therapy in the Community
Working through the creative process, learning through the other
Naomi Zeidman
Oy-Bay Goes to the Movies: Shtarkers and the Sweet Science
Tomer Altman
Popeye's Gem
Spinach as culinary hero
Melissa Meyers
Portrait of an Artist
God's His DJ
Monica Rozenfeld
Portrait of an Artist
Fine Art Meets Blogspot.com
Deborah Plum
portraitofanartist Portrait of an Artist
objects of desire
Libi Adler
Portrait of an Artist: Eve Grubin's Modest Sensuality
Michael Rose
Portrait of an Internet Strategist: Randi Jayne Zuckerberg
Adam Finkel
Preparing Your Own Challah This New Year
Michal Waldfogel
RESH: a poem
Dave Harrity
Sensitive Spirituality
Alisa Ungar-Sargon
Shades of Gray
book review: hush
Emily K. Alhadeff
Sins of Our Fathers: A Short Story
Alieza Salzberg
Skeleton Skin
Oded Carmeli
Sofer So Good: The Septembers of Shiraz
Ariella Saperstein
SONG OUT OF SDEROT
Lauren Blumer
strength in community Strength in Community
Elke Reva Sudin
Tanked
Lebanon at war
Saul Sudin
Tasty Bites to Smite Your Enemies: Rosh Hashanah's Symbolic Foods
Miriam Segura
The Brit-Mila: A Poem
Mosheh Vineberg
The Changing Face of Tel Aviv: Theater in the Non-Stop City
Eythan-David Volcot-Freeman
The Offering: A Sonnet
Amy Gottleib
The Things They Carry: Trauma and Triumph in the Fight for Israel
Yael Twito
The World in My Voice: Jewish Music Goes Multiethnic
Margaret Teich
Through the Lens
Ari Hoffnung
transforming jerusalem Transforming Jerusalem
the art of urban preservation
Liz Nord
What Poetry Makes Happen: Oded Carmeli and the Tel Aviv Literary Landscape
Sara Meirowitz
Which Rule Book Are You Leading From?
networking your nonprofit
Lisa Colton
Who's There: Bob Dylan and the Ever-Changing Jew
Yishai Freedman
Why Did She Dai? When Violence Becomes Performance
Lonnie Schwartz
Words to Bring Us Home
The Northwoods
Raimy Rubin
You Are Batman
Lessons From an Oridnary Superhero
Arieh S. Rosenblum
“Holy Role Model, Batman!”
Lessons From a Man in a Black Hat – Which Has Ears
Mayer Waxman
Society
Fellow Photo
A Chance to Play
encounter with sudanese refugees
Lee Frankel-Goldwater
A Small World?
the u.k.-ghana connection
An Unorthodox Wedding
Seeking Alternatives in Tying the Knot
Jerrin K. Zumberg
At Home in Israel
Meredith Levick
Boogie Down: Movement and Music in the Middle of Jerusalem
Adam Soclof
Can Anybody Find Me...
Somebody to JLove?
Rachel Lieff Axelbank
Competitive Philanthropy
Public Giving Gets the Job Done
Eric Ackland
Doing Well by Doing Good
socially responsible investing
Joe Gelpe
Every Little Bit Counts
Microfinancing in the Jewish Tradition
Talia Cottrell Furleiter
Exodus to Empowerment
Avraham Nega Admasu
Dana Talmi
Feeding Israel's Hungry
A Call to Reorganize Priorities
Devora Liss
Feeding Israel’s Hungry
The State of Israel and the Role of the Nonprofit
Aliza Solomon
Friending the Holocaust
Bringing Henio Back to Life
Symi Rom-Rymer
Gender and Leadership
a murky relationship
Charlie Schwartz
Gender Equality
what you can do for your organization's success
Joanna Samuels
Good Job: Growth of Service Learning for the Jews
Jessy Gross
Green Course Green Course
mobilizing israeli student activists
Hamutal Gilo
Growing and Empowering Community Leaders
The Canadian Yeshiva and Rabbinical School
Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez
Had Me At Shalom: The Israeli Ulpan Experience
Laura Chizzali
Healing in the Himalayas: Jews Build Community in Nepal
Micha Odenheimer
I Like the Size of Your Gun: Finding Your Promised Man in the Promised Land
Rachel Axelbank
I Wish I Lost Sleep: Reflections of a Darfur Activist
Rebecca Stone
In a Refugee Nation
israel faces a new refugee wave
Laura Berger
Inheriting the Holocaust: Survivors' Grandchildren Connect Worldwide
Chloe Safier
Is Ten Days Enough?: Our Generation Claims Its Birthright
Jordan Chandler Hirsch
Jewish Team Captains
observant at-bats
Morris Levin
Kosher Action
Can Social Activism and Rabbinic Study Go Hand in Hand?
Jessica Sacks
Leading by Design
new lesson plans
Maya Bernstein
Learning Israel, Experientially: Personalized Paths Through Israel Programs
Learning to Tell Stories
A Leadership Training for Jewish Environmentalists
Evonne Marzouk
Left Behind
why we need truly global jewish leaders
Naomi Sage
Let's Talk About Sex: Teaching the Taboo
Tamar Weiss
Losing Their Religion?
Young Orthodox Grow Into College
Judith Heistein
Making the Desert Bloom: Israel’s Environmental Past and Zionist Future
Meira Levinson
Mechanics of Activism
what Israel can learn from the American model
Yoav Sivan
Mind the Gap
Breaking the Nonprofit Glass Ceiling
Laura Berger
More than a Pretty Face: Israel's PR Makeover
Anna Melman
Moving People
Organizing for a Change
David Russell
Nature Knows No Borders
collaboration for land's sake
Michael Cohen
Not Bringing Home the Bacon
Jews, Food, and Guilt
Rachel Lieff Axelbank
REAL Housing for Real People: Building in the Negev Goes Green
Noa Levanon
Reinventing the Synagogue
Toward a New Model
Dan Medwin
Seemingly Secular
Exploring Israel's Secular-Religious Divide
Deborah Plum
Special Needs
surpassing expectations
Subway Evangelism
New Avenues for Today's Missionaries
Laura Berger
sustaining yourself sustainably Sustaining Yourself Sustainably
in search of green jobs
Tess Lehrich
The Case for Asylum
not just a refuge for jews
Mollie Gerver
The Electronic Persona
Managing Identities Using Social Networks
Lynley-Shimat Lys
The Intellectual Giver
A Theory of Moral Relativity
Emily K. Alhadeff
The Phonograph Party
Reproducing Jewish Experiences in the Digital Age
Carly Siegel
The Tikkun Olam Dilemma
juggling social and environmental agendas
Jonathon Feinberg
Topsy-Turvy Bus The Topsy-Turvy Bus
spreading awareness in style
Jonathan Dubinsky
Thoughts from A Professional Zionist
Lisette Dolgin
Time Over Money
Volunteering as Philanthropy
What Makes a Leader Jewish?
narrative, torah, and relationships
Benjamin Ross
What's in a Phrase?
Defining Tikkun Olam
Leora Addison
Why Passion Alone Won't Grow a Movement
Stosh Cotler
Wrestling With God in Bethlehem
Seventy-One Faces
Becca Linden
You Learn What You Eat: Embodying the Learning Experience
Adam Edell
Zionism A-Z: Israpedia for the Z-Word
Ideas and Innovation
Fellow Photo
A New Recipe for Israeli Heroism
Makings of Falafel Man
Dorit Maya Gur
A Tablet for Today
Journalism for the Curious Jew
Matt Russo
Being a Global Jew
Elan Ezrachi
Can Education Be Democratic?: Changing the Pedagogical Paradigm
Anat Vovnoboy
siach Collaboration at Your Service
siach connects the conversation
Dyonna Ginsburg
Come As You Are: Audible Authenticity
Tamar Zaken
Community-Schooled: Modeling Social Change
David Russell
Do It. Done It.
Profiles of 2008 PT Institute Fellows
Laura Chizzali
For Israel's Sake
Abba Eban
Chaim Landau
Give and Take
Thinking Anew About Giving to Israel
Chaim Landau
Green Fellows
some of pt's finest
Shira Becher
Grow and Behold
conversation with naftali hanau
Elissa Shevinsky
Human Rights and the Jewish Community
a conversation with felice d. gaer
Raeefa Shams
Kosher Music to Bricks-and-Clicks
Religious Initiatives
Narrowing Israel's Digital Gap
Machshava Tova
Daniel Weil
Not Just a Spoke in a Wheel
how young professionals can make an impact within the organized Jewish community
Jonah Halper
Open-Source Judaism
Lessons from the Information Age
Eitan Ingall
Our Heroes
PT Staff
Pitch an Idea
The Yitro Award
Maurice Harris
Pitch an Idea
Enjoying the Act of Giving
David Russell
Pitch an Idea
how does your garden grow?
Jonathan Mann
Pitch an Idea: Centers for Applied Jewish Studies
Daniel Libenson
Prosumers in the Jewish Future
a conversation
Miriam Brosseau
Reality Check: Pursuing Justice Through Education
Rules of Engagement
How Heroes Show Us The Way
Ezra S. Shanken
Rules of Engagement
Lessons in Leadership
Roben Kantor
Ruth Wisse Had an Idea
Jews and Power
Matthew Ackerman
drip irrigation Solving The Water Crisis
Israel leads the way
Sarah Hilzinger
Text's Message
New Pathways to Jewish Texts
Rebecca Zimmerman
The Hand in Hand School: Modeling Multiculturalism
Eliana Golding
REALITY - Teach for America Theory of Relevancy
a new reality
Adam Simon
Tikkun Ha-Ir
David Fine
Torah on the Go
Podcasts for the People
Rebecca Zimmerman
Turning Around Israeli Education: New Initiatives
Matt Russo
What Does It Mean to Be Affiliated?
bridging the gap between the affiliated and the unaffiliated
Jonathan Dickens
challah for hunger What’s the Recipe?
challah for hunger hits campus
Daniel Cohen
Why Does Teach For America Care About REALITY?
Andrew Mandel
Around the World
Fellow Photo
America's Tel Aviv
Israelis Invade Miami
Terence Cantarella
Blazing Saddles
Jewish Life in Argentina
Lina Tuv
Bringing Putti to America
Camps for Volunteerism
reshaping the future
Anna Litovskaya
Columbus Explores New Lands: Thinking Outside the Shabbat-In-a-Box
Heather E.A. Mitchell
Community Pittsburgh
calling all young Jews to J'burgh
Caroline Kessler
Detroit chicken race Detroit
on the move
Liz Kohn
Eastern Encounters
Finding Faith in Thailand
Sari Nossbaum
Ethiopian Jewry
challenges and journeys
Alex Kadis
From Rallies to Renaissance: Six Weeks in the New Jewish Berlin
Brauna Doidge
Hello, Mada
Rebuilding Jewish Life at Camp
Erin Beser
Jews of Siberia
in the jewish autonomous region
Jason Pressberg
midwest meditation Midwest Meditation
ingathering in rural Iowa
James Edward Johnson
New Jews of NOLA: High Tide of Volunteerism in the Bayou
Nathan Rothstein
No J-Date Here: Making Jewish Matches in India
Erin Beser
Personal Giving Through Global Service
Interview with Andrew Carmona, AJWS Volunteer
Leora Addison
New Orleans Preserving Memory, Healing Trauma
storying as social action
Return to Uzghorod: The Signs of Jewish Life
Matt Rosenbaum
climate change rally Setting the Agenda
lessons from jewish social action forum
David Brown
Smile: Worthwhile
Volunteering in Rwanda
Mike Brand
Super-Shtetl in the South
Mexico City Is Rich with Life
Alan Grabinsky
Take That, Borat
The Search for Jewish Life in Kazakhstan
Perry Teicher
Reverse Mifgash Ten Days in Reverse
bringing israelis to the u.s.
Jason Langsner
12-legged race The 12-Legged Race
realism and hope
Michael Getty
service The Jewish Service Mecca
new orleans and the jewish community
The Lein in Spain: A Glimpse of Life in the New Sefarad
Stacey Menchel
The Mu Shoo Jews: Jews in Beijing
Manuela Zoninsein
The New Havana Club
Jewish Life Returns to Cuba
Julian Voloj
The Thing We Carried
transporting tradition
Zev Nagel
Tikkun Nepal
a jewish opportunity
Caylee Talpert
Wandering Jewishly: Visiting People, Not Places
Jeremy Leigh
Community
Fellow Photo
Baruch Shapiro
Deportation and Identity
a jewish-cambodian exchange
Julia Baskin
Jewish vs. Business Wisdom
how they compare
Matthew Hoffman
Paved Paradise
What do we lose from technological advances?
Pitches & Ditches
PT Staff
Reconnecting to Our Earth-Based Roots: Teshuva for Our Generation
Zelig Golden
Think All American Jews are Over-Educated?
think again
Lani Santo
Inside this issue:
Ideas and Innovation
A New Recipe for Israeli Heroism
Makings of Falafel Man
Dorit Maya Gur
For Israel's Sake
Abba Eban
Chaim Landau
Our Heroes
PT Staff
Rules of Engagement
How Heroes Show Us The Way
Ezra S. Shanken
Arts
Backpage
Jewish Heroes Issue
Chari Pere
From the Edge of the Abyss
Heroes of Jewish legend and lore
Emily K. Alhadeff
Heroes in Haiti
Israelis go global to save lives
Maya Rozov
In Memory of the Fallen
Honoring heroes of Israel
Moti Vaknin
Just Vengeance?
Kick-Ass motivations
Arieh S. Rosenblum
Kick Tuchas
Real Life Superheroes in Action
Simcha Weinstein
Popeye's Gem
Spinach as culinary hero
Melissa Meyers
Tanked
Lebanon at war
Saul Sudin
Community
Baruch Shapiro
Features
Behind the Scenes
PresenTense Fellows at Work
Conversation for a Change
Power of the Great Schlep
Amy Beth Schneider
Don't Worry, Be Breslov
Signs Point Young Jews to the Na-Nachs
Shifra Mincer
Engaging, Leveraging, Inspiring
Boston Update
Elana Boehm
Meet the Fellows
Jerusalem Winter Fellowship 2010
Meet the Fellows
Boston Fellowship
Mentor Talk
Advice and Vision from Leaders in the Field
Seeking Spiritual Shepherds
The Crisis in Religious Leadership
Adir Glick
The Path of the Entrepreneur
21st Century Hero
Lianna Wolfson
Around the World
Blazing Saddles
Jewish Life in Argentina
Lina Tuv
Smile: Worthwhile
Volunteering in Rwanda
Mike Brand
Society
Exodus to Empowerment
Avraham Nega Admasu
Dana Talmi
Here and Now
Omri at the Garden
An Israeli Star is Born
Adam Chandler
 
 
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