jumpstart Archives – Jewish Journal

AJC Hosts Meeting Between L.A. Women’s March Leaders, Jewish Groups

Erin Ben-Moche January 9, 2019

Study reveals the who, what and where of Jewish giving

Jonah Lowenfeld August 31, 2013

When Jews feels connected to their community, money will flow — to Jewish causes and elsewhere. That, in short, is the main finding of a broad new nationwide study of American Jewish philanthropy. Coordinated by Jumpstart, a Los Angeles-based think tank and incubator for innovative Jewish nonprofits, the study, titled “Connected to Give,” asked nearly 3,000 Jews across the United States about their giving habits.

Engineered serendipity: Creating space for innovation and risk-taking

Jewish Journal April 22, 2013

The state of funding innovation in the Jewish community presents encouraging and discouraging realities at the same time.

How much is Jewish innovation worth?

Rob Eshman June 14, 2012

On May 8, in a very cool space in Culver City, I listened to a hundred very cool people talk about their very cool vision for the Jewish future.

Heads of young innovative Jewish organizations debrief L.A. Jews on their work

Jonah Lowenfeld May 16, 2012

As part of their visit to Los Angeles last week, the outgoing class of Joshua Venture Fellows, all leaders of innovative Jewish organizations that are less than five years old, spent a few hours one evening talking to a group of L.A. Jews.

A break in the pipeline

Jewish Journal August 26, 2009

They say a good mensch is hard to find. Without the Professional Leaders Project (PLP), the Los Angeles Jewish community might never have met mensches like Gabe Halimi and Ari Moss (“L.A.’s Top Ten Mensches,” The Jewish Journal, Dec. 31). Or innovators like Elishia Shokrian Bolour, who launched the Society of Young Philanthropists here in Southern California and is expanding it to Dallas. Now that PLP has announced it will suspend operations, who knows how many prospective mensches will never be discovered?