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Yehuda Kurtzer Wins Bronfman's Brandeis Contest

Photo by Steve Ryan L’Chaim! Huge congratulations are in order for Yehuda Kurtzer who has been declared the winner of Charles Bronfman’s Brandeis contest. “The Sacred Task of Rebu… more »

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Rachel Andres wins Humanitarian Award for Solar Cooker.

oviedostyle wrote 3 months ago: Rachel Andres is the first woman to win the International Charles Bronfman Prize, of $100,000. Rache … more »

Tags: Women, solar cooker project, Jewish World Watch, Humanitarian, award, Darfur

Yehuda Kurtzer Wins Bronfman Brandeis Contest: Read His Full Proposal Here — 72 comments

Maya Norton wrote 4 months ago: Photo by Diego Lemas Huge congratulations are in order for Yehuda Kurtzer, who has been chosen as t … more »

Tags: Guest Author, Jewish Thinking & Ideas, Social Entrepreneurs, " Yosef Yerushalmi, "The Sacred Task of Rebuilding Jewish Memory", Brandeis University, Bronfman Big Ideas Series, Facing History and Ourselves, Havurah on the Hill

Yehuda Kurtzer Wins Bronfman's Brandeis Contest — 14 comments

Maya Norton wrote 4 months ago: Photo by Steve Ryan L’Chaim! Huge congratulations are in order for Yehuda Kurtzer who has b … more »

Tags: Jewish Thinking & Ideas, Social Entrepreneurs, "The Sacred Task of Rebuilding Jewish Memory", Big Idea Series, Brandeis Big Idea Contest, Brandeis University, Yehuda Kurtzer

Bronfman Big Idea Series: "Minhag America" (Anita Diamant: FINALIST) — 12 comments

Maya Norton wrote 5 months ago: Photo by Allen-Unwin.com This is the 9th entry in the Bronfman Big Idea Series. Finalist proposals … more »

Tags: Jewish Thinking & Ideas, Social Entrepreneurs, Brandeis University, Jewish Communal Innovation, Bronfman Big Idea Series, Anita Diamant, Minhag America, Rabbi Isaac Meyer Wise, The Red Tent

Bronfman Big Idea Series: "Life-Centered Judaism: Bringing Life Unto the Nations" — 36 comments

Maya Norton wrote 5 months ago: How can the Jewish value of life imbue our spiritual and communal practices? How can we organize ou … more »

Tags: Guest Author, Jewish Thinking & Ideas, Brandeis University, Jewish Communal Innovation, Bronfman Big Idea Series, Torah Technology Institute, Life-Centered Judaism, Lifeism, Brandeis Contest

Bronfman Big Idea Contest: Finalists Announced! — 34 comments

Maya Norton wrote 5 months ago: Congratulations to Ariel Beery, our own Bronfman finalist, for making the top five list in Charles … more »

Tags: Best Practice Models, Donor Decisions, Jewish Thinking & Ideas, Social Entrepreneurs, Social Responsibility, "Translating Judaism for the Post-Digital Age", Anita Diamant, Ariel Beery, Brandeis University

Bronfman Big Idea Series: "Translating Judaism for the Post-Digital Age: Creative Zionism and a Renewed Jewish People" — 82 comments

Maya Norton wrote 6 months ago: What can we as modern Jews learn from the social networks created in the Diaspora? What does being … more »

Tags: Guest Author, Jewish Thinking & Ideas, Opportunities for Jewish Engagement, Social Entrepreneurs, Social Responsibility, "Jews to Watch in 2008", "Translating Judaism for the Post-Digital Age", Aharon Horowitz, Ariel Beery

Bronfman Big Idea Series: "Renewing the Jewish Pioneering Spirit by Volunteer Work in the Negev" — 8 comments

Maya Norton wrote 6 months ago: Photo by Yaniv Ben-Arie, Western Negev a Week After the Rain How can we re-awaken the Jewish pionee … more »

Tags: Guest Author, Jewish Thinking & Ideas, Social Entrepreneurs, Social Responsibility, Volunteering in Israel, Bedouins, Brandeis Big Idea Contest, Bronfman Big Idea Series, Daroma Association

Bronfman Big Idea Series: "Covenant with the Future" — 27 comments

Maya Norton wrote 6 months ago: Photo by NASA via PingNews What is the future of the Jewish people and Jewish identity as we advanc … more »

Tags: Social Responsibility, Social Entrepreneurs, Guest Author, Jewish Thinking & Ideas, Brandeis University, Bronfman Big Idea Series, Covenant with the Future, Jewish Communal Innovation, Tsvi Bisk

Bronfman Big Idea Series: "The Edah: Embracing a New Definition of Am Yisrael" — 5 comments

Maya Norton wrote 6 months ago: What does it mean to be a Jew? What does it mean to be a religious Jew? What are the implications o … more »

Tags: Social Responsibility, Social Entrepreneurs, Guest Author, Jewish Thinking & Ideas, Ari Kelman, Steven Cohen, Bronfman Big Idea Series, Brandeis Big Idea Contest, Edah

Bronfman Big Idea Series: "Big Ideas? I've Got a Million of 'Em" — 17 comments

Maya Norton wrote 6 months ago: What’s all this about big ideas? How about some regular old good ideas. Andrew Silow-Carroll, … more »

Tags: Guest Author, Universal, Jewish Thinking & Ideas, Brandeis University, Hebrew, Jewish Communal Innovation, Brandeis Big Ideas Contest, Andrew Silow-Carroll, Bar Mitzvah

Bronfman Big Idea Series: Hebrew Nation (Gary Kulwin) — 8 comments

Maya Norton wrote 6 months ago: Gary Kulwin’s entry in the Charles Bronfman Brandeis Contest for the next big idea in Jewish comm … more »

Tags: Guest Author, Jewish Thinking & Ideas, Social Responsibility, Brandeis Big Idea Contest, Brandeis University, Bronfman Big Idea Series, Gary Kulwin, Hebrew Nation, Jewish Communal Innovation

Bronfman Big Idea Series: Jewish Community Incubator (Shai Litt) — 37 comments

Maya Norton wrote 6 months ago: The Jewish Community Incubator Shai Litt’s entry in the Charles Bronfman Brandeis Contest fo … more »

Tags: Guest Author, Jewish Thinking & Ideas, Opportunities for Jewish Engagement, Social Responsibility, Brandeis University, Bronfman Big Idea Contest, Jewish Communal Innovation, Jewish Community Incubator, Shai Litt

The Big Ideas Series: Introducing 13 Proposals for Jewish Communal Innovation (Phase One) — 34 comments

Maya Norton wrote 7 months ago: Fertile Ground: Share Your Ideas Photo by Paul Goyette Last week I invited you to submit your Big I … more »

Tags: Best Practice Models, Jewish Thinking & Ideas, Opportunities for Jewish Engagement, Social Entrepreneurs, Anita Diamant, Anti-Racist Blog, Ariel Beery, Brandeis Big Idea Contest, Brandeis University

Bronfman's Big Idea: What's Yours? — 8 comments

Maya Norton wrote 7 months ago: The Electricity of New Ideas Every time I think about Charles Bronfman’s Big Idea contest fo … more »

Tags: Social Entrepreneurs, Opportunities for Jewish Engagement, Best Practice Models, Big Idea Contest, Mordechai Kaplan, Jonathan Sarna

Bronfman's Big Idea for Jewish Social Innovation: Where Do We Stand at the Halfway Mark? — 15 comments

Maya Norton wrote 7 months ago: The Epitome of a Jewish Nerd I don’t know about you, but being a Jewish philanthropy nerd (i … more »

Tags: Profile: Social Entrepreneur, Social Entrepreneurs, Donor Decisions, Foundation Priorities, Big Idea Contest, Mordechai Kaplan, Jonathan Sarna, Gary Rosenblatt, brandeis


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