This is just a quick update to let you know that we are off to great start over here in Vilnius at the ROI-Paideia European gathering. Beto and Brachi (from Paideia) did an amazing job with all the preparations and naturally took on their leading roles as the gathering got underway.
We began this morning with an intense staff training meeting where we reviewed the schedule and shared facilitation methods. Once all the participants arrived and registered, we kicked off the gathering with a series of interactive high-energy ice-breakers led by Beto and Brach
Everywhere I went this weekend at LimmudLA, I heard everyone - adults, parents, kids, singles - talking about how amazing Bible Raps was, enabling the Limmudniks to participate in this practically instant original rap video, titled "Learn, Baby, Learn" (which was also the slogan on the LimmudLA t-shirts).
ROIers are going to be out in force at this weekend's LimmudLA conference (see below schedule) - plus, late-breaking news that Alan Grabinsky (Moishe House, Mexico City) will be speaking on "Threats and Challenges of Innovative Jewish Organizations in the Jewish Community of Mexico City" (check schedule for date and time).
Also coming…David Cygielman (Moishe House), Eileen Levinson (Haggadot.com), and others!
We are thrilled to announce that No'a Gorlin, formerly of the Rashi Foundation, began work as our new Grants Manager on Monday, February 1. Her significant and diverse experience managing grants, cultivating donor relationships, and responding to the needs of funding partners makes her an ideal addition to the CLI office. Her work, which spans the business and philanthropic/nonprofit sectors will undoubtedly increase our capacity and get us back on track with our ROI grants. Her first act as grants manager will be to review the pending applications and dive-in coordinating the decision-making process, which we know you are all anxious for.
31 YOUNG INNOVATORS TO GATHER IN VILNIUS FEBRUARY 17-21, 2010
ROI Community/Paideia European Gathering Aims to Strengthen Jewish Culture and Innovation in Europe
February 4, 2010, Jerusalem, ISRAEL - With the aim of strengthening Jewish life and innovation in Europe, Paideia - The European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden & the ROI Community have joined forces to create the 2010 ROI/Paideia European Regional Gathering, to be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, February 17-21, 2010. The Gathering will offer 31 European leaders and activists the unique opportunity to meet, learn and create together, while developing and improving their professional skills for the benefit of innovative work in Europe.
Two years ago, the Tikun Olam Committee of El Salvador received an ROI seed fund grant: $4,000.00 designated for "books and scholarships for students in the Instituto Estado de Israel in La Paz, El Salvador". Aside from the books and scholarships, there was enough money to buy more things: cloth for uniforms, sporting goods and the upgrade of the computer room of the institute. In December, the Tikun Olam Committee completed funding the upgrading of the computer lab of the Instituto Estado de Israel in Jerusalen, La Paz, which concluded the work paid for by the grant.
[William Levin, left, with Michelle Citrin, on the set of "20 Things to Do With Matzah," 2007]
One year ago, the Limmud NY 2009 conference was, I've been told, a disaster. While I did not attend, I heard harrowing tales of woe from the hundreds of jilted Jews who had been stranded at a chilly hotel resort in upstate New York with no working heat or hot water. The frigid 2009 conference may have dissuaded some from attending in 2010, but I figured lightning was unlikely to strike twice in the same place, and this year was bound to be a redeeming success. I was right!
We are thrilled to announce that No'a Gorlin, formerly of the Rashi Foundation, began work as our new Grants Manager on Monday, February 1. Her significant and diverse experience managing grants, cultivating donor relationships, and responding to the needs of funding partners makes her an ideal addition to the CLI office. Her work, which spans the business and philanthropic/nonprofit sectors will undoubtedly increase our capacity and get us back on track with our ROI grants. Her first act as grants manager will be to review the pending applications and dive-in coordinating the decision-making process, which we know you are all anxious for.
31 YOUNG INNOVATORS TO GATHER IN VILNIUS FEBRUARY 17-21, 2010
Two years ago, the Tikun Olam Committee of El Salvador received an ROI 
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