On a Sunday morning the campus of American University in Washington D.C. looks almost deserted. But step inside the conference room where the annual conference of the National Union of Jewish LGBT Students (NUJLS) is taking place, and you’re in the midst of the happening in town. Some eighty students from dozens of campuses across the country took a leave for the weekend from homework and papers and flocked to the nation’s capital to celebrate -- and to examine and debate -- the confluence of the Jewish and LGBT identities.
In March, 2012, a strong contingent of ROIers made their way to Austin, Texas (many with the help of an ROI Micro Grant) for the renowned South-By-Southwest (SXSW) festival. "SXSW draws over a quarter million people to watch, listen, learn, shmooze, and explore. With major brands like Microsoft and Google... in addition to a myriad of start-ups...
The jury is still out, trying to decide who will be the winner of this Passover's Jewish viral video contest. We have our usual suspects and some new ones too. Check out this year's contestants (including some ROIers).
This past week in Austin, Texas, 20 young Jews from cities as diverse as San Francisco, Tel Aviv, and Berlin wrote a new chapter of the ROI Community story, introducing the 2012 South By SouthWest (SXSW) conference attendees to a different meaning of ROI Community. As part of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation’s pilot initiative in Austin, ROIers traded falafel stands for food trailers, setting out to create, connect, learn, and innovate our way through the Interactive, Film, and Music components of the annual conference.
We are excited to share this news from Natan with you!
This summer, Natan will be launching a dedicated grant fund for ROI Entrepreneurs. Further details about the fund will be announced around this year's 2012 ROI Summit - June 10-14, Jerusalem.
In the meantime, check out Natan's website as they just opened applications for their 2013 grants.
Natan is proud to announce that the application process for Natan’s 2013 grants is now open! We’ve made several changes to our grant areas for the 2013 Grants, all of which are explained below.
Now Open for Applications:
Natan is now accepting initial Letters of Inquiry (LOI) from new applicants in two program areas: Emerging Models of Jewish Connection in North America and Jewish Peoplehood. All of the necessary information (and a new FAQ page) can be found on the Grants pages of our website. Organizations may apply for grants of up to $50,000; LOIs are due by noon ET on Monday, April 23, 2012. Following a multi-stage application process, grantees will be notified of their awards by January 31, 2013.
I’m not sure when I first heard about SXSW - but by the time Foursquare was launched in 2009 - I knew I wanted to take part in the festival. After all, what could be more exciting than spending a weekend with innovators, social-media mavens, bloggers and geeks of all types?
What didn’t occur to me was the deep Jewish nature that runs down the heart of the festival.
When one thinks about it though, what could be more Jewish than a weekend spent thinking about the future, schmoozing with “machers” and eating plenty of good food? (Though even a kosher barbecue unlocks the Porky badge - come on @dens - where’s the Hot Pastrami on Rye badge?)
Thousands attended four funerals in Jerusalem on Wednesday, 21 March 2012, a tragic day. The bodies of Rabbi Jonathan Sandler, 30, his 3-year-old and 6-year-old sons Gabriel and Arieh and 8-year-old Myriam Monsonego, daughter of school headmaster Rabbi Yaacov Monsonego are being laid to rest in Jerusalem's Givat Shaul Cemetery.
By Renato Huarte, ROI Micro Grant recipient. Renato is a teacher at the Faculty of Humanities at Mexico's National Autonomous University (UNAM) and Hebraica University.
Natan is proud to announce that the application process for Natan’s 2013 grants is now open! We’ve made several changes to our grant areas for the 2013 Grants, all of which are explained below.
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