Israeli news site, NRG, wrote about a new report on online antisemitisim published by ROIer Andre Oboler. http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/457/126.html.
04/22/2013
Israeli news site, NRG, wrote about a new report on online antisemitisim published by ROIer Andre Oboler. http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/457/126.html.
04/22/2013
Israel's Channel 2 ran a show about antisemitism and included an interview with ROIer Andre Oboler about his work countering online antisemitism and a petition he is running. http://www.mako.co.il/nexter-internet/Article-63ecec3b925dd31006.htm.
04/22/2013
Der Spiegel (a major newspaper of Germany) ran a profile on ROIer Ayo Oppenheimer and her project Jewrotica, in the Personalities Section of their magazine last week.
04/15/2013
Maariv NRG worte about ROIers Jay Shultz and Natalie Solomon's Adopt-A-Savta, a program that pairs Israeil Holocoust survivors with young olim. http://www.nrg.co.il/online/11/ART2/458/752.html?hp=11&cat=1102.
04/15/2013
ROIers Y-Love (aka Yitz Jordan) and Diwon (aka Erez Safar) were interviewed for Maariv NRG about their music, thier lives and everything in between. http://www.nrg.co.il/online/11/ART2/457/757.html?hp=47&cat=1101&loc=8.
04/15/2013
ROIer Michal Ansky, founder of the Tel Aviv farmers market and a judge on the Israeli Master Chef, was featured in Forbes Israel. https://www.facebook.com/photo.phpfbid=142413795936972&set=a.105868079591544.9832.100193806825638&type=1&theater.
04/15/2013
Israeli radio station, Galei Tzahal, interviewed ROIEr Omri Marcus for a talk about Israeli TV.
04/15/2013
The Wall Street Journal quoted Schusterman Foundation’s Seth Cohen on ROIer Eileen Levinson’s Haggadot.com in "What's Plaguing Passover Feasts? Some Say Rituals Need Spicing Up." http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324373204578374391890158564.html.
04/11/2013
ROIer Liz Nord spoke to Contour for a second interview about her upcoming and past film and producing projects in the article “Liz Nord: Director & Multi-Platform Producer (Pt.2).” http://newsle.com/article/0/68054585/.
04/11/2013
The Jewish Week discussed ROI Community and URJ’s event “WAREHOUSE AXT” at the SXSW, an “alternative Kabbalat Shabbat experience lead by ROIer Josh Nelson using music and new media.” http://www.thejewishweek.com/features/lens/rocking-shabbat-sxsw.
04/11/2013
Icelandic TV featured a special story on Pesach featuring ROIer Andrea Kasper. http://www.ruv.is/sarpurinn/landinn/31032013-1 (min 22).
04/11/2013
The ROI Connection Point NU: Media Innovative conference that took place in March by ROIer Mike Savatovsky was featured in the article “New-media conference focuses on Jewish millennials” in The Canadian Jewish News. http://www.cjnews.com/index.php?q=node/104485.
04/11/2013
The Forward discussed ROIer Eileen Levinson’s haggadot.com, a site that offers someone the opinion of creating his own personal Haggadah “Make Your Own Haggadah.” http://blogs.forward.com/sisterhood-blog/173655/make-your-own-haggadah/.
04/11/2013
NPR interviewed ROIer Eileen Levinson founder of haggadot.com about the importance of having personal connections to the Passover story. http://www.npr.org/2013/03/20/174867747/web-developers-give-passover-guidebook-a-digital-makeover.
04/11/2013
Cape Times highlighted ROIer Dan Brotman, who spoke of feeling like a second-class citizen in his hometown of Boston because he is engaged to a man, because of the US’s Defense Against Marriage Act in “US law angers same-sex couples”.
04/11/2013
The Grapevine section of the Jerusalem Post featured ROIer Jeremy Balkin, who has been selected as one of The World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders Class of 2013, alongside prominent honorees including Chelsea Clinton, Randi Zuckerberg and will.i.am. http://www.jpost.com/Features/In-Thespotlight/Grapevine-Dressing-down-307786.
04/11/2013
Jspace’s article “Kids Tell Passover Story: Spoiler, There’s Aliens” features the Schusterman Foundation’s The Neverending Haggadah video “Moses and the Passover Story –The Kids Version.” http://www.jspace.com/news/articles/kids-tell-passover-story-spoiler-there-s-aliens-video/13436.
04/11/2013
Kveller discussed how the Schusterman Foundation’s and ROIer Eileen Levinson’s The Neverending Haggadah’s video “Moses and the Passover Story – The Kids Version” gives a kids-friendly explanation of the Passover Story. http://www.kveller.com/blog/parenting/let-my-people-dance/.
04/11/2013
The Forward featured the Schusterman Foundation’s partnership with ROIer Eileen Levinson’s The Neverending Haggadah video “Passover Story: The Animated Kids Version” in the article “4 Coolest Passover Videos for Your Seder." http://blogs.forward.com/the-shmooze/173726/-coolest-passover-videos-for-your-seder/.
04/11/2013
American Banking and Marketing News featured ROIer and SXSW panelist Mordechai Lightstone’s “Passover Message of Technology” in a video. http://newsle.com/article/0/67065092/.
04/11/2013
T
he Algemeiner interviewed ROIer Rabbi Laura Baum for an article “Is Elijah, the Annual Passover Guest, Also the ‘Jewish Santa Claus’,” comparing the two heroes' visit to collect food or drink. http://newsle.com/article/0/67627833/.
he Algemeiner interviewed ROIer Rabbi Laura Baum for an article “Is Elijah, the Annual Passover Guest, Also the ‘Jewish Santa Claus’,” comparing the two heroes' visit to collect food or drink. http://newsle.com/article/0/67627833/.
04/08/2013
Israel's Mako (Channel 2) published an article discussing ROIer Dr. Andre Oboler's work countering online antisemitism and a petition that is currently running. The article (in Hebrew) can be seen at http://www.mako.co.il/nexter-internet/Article-63ecec3b925dd31006.htm
04/08/2013
ROIers Natalie Solomon and Jay Shultz launched the Adopt-A-Safta program in Jerusalem this Yom Hashoa. The program has been running successfully in Tel Aviv since it's creation post- ROI Summit, where the idea was born.
03/16/2013
Four ROIers interviewed for Austin local radio show, Untapped with Josh Hunt, on KAZI FM:
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ROIers Noa Margalit and Simja Dujov were interviewed LIVE on Wednesday, March 13th at 2:30 and 3pm.
- ROIer Neshama Carlebach's interview aired on Saturday March 16, 2013
- ROIer Ami Yares' interview aired on Saturday March 16, 2013
03/15/2013
Congrats to ROIer Marcus Freed on his big-screen feature film debut in the movie Saving Lincoln - www.savinglincoln.com. Marcus played the role of Detective Allen Pinkerton - a five minute scene in the movie.
03/14/2013
The Jewish Herald Voice wrote an article titled "An interactive Jewish community at SXSW" interviewing ROIer Mordechai Lightstone, Director of Social Media at Chabad, who presented with Seth Cohen at SXSW this week.http://jhvonline.com/an-
03/13/2013
Congratulations to Australian ROIer Jeremy Balkin on becoming one of The World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders Class of 2013. Other honorees include Chelsea Clinton, Randi Zuckerberg, William James Adams (aka will.i.am) and Nate Silver. http://www.afr.com/Page/Uuid/
03/13/2013
Following the ROI Connection Point for Jewish Artists, Asylum, NY Jewish Week published an article including interviews with some of the participating artists and Justin Korda. http://www.thejewishweek.com/
03/12/2013
Comedian ROIer Benji Lovitt was featured in the Canadian Jewish Tribune after speaking to more than 100 students at a Hillel event in Toronto. http://www.jewishtribune.ca/
03/11/2013
The Austin Chronicle published a piece about the ROI delegation to SXSW titled "ROI Community Brings Jewish Change Makers to South by Southwest" http://www.austinchronicle.
03/11/2013
ROIer Guy Lieberman wrote an article in Daily Maverick about his recent meeting with the Dalai Lama and about a possible visit of the Dalai Lama to South Africa. http://www.dailymaverick.co.
03/10/2013
The Verge wrote a great piece titled "Banned from the internet for three hours in the middle of SXSW" about ROIer Mordechai Lightstone's SXSW Friday night event, #openShabbat. http://www.theverge.com/2013/
03/10/2013
ROIer Talia Davis' wedding was written up in The New York Times wedding section. Mazel Tov! http://www.nytimes.com/2013/
03/09/2013
The New York Times ran an article about funky Jews that have emerged within New York’s Orthodox community, featuring three ROIers and their projects- Evan Kleinman's Punk Jews, Y-Love and Itta Werdiger-Roth's The Hester. The article was featured on the home page of nytimes.com. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/
03/04/2013
Congratulations to Gal Mor who is Partner and Manager of Jerusalem's Abraham Hostel which was named as a world-leading hostel earlier this week. Gal made it to first page of Haaretz print (and the first line of the article!) and is also featured in the Hebrew online news: http://www.haaretz.co.il/news/
03/02/2013
The Australian Jewish News published a great article about the ROI & AJF Dave Grants and the four grantees, titled "New Initiatives for a new generation".
03/01/2013
The announcement of the recipients of the Natan Grants to ROIers was featured in The New Jersey Jewish Standard titles "Four Projects Supporting Diversity Receive Natan Grants".
03/01/2013
ID2, the ROI Connection Point focused on harnessing Israeli innovation to solve international development problems, was covered in The Jerusalem Report, specifically featuring Innovation: Africa, the organization where ROIer Rachel Ishofsky is the Associate Executive Director. http://www.bdichek.com/wp-
02/28/2013
ROIer Danny Harris' new venture Feastly was featured on "The Next Great Thing' with Laura Evans FOX 5. http://www.myfoxdc.com/video?
02/28/2013
ROIer Lindsay Litowitz was mentioned in an article in WIRED as the second place winner of a competition that took place at TED2013 Conference in California this week. http://www.wired.com/business/
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