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Gathering to Nurture Relationships

Posted 06/21/2022

By Joni Blinderman, Executive Director, The Covenant Foundation In mid-May, The Covenant Foundation hosted its first in-person gathering since the start of the pandemic and in addition, we sponsored The Collaboratory: Grow the Good. For three days at our annual PD meeting, we met outdoors with our grantees, award recipients and Pomegranate Prize recipients for […]

Grow the Good Together: Give Better, Give Together

Posted 06/08/2022

By Sasha Raskin-Yin, Interim Executive Director, Amplifier At Amplifier, powered by JFNA, we know how important community is to taking and sustaining action. We envision a world where everyone has the opportunity to create positive, powerful change through collaborative giving. We focus on collaboration because we know none of us have the capacity to do […]

Global Intrapreneur Week: In Good Faith: How Nonprofit Leaders Effect Community Change

Posted 07/01/2021

UPLifting Bold Leaders | Carrie Bornstein, Mayyim Hayyim

Posted 04/28/2021

Meet Carrie Bornstein, the Chief Executive Officer of Mayyim Hayyim and member of UpStart Venture Accelerator Cohort 12. Carrie is driving meaningful Jewish engagement in the local Boston Jewish community and beyond. Mayyim Hayyim is a 21st century creation, a mikveh rooted in ancient tradition, reinvented to serve the Jewish community of today. Now, with […]

Justice for George Floyd – Our Statement on the Verdict

Posted 04/21/2021

For many members of our community, racial violence is a constant and persistent threat, reinforced and re-experienced when murders by public authorities – such as George Floyd’s – are committed and then recorded. This trauma is not eased by the conviction of Derek Chauvin. But in the struggle for justice, one in which our systems […]

UPLifting Bold Leaders | Shana Erenberg, Libenu

Posted 12/22/2020

*Last Chance for 2020: Support entrepreneurial Jewish leaders with a tax-deductible gift by Thursday, December 31. Pivot or die. You’ve probably heard this expression in business thought leadership recently. At UpStart, we help bold leaders scale up, professionalize, and sustain Jewish ventures in order to tackle all kinds of challenges. This year, that has […]

UPLifting Bold Leaders | Susannah Goodman, Detroit Jews for Justice

Posted 12/17/2020

*Reminder: Your first-time gift to UpStart will be doubled if received by Wednesday, December 23, doubling your impact on innovative Jewish programs like UpStarter Detroit Jews for Justice. “We Were Born For This Moment” Susannah Goodman was born to be a leader of Detroit Jews for Justice (DJJ). For starters, she was a child of […]

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