New Jewish Ideas

New Jewish Ideas issues from American Incubators

A wind of Innovation is inspiring new entrepreneurs. They are launching new Jewish ideas addressing cultural, social and educational needs. Philanthropists, also pioneers of this field, are creating social incubators to support these entrepreneurs and help them move from the idea to concrete implementation. In New York in 2000, private funds and institutions created "Bikkourim" and "Joshua Venture". These 2 social incubators have enabled the launch of more than 30 new projects. Here is a selection of a few of them.

Seed of Peace: A Jewish-Arabic Leisure Center

Seeds of Peace established a 5,000 square-foot Center for Coexistence in Jerusalem with activities spanning the region for its 2,000 Arab and Israeli graduates. Workshops, presentations, seminars, sports, music and art activities and festivals are organized at the Center and Seeds of Peace youth are using the Center as a meeting space to maintain friendships that they initiated at camp. Other activities include home visits, workshops, field trips to Jordan, Israel and the West Bank and the publication of The Olive Branch - a magazine written and edited by Seeds of Peace youth. Hundreds of presentations have also been held at Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian schools, involving both Israeli and Arab youth. Likewise, more than 150 Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian Seeds have exchanged visits to each other homes.

For more information: : http://www.seedsofpeace.org

Heeb ; magazine juif alternatif : Tribune juive et Technikart fusionnés

Quarterly national magazine on alternative Jewish life, politics, art, culture and spirituality, Heeb is the roiling product of so many drunken postmillennial nights on the mean streets of the Lower East Side. It is an ambitious antitrust investigation into the monopoly on God. It is a sweaty prizefight between hip-hop and sushi in this corner and Klezmer and Kugel in the other. It is a plague on modern-day pharaohs replete with miraculous jailbreaks and a nice little riot or two. It is a Carnival cruise to the Garden of Eden with all-you-can-eat cheesecake and Parliament as the house band.

For more information : http://www.heebmagazine.com

Storahtelling: The Torah in Theater

Storahtelling is a radical fusion of storytelling, Torah, traditional ritual theater and contemporary performance art. Founded in 1998, its theatre productions adapt Jewish literature for a popular audience and training programs familiarize artists and educators in local communities with the Storahtelling technique. Over 200 Storahtelling performances have been presented.

Kol Hachalom: A Radio for Peace

Kol Hachalom was born from the cooperation between the Palestinian group Biladi and the Jewish-Arabic center for peace, Givaat Haviva. This radio station broadcasts daily shows including interviews, news, language learning programs, children shows, sport news and music. This station details the activities of Israeli and Palestinian associations for peace who often have no other ways to express themselves. Radio Kol Hachalom broadcasts in Arabic, Hebrew and English. It gives priority to subjects related to peace, mutual respect, pluralism, justice and public solidarity.

For more information : http://www.allforpeace.org

Just Vision: A Jewish-Arabic Web TV

Just Vision uses cutting-edge video and Internet technology to connect American Jews and other interested audiences with Israelis and Palestinians building peace in the Middle East. What happens when Palestinian ex-prisoners, an Israeli war veteran, a former Jewish settler, a Muslim refugee, and journalists at a silenced radio station cross-path in one of the most explosive regions in the world? We connect Israeli and Palestinian civilians working for peace to one another, thereby breaking the isolation of these courageous individuals and laying the groundwork for a network for peace. We conduct strategic outreach to educate North American audiences about these efforts and about the value of peace work emanating from civil society.

New Jewish Filmmaker Project: A Festival Dedicated to Movies Created by Teens

New Jewish Filmmaker Project trains teens to use film to tell their own stories and share them with audiences around the country.

Bat Kol: A Talmud Torah dedicated to Women www.batkol.org

A Feminist House of Study, A feminist beit midrash in an integrated, interdisciplinary, and creative atmosphere.

MATAN: Educational Programs for Handicapped Children

MATAN, the Gift of Jewish Learning for Every Child, is a multi-disciplinary team of Jewish educators, special educators, and mental health professionals committed to providing Jewish education to children with special learning needs.

Toldot: An Interactive Jewish Museum

The Online Jewish Museum of the Next Generation is a new vehicle for fostering Jewish cultural and religious identity among kids and teens. Toldot produces content-rich exhibits for use in home, school, and community settings. Comprehensive Teachers’ Guides accompany Toldot exhibits, giving teachers the tools to explore Jewish themes through social studies and art. Toldot also encourages students to contribute content and images to the museum, thereby engaging young people and making it a truly interactive educational museum model.

Sharshered: An Association for Breast Cancer Patients and Survivors

Sharsheret is a national non-profit organization of cancer survivors dedicated to addressing the unique concerns of young Jewish women facing breast cancer.

Hazon: Sport and Philanthropy

Hazon’s mission is to foster a new Jewish vision. They create and support innovative projects firmly rooted in Jewish tradition but focused on the future. Hazon is especially, interested in Jewish environmental and outdoor education. Their biggest projects to date are multi-day Jewish environmental bike rides in the U.S. and in Israel to which today 160 people participated

He'Brew: A Kosher Beer

He'Brew is a gourmet kosher beer containing Messiah Stout and Genesis Ale.

For More information: http://www.eshmaltz.com