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What do rabbis think about impact investing? We’re pleased to share with you Impact Investing: Rabbinic Perspectives, based on the JLens Rabbinic Survey on Jewish Values and Impact Investing, which was sponsored and conducted by JLens, a nonprofit association exploring Jewish values-aligned investing strategies. As Rabbi Irving “Yitz” Greenberg observes in the preface, published today […]

(This item by Joshua Avedon is cross-posted from the blog at eJewish Philanthropy.) A recent article on the eJewishPhilanthropy site, (Innovation Isn’t Dead, It’s Working February 5, 2013) raised concerns that last year’s merger of Hazon with the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center has sparked casual conversations about the end of the innovation era. The […]

(This item by Joshua Avedon is cross-posted from the blog at eJewish Philanthropy.) Two announcements in my inbox this week confirmed what I’ve suspected for a while: the next phase of 21st century Jewish re-invention is upon us. In those emails Hazon and Isabella Freedman proclaimed their merger, and The Samuel Bronfman Foundation revealed the […]

Jumpstart Co-founder Shawn Landres speaks to White House gathering of faith-based social entrepreneurs Jumpstart presented a Jewish perspective on social entrepreneurship at the July 11th White House Faith-Based Social Innovators Conference. The afternoon’s discussions offered new insights about the important role that faith-based social innovators play in expanding opportunity and addressing social issues. Senior White […]

Video and excerpts from Shawn Landres's remarks from the White House Faith-Based Social Innovators Conference – July 11, 2012 I am here because my personal and professional journeys as a human being and as a citizen are profoundly shaped by faith and covenant. Judaism stands for dignity, opportunity, freedom, and responsibility. It calls us to […]

Although the use of the terms “ecosystem” and “innovation ecosystem” to describe Jewish organizational dynamics are relatively recent, the concept of a “system of innovation” has been circulating in the global world of business for more than two decades. The application of biological and ecological metaphors to economic systems dates to the mid‐1990s, and the […]

By Eli Winkelman cross-posted at The Huffington Post Two weeks ago, I went to the White House for its first

(This item by Joshua Avedon and Shawn Landres is cross-posted from the blog at eJewish Philanthropy.) Last week the Jewish innovation ecosystem suffered the first loss of a keystone organization since the economic ice age began. The Professional Leaders Project (PLP) is the premier independent entity for developing and educating the next generation of Jewish […]

(This item by Joshua Avedon is cross-posted from the blog at eJewish Philanthropy.) Seth Cohen recently challenged us to think about 5 key questions facing Jewish innovation. While we hope his excellent analysis continues to spark a broader conversation in the Jewish world, Jumpstart sees a big picture answer emerging to the "How?" issue he […]

Jumpstart founders Joshua Avedon and Shawn Landres presented on the culture of innovation at last week’s ROI Summit. This item is crossposted on the ROI Community blog. At one of Jumpstart’s sessions at the ROI Summit last week, one participant wondered if the idea of “sustainable innovation” is an oxymoron. Certainly history is filled with […]

Leadership

Impact Investing: Rabbinic Perspectives

Three More “i” Words: Innovation in Isolation is Irrelevant

The New “I” Word

Jumpstart at the White House

Shawn Landres’s White House remarks

What is an “Innovation Ecosystem”?

Viva PLP!

The Jewish Innovation Pipeline: A Google Chrome OS for New Jewish Organizations?

The Art of Sustainable Innovation