Daniel Bortz
Daniel Bortz grew up in San Diego, California, via Cape Town, South Africa. He is a Rabbi and founder of JTEEN of San Diego, an organization dedicated to educating and empowering teenagers and young adults. Daniel has created a set of programs for teens and young adults leveraging his creative side, passion for the arts and natural ability to meet people where they are.
Daniel likes to fuse ancient Jewish wisdom with 21st century life and pop culture. He experimented with social media in the Jewish community Hackathon with his project WOW IN 60 video project.
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Is There More? Daniel loves music and annually serves the needs of thousands of visitors at the Coachella Music Festival. He works with millennials and teens in San Diego. Daniel’s WOW IN 60 video project won seed funds at the Jewish Community Hackathon in 2017. He is also a Jewish Yoga, Meditation and Mindfulness Fellow.
Check out Daniel’s 1 minute video pitch @ the Jewish Community Hackathon 2017
Sam Litvin
JRAST
Sam Litvin is an engineer currently pursuing an MBA at IDC Herzilya in Israel. Sam brought his entrepreneurial self to the Jewish Community Hackathon in 2017 to further develop an idea he had to help college students.
Concerned about the increasing prevalence of anti-Semitism in California’s publicly-funded universities, and realizing the full impact on Jewish students was largely unknown due to a lack of data measuring hate speech, physical and/or verbal abuse, and bias harassment, Sam decided to do something about it. The end result JRAST is a centralized system for reporting incidents, an app to report incidents and education for student’s use of it, and a database that can be used to better understand and support students on California campuses.
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Is There More? Sam is a professional photographer and wrote the book Your Story Our Sipur, a coffee table book documenting the life of Jewish communities around the world. JRAST began as a project called “End the Fear.” Pitched at the Jewish Community Hackathon in 2017, “End the Fear” was one of 5 projects to win seed funds.
Check out Sam’s 1 minute Video pitch @ the Jewish Community Hackathon 2017
Diane BenAroya
CHAI5
Diane BenAroya is the publisher at L’Chaim San Diego Magazine. Diane is also a music educator. Seeking to celebrate the incredible work of independent Jewish community builders, and make it easier for them to publicize their work, Diane created CHAIFIVE a nonprofit initiative and online feature of the L’Chaim publication.
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Is There More? Diane is an active member of the Startup18 Lab. She is also a participant in the independent project the San Diego Jewish Community Choir.
Check out Diane’s 1 minute Video pitch @ the Jewish Community Hackathon 2017
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