Jewish Experiences & Communities
Celebrating San Diego’s Independent Jewish Educators
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Jennie Starr Tarbuton & Startup18 858-201-6094 info@tarbuton.org http://www.tarbuton.org http://www.startup18.org Tarbuton Announces San Diego Jewish Educator Awards Tarbuton is pleased to announce that Craig Parks of Carlsbad was selected for the San Diego Harold Grinspoon Foundation Award for Excellence in Jewish Education for Multi-Institutional and Independent Jewish Educators. Tarbuton/Startup18 Jewish Educator Awards were also awarded to Lillian Elbaz of Sierra Mesa for her work as a multi-institution educator & entrepreneur and Arielle Gereboff of La Jolla for her work as an independent Bar/Bat Mitzvah experiential educator. Eligibility was based… Read More
Reinventing Jewish SD Hackathon Winners 2017!
Tarbuton hosted through it’s program Startup18 the Jewish Community Hackathon on Sunday May 8. The program was made possible by a grant from the Covenant Foundation and facilitated by Upstart. It was an inspiring celebration of Jewish entrepreneurship in San Diego! We kicked off the day with 18 video pitches and an additional six live pitches, for a total of 24 project founders and ideas! You can see the video pitches here. https://animoto.com/play/jAF1xhdJ60lvpRiF8JBCpQ Participants formed teams around their chosen project leaders, and ultimately we had 13 teams collaborating and pitching in the… Read More
Visitors to the Lab & What Happens Next
A young man in the community who has planned Jewish programs for his peers, for young adults, has high energy and is genuinely interested in Jewish life walked into our Jewish Engagement Lab this week curious about what goes on there. As he entered the room, he was warm, enthusiastic, and made his way, introducing himself and mingling with regulars from the Lab and newcomers alike. Each time the Jewish Engagement Lab meets, 3-5 new people attend. 12-15 project founders network, share challenges, get advice and counsel and share the same. The… Read More
the Lab – a network of support for your Jewish project
San Diego Israel and Jewish 