San Diego Israel and Jewish

Independent Jewish & Israeli Experiences

Reconnect. Re-kindle. Get inspired.
Meet the founders of San Diego’s indie Jewish experiences.
Browse through creative, meaningful options.
Try something new. Launch your own.

Featured Founders

Yoni Carr

Israeli Dancing

Pepe Stepensky

Theater, Adults

Cheri Weiss

Alternative Synagogue, Adults, Jewish Music

Temi Hason

Kids, Jewish Music

Jana Mazurkiewicz

Yiddish, Kids, Adults, Theatre

Carina Rock

Women, Art

Daniel Bortz

Teens, Young Adults

Lillian Elbaz

Kids, Israeli Dance, Israeli Plays, Israelis

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Testimonials

Without events like The Idea Slam and Jewish Engagement Lab workshops that Start Up18 hosts we would all be alone in a sea of “not sure hows

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I gained a better understanding of the local Jewish landscape

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Have gained a lot of ideas for my own … use in my … program

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A hub of creativity in the San Diego Jewish world. Start Up 18 has become a magnet for the Jewish social entrepreneurial community

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Providing a forum for start-up entrepreneurs to share information with each other means we don’t have to reinvent the wheel on our own!

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I felt empowered and excited about the possibility of collaborating with project founders to pilot and test out some incredible ideas

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They have helped to introduce me to more of the Jewish community in San Diego

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Valuable resource, with ongoing encouragement and willingness to work one-on-one

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Startup18 has made me realize that there are other people like me that see a problem or need in our community and make a choice every morning to work on creative solutions

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I connected to an amazing group of Jewish innovators

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