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

Healthy Jewish Collaboration & Reciprocity

Jewish collaboration requires a courtship to understand synergies and opportunities, overcome pitfalls, and create mutually beneficial collaboration.  It’s about creating something new and great neither organization could do themselves. We reach new people, build different and better programming, or simply help nurture and support each other’s existence.  This kind of authentic collaboration is the Holy Grail of greater engagement of the Jewish people.  It’s what makes the difference in good to great, in rote vs. inspiring and it’s what feeds our Jewish soul and invigorates us. Jewish partners take risks, sharing their… Read More

On the Map – a film screening – April 15

Date: Saturday, April 15 at NEW TIME 8:00pm (8:30pm movie start) Location:  Building Q Auditorium at Qualcomm, 6455 Lusk Blvd San Diego, CA 92121 Tickets:  $10 per person. Tickets will NOT be available for purchase at the door. Please purchase your tickets here. A screening of the movie “On the Map“.  Dani Menkin’s documentary recounts the inspiring tale of the Israeli national basketball team’s 1977 win of the European Cup.  The screening will be followed by a Q &A session with Dani Menkin, the Director, Writer and Producer of the movie.  The… Read More