Insights: Reports

UpStart is committed to ensuring that the Jewish future advances along the pre-COVID-19 trajectory of creativity, expansion, inclusion, and relevancy…with even greater urgency and determination. Recognizing the potentially dire implications of COVID-19 on this sector, UpStart took swift action and immediately launched a series of interventions. We built out operational support and created the Jewish […]

by Taylor Epstein, Managing Director, Learning & Design   We’re thrilled to release a brand-new guide called “Facilitating in the Virtual World: 26 interactive exercises to engage participants at all stages of the learning journey.” As so many ventures in the UpStart network began to pivot their programs to the virtual realm at the beginning […]

A digital outlet for self-identifying Jewish teenage girls to share their voices with the world and each other. A spiritually enriching Jewish sound bath. An advocacy platform to address abuses of power in Jewish institutions. These are just some of the groundbreaking initiatives UpStart is proud to support, along with the entrepreneurs who are leading […]

Catalyzers of Change: Unlocking the Potential of Institutional Leaders Twenty years ago, the Jewish innovation to reorient their organizations towards a field emerged to create more dynamic opportunities for meaningful Jewish engagement. The field aimed to support burgeoning changemakers, to spur experimentation, and to promote the shift in culture needed for new opportunities to flourish. […]