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UPLifting Bold Leaders | Carrie Bornstein, Mayyim Hayyim

Posted 04/28/2021

Meet Carrie Bornstein, the Chief Executive Officer of Mayyim Hayyim and member of UpStart Venture Accelerator Cohort 12. Carrie is driving meaningful Jewish engagement in the local Boston Jewish community and beyond. Mayyim Hayyim is a 21st century creation, a mikveh rooted in ancient tradition, reinvented to serve the Jewish community of today. Now, with […]

UPLifting Bold Leaders | Shana Erenberg, Libenu

Posted 12/22/2020

*Last Chance for 2020: Support entrepreneurial Jewish leaders with a tax-deductible gift by Thursday, December 31. Pivot or die. You’ve probably heard this expression in business thought leadership recently. At UpStart, we help bold leaders scale up, professionalize, and sustain Jewish ventures in order to tackle all kinds of challenges. This year, that has […]

UPLifting Bold Leaders | Susannah Goodman, Detroit Jews for Justice

Posted 12/17/2020

*Reminder: Your first-time gift to UpStart will be doubled if received by Wednesday, December 23, doubling your impact on innovative Jewish programs like UpStarter Detroit Jews for Justice. “We Were Born For This Moment” Susannah Goodman was born to be a leader of Detroit Jews for Justice (DJJ). For starters, she was a child of […]

UPLifting Bold Leaders | Jory Hanselman Mayschak, BaMidbar Wilderness Therapy

Posted 11/12/2020

In celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week, UpStart is highlighting inspirational stories of impact from our network. If ever there was a year to appreciate the outdoors, this has been the one. BaMidbar Wilderness Therapy – one of more than 100 groundbreaking organizations in the UpStart Venture Network – was thriving. Moreover, it was helping Jewish […]

UPLifting Bold Leaders | Eleyna Fugman, TischPDX

Posted 11/12/2020

In celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week, UpStart is highlighting inspirational stories of impact from our network. Raised in a rural California community and in an interfaith home, Eleyna Fugman grew up with a strong sense of social justice, but a weaker sense of what it means to be Jewish. Her family would celebrate Hanukkah, but […]

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