J Space beta welcomes AJWS as new member/resident
Ruth Messinger, president of American Jewish World Service, joined us to celebrate AJWS’s Southern California office’s recent move to J Space beta. 
AJWS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing nonsectarian humanitarian assistance and emergency relief to disadvantaged people worldwide. Jumpstart and the rest of the J Space community is thrilled to have them join the collective. From their new location, AJWS hopes to do even more to inspire you and to effect change around the world.
Check out these videos from the event:
Shawn Landres welcomes AJWS to J Space beta
Joshua Avedon describes the J Space concept
Rabbi Sharon Brous of IKAR offers some words of Torah
AJWS President Ruth Messinger explains why they chose J Space beta for their LA office
Jewish Journal article:
American Jewish World Service moves to J Space.
Jumpstart Innovation Forum with David Cygielman and Eli Winkelman
On Tuesday November 16, 2010 we hosted our first Jumpstart Innovation Forum at J Space beta with Challah for Hunger Executive Director/Founder Eli Winkelman &
Moishe House Executive Director/Co-founder David Cygielman. The topic was “Build Local – Go Global: The emerging model of the distributed Jewish enterprise.” David and Eli talked about their experiences building new organizations that are both very localized for each community, and centralized by a headquarters that manages the overall vision.
Moishe House is a new organization that provides meaningful Jewish experiences for young adults around the world by supporting leaders in their 20′s as they create vibrant home-based Jewish communities. Through a variety of programs that reflect the local communities where they are based, Moishe House is building a world-wide network of locations and leaders that are shaping Jewish life in the 21st century.
Challah for Hunger is a program that engages young people in baking and selling challah (a traditional Jewish bread) to raise money and awareness for social justice issues. Challah for Hunger now has thirty-five chapters, mostly based on college campuses in the U.S. The chapters bake and sell challah; each chapter donates half of its profits to Challah for Hunger’s national cause (Darfur, through AJWS) and chooses what causes/organizations to support with the other half of the profits.
Check out photos from the event on Facebook…
J Space beta walk-through
On September 21, 2010 Jumpstart hosted a walkthrough of suite 210 at 1801 Avenue of the Stars – the future home of J Space beta. Check out some pix and a couple insta-videos made by the fabulous and talented Esther Kustanowitz (web: http://estherk.com/, twitter: @EstherK).
Photos:
JSpaceLA walkthrough album on Facebook
J Space beta walkthrough album on Facebook
Videos:
Walkthrough on YouTube
Shawn’s intro on YouTube
Joshua’s overview on YouTube
What we need on YouTube