Jewish Educational Entrepreneurship
What a great night! The energy was high, the introductions were great, and the fellows were..... Let's just say that they were a formidable bunch for the inauguration of the Threshold Fellowship! They set the standard pretty high! Here are some pictures: … [Read more...]
by Chaim Davids, 2012 Threshold Fellow We know that where necessity is the mother of invention, boredom can easily drive us towards innovation as well. I’m speaking, of course, about food. Each and every one of us knows what it’s like to compulsively open and close the kitchen cabinets, … [Read more...]
by Uri Schneider, 2012 Threshold Fellow Jewish education can do better. There is widespread agreement that K-12 day schools in the Diaspora are failing. Institutions are struggling with sustainability, and parents are grappling with prohibitive tuition. And the most inconvenient truth, widely … [Read more...]
Last night Threshold fellows, Steering Committee members, coaches and mentors came together for a rehearsal for next week's Launch Night. The fellows practiced their pitches and got feedback from the audience, learned how to effectively network from PresenTense co-founder Aharon Horwitz, and set up … [Read more...]
by Baruch Shapiro, 2012 Threshold Fellow Being a Threshold Fellow this year has been a real eye opener. Being that I was already in the midst of the pilot program of the Israel Herb School (www.IsraelHerbSchool.com), it has been a great aid to my thinking to be attending sessions on subjects … [Read more...]
Welcome to Threshold, an important new incubator for Jewish educational entrepreneurship. In creating the six-month Threshold Fellowship program we are intent on creating a cohort of educators who will become “social entrepreneurs,” enabling these exceptional men and women to begin their own organizations, create their own jobs, and have a meaningful occupation that will enable them to continue their lifelong dream of living in Israel.
