Heads of young innovative Jewish organizations debrief L.A. Jews on their work

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on May 15, 2012

As part of their visit to Los Angeles last week, the outgoing class of Joshua Venture Fellows, all leaders of innovative Jewish organizations that are less than five years old, spent a few hours one evening talking to a group of L.A. Jews.

Nessah Young Professionals party like Paris Hilton; New VP for Masorti women

By Danielle Berrin
Published on September 18, 2008

Nessah Young Professionals' Aug. 26 annual gala drew more than 600 local Iranian Jewish young professionals and college students to the Area nightclub in West Hollywood, where they danced the night away to live music while also raising money on behalf of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF).

Motown Jews invade Hollywood

By Danielle Berrin
Published on August 6, 2008

For the young Jews of Detroit now living in Hollywood, Bob Aronson might as well be a movie star. The gentle-voiced CEO of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit has the money, power and prestige to throw a respectable Hollywood party. More importantly, he knows the magic ingredient required to attract young, aspiring industry types to the much-stigmatized Jewish mixer: Make it free.

Courting New Blood

By Michael Aushenker
Published on April 10, 2003

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Perhaps a
cliché, but it may well be the mantra of local Jewish institutions struggling
to attract new blood, as organizations and synagogues revamp their young
professional divisions in an effort to distance themselves from past
programming that has failed to meet expectations.