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The ROI Community: Connecting and creating to shape the Jewish future
Innovation has become one of those buzzwords applied to ventures ranging from an educational technique to an iPhone app, from an environmental startup to an unusual approach to arts and culture.
ROI local: The SoCal community members
If you’re involved in the Los Angeles Jewish community, you’ve probably already encountered the work of local ROI Community members: They’re artists, communicators, community-builders, innovators and entrepreneurs working at many of our community programs and organizations, and on behalf of their own projects, all over the city.
Lynn Schusterman: Making it possible for Jewish innovators to create
Lynn Schusterman has been at every ROI Summit (see main article) since 2006 and at dozens of other Charles & Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation programs year round, to see for herself how her considerable investment in the Jewish future is yielding fruit.
Beyond philanthropy: A Q&A with Julie Platt
Julie Platt is one of Los Angeles’ most devoted Jewish communal leaders and philanthropists.
Marvin Markowitz: Knocked down, but standing taller than ever
In the middle of a water physical therapy session, Marvin Markowitz, a 65-year-old businessman and passionate Los Angeles philanthropist, telephoned to explain what forced him, 15 months ago, to add rigorous, daily physical therapy to a schedule that already includes running a famous deli, real estate across Los Angeles and an events venue in Pico-Robertson.
Erika Glazer: From blankets for the homeless to multimillion-dollar gifts
In 2013, Wilshire Boulevard Temple’s Koreatown campus was renamed the Erika J. Glazer Family Campus, after the Los Angeles philanthropist pledged $30 million to help pay for the historic site’s renovation and expansion.
Adam Milstein: Leading by example
Adam Milstein is among Los Angeles’ most visible Israeli-American philanthropists.
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