Jewish Innovators and Leaders Gather for 4th Annual “Collaboratory”
May 15, 2016 | eJewishPhilanthropy More than 200 Jewish innovators and visionary leaders will come together in Chicago today for [...]
MAKOM, Directed by HUC-JIR Alumnus Rabbi Jeremy Weissblatt, Selected to Participate in UpStart Accelerator
May 12, 2016 | HUC-JIR News Makom, Temple Sholom of Chicago’s 20s/30s community, has been selected to participate in the [...]
2016 Slingshot Winners
Mazel tov to all of the UpStarters, alum, and other innovative organizations included in this year's #Slingshot16 guides! Slingshot, A Resource [...]
Innovator Spotlight: Jewish Enrichment Center (Chicago)
What does the word Berakhah (Blessing) mean to you? For nine year-old Eli, it is a flowing and dynamic presence [...]
Happy Birthday, Chicago!
Dear UpStart Community Member, Happy birthday to...YOU! Just one year ago, we launched UpStart Chicago with high hopes. We dreamt of building a community of innovators, one that would [...]
A Year in Chicagoland
A Year of Acceleration: Supporting Chicago's boldest Jewish entrepreneurs Jewish Enrichment Center's fall installation of childrens' artwork. [...]
Los Angeles Federation Teen Accelerator
UpStart Tapped to Power Los Angeles Federation Teen Accelerator "If I had had the tools the Accelerator provides before this [...]
Innovator Spotlight: Jewish Plays Project
Innovator Spotlight: David Winitsky & the Jewish Plays Project David Winitsky calls himself a "late in life Jew." Raised in [...]
UpStarter Spotlight: JLens Lands $5 Million Investment
Three years ago, Julie Hammerman launched JLens as a channel for Jews to apply a Jewish values lens to investing. [...]
Seizing Our Opportunity
Dear UpStart Community, It is with tremendous excitement that I write you today as UpStart's new CEO. Over the last few weeks, I've had the privilege of sharing UpStart's work with family, friends, colleagues, and community members. To me, UpStart's mission boils down to a simple notion - that we must seize the central opportunity presented to the Jewish community today: How might we foster the creation of new access points to the gift of Jewish tradition in ways that provide a deeper and more relevant sense of meaning for our community?
