Stockholm, July 30 - August 8

participants CATALOGUE Thank You Schedule Staff profiles Participant profiles International participation About the PI About Paideia Greetings 34 32-33 26-31 10-25 6-7 5 4 2-3

Table of Contents s g Welcome!

in Dear participant in this, the 8th annual Paideia Project-Incubator.

t We are thrilled to have you with us for ten intensive summer days in Stockholm. You are the change makers who are redrawing the map of Jewish Europe, not only in your own settings but also by creating a landscape that is on its way to becoming an integrated, pan-European Jewish community.

It is our great hope that you will find program rewarding to you personally and that it will not only move your project to the next phase, but also that you will come out of Gree here with new inspiration, new friends and new knowledge.

As much as we hope that you will learn from our experienced staff, we hope that you will be learning from each other. We have no doubt that we will be learning a great deal from you.

You will be joining a community of over 400 activists who have gone through Paideia’s

Barbara Lerner Spectre, Erik Gribbe program. We are certain that in the future, you will be able to draw from that resource, Founding Director of Paideia Director, Paideia Project-Incubator as well as contribute to it. Together, you form a movement of social change that is taking place all over the continent.

We are happy indeed that you have chosen to come Paideia this August, and proud to be able to welcome you to our community.

Again: Welcome!

2 3 4 About Paideia culture throughout Europe. substance, innovation life andenthusiasmto Jewish and andculturalfestivals, to journalism from adding thearts from life academia to community andinterreligious work, Paideia life:Jewish fieldof graduates are inevery active of creating paradigm anew ofEuropean culture. Jewish individualsin40countries,400 highlyactive whoare part institute. Together, theseprograms have graduated over 16 different itatrulypan-European countries, making from 14- The programs acceptparticipants typically Paradigm Program amongothers. StudiesProgram,Jewish theProject-Incubator, andthe andfortext socialentrepreneurship: thePaideia One-Year intensive, programs high-calibre for theacademicstudyof Paideia towards works thesegoalsthrough running European societies. culturea positive paradigm within ofminority dialogueandtolife, promote cross-cultural to support of Europeanflourishing culturalandintellectual Jewish missionisto promote actively therenewalIts and on academicexcellence andonsocialinnovation. denominational andpluralistic institute focusing and Marianne Wallenberg Foundation, asanon- grants from theSwedish Government andtheMarcus Paideia was created in2000through foundational Program atPaideia) and Natan. by the European FundJewish Leadershipof the EJF (as part The 2013Paideia Project-Incubator isgenerously funded 20 different countries. across Europe, andhasgraduates running projectsinover inception, theprogram hastutored over 140projects communities, to grassroots new initiatives. Sincethe from to thoseconnected establishedinstitutionsand professionals. Participants represent arangeofprojects, tutoring, withfoundational peerreview andinteraction seminars, content andinspiration, individual Jewish skills sessions,The program consistsofworkshops, networking projects thanany otherorganization. program for European innovation, more tutoring Jewish at Paideia hassincebecomeareference It into action. hadacquired they theextensiveknowledge could convert Studies Program, whowanted aprogram where they requests from thegraduates ofPaideia’s One-Year Jewish The program wasinitiated in2006,asananswer to andexchangingbuilding skills thoughts. development, withafocus onconcretizing ideas, empowering themintheirprocess ofcreative innovative mindsfrom allover thecontinent, forfor European activists Jewish culture. gathers It The Paideia Project-Incubator isaprogram designed

5 About the Paideia PI 6 International participation Roman Odesschii //Moldova Odesschii Roman Eszter Bodó//Hungary Réka CukurelMirey // Turkey //Hungary Judit Mandl //Israel Shtern Marik //Sweden Rock Jonna GoldbergJon //Austria Jared Gimbel//Germany Iegor Muratov //Ukraine Bence Tordai //Hungary Anna Mariya //USA Symi Rom-Rymer Liliya Vendrova //Ukraine Fargana //Azerbaijan Azad Sarmas Aya Noah//Israel Alisa Zilbershtein //Russia Basauri Ziuzina//Ukraine Basauri Azerbaijan Austria USA Ukraine Germany Sweden Russia Turkey Moldova Hungary Israel 7 the Alisa zilbershtein Anna Mariya Basauri Ziuzina Country Russia Country Kiev Occupation MA student at the Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg Occupation Lecturer at NPU and head of the Judaic Research Center, YASR

Alisa is a student in the joint MA program Name of project Anna Mariya was born in Kiev, Ukraine. Name of project “Jewish Civilizations” at the Hochschule Paideia FSU She graduated from the Kiev National The Judaic Teachers’ Training Seminar für Jüdische Studien, Heidelberg, after Linguistic University as an Italian and Fields in which the project is to be realized Fields in which the project is to be realized graduating from the Paideia One-Year English interpreter. During her student time, Education Education, Intercultural work, Self-development Jewish Studies Program in 2012 as an she was very active in Hillel, giving classes Isaiah Berlin Fellow. She is currently Project status on Judaism and then as the educational Project status researching different aspects of Soviet Idea Stage coordinator for Hillel programs in Kiev. Idea stage history concerning Jews - more precisely About the project She then got her second degree from the About the project the history and structure of communist Paideia FSU is a one-month educational seminar for Jewish Religious studies department at the Taras The Judaic Teachers’ Training Seminar is a unique party government and Jewish and non-Jewish youngsters from the age of 21 from Russian- Shevchenko National University of Kiev. collaborative effort between the Youth Association for the participation in it; Stalin’s national speaking countries based on the experience of Paideia – the She is currently writing her PhD thesis Study of Religions together with the National Pedagogical politics; anti-Semitism in the USSR and European Institute for Jewish studies in Stockholm. on the historic transformation of Jewish University, providing impartial knowledge about Judaism post USSR. She is currently working in Paideia is a pan-European institute that praises the values theological education at the National to future Ukrainian teachers. The goal of the project is to various volunteer educational projects of free education, knowledge sharing and cross-cultural Pedagogical Dragomanov University cultivate an environment of tolerance and understanding on the subjects of tolerance and anti- experience, which has run successfully for more than 10 (NPU). Since 2006, she is a member of the within Ukrainian society. The Judaic Teachers’ Training fascism in Russia, in cooperation with the years, and unites close to 300 graduates and dozens of Youth Association for the Study of Religions Seminar is the only teacher’s training program that provides “Russia for all” foundation and others. teachers from all over the world. Students from the Former (YASR), where she has organized and knowledge about Judaism together with Jewishly rooted Soviet Union participate actively in the program and conducted three Judaic International Youth teaching methods (Hevruta) to future teachers. constitute a big portion of the Paideia alumni. Schools (2007, 2010 and 2011). She is now the head of the Judaic Research Center at Our trainers have PhD degrees in Jewish Studies and in Although the Russian Jewish community plays a significant YASR and lecturer at NPU. She is married education, and are experienced in combining both academic role in European Jewish revival, the language barrier with two children. learning and curriculum development skills. Over the course prevents many more Russian-speaking Jewish activists from of the 10-day program, 30 high-school teacher trainees of integration into the studying process in European countries. the humanities will attend academic lectures on Judaism, The Paideia Alumni Association feels a great need for an learn and experiment with new teaching methods, visit educational program that will allow Russian-speaking Jews Jewish communities and meet with Jewish leaders. When and non-Jews to receive the knowledge heritage of Paideia they take over their own classrooms, these teachers can and will provide a platform for the realization of diverse diminish negative stereotypes about Jews, while transmitting projects developed by Paideia Alumni of the past 10 years. their new positive and confident understanding of Judaism and Jews to approximately 4,500 students annually. We are convinced that by educating new generations of Ukrainians to understand Jews, the destructive problem of anti- Semitism can be overcome.

10 11 Aya Noah Bence Tordai Country Germany Country Hungary Occupation CEO of Hamakom Occupation Educational program coordinator, Haver Foundation Website www.haver.hu

Aya was born in Israel and has been Name of project Bence has been involved in informal Name of project living in Berlin since November 2010, Hamakom Jewish education since 2003, attending Haver Talks where she has worked on widening her the Szarvas International Jewish Youth Fields in which the project is to be realized Fields in which the project is to be realized knowledge of politics and the practice Camp first as a chanich and later, until Education, Cultural production, Community work Education, Intercultural work of sustainability. She holds a B.A in 2009, as a madrich. In 2008, Bence started Geography and Middle Eastern Studies, an Project status to volunteer as an informal educator at Project status M.A. in Educational Management, Group Pilot stage the Haver Foundation, an organization Pilot stage Facilitating qualifications and was also a About the project which brings the topic of Judaism to non- About the project graduate attendant in the Environmental HAMAKOM is a place for the revival of Jewish culture in Berlin. Jewish schools to start cultural dialogue “Haver talks” is a new multimedia project providing and Leadership program at the ‘Heschel’ Up until WWII, Berlin was one of the leading and most and to confront anti-Semitism. After sharing information and knowledge through personal stories Center. In February 2013, she participated exciting Jewish centers in Europe, where Judaism was not gaining experience at the Foundation about Judaism and Jewish identity for non-Jewish youth. The in the Shifting Thought Shifting Action only a religion but also an important cultural expression. and finishing his MA degree in philology project’s primary goal is to combat prejudice, discrimination conference in Berlin, where she met Yaël Sadly, Berlin of 2013 offers mostly the religious aspects of at ELTE University, in 2012 he started to and antisemitism and to promote the value of cultural Schlesinger and Raphaëlle Oskar a.k.a. Judaism and little of the cultural. work full-time at Haver Foundation as pluralism and social cohesion in Hungary. Ena Schulz. As a result of the conference an educational program coordinator. His the three of them established Hamakom Therefore, a committed multi-disciplinary team from primary tasks include educational material The project is carried out by the Haver Foundation, an in March 2013. Hamakom is a place in Germany, Israel and ex-Yugoslavia established HAMAKOM in development, coordination and working organization which has been active in the field of Jewish Berlin for exploration and discussion of order to explore and reinvigorate the multifaceted richness with the Foundation’s volunteer team. education since 2002, using informal educational methods to various and conflicting facets of Jewish of Jewish culture. HAMAKOM is a platform to coordinate teach about Judaism for non-Jews. Since its start, Haver has history, faith, culture and people. The and foster the growth of Jewish culture in Berlin, to shift the reached over 40,000 students and with the involvement of event of Hamakom was an alternative boundaries of what Judaism can mean and to become the over 40 volunteer educators has run activities in more than Tikun Leil Schavuot. meeting point for Jews and non-Jews in Berlin. 100 schools and educational institutions all over the country. Through monthly multi-lingual activities such as food With the project “Haver Talks”, the Foundation intends to festivals, joint readings of traditional and contemporary texts, initiate new learning approaches acting upon the renewed music festivals etc., HAMAKOM will enable Jewish culture to needs of its target audience, using video interviews and become accessible to the Berlin audience. exploring the potential of multimedia platforms and tools. As part of “Haver Talks”, new educational materials and programs are developed aiming to become part of Haver Foundation’s curriculum.

12 13 Fargana Sarmas Azad Iegor Muratov Country Azerbaijan Country Ukraine Occupation MA student in Jewish Civilization at the HfJS Heidelberg Occupation Deputy Director of Insurance, Consoris Insurance Brokers

Fargana graduated from Baku State Name of project In 2001, Iegor graduated from the Name of project University, majoring in Hebrew studies “Shalom Lekulam” International Solomon University in Kiev Intellectual café “Dialogue” and Jewish Literature. During her and received a MA in Computer Sciences. Fields in which the project is to be realized Fields in which the project is to be realized academic years, she was involved in Since 2006, he has built his career as a Intercultural work Education, Cultural production, Community work, several projects focusing on Azerbaijani manager in insurance, advancing to Intercultural work Jews and she was an active member of Project status corporate accounts head in the corporate different Jewish communities like Hillel, Idea stage sales department. Currently, Iegor Project status In process of realization the Israel Cultural Center and the Jewish About the project works as a partner at a major insurance Agency. After graduating with honors “Shalom lekulam” focuses on intercultural and interreligious broker. These years has given him great About the project in 2010, she started to work as a Hebrew work and encounters for young Jews and Azeris. experience in business management and Although there is a diversity of educational and social activities teacher as well as primary class teacher project performance. At the same time, for children and youth, as well as for the elderly, there is a big In Azerbaijan today, the main problems preventing for 5th graders in the Jewish religious he has taken an active part in the life of lack of joint intellectual leisure events on a regular basis for real understanding between the Jewish and Azeri school “Vaad L’Hastala”, while actively the Jewish community. He has spent two Jews and non-Jews aged 25 + in Ukraine. This helps maintain communities are widespread misinformation and a lack participating in the educational seminars years at the Kibbutz Ein Gedi in Israel in ignorance and stereotypes about Jews and prevents cross- of communication. The goal of this project is to showcase of the Hephstibah program in Kiev the Naale program. During the past 5 cultural dialog. and Odessa. In 2012-2013, she studied both worlds to both sides, to eliminate religious and years, Iegor has been taking an active part at Paideia - the European Institute for political barriers and to understand and highlight the in the informal education of Jewish youth In 2013 we have established a series of “dialogue cafes” which Jewish Studies in Sweden. She is currently religious and cultural ties between the Jewish and Muslim in the Jewish Agency for Israel. In 2010 and offer young adults bi-weekly activities based on Beit Midrash completing her master’s degree at the populations in Azerbaijani society. 2011 he worked as a Madrich is summer style discussions on Jewish and non-Jewish traditional and modern texts. Talmudic hyper-dialogue is one of our main Hochschule für Jüdische Studien in This intensive workshop will be the first interfaith project camps for Jewish youth. methodologies that we combine with the best intellectual Heidelberg, Germany. in Azerbaijan. In partnership with the Hillel Jewish Youth practices of Jewish and European heritage. organization and the Oriental Faculty of Baku State University, the activity will be held in Baku and Kuba, the We are thus facilitating communication between people by two major cities of Azerbaijan. Over the course of one providing the necessary conditions and atmosphere for cross- week, students will learn about each others’ religions, cultural discussions, in which participants can state their vision, traditions and cultures with Islamic and Jewish scholars, perceive the point of view of the Other and develop elaborate read texts from the Bible and Quran with a Rabbi and an personal attitudes on the topic. In the future, we plan to Imam, visit synagogues and mosques, celebrate Holy Cuma establish a network of “intellectual cafes” in different cities of and Kabalat Shabbat and travel to “Krasnaya Slobada” (the Ukraine, which will be financially self-sustained, and create a Jewish town of Kuba, known as “Little Jerusalem”). community that shares the same values. Our initiating group has experience in both business development and Jewish informal education, and we all have academic background. There is a great synergy in the group that gives us opportunity to create a viable long-term project.

14 15 Jared Gimbel Jonna Rock Country Germany Country Sweden Occupation Masters’ Degree Candidate at Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg Occupation Student

Jared is a Masters’ Degree Candidate Name of project Jonna is from Sweden. Her ancestors on Name of project at the Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Present Presence her mother’s side immigrated to Sweden IRise of Balkan Sephardim Heidelberg, specializing in Contemporary from the Baltics. She holds an LL.M. in Fields in which the project is to be realized Fields in which the project is to be realized Jewish Diaspora and the treatment of International Economic Law from the Education, Cultural production, Community work, Cultural production, Community work, Intercultural European Jewry in the Israeli media. Martin-Luther-University in Germany Intercultural work work, Spirituality Gimbel was born in Boston and had his and the Southwest University of Political Bar Mitzvah in Woodbridge, Connecticut, Project status Science and Law in China. Jonna has also Project status where he served as a cantor and Torah In process of realization completed a Master’s degree in Slavonic Idea stage reader. After graduating from Wesleyan About the project studies from Uppsala University. Her M.A About the project University with High Honors, he moved “New Jewish Worlds are Flourishing, thesis investigates the identity conceptions Rise of Balkan Sephardim is a project that aims to discover to Cracow, where he became a translator, Old Jewish Worlds are Flourishing Again” amongst five Russian-Jewish immigrants identity conceptions amongst Sephardic adolescents and editor and tour guide at the Galicia Jewish in Germany. One chapter of her thesis is their grandparents in Sarajevo. Through interviews with the Jews throughout the world are exposed to a one-sided Museum, and volunteered at the Jewish titled “The connection between Jews and last survivors of a generation and their grandchildren, the perspective about today’s European Jewish reality, as one Community Center of Cracow. While at Israel: national, ethnical, religious and documentary film aims to preserve and protect a European- solely threatened by anti-Semitism and constant insecurity. the Paideia Institute’s One-Year Program, cultural identity”. This chapter is going to Sephardic cultural heritage. he also served as a cantor at various This acts as a barrier between the non-European Jewish be published as an article by the Official synagogues in Stockholm. He has joined communities and their relationship with their counterparts Council of Swedish Jewish Communities Little to no research has been conducted on the formation Jewish choirs in Poland and in Germany, in Europe, and complicates the relationship between their in 2013. At the Institute for Cultural of identity of this particular group: when Yugoslavia including the first Jewish Choir in Cracow. home nations and European Jews. Diplomacy in Berlin, Jonna coordinated disintegrated in the 1990’s, the Sephardim who had been classified as Yugoslavs in Yugoslavia had to seek a new Gimbel is writing his Masters’ Thesis on Present Presence aims to provide a uniquely balanced and a conference called “Understanding identity among the identities at hand. how Jews in Finland and in Greece react multi-dimensional understanding of today’s European Jewish Multiculturalism: Exploring the Promotion to perceptions of their communities by reality, in order to foster a positive Jewish identity that is at and Protection of Cultural Diversity”. Rise of Balkan Sephardim illustrates the double-identity outsiders and in the Israeli press. peace with the world and, therefore, is at peace with itself. during the Yugoslavian regime, meaning that one person could claim to be a Yugoslav but also a Jew at the same time. The three phases of the project are: It clarifies the status of the Jews in Yugoslavia in comparison 1. A series of lectures, each focusing on one Jewish to how they are classified today in Sarajevo. community of the contemporary European Diaspora. These are to be delivered in high schools and colleges, With an M.A thesis in Slavonic studies from Uppsala to Jewish and non-Jewish audiences. University exploring Jewish identity among Russian-Jewish 2. The use of online media, devoted to telling the story immigrants in Berlin, I have ample academic and practical of various Jewish Diaspora communities through experience on issues of identity and cultural heritage that I photographs. will be bringing to this project. 3. On the horizon, a material photography museum showing the contemporary world in various countries through Jewish Eyes.

16 17 Jon Goldberg Judit Mandl Country Austria Country Hungary Occupation Consultant, Goldberg Corporate Finance Occupation In-house counsel at UniCredit Bank Austria

Jon Goldberg is an independent Name of project Judit Mandl is an English and Hungarian Name of project consultant in the areas of Finance, IT, and Limmud Danube qualified lawyer and an inspired and Limmud Danube International Trade. For the past 20 years, dedicated lay-leader in the Hungarian Fields in which the project is to be realized Fields in which the project is to be realized he has worked in the U.S., Europe, Africa Jewish community. She worked for Education, Cultural production, The arts, Intercultural work Education, Cultural production, The arts, Intercultural work and Asia. His areas of expertise are Data several years for top international law Analysis and Management, Procurement, Project status firms and is currently in-house counsel Project status Automotive and Manufacturing, Idea stage at a major European bank. She has Idea stage Nutrition, and Renewable Energy. About the project a J.D. degree from Eötvös Lóránd About the project Jon’s commitment to International The next generation of Central European Jews is here. It is University and an LL.M. degree from The next generation of Central European Jews is here. It is Jewish education began only recently invigorated, excited, and curious. Columbia University School of Law. She invigorated, excited, and curious. with his participation and organization was among the founders of the Haver of Limmud China during the past 2 Once shattered communities of various size, continue to be Foundation in 2001, which educates Once shattered communities of various size, continue to years. However, he believes Limmud mended. They share common threads of history and culture non-Jewish high-school students about be mended. They share common threads of history and and other non-traditional community which can be capitalized on by coming together for a joint Judaism and the Holocaust to promote culture which can be capitalized on by coming together based programs are the future to a strong event and building a unique, empowering and connecting interfaith dialogue and fight prejudice. for a joint event and building a unique, empowering and Global Jewish community. Outside of his experience for each individual community. Currently, she is a member of the board connecting experience for each individual community. professional life, Jon has been involved Limmud Danube is a residential 3-day event of Jewish of Haver. She has been a Limmud Limmud Danube is a residential 3-day event of Jewish in the Theater communities in all the learning and culture. From pickle making to Talmud studies, Hungary volunteer since 2009 and held learning and culture. From pickle making to Talmud studies, locales where he has lived, as an actor, Limmud Danube is a multi-cultural, multi-denominational, various roles before becoming a board Limmud Danube is a multi-cultural, multi-denominational, technician, and director. He currently cross-generational communal project with a potential to member in 2012. Earlier, she was a youth cross-generational communal project with a potential to lives in Vienna with his Austrian wife, a incubate local Limmud events in the region. leader in Habonim Dror and at Lauder incubate local Limmud events in the region. renowned Jazz Singer. International Summer Camp. She did The international team are experienced young professionals not receive former Jewish education but The international team are experienced young professionals from varied backgrounds passionate about volunteerism and attended the Pardes Institute for Jewish from varied backgrounds passionate about volunteerism participation. As Limmud International volunteers, they have Studies’ summer program. and participation. As Limmud International volunteers, they previously facilitated local and regional events, and bring in have previously facilitated local and regional events, and outside experience to the Jewish non-profit world. bring in outside experience to the Jewish non-profit world. By engaging local communities and generations of emigrant By engaging local communities and generations of Central Europeans, Limmud Danube will connect participants emigrant Central Europeans, Limmud Danube will connect professionally, socially and spiritually, and reinforce the notion participants professionally, socially and spiritually, and of Jewish Peoplehood. Importantly, the event will showcase reinforce the notion of Jewish Peoplehood. Importantly, the new Central European Jew who is unanchored, unfurled the event will showcase the new Central European Jew who and ready to sail on to a future that is yet to be written. is unanchored, unfurled and ready to sail on to a future that is yet to be written.

18 19 Liliya Vendrova Marik Shtern Country Ukraine Country Israel Occupation Project coordinator, Juice Occupation Strategic & PR Consultant, Yerushalmim Campaign Manager

Liliya was born in Kiev and later moved Name of project Marik is a social entrepreneur, a Name of project to Israel. From this period of her life, she Platform Juice community organizer and a strategic JUB – The Jerusalem Urban Biography’s project has always connected with Jewish life, consultant. He was born in Moscow, and Fields in which the project is to be realized Fields in which the project is to be realized through Jewish schools, as a participant his family immigrated to Israel when he Community work, Increasing philanthropy Community work, Jewish modern history preservation in Jewish Agency programs during 15 was 2 years old. He was brought up in years and later as a Madricha and as Project status the Jewish conservative community of Project status a Hebrew teacher. She has worked in Running and moving towards expansion Jerusalem. In University, Marik completed Idea stage various companies as project manager About the project a B.A in Geography and History and About the project and marketing director. With the wish to Juice is a platform for charitable social initiatives in Kiev, later graduated (with honors) with an Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and the Jewish people. connect even more to Jewish community engaging young Jewish adults in various fundraising M.A. in Urban Geography. Since 2003, Though many Jews around the world have passed through life and to make good things happen, campaigns to assist Jewish families at risk across Ukraine, and Marik is active in environmental and Jerusalem, most of them haven’t stayed. Nowadays, many she founded the Juice Platform, which especially children with urgent medical needs. social organizations in Israel. Together feel alienated from Jerusalem. They may treat it as the performs community service in Kiev with council member Rachel Azaria he cradle of their ancient history, but do not feel they connect Juice was started in September 2012 by a group of young through encouraging philanthropy and has established ‘Yerushalmim” a local emotionally to present day Jerusalem. Eventually, this process volunteers and has since raised more than USD 10, 000 as volunteer work. socio-political movement that promotes weakens the city and its social & cultural fabric. well as in-kind medical equipment, computers for single a pluralistic Jerusalem and fights elderly, school equipment, clothes and toys. People show against religious extremism and gender The JUB project aims to connect and reconnect present and trust in us by coming to our events, giving money to help segregation in the city. Marik is also one of past Jerusalemites to Jerusalem itself and to each other, in others and knowing for sure that 100% of the proceedings the founders of “1.5 Generation”- a group order to strengthen their sense of belonging to the city and are channeled to charity. of progressive young Russian speaking to promote solidarity and a shared urban identity. In order to double our impact in 2014, we are looking for activists. In 2009, he opened a private The JUB project is essentially an urban biography based assistance in covering operating expenses for more charity strategic PR consulting firm – “Shtern- on an innovative geographical social network. JUB’s users projects so that we can further assist Jewish families and Saidov”. Currently, Marik is the Campaign will reconstruct and revive the modern history of the city children in Ukraine. manager of Yerushalmim for the next by sharing personal memories and photographs from the municipal elections (oct 2013). houses and apartments they used to live in. It will create an accessible and interactive database of local history and heritage. The JUB project will also provide an opportunity for the users to meet their past neighbors again, as well as friends and other people that have lived in Jerusalem. The founder of the JUB project is Marik Shtern, an urban geographer and a community organizer in Jerusalem. The program has evolved from his ongoing activism in the sphere of fostering equality and solidarity between the residents of Jerusalem.

20 21 Mirey Cukurel Réka Eszter Bodó Country Turkey Country Hungary Occupation Project Coordinator, Belstar Agency for ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Occupation Student, and Board Member of Limmud Hungary Website www.limmud.hu/en

Mirey holds an MA in International Name of project Réka Eszter was born in a non-affiliated Name of project Management from IE Business School in Leave Your Trace Jewish family. She met Judaism in the Limmud Hungary Madrid and a BA in Industrial Engineering Szarvas Joint summer camp at the age Fields in which the project is to be realized Fields in which the project is to be realized from Purdue University in Indiana. She is 10 and since then she has been studying, Education, Cultural production, the Arts Education, Cultural production, Community work, currently a Project Coordinator at Belstar working and volunteering in the Jewish Intercultural work, Spirituality Shipping Agency in Istanbul. She went Project status community in various organizations, such to Jewish elementary school and has Idea stage as the Israeli Cultural Institute, Limmud Project status Running and moving towards expansion taken Madrichim classes and a number About the project Hungary and Bnei Akiva Hungary. She of community seminars, cultural holiday As time passes, the Turkish Jewish collective identity is has a first degree in physics and math and About the project services and trips. She was a Project diminishing, both among those living in Turkey today after two years of yeshiva-style study at Limmud is one of the greatest innovations in Jewish Executer in Hadracha College in Istanbul and those who have left for other countries. In modern the Conservative Yeshiva and Pardes, she education worldwide and is being brought to the next level and a Member of United Nations Youth Turkey, there are no means to learn and share the local began studying at the master’s program by a new generation of leaders. Assembly. She has volunteered in the stories, and minimal interest in leaving a permanent trace of Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the Even the most flourishing Jewish communities, like Hungary, Jewish community in Istanbul, most on the Jewish world. LEAVE YOUR TRACE is a dynamic Talmud and halacha department. lack a framework for dialogue and joint creative effort among recently in the Jewish Day Festival this year. multimedia exhibition to awaken the Turkish Jewish identity. Jews regardless of affiliation, age, gender or profession. The The program will apply the inspiring strategies of the Beit continuation and expansion of Limmud Hungary can fill Hatfutsot Diaspora Museum of displaying video testimonies, this gap. The volunteers creating a residential conference hosting “My Family Story” competitions among youth, serving as an inspiring, cross-communal, open learning space and establishing interactive digital platforms for visitors to for every age group will strengthen the Jewish identity of upload their personal journeys. The use of state-of-the-art individuals and of the community. technology will attract an alienated younger generation to engage in the continual work-in-progress. Committed local In the past seven years, the Limmud Hungary community team members include technological experts, historians and has enabled hundreds of people to take one more step young Jewish activists and volunteers. on their own Jewish journey. Thanks to the international movement, Limmud Hungary is a safe and successful place for the new generation of lay leaders to build together a vibrant community. Merging traditional Limmud values such as participation, expanding Jewish horizons and commitment to respect one another with a new educational and organizational perspective creates a refreshing flavour within the contemporary Hungarian Jewish community.

22 23 Roman Odesschii Symi Rom-Rymer Country Moldova Country USA Occupation Administrator, International Centre of Training and Professional Development Occupation Freelance Writer Website www.jewish.md

Roman is the financial manager of the Name of project Symi is a freelance journalist who writes Name of project International Center of Training and Management for YOUth about minority communities in the United Beyond the Shoah: Contemporary Jewish Life in Central and Professional Development for the JDC in States and Europe. She’s been published Eastern Europe Fields in which the project is to be realized Moldova. He is also a project coordinator in various publications including: The Education Fields in which the project is to be realized for the “Name and Memory” project at Huffington Post, The Jerusalem Post, and Education, Cultural production Yad Vashem and an administrator for Project status The Christian Science Monitor. She is also the “Business Mother’s Project” for the Pilot stage the co-founder of the Global Muslim Project status Idea stage World Jewish Relief, World ORT and JDC. About the project Jewish Friendship Forum (GMJFF), a virtual He has worked for a large number of Finding a job in Moldova is not an easy task for young Jews. platform for Jews and Muslims around About the project other Jewish projects as well, including Knowledge of three languages is required, as well as practical the world to discuss and educate each “It is important that people see that Jews are alive and that Claims Conference projects, Hillel and experience and proven management skills. Trainings are rare other about mutual concerns and the we have individual histories.” (Dekel Peretz, “Jew in a Box” others. He holds an MA from the Academy and expensive. issues affecting the two communities. In participant, Daily Mail, March 29, 2013) of Economic Studies of Moldova, 2012, she was the recipient of The New department of Business Management and Management for YOUth is based on a professional toolkit York Jewish Week’s ’36 under 36’ award It has been 20 years since the end of Communism and Jewish Administration and did his high school designed to provide these skills, while strengthening for her work with the GMJFF. She holds a communities in Central Europe are global, enthusiastic, and studies at the Jewish Lyceum ”Rambam” a sense of Jewish communal responsibility. The basics Master’s degree from Columbia University. here to stay. of management will be taught in three languages, and in Chisinau. Her Master’s thesis was titled: A Study in What these communities have achieved over the past two leadership and volunteering within the community will Perspectives: The rise of anti-Semitism decades demand that they be treated as equals and no give young people the hands-on practical experience that from 2000 – 2004, as reflected in Le longer as American Jews’ poorer cousins, by shattering is a pre-requisite on the current job market. Together with Monde and The New York Times. When outmoded stereotypes that many Jews in the United States a training certificate, this will improve the participants’ she’s not writing or working on interfaith have regarding the Jews of Central Europe. Through the use employability relations, she is singing opera. of multimedia, the project aims to create a more nuanced The project will be realized by ICTPD (International Center image of reality. By using in-person video interviews, of Training and Professional Development) – a Jewish photographs, and social media, the project will tell the NGO which is highly professional in developing training stories of Jewish activists between the ages of 18 and 35, methodologies. thus shaping a new narrative around young Jews and Jewish communities in the region. In 2014, we will provide twelve youth leaders and educators from twelve different Jewish organizations in Moldova with As an award-winning Jewish social entrepreneur and a three Train-the-Trainer seminars, acquainting them with a journalist with a background in writing about international methodological toolkit that will later help them provide eight Jewish communities, Symi Rom-Rymer is uniquely positioned different training modules on Management, Volunteering to take on this complex challenge. and Leadership to 300 young Jews for free.

24 25 26 Staff profiles Education in the Diaspora. Diaspora. Education in the Fisher Prize M. Jewish for Max prestigious Celebration.”of In 2007, the received she “A Book Hannukah DifferentThe Light: Institute, two-volume the Hartman the of Zion (Hebrew) Noam with together and, Doubt” of “A include publications Theology Institute. Yadgrant Barbara’s from V’Shem aresearch received whichshe for theology, Christian Jewish and post-Holocaust researchof inference of is in models in area Her Studies Judaic of in Jerusalem. Seminary the of founders the among was She taught she where Jewish Thought. Jewish StudiesAdvanced in Jerusalem, of Institute Hartman the of faculty the on formerly Paideia. was She of Director is Founding the Spectre Lerner Barbara Paideia D Bar b ara irector

Lerner S pectre

Ballet for ten years. ten for Ballet Swedish Royal the at dancer a as arts, performing the in is background previous His years. many for Cross Red the at volunteer as and translator teacher, school high a as Republic, Dominican the in office statistics municipal a up UNICEF,setting the for 2007,worked in has he Paideia joining Before University. Stockholm from Arts Liberal in BA a and Economics of School Stockholm the from Economics and Business in MA and BA a holds He Paideia. at development resource and management program with works also He Project-Incubator. the of director the is Erik E Project-Incubator D ri k G k ri bb e

irector Jewish Content Tutor synagogue in the heart of Tel of heart in the Aviv.synagogue Tefilah “Beit of Israeli”, new liberal a founders the of Raniis one Hermeneutics. of Bar-Ilan University, at department the isand currently his pursuing PhD at teaches He at Tel-Avivschools. University high Israeli for secular Jewish education of model anew Institute, whichpioneers at ShalomHartman the school training 2009-2010. teachers’ the of Raniis head the at Paideia year the for Scholar-in-Residence Jewish Studies the was Program and Rani teaches Paideia in the One-Year R ani J aeger

social activist in religious policy issues. in religious policy activist social is She alsoorganization. atour a and guide YouthMasorti Movement Hillel and student Alma University, Hebrew College, the the Israel, for Jewishplaces Agency the for other among pluralism. has She worked and identity on afocus with especially Jewish and philosophy teaches Jewish texts She Jerusalem. of University Hebrew the from in an Public MA and Policy University Gurion Ben from Philosophy History and aBA holds She in Jewish studies. is in anJewishChaya educator Gilboa Jewish Content Tutor C ha y a G i lb oa

27 Staff profiles rofiles rofiles

Gary Wexler Nirit Roessler Patrick Levy Hedva Radovanitz Project Development Tutor Project Development Tutor Project Development Tutor Project Development Tutor

aff p aff Gary Wexler is the Founding Revolutionary Nirit is an organizational consultant Patrick Levy is a counselor for Human Rights Hedva Radovanitz, now living in Tel Aviv, p aff of NonprofitRevolutionNow.com and the specializing in resource development and and other non for profit organizations on grew up in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Upper Adjunct Lecturer in Nonprofit Marketing in strategy. For over 15 years she has been organizational strategy, peer education and Nazareth, Israel. While studying for an MA the Masters in Communication Program, a director of various training, consulting fund raising in Israel through the Joint, the degree in Modern History, she became St St at the University of Southern California’s and mentoring programs and has a vast New Israel Fund and other bodies as well as involved in Human Rights work, and has Annenberg School of Communication experience as a trainer, writing guidebooks, abroad through the UN. He also represents since then filled a variety of positions in (USC/Annenberg). Gary began his and promoting sustainability of NGOs the HATD foundation, is the co director of Social Change non-profits in Israel, from marketing career as a copywriter and both in Europe and in Israel. She is now Alumot- the Center for the Organization directing organizations to sitting on their creative director in major multi-national a freelance consultant and trainer as well of People with Disabilities in Israel and board of directors and volunteering for advertising agencies such as Chiat/Day, as the Professional Development Director leads multi-sectorial projects. After having day-to-day work. She has worked for ACRI, McCann-Erickson, DDB-Needham and of JCU – Jerusalem Culture Unlimited – a been a teacher in Israel, in Jewish schools The Association for Civil Rights in Israel, as Ogilvy&Mather, writing awards winning capacity-building program for Arts&Culture in France and the United Kingdom, he the Tel Aviv chapter director; Physicians for ads, radio and television for clients ranging organizations in Jerusalem. Her professional served as executive director of national and Human Rights, as executive director; Shatil- from Apple Computer to Coca-Cola. track is vast – including running special international non-for-profit organizations. the Empowerment and Training Center After 15 years, he switched to working projects in the Tower of David Museum in Patrick advises mayors of different cities for Social Change Organizations, both as exclusively with clients in the nonprofit Jerusalem, the Jerusalem Van Leer Institute, in Israel, businesses, foundations and a consultant and as the director of the world, including some of the largest Shatil, the Pradler Capacity Building private donors both in the Jewish and Arab southern branch; and the New Israel Fund organizations and foundations in Jewish Program and more. Nirit has been with the communities in Israel and in the world. His as the associate director responsible for life, in the US, Canada and Israel. Gary’s Paideia Summer Incubator since 2007. areas of specialization are tri-dimensional grant making. On a personal level, she most work creating marketing campaigns, projects (non-for-profit organizations, enjoys being with her family and reading. training and lecturing over 1500 institutions and businesses), cooperation nonprofits has been covered extensively between businesses and the non-for-profit in the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Ha’aretz, sectors, peer education and health issues. The Jerusalem Post, The Jerusalem Report, the Forward and many other publications and blogs.

28 29 rofiles rofiles

Liora Asa Miriam Benchetrit Lena Posner-Körösi Seth Cohen Project Development Tutor Guest Tutor Guest Speaker Guest Speaker

aff p aff Liora, with an M.B.A., University of Haifa Miriam has been involved in the leadership Lena is since 13 years the chair of the Seth Cohen is the Director of Network p aff (2006), an M.A. International Affairs, of grant-making and capacity building Stockholm Jewish Community as well Initiatives at the Charles and Lynn George Washington University (1993), organizations in Israel and Europe for 15 as for the Official Council of Jewish Schusterman Family Foundation, part and a B.A., University California, Berkeley years. Today, she works as a consultant Communities in Sweden. She is on the of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman St St (1989) has over 20 years of professional to NGOs and foundations and runs the executive of European Jewish Congress, Philanthropic Network, a global network of experience in project management, Westbury Group, a network of more than on the board of European Jewish Fund, philanthropic initiatives focused on igniting training, and Resource Development 20 international foundations, devoted and sits on the Advisory Council of the passion and unleashing the power in and Financial Management consulting. to providing insight into issues facing World Jewish Diplomatic Corps. Lena young people to create change. Based in Over the past decade, Liora has worked European Jewish communities, supporting was one of the founders of Paideia in Atlanta, Seth leads the Foundation’s global as Resource Development and Financial activism and building organizational the year of 2000 and since then sits on efforts to leverage philanthropy, network Management Consultant at Shatil - Israel’s capacity. Miriam was Chief Executive of The the Paideia board. Professionally, she is theory and technology to identify, connect leading capacity building center for social Rothschild Foundation (Europe), where she a trained psychologist, working in the and support networks of young Jewish change organizations, providing support built and operated grant programs offering field of marketing and organization. She adults and enable them to create values- to hundreds of NGOs throughout the financial support to over 500 organizations was born in Sweden by a Swedish-born based experiences and communities for country. Liora is an experienced trainer on across Europe, working to strengthen mother (Russian grandparents) and a themselves and their peers. a broad array of resource development Jewish life. As Executive Director of the German-born father, who came to Sweden and financial topics, as a lecturer at the Minerva Center for Human Rights at as a child just before the war. Lena is University of Haifa’s NGO management the Hebrew University, she organized the mother of two sons and married to program over the past three years, and international conferences on human rights Andreas, who was born in Hungary. as a veteran international trainer with the issues and operated the first internship-for- Galilee International Management Institute. credit course at the university. Previously, Miriam ran a volunteer clearing house that placed hundreds of international volunteers with NGOs in Israel. Miriam holds a BA Honors in Politics and an MSc in Politics of Africa and Asia. She studied in Montreal and London and is a native speaker of English, Hebrew and German. 30 31 32 schedule day day 6 1 S T 19:30 17:15 15:45 14:00 13:00 11:30 09:10 Tuesday G 19:00 17:30 16:30 16:00 14:00 EA unday E TT

M: Bus to Stockholm Dinner Outdoor Training Working with Volunteers Community as my Resource / Lunch What is a Jewish project? Bus to Swedish countryside Barbara Lerner Spectre Dinner and discussion with Getting to know each other Welcome and orientation to program Reception Registration IN BUILDIN G S Aug 4

July 30 T AR G & T

ED VOLUN

T EERS day day 7 2 Wednesday BEIN M Monday 18:30 17:15 14:00 13:00 11:45 10:00 09:30 09:00 18:30 16:30 15:15 14:15 13:15 12:15 11:15 09:30 09:00 AKIN

Dinner Heroes for Change 1:1 / group mentoring sessions Lunch Social Idealist “our history” From Motivation to Vision: Becoming a Leaders and Innovators in Jewish Tradition Intro to Jewish Hevruta learning - Social Innovation and Leadership Frame the day Lena Posner-Körösi Dinner and discussion with conversation The Creative Process – to seize the Peer Presentations (See separate schedule) 1:1 / group mentoring sessions Lunch Happen it Making Modern Jewish Entrepreneurship Group work on goals & objectives Frame the day G ASO G I

Aug 5 PPT HA C July 31

IAL A

EN CT IVIS

T

day day 8 3 Thursday FRO 19:45 17:15 15:45 14:00 13:00 11:15 09:30 09:00 Tuesday BUD 18:30 15:30 14:15 13:15 12:15 11:15 09:30 09:00

T M IDEA G Dinner 1:1 / group mentoring sessions The Case Statement The Creative Process Lunch From Vision to Impact Tikkun Olam Change through the concept of Frame the day Dinner Individual Work Reporting Financial Monitoring and Lunch Steps to Create a Budget Budget Components Budgeting made accessible Frame the day E T

IN

Aug 6 Aug 1 G G

O I

MP

A

CT

day day 9 4 Wednesday I F LOOKIN 19:00 18:30 15:45 13:30 12:30 11:00 09:30 09:00 20:45 19:30 18:30 17:00 15:00 14:00 13:00 11:15 09:30 09:00 T’ riday S ALL ABOU

Boat trip to Vaxholm Leave from Paideia (See separate schedule) 1:1 / group mentoring sessions Working with the Business Sector Lunch the Do’s and Don’ts Working with Foundations – Introduction to Resource Development Frame the day Shabbat dinner at Paideia Adat Jeshurun Shabbat services (optional): orthodox Great Synagogue Shabbat services (optional): conservative Preparation for Shabbat 1:1 / group mentoring sessions Social Change The Fundamentals of Marketing Lunch From Vision to Outcomes Our Project External and Internal Environment of Look before you jump: Mapping the Frame the day Aug 2 G OU

Aug 7 T

T RESOUR SIDE

CES

day 10 day 5 sl.se subway and bus for Website 112 Ambulance and Fire Police, for Number Emergency 1500 00 Taxi Stockholm 66 22 08-463 Phone Skeppsholmen. Hostel, Youth Chapman Af Hostel Youth 6795555 (0)8 +46 Phone Östermalmstorg Subway Closest 21, Stockholm. Nybrogatan Sweden in Studies Jewish for Institute European –the Paideia U sefu Thursday O CLOSIN 12:00 10:45- 10:00 09:30 S C AND A T SHABBA 18:30 17:30 aturday P l l ENIN I information M Wrap-up and Summaries Evaluation in Judaism-what is success? Frame the Day Discussions on Identity with WexlerGary Se’udah Shlishit RES E FOR ON DOOR G ONE G ANO T

Aug 8 Aug 3 T E MP

T LA HER T T T ION ... , 34 THANK YOU in Stockholm in the summer 2013: of the participants during 10wonderful days and speakers who have with and been us We are very grateful to the following staff Seth Cohen Miriam Benchetrit Lena Posner-Körösi Guest speakers: Rani Jaeger Patrick Levy Nirit Roessler Liora Asa Hedva Radovanitz Gary Wexler Chaya Gilboa Tutors: www.saybrand.co.il www.paideia-eu.org