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

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

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 Paideias

program. We are certain that in the future, you will be able to draw from that resource,

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!

Barbara Lerner Spectre,Founding Director of Paideia

Erik GribbeDirector, Paideia Project-Incubator

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eia Paideia was created in 2000 through foundational grants from the Swedish Government and the Marcus

and Marianne Wallenberg Foundation, as a non-denominational and pluralistic institute focusing on academic excellence and on social innovation.

Its mission is to actively promote the renewal and

flourishing of European Jewish cultural and intellectual

life, to support cross-cultural dialogue and to promote

a positive paradigm of minority culture within

European societies.

Paideia works towards these goals through running

intensive, high-calibre programs for the academic study of

text and for social entrepreneurship: the Paideia One-Year

Jewish Studies Program, the Project-Incubator, and the

Paradigm Program among others.

The programs typically accept participants from 14-

16 different countries, making it a truly pan-European

institute. Together, these programs have graduated over

400 highly active individuals in 40 countries, who are part

of creating a new paradigm of European Jewish culture.

Paideia graduates are active in every field of Jewish life:

from academia to community life and interreligious work,

from the arts to journalism and cultural festivals, adding

substance, innovation and enthusiasm to Jewish life and

culture throughout Europe.

The Paideia Project-Incubator is a program designed for activists for European Jewish culture. It gathers innovative minds from all over the continent, empowering them in their process of creative development, with a focus on concretizing ideas, building skills and exchanging thoughts.

The program was initiated in 2006, as an answer to

requests from the graduates of Paideias One-Year Jewish

Studies Program, who wanted a program where they

could convert the extensive knowledge they had acquired

at Paideia into action. It has since become a reference

program for European Jewish innovation, tutoring more

projects than any other organization.

The program consists of workshops, networking sessions,

skills seminars, Jewish content and inspiration, individual

tutoring, peer review and interaction with foundational

professionals. Participants represent a range of projects,

from those connected to established institutions and

communities, to new grassroots initiatives. Since the

inception, the program has tutored over 140 projects

across Europe, and has graduates running projects in over

20 different countries.

The 2013 Paideia Project-Incubator is generously funded

by the European Jewish Fund (as part of the EJF Leadership

Program at Paideia) and Natan.

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Alisa Zilbershtein // Russia

Aya Noah // Israel

Fargana Sarmas Azad // Azerbaijan

Liliya Vendrova // Ukraine

Symi Rom-Rymer // USA

Anna Mariya Basauri Ziuzina // Ukraine

Bence Tordai // Hungary

Iegor Muratov // Ukraine

Jared Gimbel // Germany

Jon Goldberg // Austria

Jonna Rock // Sweden

Marik Shtern // Israel

Judit Mandl // Hungary

Mirey Cukurel // Turkey

Rka Eszter Bod // Hungary

Roman Odesschii // Moldova

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Country Kiev Occupation Lecturer at NPU and head of the Judaic Research Center, YASR

Country Russia Occupation MA student at the Hochschule fr Jdische Studien Heidelberg

Anna Mariya was born in Kiev, Ukraine. She graduated from the Kiev National Linguistic University as an Italian and English interpreter. During her student time, she was very active in Hillel, giving classes on Judaism and then as the educational coordinator for Hillel programs in Kiev. She then got her second degree from the Religious studies department at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev. She is currently writing her PhD thesis on the historic transformation of Jewish theological education at the National Pedagogical Dragomanov University (NPU). Since 2006, she is a member of the Youth Association for the Study of Religions (YASR), where she has organized and conducted three Judaic International Youth Schools (2007, 2010 and 2011). She is now the head of the Judaic Research Center at YASR and lecturer at NPU. She is married with two children.

Alisa is a student in the joint MA program Jewish Civilizations at the Hochschule fr Jdische Studien, Heidelberg, after graduating from the Paideia One-Year Jewish Studies Program in 2012 as an Isaiah Berlin Fellow. She is currently researching different aspects of Soviet history concerning Jews - more precisely the history and structure of communist party government and Jewish participation in it; Stalins national politics; anti-Semitism in the USSR and post USSR. She is currently working in various volunteer educational projects on the subjects of tolerance and anti-fascism in Russia, in cooperation with the Russia for all foundation and others.

NAME OF PROJECTThe Judaic Teachers Training Seminar

FIEldS IN WHICH THE PROJECT IS TO bE REAlIzEdEducation, Intercultural work, Self-development

PROJECT STATUSIdea stage

AbOUT THE PROJECT The Judaic Teachers Training Seminar is a unique collaborative effort between the Youth Association for the Study of Religions together with the National Pedagogical University, providing impartial knowledge about Judaism to future Ukrainian teachers. The goal of the project is to cultivate an environment of tolerance and understanding within Ukrainian society. The Judaic Teachers Training Seminar is the only teachers training program that provides knowledge about Judaism together with Jewishly rooted teaching methods (Hevruta) to future teachers.

Our trainers have PhD degrees in Jewish Studies and in education, and are experienced in combining both academic learning and curriculum development skills. Over the course of the 10-day program, 30 high-school teacher trainees of the humanities will attend academic lectures on Judaism, learn and experiment with new teaching methods, visit Jewish communities and meet with Jewish leaders. When they take over their own classrooms, these teachers can diminish negative stereotypes about Jews, while transmitting 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.

NAME OF PROJECTPaideia FSU

FIEldS IN WHICH THE PROJECT IS TO bE REAlIzEdEducation

PROJECT STATUSIdea Stage

AbOUT THE PROJECT Paideia FSU is a one-month educational seminar for Jewish and non-Jewish youngsters from the age of 21 from Russian-speaking countries based on the experience of Paideia the European Institute for Jewish studies in Stockholm. Paideia is a pan-European institute that praises the values of free education, knowledge sharing and cross-cultural experience, which has run successfully for more than 10 years, and unites close to 300 graduates and dozens of teachers from all over the world. Students from the Former Soviet Union participate actively in the program and constitute a big portion of the Paideia alumni.

Although the Russian Jewish community plays a significant role in European Jewish revival, the language barrier prevents many more Russian-speaking Jewish activists from integration into the studying process in European countries.The Paideia Alumni Association feels a great need for an educational program that will allow Russian-speaking Jews and non-Jews to receive the knowledge heritage of Paideia and will provide a platform for the realization of diverse projects developed by Paideia Alumni of the past 10 years.

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Country HungaryOccupation Educational program coordinator, Haver FoundationWebsite www.haver.hu

Country Germany Occupation CEO of Hamakom

Bence has been involved in informal Jewish education since 2003, attending the Szarvas International Jewish Youth Camp first as a chanich and later, until 2009, as a madrich. In 2008, Bence started to volunteer as an informal educator at the Haver Foundation, an organization which brings the topic of Judaism to non-Jewish schools to start cultural dialogue and to confront anti-Semitism. After gaining experience at the Foundation and finishing his MA degree in philology at ELTE University, in 2012 he started to work full-time at Haver Foundation as an educational program coordinator. His primary tasks include educational material development, coordination and working with the Foundations volunteer team.

Aya was born in Israel and has been living in Berlin since November 2010, where she has worked on widening her knowledge of politics and the practice of sustainability. She holds a B.A in Geography and Middle Eastern Studies, an M.A. in Educational Management, Group Facilitating qualifications and was also a graduate attendant in the Environmental Leadership program at the Heschel Center. In February 2013, she participated in the Shifting Thought Shifting Action conference in Berlin, where she met Yal Schlesinger and Raphalle Oskar a.k.a. Ena Schulz. As a result of the conference the three of them established Hamakom in March 2013. Hamakom is a place in Berlin for exploration and discussion of various and conflicting facets of Jewish history, faith, culture and people. The event of Hamakom was an alternative Tikun Leil Schavuot.

NAME OF PROJECTHaver Talks

FIEldS IN WHICH THE PROJECT IS TO bE REAlIzEdEducation, Intercultural work

PROJECT STATUSPilot stage

AbOUT THE PROJECT Haver talks is a new multimedia project providing and sharing information and knowledge through personal stories about Judaism and Jewish identity for non-Jewish youth. The projects primary goal is to combat prejudice, discrimination and antisemitism and to promote the value of cultural pluralism and social cohesion in Hungary.

The project is carried out by the Haver Foundation, an organization which has been active in the field of Jewish education since 2002, using informal educational methods to teach about Judaism for non-Jews. Since its start, Haver has reached over 40,000 students and with the involvement of over 40 volunteer educators has run activities in more than 100 schools and educational institutions all over the country.

With the project Haver Talks, the Foundation intends to initiate new learning approaches acting upon the renewed needs of its target audience, using video interviews and 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 Foundations curriculum.

NAME OF PROJECTHamakom

FIEldS IN WHICH THE PROJECT IS TO bE REAlIzEdEducation, Cultural production, Community work

PROJECT STATUSPilot stage

AbOUT THE PROJECT HAMAKOM is a place for the revival of Jewish culture in Berlin.Up until WWII, Berlin was one of the leading and most exciting Jewish centers in Europe, where Judaism was not only a religion but also an important cultural expression. Sadly, Berlin of 2013 offers mostly the religious aspects of Judaism and little of the cultural.

Therefore, a committed multi-disciplinary team from Germany, Israel and ex-Yugoslavia established HAMAKOM in order to explore and reinvigorate the multifaceted richness of Jewish culture. HAMAKOM is a platform to coordinate and foster the growth of Jewish culture in Berlin, to shift the boundaries of what Judaism can mean and to become the meeting point for Jews and non-Jews in Berlin.

Through monthly multi-lingual activities such as food festivals, joint readings of traditional and contemporary texts, music festivals etc., HAMAKOM will enable Jewish culture to become accessible to the Berlin audience.

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Country UkraineOccupation Deputy Director of Insurance, Consoris Insurance Brokers

Country AzerbaijanOccupation MA student in Jewish Civilization at the HfJS Heidelberg

In 2001, Iegor graduated from the International Solomon University in Kiev and received a MA in Computer Sciences. Since 2006, he has built his career as a manager in insurance, advancing to corporate accounts head in the corporate sales department. Currently, Iegor works as a partner at a major insurance broker. These years has given him great experience in business management and project performance. At the same time, he has taken an active part in the life of the Jewish community. He has spent two years at the Kibbutz Ein Gedi in Israel in the Naale program. During the past 5 years, Iegor has been taking an active part in the informal education of Jewish youth in the Jewish Agency for Israel. In 2010 and 2011 he worked as a Madrich is summer camps for Jewish youth.

Fargana graduated from Baku State University, majoring in Hebrew studies and Jewish Literature. During her academic years, she was involved in several projects focusing on Azerbaijani Jews and she was an active member of different Jewish communities like Hillel, the Israel Cultural Center and the Jewish Agency. After graduating with honors in 2010, she started to work as a Hebrew teacher as well as primary class teacher for 5th graders in the Jewish religious school Vaad LHastala, while actively participating in the educational seminars of the Hephstibah program in Kiev and Odessa. In 2012-2013, she studied at Paideia - the European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden. She is currently completing her masters degree at the Hochschule fr Jdische Studien in Heidelberg, Germany.

NAME OF PROJECTIntellectual caf Dialogue

FIEldS IN WHICH THE PROJECT IS TO bE REAlIzEdEducation, Cultural production, Community work, Intercultural work

PROJECT STATUSIn process of realization

AbOUT THE PROJECT Although there is a diversity of educational and social activities for children and youth, as well as for the elderly, there is a big lack of joint intellectual leisure events on a regular basis for Jews and non-Jews aged 25 + in Ukraine. This helps maintain ignorance and stereotypes about Jews and prevents cross-cultural dialog.

In 2013 we have established a series of dialogue cafes which offer young adults bi-weekly activities based on Beit Midrash style discussions on Jewish and non-Jewish traditional and modern texts. Talmudic hyper-dialogue is one of our main methodologies that we combine with the best intellectual practices of Jewish and European heritage.

We are thus facilitating communication between people by providing the necessary conditions and atmosphere for cross-cultural discussions, in which participants can state their vision, perceive the point of view of the Other and develop elaborate personal attitudes on the topic. In the future, we plan to establish a network of intellectual cafes in different cities of Ukraine, which will be financially self-sustained, and create a 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.

NAME OF PROJECTShalom Lekulam

FIEldS IN WHICH THE PROJECT IS TO bE REAlIzEdIntercultural work

PROJECT STATUSIdea stage

AbOUT THE PROJECT Shalom lekulam focuses on intercultural and interreligious work and encounters for young Jews and Azeris.

In Azerbaijan today, the main problems preventing real understanding between the Jewish and Azeri communities are widespread misinformation and a lack of communication. The goal of this project is to showcase both worlds to both sides, to eliminate religious and political barriers and to understand and highlight the religious and cultural ties between the Jewish and Muslim populations in Azerbaijani society.

This intensive workshop will be the first interfaith project in Azerbaijan. In partnership with the Hillel Jewish Youth organization and the Oriental Faculty of Baku State University, the activity will be held in Baku and Kuba, the two major cities of Azerbaijan. Over the course of one week, students will learn about each others religions, traditions and cultures with Islamic and Jewish scholars, read texts from the Bible and Quran with a Rabbi and an Imam, visit synagogues and mosques, celebrate Holy Cuma and Kabalat Shabbat and travel to Krasnaya Slobada (the Jewish town of Kuba, known as Little Jerusalem).

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Country SwedenOccupation Student

Country GermanyOccupation Masters Degree Candidate at Hochschule fr Jdische Studien Heidelberg

Jonna is from Sweden. Her ancestors on her mothers side immigrated to Sweden from the Baltics. She holds an LL.M. in International Economic Law from the Martin-Luther-University in Germany and the Southwest University of Political Science and Law in China. Jonna has also completed a Masters degree in Slavonic studies from Uppsala University. Her M.A thesis investigates the identity conceptions amongst five Russian-Jewish immigrants in Germany. One chapter of her thesis is titled The connection between Jews and Israel: national, ethnical, religious and cultural identity. This chapter is going to be published as an article by the Official Council of Swedish Jewish Communities in 2013. At the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin, Jonna coordinated a conference called Understanding Multiculturalism: Exploring the Promotion and Protection of Cultural Diversity.

Jared is a Masters Degree Candidate at the Hochschule fr Jdische Studien Heidelberg, specializing in Contemporary Jewish Diaspora and the treatment of European Jewry in the Israeli media. Gimbel was born in Boston and had his Bar Mitzvah in Woodbridge, Connecticut, where he served as a cantor and Torah reader. After graduating from Wesleyan University with High Honors, he moved to Cracow, where he became a translator, editor and tour guide at the Galicia Jewish Museum, and volunteered at the Jewish Community Center of Cracow. While at the Paideia Institutes One-Year Program, he also served as a cantor at various synagogues in Stockholm. He has joined Jewish choirs in Poland and in Germany, including the first Jewish Choir in Cracow. Gimbel is writing his Masters Thesis on how Jews in Finland and in Greece react to perceptions of their communities by outsiders and in the Israeli press.

NAME OF PROJECTIRise of Balkan Sephardim

FIEldS IN WHICH THE PROJECT IS TO bE REAlIzEdCultural production, Community work, Intercultural work, Spirituality

PROJECT STATUSIdea stage

AbOUT THE PROJECT Rise of Balkan Sephardim is a project that aims to discover identity conceptions amongst Sephardic adolescents and their grandparents in Sarajevo. Through interviews with the last survivors of a generation and their grandchildren, the documentary film aims to preserve and protect a European-Sephardic cultural heritage.

Little to no research has been conducted on the formation of identity of this particular group: when Yugoslavia disintegrated in the 1990s, the Sephardim who had been classified as Yugoslavs in Yugoslavia had to seek a new identity among the identities at hand.

Rise of Balkan Sephardim illustrates the double-identity during the Yugoslavian regime, meaning that one person could claim to be a Yugoslav but also a Jew at the same time. It clarifies the status of the Jews in Yugoslavia in comparison to how they are classified today in Sarajevo.

With an M.A thesis in Slavonic studies from Uppsala University exploring Jewish identity among Russian-Jewish immigrants in Berlin, I have ample academic and practical experience on issues of identity and cultural heritage that I will be bringing to this project.

NAME OF PROJECTPresent Presence

FIEldS IN WHICH THE PROJECT IS TO bE REAlIzEdEducation, Cultural production, Community work, Intercultural work

PROJECT STATUSIn process of realization

AbOUT THE PROJECT New Jewish Worlds are Flourishing, Old Jewish Worlds are Flourishing Again

Jews throughout the world are exposed to a one-sided perspective about todays European Jewish reality, as one solely threatened by anti-Semitism and constant insecurity. This acts as a barrier between the non-European Jewish communities and their relationship with their counterparts in Europe, and complicates the relationship between their home nations and European Jews.

Present Presence aims to provide a uniquely balanced and multi-dimensional understanding of todays European Jewish reality, in order to foster a positive Jewish identity that is at peace with the world and, therefore, is at peace with itself.

The three phases of the project are:1. A series of lectures, each focusing on one Jewish

community of the contemporary European Diaspora. These are to be delivered in high schools and colleges, to Jewish and non-Jewish audiences.

2. The use of online media, devoted to telling the story of various Jewish Diaspora communities through photographs.

3. On the horizon, a material photography museum showing the contemporary world in various countries through Jewish Eyes.

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Country HungaryOccupation In-house counsel at UniCredit Bank Austria

Country AustriaOccupation Consultant, Goldberg Corporate Finance

Judit Mandl is an English and Hungarian qualified lawyer and an inspired and dedicated lay-leader in the Hungarian Jewish community. She worked for several years for top international law firms and is currently in-house counsel at a major European bank. She has a J.D. degree from Etvs Lrnd University and an LL.M. degree from Columbia University School of Law. She was among the founders of the Haver Foundation in 2001, which educates non-Jewish high-school students about Judaism and the Holocaust to promote interfaith dialogue and fight prejudice. Currently, she is a member of the board of Haver. She has been a Limmud Hungary volunteer since 2009 and held various roles before becoming a board member in 2012. Earlier, she was a youth leader in Habonim Dror and at Lauder International Summer Camp. She did not receive former Jewish education but attended the Pardes Institute for Jewish Studies summer program.

Jon Goldberg is an independent consultant in the areas of Finance, IT, and International Trade. For the past 20 years, he has worked in the U.S., Europe, Africa and Asia. His areas of expertise are Data Analysis and Management, Procurement, Automotive and Manufacturing, Nutrition, and Renewable Energy. Jons commitment to International Jewish education began only recently with his participation and organization of Limmud China during the past 2 years. However, he believes Limmud and other non-traditional community based programs are the future to a strong Global Jewish community. Outside of his professional life, Jon has been involved in the Theater communities in all the locales where he has lived, as an actor, technician, and director. He currently lives in Vienna with his Austrian wife, a renowned Jazz Singer.

NAME OF PROJECTLimmud Danube

FIEldS IN WHICH THE PROJECT IS TO bE REAlIzEdEducation, Cultural production, The arts, Intercultural work

PROJECT STATUSIdea stage

AbOUT THE PROJECT The next generation of Central European Jews is here. It is invigorated, excited, and curious.

Once shattered communities of various size, continue to be mended. They share common threads of history and culture which can be capitalized on by coming together for a joint event and building a unique, empowering and connecting experience for each individual community.

Limmud Danube is a residential 3-day event of Jewish learning and culture. From pickle making to Talmud studies, Limmud Danube is a multi-cultural, multi-denominational, cross-generational communal project with a potential to incubate local Limmud events in the region.

The international team are experienced young professionals from varied backgrounds passionate about volunteerism and participation. As Limmud International volunteers, they have previously facilitated local and regional events, and bring in outside experience to the Jewish non-profit world.

By engaging local communities and generations of emigrant Central Europeans, Limmud Danube will connect participants professionally, socially and spiritually, and reinforce the notion of Jewish Peoplehood. Importantly, the event will showcase the new Central European Jew who is unanchored, unfurled and ready to sail on to a future that is yet to be written.

NAME OF PROJECTLimmud Danube

FIEldS IN WHICH THE PROJECT IS TO bE REAlIzEdEducation, Cultural production, The arts, Intercultural work

PROJECT STATUSIdea stage

AbOUT THE PROJECT The next generation of Central European Jews is here. It is invigorated, excited, and curious.

Once shattered communities of various size, continue to be mended. They share common threads of history and culture which can be capitalized on by coming together for a joint event and building a unique, empowering and connecting experience for each individual community.

Limmud Danube is a residential 3-day event of Jewish learning and culture. From pickle making to Talmud studies, Limmud Danube is a multi-cultural, multi-denominational, cross-generational communal project with a potential to incubate local Limmud events in the region.

The international team are experienced young professionals from varied backgrounds passionate about volunteerism and participation. As Limmud International volunteers, they have previously facilitated local and regional events, and bring in outside experience to the Jewish non-profit world.

By engaging local communities and generations of emigrant Central Europeans, Limmud Danube will connect participants professionally, socially and spiritually, and reinforce the notion of Jewish Peoplehood. Importantly, the event will showcase the new Central European Jew who is unanchored, unfurled and ready to sail on to a future that is yet to be written.

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Country IsraelOccupation Strategic & PR Consultant, Yerushalmim Campaign Manager

Country UkraineOccupation Project coordinator, Juice

Marik is a social entrepreneur, a community organizer and a strategic consultant. He was born in Moscow, and his family immigrated to Israel when he was 2 years old. He was brought up in the Jewish conservative community of Jerusalem. In University, Marik completed a B.A in Geography and History and later graduated (with honors) with an M.A. in Urban Geography. Since 2003, Marik is active in environmental and social organizations in Israel. Together with council member Rachel Azaria he has established Yerushalmim a local socio-political movement that promotes a pluralistic Jerusalem and fights against religious extremism and gender segregation in the city. Marik is also one of the founders of 1.5 Generation- a group of progressive young Russian speaking activists. In 2009, he opened a private strategic PR consulting firm Shtern-Saidov. Currently, Marik is the Campaign manager of Yerushalmim for the next municipal elections (oct 2013).

Liliya was born in Kiev and later moved to Israel. From this period of her life, she has always connected with Jewish life, through Jewish schools, as a participant in Jewish Agency programs during 15 years and later as a Madricha and as a Hebrew teacher. She has worked in various companies as project manager and marketing director. With the wish to connect even more to Jewish community life and to make good things happen, she founded the Juice Platform, which performs community service in Kiev through encouraging philanthropy and volunteer work.

NAME OF PROJECTJUB The Jerusalem Urban Biographys project

FIEldS IN WHICH THE PROJECT IS TO bE REAlIzEdCommunity work, Jewish modern history preservation

PROJECT STATUSIdea stage

AbOUT THE PROJECT Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and the Jewish people. Though many Jews around the world have passed through Jerusalem, most of them havent stayed. Nowadays, many feel alienated from Jerusalem. They may treat it as the cradle of their ancient history, but do not feel they connect emotionally to present day Jerusalem. Eventually, this process weakens the city and its social & cultural fabric.

The JUB project aims to connect and reconnect present and past Jerusalemites to Jerusalem itself and to each other, in order to strengthen their sense of belonging to the city and to promote solidarity and a shared urban identity.

The JUB project is essentially an urban biography based on an innovative geographical social network. JUBs users will reconstruct and revive the modern history of the city by sharing personal memories and photographs from the 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.

NAME OF PROJECTPlatform Juice

FIEldS IN WHICH THE PROJECT IS TO bE REAlIzEdCommunity work, Increasing philanthropy

PROJECT STATUSRunning and moving towards expansion

AbOUT THE PROJECT Juice is a platform for charitable social initiatives in Kiev, engaging young Jewish adults in various fundraising campaigns to assist Jewish families at risk across Ukraine, and especially children with urgent medical needs.

Juice was started in September 2012 by a group of young volunteers and has since raised more than USD 10, 000 as well as in-kind medical equipment, computers for single elderly, school equipment, clothes and toys. People show trust in us by coming to our events, giving money to help others and knowing for sure that 100% of the proceedings are channeled to charity.

In order to double our impact in 2014, we are looking for assistance in covering operating expenses for more charity projects so that we can further assist Jewish families and children in Ukraine.

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Country TurkeyOccupation Project Coordinator, Belstar Agency for ZIM Integrated Shipping Services

Mirey holds an MA in International Management from IE Business School in Madrid and a BA in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University in Indiana. She is currently a Project Coordinator at Belstar Shipping Agency in Istanbul. She went to Jewish elementary school and has taken Madrichim classes and a number of community seminars, cultural holiday services and trips. She was a Project Executer in Hadracha College in Istanbul and a Member of United Nations Youth Assembly. She has volunteered in the Jewish community in Istanbul, most recently in the Jewish Day Festival this year.

NAME OF PROJECTLeave Your Trace

FIEldS IN WHICH THE PROJECT IS TO bE REAlIzEdEducation, Cultural production, the Arts

PROJECT STATUSIdea stage

AbOUT THE PROJECT As time passes, the Turkish Jewish collective identity is diminishing, both among those living in Turkey today and those who have left for other countries. In modern Turkey, there are no means to learn and share the local stories, and minimal interest in leaving a permanent trace on the Jewish world. LEAVE YOUR TRACE is a dynamic multimedia exhibition to awaken the Turkish Jewish identity. The program will apply the inspiring strategies of the Beit Hatfutsot Diaspora Museum of displaying video testimonies, hosting My Family Story competitions among youth, and establishing interactive digital platforms for visitors to upload their personal journeys. The use of state-of-the-art technology will attract an alienated younger generation to engage in the continual work-in-progress. Committed local team members include technological experts, historians and young Jewish activists and volunteers.

Mirey CukurelCountry HungaryOccupation Student, and Board Member of Limmud HungaryWebsite www.limmud.hu/en

Rka Eszter was born in a non-affiliated Jewish family. She met Judaism in the Szarvas Joint summer camp at the age 10 and since then she has been studying, working and volunteering in the Jewish community in various organizations, such as the Israeli Cultural Institute, Limmud Hungary and Bnei Akiva Hungary. She has a first degree in physics and math and after two years of yeshiva-style study at the Conservative Yeshiva and Pardes, she began studying at the masters program of Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the Talmud and halacha department.

NAME OF PROJECTLimmud Hungary

FIEldS IN WHICH THE PROJECT IS TO bE REAlIzEdEducation, Cultural production, Community work, Intercultural work, Spirituality

PROJECT STATUSRunning and moving towards expansion

AbOUT THE PROJECT Limmud is one of the greatest innovations in Jewish education worldwide and is being brought to the next level by a new generation of leaders.

Even the most flourishing Jewish communities, like Hungary, lack a framework for dialogue and joint creative effort among Jews regardless of affiliation, age, gender or profession. The continuation and expansion of Limmud Hungary can fill this gap. The volunteers creating a residential conference serving as an inspiring, cross-communal, open learning space for every age group will strengthen the Jewish identity of individuals and of the community.

In the past seven years, the Limmud Hungary community has enabled hundreds of people to take one more step 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.

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Country MoldovaOccupation Administrator, International Centre of Training and Professional DevelopmentWebsite www.jewish.md

Roman is the financial manager of the International Center of Training and Professional Development for the JDC in Moldova. He is also a project coordinator for the Name and Memory project at Yad Vashem and an administrator for the Business Mothers Project for the World Jewish Relief, World ORT and JDC. He has worked for a large number of other Jewish projects as well, including Claims Conference projects, Hillel and others. He holds an MA from the Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova, department of Business Management and Administration and did his high school studies at the Jewish Lyceum Rambam in Chisinau.

NAME OF PROJECTManagement for YOUth

FIEldS IN WHICH THE PROJECT IS TO bE REAlIzEdEducation

PROJECT STATUSPilot stage

AbOUT THE PROJECT Finding a job in Moldova is not an easy task for young Jews. Knowledge of three languages is required, as well as practical experience and proven management skills. Trainings are rare and expensive.

Management for YOUth is based on a professional toolkit designed to provide these skills, while strengthening a sense of Jewish communal responsibility. The basics of management will be taught in three languages, and leadership and volunteering within the community will give young people the hands-on practical experience that is a pre-requisite on the current job market. Together with a training certificate, this will improve the participants employability

The project will be realized by ICTPD (International Center of Training and Professional Development) a Jewish NGO which is highly professional in developing training methodologies.

In 2014, we will provide twelve youth leaders and educators from twelve different Jewish organizations in Moldova with three Train-the-Trainer seminars, acquainting them with a methodological toolkit that will later help them provide eight different training modules on Management, Volunteering and Leadership to 300 young Jews for free.

roMan odessChiiCountry USAOccupation Freelance Writer

Symi is a freelance journalist who writes about minority communities in the United States and Europe. Shes been published in various publications including: The Huffington Post, The Jerusalem Post, and The Christian Science Monitor. She is also the co-founder of the Global Muslim Jewish Friendship Forum (GMJFF), a virtual platform for Jews and Muslims around the world to discuss and educate each other about mutual concerns and the issues affecting the two communities. In 2012, she was the recipient of The New York Jewish Weeks 36 under 36 award for her work with the GMJFF. She holds a Masters degree from Columbia University. Her Masters thesis was titled: A Study in Perspectives: The rise of anti-Semitism from 2000 2004, as reflected in Le Monde and The New York Times. When shes not writing or working on interfaith relations, she is singing opera.

NAME OF PROJECTBeyond the Shoah: Contemporary Jewish Life in Central and Eastern Europe

FIEldS IN WHICH THE PROJECT IS TO bE REAlIzEdEducation, Cultural production

PROJECT STATUSIdea stage

AbOUT THE PROJECT It is important that people see that Jews are alive and that we have individual histories. (Dekel Peretz, Jew in a Box participant, Daily Mail, March 29, 2013)

It has been 20 years since the end of Communism and Jewish communities in Central Europe are global, enthusiastic, and here to stay.

What these communities have achieved over the past two decades demand that they be treated as equals and no longer as American Jews poorer cousins, by shattering outmoded stereotypes that many Jews in the United States have regarding the Jews of Central Europe. Through the use of multimedia, the project aims to create a more nuanced image of reality. By using in-person video interviews, photographs, and social media, the project will tell the stories of Jewish activists between the ages of 18 and 35, thus shaping a new narrative around young Jews and Jewish communities in the region.

As an award-winning Jewish social entrepreneur and a journalist with a background in writing about international Jewish communities, Symi Rom-Rymer is uniquely positioned to take on this complex challenge.

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bARbARA lERNER SPECTRE Paideia directorBarbara Lerner Spectre is the Founding Director of Paideia. She was formerly on the faculty of the Hartman Institute of Advanced Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, where she taught Jewish Thought. She was among the founders of the Seminary of Judaic Studies in Jerusalem. Her area of research is in models of inference in Christian and Jewish post-Holocaust theology, for which she received a research grant from Yad VShem Institute. Barbaras publications include A Theology of Doubt (Hebrew) and, together with Noam Zion of the Hartman Institute, the two-volume A Different Light: The Hannukah Book of Celebration. In 2007, she received the prestigious Max M. Fisher Prize for Jewish Education in the Diaspora.

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

RANI JAEGER Jewish Content TutorRani teaches in the Paideia One-Year Jewish Studies Program and was the Scholar-in-Residence at Paideia for the year 2009-2010. Rani is the head of the teachers training school at the Shalom Hartman Institute, which pioneers a new model of Jewish education for Israeli secular high schools. He teaches at Tel-Aviv University and is currently pursuing his PhD at Bar-Ilan University, at the department of Hermeneutics. Rani is one of the founders of Beit Tefilah Israeli, a new liberal

synagogue in the heart of Tel Aviv.

CHAyA GIlbOAJewish Content TutorChaya Gilboa is an educator in Jewish studies. She holds a BA in Jewish Philosophy and History from Ben Gurion University and an MA in Public Policy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She teaches Jewish texts and Jewish philosophy especially with a focus on identity and pluralism. She has worked among other places for the Jewish Agency for Israel, Alma College, the Hebrew University, the Masorti Youth Movement and Hillel student organization. She is also a tour guide and a

social activist in religious policy issues.

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PATRICk lEvyProject development TutorPatrick Levy is a counselor for Human Rights and other non for profit organizations on organizational strategy, peer education and fund raising in Israel through the Joint, the New Israel Fund and other bodies as well as abroad through the UN. He also represents the HATD foundation, is the co director of Alumot- the Center for the Organization of People with Disabilities in Israel and leads multi-sectorial projects. After having been a teacher in Israel, in Jewish schools in France and the United Kingdom, he served as executive director of national and international non-for-profit organizations. Patrick advises mayors of different cities in Israel, businesses, foundations and private donors both in the Jewish and Arab communities in Israel and in the world. His areas of specialization are tri-dimensional projects (non-for-profit organizations, institutions and businesses), cooperation between businesses and the non-for-profit

sectors, peer education and health issues.

HEdvA RAdOvANITzProject development TutorHedva Radovanitz, now living in Tel Aviv, grew up in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Upper Nazareth, Israel. While studying for an MA degree in Modern History, she became involved in Human Rights work, and has since then filled a variety of positions in Social Change non-profits in Israel, from directing organizations to sitting on their board of directors and volunteering for day-to-day work. She has worked for ACRI, The Association for Civil Rights in Israel, as the Tel Aviv chapter director; Physicians for Human Rights, as executive director; Shatil- the Empowerment and Training Center for Social Change Organizations, both as a consultant and as the director of the southern branch; and the New Israel Fund as the associate director responsible for grant making. On a personal level, she most enjoys being with her family and reading.

NIRIT ROESSlERProject development TutorNirit is an organizational consultant specializing in resource development and strategy. For over 15 years she has been a director of various training, consulting and mentoring programs and has a vast experience as a trainer, writing guidebooks, and promoting sustainability of NGOs both in Europe and in Israel. She is now a freelance consultant and trainer as well as the Professional Development Director of JCU Jerusalem Culture Unlimited a capacity-building program for Arts&Culture organizations in Jerusalem. Her professional track is vast including running special projects in the Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem, the Jerusalem Van Leer Institute, Shatil, the Pradler Capacity Building Program and more. Nirit has been with the Paideia Summer Incubator since 2007.

GARy WExlERProject development TutorGary Wexler is the Founding Revolutionary of NonprofitRevolutionNow.com and the Adjunct Lecturer in Nonprofit Marketing in the Masters in Communication Program, at the University of Southern Californias Annenberg School of Communication (USC/Annenberg). Gary began his marketing career as a copywriter and creative director in major multi-national advertising agencies such as Chiat/Day, McCann-Erickson, DDB-Needham and Ogilvy&Mather, writing awards winning ads, radio and television for clients ranging from Apple Computer to Coca-Cola. After 15 years, he switched to working exclusively with clients in the nonprofit world, including some of the largest organizations and foundations in Jewish life, in the US, Canada and Israel. Garys work creating marketing campaigns, training and lecturing over 1500 nonprofits has been covered extensively in the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Haaretz, The Jerusalem Post, The Jerusalem Report, the Forward and many other publications and blogs.

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SETH COHENGuest SpeakerSeth Cohen is the Director of Network Initiatives at the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, part of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Philanthropic Network, a global network of philanthropic initiatives focused on igniting the passion and unleashing the power in young people to create change. Based in Atlanta, Seth leads the Foundations global efforts to leverage philanthropy, network theory and technology to identify, connect and support networks of young Jewish adults and enable them to create values-based experiences and communities for themselves and their peers.

lENA POSNER-kRSIGuest SpeakerLena is since 13 years the chair of the Stockholm Jewish Community as well as for the Official Council of Jewish Communities in Sweden. She is on the executive of European Jewish Congress, on the board of European Jewish Fund, and sits on the Advisory Council of World Jewish Diplomatic Corps. Lena was one of the founders of Paideia in the year of 2000 and since then sits on the Paideia board. Professionally, she is a trained psychologist, working in the field of marketing and organization. She was born in Sweden by a Swedish-born mother (Russian grandparents) and a German-born father, who came to Sweden as a child just before the war. Lena is the mother of two sons and married to Andreas, who was born in Hungary.

lIORA ASAProject development TutorLiora, with an M.B.A., University of Haifa (2006), an M.A. International Affairs, George Washington University (1993), and a B.A., University California, Berkeley (1989) has over 20 years of professional experience in project management, training, and Resource Development and Financial Management consulting. Over the past decade, Liora has worked as Resource Development and Financial Management Consultant at Shatil - Israels leading capacity building center for social change organizations, providing support to hundreds of NGOs throughout the country. Liora is an experienced trainer on a broad array of resource development and financial topics, as a lecturer at the University of Haifas NGO management program over the past three years, and as a veteran international trainer with the Galilee International Management Institute.

MIRIAM bENCHETRITGuest TutorMiriam has been involved in the leadership of grant-making and capacity building organizations in Israel and Europe for 15 years. Today, she works as a consultant to NGOs and foundations and runs the Westbury Group, a network of more than 20 international foundations, devoted to providing insight into issues facing European Jewish communities, supporting activism and building organizational capacity. Miriam was Chief Executive of The Rothschild Foundation (Europe), where she built and operated grant programs offering financial support to over 500 organizations across Europe, working to strengthen Jewish life. As Executive Director of the Minerva Center for Human Rights at the Hebrew University, she organized international conferences on human rights issues and operated the first internship-for-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.

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beinG a soCial aCTivisTWednesday July 31

Frame the day

Social Innovation and Leadership

Intro to Jewish Hevruta learning - Leaders and Innovators in Jewish Tradition

From Motivation to Vision: Becoming a Social Idealist our history

Lunch

1:1 / group mentoring sessions

Heroes for Change

Dinner

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day 2 froM idea To iMPaCT

Thursday Aug 1

Frame the day

Change through the concept of Tikkun Olam

From Vision to Impact

Lunch

The Creative Process

The Case Statement

1:1 / group mentoring sessions

Dinner

09:00

09:30

11:15

13:00

14:00

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19:45

day 3 lookinG ouTside

friday Aug 2

Frame the day

Look before you jump: Mapping the External and Internal Environment of Our Project

From Vision to Outcomes

Lunch

The Fundamentals of Marketing Social Change

1:1 / group mentoring sessions

Preparation for Shabbat

Shabbat services (optional): conservative Great Synagogue

Shabbat services (optional): orthodox Adat Jeshurun

Shabbat dinner at Paideia

09:00

09:30

11:15

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day 4 shabbaT

a TiMe for resT and ConTeMPlaTionsaturday Aug 3

Seudah Shlishit

Discussions on Identity with Gary Wexler

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day 5

TeaM: buildinG & volunTeerssunday Aug 4

Bus to Swedish countryside

What is a Jewish project?

Lunch

Community as my Resource / Working with Volunteers

Outdoor Training

Dinner

Bus to Stockholm

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day 6 MakinG iT haPPen

Monday Aug 5

Frame the day

Group work on goals & objectives

Modern Jewish Entrepreneurship

Making it Happen

Lunch

1:1 / group mentoring sessions (See separate schedule)

Peer Presentations

The Creative Process to seize the conversation

Dinner and discussion with Lena Posner-Krsi

09:00

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day 7 budGeTinG

Tuesday Aug 6

Frame the day

Budgeting made accessible

Budget Components

Steps to Create a Budget

Lunch

Financial Monitoring and Reporting

Individual Work

Dinner

09:00

09:30

11:15

12:15

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18:30

day 8 iTs all abouT resourCes

Wednesday Aug 7

Frame the day

Introduction to Resource Development

Working with Foundations the Dos and Donts

Lunch

Working with the Business Sector

1:1 / group mentoring sessions (See separate schedule)

Leave from Paideia

Boat trip to Vaxholm

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USEFUl INFORMATIONPaideia the European Institute for Jewish Studies in SwedenNybrogatan 21, Stockholm. Closest Subway stermalmstorg

Phone +46 (0)8 6795555

Youth HostelAf Chapman Youth Hostel, Skeppsholmen. Phone 08-463 22 66

Taxi Stockholm 15 00 00Emergency Number for Police, Fire and Ambulance 112Website for bus and subway sl.se

ClosinG one door, oPeninG anoTher...Thursday Aug 8

Frame the Day

Evaluation in Judaism-what is success?

Wrap-up and Summaries

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10:00

10:45-12:00

GeTTinG sTarTedTuesday July 30

Registration

Reception

Welcome and orientation to program

Getting to know each other

Dinner and discussion with Barbara Lerner Spectre

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We are very grateful to the following staff and speakers who have been with us and the participants during 10 wonderful days in Stockholm in the summer of 2013:

Tutors:

Chaya Gilboa

Gary Wexler

Hedva Radovanitz

Liora Asa

Nirit Roessler

Patrick Levy

Rani Jaeger

Guest speakers:

Lena Posner-Krsi

Miriam Benchetrit

Seth Cohen

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