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Jewish Partisan Education Foundation
Most people have never heard of the 20,000-30,000 Jews who fought back against the Nazis as Jewish partisans. These Jews were responsible for blowing up thousands of armored convoys and thwarting the Nazi war machine in countless ways. This information has the power to transform people’s perception of the Jewish experience during the Holocaust.
The mission of JPEF is to develop and distribute effective educational materials about the Jewish partisans and their life lessons, bringing the celebration of heroic resistance against tyranny into educational and cultural organizations.
JPEF has produced a comprehensive and thought-provoking new curriculum called RESIST, designed to transmit the enduring understandings arising from the stories of the Jewish partisans. With layers of interactivity unprecedented in most any curriculum, RESIST is designed for 6th-12th grade students in formal and informal settings and is now being implemented in Jewish and secular schools worldwide.
Beit Issie Shapiro -Innovation and impact helping children with disabilities
Beit Issie Shapiro is a national, multi-purpose organization that develops and provides services for children and adults with developmental disabilities. It has played a leading role in promoting the inclusion of people with special needs in society and is a vigilant advocate for better legal provisions for and with people with special needs. The organization […]
Web 2.0 Expo NY
Web 2.0 Expo, co-produced by O’Reilly Media and UBM TechWeb, showcases the latest Web 2.0 business models, development paradigms and design strategies for the builders of the next-generation Web. This annual multi-track conference brings together people, ideas, connections, contacts, products, and companies to foster stronger Web 2.0 communities. Web 2.0 Expo events occur in San […]
New York Comic Con 2011
New York Comic Con is the East Coast’s biggest and most exciting popular culture convention. Our show floor plays host to the latest and greatest in comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television. Our panels and autograph sessions give fans a chance to interact with their favorite creators. Our screening rooms […]
Lulav Shortage
As Succot approaches there is a global Lulav shortage. Egypt is one of the largest exporters of lulav’s. Due to the political instability in the middle east Egypt has banned farmers from exporting Lulav’s. This is causing global price hikes and shortages. On Sukkot, we are commanded to wave the Four Species, each noted for […]
Kol Nidre at Occupy Wall Street Protest
With thousands of people attending the Occupy Wall Street protest in NYC what is one to do when Yom Kippur comes up? That’s is simple have a service while you protest. Yom Kippur , Also known as Day of Atonement, is the holiest and most solemn day of the year for the Jews. Its central […]
NYC premiere 50/50 Interview with Director Jonathan Levine and Star Joseph Gordon-Levitt
What’s so funny about cancer? Well if you are Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt you will be laughing for hours. We attended the NYC premiere 50/50 and got an first hand account about what it so funny about 50/50. A young man turns a devastating illness into a unique opportunity to experience life in 50/50, […]