Category: Non Profit Organizations

“Blackout” Dark Restaurant at Na La’gaat

BlackOut Restaurant invites you to an exceptional culinary experience that will trigger your senses.
In total darkness you will be served various dishes, escorted by blind waiters. When the eyes do not engage in the eating process, one’s ability to taste and smell food sharpens. There is so much to be “seen” when eyes are closed… Dining at BlackOut is one of the three outstanding experiences offered to the visitors of the “Nalaga’at” Center. The Center – the first of its kind in the world, seeks to promote interaction between deaf-blind, deaf, and blind individuals and people able to hear and see, regardless of cultural or social distinctions.

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Atcha Bar

Founder at Yellow Submarine Music Center

Atcha Bar is a guitarist and producer who was born in 1964 in Jerusalem. He is married to Sharon Hacohen Bar, a well known movie and theatre actress, and father to Tomer Bar, a Jazz and classical pianist and composer, and to Nitsan Bar a gifted guitarist. Atcha started studying classical guitar at a very young age and later switched to rock and jazz.. In 1989 he graduated the” Musician Institute “in Los-Angeles. Among his teachers were Joe Diorio, Scott Henderson, Peter Sprague, Bob Magnusson and others. Atcha Bar performed, produced and recorded with various rock, pop and jazz artists, among them Miki Gavrielov, Gali Atari, Yankale Rotblit, Avi Adrian, Yorai Oron, Eitan Itskovits, Jess Koren and many more. In 1991 he established with Ittai Rosenbaum, The” Tararam “recording Studio . Since 1997 Atcha is the director of the “Yellow Submarine” music center in Jerusalem – a non profit organization founded by the Jerusalem Foundation, devoted to developing and supporting music and musicians in Jerusalem.

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David Kramer

CEO & Author at NU Campaign

David Kramer is founder and CEO of NU Campaign. He is also the co-founder of Heart of Israel. He moved to Israel from South Africa 16 years ago. After serving in the IDF, he worked for the Jewish Agency, the World Union of Jewish Students, and was a founding partner at Segwayz Jerusalem. David currently lives in Jerusalem.

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Edna Fast

Founder at Lunart Fund

Edna Fast was born in Tel Aviv and moved with her family to New York in 1984. During her 34 years in NYC, Edna founded and managed EZ Fast Realty, Inc. – a company providing consulting, management and brokerage services for foreign real estate investors. In addition to her successful business venture Edna taught Israeli Law at Cardozo Law School and took an active role in the Inter Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues, an umbrella organization dedicated to educating the Jewish communities in the US about the problems of the Arab Israeli minorities in Israel.  Edna returned to Tel Aviv with her husband in 2011. She currently runs her non-profit venture, established in 2008 – the Luna Art Fund (“LunArt”) for the promotion of Art and Advancement of Art Education in the Israeli Arab Sector. In addition to initiating and supporting free pre-college prep courses in art to Arab-Israeli high school graduates aspiring for a career in the visual arts, the program also provides study scholarships to some of its graduates.

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Innovation:Africa

We’re a nonprofit on a mission to bring innovative Israeli solar and water technologies to remote African villages. We have provided one million people across Africa with access to vaccines, light and water. We are a team of dedicated problem solvers with a mission to bring Israeli solutions and know-how to those in need living in rural African villages. We are using solar energy to pump clean water and provide schools, orphanages and medical clinics with light and refrigeration to store vaccines and medicines.

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Jerusalem Culture Unlimited

Jerusalem Culture Unlimited (JCU), seeks to strengthen new, emerging, and mid-size arts organizations in Jerusalem through professional development and organizational management training, education, and other resources.

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Jerusalem Season of Culture

The Jerusalem Season of Culture gathers hundreds of visual artists, DJs, chefs and artists from other genres, to draw inspiration from Jerusalem’s complexities, divides and layers and create something that taps into the deeper sides of Jerusalem and the lives of the people here. All events that are part of Jerusalem Season of Culture are unique to Jerusalem’s ambiance, style and different layers. These events could scarcely work outside of Jerusalem and they give expression to a creative, sophisticated, artistic, social and humanist statement that is enjoyed by many every year.
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Jerusalem Venture Partners

Jerusalem Venture Partners’ is one of Israel’s leading venture capital companies, headed by MK Erel Margalit. Its investment strategy is spearheaded by a deep expertise in identifying opportunities from inception and growing them into global industry leaders. Through our theme-driven focus and strong network of strategic partners, we seek to stay ahead of the latest market trends and address the most relevant market needs. Our unique Centers of Excellence and dedicated team ensure we effectively deliver this added value directly to each of our current and prospective portfolio companies.

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Joanna Landau

CEO at Vibe Israel

Joanna Landau was born in London and moved to Israel with her family when she was 5 years old. She returned briefly to the UK for high school at the Jewish boarding school Carmel College. After serving in the IDF as a paramedic, she read law at Cambridge University where she gained BA and MA degrees. Joanna also holds an MBA, cum laude, from the Herzlia Interdisciplinary Center in Israel. Joanna worked as a lawyer in the high-tech industry and established two Internet start-ups based in Tel Aviv. In November 2009, Joanna founded her first nonprofit, Kinetis, to change the way people think and feel about Israel. In December 2013, she established Vibe Israel, through which she has been promoting her vision since then.
Joanna is a governor of Tel Aviv University, a member of the International Education Committee of Taglit-Birthright, and a board member of the Brand Israel Group in New York. In 2013 she was voted by Forbes Israel as one of ten powerful women in Israel to look out for, and in 2015 she was shortlisted for the Rappaport Prize for a Change Making Woman. She lives in Tel-Aviv with her husband and three children.

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Jonny Cline

CEO at UK Toremet

Jonny Cline was born in Manchester, England and moved to Israel at the age of 18. Having left his earlier career in organizational development in Hi-Tech, Jonny has spent the last decade in the Israeli Public Sector, as senior emissary for the Jewish Agency to Western Canada, and since then has been working in the Israeli third sector (philanthropy and non-profit). Jonny is the founder and director of UK Toremet, a UK charity charged with the Promotion of the Culture of Philanthropy, and able to serve as a donor advised fund for charitable donations from the UK to both local and foreign non-profits. Jonny founded the online arena Fundraiser.co.il as a pastime, aimed at advancing the level of professionalism in the Resource Development profession by means of open professional discussion and debate. More recently, he was also the Executive Director for the Israeli Fund for UNICEF.

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Karen Brunwasser

Deputy Director at Jerusalem Season of Culture

Karen is a proud native of Philadelphia, but “is madly in love with her adopted hometown of Jerusalem”. Karen is the deputy director and one of the founders of the Jerusalem Season of Culture, a summer music festival that showcases Jerusalem as a vibrant, musical, and creative city. According to their website, “Jerusalem is the greatest font of creativity in the world. For us, Jerusalem plays the starring role, forming a backdrop for the performances and acting as our primary source of inspiration. Jerusalem is both the reason and the instigator. We are permanently attuned to the voices emerging from within this city, the harmonious and discordant alike, and, despite all the background noise, we try to extract from them an open and clear sound of creativity.” Karen cares deeply about the city’s civil society and hosts her own radio show, Cosmopolitan Jerusalem that profiles activists, artists, and entrepreneurs from Jerusalem.

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Krembo Wings

Krembo Wings is the only youth movement in Israel for children and young adults with special needs, proving weekly social activities for young people with all types of mental and physical disabilities and their able-bodied peers. Krembo Wings was founded in 2002 and operates 20 branches across Israel.

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Linda Streit

Founder & Educator

Linda Streit was born in London and immigrated to Israel in 1978. She recently retired after over 35 years of being a Drama Studies lecturer at the Department of English and American Literature at Tel Aviv University since 1985 and aims to make the rich world of international theatre come alive for Israeli youngsters. Linda is the co-founder of the Daniel Rowing Centre, a world-class rowing and nautical studies centre in Tel Aviv, built in memory of her son, Daniel, who died in a car crash in 1993. Streit is also a governor of Tel Aviv University since 1990, a member of the International Board of Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and of the Audit and Executive Committees of the Cameri Theatre in Tel Aviv, the London Society for Theatre Research, the International Federation for Theatre Research, and the Israel national Golf team.

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Maestro Nir Brand

Conductor, Media Personality, & Educator at Classikid

Maestro Nir Brand is a conductor, media personality, and educator. The Israel Camerata under the baton of Brand performs family concerts to live audiences. He can be heard weekly on Israclassi, a highly popular classical music radio show, and is often seen performing on television. Maestro Brand studied conducting and composition at Tel Aviv University’s Rubin Academy of Music under Professor Yitzhak Sadai. Afterward, he studied for a couple of years as a special student with Maestro Prof. Mendi Rodan. Brand has been touring the world performing in concerts as well as in humanitarian projects. Over 200,000 children have enjoyed his workshops and unique style of performance; elaborating on necessary life skills and accompanied by charming classical music. This combination allows children and students to better connect with cultures that they did not know before. For the industrial world, Brand feels, in this era of 10- second sound bites, that enjoying and understanding live classical music is a necessity for quality education and well-rounded growth.

 

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Naomi Bloch-Fortis

CEO at Jerusalem Season of Culture

Naomi Fortis is best known for her tenure as CEO of the world-famous modern dance troupe, Bat Sheva. She left this position to head up the Jerusalem Season of Culture, which she manages to this day. Naomi’s creative approach, and her ability to fuse different cultures and points of view, is the driving force behind the refocusing of the Jerusalem Season of Culture on the spirit of the people and sacredness of Jerusalem, hence the name that symbolizes the festival: Mekudeshet (Sacred). Naomi’s passion is to enable the expression of the clashes of cultures that Jerusalem so aptly represents, through unique works of art, clashing points of view and original collaborations.

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NATAL

NATAL is an apolitical non-profit organization that specializes in the field of war and terror related to trauma. NATAL aims to advance the resiliency of Israeli Society through treatment, prevention, public awareness and research.

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NU Campaign

NU Campaign is a global initiative connecting people to Israeli and global humanitarian causes through unique designer t-shirts. On the inside of every NU t-shirt, the story of the cause is printed by the wearer’s heart, so that you carry it close to you and become its ambassador every time you wear the shirt. Today NU Campaign t-shirts are sold in over 30 countries worldwide and is fast becoming a worldwide movement engaging today’s generation to get involved in global issues and make this world a better place.

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Ofer Gutman

Director of Marketing and Sales

Ofer was born and raised in Tivon, a town in the north of Israel. He served as a fighter on a battleship in the Israel Defense Force, studied Law and as a practicing lawyer, worked with the Israeli Religious Action Center, dealing with civil rights in Israel and helping new Olim (immigrants) with their legal issues. Currently, he is the Director of Marketing and Sales of Masa Israel Journey.

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Ofra Strauss

Chairperson at Strauss Group

Ofra Strauss, Chairperson of the Board, Strauss Group, since 2001. Strauss Group is a global food and beverage company headquartered in Israel. The company operates in 18 countries and has 14,000 employees around the world. Ms. Strauss, who holds an LLB from Tel Aviv University, is dedicated to the promotion of social issues and has spent many years actively doing so. She is Chairperson of Ma’ala, Israel’s leading membership based organization promoting corporate responsibility. Ms. Strauss initiated the launch of Catalyst based census in Israel and is President of Jasmine, a non- profit promoting Jewish and Arab women who own small businesses. Since 2003 Ms. Strauss has been ranked between 42nd and 47th in Fortune’s List of the Most Powerful Women in Global Business.

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Ruth Cummings

Founder at Jerusalem Culture Unlimited

Ruth Cummings has lived in Jerusalem since 1994 and has professional and lay leader experience as an independent consultant for creative community building and resource and program development for the Israel Festival, Jerusalem; the Jerusalem Cinematheque; the Lab and Bakehila. Ruth has served on numerous boards, including Vertigo Dance Company, The Jerusalem Circus Association (chair 2005-10), the Pardes Institute (chair of Israeli board 2000-03), the Garrison Institute, the Trisha Brown Dance Company and the Nathan Cummings Foundation among others. Ruth founded Jerusalem Culture Unlimited as a transformational capacity-building process to raise Jerusalem’s emerging and small to mid-size arts and culture organizations to their next level. The goal is to create innovations and infrastructure, ensuring operational stability, program quality and vitality of the organizations for the benefit of the city.

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