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Steal This: Opening the Jewish innovation playbook

JL;DR SUMMARY At the recent JPro2025 conference, which gathered over 1,300 Jewish community professionals, organizations like Leading Edge, JFNA, and UpStart launched "Steal This," an initiative promoting open-source innovation within the Jewish community sector. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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LeadershipJewish Federations Of North AmericaLeading EdgeCollaborationCommunity BuildingJewish InnovationJewish Communal SectorUpstartOpen Source SharingJpro2025

Places mentioned

Baltimore, Maryland, United States
"This idea wasnt meant to stay in a conference tent in Baltimore."
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"Heather Fineberg, caring and social Justice program manager at Combined Jewish Philanthropies (Bostons Jewish federation), presented a creative partnership model to meet community mental health needs."
Israel
"representing 146 federations committed to building flourishing Jewish communities at home, in Israel and around the world."

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