2014

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Coach: Michael Adler

Website: theauerbachfirm.com
Social Media: Facebook
Press: Billy Penn

Venture Description

The Law Office of Steven Auerbach is a Philadelphia-based law firm that handles nearly all aspects of commercial, personal injury, and unemployment law. Steven Auerbach and his firm work tirelessly to ensure that you receive favorable results from your hearing. Auerbach’s newly-launched legal practice is tailored to meet the unique needs of litigants in the Philadelphia area, and has emerged as a recognized leader in commercial law and unemployment compensation litigation. Covered cases include: personal injury, commercial law, family law, on-the-job and traffic accidents, and unemployment compensation. Whether your case is settled out of court, in mediation, or in front of a judge appointed by law, Auerbach can help your case.

About the Founder

Steve is a Main Line attorney, father, and son. At 27, Steve has graduated from law school, opened his own commercial litigation practice, and has authored the World’s first English table of contents for the Shulchan Aruch (Code of Jewish Law). Steve is best characterized by his strong sense of determinism and appreciation of nuance. He is excited by trend-setters, ground-breakers, and by those who maximize their potential.

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Website: iamproject.co
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The goal of The “I Am” Project is to foster stronger and more confident students by teaching them tools that access their strengths, talents, and abilities. Teaching them to create the realities they desire, heal wounds and past traumas, and become compassionate, productive, and self-reliant adults. “I Am” teaching takes every aspect of a student into consideration so that he or she may grow, move through any internal blocks or obstacles that may have manifested, and that may be confronted physically. Students learn valuable strategic thinking and the ability to trust in key natural instincts. Our creative and dynamic training increases balance, alignment, agility, flexibility, strength, power, breath consciousness and awareness to reveal your peak performance in all aspects of life. The goal is to create curriculums for elementary, middle, and high schools that encompass and incorporate these tools and put them to practice.

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Yali is a writer, speaker, teacher, and consultant with a passion to uncover strength and healing within herself and others. Throughout her life, Yali battled with recurring instances of abuse that culminated in a shattering of her self-perception, thus sparking a vicious cycle of depression, eating disorders and self-harm. By getting to know her mind and her body through a mélange of physical, mindful, and therapeutic practices, she eventually came to know herself. She teaches these tools and fosters self-care in classrooms in the Philadelphia area. The “I Am” Project emerged from her work with survivors of violence and students dealing with mental illness and anxiety. The “My Voice Workshops” and “I Am Curriculum” which make up I Am – My Voice emerged from Yali’s journey in healing from illness and struggle along with the results she observed in working with her students and groups of survivors.

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FlyingSparks Productions aims to create high quality entertainment in keeping with Jewish values and highlighting stories featuring well-rounded, non-stereotypical Jewish characters, to show the beauty of our heritage in a non-preachy, accessible way. We will harness the incredible power of film and TV as a vehicle to inspire, educate, shatter stereotypes, and highlight Jewish history in a way that is both meaningful and highly entertaining. Films produced will be primarily based on fictional stories, as well as historical fiction, not documentaries. Through excellent casting, well crafted dialogue, and professional production values, these films will be completely mainstream yet will be dedicated to a positive portrayal of Jewish people and our heritage.

 

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Ronit Polin is a trendsetting Jewish filmmaker. Drama has always been her passion, and she has been writing and directing successful plays for over ten years. Lately she decided to take her passion for the dramatic arts one step further and produce films, specifically aimed at a market that had been totally ignored- Orthodox Jewish women. Ronit wrote, directed, and produced two hugely popular films shown to audiences worldwide. Now she hopes to form a production company to enable her to bring more Jewish-oriented stories to life, for general audiences to enjoy.

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Website: soomfoods.com
Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest
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We founded Soom Foods with a vision that tahini would become a pantry staple in the American market because it is a delicious, nutritious, and versatile ingredient. And, this product’s story led us to discovering silan. When we started Soom Foods in 2013, we never could have anticipated that tahini, and now silan, could meet so many diverse needs and bring so much joy to our customers.

About the Founder

Amy is the youngest of the Soom Sisters. She graduated from the University of Delaware with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication in 2011. Following graduation, Amy taught English in Israel and traveled extensively through 2012, until she committed full-time to Soom Foods. She has been talkin’ tahini since January 2013. Amy is married to Darren they have one son, Henry, and a dog, Taz. Amy is passionate about utilizing her interpersonal communication skills and working with all members of the Soom Crew to manage Soom’s short and long term company strategies. Amy has been named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2018 List for the Food and Drink category. Amy enjoys doing yoga, spending time outside with her family, and eating her meals at the bar when she travels solo.

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Coach: Ross Berkowitz

Website: adamspector.org
Social Media: Facebook

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Funding research to develop new drug therapies and treatments for Hodgkin’s lymphoma and to improve the quality of life for patients and their families managing Hodgkin’s.

About the Founder

Andy grew up outside of Philadelphia. He graduated from Penn State and has been working in IT business consulting for the past six years. Andy is proud of his Jewish heritage.

 

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Website: challahforhunger.org
Social Media: Instagram, Facebook

Venture Description

Challah for Hunger (CfH) brings people together to bake and sell challah to raise funds and awareness for social justice causes. 2014 marks our 10th anniversary of creating transformational experiences for young Jews through social justice work and challah baking. To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we want to re-connect with our thousands of alumni by developing a Challah for Hunger Alumni Network. We want to create online and in person opportunities for CfH alumni to continue to engage with social justice work, Jewish community and philanthropy. For many participants, CfH is an entry point to Jewish social justice work, and we want to support the continuation of their journey.

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Carly Zimmerman, CEO of Challah for Hunger, started her Jewish journey at the University of Pittsburgh, where she co-founded a Jewish a cappella group and the Pitt Challah for Hunger chapter. Passionate about student empowerment and social justice, Carly worked in the Hillel community and received her master’s degree from the Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership. Carly spends her free time exploring the Philadelphia’s parks and restaurants with her husband, Michael, and dog, Henry.