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Agassi realized he had two debts, to the past (Israel) and to the future (his two sons). “There is nothing as important as peace in the Middle East. And my future is the two boys, passing a world to them that’s worse than we had it is passing on our s...
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This is part 2 of the opening program from the ROI Summit, featuring Stacy Schusterman and Shai Agassi. Stay tuned for additional posts on this incredible opener to the Summit. Plus, special video added below:
Stacy Schusterman [CEO of Samson Energy] t...
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The Environment Track had our opening session tonight, an opportunity to get to know each other and what we would like to get out of our time together. I was really happy to hear that we had the opportunity to create our own agenda, since we have such an...
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Today we had our service day at the Absorption Center in Mevasseret Zion. At the Absorption Center, Ethiopian immigrants (olim) receive 10 months of Hebrew education, and stay for 1-2 years before joining Israel society. After a briefing from JAFI, we b...
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Nico painting Gilad's shoulders, Lisa talking about "ballwalking," and Matt rapping about how he’s not white...he’s Jewish. Sound like a normal day to you? Well it does to us as our first full day in the Youth Programs Track at ROI 2008 is off to a bi...
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ROI is pleased to announce that we have several people reporting live from the ROI Summit in Jerusalem, bringing you the inside scoop on the people, activities and conversations that make the Summit so special. These posts are written by members of the RO...
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This is the first part of ROI120.com's reporting of Sunday night's opening program. More to come, including a video clip of keynote speaker Shai Agassi's very well-received speech about innovation.
CLI's Executive Director Yoni Gordis introduced the co...
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The Tikkun Olam track has gotten off to a fantastic start. Armed with an ample first aid kit of various world healing supplies, the members of this track seem to be committed to use their supplies to foster sustainable and significant change. The group ...
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Shortly after arriving from California, track facilitators Sarah Lefton and Becca Hailpern take a short breather during staff training. Our staff team is an amazing group of people with high energy, a l...
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ROI: History & Mission
History
Originally funded by the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation and the Bernie Marcus Foundation, ROI was developed as a partnership between Taglit-Birthright Israel and the Israel Democracy Institute in 20...
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ROI has always had significant representation from Spanish speaking countries. In honor of our ROIers from Latin America (and Spain!) we present the ROI Summit Press Release, en Espanol!
AGRADECEREMOS PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA
- Comunicado de Prensa –
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I have it on good word--with said word traveling via Twitter, email, phone and blog--that ROIers the world over are beginning to make their respective ways to Jerusalem. This week sees the arrival of several ROIers looking to take a few days of relaxation...
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The numbers are in, and while we await the final uploading of the profiles and pictures of our 2008 ROIers, here's a country breakdown of our participants. Predictably, the USA has the highest representation, but Israel's up there too--beyond that, we've ...
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ROIer Aaron Sztarkman recently received an ROI Grant for the donation of books to the Instituto Estado de Israel in Jerusalén, La Paz, El Salvador. The first shipment of books was donated this week in El Salvador.
Next month Sztarkman will visit the s...
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ROI Summit: The Movie to come soon, I'm sure. :)
The ROI Summit Team has been working tirelessly (meaning, we don't stop even when we are tired) to make this summer's summit experience rich, invigorating, meaningful and exhilarating. Those of you who ...
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ROIer Aaron Sztarkman recently received an ROI Grant for the donation of books to the Instituto Estado de Israel in Jerusalén, La Paz, El Salvador. The first shipment of books was donated this week in El Salvador....
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ROIer Gabriel Weitz recently received an ROI Grant for STAM!, an Argentinean youth-oriented Jewish and Zionist magazine. Among STAM!'s collaborators are ROIniks Uriel Aiskovich, Gerardo Tyszberowicz, Matt Lebovic and Oren Griffin, and the magazine has fea...
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ROIer Tanya Gutsol recently received an ROI Grant to create Jewlicious.ru, a Russian-language-version of Jewlicious.com containing Russian language translations of existing Jewlicious articles as well as original content geared specifically towards Russia...
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ROIer Gabriel Catan (2007) recently received an ROI Grant for his project, Peraj Uruguay. The ROI Grant will fund group activities for Peraj Uruguay, so that the children will have new experiences and opportunities to interact with their mentors in a more...
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2006 ROIer Sam Chester is heading to China next Monday for two weeks, to help as much as he can in the earthquake area. He reports having spent the last week or so contacting aid agencies, most of whom advised him to just head there and see what the Chine...
