Reboot Jewish Identity Among Creative Young Adults

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Amount:
$128,000
Year:
2006
Field of Interest:
Program Name:
Reboot Jewish Identity Among Creative Young Adults
Grant Type:
Cutting Edge
Grant Website
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ORGANIZATION DESCRIPTION

Based in New York City, with offices in L.A. and San Francisco, Reboot Inc. was founded in 2003 to engage Jewish young adults who are typically not involved in amy formal Jewish institutions. RebootLA provides Jewish young adults with the opportunity to come together, reboot their Jewish identity, and develop creative professional collaborations. The core of Reboot’s growing network is comprised of creative opinion leaders in their twenties to early forties, interested in exploring their Jewish identities and creating ways for their peers to do the same. Reboot participants, in an effort to engage their peers in an exploration of what it means to be Jewish today, have developed a new magazine (Guilt & Pleasure), created a Jewish archival record label (Reboot Stereophonic), undertaken national research projects, produced films, written books, and founded spiritual communities such as IKAR, Brooklyn Jews and RituaLab.

GRANT PURPOSE

Engage culturally influential young Jews and their peers, who are typically uninvolved in any Jewish institutions, in intellectual, creative and cultural activities that inspire them to connect to their Jewish identity.

The Foundation grant couldn't have come at a better time. It goes toward keeping our Heaping Portions performance series going, and toward establishing a network of salons in Los Angeles, where we can explore Judaism in a less traditional way.

Jill Soloway
Co-Chair, Los Angeles Reboot