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ISRAELI AMERICAN AND JEWISH AMERICAN TEENS CONNECTING THROUGH PASSION FOR ISRAELI INNOVATION

The first program that focuses

• n connecting Israeli and

Jewish American teenagers, with the goal of strengthening their Jewish identity, connection to Israel, and exploring their “Israeliness”

IAC EITANIM

This week I learned a lot about working as a team and making sure everyone is included as well as improving my problem solving skills. This is my first year I got to meet so many new people from all over the United States. Since I moved to the here 4 years ago, I struggled with finding people who love Israel as much as I do. IAC Eitanim has introduced me to a platform in which I can meet Israeli-American and Jewish-American teens, who are just as passionate about Israel as I am.

TAL KESHET

IAC EITANIM PHILADELPHIA

• 61% would rather be entrepreneurs

than employees

• 72% high-schoolers would like

to start business some day

• 75% want to convert hobbies

to full time jobs

• Attention span of 8 seconds
• Prefer storytelling and visual

displays

• Communicate amongst themselves

mostly through texting and multiple social-media outlets

CHALLENGES

• Growing gap

between Jewish American teenagers and both Israel and their Jewish identity.

• Disconnected

Israeli American teenagers from the Jewish American community

CHALLENGES BY THE PEW REPORT SPEAKING TO GENERATION Z

Strengthening connection to Jewish identity, community activism, and Israel Developing soft skills through innovative educational tools and hands-on learning methods Connecting Israeli and Jewish American

• teenagers. Bridging the

gap we see in these adult communities today Promoting leadership, innovative/critical thinking, and problem solving mindsets

OUR MISSION

I consider myself Israeli-American, but this year when I moved to a public school I found that I was not engaged with Israel as much as I would like, until I found IAC Eitanim. IAC Eitanim gave me the opportunity to spend time in an Israeli environment and build connections with other teens interested in the same subjects as I am. This was my second year attending the hackathon. It has become a part of my life and I will be looking forward to the next one.

TAMIR ZIV

IAC EITANIM LOS ANGELES

The IAC Eitanim Regional and National Hackathon bring together teens from across the country for a unique experience. Entrepreneurship, leadership, innovation, and of course - Israel, are all explored and interacted with. Facilitated by IAC Eitanim experienced staff and outstanding mentors, the Hackathons truly become a hub of opportunity and future community building.

IAC Eitanim Hackathons

600 STUDENTS | 16 GROUPS | 2 HACKATHONS | 10 STATES 45% JEWISH-AMERICAN | 55% ISRAELI-AMERICAN

70%

Indicated that the program made them better prepared to advocate for Israel.

88%

Indicated that the activities they participated in were well designed and creative.

90%

Indicated the program increased and strengthened their knowledge about Israeli innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship.

2017 SURVEY

65%

Indicated that the program increased and strengthened their connection to the Israeli/Jewish community.

CONTENT

Most engaging topics:

SKILLS

Most improved skills:

Entrepreneurship and innovation Israel's’ contribution to the world Israel Advocacy Teamwork Presentation skills Leadership

50%

JEWISH AMERICANS

50%

ISRAELI- AMERICANS

PARTICIPANTS GROUPS

2017 2018

600 1200

2017 2018

15 30+

50% MALE 50% FEMALE

IAC EITANIM MENTORS

SHANI JACOBSON

Seattle Program Manager Amdocs

GURI STARK

San Diego CEO CorTechs Labs Inc.

RAZ YALOV

Phoenix Co-Founder and CEO ZCast Inc.

DIN LAPIDOT

Florida Americas Director of Marketing Ellucian

RINA LEVY

New York Advisory Board Member Podium Technologies

IDAN-UDI EDRY

Las Vegas CEO CyberSecurity

DANIEL LEON

New York Founding President and COO Celsius Foundation

KFIR GAVRIELI

Los Angeles Co-Founder and CEO Tikes

LYRON BENTOVIM

New Jersey President and CEO The Glimpse Group

DAN OSTROFF

Chicago Founder and CEO Doogma

Oded Ouaknine

Colorado Vice President, Customer Success Duda

YONATAN WEINTRAUB

Silicon Valley Co-Founder Space IL

OFFIR GUTELZON

Silicon Valley Founder and CEO Keepy

MITCH SIMON

San Diego Vice President, Client Development Lev Investments, Inc.

BRAD HOWARD

Las Vegas President & Founder Trend nation

YISHAI COHEN

Silicon Valley Head of Customer Success BlazeMeter

SHARON RECHTER

Los Angeles President First Media

DAN OELSNER

New Jersey VP of Development Izaki Group Investments

CRAIG WEISS

Phoenix Founder, President & CEO Aladdin Dreamer Inc.

ILANA GOLAN

Silicon Valley Founder and CEO Golan Ventures

IAC EITANIM MENTORS

ILIT RAZ

San Francisco Co-Founder & CEO Joonko

YOAV STEIN

Washington D.C. Development Officer The Jewish Federation

NIR NAGAR

Colorado Director of IT Operations JEWISHcolorado

DANA KALSKY

San Francisco Head of Infrastructure and Cyber Projects Bank Leumi

AYELET MARGOLIN-LEHTMAN

Colorado Program Management Leader

AMIT MAYER

Atlanta Senior Innovation Expert SIT - Systematic Inventive Thinking

TAL BAREL

Atlanta Director of Accounting American Tower corporation

ANAT KATZIR

New Jersey School Director Temple Beth-Or

SHAI SHERMISTER

Philadelphia IP Manager SAP Labs

YUVAL SCHORY

Palo Alto Product Manager Cisco

KESEM ZUR

Seattle Software Engineer Siemens Healthcare

GIL ALLOUCHE

San Francisco CEO Metadata

GIL BARZESKI

Philadelphia Owner and CEO E-Time System

RONNIE RAVIV

Chicago COO Vobal Technologies, LLC

RONALD SETTY

Atlanta Vice President Sales Amdocs

YANIV CAPELUTO

Boston Sales Executive InAuth, Inc.

YUVAL SAPIR

Philadelphia Development Manager PBLC Inc.

MICHA WEINBLATT

Washington D.C. Co-Founder & CEO Betterific

ULI GAL-OZ

Palo Alto Head of Business Development Magisto

YOAV ETZION

Las Vegas Managing Partner YJE & Company Inc.

Major Eitan Balachsan was the esteemed commander of Sayeret Tzanchanim — the Paratroopers Commando Unit in the Israel Defense Forces. When founding IAC Eitanim, Shoham Nicolet, IAC CEO, said about him - “I had the unique privilege to be one of Eitan's officers in his unit and to serve firsthand with a courageous, inspiring and promising young leader. Tragically, Eitan was killed in Lebanon (1999) while bravely leading us in his last mission.” Eitan’s legacy as a leader and a role model permeated the hearts and souls of thousands of young Israelis and continues to impact them until this very day.

THE LEGACY BEHIND EITANIM

IAC EITANIM honors Eitan’s legacy; his enduring connection to Israel, commitment to education, and strive for leadership

SHOHAM NICOLET, IAC CO-FOUNDER & CEO