Entries by Elena Yacov

Milstein Meme Competition Announces Winners

LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) AUGUST 21, 2017 The Adam and Gila Milstein Family Foundation announced the winners of its meme competition after over 110 people on six continents submitted over 300 pro-Israel memes. Over the course of 14 days, more than 110 people from a dozen countries on six continents submitted over 300 memes, which received over […]

Milstein Meme Competition Launches Friday

The Milstein Family Foundation will award cash prizes to meme creators who show the fun and funny side of pro-Israel activism by creating entertaining and sharable images. The contest opens Friday, July 28 at 6 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. The Milstein Family Foundation will award cash prizes to meme creators who show the fun and funny side […]

The Fight Against the New Anti-Semitism

The 20th century began with a series of pogroms targeting Jews that swept across Eastern Europe and Latin America, the most infamous of which was in Kishinev, Russia. A poisonous anti-Jewish campaign culminated on Easter 1903, as gangs of men, 10 to 20 apiece, stormed through the Jewish areas of the city armed with hatchets […]

Three Secrets to Being an Effective Philanthropist

After decades of involvement with more than 100 non-profit organizations, I have learned that philanthropy is about much more than writing checks. In fact, I found that it is actually much harder to give away money as a philanthropist and obtain a high return on your investment than it was to make money as a […]

BDS is Continuing to Spread Hate and Anti-Semitism Across the U.S.

You can join the fight to stop it! Click here to help us fight BDS. A vicious sickness known as anti-Semitism has infected people with hate across centuries, cultures, and continents — and Jewish communities have often paid the price for it. In the U.S., after decades of historic declines in anti-Semitic attitudes and incidents, the […]

Boots on America’s Campuses

Over the past several years, the harassment and intimidation that the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) groups have brought to America’s college campuses have grown by leaps and bounds. For years, many worthy Jewish and pro-Israel organizations worked to counter this hate, but the problem has only seemed to grow worse. At UCLA, a Jewish […]

TAMID Tank: USC’s first-ever Shark Tank for college students

USC has an outstanding entrepreneurial community, an incredible venture capital (VC) network, and thousands of fanatic Shark Tank viewers. Daniel Newman founded two startups and had the experience necessary to work with entrepreneurs and VCs alike to make TAMID Tank at USC a reality. He was elected Vice President of Operations of USC TAMID at […]