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In this epsidode, Aaron “The Schmoz” Herman attended the AJWS Global Circle Event.

AJWS is the only Jewish organization working to promote human rights through grassroots development in the most marginalized communities around the world. We believe that local organizations know what’s best for their own communities, and so we support their work to fight poverty, hunger and disease from the ground up.

Global Circle is the community of young professionals who support American Jewish World Service (AJWS).

There are thousands of ways to make a difference in the world, so why be a part of Global Circle?

Great cause. AJWS is recognized as one of the most reputable and effective charitable organizations today, working to alleviate poverty, hunger, and disease in the developing world. Global Circle exists to ensure that AJWS continues to grow for decades to come and for as long as the world needs us.

Great events. From backstage tickets to Broadway hits, to meeting and learning from AJWS grantees, to intimate discussions with New York Times columnists, to laid-back happy hour gatherings, Global Circle has amazing events year-round in New York, D.C. and beyond.

Great people. Global Circle is comprised of young Jewish professionals from the finance, media, medicine, law, nonprofit, and arts sectors. It’s a great way to meet people who are passionate about making a difference.

In this episode, Aaron “The Schmoz” Herman talks to the attendees of the Beit Issie Shapiro Event in Manhattan. During this episode, Aaron spoke with:

Beit Issie Shapiro is a national, multi-purpose organization that develops and provides services for children and adults with developmental disabilities. It has played a leading role in promoting the inclusion of people with special needs in society and is a vigilant advocate for better legal provisions for and with people with special needs.

The organization was founded in 1980 and has a measurable impact on some 30,000 people, annually. Through its international affiliations, community education and training programs its impact is also reaching professionals in other countries around the world.

In this epsidode, Aaron “The Schmoz” Herman talks to a number of people at the Jewish Hearts for Israel event in New York City.

Jewish Heart For Africa is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that brings sustainable israeli technologies to african villages. our mission is to save african lives with Israeli innovation, all while supporting israel’s economy and image abroad. founded in 2008, in less than three years jewish heart for africa has provided light, clean water, food and proper medical care to more than 150,000 people in ethiopia, tanzania, malawi and uganda.

In this epsidode, Aaron “The Schmoz” Herman visits an event sponsored by Paeel that related to dating and relationships.

PaEel, a group based on the core Jewish values of Tzedaka (charity) and Gemilot Chasadim (Acts of Kindness), is about opening up opportunities to actualize one’s potential to do good by giving to the Jewish community. It enables one to connect with Jewish causes that one finds meaningful through creating and running events that increase one’s awareness of Jewish, charitable causes. These events also serve as a fundraiser to support such causes as poverty, health, orphans, disabled children, elderly in need, victims of terror, as well as Jewish culture and the State of Israel.

The word, PaEel, meaning “active” in Hebrew, is derived from the Hebrew root word, פ.ע.ל (PEL), which implies a deeper level of acting. Contributing one’s time and services, as well as giving financially, to build the Jewish community is a form of action that PaEel promotes based on Jewish principles.

Living in a society that tends to de-moralize Israel, the Jewish homeland, and a world that sometimes even devalues the struggles that our People have faced throughout generations of persecution, it is crucial to strengthen our ties to the Jewish community and stand united. PaEel is here to assist you to accomplish this goal in a fun and meaningful way.

In this epsidode, Aaron “The Schmoz” Herman visits the PresenTense Idea Slam. Aaron watches and explores the ways in which brainstorming can help create innovation.

Innovation was in full force at the PresenTense Idea Slam in NYC. The slam process has a basis in contemporary social thought and is derived from the concept of design thinking developed at Stanford University.

The process also draws on NASA research on brainstorming that found that the first person to articulate an idea in a brainstorming session tends to define everything that follows.

The slam process tries to avoid that pitfall by having participants write their ideas on sticky notes, which are then organized on the wall as “clouds” of related ideas that may be further refined as the slam process proceeds.

The PresenTense Group engages and inspires the most creative minds of our generation, investing in their ideas and energy to revitalize the Jewish community. PresenTense enables young Jews to have global conversations about new ideas and envision a better future. And when they’re eager to act upon these ideas, we educate and equip them for success.

For more information about PresenTense, please visit their website at PresenTense.org

As we approach the end of the holiday of Sukkot, Aaron “The Schmoz” Herman hits the streets of New York to look at a few innovative ideas for Sukkahs.

Aaron shows us the first sukkah (booth) he has ever owned, an easy to assemble one-man sukkah made by PopUpSukkah.com as well as the Sukkah on Wheels created by Chabbad, and that can now be found all around the city during the holiday.

This week Aaron “The Schmoz” Herman returns to Occupy Wall Street to talk to Daniel Siradsky who created the Occupy Judaism project as part of Occupy Wall Street.

Jewish activists across the United States constructed sukkahs as part of ever-growing Occupy Wall Street movement and to mark the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. We had the opportunity to speak with Daniel Sieradski about his initiative to Occupy Judaism and how it is influncing Jews around the world. Daniel has coordinated various events during Occupy Wall Street protest. Over 1,000 people came out to the Kol Nidre service and thousands of people have come by to learn more about Sukkot. Daniel has erected a sukkah to teach people about the holiday.

Aaron then discussed the vast differences in prices for Etrogs, and found out what makes an Etrog more or less valuable.

Guest, Rabbi Chaim Shapiro walked him through the different components that affects the beauty and kashrut of an etrog.

On behalf of JCast Network, we wish you a Chag Sameach.

(Due to the timeliness of this episode, we have published it on Tuesday rather then our usual Wednesday morning.)

Join Aaron “The Schmoz” Herman in this weeks special addition of Schmoozer as he talks to Daniel Sieradski, the Social Change Agent behind the Kol Nidre Services at  Occupy Wall Street.

Occupy Wall Street is a movement created in response to the current financial realities of today.

Daniel Sieradsky, seeing that the protests were falling during the same time as the Jewish High Holidays decided to promote a Kol Nidre service to make it possible for those committed to the project to NOT have to decide between religious services and the protests.

Daniel Sieradski is also the host of another JCast Network podcast, Jewish Tech Meetup.

Can you bend a spoon with your mind? Can you hear the thoughts of others? One man can and his name is Ehud Segev. We had the opportunity to see his incredible talents and learn more about his amazing talents.

His first experience with mysticism came when a young Segev begged his mother to buy him Tarot cards, because he could see and feel a powerful energy from them. At the age of 12 he started doing Tarot readings friends and neighbors. Segev used these cards as a tool to connect to the universe’s powers as his own connection to himself developed.

For More information about Ehud Segev, please visit his site.