GROWTH OVERVIEW

The growth function works to ensure an ample supply of mentors across the demanded felds, maintain relationships with 200+ existing mentors and acquire new mentors with expansion strategies.

Featured Mentors

Ben Weiss

Venture Partner

SoftBank Ventures

Orit Weissman

Founding Partner Goldman Sachs Israel

Mentor Retention Event

In January 2022, two mentor community meetings were hosted via Zoom, updating mentors on the achievements and activities of SUNM; discussing opportunities to bring in new mentors within the current mentors’ networks; and obtaining feedback from mentors on SUNM organizational improvement.

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Mentors attended

START-UP NATION VOICES

Oren Hafet

Deputy CEO Google Israel

Fleur Hassan-Nahoum

Deputy Mayor Jerusalem

Introductions to new mentors were created

Hillel Schuster

Managing Director

KPMG Israel

Raf Sweary

President & Co-Founder

WalkMe countries 75 students

The Start-Up Nation Membership’s podcast continued into its second season. Seven new episodes were produced during the 2021-2022 AY, resulting in 600+ listeners from six continents. Some featured guests included Gai Berkovich, COO of Waze; Daniel Taub, Former Ambassador of Israel to the UK; Meir Brand, Vice Presiden, Google; and Maxime Cohen, Professor, McGill University.

In February 2022, the World Jewish Congress hosted the frst-ever Jewish Youth Assembly (JYA), an initiative for 15- to 18-year-olds to learn from each other, hear from experts and prepare for their future as the leaders of global Jewry.

75 high school students from over 20 countries gathered virtually and met with leading representatives from 11 Jewish communities affliated with the World Jewish Congress spanning fve continents, to learn about challenges and opportunities in different parts of the world. The communities represented included Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Estonia, France, Israel, Russia, Serbia, South Africa, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

11 delegations

5 continents

Students then met in committees that addressed major issues facing the Jewish people, such as online hate, Holocaust remembrance, and Jewish unity. After hearing from experts on various topics, the committees drafted and adopted resolutions that offered their generation’s solutions.

WJC President Ronald S. Lauder spoke at the closing session of the JYA, emphasizing the signifcance of the event and its unique relevance to educating a new generation of Jewish leaders. The event also hosted H.E. Nachman Shai, Minister of Diaspora Affairs of Israel; Katharina von Schnurbein, European Commission Coordinator on combatting Antisemitism; and Jonathan Braun, president of the World Union of Jewish Students.