PresenTense Institute for Creative Zionism (PICZ)
Impact Aliyah
ImpactAliyah in Israel
A Visionary Reinvention of Student Aliyah
ImpactAliyah was founded to work to enable Aliyah-minded students in becoming agents of positive change in Israeli society, the global Jewish community, and the world using Israel as a platform. In computer lingo, a platform is a user interface that helps users achieve their goals. ImpactAliyah advocates the view that Israel is a platform from which inspired individuals can change the world; tomorrow’s greatest achievers should appreciate the value of making their impact on the world with Israel as their base. ImpactAliyah advocates Aliyah as an opportunity to actively improve Israeli society, to carry out tikkun olam (improving the world), and to strengthen the global Jewish Community.
On the first Impact Aliyah pilot trip sponsored in part by AZM, 20 nextgen "chalutzim" heard from young Israeli startup and social justice leaders in Tel Aviv and traveled the country to understand how they can become agents of positive change in Israeli society, the global Jewish community, and the world.
- To establish a social network of young entrepreneurs, social activists and leaders who will support each other through the process of making positive change in and from Israel.
- To empower participants with the skills they will need to succeed in the global marketplace, including the contacts necessary to thrive in Israel.
- To impart an appreciation of the challenges that Israel and the Jewish people face, coupled with the understanding that challenges are opportunities for change.
- To provide value to Israeli companies by connecting them with top students from the United States.
- To provide a model for roving recruitment and networking in a foreign country, to pave the way for groups of American students to relocate to Israel and establish themselves with a sound foundation, enabling them to effect change.
