What's New at IVN - November 2011

IVN's 2011 "Smart Social Investment" Conference

Generating Sustainable Social Change through Social Investment

Round Table discussions at the conference

With an amazing turnout of close to 250 guests, IVN held its 2011 annual conference - Smart Social Investment - on November 7th, 2011, at Beit Hatfutsot - the Museum of the Jewish People, in Tel Aviv. Made possible thanks to the collaboration and generous sponsorship of Mintz Levin, Hewlett Packard, SIT - Systematic Inventive Thinking and UBS AG, the day was filled with fascinating speakers, scintillating roundtable discussions and presented a marvelous opportunity to learn and network. Read more...

For pictures from the event, click here.

Eretz Carmel is Awarded the 2011 Environmental Excellence Award

Mazel Tov to IVN's Social Entrepreneur Fellow Alum Amiad Lapidot, founder of Eretz Carmel,

Amiad Lapidot

on his winning the 2011 Environmental Protection Ministry Award for Environmental Excellence! Selected by IVN in 2004, Amiad was among the first initiatives to join IVN's Social Entrepreneur Fellowship Program. Today, Eretz Carmel is a completely self-sustaining social enterprise, changing the very fabric of Israel's environmental landscape.

To learn more about Eretz Carmel - click here

IVN and Bank Leumi Palo Alto Ring in the Jewish New Year

bank leumi

Over 100 guests attended IVN's Rosh Hashanah cocktail reception, generously sponsored by and hosted at

Bank Leumi Palo Alto. The wine for the reception was donated by Hagefen. This celebration was an excellent opportunity for the Jewish/Israeli business community

From left: Eitan Sapir - CEO of Bank Leumi Palo Alto, Eric Benhamou - IVN Chairman, Taly Dunevich - IVN US Director, Talia Cohen - VP Bank Leumi, Akiva Tor - Consul General of Israel for the Pacific Northwest region

of Silicon Valley to mingle and network and become acquainted with the work that IVN is doing in Israel in order to generate sustainable social impact.