VIDEO: The Grand Prize Draw!

After 3 weeks, 14 Daily Tasks and literally thousands of Scavenger Hunt points earned, it's the moment we've all been waiting for...

Click 'play' to find out which lucky player has won the trip of a lifetime to a Limmud event anywhere in the world!

 

Day 14 - Daily Prize Update

The scoreboard has now been updated for Day 14 and can be viewed here.

Well done to everyone who played today's mega-task and especially to the 16 of you who scored 12 points!

On Sunday, we will publish everybody's ticket numbers in time for Monday's the Grand Prize Draw.

Today's Daily Prize, the Negev Nectars Gift Pack, was awarded at random to someone who played today's game. The winner is...

Susanne Rosenhouse

Well done Susanne! An ROI representative will be in touch shortly to arrange delivery of your prize!

Well that's all folks! Check back on Sunday to see your Grand Prize Draw ticket numbers and then we'll see you all on Monday for the draw itself!

Shabbat Shalom!

Day 14 - Daily Task - The Answers

Well done to everyone who had a go at today's monster task!

Here are the answers to all 6 mini-tasks!

Check back soon to find out how many points you earned and to see your final position on the scoreboard. And look out to see if you were the winner of today's Daily Prize, the Negev Nectars Gift Pack!

Your final points total today will be the number of entries that you will have for Monday's Grand Prize Draw. Full details of the draw will be announced later today!

Day 14 - The Scavenger Hunt is now CLOSED!

The Daily Task for Day 14, and the entire Scavenger Hunt is now closed!

Stay tuned for a full set of answers from all 6 of today's tasks!

Day 14 - Daily Task - The Mother Of All Tasks!

After 3 roller-coaster weeks, we have finally reached the end of the game!

Today's Daily Task marks your final opportunity to pick up points before the Grand Prize Draw and, oh boy, you can seriously pick up a nice amount of points today!

In this video, Debbie and Dudu provide an important summary of events to date and you'll find out just how they went about designing today's task!

So, as Debbie and Dudu explained, this final task is worth 12 points and is made up of 6 fun mini-tasks! It is designed to remind you of some of the best (and most frustrating) challenges that you may have completed over the past 3 weeks. It is hosted on a tab on our Facebook page and can be found here!

This really is your last chance to collect the points that will give you the best possible chance of winning the incredible Grand Prize of a trip to a Limmud event of your choice, anywhere in the world, so take it slowly and make the most of this opportunity.

Of course, there is also one final Daily Prize up for grabs! Today's prize is a fantastic gift  - the stunning Summer Selection Gift Box from Negev Nectars! Negev Nectars is the initiative of ROI Community member Jeffrey Yoskowitz. It is a gourmet food company, that sells the finest sustainable produce sourced from the Negev desert and, perhaps most importantly, provides valuable support to Israeli farmers. It will be awarded at random to someone who plays today's task.

Click here to play today's Daily Task.

Don't forget that for your points earned today, or from any previous day, to be counted towards the Grand Prize Draw, you must have registered for the game, which you can do here.

Day 14 - Meet The ROIers - The Techies!

The internet is a hotbed of innovation and invention and nowhere is this more true than within the ROI Community. While many ROI members are involved in extremely cutting-edge online initiatives (some amazing projects!), we have selected a small number to showcase here:

Jerusalem native Tzvika Avnery is the Co-Founder and Marketing Director of WiseStamp, a globally successful internet start up with over 2 million installs worldwide.

Nir Kouris is the Founder and CEO of YOO Interactive. He dedicates a great deal of his time towards unique initiatives aimed at inspiring young people to fulfill their potential.

By the age of 21, Micah Bergdale had already worked for Apple for 3 years and had founded his own IT consulting company. He is now heavily involved in a range of entrepreneurial activities and Jewish community building initiatives.

Social media maven Chaviva Galatz worked as a copy editor for The Washington Post and then moved to Chicago to work for a Nobel-prize winning economist at the University of Chicago where she honed her social media skills through her blog, Twitter, Facebook and other web platforms.

Shai Davis is the Director of Product at AbesMarket.com, an online marketplace that connects people seeking high quality natural products with those who create them. In his spare time he enjoys many hobbies, including painting, photography and cooking.

Leah Jones is the Vice President of Emerging Media at Olson. She is working on accounts throughout the company including Miller Coors, Wrigley, Optima batteries and P.F. Chang's. Leah previously owned Natiiv Arts & Media where she taught social media to rabbis and rock-stars before briefly joining a start-up.

Jonathan Schilit is the founder and CEO of Waveborn, a social enterprise aimed at combining the cool of fashion with the soul of giving. Waveborn sells high quality sunglasses and, for every pair sold, donates a pair of eyeglasses to people that need them.

Elliot Cowan is the Founder and Creative Director of Br&.ish (Brandish), a multi-disciplinary design company that specializes in working with Jewish organizations around the world on anything and everything from branding to apps and websites.

Based in Budapest, Andrea Ausztrics produces films and creates websites. As part of her community involvement, Andrea coordinates online projects and develops websites for Jewish organizations in Hungary.

Adam Courtney is a marketing and branding consultant, specializing in audience and community development. He is also an artist and educator who teaches Jewish ideas and culture through the lens of art around the US and in Israel.

Brian Elliot is the VP of Partnerships at Amicus, which builds online advocacy and fundraising technology for nonprofits. Brian also founded Friendfactor in 2009, a web-savvy LGBT rights organization. 

Harry Rubinstein serves as the Co-Founder and CEO of Action Packed Media, a creative workshop specializing in content development, design, social media, search engine optimization and other Internet initiatives. Harry has a sixth sense that enables him to communicate with his canine friends!

Samuel Sjoblom is a Jewish innovator and social entrepreneur based in Stockholm, Sweden. He is currently the CEO of Fanzingo, a major independent media house that uses new media as a tool for social change.

Brett Lockspeiser started his career at Google where, as a Product Manager, he developed data driven consumer web applications. He has since worked for a number of startups and has recently started to branch out into the 'nonprofit start up' arena. 

Aryeh Goldsmith has more than 15 years of experience creating successful online projects and services. Amongst his various ongoing projects is Jewster.com, a Jewish dating site and general resource for young active professional Jews. 

Aharon Horwitz is the co-founder and director of the PresenTense Group, a leading platform for social entrepreneurship. As an activist, Aharon volunteers for the Jerusalem-based social justice organizations B'Maaglei Tzedek and Atzum's Task Force on Human Trafficking.

David Notik is the founder of Woven, a full-service web development and strategy shop dedicated to helping community-based organizations leverage online tools to more effectively engage with their constituents. David is most passionate about finding ways to solve the world's big problems through what he calls "actionable" social networking.

Day 13 - Daily Prize Update!

Wow! Some of you guys are seriously creative! We were amazed by just how much you can do with 3 simple letters!

The scores have now been updated for Day 13 and can be viewed here.

Dudu has been carefully deliberating and has decided that the 10 people that made him laugh the hardest were:

Inbal Baum
Sarah Simha Benkemoun
Dmitriy Moverguz
Elyssa Moss Rabinowitz
Karen Radkowsky
Matthew Sackett
Joel Jacobs
Dina Pilalis
Sofiya Hekht &
Tamar Snyder

Well done you are all comedy geniuses and have earned 2 bonus points!

Today's Daily Prize is the amazing Y-Love 'This is Babylon' album and it is being awarded at random to 3 people who played today's game. Those people are:

Benji Lovitt
Elyssa Moss Rabinowitz &
Ben Shimshak

Congratulations! An ROI staff member will be in touch to arrange delivery of your prize.

Well, that's all for now. We'll see you all a bit later for the very final task in the ROI Scavenger Hunt!

Day 13 - Daily Task - The Answer

The Daily Task for Day 13 is now closed!

Well done to everyone who submitted their alternative meanings for 'ROI'.

Check back soon to find out whether your entry was one that particularly amused Dudu, thus earning you two extra points, and also whether you are one of the 3 lucky people selected at random to receive today's Daily Prize, a copy of Y-Love's 'This is Babylon' album!

Day 13 - Daily Task - Rhinoceroses On Ice Skates?!

Welcome to the penultimate day of the ROI Scavenger Hunt! The excitement is continuing to soar as the Grand Prize Draw rapidly approaches!

One of the questions that we are asked most regularly by people that we meet is 'What does ROI stand for?'.

Well, as many of you may know, ROI is a common business term, which stands for 'Return On Investment'. It refers to the 'achievement of a desirable outcome as a result of wise investment', which is essentially exactly what ROI Community is!

Over the years we have heard many imaginative and amusing guesses of what ROI stands for. Today we asked Debbie, Dudu and a couple of their higher-profile friends what they think ROI stands for, and this is what they said...

For today's Daily Task, we want you to come up with an amusing alternative for what the letters R-O-I could stand for!

Your answer needs to be posted on the ROI Community Facebook wall and, simply by posting an answer you will earn 4 Scavenger Hunt points.

For today's game, there are also some bonus points to be earned:

1) If your answer is one of the 10 that make our resident comedian, Dudu, laugh the loudest, he will award you an extra 2 points!

2) If, in addition to posting your answer on Facebook, you also tweet your answer, and include the hashtag #ROIScavengerHunt, you will be awarded an extra 1 point! (If you didn't give us your twitter name when you registered, please email scavengerhunt@roicommunity.org to let us know which Twitter name you have used.)

So there is a maximum of 7 Scavenger Hunt points to be won today!

And of course, there is a Daily Prize to be won today too. Today's prize will be awarded at random to 3 people who play today's Daily Task. As you may have seen earlier on the blog, we have a number of super-talented musicians amongst the ROI Community. One of them is the world famous Jewish hip hop artist Y-Love.

Today's Daily Prize is a copy of Y-Love's amazing album, 'This Is Babylon'.

Good Luck everybody!

Day 13 - Meet The ROIers - Music Makers

Music has been used as a vehicle for social change for generations and a sizable number of ROI Community members are continuing this legacy, some of whom are included below:

Simja Dujov is a composer, singer and player of Klezmer, Gypsy and world music, mixed with new styles and infused with Latin flavours.

Ami Yares is the founder and Director of FocUS Music, a music project about American social issues that is being taught in schools across Israel.

Michelle Citrin is a singer/songwriter, well known for her YouTube hits "20 Things to do with Matzah" and "Rosh Hashanah Girl".

Naomi Less is a songwriter, Jewish worship musician, song-leader and rock-band leader. She is the Founder of 'Jewish Chicks Rock'.

Sheldon Low is the Continuity/Artist Relations Director at Jewish Rock Radio. He is also the artist in residence at Barnert Temple in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey.

Shai Haddad is known globally as the socially-driven hip hop artist, song writer and record producer, SHI 360. Shai uses his music to educate on a range of social issues and to encourage positive change.

Nili (Onili) Ohayon is an Israeli singer, song writer, performer and video artist and heads her own brand, Onili. She and her business partner Barak Kram tour Israel with their electronic rock show.

Noa Margalit is a singer and guitar player in the Israeli band The Carsitters. She is committed to using her position to enhance Israel's image abroad.

Gal Friedman is a social and technological entrepreneur, artist and musician. He is the Program Director of ShabbaTLV which aims to expose the beauty of Judaism to young secular Israelis.

Yitz Jordan, otherwise known as Y-Love, draws upon the Torah, Judaism and progressive politics to write music to both educate and entertain young audiences.

Josh Nelson is a multi-instrumentalist musician and songwriter and one of the most popular performers and producers in modern Jewish music. Josh is part of the musical team for the Broadway production of 'Sleepless in Seattle'.

Joel Waldman is a self-taught piano and guitar player. He is an accomplished composer and wrote the score and prepared the parts for Whitney Houston's musicians on her 2010 world tour.

Noemi Schlosser runs her own theater company, Salomee Speelt. She has been chosen by the European Union to create her conceptual show Traktorfabik to mark 100 years since World War I.

Multi-talented Gadi Rouache has been described as a mix of artist and entrepreneur. As a designer he has worked for many high profile clients including Disney, Wanrner Bros and the UN.

Erez Safar a.k.a. Diwon/DJ Handler is the founder and director of the Jewish music site Shemspeed. He produces a mix of Yemenite and Sephardic music blended with electro hip hop beats. He has performed with Lou Reed, Matisyahu and Idan Reichel.

Tera (Nova Jade) Greene is an award winning DJ, independent film producer, writer and entrepreneur. Her musical highlights include showcasing original music at The Ford in Hollywood and opening for Grammy-nominated artist Kelis.

Neshama Carlebach is a singer, songwriter and teacher, dedicated to continuing the legacy of her father, Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach. Her music has captivated people of all ages and backgrounds throughout the world.

Rebecca Joy Fletcher is a playwright, actress, cantor and scholar/performer of international Jewish cabaret. Her performance highlights include the off-Broadway run of her show Kleynkunst!

Miriam Brosseau is half of the Biblegum Pop duo Stereo Sinai, along with her husband, producer Alan Jay Sufrin. Earlier this year, Miriam was named as a young visionary in the Jewish Week's 36 Under 36.

Day 12 - Daily Prize Update!

The scores have now been updated for Day 12 and can be viewed here.

Well done to all of you that correctly stated that Dudu would like a tub of Ben & Jerry's Strawberry Ice Cream! You each earned 6 points. Lower amounts of points were awarded to some players who provided partial answers.

Five people who answered today's Daily Task correctly have been selected at random to receive a $20 Amazon voucher! They are:

Diana Glogower
Taryn Baker
David Krantz
Belinda Sevitz &
Renato Huarte Cuellar

You will each receive the voucher by email in the near future!

See you all later for the penultimate day on the ROI Scavenger Hunt!

Day 12 - Daily Task - The Answer

The Daily Task for Day 12 is now closed!

So, following Dudu's little tantrum, today's task was to work out what Debbie should make Dudu for breakfast in order to cheer him up!

The first clue, if solved correctly, told us that 'DUDU WOULD LOVE A FULL TUB OF BEN & JERRY'S, BUT WHICH FLAVOR?'. The 2nd clue, the Sudoku puzzle, gave us the word 'STRAWBERRY'.

Therefore, Debbie decided to give Dudu a full tub of Ben & Jerry's Strawberry Ice Cream!

Well done if that was the answer you submitted! It will have earned you 6 Scavenger Hunt points!

Come back soon to check your place on the scoreboard and to find out whether you were one of the 5 winners of today's Daily Prize, a $20 Amazon voucher!

Day 12 - Daily Task - Dudu's Tennis Tantrum!

Hello Scavenger Hunters!

It's Day 12 of 14 and things are really heating up now! It seems that many of you found yesterday's challenge very tough so hopefully you'll make up some of your lost Scavenger Hunt points by successfully tackling this task.

On Sunday we found out that Debbie wanted Dudu to play tennis with her. Well they actually played together this morning, so let's find out what happened...

So, it seems Dudu needs some cheering up and Debbie is going to provide him with his favorite breakfast, just as soon as you work out what it is that he would like! The following 2 clues will help you to find the answer and, once you have it, send it in an email to scavengerhunt@roicommunity.org.

Clue 1.

Below is a 'Letter Drop' grid. Each letter needs to be dropped somewhere into the column that is immediately below it, in order to form a sentence in the black and white grid below. Once each letter has been correctly placed, you will have created your first clue.

Clue 2

Your second clue is a Sudoku puzzle but, instead of using the numbers from 1 to 9, you need to use the letters A, B, E, N, R, S, T, W & Y!

Once you have completed the Sudoku, you must read the letters in the 10 shaded squares, from the top downwards, to create your 2nd clue. When combined with the 1st clue, you will then have enough information to solve today's task.

Remember, your answer must be emailed to scavengerhunt@roicommunity.org.

As always, there is a great Daily Prize to be won and today we will be selecting 5 people at random, from those who correctly complete today's task, to each receive a $20 voucher to spend at Amazon.com.

Good luck everyone!

Day 12 - Meet The ROIers - The Rabbis

Being a network of Jewish leaders, ROI Community naturally counts a number of Rabbis amongst its number. We are especially proud to have rabbinical representatives from across the spectrum of religious streams.

Sydney Henning is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College. As the child of an inter-faith marriage, having grown up in a small, isolated Jewish community in Alburquerque, New Mexico, Sydney refers to herself as a Do-It-Yourself Jew.

Laura Baum is one of the rabbis of Congregation Beth Adam, an independent congregation in Cincinnati, OH,  and of OurJewishCommunity.org online. Laura is an expert on social media and the changing needs of the Jewish community.

Hershey Novack has studied in vumerous locations around the world. He also served at Ground Zero as a member of the American Red Cross' Spiritual Care program. 

Over the last decade, Yoni Shalom has served as assistant rabbi and community director at Tefilat Shalom, Fundacion Judaica, NCI - Emanu El and Sociedad Israelita del Oeste in Argentina. He is currently concluding his rabbinical studies in Schechter Institute, Jerusalem.

Mordechai Lightstone is a rabbi by training, a journalist by profession and a blogger by choice. He has served as assistant rabbi in diverse communities including Poland, Lithuania, Italy and Peru. 

Zvi Drizin is the resident rabbi at Intown Chabad in Dallas. The center targets Jewish 20-somethings and gives them the opportunity to connnect to each other and to their heritage. In his spare time, Zvi likes to ski, play music and read. 

Jacob Fine serves as Rabbi and Director of Programs for the Jewish Farm School. Previously, Jacob served as Rabbi and Assistant Director at the University of Washington Hillel, as well as the Director of Jconnect, Seattle’s largest Jewish community for young adults.

Avi Orlow is the Jewish Education Specialist at the Foundation for Jewish Camp. He was previously the Campus Rabbi and Assistant Director at the St. Louis Hillel at Washington University for four years.

Sarah Bassin serves as Executive Director of NewGround: A Muslim-Jewish Partnership for Change. Deeply interested in interfaith relations, Sarah entered the rabbinic program at Hebrew Union College with the intention of pursuing a rabbinate in community relations. 

Avi Poupko was recently appointed as Rabbi at Congregation Ahavas Achim in Greater Newburyport, MA. Avi had previously served as the Hillel Campus Rabbi at Harvard, before spending the last four years teaching in Israel at the Pardes Institute and then Midreshet Ein Prat.

Ari Hart is a founder of Uri L'Tzedek: Orthodox Social Justice and an Orthodox rabbinical student at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in New York. He is also a frequent contributor to many publications, including the Huffington Post, Jerusalem Post & Haaretz magazine

Day 11 - Daily Prize Update

The scores have now been updated for Day 11 and can be viewed here:

Wow, what a crazy day it was on the Scavenger Hunt. The Extreme Food Game proved to be relatively easy for some of you and virtually impossible for others, with scores ranging from as low as 1 out of 10 to as high as 8 out of 10!

Today's Daily Prize is being awarded at random to 5 people who played today's game. The draw has just been made and the 5 recipient's of Ofer Vardi's fantastic 'Israel To Go' Cookbook are:

David Wiseman
Rachel Bloom
Aleksandra Wilczura
Andrea Kasper &
Robert Saferstein

An ROI staff member will be in touch with the five of you to arrange delivery of your prize.

Well done everyone and we'll see you all a bit later for Day 12 of the Scavenger Hunt!

Day 11 - Daily Task - The Answer

The Daily Task for Day 11 is now closed!

Well, you certainly found this one tough didn't you?! A huge range of different scores were achieved and there will be some significant changes to some people's standing on the scoreboard!

Below, you can see a zoomed out version of each image... for many of you, there will be quite a few surprises there!

Check back shortly to see how many Scavenger Hunt points you have earned and how that has impacted on your position on the scoreboard.

You'll also find out whether you are one of the lucky winners of Ofer Vardi's 'Israel To Go' Cookbooks! See you soon, everyone!

Day 11 - Daily Task - The Extreme Food Game!

Welcome back to the game!

It's Day 11 on the ROI Scavenger Hunt and the Grand Prize Draw is getting closer!

As you may have seen on the blog earlier, the theme of the day is food! For today's challenge, your task is to identify ten common food items from extreme close-up photographs!

The game will be played on a tab within the ROI Community Facebook and you can find it here. Once you enter the tab, you will be presented with 10 extreme close-up photographs like this one.

Under each one, you will find a drop-down menu with four options from which to select the correct answer. You will receive one Scavenger Hunt point for every two correct answers that you submit but, if you correctly identify all 10 pictures, you will receive a bonus of two points, meaning that a total of 7 Scavenger Hunt points can be won!


As always there is also a great Daily Prize to be won. As you may have read earlier, a great number of ROI Community members are involved in food related initiatives. One member, Ofer Vardi has released a number of iPhone and iPad apps aimed at promoting Israeli cuisine and he has recently brought out a his first cookbook. 'Israel To Go' presents kosher Israeli cuisine with recipes and artwork solicited via crowd-sourcing and we are delighted to have five copies of the book to give away. They will be awarded randomly to five people that play today's game.

Good luck everyone and check back later for the correct answers!

Click here to play today's game!

Day 11 - Meet The ROIers - The Foodies!

If there is one thing that Jewish people love, it's their food! Today, we're shining the spotlight on eight ROIers who have made food the focus of their innovation.

Michael Leventhal is the founder and creator of Gefiltefest: The London Jewish Food Festival. He also co-ordinates a number of other projects, including a charitable benscher (prayer book) for simchas and an exhibition of Jewish cookbooks, all alongside his day job as a military history publisher.

Jeffrey Yoskowitz is a writer and food entrepreneur. His latest venture, The Gefilteria, is a new food brand producing boutique Ashkenazi foods. The new company has appeared in The New York Times, Haaretz and various other publications.

The well-traveled Malki Rose runs her own gourmet kosher food company called 'Made with Luv Homemade Fine Foods'. She has a passion for curing, preserving, cheese making and charcuterie and is the only producer and supplier of kosher duck prosciutto.

Emily Freed is the Assistant Production Manager at Jacobs Farm/Del Cabo, Inc., where she manages eight ranches and greenhouses, which includes over 250 acres of organic culinary herbs and edible flowers. She was featured in Fortune Magazine’s online article “Look Who’s Farming Now,” as well as in Mother Nature Network’s ‘40 Farmers Under 40.’ 

Michal Ansky is the founder and owner of the Tel Aviv Farmers Market. She is also a food journalist and television presenter that has her own cooking and food culture show on Israeli Channel 1. Michal was a judge on Masterchef Israel!

Itta Werdiger-Roth is the founder of The Hester, an underground restaurant and music cafe. She also freelances as a menu planner and chef whilst simultaneously working to encourage the religious Jewish community to adopt healthier culinary habits.

Ofer Vardi is the Lifestyle Editor for Israel Hayom Daily. Inspired by his grandmother's cooking, Ofer started 'Going Paprikash', a weekly column on the secrets of the Hungarian kitchen. It was an instant hit which led to a best-selling book and the creation of iPhone and iPad apps.

Inbal Baum is the founder and owner of Delicious Israel, a culinary tour company that arranges experiences to showcase and celebrate Israeli food and wine. Inbal is also an amateur chef (specializing in ice cream) and a yoga instructor.

Day 10 - Daily Prize Update

The scores have now been updated for Day 10 and can be viewed here:

Well done to everyone who said that Debbie wanted to play tennis with Dudu! You were each awarded 3 points! Today we were in a generous mood so, wherever possible, we gave 1 or 2 points to people whose answers were close but not quite right.

For today's Daily Prize, two people have been chosen at random from all of the correct answers, to each win $25 Amazon vouchers! They are:

Yishai Mizrahi-Varon &
Liana Berman

Congratulations Yishai and Liana! Your Amazon voucher will be delivered directly to your email address!

We'll see you all later for Day 11 on the ROI Scavenger Hunt, where rumor has it, there will be a whopping 7 points to be won!

Day 10 - Daily Task - The Answer

The Daily Task for Day 10 is now closed!

In today's task, Dudu asked for help in deciphering Debbie's clues so that he could work out where she wanted to be taken on their first date.

The first clue was a simple number-letter code, in which each number represented it's corresponding letter of the alphabet. i.e. A=1., B=2 etc.

The clue said "So, you want to take me out on a date huh? Well, my ideal date would be to play my favorite sport together."

The 2nd clue was supposed to be a photograph of Debbie's two all time heroes. It was actually a face-merge of Roger Federer and Serena Williams and, from that, we can deduce that Debbie's favorite sport is Tennis.

So, Debbie's ideal date would be to play Tennis with Dudu!

Well done to everyone who answered correctly. You will each be awarded 3 Scavenger Hunt points.

Check back shortly to find out whether you are one of the two lucky Daily Prize winners that have each scooped $25 Amazon vouchers!

Day 10 - Daily Task - Dudu's Dating Game

Hi everyone!

Welcome back to the game! Today is Day 10 on the Scavenger Hunt and the start of the third and final week of the game! You have just 5 more days in which to collect as many points as possible, before the Grand Prize Draw, when one of you will be winning the trip of a lifetime!

So, without further ado, let's hand over to Dudu to present today's Daily Task!

So, Debbie gave Dudu with 2 clues, both of which have left him a little confused. 

Here's clue No. 1. To Dudu, it just looks like a list of numbers but maybe you can make some sense of it?

And here is clue No. 2. Debbie said that it is a picture of her two all-time heroes. Dudu thought that was a weird thing to say, when she only gave him a photo of one person, who seems to be a rather strange looking woman...

So those are the clues that Debbie gave Dudu. Can you work out where she wants to go? once you have worked out the answer, send it in an email to scavengerhunt@roicommunity.org.

Today's Daily Task is worth 3 Scavenger hunt points and, as always, there is also a great Daily Prize to be won.

Today, two people picked at random from those who answer correctly, will each win a $25 voucher to spend at Amazon.com!

Good luck everyone!

Day 10 - Meet The ROIers - They Met The ROIer Of Their Dreams!

This past Friday was Tu B'Av, Israel's equivalent of Valentine's Day. One of ROI Community's greatest functions is to bring young Jewish innovators together to challenge and collaborate with one another but sometimes the relationships formed develop a little deeper!

To date, there have been four 'ROI weddings', i.e. marriages between couples that met through their involvement in ROI Community. The happy couples are:

Vera Wisterova and Jeremy Hulsh
Jennifer Zitser and Dany Koren
Shaked Rogovsky and Karin Dimant-Rogovsky
Matt Bar and Rebecca Karp

We wish them all a lifetime of happiness together and hope that the future will bring many more ROI weddings!

Day 9 - Daily Prize Update

The scores have now been updated for Day 9 and can be viewed here.

Well done to the 53 people that found 10 or more differences! You were all entered into the draw to winner a bottle of fine Israeli wine, and the winners were:

Robin Rosen-Sharp
Carrie Bornstein &
Karen Radkowsky

Congratulations to the 3 of you! An ROI representative will be in touch to arrange delivery of your prize.

That's it from the Scavenger Hunt for this week! We'll see you all on Sunday for the final week of the game!

Shabbat Shalom!

Day 9 - Daily Task - The Answer

The Daily Task for Day 9 is now closed!

In today's Spot the Difference task, there were 11 differences between the 2 photos and your task was to find at least 10 of them. How many did you find?

Their locations were as follows:

B3 - The kippah had changed color
B4 - The ROI logo had disappeared
C3 - The sideburn had grown
C14 - An ROI logo had appeared
D14 - The plant had grown
E11 - A tattoo had appeared
E12 - The ring had moved to a different finger
F9 - The bracelet had changed color
G8 - The pocket had disappeared
H6 - Dudu had appeared
H13 - The pattern on the dress had changed

Well done to everyone that found 10 or more and a special hat tip to those of you that submitted all 11 correct answers!

Come back soon to find out if you were one of the lucky winners that is going to receive a bottle of fine Israeli wine delivered to your door!

Day 9 - Daily Task - Spot the Difference!

Welcome back everyone,

Today's game takes us all back to our childhoods... I mean, who didn't enjoy playing Spot the Difference puzzles as a kid, right?

Look at the 2 pictures below. The first is a real photo taken at this year's ROI Summit. The second is the same photo with 11 differences. Some of the differences may be obvious and easy to find, whilst others are pretty subtle and will require eagle-eye concentration to find.

You will see that there is a grid over the picture. Once you have found the differences, enter their grid co-ordinates into the form below.

For every 2 differences you find, you will be awarded 1 Scavenger Hunt point, meaning that there are a total of 5 points to be won if you find 10 or more differences.

And, as always, there is a great Daily Prize! 3 people, picked at random from everyone who finds at least 10 differences, will receive a bottle of fine Israeli wine delivered to their door!

Don't forget, to have the chance to win prizes, you must have registered for the game, which you can do here.

Day 9 - Meet The ROIers - Championing the LGBTQ Cause

It's the Jerusalem March for Pride and Tolerance today, so we are shining the spotlight on a group of ROIers who dedicate their efforts towards a variety of LGBTQ related causes.

Ido Levit is a yoga teacher, has a black belt in ninjitsu and is a qualified therapist in circle breathing. He jointly owns and runs the Hamikve Dance Bar, Jerusalem's only gay club.

Together with his brother, Eyal Levit founded and runs Hamikve. He has also worked as the Jerusalem Municipality's musical producer for its most recent winter events.

Tera "Nova Jade" Greene is an award-winning DJ, film producer, writer and entrepreneur. Since 2010, she has been a contributing writer for the Jewish Journal's historic LGBTQ blog, Oy Gay.

Yoav Sivan is an Israeli journalist, now based in New York. He has served on the Boards of the Jerusalem Open House, the Aguda (Israel's LGBTQ Association) and the World Jewish Congress.

Margot Madeson-Stern works as operations coordinator for The Jewish Diplomatic Corps. As a member of the Israel Research Fellowship, Margot has campaigned to impact Israeli law to provide wider options for building a Jewish family in Israel.

Brian Elliot is the VP of Partnerships at Amicus, which builds online advocacy and fundraising technology for non-profits. Brian also founded Friendfactor, a web-savvy LGBTQ rights organization.

Talya Lev is a Jerusalem-based freelance web designer. Talya uses her skills to help advance the religious gay community by promoting tolerance and dialogue in both Israel and abroad.

Janelle Eagle is a film producer and LGBTQ Jewish activist. She founded the 2wice Blessed Project, for which she was awarded the Birthright/Natan Social Entrepreneurship grant.

Rachael Neumann is a consultant to some of the world's most most innovative and high impact social ventures. She also serves as a director for the Right Side of History Campaign, a movement committed to ending unjust legal discrimination against LGBTQ citizens.

Robert Saferstein is a specialist in online media, photography, music composition and film production. Robert is very active in the LGBTQ Jewish communuity. His latest project, Friday Night Lights, is a series of Shabbat dinners for gay professionals that highlights different charitable organizations that help the LGBTQ community.

Day 8 - Daily Prize Update!

The scores have now been updated for Day 8 and can be viewed here:

Well done to the 71 people who answered today's task correctly! You were all entered into a draw to win t-shirts from NU Campaign and the 3 winners were:

Sarah Simha Benkemoun

Hudi Kenigsberg &

Toby Greene

An ROI Community representative will be in touch shortly to arrange delivery of your prize!

And we'll see everyone later for Day 9 of the game!

Day 8 - Daily Task - The Answer

The Daily Task for Day 8 is now closed!

Today's task was described by many of you as the hardest yet, so well done to everyone who persevered and finally found the correct answer.

The answers to the 10 pictograms, starting with the left side and then going on to the right side, are:

Shoshana Cohen (Shoshana is the Hebrew word for Rose)

Danielle Rugoff (Danny-L Rug-Off)

Greta Deerson (Greta Deer-Son)

Dalia Golda (Dali-A Golda)

Jonah Mink

Jackie Fishman

Benny Goldman

Ari Hart (R-E Heart)

Bar Peled (Bar Pe-Led)

Iris Mansour (Iris Man-Saw)

The letters in bold were specified as the letteres needed to make the last name of an 11th person and that person was Melisa Goldfinger! Well done if that is the answer that you submitted. You earned yourself 7 points!

Come back soon to see the updated scoreboard and to find out if you are one of the 3 lucky winners of a Nu Campaign T-shirt!

Day 8 - Daily Task - Pictogram Puzzles

Welcome to Day 8 of the ROI Community Online Scavenger Hunt!

Today's Daily Task will help you to get to know some of our ROI Community members!

In June of this year, ROI held its annual Summit in Jerusalem, where 150 young innovators came together to sharpen their skills, discuss their ideas and develop new collaborations.

A list of the Summit participants can be found here. You will need to use this list to complete today's Daily Task.

Below are 10 pictograms, each of which represents the name of one of the participants on the list. Once you identify the 10 Summit participants from the pictograms, take the specified letter from each answer and rearrange them to form the last name of an 11th Summit participant. Send that name to scavengerhunt@roicommunity.org.

It's a real toughie today, so all correct answers to the Daily Task will earn 7 Scavenger Hunt Points! Don't forget, to be eligible to earn points, you must first register here.

Here goes...

For Today's Daily Prize, 3 lucky people will be selected at random from the correct entries, to win a free T-Shirt from NU Campaign.

NU Campaign is the initiative of ROI member David Kramer. It aims to raise awareness for important causes through the sale of unique designer T-Shirts. Check them out at http://www.nucampaign.org.

Good luck everyone!

Day 8 - Meet The ROIers - Bringing Judaism into the Digital Age!

A large number of ROI Community members are involved in Jewish education and today we look at 4 examples of ROIers who convey Jewish content through the Internet.

Eileen Levinson is the creator and art director of haggadot.com, a site where users can create their own Passover Haggadah. She is also currently Art Director at Deca TV and teaches at Otis College of Art & Design.

Matt Bar is the founder of Bible Raps, an innovative educational tool that uses rap and hip hop to bring the core Jewish texts to life. He has been featured on MTV's 'The Real World' and NBC's 'Hip Hop Nation: Notes from the Underground'. His raps can be found at www.bibleraps.com.

Like many ROIers, Matthue Roth is a man with many strings to his bow. An accomplished poet and author, he also a co-creator and producer of G-dcast.com and his first screen play '1/20' was made into a feature film. He blogs at matthue.com.

Sarah Lefton is executive director at G-dcast.com. She also serves on the board of the JCC of San Francisco and co-chairs its Jewish adult education committee. See Sarah in action in this video that explains exactly what G-dcast.com is all about.

 

Day 7 - Daily Prize Update!

The scores have now been updated for Day 7 and can be viewed here:

Well done to everyone who submitted a joke and especially to those daring ones who posted a video. You guys were super creative... some of you involved friends, others involved their kids and some performed elaborate role plays!

It was extremely tough for Dudu to pick his favorite 3 jokes but he has now come to a decision...

The 3 people who each get to choose a T-shirt from Benji Lovitt's  'Yiyeh B'seder' range are...

Tash Kalmanson
Shai Davis &
Jason Roston

Congratulations to you all. An ROI representative will be in touch to arrange delivery of your prize!

To everyone else, we'll see you later for the next installment in the ROI Scavenger Hunt!

Day 7 - Daily Task - The Answer

The Daily Task for Day 7 is now closed!

Well done to everyone who submitted a joke and especially to those of you that were daring enough to make a video!

Your jokes were hilarious and Debbie and Dudu have been in stitches all day.

Come back soon to see the latest scoreboard and to find out which 3 jokes have been picked by Dudu as worthy of winning the Daily Prize, a Benji Lovitt T-Shirt!

Day 7 - Daily Task - Take The Olympic Challenge!

Hi everyone and welcome back to the game!

The 2012 Olympic Games are now well under way and, combined with the excitement of the Scavenger Hunt, we're all feeling our competitive juices flowing!

At the recent ROI Summit, comedian Benji Lovitt joined forces with a host of other ROI Community members to create our very own ROI Olympics:

 

Today's Daily Task is inspired by Benji and is designed to bring the comedian out of all of you! It is also another Daily Task with different grading levels. The more daring you are, the more points you'll earn.

The task is simple... tell us the funniest (clean) joke that you know!

To earn the points, you simply have to submit your joke as a post on the wall of the ROI Community Facebook page. But here's the deal... If you simply write your joke on the wall, you will earn 2 points. But , if you post a video of yourself telling your joke, you will earn 4 points! 

That's 4 points just for telling a joke! This offers a great opportunity for some of you to boost your points tally and significantly increase your chances of winning the big prize.

If you're lacking a little inspiration, here is a short video of Dudu sharing his favourite joke:

There is also, of course, a Daily Prize to be won today! Benji Lovitt recently collaborated with fellow his ROI Community member, David Kramer at NU Campaign, to produce his own range of T-Shirts. The 'Yiyeh B'seder' range celebrates the unique Israeli attitude of optimism in the face of adversity!

The 3 people who make Dudu laugh the hardest will each win a t-shirt of their choice.

Good luck everyone and remember to keep it clean!