Leadel.NET is a Jewish media hub showcasing the rich variety of contemporary Jewish voices and expressions. Focusing on the state of Jewish identity and activity in the 21st century, Leadel uses digital media to both reflect upon and inspire innovation and creativity.

First Time at Leadel??  Let us explain more.

Leadel.NET - the Website

Things you'll find Here:

• Our Web Video Library, i.e., Spotlights <see FLASH front page>

• Live Events and Webcasts <see FLASH front page>

• Leadel Blog - written content and articles of things happening here, there, and around the world - Jewishly

• Leadel EDU area - designed for all you Jewish educator types out there hungry for new and interesting content to engage your pupils

In today’s complex, technological, and global communities assimilation is at epidemic proportions and Jews world over, including North America, Diaspora countries and even in Israel, are disconnected from their Jewish identities. Jews are increasingly less affiliated with Jewish organizations, Jewish life and culture and Jewish causes which they find shallow and restricting.

Leadel is dedicated to challenging the problem of Jewish disenfranchisement by reaching out, linking and inspiring Jews via new media technologies they relate to and engage in: interactive media, social networking, digital videos, and the power of personal story-telling. Leadel’s vision refers to this concept as “Deepening and widening the Jewish conversation.”

Launched September of 2008, in our quest to lead Jewish inspiration around the world, Leadel provides a communication portal for Jews to showcase initiative, explore values, and network today's achievers with tomorrow's innovators.  

As a Jewish site aimed at achievers, we set a goal to take part in the revival of the discourse regarding our Jewish values and how they affect our lives. Only with a strong sense of identity can one truly connect to themselves and their community in order to pursue his/her core passion. 

So, become a member, and be sure to fill out your details!  Come on in, login, comment on your favorite video, read our blog, network with your peers, or simply- press play, sit back and let your horizons expand. 

Join the thinking revolution,
The Leadel Team

The color-line holds multiple purposes in Leadel. 

Content-wise, it identifies which category of Leadel the content falls under:  Culture (Yellow), Israel (Orange), Entreprenuership (Red), Sci-Tech (Green), or Jewish (Blue).

For our members and their profiles, the color-line is saved in a hidden field in the members' cck and is displayed using css which shows the percentage of the identity the specific category picked occupies. (fyi - if you didn't understand those acronyms, no worries - they're highly geeky and techy oriented)

To enable the color-line's evolution, we then created a service embedded in to the player which added a small percentage of the color from the category to the talk that is being viewed, in to the color-line.

That way, after a while, the member's true interests start to be communicated through his/her color-line.

The color-line is not just displayed in the users member's page, but also in various listing of members across the site.

Pretty cool, huh?