About Us
Our Story
In September of 2018, the Israeli American Council (also known as the IAC) held a class called the IAC Eitanim. The purpose of the class was to present an idea during a “Shark Tank” style competition in May that would benefit Israel in some way. Teenagers were the target audience for this assignment.
Nadav and Jonah were in the same group and had both attended the Solomon Schechter Day School, which is a Jewish elementary and middle school. Learning about Israel is in the school’s curriculum; however, the Israel education often had a religious focus and understandably covered many of the hardships and atrocities of Jewish and Israeli history. Nadav, Jonah, and their group aimed to take a different approach.
The initial question the group tried to answer was how could Israel be incorporated in a fun way that would allow teenagers to learn more about the country and its rich culture. After brainstorming and considerable research, they came up with the idea of Party Israel, which would be a youth organization that would feature aspects of Israeli culture as event themes in order for teenagers to be educated about Israel in a fun way.
A few months later, the group won the Eitanim “Shark Tank” and made it to nationals. After the competition, two of the Judges believed in the idea and offered to make an initial investment. Three weeks later, Party Israel had their first event, and it was a huge success. Ever since, Party Israel has had more events and continues to search for new ways to bring different aspects of Israeli culture to life through entertaining social events.
Our Team
Jonah Tillman CEO and Founder
Jonah works on event planning, website design,and runs the social media platforms.
Nadav Konstantine CEO and Founder
Nadav focus's on promoting the company and event planning.
Matt Ross Graphic Designer
Matt deisgns the logos and other things for our different platforms.
Daniel Becker Photographer
Daniel photographs and edits for our events.