Ari Teman

Ari Teman
Ari Teman is an award-winning comedian, headliner and regular at A-List clubs in New York City and around the country, recently seen on Vh1, and featured in Time Out NY. As a guest of the White House he told one of his Obama jokes to President Obama and earned a presidential hug. He is the CEO of 12gurus, an innovation consultancy to Fortune 500 companies, the author of Effective Gratitude for Organizations and Individuals and creator of GatherGrid.com, a site for organizing meeting times. Teman is the co-founder of NextGen:Charity and NextGen:Health a renowned series of conferences that draws attendees from around the world to experience new ideas on innovation. He's also the founder of JCorps, an award-winning international volunteer network. He was the Jewish Community Hero of 2009 and is frequently hired by organizations and companies to speak on innovation, interfaces, and effectiveness.

ARTICLES BY: Ari Teman

July 16, 2014 3:41 pm

Using Comedy to Combat Hamas: Free Shows for Israelis Under Fire

There's been a lot of Facebook posting lately. Anti-semites are having a field day with propaganda - a big world for "lies." The uninformed in...

March 3, 2014 1:19 pm

Charedim Gather Rapidly for Mass Rally to Demonstrate Preparedness for IDF Service (SPOOF)

JERUSALEM - Hundreds of thousands of Haredim gathered in Jerusalem this evening to demonstrate their rapid deployment capabilities ahead of the imminent army draft. "We...

August 19, 2012 3:45 am

Top Ten Jews Helping the Goyim (SPOOF)

My friend Dovid Efune, editor of The Algemeiner, has a yearly list, "Top 10 Non-Jews Positively Influencing the Jewish Future." It's nice to see the...

October 5, 2011 9:16 pm

iFarewell – Steve Jobs 1955-2011

My friend called me as I was standing in line, "Did you hear the bad news?" "What!?" "Steve Jobs passed away." I didn't believe him....

May 3, 2011 9:30 am

The First Step

"Where do we start?" "Just show me where to begin..." "What's the first step?" These are common questions from would-be entrepreneurs. Yet, if you're asking them, you may...

January 21, 2011 1:53 pm