Jewish Vocational Services Los Angeles Helps People Find Jobs and Hope

As founder and CEO of Tapstone Holdings, LLC, Jonathan David oversees strategy, product and business development, and day-to-day operations of the media buying and optimization company. With extensive media buying experience working with both tech start-ups and fortune 500 companies, Jonathan David ensures that Tapstone Holdings is well positioned to provide diversified digital media strategies for it clients. Jon David also avidly supports a number of charitable organizations, including Jewish Vocational Services Los Angeles (JVSLA).

Founded in 1931 in response to the Great Depression, JVSLA helps people in their search for employment with the goal of empowering them and transforming their lives. JVSLA does this by helping people overcome all types of barriers to finding employment, including economic, vocational, and personal barriers. Among those served are at-risk youth, people with disabilities, and executives.

Help begins with an assessment of the client’s skills and interests, after which the organization provides resources such as mentoring, vocational training, and career guidance. JVSLA also offers programs that focus on refugees and immigrants, veterans, women, and youth from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. JVSLA is guided by the Jewish values of respect for the individual, the imperative of moral action, and the belief that we all have a responsibility to “repair the world.”

Amethyst Excelsior Bracelet for Hope Supports House of Ruth L.A.

Tapstone Holdings founder and CEO, Jonathan David began his entrepreneurial exploits at the age of 18, and possesses a background in establishing profitable technology-based companies. Jonathan David remains active in his community outside his responsibilities for Tapstone Holdings, supporting organizations like the House of Ruth Los Angeles. In February 2016, the House of Ruth partnered with Dana Blair Design to launch a new fundraising project in the form of a limited edition bracelet.

Created to honor the month of love, the beautiful Amethyst Excelsior Bracelet for Hope represents the strength of moving forward and upward in opposition to domestic violence. It features a circle of 4mm amethyst gemstones centered with a 14 karat gold woven bar. The bracelet supports the House of Ruth and its programs by donating 50 percent of all sales to the Los Angeles cause.

The House of Ruth Los Angeles operates with the goal of providing temporary and transitional housing to homeless and battered women and their children. In addition, the organization works to empower women through a supportive environment and give them the tools to pursue a successful, independent future.