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.”

Jewish Vocational Services Prepares for 85th Anniversary Gala

Jonathan “Jon” David serves as the founder and CEO of Tapstone Holdings, a media buying and optimization firm in West Hollywood, California, that offers services for copywriting, live program appeals, and campaign strategy. Beyond his role at Tapstone Holdings, Jonathan David supports the Jewish Vocational Services (JVS). Upcoming fundraising events for the JVS include its 85th Anniversary Gala in September 2016.

Honoring Vivian Seigel, the gala will consist of an evening of dining and dancing while celebrating the organization’s 85th anniversary, in addition to Seigel’s history of service to the community. The night kicks off with a cocktail reception at 6:30 pm, followed by dinner and entertainment. Furthermore, all attendees will receive complimentary valet parking.

Reservation options offer a variety of ticket and VIP table packages, including opportunities for sponsorship and advertisements in the Virtual Tribute Journal. The sapphire, emerald, and diamond tiers also feature inclusion in all event materials and priority valet service upon leaving the event. Basic tickets start at $400 and each VIP tier includes either a certain number of tickets or a full table of 8 or 10 guests. The gala will take place September 24, 2016 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.

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.

House of Ruth Offers Help to People Who are Homeless in Los Angeles

Jonathan David’s Tapstone Holdings focuses on creating effective marketing plans and media buys. As the CEO, Jonathan David operates Tapstone Holdings on a basis of mutual respect with his clients. Jon David’s charitable giving includes the House of Ruth in Los Angeles.

The House of Ruth’s vision statement promotes independence and stability for homeless women, including those in abusive relationships. It accomplishes this by finding temporary, transitional, and permanent housing for them and their children.

Many agencies address the problem of homelessness by providing two weeks of shelter with little follow-up. However, the House of Ruth offers an approach that is aimed to prevent families from needing to return to shelters.

The organization believes in providing a range of services that go beyond sheltering, such as supportive programs and an aftercare program. The agency addresses mental health issues, child care, crisis counseling, and life skills development. Most importantly, the House of Ruth establishes a peer atmosphere, in which people who have overcome homelessness share their hope and strength.

This process has proven to be successful. Fully 95% of the families served by the House of Ruth remain housed for the long term.

Ezra Network and Other Programs Offer Employment Aid in Los Angeles

 

The CEO of Tapstone Holdings, Jonathan David has initiated more than 100 advertising campaigns for his clients. Jonathan David founded Tapstone Holdings to provide effective optimization and marketing. As a philanthropist, Jon David supports the Jewish Vocational Service (JVS).

For 85 years, JVS has offered employment-related initiatives to a diverse community of Los Angelenos. Its programs not only help participants to find jobs, but also meaningful careers.

One of JVS’s premier projects is the Ezra Network. Based in several synagogues, this group focuses on occupational counseling and provides coaching for career advancement. Coaches show clients how to present themselves in person and on social media. The Ezra Network receives grant support from the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles.

JVS supplements the Ezra Network with other forms of job-finding assistance, such as workshops on resume writing and informational interviewing. One workshop teaches participants how to use LinkedIn to build a network of possible employers, and another describes how to job-hunt in a stressed economy. Employment seekers can also devise 30-second messages to present their skills and experience.

Youth Services at JVS Los Angeles

Jonathan “Jon” David is founder and CEO of media-buying and optimization company Tapstone Holdings, headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Outside of his responsibilities at Tapstone, Jonathan David is active in charity work and is a supporter of Jewish Vocational Services (JVS).

Established in the early 1930s after the Great Depression, JVS continues with its work of helping individuals overcome obstacles to finding jobs so that they can support their families, regain their dignity, and become productive members of their communities.

At JVS Los Angeles, Youth Services are programs designed to help at-risk youth receive job training as well as assistance in setting education and career goals so that they will be prepared to lead productive lives. One such service, A Girl’s Place, partners with the Los Angeles County Department of Probation to offer individualized services to high-risk high school girls, encouraging positive living and helping them improve their self-esteem. Another program, the Community Service Block Grant, provides career-planning and job placement assistance to youths aged 16 to 24 from low-income backgrounds.

The Beatles Still Topping Billboard Music Charts after 50 Years

Jonathan David has served as the chief executive officer of Tapstone Holdings since 2013. In this position, he has launched more than 100 effective advertising campaigns. Beyond his work at Tapstone Holdings, Jonathan David is a big music fan who enjoys the new music, as well as classics like Radiohead and The Beatles.

An interesting fact about is that the Beatles released 20 songs that topped the Billboard charts between 1962 and 1970, an all-time record. All 20 of these singles were collected into one album for the first time in 1982, and simply titled 20 Greatest Hits. In 2000, another greatest-hits album featuring the Beatles’ 20 number one singles, as well as several additional popular Beatles’ tracks, was released under the title 1.

Since its initial release, 1 has gone on to sell more than 31 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling album in the UK since 1991, the fourth highest-selling album in the United States. 1 has been remastered and reissued on several occasions, most recently in the summer of 2015 as 1+. While 1 is considered a greatest-hits collection, it has sold more copies than any of the group's studio albums.