60K to Battle Chutzpah

October 11, 2007 - 5:00 PM by

Think Israel is over-ripe with chutzpah? Think you have a cure-all solution for fixing the over-the-top cheekiness inherent herein?

If your idea for making Israel a kindler, gentler place is uber efficient, then according to The Muqata, a certain Ronny Maman – former Israel resident who returned to live in his homeland after 16 years in San Diego exile – will pay a whopping $60 thou for your wisdom and advice.

The scoop on The Chutzpah Challenge:

A wealthy Israeli businessman is offering a cash prize for initiatives that instill manners in his native land.

Ronny Maman, who recently returned to Israel after 18 prosperous years in San Diego, announced this week that he will give $60,000 to anyone who comes up with a way to make the Jewish state more considerate.

“We should all be helping each other,” Maman, 55, told Yediot Achronot, deploring what he described as the spread of chutzpah in Israel in recent years.

Maman invited contestants to send their proposals to his Web site, www.derech-eretz.org. The winner will be selected next year, and Maman said he may also publish a book with the best 100 ideas.

“The intention is to create awareness, which in turn will create action, and then everything will change,” he said.

Good luck, man. It’s gonna take a heap of awareness and action and change.

Tags: • Category: A New Reality, History and Culture, Israeliness, Life 

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  1. Israelity » Now THAT’S Chutzpah! on Fri, Oct 12th 2007 10:24 AM

    2. [...] Stephanie posted yesterday about the man offering $60,000 to combat chutzpah. “We should all be helping each other,” Maman, 55, told Yediot Achronot, deploring what he described as the spread of chutzpah in Israel in recent years. [...]

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