This document is a media kit for PresenTense magazine that provides information about advertising opportunities. PresenTense is a volunteer-run magazine for Jews aged 20-30/35 that covers social, political, and cultural issues of relevance to young Jewish communities. It has a readership of over 20,000 across North America and Israel, with key demographics of educated urban professionals. In addition to the magazine, PresenTense also runs fellowship and community programs. Advertising in PresenTense provides access to its readership and involvement in its additional community initiatives.
2. So smart and so good-looking—so menshlikheit! Like a boyfriend
I’d be proud to bring home.
Sue Fishkoff, Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Past and present (and future) of the Jewish community and the
Zionist movement... wow, there was a lot of food for thought at
PresenTense.
Kenneth Bob, World Zionist Organization
PresenTense captures the intellectual breadth and depth,
physical energy and moral commitment that can be found
in young Jews today.
Dr. Marcia Weinstein
PresenTense is a young, volunteer, content-driven magazine
committed to providing the perspectives of Jews in their 20s
and 30s on issues that matter to the Jewish community, in the
here and now, including social justice, religious innovation, new
expressions of Zionism, Jewish perspectives on the environment
and cultural diversity.
3. WHY ADVERTISE IN
PRESENTENSE? Key Statistics
There is no other magazine in the market today
that covers our unique demographic niche.
Our readers are the leaders and trend-setters US, Canada and Israel
of their generation, open-minded and eager to
learn about new products and opportunities and
share them with their peers. As urban profes-
sionals and students, they are highly educated, New York, Chicago, Boston, Washington DC, Los Angeles,
take initiative, and are well respected in their the Bay Area, Seattle, Toronto, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
communities.
95% of our readership has an undergraduate
degree or is currently completing one, and 33% 20,000
has a master’s degree or other post-bachelor’s
degree. They work in medicine, law, non-profit,
education, business, and venture capital,
among other professions, and 95% live in urban 5,000
cities in North America and Israel, including
New York, Chicago, Boston, Washington DC, Los
Angeles, Toronto, and Jerusalem.
18-35, Average 27
According to the National Jewish Population Sur-
vey, there are over a million young Jews between
the ages of 18 and 36 living in North America.
50:50
That leaves a lot of room for PresenTense to
grow — and a promising future for you, if you
choose to start your relationship with
PresenTense while we’re young. 95% have undergraduate college degree
Since the May 2006 pilot
issue, PresenTense has
published 10 issues and
expects to publish the 11th
in Spring 2010.
0 Two Jews, Three Blogs 4 Putting the Social Back in Socialism 8 Education. 2.0
1 The Fire This TIme 5 Israel@60 9 Philanthropy and Volunteering
2 Damage Report: The Spring After 6 Minyans of the People 10 The Digital Issue
3 Funny, You Don’t Look Jewish 7 Food and the Jews
4. PRESENTENSE IS MORE
THAN JUST A MAGAZINE
When you advertise in PresenTense, you’re not just The PresenTense Fellowship, soon to include five
reaching a readership of over 20,000 young Jews programs in the US and Israel, helps social entre-
across North America. PresenTense is a Community of preneurs turn their ideas and projects into reality,
Creative Young Jewish Adults, a Fellowship program and is concluded with a high-profile exhibition fair
for Social Entrepreneurs, and has five local Networks attended by influential members of the arts, philan-
where ideas are fostered and developed. thropy, education, hi-tech and business worlds. All
of this provides additional visibility for advertisers in
In addition to individual subscriptions, the magazine our magazine and helps raise your profile.
is distributed through our network to university
Hillels, Jewish Federations, and JCCs via bulk orders, PresenTense is building a self-organizing community
which allows us to grow our community of dedicated of young, creative Jews who lead by example and
readers. Through our communities in New York, Bos- seek to redefine how Jewish life is to be lived, in the
ton, Chicago, Toronto, and Jerusalem, we run salons present tense.
and lectures in connection with magazine articles
and the ideas and experiences of our contributors.
PRINT ADVERTISING RATES
UPCOMING PUBLICATION DATES
ISSUE 11: May 1, 2010
ISSUE 12: September 1, 2010
ISSUE 13: December 1, 2010
CONTACT Simi Hinden simihinden@presentense.org