All posts by Dave Weinberg
Why Crummy Contests Hurt Your Brand
Pin It This morning, I saw 75 people “Like” El Al’s new contest on Facebook, “Hamantaschen eating championship.” While I commend EL AL for running a fun contest for Purim... Read More »
Jewish Education is Dead: Long Live Jewish Education
Pin It {EAV:d0011d30ff328718} Dr. Jonathan Woocher’s keynote presentation at the Union for Reform Judaism’s Biennial, “Education is Dead: Long Live Jewish Education” was a purposeful road map for Jews of... Read More »
A Hole in the Jewish Calendar
Pin It After the flurry of Jewish holidays in the fall, it’s no wonder that the month of Cheshvan, which follows on the heels of Sukkot, is devoid of Jewish holidays.... Read More »
JFNA GA – LIVE PHOTO BLOG
Pin It Greetings from Denver! …well, almost. Â I’m writing this as I pack for tomorrow’s early morning flight to the Mile High city for the Jewish Federations of North America’s... Read More »
A Kardashian Peace in Israel
Pin It At Jewneric we can all enjoy and respect a good joke. In that light, I present Israel’s Peace Partners as measured in Kardashians. Bryan Forbes posted this neat... Read More »
Social Entrepreneurship in DC
Pin It Being on the local steering committee for PresenTense, I wanted to help shed some light on this years Fellowship and our upcoming Open House. Opportunity is Knocking Open... Read More »
Video Travel Diary: A Road Trip Across Israel
Pin It Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg of The Atlantic captures the essence of this fast-paced emotional travel diary of Israel, “This IsReal”.  In her subsequent interview of the director, Filmmaker Matthew Brown brings... Read More »
Multi-Denominational Rabbis Weigh in on the Days of Awe
Pin It To prepare ourselves for introspection and new commitment on Yom Kippur, we want to acknowledge the diverse sentiment of our communities’ Rabbinic leadership. Jewneric has asked Rabbis of... Read More »
Proper Etiquette When Going to the Mikveh
Pin It Remember that 16-bit game where you had to choose which urinal your character should go to in the men’s room based on where other men where standing? No…?... Read More »
The Conversation 2011
Pin It Keep an open mind. Get out of your comfort zone. Let the rule of “two feet” guide you. … oh, and no quoting anyone directly. I just spent... Read More »
PSA: Carbon Monoxide (CO) Poisoning Warning for Rosh Hashanah
Pin It While we approach this year’s High Holidays with a sense of awe, our thoughts should also be turned to safe practice. Daisy-chaining power strips together, letting our smoke... Read More »
Review: Making the Crooked Straight
One can't help be inspired by the story of Dr. Hodes, who for literally a couple of dollars a day in medication and treatment is saving untold numbers of lives Read More »
AIPAC 2010: Early Reflections
This morning I had the annual pleasure of attending the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's (AIPAC) Policy Conference held in the Washington, DC convention center Read More »
Amy Winehouse’s Rehab in Yiddish
Pin It Marvin Silbermintz performs Amy Winehouse’s “Rehab” in Yiddish. We will be posting the background on this performance in the next few hours. Stay Tuned! To all our new... Read More »
Best Gift Ever – A Jewneric Channuka Contest: ENDED
Pin It As we approach the end of the Gregorian year we find many reasons and occasions to give. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Kwanzaa or Channuka we all need to... Read More »
Seattle Federation Gunman Found Guilty
Pin It The man who shot up the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle in July 2006 was found guilty today of murder, which carries with it an automatic life sentence.... Read More »
DEAL: Baron Herzog Special Reserve Syrah ’03 – Sold Out!
Pin It UPDATE: While today’s deal of the day finished, be sure to check out Gary Vaynerchuck’s other wine site, WineLibrary.com where there are terrific bargains on Kosher wines as... Read More »
REVIEW: Herb & Dorothy
Pin It A cute elderly couple coming from very minimal means + a love for art = one of the world’s greatest collections of modern minimalist art Read More »
The Symbolism of a Diamond Dreidel
Pin It Last Monday, Mervis Diamond Importers unveiled the world first ever Diamond Dreidel. When I saw this piece of Judaica, I first thought about what a Dreidel meant to... Read More »
