Jewish Community
#ASIFA Recap + Funniest Tweets
Pin It Needless to say, the organizers of the ASIFA at Citi Field yesterday are no fans of blogs, even ones with Jewish insights, lest they corrupt the mind they... Read More »
Jews Who Tweet: Meet @shortjewish
Pin It Why did you initially join Twitter? I joined because I was curious about twitter. I had wondered what all the fuss was about. How did you get involved with... Read More »
Jews Who Tweet: Meet @raffeg
Pin It Why did you initially join Twitter? I originally joined Twitter just because I thought that I had to be on every social network imaginable. Years of bullying and... Read More »
Is Our Problem The Technology Or The Users?
Pin It A good player doesn’t blame his equipment when he drops the ball. He knows that rain or shine, it’s up to him to make the play. Is technology... Read More »
Homophobia in the Jewish Community Must Stop
Pin It I remember the first time I heard about gay people. I was watching a protest for gay marriage and asked someone what ‘gay’ was. “It’s men who like... Read More »
Jews Who Tweet: Meet @JYuter
Pin It Why did you initially join Twitter? I actually joined Twitter as a front end to Facebook. I figured since I’m posting the same basic content, if I did... Read More »
Making a Difference on Yom Ha’atzmaut
Pin It In Israel, you get used to seeing IDF soldiers everywhere: walking the streets, on patrols, at the Machsom (road checkpoint). They are always on duty, ready to help.... Read More »
Jews Who Tweet: Meet @hsabomilner
Pin It Why did you initially join Twitter? I had heard buzz that there was a new thing online and I wanted to check it out. Initially my Twitter account... Read More »
A Plea to the Shidduch System
Pin It Everyone is hating on this article from the Jewish Press, and I absolutely agree with 99% of all the negative comments I’m reading from my friends. I feel,... Read More »
A Response To Yitta Halberstam, Good Looking Jews And Jewish Mothers
Pin It Please keep a respectful and constructive tone in commenting and cross-posting. We all come from different backgrounds and we are not here to judge religious affiliations. Thank you!... Read More »
Jews Who Tweet: Meet @bethanyshondark
Pin It Why did you initially join Twitter? I initially joined Twitter in October 2008 because my best friend, a techie, wouldn’t stop talking about it. How did you get... Read More »
Best Jewish Wedding Video … Ever
Pin It I came across this video last week on Facebook, and was floored by the amazing quality of the video, how well it ties in to the song (“Paradise”... Read More »
Is there a Jewish community on Twitter?
Pin It We tend to think about Jewish communities (and communities, in general) in terms of location and self-definition. But the world of Web 2.0 allows us to go beyond... Read More »
Questions for the Jewish Future
Pin It Though reports of the demise of America are greatly exaggerated the world is still at a crossroads. We are living in the age of democratization of the nuclear... Read More »
How I Became a “Jewish” Artist
Pin It Once upon a time I was an artist in New York City. I lived in a fifth floor walk up with one bathroom that I shared with three... Read More »
A Republican Jew on Progressive Jews, Israel, and the American Jewish Community
Pin It As a Republican Jew I often find myself in the minority. As someone who is deeply involved in Jewish life this happens quite often. Yet when it comes... Read More »
Yes. Palm Oil Truly IS Kosher.
Pin It It has become increasingly fashionable among some in my Jewish community to promote the notion that kosher food must be, what they call, “sustainable.” First, it is important... Read More »
The Small Voice Of Moderation in Bet Shemesh
Pin It In The Year Of The Protester, we used the hashtag and we mimed the slogan to great effect.  But real change takes more than a slogan.  It takes dialog.  It... Read More »
Jewish Relativity
Pin It Religious leaders often posit that the secular world is morally relative and adrift. The changing and metastasizing values of the larger world are no doubt foreboding and challenging... 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 »
