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Category Archives: Blogging
The Editorial Board At Jewschool
Jewschool.com apparently does not have bloggers. It has an "editorial board." Holy hell! Who came up with that term? Could it be the founder of Jewschool.com, the Orthodox Anarchist Dan Sieradski? Jewschool consistently gets about half the traffic of this … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Daniel Sieradski, Jewish Journalism, Jewschool, JTA
Tagged anti zionist, engagement opportunities, holy hell, jewish establishment, Jewschool, open revolt
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19 Reasons To Blog And Not Just Tweet
Adam Singer writes: Twitter is popular because it is easy. It is easy to setup, easy to copy-paste links into, and easy to write 140 character bits. But, having your own blog remains the strongest platform if you’re serious about … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging
Tagged antithesis, infinite life, long periods of time, purgatory, spades, true commitment
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The Seforim Blog And Tradition Magazine Part Ways
You can now find the Seforim blog at its old address. What happened? No explanation was offered in the Tradition announcement. Moshe Friedman posts: "My guess: some higher-up RCA rabbis actually read some of the things posted on the site … Continue reading
Embrace Your Bad Self
Friends of mine are obsessed about bad things — many of them true — said about them on the internet. This is totally understandable. Reading bad things about yourself, especially when true, feel like a knife ripping through your abdomen. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Internet, Personal
Tagged abdomen, felony conviction, obsessing, orthodox rabbi, social networking
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Racism In Orthodox Judaism
Aliza Hausman, a Dominican convert to Orthodox Judaism, writes for the Jewish Journal: My husband and I started speaking out about racism in the Jewish community when a friend asked us to speak at a synagogue in Washington Heights, in … Continue reading
Posted in Blacks, Blogging, Jews, Orthodoxy, Politics, Race
Tagged african roots, harvard professor, head scarf, orthodox judaism, real estate broker, shabbos table
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Brooklyn Blogs Buzzing About Arrested Rabbis
From the New York Times: On a blog catering to young Syrian Jews in Brooklyn (where almost everyone has a blog), one comment seemed to crystallize the mix of puzzlement and dark humor emerging in some parts of their community … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Rabbis
Tagged dark humor, financial fraud, Rabbis, sephardic, solomon dwek, syrian jews
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JTA Struggles To Survive
Steven Ira Weiss blogs: In a new twist on what’s become the near-constant pleading for donations from JTA, President Elisa Spungen Bildner insults producers of new media explicitly: Without a strong JTA, the storytelling will be left to bloggers, twitterers, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Jewish Journalism, Journalism, JTA, Steven I. Weiss
Tagged bildner, Jewish Journal, jewish media, jewish newspapers, media producers, philadelphia jewish exponent
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Does God Belong At Work?
Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky writes: To fully appreciate how high the stakes were, it’s necessary to realize that the scoffers were not merely challenging Moshe’s particular abilities as a spiritual architect. They were challenging the very premise of the entire religious … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Ethics, Pico/Robertson, R. Yosef Kanefsky
Tagged benefit of the doubt, creative endeavors, first prayer, human belief, rabbi yosef, value integrity
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JTA Vs The Blogosphere
Jewlicious reports: To summarize, the JTA sent out a fundraising letter that insulted bloggers and tweeters. The JBloggers got pissed and the JTA backtracked. That should have been the end of it right? But then the Forward picked up the … Continue reading →