Category Archives: Blogging

JTA Vs The Blogosphere

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Luke Ford

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 →

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JTA Struggles To Survive

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Luke Ford

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 →

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Does God Belong At Work?

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Luke Ford

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 →

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Jackie Mason Calls The President A ‘Schvartze’

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Luke Ford

"Schvartze" is a Yiddish word that means black. In its denotative meaning, there’s nothing pejorative about the word. Just like the German word, it simply means the color black. Still, many of the PC police in Jewish life say it … Continue reading →

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Making Money From Blogging

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Luke Ford

Daniel Lyons writes for Newsweek: For two years I was obsessed with trying to turn a blog into a business. I posted 10 or 20 items a day to my site, The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, rarely taking a … Continue reading →

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