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Farewell and Reflections From a Jewess with Attitude

Dear friends,After three invaluable years, I’m signing off as Communications Specialist and Blogger-in-Chief at the Jewish Women’s Archive.In the three years since I started on my journey with Jewesses with Attitude, this blog has undergone a transformation. Its readership has grown from around 6,000 unique viewers per month to nearly 16,000 per month. A dedicated, passionate, and diverse group of writers ...

Factors in Choosing a Mesivta for your Son – Part 2

Make lots of effort to speak to as many parents of boys currently in the school as possible. I cannot emphasize enough how important this is. Ask a lot of directed questions. Try to find out how the rebbeim/menahelim handle problem situations – like scuffles/fights in school, skipping class, chutzpah, bullying — even how they would handle an instance of ...

Factors in Choosing a Mesivta for your Son – Part 1

‘Tis the season for high school applications, acceptances, and choices. For those who feel that they could use some pointers in how to go about making these choices I have put together some ideas which were the result of advice passed along to me, hard-won personal insights, and things I have observed during the tenure of three sons in mesivta ...

FaceGlat Gets Hacked Again

FaceGlat, the ultra-Orthodox social networking site, is an attempt to offer Haredi Jews the experience of Facebook without all the immodesty. From the opening page it reminds one of public restrooms with a sign for men to enter through one door and women to enter through their own door. FaceGlat’s name is a mashup of Facebook and glatt, the term ...

Facebook, Transparency and the Next World

Like everybody and his old chum from 10th grade biology, I’m on Facebook. Thanks to Facebook, reconnecting with people from the past has never been easier. Type in the name of someone you knew at any phase of your life – elementary school, summer camp, your first job out of college – and quite likely, you’ll find a picture of ...

Facebook Is No Friend

If Mark Zuckerberg tries to friend me, I will decline. Nothing personal. His vision just doesn’t resonate with me, so why let him into my social network?Zuckerberg, in case your cave isn’t wired, is Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. He is 26 years old, and a billionaire for inventing Facebook, where people share personal information, photos, and random thoughts ...

Facebook is Boring When You’re Not Trying to Get Some

Now that I’m not trying to score with the ladies, Facebook has gotten kind of boring. I used to be clever in my status updates and pretty much use Facebook as a tool to get girls. I’m sure that most people aren’t as shallow as me, but besides for bragging about my awesome life, marketing my blog and talking to ...

Facebook Advice from Nuns

As Social Media has become more popular over the past few years, an emerging field of study and consulting has emerged. All of a sudden everyone is a social media maven. The youngest employee (or intern) at law offices, accounting firms, medical practices, restaurants and non-profit organizations suddenly become the in-house social media experts charged with the task of creating ...

Experimental Fridays: Lady Gaga’s Sukkot

There is a simple beauty to the holiday of Sukkot, perhaps because it is the chag (holiday) with the least meshugas (craziness). The Day of Atonement and the month of weighty reflection are behind us, the manic celebration of Simchas Torah lies ahead. Sukkot, often called The Festival of Ingathering, is unadorned, honest, at peace with itself.And it reminds me of Lady Gaga.Though I ...

Experiencing Israel’s Majesty Each Day Through New Mobile App Israel365

Like many American rabbis who relocate to Israel on aliyah, Rabbi Naftali “Tuly” Weisz began to look for a way to make a difference in the Holy Land. The 30-something Modern Orthodox rabbi had already made some significant relationships with the Israel-loving Evangelical Christian community in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.Wanting to continue his outreach to the Evangelical Zionists, Rabbi ...

eWeek: E-Readers Like Kindle are Destroying the Publishing Industry

In a dramatic article, eWeek declares that e-readers like Kindle and Nook are destroying the publishing industry.They make a good case. Even so, the transition will take more time than they imagine. Many people will be slow to abandon their paper books.Here is what eWeek says in, “Kindle, Nook, Other E-Readers Wrecking Publishing Industry: Report”:Amazon’s Kindle, Barnes and Noble’s Nook, ...

Everywhere I Walk

Rebbe Nachman of Breslev said, “Everywhere I walk, I walk in the Land of Israel.”Guy Tzvi Mintz is one of Breslev’s (and Jewish music’s) best musicians. He’s also my dear friend and brother. Here’s how we concluded a personal prayer session up in the Judean Hills near Bat Ayin:Read More: @ lazerbrody.typepad.comYou might also like:No Entrance!Careful, Sports Fans!Johnny Cash: In the ...