Co-written by Harry Rubenstein (@HarryR) and me, David Abitbol (@Jewlicious). By day they are Jewish community professionals, bloggers, writers, social media consultants and community activists, but by night they unleash their pent up sensual energy and become the sexiest Jews known to mankind. They are this years 100 Sexiest Jews on Twitter. With fingers and minds well honed from crafting clever 140 character missives, these Jews and Jewesses will blow your mind and your... well, you know. Last year the JTA released its first list of the 100 Most Influential Twitterers. Born in sin (you must read our Jewlicious post on the subject - Jewish Twitter Girls Gone Wild - The Top 50), it was a rushed affair that generated results that weren't so much controversial as they were patently ridiculous. … Continue Reading
Chanukah Tweet Up in Jerusalem
This is not going to be one of those complicated posts. Nope. Are we going to contemplate the historical revisionist perspective of the Maccabees? Are we going to contemplate the significance of light during these winter months and how that represents the promotion of knowledge, truth and justice in an ever darkening world? What about Wikileaks? Can we talk about that? The Jewish Agency’s first new mandate in 62 years? No. This is all about donuts. This tweetup, which is just a thinly veiled excuse for donut consumption and probably has little or nothing to do with using social media to save the Jews and make money, is sponsored by the Jewish Agency and the Inbal Hotel. If you’re in Jerusalem you should go because, well, free donuts yo! And since its at the Inbal you know they’re going to … Continue Reading
Camp Jewlicious Wrap Up
Better late than never, eh? It’s been a hell of a week. We never really thought that we’d actually pull it off. I mean Camp Jewlicious. Four days at the breath taking Brandeis Bardin Institute, 130 participants, endless activity and discussions, music … whatever. We’ve all been in a daze this week so cut us a bit of slack ok? It was beyond. Just beyond. Here are some stand out photos because without photos, it didn’t happen! David Abitbol is the creator of Jewlicious.com. For more on the vision behind Jewlicious, see our post Creating Positive Jewish Experiences. … Continue Reading
Sephardic Music Festival NYC 2009
Yallah Chabibi! The Festival that could is back again this year and the line up is, as always, outstanding! Taking place from December 12 to December 19th, New York’s Sephardic Music Festival includes performances by Matisyahu, Y-Love, Pharaoh’s Daughter, DeLeon, Kosha Dillz, Eprhyme, DeScribe and a whole host of more traditional Sephardic musicians. Every year, the Yemenite artist known as Diwon aka Erez aka DJ Handler, the man, no, the force of nature behind Shemspeed and more parties, events and concerts than I can possibly keep track of pulls this Festival together out of fumes, sweat, hard work and I don’t even know what… a love of quality Jewish music and happenings that transcend denominations, fostering unity and booty bumpin’ good tunes. If you are in or near the NYC area, … Continue Reading
Fear of Change
Seriously… Seth Godin wrote a scathing blog post about fear induced institutional torpor found in established non-profit organizations: "These organizations exist solely to make change. That’s why you joined, isn’t it? … The problem facing your group, ironically, is the resistance to the very thing you are setting out to do. Non-profits, in my experience, abhor change … Take a look at the top 100 twitter users in terms of followers. Remember, this is a free tool, one that people use to focus attention and galvanize action. What? None of them are non-profits. Not one as far as I can tell. Is the work you’re doing not important enough to follow, or is it (and I’m betting it is) paralysis in decision making in the face of change? Is there too much bureaucracy or too much fear to … Continue Reading
The Ticket To Jerusalem Project
Nope. This isn’t about a free Birthright Israel trip (although registration for winter begins Sept. 8th and you can go with Jewlicious - more info here), or any kind of flashy contest with cool prizes. The Ticket to Jerusalem Project is a simple concept, really. All you have to do is create any kind of artwork called “Ticket To Jerusalem”. Do it on a thick horizontal piece of paper, 8×3" (20×8 cm), the size of conventional airplane ticket or boarding pass. Attach a stamp, add a return address and mail it WITHOUT an envelope to: Radik Shvarts, PO Box 245614, Brooklyn, NY, 11224, USA. The project deadline is January 1st, 2010 and all entries will posted online. Most of them will also be exhibited internationally and featured in a book titled “Ticket To Jerusalem” that will be published in … Continue Reading
State of the Jewnion
It’s been a week since the Jewlicious Festival ended. I thought some kind of broad recap would be in order and might even prove to be somewhat instructive to those of you out there who are into that sort of thing, like readers of eJewish Philanthropy or the Fundermentalist. Both of those aforementioned blogs deal with issues related to Jewish philanthropy as well as with organizations and projects they fund. Both have also expressed an interest in issues related to youth, innovation and social entrepreneurship - buzz phrases that one often hears uttered by Jewish organizations both large and small. As far as the Festival goes, it was in almost every respect a smashing success. We had nearly 1000 Jewish students and young adults enjoy a weekend full of fun, food, music and over 120 individual … Continue Reading
Tachl!s 2 Point Oh! – Went pretty well…
Last Wednesday we hosted Tachl!s 2 Point Oh! - a seminar on how to make the most use out of user generated Web content for your business, blog or non-profit. I was pleased with the turnout - 85 people despite the off the beaten path venue - which everyone seemed to enjoy. This was a very Tachlis oriented exercise. There was no discussion of politics at all - just a basic rundown of how to use Web 2.0 tools more effectively. I liked the fact that the participants were extremely diverse, pretty much representing all ideological and religious orientations. So why did I do it? Well, the folks I worked with I am certain had their own reasons. As for me, what interests me most about the Internet is how it facilitates conversation. To whatever extent this evening helped passionate people get their voices … Continue Reading
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