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February 17th, 2012

Jew in the City Is A Top Ten Jewish Influencer in Social Media

How exactly do you measure success for a world wide Orthodox image makeover campaign? Number of YouTube hits? Facebook fans? Emails with beautiful feedback that people's minds are changing? We've been getting more and more of these as we go along, but it's still pretty hard to know how well we're doing. This week, however, we learned some exciting news about Jew in the City's impact. National Jewish Outreach Project (NJOP) named me (through my work with Jew in the City) as one of the Top Ten Jewish Influencers in Social Media.

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Tags: Jewish Influencer Awards, Jewish Treats, Jewish Tweets, NJOP
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February 10th, 2012

An Open Letter to Jerry Seinfeld About Existential Angst

Hi Jerry-

My husband and I recently saw your show at Foxwoods. I knew you'd be funny, but you surprised me with how serious you got at one point. It was the joke about how people always complain that there's not enough time in life, when in fact, there's too much time.

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Tags: existential angst, Jerry Seinfeld
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January 31st, 2012

How Can I Support My Intermarried Cousin Even Though I Know She Made a Wrong Choice?

Dear Jew in the City,

My cousin recently got married to an non-Jew. How can I support her even though I know she made a wrong choice?!!!

Thanks,
A Concerned Cousin Continue reading How Can I Support My Intermarried Cousin Even Though I Know She Made a Wrong Choice?

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January 27th, 2012

Shabbaton Being Postponed and a Speaking Tour in South Florida

We had an overwhelming response to our announcement about a JITC/Mayim Bialik Shabbaton. Unfortunately, Mayim has had a change in her schedule. Therefore, we will not be able to do the Shabbaton in May as planned, but are looking into another time to do it instead. Stay tuned!

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January 18th, 2012

Jew in the City: Freeda Wigs Makeover Edition

Jew in the City gets ambushed by Freeda Wigs! It's the world's first sheitel makeover! (Video is meant for women.)

Tags: Freeda Wigs, makeover, sheitel, wig
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January 16th, 2012

Mean Girls (And Guys): Even Moses Had Haters

When you put yourself online in a public way, you open yourself up to haters, trolls, and lots of other nasty stuff. Thank God, mean emails and comments about Jew in the City don't come in too frequently, and I've managed to increase the thickness of my skin over the years for when they do. But even so, every now and again, something is posted that gets me down. Which is upsetting, because I've only put myself out there like this in order to bring good things to the Jewish people and the world.

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Tags: haters, Korach, Moshe
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January 10th, 2012

Exclusive Mayim Bialik/Jew in the City Shabbaton Coming Up!

I'm thrilled to announce that JITC is planning to host an exclusive Shabbaton, featuring Mayim and me (and, possibly, some surprise guests). We will be leading a series of talks and discussions geared to everyone's interests (the Shabbaton is open to people of all Jewish backgrounds and ages). Our aim is to spend an intimate Shabbos together with you; sharing ideas, insights,experiences and a wonderful Shabbat spirit.

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Tags: mayim bialik, shabbaton
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January 6th, 2012

What’s in a Name: A Call to Re-brand the Extremists in Israel from “ultra-Orthodox” to “Sikrikim”

Over the course of Jewish history, groups of Jews have occasionally splintered off from mainstream Torah Judaism, in terms of theology and observance. For example, in the Second Temple period, there were the Sadducees and the Essenes. In the early middle ages there were the Karaites. And in modern times, Jews have broken off to form non-Orthodox denominations. While the system of halacha (Jewish law) has many paths within it (i.e., there is often more than one halachically valid answer to a question), at a certain point, an idea or practice is simply outside the scope of normative Torah belief and observance.

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Tags: Beit Shemesh, Sikrikim, ultra-Orthodox
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December 28th, 2011

JITC Freeda Wig Makeover and Upcoming Front Page Article in The Jewish Press

Last week, as I was meeting a friend for coffee, I got "ambushed" by Freeda Wigs and was given a sheitel makeover! They filmed the whole thing, as I tried on different wig styles, picked my favorite one, and got it cut and styled. The video (and my new look!) will be released in the next week or so, and I'm hoping that it will take away the scariness and negativity some people associate with hair covering and sheitels in particular.

I was also recently asked to write a front page article for The Jewish Press, to follow up on the front page article I wrote two years ago about Jew in the City. Many of you have emailed or commented beautiful messages about how Jew in the City has positively affected your life. If JITC has positively impacted you, but you haven't shared your story with us yet, please do so at jewinthecity@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you!

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December 25th, 2011

Candlelight: Connecting the Finite to the Infinite on Chanukah

When Chanukah came on Tuesday night, I was drained like I haven't been drained in quite some time. My baby had begun teething the night before and had woken up half a dozen times. My older son (who's been screaming out randomly at night) also woke up several times. Despite barely sleeping, I had to get out early to meet a friend that morning and then spent the day filming a new video.

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Tags: Candlelight, Chanukah, miracles
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