A Lexicon in Flux

Sh’ma February 2010, Issue no. 666: Do-it Yourself Judaism This new creative enterprise that has been variously referred to as start-ups, emergents, and the innovation ecosystem is now being called DIY, Do-It-Yourself, a term with roots in the subculture of punk music. Drawing on the lexicon of punk rock offers an important counterbalance to a…

Posted by kelnersj on September 28, 2011 in Media, jewish innovation, jewish leadership, op-eds

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Op-Eds

Serious Fun The Jerusalem Post June 28, 2010 When Birthright was launched a decade ago, skeptics dismissed the 10-day tours of Israel as little more than a free party for privileged college kids. It was an unfair critique, but it gained traction because it combined the ever popular lament about the “youth of today” with…

Posted by fullerra on August 3, 2011 in , Birthright Israel, book, diaspora, israel, news, op-eds, tourism

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Serious Fun

The Jerusalem Post June 28, 2010 When Birthright was launched a decade ago, skeptics dismissed the 10-day tours of Israel as little more than a free party for privileged college kids. It was an unfair critique, but it gained traction because it combined the ever popular lament about the “youth of today” with an equally…

Posted by kelnersj on June 28, 2010 in Media, Birthright Israel, book, diaspora, israel, op-eds, tourism

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So Near, So Far

New York Jewish Week
May 12, 2010

A traveler’s quiz: When American Jewish tourists arrive at Israel’s Ben-Gurion Airport, which two words are they more likely to be greeted with?

A) “Welcome home!”
B) “Passport, please.”
Resist the temptation to choose “A.”

Posted by kelnersj on May 12, 2010 in Media, Birthright Israel, book, diaspora, israel, op-eds, tourism

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The Place of Cultural Production

Sh’ma June 2007, Issue no. 642: Place, Space, and the Shaping of American Judaism From Congregation B’nai Jeshurun to Heeb Magazine, New York is producing a new urban Jewish culture defined through shelilat haparbar, the “negation of the suburbs.” But can a culture defined in opposition to the suburbs revitalize Jewish life there? Read more…

Posted by kelnersj on June 30, 2007 in Media, jewish innovation, new york, op-eds, space/place, synagogues

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