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Jewish Non-Profits and Social Media – Do They Get It?
ByRabbi Jason Miller February 16, 2012April 5, 2015

Cross-posted to the Jewish Techs blog at The Jewish WeekAs a rabbi who is a social mediaologist, I find myself consulting a lot of synagogues and Jewish nonprofits on their social media strategy. The leaders of these institutions all recognize that they require a social media strategy, but the plan for how it will be…

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Making Shivah Easier Using Technology
ByRabbi Jason Miller February 2, 2012

Originally published in the Detroit Jewish News When Sharon Rosen’s mother passed away in July 2009 she had the same eye-opening realization that many survivors do during the week of shivah: The death of a loved one can be a stressful, anxiety-ridden time. Overwhelmed with sadness and the reality of her loss, Rosen experienced planning…

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iPads in Jewish Day Schools
ByRabbi Jason Miller January 27, 2012

A version of this appeared on the JTA.org website Bill Gates paid a visit to Steve Jobs toward to the end of the Apple visionary’s life. The two technology giants talked about the future of education. According to Walter Isaacson’s biography of Jobs, both men agreed that computers had made surprisingly little impact on schools….

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Experiencing Israel’s Majesty Each Day Through New Mobile App Israel365
ByRabbi Jason Miller January 5, 2012

Cross-posted on the “Jewish Techs” blog on The Jewish Week website 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…

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Join the Minyan with Skype
ByRabbi Jason Miller November 9, 2011

It was 1998 and I was in my first semester of rabbinical school at the Jewish Theological Seminary. My Talmud professor, Rabbi Avram Israel Reisner, approached me after class one day to discuss a project he was working on. As a member of the Conservative Movement’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards (CJLS), he was…

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Technology in Jewish Schools
ByRabbi Jason Miller November 4, 2011

I still remember the time in 1st grade when my father brought our Apple II Plus into the classroom in an effort to show my classmates the wonders of Turtle Graphics. It was 1982 and each little 1st grader waited in line to get a chance to touch the odd looking keyboard and try to…

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The Jewish Zen of Steve Jobs
ByRabbi Jason Miller October 6, 2011

For many years I’ve been writing and speaking about the impact of technology on Jewish life. In 1995 I had the idea to use email (it was still fairly new at the time) to ask random people around the world to wish my brother congratulations on his upcoming bar mitzvah. The response was overwhelming and…

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Dead Sea Scrolls Go Online
ByRabbi Jason Miller September 26, 2011

After the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in a cave in Qumran in the winter of 1946–47 by Muhammed edh-Dhib, a Bedouin boy, and his cousin, it still took two decades until they were placed on display in a museum. Now, about 65 years after their discovery they can now be accessed online. Today, the…

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Facebook Advice from Nuns
ByRabbi Jason Miller September 23, 2011

Cross-posted to the Jewish Techs blog at The Jewish Week 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…

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FaceGlat Gets Hacked Again
ByRabbi Jason Miller September 20, 2011

Cross-posted to the Jewish Techs blog at The Jewish Week 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…

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