Besides the often told joke that the definition of a Jewish holiday is “they tried to kill us, we prevailed, now let’s eat,” there are not many jokes about the Jewish calendar. You might be surprised to know that the…
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Looking for a Luach Mobile App? Put a Hebrew Calendar on Your iPhone!
Tagged with: Android, Apple, Apps, Cell Phone, Hebrew, Hebrew Calendar, iPad, iPhone, Jewish Calendar, Jewish Holidays, Luach, Mobile Apps, Penticon, RustyBrick
Posted in Jewish Techs Blog
Posted in Jewish Techs Blog
Jewish Holidays? There’s An App for That!
I wasn’t surprised that a reporter from the New York Times contacted me about mobile apps for Passover this year. I was just surprised it took her that long. Jennifer Medina, a reporter for the NY Times, called my cellphone…
Tagged with: Android, App Store, Apple, Appstore, Hanukkah, Holidays, iPad, iPhone, Jewish Holidays, Mobile Apps, Passover, Pesach, Purim, Shavuot, Simchat Torah
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Posted in Jewish Techs Blog
Best Jewish iPhone Apps
What are the best iPhone Apps with Jewish content? Here’s a quick rundown: 10. Dreidel HD By: Captain Moustache, LLP “Jews young and old… REJOICE! Hanukkah has finally hit the iPad.” That’s right, Dreidel HD lets you virtually spin the dreidel for your chance…
Tagged with: Android, Apple, Apps, Appstore, Fun Apps, iPhone, Jewish, Jewish Games, Jewish Holidays, Jewish Resources, Mobile Apps
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Posted in Jewish Techs Blog
Offering Repentance with Facebook and Twitter
Is it acceptable to tweet teshuvah (repentance) or offer a mea culpa on Facebook? A few Yom Kippur holidays ago, I delivered a sermon explaining how Jewish people have begun “doing teshuvah” — seeking repentance from others — through social networking…
Tagged with: Detroit Free Press, Facebook, Forgiveness, Jewish Holidays, Jewish Ritual, Judaism and Technology, Niraj Warikoo, Repentance, Ritual, Rosh Hashanah, Social Media, Social Networking, Sorry, Teshuva, Twitter, Yom Kippur
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Is Texting on Rosh Hashanah Kosher?
There was undoubtedly more texting in shul this Rosh Hashanah than in past years. In most liberal congregations, texting was likely done as discreetly as possible, often with a cellphone hidden low in one’s lap. In some congregations it might…
Tagged with: Halacha, High Holidays, High Holy Days, Holidays, Jewish Holidays, Juda, Judaism, Rosh Hashanah, SMS, Tech, Texting, Torah
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Mourning the Jerusalem Temple’s Destruction (Mobile App)
Tisha B’Av, the 25-hour fast day beginning Monday night, is not the most popular holiday on the Jewish calendar. Many Jews let this summer day of commemoration of the destruction of the two temples in Jerusalem (as well as other…
Tagged with: Android, Apple, Apps, iPad, iPhone, Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish Holidays, Mobile Apps, Tisha B'Av
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Jason Miller is NOT your typical rabbi. Known as the Techie Rabbi, he launched Access Computer Technology in 2010 and has grown it into a full-scale technology firm that provides social media marketing consulting and web design in addition to IT support. Ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary a decade ago, Rabbi Jason has made a name for himself as a popular blogger, social media expert, educator and entrepreneur. Based in Detroit, his congregation includes more than a million people who read his blog and follow him in Cyberspace. He began the Jewish Techs blog in January 2010 as the New York Jewish Week's technology expert.
An entrepreneurial rabbi and an alum of Clal's "Rabbi Without Borders" fellowship, Jason Miller is a rabbi and thought leader whose personal blog has been viewed by millions. The Detroit Free Press called him “the most tech-savvy Jewish leader" and the Huffington Post ranked him among the top Jewish Twitter users in the world. A social media expert, Rabbi Jason is a popular speaker and writer on technology and its effect on the Jewish world. He writes the "Jewish Techs" blog for The Jewish Week and the monthly "Jews in the Digital Age" column for the Detroit Jewish News.
Miller won the 2012 Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award from the West Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce and is one of the winners of a Jewish Influencer award from the National Jewish Outreach Program.
