From Forbes.com This Synagogue Is Breaking Away From A 2,000 Year Old Model And Solving Judaism’s Biggest Problem By Alyson Krueger Last summer Rabbi Dovi Scheiner and his wife Esty realized they had a problem. Over the past decade they…
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Rabbi Dovi Scheiner Launches Synago Mobile Synagogue
Tagged with: Entrepreneurship, Hasidic, Judaism, Kosher, Mobile App, Rabbis, Synago, Synagogue, Tech, Technology, Young Jews
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Posted in Jewish Techs Blog
Rabbinical Assembly Launches Mobile App for Jewish Prayers
In a move to give individuals the tools to fully experience Judaism in their everyday lives, the Rabbinical Assembly, the international association of Conservative rabbis and Masorti rabbis (Israel and Europe) has created a new smartphone app. Sanctifull, as the…
Tagged with: Apple iOS, Blessings, iPad, iPhone, Jewish, Jewish Apps, Jewish Blessings, Jewish Mobile Apps, Jewish Prayers, Jewish Rabbis, Judaism, Mobile Apps, Rabbi Jan Uhrbach, Rabbinical Assembly, Rabbis
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Posted in Jewish Techs Blog
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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Posted in Jewish Techs Blog
Kyocera Gets Sued by Ben Stein for Religious Discrimination
Ben Stein legal battle with Kyocera continue. Stein, who played the memorable high school teacher in the 1986 movie (“Bueller? Bueller?”) was set to film a commercial for Kyocera, the producer of cameras, copiers, printers, mobile phones, and the like.…
Tagged with: Anti-Semitism, Ben Stein, Celebrities, Celebs, Environmentalism, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Jewish, Jewish Celebrities, Judaism, Kyocera, Legal, Movies, Politics, Racism, Technology
Posted in Jewish Techs Blog
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Jesus Daily and Torah Daily: Religious Study Through Social Media
With about a billion users between Facebook and Twitter alone, more topics than just Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga are being discussed on social media networks today. Religion is certainly one of them. An article by Jennifer Preston in yesterday’s…
Tagged with: Christian Learning, Christianity, Facebook, Facebook Education, Faith, Jesus Daily, Jewish Education, Jewish Learning, Jewish Study, Judaism, Rabbis, Religion, Social Media, Social Networking, Spirituality, Torah Daily, Twitter
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Laws of Shabbat and e-Readers
The gadgets have changed our lives. And technology will change our lives even more in the future. For Sabbath observant Jews, tech gadgets pose some lingering questions about their usage on Shabbat. My teacher, Rabbi Daniel Nevins, is a member…
Tagged with: Committee on Jewish Law and Standards, eBooks, eReaders, Jewish, Jewish Law, Judaism, Judaism and Technology, Literature, Menachem Wecker, Rabbi Danny Nevins, Shabbat, Technology
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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.
