Esther’s in Vegas. No, not THAT Esther? We’ll shift our focus to Queen Esther in less than two weeks. For now, the focus is on another Esther. Connected Jewish leaders know that Esther Kustanowitz, the writer and social media consultant,…
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Grandparents and Facebook: When Bubbie and Zaydie Log In
I set up my Facebook account in 2004 none of my real life friends had accounts yet. At that stage in the social networking site’s development, a Facebook account was only for university students (or at least anyone with a…
Tagged with: Boomers, Elderly, Facebook, Grandparents, Jewish, Social Media, Social Network, Social Networking, Social Networks
Posted in Jewish Techs Blog
Posted in Jewish Techs Blog
Looking at Chabad’s Success with the Web and Social Media
When it comes to exploiting the Internet for publicity, no Jewish organization does it better than Chabad. Back in the 90’s, Chabad Lubavitch took full advantage of the virtual communities on America Online (AOL) and then launched some of the…
Tagged with: Chabad, Chabad Lubavitch, Cyberspace, Internet, Judaism and Technology, Lubavitch, Orthodox Judaism, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Social Networking, Web
Posted in Jewish Techs Blog
Posted in Jewish Techs Blog
Porn Website Owner Sells Twitter Handle to State of Israel
For several years when you put whitehouse.com into your web browser it wouldn’t take you to the official home of our President on the Web, but rather to the home of a pornographic Web site. In 2004, the owner of…
Tagged with: Israel, Israel Government, Israeli, Marketing, Money, Politics, Porn, Porn Website, Pornography, Social Media, Social Networking, Twitter
Posted in Jewish Techs Blog
Posted in Jewish Techs Blog
Foursquare and Religion: Who’s Mayor of the Minyan?
Each synagogue minyan(daily prayer group) has the one person who always seems to be there. In some congregations, this might be the gabbai(a ritual director of sorts). In other shuls it might be the rabbi. And in others it might be…
Tagged with: FourSquare, Internet, Judaism and Technology, Social Media, Social Networking, Web
Posted in Jewish Techs Blog
Posted in Jewish Techs Blog
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.
