http://www.jta.org/news/ en zsilberman@washingtonjewishweek.com Copyright 2012 2012-02-09T22:54:00-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/2009/12/10/1009650/op-ed-innovators-wanted-non-rich-need-not-apply http://www.jta.org/site/op-ed-innovators-wanted-non-rich-need-not-apply/#When:19:34:00Z Social innovation think tanks and incubators are beginning to dominate the institutional landscape -- but who can possibly afford to participate in these programs, asks a Jewish Internet guru. Opinion, Sub Headline 2009-12-10T19:34:00-05:00 http://www.jta.org/news/article/2009/07/13/1006490/jewish-baseball-fans-celebrate-heritage-in-coney-island http://www.jta.org/site/jewish-baseball-fans-celebrate-heritage-in-coney-island/#When:19:42:00Z JTA's Dan Sieradski visited Keyspan Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, as the Mets' minor league affiliate, The Cyclones, celebrated Jewish Heritage Night. Frontpage Lead Image, Jewish Life, Arts & Culture, Lead Headline 2009-07-13T19:42:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/06/04/1005651/steal-this-post http://www.jta.org/site/steal-this-post/#When:22:05:00Z The decline of Jewish newspapers is being accelerated by the rise of Jewish news aggregation Web sites which steal content from more prominent sources, robbing them of desperately needed licensing fees and revenue-generating traffic. And JTA’s director of digital media, Dan Sieradski, has something to say about it—and plenty of rabbis to back him up! Featured 2009-06-04T22:05:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/06/04/1005654/klezmer-and-kosher-wine-sate-brunchers-at-city-winery http://www.jta.org/site/klezmer-and-kosher-wine-sate-brunchers-at-city-winery/#When:21:46:00Z City Winery brings klezmer and kosher wine to NYC’s Sunday brunchers. Video by Liz Nord.  2009-06-04T21:46:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/05/26/1005418/beijings-jewish-restaurants-face-demolition http://www.jta.org/site/beijings-jewish-restaurants-face-demolition/#When:19:12:00Z Beijing’s two neighboring Jewish restaurants are being forced to relocate by a city order demolishing their buildings. Featured 2009-05-26T19:12:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/05/15/1005181/of-israel-jews-and-contemporary-dance http://www.jta.org/site/of-israel-jews-and-contemporary-dance/#When:18:54:00Z Explore Israeli dance and Jewish expression with dancer Jesse Zaritt, who performed this week at the LABA Festival at the 14th St. Y in Manhattan. 2009-05-15T18:54:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/04/05/1004256/about-that-email http://www.jta.org/site/about-that-email/#When:21:14:01Z I will be the first to admit that Friday’s fundraising letter was ill-advised and regrettable.  The characterization of bloggers and Twitterers as “non-professional” and unreliable was not only counterproductive but arguably false.  Featured 2009-04-05T21:14:01-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2007/11/12/999728/enabling-the-next-big-jewish-idea http://www.jta.org/site/enabling-the-next-big-jewish-idea/#When:23:52:00Z Every so often, a conversation will arise in Jewish professional circles around “the next big Jewish idea.” The question is asked, what’s the next big thing that’s going reinvigorate and renew Jewish life for an increasingly intermarried and disinterested American Jewry? What’s the silver bullet that’s going to save us from our own self-destruction? Brandeis is currently offering a professorship and a six-figure salary graciously provided by Charles Bronfman to someone who can devise, if not a solution, a pathway towards a solution to this question. Yet it is my belief that the next big Jewish idea will not be hatched inside a board room. It will not be the result of a research study. It will not come from within an institution at all. Rather, the next big Jewish idea will be the work of a young, independently minded individual seeking to address the needs of his or her own self or his or her own immediate community. 2007-11-12T23:52:00-05:00