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In Jerusalem Again and in the Press…

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15 years ago

by Esther in Blogging with Esther, Esther in the Press, Kvell

Since Tuesday I’ve been here in Jerusalem, thanks to the Nefesh B’Nefesh flight which imported me in order to introduce me to their work in bringing Jews to Israel for aliyah, and on occasion of the first international Jewish blogger convention. Coverage of that has been all over the web, including at MyUrbanKvetch and Jewlicious, and in several print publications as well, including Ynet (in which I’m quoted) and Haaretz (in which I’m not quoted, but CK from Jewlicious and Friend of Esther Benji Lovitt–of WhatWarZone.com–are).

I also did three radio interviews, for Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) and Reshet Bet (Channel 2) in Hebrew and for IsraelRadio in English. (Links to come when I have them.) The Hebrew interviews were difficult, but hopefully I didn’t sound too insane. You’ll be the judge of that when the links go up, I’m sure…

Here are some links to press coverage which contain quotes from me:
Jewish Journal (Los Angeles)
Ynet (Hebrew)
Ynet (English)

Shabbat shalom from Jerusalem.

aliyah Israel Nefesh B'Nefesh

General Assembly Retrospective

16 years ago

by Esther in Esther in the Press, Events with Esther, Kvell

There’s been lots of press about this year’s GA, which devoted a plenary to Next Generation issues. I was honored to serve as a speaker for that plenary.

If you missed it, here’s a link to the video.

Full text of the delivered speech available at MyUrbanKvetch.com; click and let the link lead you…

Jewish Blogging’s Poster Girl Strikes Again

18 years ago

by Esther in Esther in the Press

From “From Internet Pals to Real Friends, Bloggers Remaking Jewish Community” (JTA, May 8, 2006)

The personal bonds created by these ongoing Web conversations can be strong. New York writer Esther Kustanowitz, who runs three blogs and contributes regularly to others, met several bloggers from her sites at the conference. They’d never met before, but she says they felt like old friends.

“It’s a subversion of the usual construct of celebrity,” she says. “You know people not by how they look, but from the inside out.”

The story was also picked up by the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent and J.-The Jewish News Weekly (San Francisco).

Update May 20, 2006:
J. expanded on the story in this article, “People of the Blog.”

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