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Writing and Resources by Esther D. Kustanowitz
September’s Beliefnet Posts
Sep 20th
As a contributor to Beliefnet’s Idol Chatter, I cover the intersection of spirituality and popular culture. These are my posts from this month: “Bridging the Gap”: Jewish and Middle Eastern Comics Laugh Together “Modern Orthodox”: ANTM Contestant Gives Up Sabbath for Modeling Hut vs. Hut: Artists Take on the Sukkah
Under Construction – Please Watch Your Head
Sep 12th
Hi all – there will be some repairs going on here at EstherK.com. Hopefully, this won’t interfere with posting, but just wanted to give you the heads up about the impending scaffolding.
Casting Call – The Rite of Tashlich (Jewish Journal)
Sep 8th
Casting Call: A Tashlich Meditation (The Jewish Journal, September 8, 2010) My shoes slip off, my feet sink into soft sand and then approach the sea, where they submerge and are washed. But even freshly emerged from water, they remind me that just because you’ve washed something doesn’t mean it’s truly clean. Rosh Hashanah marks
Fed-Up Employee Creating Bad PR? Social Media Can Help (Just Ask JetBlue)
Aug 13th
We’ve all been at that point, when you’re so frustrated with your work that you just want to grab a beer, inflate the slide and jump out ofthe aircraft, sliding your way to freedom. Those of us with a reality filter know we can’t do that. We’ll lose our jobs, be the subject of ridicule
Your “Twimprimatur,” and Other Secrets of Social Media
Aug 9th
What’s a Twimprimatur? Here’s a hint: I made it up. And here’s another hint: imprimatur + Twitter. (Imprimatur literally means “let it be printed,” but here are some more definitions.) In July, I was interviewed by Rusty Mike Radio in Jerusalem – we went deep into blogging, Twitter, Facebook, and more. Check out the entire
“Disconnect to Connect” – Unplugging for the Sabbath
Jun 20th
The Jewish Standard recently asked for my comments about whether people are too technology-reliant these days, and how it can impact Jewish connections and community. People first used e-mail, for example, to keep in touch with others they wouldn’t otherwise reach, Kustanowitz said. “It was a way to mass-produce these kinds of communications that were
Jewish Blogging 101 and 201 Now Online
Jun 17th
I recently concluded a three-part webinar series on social media and blogging for the Jewish Communal Professionals of Southern California. My presentations from those webinars are now available online. See the “Social Media Basics” webinar here. Newly uploaded on Slideshare is “Jewish Blogging 101″ and “Jewish Blogging 201,” both below. Jewish Blogging 101 – JCPSC
“Social Media Basics” Now Online!
May 26th
In April, I did the first of a three-part social media webinar series for the Jewish Communal Professionals of Southern California. Our focus in this session was an overview of social media and to begin the discussion of how social media can help Jewish non-profits strengthen their public profiles, promote their projects, and enhance their
Does Your Organization Have an Anti-Innovation Checklist?
Mar 18th
Is your organization or boss afraid of change? Turned off by technology? Terrified by the prospect of innovation? Then he (or she, or they) might already have an ‘anti-innovation checklist” – a group of core principles and phrases that they trot out in order to discredit new ideas and creativity in favor of the status
Are Facebook and Twitter a Fad?
Feb 24th
At a recent event about social media and Jewish community, I spoke on a panel with Leah Jones where we addressed what the future of these social media tools might be. More videos from this event are available on my YouTube channel.
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