Category: JIB Awards

The Finals Are Upon Us

The 2007 JIB Awards final votes have begun, and thanks to you, my readers, Israellycool has made it through in the following categories:Best Jewish Humor BlogBest Pro-Israel Advocacy BlogBest Jewish Right-Wing Political BlogBest Contribution / Jewish Blog that Made a DifferenceBest Jewish Live Event Coverage Blog-Post Since I achieved my objective of making it through [...]

Getting Jibby With It

Today’s the final day for voting in the first round of the 2007 Jewish and Israeli Blog (JIB) awards.   I’ve made no secret of the fact that I would like this blog to make it in to the final round of voting, just so it can enjoy some increased exposure. After that, I really [...]

Mandatory JIBs Post

As you probably already know, the 2007 Jewish and Israeli Blog awards are well under way. While there have been a number of hiccups, including the hacking of the JIBs website by a Turkish (Islamic?) group, and a hacking by someone obviously in need of a life, people generally seem to be getting in the [...]

Jewish and Israeli Blog Discovery

First round voting for the 2007 Jewish and Israeli Blog Awards has commenced.   If you are interested in finding some new blogs, you can go to the main voting page, look at the blogs in all of the categories that interest you, and visit them via their hyperlinks.   And if you actually got to Israellycool [...]

JIB Awards – Nominations Open

I have been remiss not to point out that nominations for this year’s Jewish and Israeli Blog Awards are open. Although I am no longer involved with running this competition, I encourage you to check out any nominated blogs that strike your fancy. After all, I conceived of the awards as a fun way to [...]

We Interrupt Our Normal Programming..

There are currently a number of posts and comments on a number of blogs accusing me of a number of things related to my past involvement with the Jewish and Israeli Blog (JIB) awards. While I would love to ignore the comments and be the “bigger” person, the public nature of these comments is forcing [...]

2007 JIB Awards – Full Steam Ahead

The Third Annual Jewish and Israeli Blog Awards are on their way. The dedicated organizers have already put together a spanking new website, and seem to be progressing along nicely. But of course, as Bagel Blogger explains, help would be nice. We have managed to gain some good corporate Sponsors, more are needed. Each day [...]

Not the JIBs

A few months ago, Israel Forum kindly agreed to run this year’s JIB awards, due to my inability and lack of desire to be involved this year. And I want to state for the record, I think they have tried their best to make it work. It is a thankless job, especially when you are [...]

JIBs Page

JBlog Central has already created a JIBs page, as well as a forum for making suggestions, and discussing the upcoming awards. Please note that I am no longer involved with the JIBs. Which means:1) Do not ask me any questions pertaining to this year’s awards2) Feel free to nominate Israellycool when nominations open

Return of the JIBs

In response to my JIB-related post from a few days ago, David of JBlog Central has kindly volunteered to host the awards this year. He tells me that within the next few days, he will open up a special section of the site for the JIBs, through which anyone can submit suggestions. So Irina and [...]