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JIB (Jewish and Israeli Blog) Awards – Nominations

Note: This post will remain at the top of the page until the next JIB Awards Update.
 
Updated WEDNESDAY, January 5th (see bottom of post)
 
This is the master post for 2004 JIB Awards nominations. You should link to the URL of this post during the nominations phase.
 
To nominate a blog for a particular category, click on the required [...]

JIB Awards – Categories Closed

Thanks to all for your valuable feedback. The categories have now been closed.
 
Here is the final categories list:
 
Best Overall Blog Best New Blog 2004 Best Group Blog Best Humor Blog Best Designed Blog Best Life in Israel Blog Best Israel Advocacy BlogBest Politics, Current Affairs, and Academia BlogBest Personal Blog Best Religion BlogBest Jewish Culture [...]

JIB Awards – Finalizing the Categories

I would like to thank all of you once again for your insightful and helpful comments regarding the categories. Your willingness to discuss this earnestly has made it relatively easy to amend and adapt the categories based on your suggestions.
 
I aim to have the categories finalized by tomorrow at the latest, so the nominations process [...]

JIB Awards – Revised Categories

There seems to be a consensus that the Israel-Diaspora distinction is unhelpful. After further thought, I tend to agree. While the idea behind it was to facilitate the inclusion of as many blogs as possible in the voting, I have found another way to achieve this end, without needing this distinction.
 
Here is my new [...]

The JIB (Jewish and Israeli Blog) Awards – Introduction

From the Oh-not-another-weblog-awards department, I am proud to present the inaugural JIB Awards.
 
The word JIB, besides being an acronym for Jewish and Israeli blog, also represents the small triangular sail of a sailboat, as compared to the main sails. The jib’s role is to direct the wind into the main sail, just like a role [...]

Best Overall ‘Mega’ Blog

A blog is eligible for this category if it is a Jewish, Israeli or Israel advocacy blog, and receives 10,000 or more unique visits a day (verifiable from Truth Laid Bear traffic ranking, or other stats counter)
 
Please nominate your candidates for Best Overall ‘Mega’ Blog by leaving the name and URL (with hyperlink) of your [...]

Best Overall Blog

A blog is eligible for this category if it is a Jewish, Israeli or Israel advocacy blog, and receives less than 10,000 unique visits a day (verifiable from Truth Laid Bear traffic ranking, or other stats counter)
 
Please nominate your candidates for Best Overall Blog by leaving the name and URL (with hyperlink) of your nomination [...]

Best New Blog 2004

Please nominate your candidates for Best New Blog 2004 by leaving the name and URL (with hyperlink) of your nomination in the comments to this post.

Best Group Blog

This category may include group blogs for which:

At least a majority of posters are Jewish; or
An Israel advocacy group blog written by Jews and non-Jews alike
 
Please nominate your candidates for Best Group Blog by leaving the name and URL (with hyperlink) of your nomination in the comments to this post.

Best Personal Blog

To be considered a personal blog, a blog must deal predominantly with the blogger’s life.
 
Please nominate your candidates for Best Personal Blog by leaving the name and URL (with hyperlink) of your nomination in the comments to this post.