Anti-Israel blogger Richard Silverstein has long denied he is anti-Israel or a supporter of terrorists. I have long said he is full of it, and he has just confirmed it with a response to a question I left on his blog under the name “AD” (he obviously was not able to work out that AD [...]
Frum Satire’s comments about me were in jest (and we had a very nice chat at the conference), but given that I am now officially known as a blogroll miser, I think I should explain where I’m coming from. There are three types of requests to be added to your blogroll. They can be summarized [...]
The guy who wrote the infamous Ha’aretz piece dissing the Jewish Bloggers Conference before it began has written his follow-up piece. And it is actually a fair report. More than 200 Jewish bloggers, most of them immigrants from North America, attended the First International Jewish Bloggers Convention in Jerusalem this past Wednesday. Attendees seemed as [...]
Many have already posted about it, and I am really too exhausted to post something lengthy and articulate, so I’ll instead post some random thoughts and observations. For me, the highlight of the evening was meeting the various bloggers present, which invariably turned out to be a gigantic game of Jewish geography. Included was the [...]
In the wake of my post on the upcoming Jewish bloggers’ conference in Jerusalem and my criticism of those who seek to undermine it because of their bruised egos, I’ve been in touch with the organizers, who let me know how off-the-mark the critics have been in their claims that “the conference seems stacked in [...]
Blogger Benji Lovitt continues to promote his right-wing, religious agenda, as he is once again invited on to Israeli television to discuss the right-wing, religious Jewish bloggers’ conference. Meanwhile, you can see Benji here being all right-wing and religious.
Fellow Anglo-Israeli blogger and upcoming Jerusalem blogging conference panelist Benji Lovitt was on Israeli television discussing blogging. You can see it all here. While I am very impressed with Benji’s Hebrew after such a relatively short time in Israel, not to mention his composure and humor while on national television, I must admit to being [...]
The Nefesh B’Nefesh’s First International Jewish Bloggers Convention takes place next Wednesday, and while there are those who see it as a great opportunity to meet fellow bloggers and discuss how to improve the craft, there are predictably those who see it as a great opportunity to bitch and moan. A number of bloggers are [...]
In the LA Times Babylon and Beyond blog section, Ashraf Khalil in Chicago complains about his nine hours at the Eretz checkpoint. But that’s nothing compared to the treatment he receives in the comments. Sample: Instead of moaning and groaning about how bad Israelis treat Palestinians maybe you should focus on how bad Palestinians treat [...]
Some of you may already know about the First International JBloggers Convention, to take place in Jerusalem in a number of weeks. There are a number of panel discussions with bloggers behind Jewish blogs such as Treppenwitz, Jewlicious, Israel Matzav and Oleh Girl. Also, some anglo-Israeli bloggers are also being sent to the US (and [...]
