The New Jew’s Archive for November 2007: Catch Up on Missed Posts Here

Here is The New Jew: Blogging Jewish Philanthropy’s post archive for November 2007. I hope that making a monthly post log will make site navigation easier as the blog matures.

Please use this archive to catch up on posts you may have missed for the month of November. I will be creating such an archive for each month from now on.

As always, feedback is appreciated.

How This Post is Organized

1. Favorites
2. Archives by Categories (General)
3. Archives by Chronology

Favorites

Here are my top 5 favorite posts for the month of November.

1. Solving the World’s Problems One Video Game at a Time? 12 Real Life Video Games You Should Know About (special emphasis on Middle East peace games and conflict resolution)
2. Getting the Message Across with YouTube: Taking Your Nonprofit to the Next Level
3. JTA’s ‘Reimagining Federated Philanthropy’– What You Need to Know
4. Assessing the Forward 50: What We Can Learn About Top American Jewish Philanthropists
5. Why Orphan Diseases Should Be a Jewish Priority (Avichai Kremer of Prize4Life on ALS/Lou Gehrig’s Disease)y

Jewish Philanthropy (Giving in the Jewish World)

Research and Thought Leadership

• JTA’s ‘Reimagining Federated Philanthropy– What You Need to Know (Profiles: Gidi Grinstein, Gary Tobin, Howard Rieger and Joseph Kanfer, Sharna Goldseker, Rabbi Jacob Schacter)
• Assessing the Forward 50: What We Can Learn About Top American Jewish Philanthropists (Profiles: Lynn Schusterman, Michael Steinhardt, Roger Bennett and Sharna Goldseker, Robert Aronson, and Tad Taube, along with Jay Schottenstein and Ricky Shechtel)

Donations of Time, Expertise, and Funding

• Iranian Jews Offered $10,000 Each to Come to Israel (Profile: International Fellowship of Christians and Jews)
  
• Mel Brooks Starts New Foundation: Schmucks for Schmuck (humor)
• BusinessWeek Names Estee Lauder’s Breast Cancer Campaign to Philanthropy Hall of Fame (Profiles: Estee Lauder, Evelyn Lauder; reference: Ronald Lauder)
  
• Top American and Canadian Doctors Donate Time and Expertise to Israel (Profile: American Physicians Fellowships)
  
• Chabad Provides Free Chanukkah Kits to College Students in Need (Profiles: Sami Rohr, George and Pamela Rohr; reference: Chabad)

Jewish Social Innovations, Israeli Technology, and Technology Integration in the Middle East and Muslim Countries

• The Future of Israeli Hi-Tech: Questions on My Mind
• Israel Technology and Development: Two New Moves Encourage Foreign Investment (References: joint Israeli-Palestinian industrial zone in West Bank, Israel admitted into EU’s Competitiveness and Innovation Program)
• Charles Bronfman Prize for Humanitarian Action: Seeking a Better World (Profiles: Jay Feinberg, Alon Tal, Amitai Ziv)
  
• Solving the World’s Problems One Video Game at a Time? 12 Real Life Video Games You Should Know About (Profiles: Peacemaker, Global Conflicts: Palestine, Free Rice, Food Force, Darfur is Dying, Balance of Power: Geopolitics in the Nuclear Age, Hidden Agenda, Stop Disasters, A Force More Powerful, Al-Quraish)
• Israeli Facebook Network Goes Viral: Cultural Reporting from the Front Lines
• Facebook in Turkey: What Makes Turkey #1?
• Syria Says No to Facebook: Bloggers Talk Back

News from Jews, Israel, and the Middle East

• Good News from the Jewish World: The Fight Against Anti-Semitism (Profiled: Czechs rally against anti-semitism; Daniel Mendelsohn, author of The Lost: A Search for Six of the Six Million; “Zero Degree Turn,” Iran’s favorite television show about Iranians rescuing Jews during the Holocaust)
• Remembering Kristallnacht: Words from Germany
• Racing for Peace: An Israeli/Palestinian Team Seeks Sponsorship to Race Formula Vee in England (Profiles: Arik Lapter and Rasheed Nashashibi)
• Billionaire Jews: Bloomberg, Lauder, and Lauren Top Forbes List (it’s not who you think) (Profiles: Georgina Bloomberg, Emma Bloomberg, Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer, Dylan Lauren)
• Israeli Freelancers Starting Union: Valuing the Written Word (Reference: Laura Goldman)
• Supporting Israeli Education: 100,000 Demonstrate for Teachers’ Rights

Guest Authors, Blog Carnivals, Blogging, and Nonprofits

• Why Orphan Diseases Should Be a Jewish Priority (Avichai Kremer of Prize4Life on ALS/Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
• Participant Natalie Susman on Why She’s So Excited About the Jewish Princess Desert Odyssey
• The November Giving Carnival Has Arrived (Question: What best practices in businesses can nonprofits adopt to maximize their resources?)
• Words of Advice for Beginning Bloggers
• Link Love: Beginning Blogging, Social Media, Nonprofit Exchanges
• To My Readers: Avoiding Plagiarism, Understanding the Creative Commons License
• Getting the Message Across with YouTube: Taking Your Nonprofit to the Next Level

Chronological Archives

Week One (November 1st– 3rd)

• The Future of Israeli Hi-Tech: Questions on My Mind
• Words of Advice for Beginning Bloggers

Week Two (November 4th– 10th)

• Coming This Week from The New Jew
• Iranian Jews Offered $10,000 Each to Come to Israel
• Mel Brooks Starts New Foundation: Schmucks for Schmuck
• Racing for Peace: An Israeli/Palestinian Team Seeks Sponsorship to Race Formula Vee in England (Formula Vee = Motor Sports)
• Why Orphan Diseases Should Be a Jewish Priority (Avichai Kremer of Prize4Life on ALS/Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
• Participant Natalie Susman on Why She’s So Excited About the Jewish Princess Desert Odyssey
• JTA’s ‘Reimagining Federated Philanthropy’– What You Need to Know (Profiles: Gidi Grinstein, Gary Tobin, Howard Rieger and Joseph Kanfer, Sharna Goldseker, Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter)

Week Three (November 11th– 17th)

• Remembering Kristallnacht: Words from Germany
• Link Love: Beginning Blogging, Social Media, Nonprofit Exchanges
• Good News from the Jewish World: The Fight Against Anti-Semitism
• Israel Technology and Development: Two New Moves Encourage Foreign Investment (References: joint Israeli-Palestinian industrial zone in West Bank, Israel admitted into EU’s Competitiveness and Innovation Program)
• Charles Bronfman Prize for Humanitarian Action: Seeking a Better World
• Israeli Freelancers Starting Union: Valuing the Written Word
• Assessing the Forward 50: What We Can Learn About Top American Jewish Philanthropists (Profiles: Lynn Schusterman, Michael Steinhardt, Roger Bennett and Sharna Goldseker, Robert Aronson, and Tad Taube, along with Jay Schottenstein and Ricky Shechtel)

Week Four (November 18th– 24th)

• Supporting Israeli Education: 100,000 Demonstrate for Teachers’ Rights
• Getting the Message Across with YouTube: Taking Your Nonprofit to the Next Level
• Israeli Facebook Network Goes Viral: Cultural Reporting from the Front Lines
• BusinessWeek Names Estee Lauder’s Breast Cancer Campaign to Philanthropy Hall of Fame (Profiles: Estee Lauder, Evelyn Lauder; reference: Ronald Lauder)
• November Giving Carnival Reminder
• Billionaire Jews: Bloomberg, Lauder, and Lauren Top Forbes List (it’s not who you think)
• Facebook in Turkey: What Makes Turkey #1?
• Top American and Canadian Doctors Donate Time and Expertise to Israel

Week Five (November 25th– 30th)

• Chabad Provides Free Chanukkah Kits to College Students in Need (sponsored by the Rohr Family, profiled within)
• Syria Says No to Facebook: Bloggers Talk Back
• To My Readers: Avoiding Plagiarism, Understanding the Creative Commons License
• Solving the World’s Problems One Video Game at a Time? 12 Real Life Video Games You Should Know About (Profiled: Peacemaker, Global Conflicts: Palestine, Free Rice, Food Force, Darfur is Dying, Balance of Power: Geopolitics in the Nuclear Age, Hidden Agenda, Stop Disasters, A Force More Powerful, Al-Quraish; special emphasis on Middle East peace and conflict resolution games)
• The November Giving Carnival Has Arrived (Question: What best practices in businesses can nonprofits adopt to maximize their resources?)

Summary

• Total Posts: 29
• Posts per week: 5-8 (usually 7-8)

Credit

Photos sourced from Flickr from the following users based on the Creative Commons license, with thanks–
Salim Virji: spices, tomatoes, and strawberries. Mayra Chiachia: grapes. Max Westby: olives. Paul Goyette: eggplants. Ana Ulin: dried fruits and nuts.

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