Esther D. Kustanowitz is a Contributing Writer at the 91传媒 Journal. She previously was the Founding Editor at GrokNation.com. She is an experienced freelance writer and consultant specializing in social media, pop culture, grief and 91传媒 community conversation. She is frequently sought-after as a source on social media engagement and culture, and is known as a 91传媒 community social influencer.
Nine presenters spoke TED-style on how ancient 91传媒 wisdom applies to creating opportunities for creativity and joy during a Feb. 22 Los Angeles kickoff event for Wisdom Tribe, a collective of 91传媒 educators and innovators providing digital and experiential learning opportunities to a universal audience.
Scandals involving rabbis or celebrities, a massively destructive Web hack, Ebola, Middle East unrest, growing anti-Semitism in Europe, even ISIS 鈥� when it comes to brainstorming for Purim content, today鈥檚 Jews see every strange or terrifying story as comedic potential.
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鈥檝e washed something doesn鈥檛 mean it鈥檚 truly clean.
Weddings are magic. The details have come together according to plan. Two people have found each other and decided to spend their lives together, no matter what fate brings them.
Status used to be about social hierarchy — whether you made a good living or were born into the right family or had achieved prominence in your community. But these days, if you say the word \”status\” to Generation Single-and-Facebooking, you may be understood very differently
Once, I went out with this guy who was really traditional — not 91传媒ly, but when it came to dating. He believed in chivalry: If we drove somewhere, he would always run around to my side and open the door, even though it took longer and I was perfectly capable of opening it myself.
During the opening session for the Professional Leaders Project (PLP), a conference for young 91传媒 leaders, a man delivered inspirations via PowerPoint, asking us to consider the one \”moment\” that inspired us to connect to 91传媒 projects and commit to the 91传媒 professional world.
This speech, by writer/editor/blogger Esther D. Kustanowitz, was delivered at the 2007 General Assembly convened in Nashville by United 91传媒 Communities as part of the \”Next Generation\” plenary. At the plenary, a range of young 91传媒 and Israeli activists, bloggers, an Oscar-winning filmmaker and others described their visions of community building and the power of the collective.
