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J-Blogosphere is the name that some members of the Jewish blogging community use to refer to themselves. Blogs with a Jewish focus are called J-Blogs. The name "J-Blogosphere" was coined by Steven I. Weiss when he was the leader of "Protocols" a defunct group J-blog, and one of the first notable Jewish blogs. Variations on the term were employed there as early as August, 2003, and the first use of "J-blogosphere" appears to have been made in February, 2004.
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Overview
A blog is generally accepted as a "J-blog", or part of the "J-blogosphere", if the blogger is Jewish and discusses Jewish political, religious, or personal themes. There is no way of knowing exactly how many J-blogs there are, although several have come together to create a Jewish pod on BlogAds.
The JIBs
The "Jewish and Israel Blog Awards" are the J-blogosphere's informal annual award contest. The aim of the contest is to direct new readers towards Jewish, Israeli, and pro-Israel blogs. The JIBs begin with nominations in January and then a semifinal and final round. Good-natured rivalry and campaigning are associated with this event.
The contest was the idea of Dave of the IsraellyCool blog, and was first run in 2004. In 2005 the Jerusalem Post took over hosting duties (2005 contest results). Israellycool, who first conceived of the awards, remained an organizer and sponsor.
In 2006, Israel Forum was invited to host the JIB awards. There was some dissent by a handful of Jewish bloggers, the original founder of the JIB's was asked to intervene. It was mutually decided that Israel Forum should establish a new blogging award named The People's Choice Awards. This resulted in the cancellation of the JIBs and The People's Choice Awards running in its place.
In 2007, a group of Jewish Bloggers formed a committee to run the awards and launched JibAwards.Com as the awards site.(2007 contest results).
There have been no Jewish Blog Awards since 2008.
Most influential J-bloggers
Heshy Fried, author of FrumSatire, Gil Student, Benjie Lovitt, MyShrapanel, Jerusalem Matzav, and DovBear were among several bloggers invited to attend the first International Jewish Bloggers Conference hosted by Nefesh B'Nefesh on August 20, 2008.
Gil Student's Hirhurim blog was ranked "Best Jewish Religion Blog" and #3 in categories "Best Series" and "Best Overall Blog" for 2005 by The Jerusalem Post[1]
Haveil Havalim
The carnival of Jewish blogs is "Haveil Havalim", a weekly collection of Jewish & Israeli blog highlights, tidbits and points of interest collected from blogs all around the world. There have been more than 200 editions of Haveil Havelim, and more than 30 different bloggers have hosted.
Kosher Cooking Carnival
The J-blogosphere has a Kosher Cooking Carnival "KCC", a monthly carnival of kosher food, kosher cooking, including stories, traditions, menus, etc. The only requirement is that the recipes are kosher. There have been more than 18 editions of Kosher Cooking Carnival, and so far 8 different bloggers have hosted. Kosher Cooking Carnival was created by blogger, Me-Ander on January 27, 2006 [1].
Blogs A Rabbi Must Follow
Blogs a Rabbi Must Follow, compiled by blogger Rabbi Gil Student, was a presentation given in May 2006 to the annual gathering of the Rabbinical Council of America, an Orthodox group. The presentation explains the importance of J-blogs, the impact of the J-blogosphere upon Jewish communities, lists popular subjects and topics within the J-blogosphere and directs the reader to noteworthy blogs.
See also
External links
- Haveil Havalim - The Official Blog Carnival of The JBlogosphere
- IsraelForum's JBlog Central - The Jewish Blog Network
- JRants - A Jewish blog aggregator- Considered the oldest of the Jewish blog aggregators
- JBlogSphere.Com - another J-Blog aggregator
- JewishBlogging.com - another Jewish blog resource
- Webster.co.il - English-writing Israeli Bloggers
References
- J Weekly Magazine of Northern California, "Local Jewish blog attempts to unite community", Amanda Ogus (Summer 2006)
- Contact Magazine, "The Internet: Pathways and Possibilities", Various Authors (Spring 2006) - Adobe PDF Format
- PresenTense Magazine article, "Two Jews, Three Blogs: Inside Jokes, Inner Dissent and Inner Life from Bloggers of the Tribe", Esther D. Kustanowitz (Spring 2006)
- JTA article, "From Internet pals to real friends, blogs remaking Jewish community", Sue Fishkoff (May 8, 2006)
- B'nai B'rith Magazine article, "Cruising The Cybershtetl", Richard Greenberg and Menachem Wecker (Spring 2006)
- JTA article, "Sermonizing Mingles With Sex Talk As Jewish Surfers Pick Up Blogging", Rachel Silverman (January 18, 2006)
- Chicago Jewish News article, “Can We Blog? New Way to Talk About Jewish Issues”, Rachel Silverman
- Jewsweek article, "The Jewish Corner of the Blogosphere", Alli Magidsohn
- Cleveland Jewish News article, "Don't Call Me Rebbetzin", Lila Hanft (October 20, 2005)
- World Jewish Digest article, "People of the Blog", Sarah Bronson (July, 2005)
- Bitch Magazine article, "Blog is My Co-pilot", Rachel Barenblat (Fall, 2004)
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