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Eighteen Candles
Our comrades over at Jewcy are running a pretty serious featured entitled “Where are Hughes’ Jews?”, focused on the pronounced lack of Jewish characters in John Hughes’ films, despite their deeply Jewish settings. You can read that full article here.
“If anybody has ever lived or visited towns like Evanston, Skokie, Buffalo Grove, or Highland Park–all neighborhoods Hughes used as locations for Hughes fictional “Shermer, Il.”– you’d quickly realize the North Shore is an incredibly Jewish place. While it’s usually noted that the fifth largest American Jewish population is located in Chicago, but I bet many of the people documented as part of ‘Chicago’ really live in the surrounding suburbs. If I’m right, and that’s the case, why are there no Ferris Buellerbaum’s, Jake Ryanstein’s, or Duckie Cohen’s in any of Hughes’ films?”
Have a Jewcy Valentine’s Day
The secret about Team JDub is that every last one of us is a total hopeless, mushy romantic. Seriously! We love love, so you can see why we definitely love Jewcy’s current Valentine’s Day content. Check it out!
The Kosher Guide To Imaginary Animals
Jewcy is running a slide show of creatures from Ann and Jeff Vandermeer’s forthcoming book The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals. Essentially, if you’ve ever wondered whether that minotaur stew you picked up at Whole Foods has an OU, this would be the book for you. Check it out HERE.
DeLeon @ Sephardic Music Festival
Here is some footage from DeLeon’s performance at the Knitting Factory during the Sephardic Music Festival. If you’re in New York, you can also check out Dan from DeLeon performing 1 night only with Dan Saks & The Funkadeli All Stars at JDub & Jewcy’s XMAS Eve Jewltide party. Details Here
Funk Yeah! It’s Jewltide 7!
JDub Records & Jewcy Present: Jewltide 7
Thursday, December 24th (Christmas Eve)
@ Southpaw (125 5th Ave)
Featuring:
Dan Saks & The Funkadeli All-Stars
New York Night Train’s Mr. Jonathan Toubin
$10 Advance / $15 at the door (http://tinyurl.com/jewltidetickets)
Donuts & Drink Specials!
Doors 8 pm / Show 9 pm
If you don’t have a tree, you don’t have an excuse.
Co-Sponsored by Brooklyn Vegan, Jewish Book Council, and Brooklyn Jews
Funk Yeah, It’s Jewltide 7!
We’re back with our 7th annual XMas Eve Jewltide party and this year promises to be the funkiest!! It’s going down at Southpaw in Park Slope on December 24th, boasting a fresh set of funk classics by Dan Saks (of DeLeon) & The Funkadeli All-Stars and funky rock n soul beats spun all night courtesy of New York Night Train’s Mr. Jonathan Toubin.
JDub Records & Jewcy Present: Jewltide 7
Thursday, December 24th (Christmas Eve)
@ Southpaw (125 5th Ave)
Featuring:
Dan Saks & The Funkadeli All-Stars
New York Night Train’s Mr. Jonathan Toubin
$10 Advance / $15 at the door (ticketweb.com)
Donuts & Drink Specials!
Doors 8 pm / Show 9 pm
If you don’t have a tree, you don’t have an excuse.
Co-Sponsored by Brooklyn Vegan, Jewish Book Council, and Brooklyn Jews
CNN on New Jews
There’s an awesome (and huge) piece on CNN.com today about the new generation of Jews that are innovating almost every facet of American Judaism: activism, religion, music, media and more. The article sheds some light on a lot of familiar faces, like Heeb, PunkTorah, Limmud, AJWS, Jewcy (!!) and more. The piece also includes a slide show of Soulico photos set to “SOS” from Exotic on the Speaker. Full article below the cut!
“Allowing younger Jews to connect with their faith while living in a secular world is what drives Aaron Bisman, 29. Inspiration came for him at a 1996 Phish show, when the rock band busted out with a performance of “Avinu Malkeinu,” a Jewish prayer. Hearing a non-Jew sing in Hebrew a song to thousands of fans showed this rabbi’s son that Jewish expression could go mainstream, without being limited to Larry David shtick.”
The Nation On A New Generation
Today The Nation is running a huge article about the recent J Street conference. Jewcy was the official media sponsor of the conference, so we sent a big team of Jewcy/JDubbers down to help out and get some participants involved in reporting while on location. Check out the article — which includes quotes from Lilit, the editor of Jewcy, and our very own JCub! Full text below the cut.
“Jewish media outlets like Jewcy.com, Jewschool.com and JDub Records are creating forums for Jewish discussion where traditional institutions fall short. Jewcy.com–which Lilit Marcus, the web magazine’s 27-year-old editor, described as “like the Huffington post except Jewish”–was an official media partner at the conference; its involvement enabled tens of thousands of viewers to watch live webcasts of the keynote speeches on its site. It also set up a table at the conference where participants could use FlipCams and free laptops to do citizen reporting on Jewcy.com.”
JDUB ADOPTS JEWCY.COM!
So, we may be drinking a little bit of orange juice in our champagne this AM and smiling a little bigger, because we are thrilled to announce our adoption of Jewcy.com and welcome their staff and advisors into our organization!!
The official press release is below, but from all of us at JDub, I wanted to say thanks to all of YOU for supporting our artists, events, and crazy endeavors over the past nearly 7 years. This marks a significant milestone for JDub, that we’re sure will bring more fun to the table, but we don’t take that lightly (cue champagne flute disappearing; smile turns to a focused expression). We’re firm believers in the transformative powers of music, culture, and inclusive environments, and you have proven us correct in those assumptions and pushed us to new heights within our mission and vision. The result is an expanded definition of community - fluid, meaningful, complex, self-defined, relevant, proud, diverse, cool, and real. It is our sincere hope that Jewcy, along with our ’round-the-clock investment in artistry will keep that definition malleable.
We’d also like to thank our dedicated staff, board, and advisors, and especially call out Jon Steingart and Jenny Wiener for their visionary leadership in the creation of Jewcy, Tahl Raz for his editorial expertise and creative passion, and Michael Tive and Craig Leinoff for leading us to this new opportunity and shaping it into a reality. We are very excited to continue the important work they began alongside Jewcy Editor Lilit Marcus! Back to the orange juice…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JDUB ANNOUNCES ADOPTION OF JEWCY.COM
JDub, the non-profit dedicated to innovative Jewish music, community, and cross-cultural dialogue today announced its adoption of Jewcy.com. Jewcy is a premiere online media outlet devoted to presenting a spectrum of young Jewish discussion on the topics of today.
Jewcy.com launched in 2006 as a for-profit online media outlet and initially made waves with a line of edgy Jewish t-shirts sold on the site. Jewcy maintains 120,000+ unique visitors per month, making it one of the highest trafficked amongst Jewish sites written by and for 18-35 year old Jews and their culturally aware peers.
As a flagship program of JDub’s 501(c)(3) non-profit, JDub’s management team will guide Jewcy to new business opportunities. Day-to-day operations will be overseen by JDub’s Chief Operating Officer, Jacob Harris, and Jewcy’s Editor, Lilit Marcus, who has kept the site alive and updated on a volunteer basis for the past 8 months, will officially join the staff of JDub.
The Jewish Federation of Los Angeles has committed funding to Jewcy, and Repair The World, a new national non-profit created by several of the country’s largest Jewish foundations and dedicated to creating a Jewish social service movement has signed on as a strategic content partner
“Jewcy is an amazing brand,” says Harris. “We’ve been fans of the site since it began and are very excited to leverage the natural overlap and keep Jewcy thriving and growing. Jewcy’s content is similar to our music catalogue in that it proudly presents very diverse Jewish thoughts, ideas, challenges and struggles in a quality and relevant fashion.”
“In these difficult economic times, we are constantly seeking partnership and collaboration with likeminded organizations,” adds Aaron Bisman, JDub’s Chief Executive Officer. “We are creating spaces and experiences without barriers to entry where young people can find their community and interact with it on their own terms, be it through music, blogging, events, or social media. We hope JDub’s adoption of Jewcy can serve as a model for increased efficiency and allow focus to remain where it belongs - on culture, conversation, and real community.”
Jewcy will continue to expand the definition of community through the further integration of their user blog platform and a complete site redesign in 2010. The site already has over 1,000 user bloggers who have the ability to write their own posts, which often fuel conversations and get featured editorial placement.