BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

AWWW....SHUCKS!! I am always a bit embarrassed when someone thanks me for, I guess... being me. I enjoy helping people because I know what its like to be alone, abused, maligned or made to feel less than. Or to work hard on something and then have it ignored like your contribution was nothing. Believe me I have supported the wrong people sometimes and with others I have led with my heart and not my head, consequently being 'kicked in the teeth' for doing so in both cases. So I don't do this stuff expecting a thanks, a link back, shameless self-promotion or anything more than... because I want to. I am a non-competitive person and I lost what was left of my ego due to abuse years ago. I do it because I believe they its the right things to do. My personal belief is that life is much too hard without being helpful and compassionate towards others. Maybe I am stupid but I don't get angry at too many people (Olmert, you are an exception) . Sometimes I just feel indiffe...

The End of the Jewish Newspaper? by Meredith Kesner Lewis A story came across my desk today discussing the fact that Jewish newspapers are fighting to stay alive in a world dominated by the internet. At the recent American Jewish Press Association conference, journalists asked themselves: How vulnerable are Jewish newspapers to the economic and social forces buffeting daily papers? Does having a reliable niche audience shield the Jewish press from ruin? Might Jewish papers fade in this age of Google and blogs? (MORE) I thought to myself, what year did this conference take place? 2000? For nearly a decade now, the journalism world has been redefining itself in the context of the web. Those that have not adapted, have not survived. Darwinism at its best. Brandeis professor Jonathan Sarna noted that: We really do have some first-class Jewish papers that have set a new standard for Jewish journalism,” he says. “There are significant stories that broke in the Jewish press because ...