I Eat Chinese Food on Christmas

Last Updated on Tuesday, 5 January 2010 05:53 Written by bryfy Sunday, 3 January 2009 10:40

Agree of disagree with him, Jay Michaelson has a habit of calling as it he sees it.

In a recent article in Haaretz Jay asks the question of who is an authentic Jew?

It is a question that was raised several times during my research of Jewish teenagers. Even the most secular looking Jews identified with ultra-orthodox archetypes as their image of the “authentic” Jew.

This phenomenon should be particularly troubling for families and Jewish educators who want to develop Jewish identity among young people especially that will in no way resemble the stereotyped image that many children grow up thinking is the “authentic” Jew.

Soft Launch of Bryfy.net

Last Updated on Sunday, 3 January 2009 12:14 Written by bryfy Saturday, 2 January 2009 03:45

Wouldn’t you know it but about 3 months ago the company who I was hosting my website with went belly-up. No big deal, at least so I thought. But a it turns out some predator out there decided to buy the bryfy.com url and refuses to give it back to me – I am flattered that someone actually thinks they can make some money of the domain name.

After retrieving as much data as possible, speaking to many bloggers out there (you know who you are), adopting a new blog format as well as including as many resources as possible – I’ve decided to re-launch at bryfy.net

Some of the bells and whistles are really cool – I love being able to link directly to delicious, Twitter and have revolving YouTube videos from the homepage. But I’m still learning and would love any tips on how to improve the site (just please don’t recommend another template – it took me ages to finalize this one).

So some of the resources that might interest you relate to Jewish stuff – a bit about education and innovation, some of my research related to Jewish teens, some Israel thrown in there as well as some general musings about the future of the Jewish people.

So, as 2010 starts, so does my venture into bryfy.net and the blogosphere. Would love to have you following (but as of yet I’m still not quite sure how to add that function to the site – although I am testing out a new “subscribe” feature on the bottom right side of the screen)

Happy reading and Happy New Year!

How many Adrian’s are out there?

Last Updated on Sunday, 3 January 2009 12:07 Written by bryfy Saturday, 2 January 2009 03:24

I don’t know Adrian. Well that’s actually not quite true. I think I’ve seen him a couple of times at a CAJE conference (that’s CAJE, not the new CAJE) and we’ve traded a few blog comments and tweets now and then.

But this blog post from him really moved me and pushes me to ask the question – How many Adrian’s are out there?