Shared by The Hierophant on י״ח בכסלו ה׳תשע״א (November 25, 2010) A belated post that our humble project was mentioned in a cover story in the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles on September 28th, 2010. Thanks to writer Jonah Lowenfeld, a very patient interviewer. In his article, “The Ten Commandments of social networking” Jonah felt the Open Siddur Project exemplified the eighth commandment:
[No.] 8. . . . → Read More: Welcome Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles readers
Shared by Aharon Varady on ט״ו באלול ה׳תש״ע (August 25, 2010) In our project history, I explain how Rabbi Jacob Freedman’s Polychrome Historical Haggadah was a major inspiration behind my vision for an open siddur project. While researching it’s history I was so pleased to discover that the haggadah Rabbi Freedman managed to self-publish in 1974 to rave reviews, was really only a proof-of-concept for his . . . → Read More: From the Jacob Freedman archives: Color-Coded Prayerbook Devised by Rabbi
Shared by Aharon Varady on כ״ה באב ה׳תש״ע (August 5, 2010) Welcome Radio 613 listeners. It was my joy to be interviewed by co-hosts Avi & Malcah on CFRC Kingston 101.9FM last Thursday afternoon. In case you missed it, Avi just posted audio of the show to the radio613 webpage.
Go ahead and listen. I have some follow up thoughts on the interview below.
The opinions . . . → Read More: Radio 613: An interview with Aharon Varady on Open Source Judaism
Shared by The Hierophant on כ״ז בטבת ה׳תש״ע (January 13, 2010) Once again, the Open Siddur Project has been mentioned in the press, this time by Steve Lipman in the Jewish Week.
The Open Siddur is a volunteer driven project to create a free resource for folks crafting their own siddur (Jewish prayer book). We intend to collaboratively build an archive of material that makes up . . . → Read More: Welcome Jewish Week Readers!
Shared by The Hierophant on ט״ו בכסלו ה׳תש״ע (December 2, 2009) What a great morning! We’re honored to have our project the focus of an article in Tablet.
The Open Siddur is a volunteer driven project to create a free resource for folks crafting their own siddur (Jewish prayer book). We intend to collaboratively build an archive of material that makes up the siddur — texts, . . . → Read More: Welcome Tablet Readers
Shared by The Hierophant on י״א בתמוז ה׳תשס״ט (July 3, 2009) Raphael Ahren wrote a nice article on the project in this week’s Anglo File Section of Haaretz that appeared both online and in-print (pdf). Please read the article at Haaretz (support Raphael’s page views!), and return here to comment — below the reprint.
Prayer ala carte
By Raphael Ahren Tags: Aharon Varady, Israel News . . . → Read More: Welcome Haaretz Readers!
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