Daniel Sieradski

Daniel Sieradski
Daniel Sieradski
Born June 19, 1979(1979-06-19)
Nationality American
Occupation Web strategist, writer and activist

Daniel Jonathan Sieradski (born June 19, 1979) is a Jewish American writer and activist. He was the founding publisher and editor-in-chief of Jewschool, a popular left-wing Jewish weblog,[1] as well as the weblogs Radical Torah and Orthodox Anarchist.[2] He is also the creator of the synagogue listings and reviews website ShulShopper.[2] From August 2007 to July 2009, he was the Jewish Telegraphic Agency's director of digital media.[2] As of October 2009, Sieradski is the Director of Digital Strategy for Repair the World.[3]

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Career

Jewschool

In 2001, Sieradski, founded Jewschool, which was called "influential" by Cnet.[4]

Professional life

Sieradski has worked as a web designer with several Jewish organizations. As the director of Matzat, an organization which specializes in web development and Internet marketing strategy for Jewish non-profit organizations,[2] Sieradski oversaw several projects including the now defunct Open Source Judaism Project,[5] which attempted to actualize the ideas brought forth by media theorist Douglas Rushkoff in his book Nothing Sacred: The Truth About Judaism.[6]

He has developed websites for an array of artists and organizations including The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan,[7] JDub Records,[8] Hazon[9] and Habitus: A Diaspora Journal.[10]

From August 2007 to July 2009, Sieradski was the Jewish Telegraphic Agency's director of digital media.[2] As of October 2009, Sieradski is the Director of Digital Strategy for Repair the World.[3]

Hacking Google

In 2004, Sieradski organized the so-called Jooglebomb, an attempt at hacking the Google search engine.[4] Responding to outrage over the placement of an antisemitic website atop the results on Google's search for the term Jew, a fact first publicized by Steven Weinstock,[11][12] Sieradski led a successful campaign which replaced the site Jew Watch with Wikipedia's entry on Jews.[13]

Allegations concerning Ron Paul

In 2007, Sieradski caused controversy with an article in Jewcy alleging that then-Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul was actively raising support from White nationalists while giving short-shrift to the Jewish press.[14] "Ron Paul will take money from Nazis," Sieradski wrote, "but he won't take telephone calls from Jews."[14] In response, columnist Andrew Sullivan accused Sieradski of smearing Paul as an anti-Semite,[15] though he partially recanted[16] after his colleague Matthew Yglesias came to Sieradski's defense.[17]

Activism

Sieradski organized hip-hop concerts with Israeli and Palestinian rappers, with a project called Corner Prophets, with the stated intention of promoting peace and coexistence through the arts.[18] He has also been a DJ on the jointly-operated Israeli-Palestinian FM radio station All For Peace which broadcasts from Ramallah.[6]

In August 2006, Sieradski and two fellow yeshiva students organized a benefit concert in Jerusalem attended by 80 people, that raised more than NIS4,500 or around $1,000, for Israeli and Lebanese victims of that summer's war between Israel and Hezbollah.[19][20] In January 2009, Sieradski led a similar effort to express empathy for victims on both sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Responding to the renewed violence in Gaza, he organized a demonstration in New York City, attended by fewer than 50 people, condemning both Israel's and Hamas's attacks on civilians.[21]

On October 7, 2011, citing the Hebrew prophet Isaiah's admonition to fast by "feeding the hungry, housing the homeless, breaking the bonds of oppression," Sieradski organized a Kol Nidre Yom Kippur prayer service at Occupy Wall Street[22], the mass demonstration for economic justice in Lower Manhattan that began in September 2011.[23] Some reports placed attendance at upwards of 1,000.[24]

Acclaim

Sieradski has been described and as "a major figure of the Jewish Internet world and a cultural trailblazer with a diverse fan base" by The Forward.[2] B'nai B'rith Magazine called him a "fresh faced iconoclast ... redefining American Judaism,"[25] and Tikkun said he was "fast becoming one of the most recognized Jewish literary voices on the Internet."[26] The Jewish Standard described Sieradski as "a leader in a Jewish movement that is trying to a create a new image for Judaism to project to its youth,"[27] he was called "an innovator in Jewish new media" by Editor & Publisher[28] and The Forward called him "a major figure of the Jewish Internet world and a cultural trailblazer with a diverse fan base."[2] In 2008, The Jewish Week counted Sieradski among a group of 36 Jewish New Yorkers under the age of 36 "who are combining mitzvot, leadership and passion in making the world a better place."[29][30] In 2010, he was numbered among The Forward 50, an annual listing of the 50 most influential American Jews.[31]

References

  1. ^ Olidort, Shoshana (January 13, 2006). "The Pastrami Chronicles: Famed Deli Closes". The Forward. http://wwww.forward.com/articles/1878/. Retrieved October 4, 2009. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Levenson, Claire (August 17, 2007). "Leading Blogger Joins Jewish Mainstream". The Forward. http://www.forward.com/articles/11404/. Retrieved September 30, 2009. 
  3. ^ a b "Who We Are". Repair the World. http://www.werepair.org/. Retrieved October 4, 2009. 
  4. ^ a b "Google caught in anti-Semitism flap," David Becker, CNet News, April 7, 2004
  5. ^ [url="http://p2pfoundation.net/Open_Source_Judaism" P2P Foundation entry on Open Source Judaism]
  6. ^ a b Bronson, Sarah (November 3, 2005). "It Sounds Better in English". Haaretz. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=481308. Retrieved October 1, 2009. 
  7. ^ "JTA Taps Top New Talent". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. August 15, 2007. http://jta.org/news/article/2007/08/15/103629/JTAhiresstaff. Retrieved October 1, 2009. 
  8. ^ Stone, Terry Lee (Oct/Nov 2006). "Exploring Judaica". Dynamic Graphics+Create. http://www.dynamicgraphics.com/dgm/Article/28707/index.html. Retrieved October 1, 2009. 
  9. ^ "About the Blog". Hazon. http://jcarrot.org/about/about-the-blog. Retrieved October 1, 2009. 
  10. ^ "Masthead". Habitus: A Diaspora Journal. http://habitusmag.com/about/masthead/. Retrieved September 30, 2009. 
  11. ^ Google caught in anti-Semitism flap
  12. ^ Dropping the Bomb on Google
  13. ^ Berkofsky, Joe (April 30, 2004). "Searching for 'Jew': Google Duel Shows Challenge of the Digital Age". j.. http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/22488/searching-for-jew/. Retrieved September 30, 2009. 
  14. ^ a b "Ron Paul's Jewish Problem," Jewcy
  15. ^ "The Latest Ron Paul Smear," Andrew Sullivan, The Atlantic
  16. ^ "Kampeas Retracts," Andrew Sullivan, The Atlantic
  17. ^ "Sieradski Right After All," Matthew Yglesias, The Atlantic
  18. ^ Berman, Daphna (March 4, 2005). "Rap Riffs to Heal the Rifts". Haaretz. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=547923. Retrieved October 1, 2009. 
  19. ^ Baginsky, Ben (September 5, 2006). "From Both Sides Now". The Jerusalem Post. http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154526007662&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull. Retrieved October 1, 2009. 
  20. ^ Prusher, Ilene (August 30, 2006). "Good deed meets cross-border challenge". The Christian Science Monitor. http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0830/p04s02-wome.html. Retrieved October 9, 2009. 
  21. ^ Doug Chandler, "Rally Organizers See A More 'Energized' Community", The Jewish Week, January 14, 2009.
  22. ^ Sieradski, Daniel (October 4, 2011). "Kol Nidre Minyan at #OccupyWallStreet". Mobius1ski (Personal blog). http://mobius1ski.tumblr.com/post/11025897855/kol-nidre-minyan-at-occupywallstreet. Retrieved October 8, 2011. 
  23. ^ Kaleem, Jaweed (October 7, 2011). "Yom Kippur Service Taking Place At Occupy Wall Street". Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/07/yom-kippur-service-occupy-wall-street_n_1000870.html. Retrieved October 8, 2011. 
  24. ^ Goldman, Lisa (October 7, 2011). "1,000 Jews gather at Wall St. for #occupy-yomkippur Kol Nidre". +972 (magazine). http://972mag.com/over-1000-jews-gather-at-wall-st-for-occupyyomkippur-kol-nidre/24808/. Retrieved October 8, 2011. 
  25. ^ Greenberg, Richard; Debra Nussbaum Cohen (Fall 2005). "Uncovering the Un-Movement" (PDF). B'nai B'rith Magazine. http://www.adultjewishlearning.org/uploads/news/bnaibrith.pdf. Retrieved October 1, 2009. 
  26. ^ Siwek, Daniel (June/July 2005). "An Interview with the Orthodox Anarchist". Tikkun. http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/Siwek-interviewwithanorthodoxanarchist. Retrieved October 1, 2009. 
  27. ^ Weiss, Steven I. (2005). "Jewish Renaissance Man" (JPG). The Jewish Standard. http://danielsieradski.com/blog/press/njstandard.jpg. Retrieved October 1, 2009. 
  28. ^ "Trio of Appointments for a Jewish News Agency". Editor & Publisher. August 21, 2007. http://danielsieradski.com/blog/press/edpub_jta.html. Retrieved October 1, 2009. 
  29. ^ "36 Under 36". The Jewish Week. May 21, 2008. http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c51_a11467/Editorial__Opinion/Editorial.html. Retrieved October 1, 2009. [dead link]
  30. ^ "36 Under 36: New Media Types". The Jewish Week. May 21, 2008. http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c371_a11489/News/36_Under_36_TNW.html. Retrieved October 1, 2009. [dead link]
  31. ^ "Forward 50". The Forward. October 26, 2010. http://www.forward.com/articles/132454/. Retrieved October 8, 2011. 

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