Dan Libenson, Lex Rofeberg: Judaism Unbound Episode 217 - jewishLIVE
Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg reflect on the digital Jewish ecosystem that has arisen rapidly in this moment of COVID-19 and social distancing, and ask what it could mean for the future of Judaism. In particular, they shine a light on a project they just launched, called jewishLIVE, which is serving as a digital hub for livestreaming Jewish programming. If you would like to learn more about jewishLIVE, which is seeking to meet some important needs of communal gathering at this time of physical distancing, head to jewishLIVE.org. You can also join the jewishLIVE Connect facebook group by clicking here.
[1] Dan mentions a post he wrote for jewishLIVE’s blog. Check out the post here, and The Wilderness blog more generally by clicking here.
[2] For another conversation reflecting on this new and challenging moment of COVID-19 and physical distancing, see Episode 216: Pandemic Passover - Benay Lappe, Dan Libenson.
[3] For the article about digital conversion that comes up around 32 minutes in this episode, and which caused a fair amount of controversy, click here. It was written by Josefin Dolsten and is entitled “Online conversion’ helps fulfill a longtime dream — but controversy dogs the process.”