Cutting edge AJC! (which one?)
The following is the better part of an email chain from the Jewschool contributors email list from the last two days. I have posted this for two reasons. First, I thought it was funny. Second, from time to time I see commenters here at Jewschool writing as though we have some kind of coherent editorial process or well-defined agenda. The manner in which we conduct these email exchanges should disabuse y’all of that notion.
Contributor 1:
I had to laugh when I saw this in the AJC Access newsletter:
“AJC launched its new, cutting-edge iPhone application—the first from a major Jewish organization. The AJC app, available free of charge in Apple’s App Store, allows iPhone users to stay updated on AJC news, blogs, videos, Twitter and more….”
The first? I’ve had an iPhone app for my website for about 2 years now. It’s not that hard and even I didn’t claim to be the first….
But it begs the question- if I’m savvy enough to use blogs, twitter and other social media, why would I need an app from AJC?
And if I’m already following all those feeds, aren’t I already getting sufficiently updated?
There are some things AJC does that I think are okay, and some are a bit well, you know. But it’s as if they invented the very notion of a Jewish App. And that theirs is useful…
BZ:
Grrrr. begthequestion.info
Still, blog it!
Contributor 2:
AJC cutting edge? AJC doesn’t even know what its mission is. Its mission statement is like, three pages long. The whole real mission? All about scaring old people into giving money so the org doesn’t have to fold.
Reb Yudel:
On the other hand, an app to help distinguish between AJCongress and AJComittee might actually be useful…
Contributor 3:
How about the difference between the arukh hashulchan and the shulchan arukh?
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Brilliant. Please bring on a guest blogger from the AJC’s young leadership efforts so we can snark on ‘em.
—Jew Geuvara · May 13th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
The AJC was formed when the AJU, UJC, and UJA merged with JNF and ASPCA, right?
—OJ · May 13th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
How about the difference between the arukh hashulchan and the shulchan arukh?
No full English translation, or on-line version, of the Aruch HaShulchan.
App that!
—Meir Eynamim · May 14th, 2010 at 5:44 am
Meir Eynamim writes:
No full English translation, or on-line version, of the Aruch HaShulchan.
There’s an online version here, though it’s not in English.
—BZ · May 14th, 2010 at 9:19 am
how about an app that tells you what all the various alefbet soup initials mean..
—adamrdavis · May 16th, 2010 at 12:53 am