I added a few new writers to the Jewschool crew. Expect to see a few new names appearing over the next couple of weeks.
Yesterday, spurred on by the ‘dispossesion’ of the Jahfilte Fish community, I put together an arguably long-overdue forum, located at forum.jewschool.com. Member applications must be pre-approved (only for the sake of preventing spam), so if you sign-up and you aren’t immediately accepted, don’t freak out. I’ll be checking every few hours for new applicants.
I’ll also be redesigning the site sometime soon (within the next few weeks, I hope) and hopefully incorporating some much needed functionality that will help the site become a more valuable community resource.
I’m also looking for a few good interns. Matzat, the parent organization overseeing Jewschool, Radical Torah, Jew It Yourself, and other various projects, is in need of three interns:
Editorial Intern (Remote Position)

• Learn to manage an Internet publication.
• Be a point-person, interacting with contributing authors and other editors.
• Have your work featured on a website with 50,000 monthly readers.
• Develop your HTML and editorial skills.
• Help make Jewschool and Radical Torah better publications.
• Work from home (or from school) at your own pace.
• Fringe benefits, including free CDs, books, DVDs, concert tickets and film screenings.

Research Intern (Jerusalem)

• Intern during your semester abroad.
• Official title of Research Editor for Radical Torah.
• Help organize and make sense of a vast library of resource materials.
• Help build an invaluable resource of social justice oriented scripture for Jewish educators and independent learners.
• Must have decent Hebrew and Aramaic comprehension and translation ability.
• Must have your own computer.

Administrative Intern (Jerusalem)

• Intern during your semester abroad.
• Help run Matzat’s day-to-day business affairs.
• Schedule appointments, answer emails, issue invoices — you know, the fun stuff!
• Learn the basics of grantwriting — not that you’ll have to write grants yourself.
• Fringe benefits, including free CDs, books, DVDs, concert tickets and film screenings.
• Must have your own laptop.
• All business-related expenses fully covered.

Please note, these are presently unpaid positions. If you or anyone you know are interested in applying, please e-mail info at matzat.org.il.