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Forward 50: Daniel Sieradski
The Jewish Daily Forward · October 26, 2010 · Link
by Jane Eisner
So you want to change the Jewish future for the better? Daniel Sieradski has plenty of ideas about how to do just that. This year, throughout the month of January, he presented one proposal a day for such innovations as an open-source website that allows users to customize prayer books, Haggadot and bentshers, and an eBay-like portal where sellers can auction their wares and then direct the proceeds to the Jewish charities of their choice. The Forward’s Sisterhood blog, together with Sieradski’s “31 Days, 31 Ideas” site and five other blogs, offered up a daily dose of innovative ideas the following month.
Sieradski, 31, has made a career of building online platforms for Jewish-themed commentary and conversation — founding several sites, including the popular, progressive group blog Jewschool.com. He is now director of digital strategy at Repair the World, a non-profit organization that promotes Jewish service. Prior to that, he was director of digital media at JTA. Sieradski is also the CEO of Jew It Yourself, which he bills as “the 21st century version of ‘The Jewish Catalog.’” The site, slated to launch early next year, will provide online tools for self-directed Jewish learning and community-building.
