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JT | 03/01/2010The Tagged Tanakh soft launch coincided with Tu B’Shvat at the end of January 2010. It was a quiet affair with not much pomp and circumstance. We released the site a tad prematurely, but we were so excited to get people tagging. We wanted to release early and release often.
In one year’s time, the Tagged Tanakh (TT) went from prototype to its first full release. Sure we couldn’t include all the cool features we originally wanted to, but we had made something unique – an online relational database of the English translation of the Jewish Bible.
The TT allows users to contribute remarks and tags to words and verses in the Bible. Vetted content provided by scholars and JPS staff is available alongside ideas and questions contributed by general users. People can create feeds that follow specific topics of interests or follow feeds made by other people. Feel free to take a tour!
We hope that it’s more than just hype, we want the Tagged Tanakh to be useful.
« Read more »People of the Comic Book- Round III
JT | 12/08/2009More than two years ago we started a little contest to determine which comic book character exemplified Judaism the most. Round II is now complete and we’re left with the final four!! We’re gonna try and wrap this up by the end of Hanukkah, so please tell your friends to vote now!
Help us identify the comic book character that embodies the best aspects of Judaism and JPS Interactive will make a donation to the non-profit paired with the Jewish comix champion. Which of these heroes will be a light unto the Jewish nation?
« Read more »The New Non-Profit: Convergence Culture Part 2
JT | 11/17/2009Last week Philanthropy.com featured a fascinating report published by La Piana Consulting for the James Irvine Foundation. The report identified five key trends influencing the non-profit sector and gave examples of organizations that were effectively navigating our convergence culture.
After reading the report I felt a mixed sensation of vindication and dismay. Many of the conclusions validated the moves we have made with JPSI and the Tagged Tanakh and many other points reflected how much further we have yet to go.
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