Jewneric: A New Platform for the Jewish Voice

Jewneric recently had the opportunity to speak with Neil Gillman, Aliyah Shaliach for the Jewish Agency for Israel for DC and its surrounding areas and a prominent Jewish leader. We asked him a series of questions to help us better understand and appreciate their significant contributions to our community. Born in London to a traditional Jewish family, Neil Gillman reached the conclusion that a young Jewish state and a young Jewish person were a perfect shidduch and made Aliyah at 22. Having completed Ulpan he served for a year in the IDF. In 1999 he began working with English speaking Olim in Israel, assisting them through the ongoing absorption process. Since August 2006 he has been based in Rockville and has already helped hundreds of people to make Aliyah. He is joined by his wife Aliza, herself an Olah from Pittsburgh and baby Mordechai, born in the US. They will be returning home to Israel in August 2009. ...

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Jewneric recently had the opportunity to speak with Jeremy Epstein, Word of Mouth & Social Media Consultant and a prominent Jewish leader. We asked him a series of questions to help us better understand and appreciate their significant contributions to our community. With a brother who is younger by 19 months, Jeremy’s mom was convinced that “one of them wouldn’t make it to adulthood.” Well, he did, and being the eldest of 5 children, all graduates of the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville, MD, is one of his life’s most formative experiences. Jeremy also spent 1 year in Germany studying the Holocaust (at the German taxpayer expense!) and then 2 years in Japan. Since, he’s worked for companies big (Microsoft) and small (2-time entrepreneur) and loves to blog on marketing (www.jer979.com) and whatever strikes his fancy (http://jer979.blogspot.com). ...

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Jewneric recently had the opportunity to speak with Jules Polonetsky, Chief Privacy Officer at AOL and a prominent Jewish leader. We asked him a series of questions to help us better understand and appreciate their significant contributions to our community. Jules serves as Chief Privacy Officer and Senior Vice President at AOL. Prior to joining AOL in 2002, Jules worked as DoubleClick’s Chief Privacy Officer. He has also served as the NYC Consumer Affairs Commissioner for Mayor Rudy Giuliani, as a Brooklyn state legislator and a congressional staffer. He is a VP of Potomac's Beth Sholom Congregation and board member of the Washington Jewish Federation, the JCRC and the local AIPAC leadership council. ...

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