MyJewishLearning.com Seeks an Assistant Editor

From JewishJobs.com:

“MyJewishLearning.com, the leading transdenominational Jewish website, is seeking an assistant editor to work for an exciting new site for parents.

The site will deal with serious issues like infertility, rituals like circumcision, and fun things like books, music, and food. The target audience is Jews and parents of Jewish children ages 0-5, so pre-pregnancy through preschool.

The editor’s tasks will include conceiving stories ideas; creating, gathering, and editing innovative content; developing newsletters; researching New York-based parenting resources, loading articles to the site; and working with freelance writers.

The ideal candidate should be eager, able to work independently, and have a considerable knowledge of Jewish culture and traditions. Candidates also should have experience writing and editing for web publications, with significant familiarity with a CMS, Photoshop, and WordPress. This is a New York-based position, for 15 hours a week.”

Simon Family JCC (Va.) Seeks Cultural Arts Director

“The Simon Family JCC in Virginia Beach, VA is seeking a Cultural Arts Director. This full-time position seeks to convey the organization’s mission, vision and values through the design, production and implementation of Jewish cultural arts programming. The programming is not limited by budget but by one’s creativity. Successful candidate should be committed to, and knowledgeable of, Jewish heritage, culture, religion and values. They must also have an excellent background in conceptualizing, staging and implementation of cultural events. A minimum of bachelor’s degree is required in visual or performing arts, communication, media, or related field. Person must have a strong ability to engage with community, assess cultural interests and program accordingly. Person will play important role in increasing Simon Family JCC membership and fundraising through the implementation of a successful cultural arts calendar.”

JewishBoston.com Seeks Associate Editor

JewishBoston.com, a new website serving the Greater Boston Jewish community, is looking for an talented blogger, social media addict, and online editor to develop and manage our content strategy. The Associate Editor will help recruit a community of bloggers and ensure an ongoing flow of user and organizational generated content. On a daily basis, the Associate Editor will take the lead on featuring events, curating blog posts, and moderating comments. In addition, the editor will write and edit JewishBoston posts, create the editorial calendar and drive our Facebook and Twitter presence. The editor will be part of a small entrepreneurial team responsible for the ongoing development and growth of the site.”

Editor Sought for JewishBoston.com

“You…

Talented writer and editor. In love with words, blogs, and writings. Outgoing and active. Connected to the Jewish community. Deeply embedded in and enthralled by social media.

Us…

Launching in March 2010, JewishBoston.com will make it easy for more and more people to participate in Jewish life in Boston. Key features: Events and online registration, organizational and program directory, and community blogging. Interfaces with Facebook, Twitter, and the social web. Useful to everyone in the community, the site is especially targeted to young adults and families with young children.

The job…

On a daily basis, you’ll take the lead on featuring events, blog posts and organizations. You’ll keep the civil community together by moderating the site and encouraging contributions. You’ll write and edit JewishBoston posts. You’ll help recruit a community of bloggers and ensure an ongoing flow of user and organizational generated content. You’ll work with our community manager to teach Jewish organizations throughout Boston how to effectively communicate through the site. On a weekly basis, you’ll run the editorial meeting. Together we’ll review metrics, set goals, track progress, and plan the ongoing improvement of the site. Over time, you’ll help shape the growth and direction of the site.

You will be reporting to the Director of JewishBoston.com and working in downtown Boston.”

For more info and application instructions, click here.

The Forward Seeks Freelancers

From JournalismJobs.com:

“The Forward, a prestigious national Jewish newspaper founded in 1897, is developing a network of freelance reporters available to cover stories in major urban centers, such as Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami and Boston for our English language edition. We are also interested in writers based abroad. We are looking for journalists able to pitch ideas and accept short-notice assignments on issues of interest to our readers who can tell the story in generally 800-1,200 words. These include stories dealing with Judaism, religion and spirituality, labor, civil rights, interethnic and interfaith relations, U.S.-Israel relations and Middle East-related activism, Jewish culture and arts, and personality profiles. A willingness to work with editors to hone stories to a fine point of clarity is a must.”