Keeping a blog is quite recent for me; I posted for the first time at the end of January after about three months of blog reading, when I decided I would keep an online journal too. This was something very new as the last time I kept a personal diary was more than thirty years ago. Then obviously it was’t public.
At first I seemed to have time to post and material I wanted to write about. Meanwhile I went on visiting other blogs and still do so on a very regular basis. You can find some of the links on the right but the following are those I read most frequently:
Don’t Gel Too Soon – This blog was the one that got me hooked to blog reading. Cynthia had written a beautiful post on going kosher that was also published on the OU website as part of their Shabbat articles in their weekly newsletter. The funny thing is that the article does not mention the blog so I am not quite sure how I went from one to the other.
Treppenwitz – Probably the most famous Jewish blogger on the blogosphere. A great writer and a keen observer of human greatness and foibles.
West Bank Mama – A daily account of life in Israel by a passionate woman. I don’t always agree with her but I really appreciate her dedication.
Havdalah – A blog kept by an English teacher and who only recently went back to her Jewish roots, an account of a spiritual journey and adventure by an enthusiast.
Ra’anana Ramblings – Another blog written by an Israeli woman who once lived in the US and whose sense of humour I enjoy.
The Curious Jew – This blog I discovered only very recently. A Stern student writes very thorough and well-documented posts on various Jewish subjects, often dealing with Halakhah.
Now what does ‘blogger’s block’ have to do with this? The thing is that the more I read other people’s blogs the more I feel how inadequate my endeavour to keep something even remotely as interesting seems doomed to failure. Hence the block. I have the feeling anything I would like to write about is useless, futile and vain. Well, I suppose I should be glad to be reminded about humility, not my strongest point, but I’m not! Maybe I am learning though …
3 Comments
June 3, 2007 at 9:44 am
“treppenwitz – Probably the most famous Jewish blogger on the blogosphere. A great writer and a keen observer of human greatness and foibles.”
Officially requesting permission to use this incredible exaggeration on the dustcover of my first book.
June 3, 2007 at 10:30 am
Permission granted! Thanks for visiting.
June 12, 2007 at 4:40 pm
oh brother! literally. Trep is my brother and believe me when I tell you that he needs no fuel for his ego!!!