{"id":62667,"date":"2020-05-27T10:26:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T15:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=62667"},"modified":"2020-05-27T10:26:27","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T15:26:27","slug":"the-secret-unity-of-jewish-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/inspiration\/the-secret-unity-of-jewish-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret Unity of Jewish Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The global COVID-19 pandemic has had dire effects on the world and will have lasting effects on the infrastructure of the Jewish community. Given the harsh financial reality, some Reform and Conservative congregations are considering consolidating. Many have wondered whether the denominational model that frames the Jewish community will evaporate all together.<\/p>\n<p>I am not one of those people. Denominational distinctions are important and here to stay. And maybe that\u2019s why I find it so delightful that there is a place where institutional divides are not the operating arbiter of interaction. It\u2019s not an obvious space. In fact, it\u2019s one of the most contentious platforms on earth. And yet, it\u2019s where Jews have been finding common cause, breaking denominational barriers that exist in real life. That space is Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>It is no secret that Twitter is divided over fierce political lines. The only thing we seem to agree about these days is that social media has infected our discourse with entrenched partisanship.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forward.com\/opinion\/447067\/on-twitter-no-one-knows-your-denomination-the-upside-of-jewish-social\/\">Read the full article in the Forward<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The global COVID-19 pandemic has had dire effects on the world and will have lasting effects on the infrastructure of the Jewish community. 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