Culture Marketing Public Relations Social Action Cinco de Marketingo Today’s edition might be awkward. I’m American and write for a largely American audience. Why risk the cultural appropriation here with a Cinco de Mayo allegory? Because the holiday was already appropriated, crushed, swirled around in a keg-sized margarita machine, and poured out in Texas-sized goblets here in America. It’s a bigger holiday (and […] Written by David Berkowitz May 5, 2021May 5, 2021
Culture Health and Science Newsletter Personal Social Action The Agony of Resurrection Spring, a time of renewal in the Northern Hemisphere, is bringing about one of the more poignant changes of seasons that we’ve collectively experienced. It’s also a time of resurrection for many people of faith. That’s most literal with Easter, the holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus. Around the same time every year, Jews […] Written by David Berkowitz April 14, 2021April 14, 2021
Culture Newsletter Social Action If You Don’t Know, You Know I keep deleting the opening line to this newsletter but am letting this one stand. I have to start somewhere, even when I am writing about what I don’t know — what we don’t know. What we don’t know is the most basic truth: how so many people we care about are doing. I had […] Written by David Berkowitz March 31, 2021April 2, 2021
Culture You're Right, NY Times – A Lot of Sexism IS Subtle The New York Times ran an important story on gender bias in the ad industry. The timing was interesting for me. I was sharing an UberPool with someone en route to iMedia’s Agency Summit yesterday, and the topic came up with the other passenger. She’s an aspiring fashion designer who was in town for a […] Written by David Berkowitz May 2, 2016November 26, 2020
Columns Culture Social Media The Good Book of Temptations originally published in MediaPost's Social Media Insider “Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed… In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil… And the LORD God commanded […] Written by David Berkowitz April 3, 2012November 26, 2020
Books Culture Personal 28 Books for Your Africa Reading List – Safaris, Politics, Culture, History, and More In February, I traveled through South Africa and Tanzania, taking part in a few safaris while exploring Cape Town and unwinding in Zanzibar. Along the way I also spent a night in Nairobi, Kenya and got a brief tour of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. To prepare for the trip and expand my horizons while away, […] Written by David Berkowitz May 16, 2011November 26, 2020
Columns Culture Fun Social Media Kosher Ham's Jewdar Tell-All Originally published in MediaPost's Social Media Insider   It&39;s one of the most critical, controversial issues of our time. It&39;s been the subject of more columns than MySpace. Even the Talmud, the great repository of Jewish debate and wisdom, is at a loss to comment on it. Yes, in what&39;s undoubtedly the greatest miracle since […] Written by David Berkowitz December 8, 2009November 26, 2020
Conferences and Events Culture Social Media Israeli Consulate’s David Saranga Discusses Tweeting, Peace, and Perceptions at 140 Conference Here’s coverage of the 140 Conference today in NYC David Saranga (@DavidSaranga) – Consul for Media and Public Affairs at the Israeli Consulate in New York The use of Twitter in Public Diplomacy When people see Israel, they think of a kid in front of a tank. The media concentrates on that – "I can […] Written by David Berkowitz June 16, 2009November 26, 2020
Culture Tag Cloud of President Obama's Address to the Joint Session of Congress – February 24, 2009 Through Wordle, I created this tag cloud from President Obama's address last night, with the colors reflecting our all-American pride. Click to expand it. The text is courtesy of Whitehouse.gov. Written by David Berkowitz February 25, 2009November 26, 2020
