I Surrender
I’d like to address a nasty rumor: that I’m plotting to replace the dead-tree version of our synagogue newsletter with this new-fangled site.
That rumor—well, okay. It’s true. Heck, I even rubbed my hands together and cackled with glee as I made my plans. But then I discovered that the forces in favor of continuing the paper version of KE (despite all those poor, dead trees) are so strong that I have no hope of overcoming them. So fear not! I’m surrendering without a fight.
You will still receive your paper copy of Kol Emunah. The PDF version will still be available from our main website. Nonetheless, we need a spot where people can comment on the articles, continue the discussions from Torah Study, nick an extra kosher recipe or two and do what Shomrei does best: foster a sense of community.
We’ll continue to release the dead-tree version of Kol Emunah on the first of each month, but we’ll add content to this new-fangled site more often. Check back with us at least once a week to see what’s new. I hope you’ll be glad you did . . . and I hope, someday, you’ll consider turning in that paper copy for the shiny version you can read on your tablet.
Dear Jen and Carney,
I want to both congratulate and thank you both for taking on the important but, I fear, thankless task of getting Kol Emunah out every month, now in not one, but two, formats. to your warning on Sunday, I was only momentarily phased by the typographical irregularities in your first printed issue.
Much more importantly, I want to say that I read this month’s issue cover to cover almost as soon as it arrived today, and was amply rewarded for the effort. I must say that I have been generally very lax in not reading Kol Emunah, until about last month. I have no explanation, other than the general “I’ve been so busy and distracted that I couldn’t…,”etc. All I can say is that, with your first issue, I’ve discovered wonders untold and will make reading Kol Emunah a “must” as soon after it arrives as practicable.
Thank you, good luck, stay warm and dry and shavuah tov,
Bill
Aw, thanks so much, Bill! Our predecessors, Toby and Nick, did a fantastic job in making KE a content-filled must read for our shul. We hope to continue in that tradition. (Um, hopefully with fewer glitches moving forward!)