Open Source Judaism
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Open Source Judaism is a small movement within the Jewish community that uses open
Open content
Open content or OpenContent is a neologism coined by David Wiley in 1998 which describes a creative work that others can copy or modify. The term evokes open source, which is a related concept in software....

 collaboration to create works about or for Judaism. One of the groups completed works include an open source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...

 Haggadah (prayer book for Passover
Passover
Passover is a Jewish holiday and festival. It commemorates the story of the Exodus, in which the ancient Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt...

).

The movement was proposed in and inspired by the 2003 book Nothing Sacred: The Truth about Judaism by Douglas Rushkoff
Douglas Rushkoff
Douglas Rushkoff is an American media theorist, writer, columnist, lecturer, graphic novelist and documentarian. He is best known for his association with the early cyberpunk culture, and his advocacy of open source solutions to social problems.Rushkoff is most frequently regarded as a media...

.http://www.rushkoff.com/nothingsacred.html

External links

  • http://www.opensourcejudaism.com/
  • http://www.opensourcehaggadah.com/
  • http://www.morim.org/Contents.aspx?id=2570
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