MY POST AT JEN'S BLOG

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Well, welcome aboard, Jen! This is the carnival otherwise known as "The Media".

As I said in my e-mail to you on Friday (after I first saw the article), I am sorry that the Forward didn't give you more coverage. I feel they should have at least named you & given your web address. I also know that you aren't a copycat & that you were inspired to follow this path before you had heard of me. I'm also very sorry you feel portrayed in that light. Thank you for saying publicly that you don't blame me for that. I assure you, I gave the Forward no such impression of you.

As promised I am looking for other sofrim who might teach you Azkarot, etc & certify you, so you can continue your work. I don't want you having to take 8 years to complete your training like I had to :)

I must agree with livredor about notoriety. If you want to see *bad* press, I'll show you! Most journalists who interview me want to get into my personal business & sensationalize my private life (which actually isn't so sensational ;+>). They also like to paint me as some Orthodox Jewish Boadicea brandishing a quill. They won't listen when I say that other women in Jewish history have practiced sofrut, maybe even written a Sefer Torah. But that doesn't sell papers. So I actually turn most journalists away, because they're unethical.

I wish you *just* enough fame that you have plenty of the sort of work you love, with good clients, Jen. Beyond that, it just gets weird, so my HaShem guard you from it.

Shavu'ah tov,
Aviel