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Samuel J. Scott is a former Boston journalist and newspaper editor who is currently Executive Assistant to the President and head of marketing at the Refuah Institute in Jerusalem, Israel. He is finishing his International M.B.A. while working as a business consultant and pursuing part-time yeshiva studies as well. Scott’s LinkedIn page is here.
In the past, Scott was Marketing and Communications Manager for the Israeli high-tech company Speech Modules, Website Marketing Manager for ForexPros.com, and Marketing and SEO Writer for Coolvision.
In Boston, Scott was Editor-in-Chief and Executive Director of Spare Change News, an alternative newspaper and non-profit organization. Prior to working at SCN, he wrote for Massachusetts newspapers including The Boston Globe, The Patriot Ledger, The Boston Courant, and The Beacon Hill Times, as well as TNT magazine in London. Prior to working in journalism, Scott was a Staff Assistant at the Beacon Hill Institute, an economic think-tank at Suffolk University.
Scott has a B.S. in journalism from Boston University. He is studying in the International M.B.A. program at Bar-Ilan University after pursuing prior studies in the Executive M.B.A. program at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts. Scott is also a part-time student at the Machon Meir yeshiva in Jerusalem. He has lived, traveled, or studied in Britain, Canada, Egypt, India, and Israel, as well as in various parts of the United States. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and raised in Belleville, Illinois, before moving to Boston, Massachusetts. Scott currently lives in Israel.
Scott can be contacted at sjscworldwide (at) gmail.com (without the spaces). His opinions are his own and not necessarily reflective of any employer, client, or university. Scott’s mother tongue is English, and he is proficient in Hebrew and French as well.
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Scott
Nice to hear from you. I’d like to know why you moved on from Spare Change News?
Frank
Frank,
Good to hear from you. I decided to focus on my M.B.A. studies in the short term while I volunteer at Spare Change and look for another job in the future.
Samuel,
Just wanted to send you a quick thank you. I accidentally stumbled across your blog and spent my entire day reading all of your previous posts (well, not ALL of them but you get the idea). Finally, I have found a blog worth reading!
I just wanted to express my thanks on your views of pre-teen and teenage conservative dress. I and my immediate family are Latter Day Saints. (Morman) but not the fundalmentalist sect. (paligimist) In this day and age it is very hard to teach our young girls to trust in them selves and not thier body appearance. So much of our world and “information age” is sex,sex,sex! T.v., media, print, celebrities, movies., music and it goes on and on. My guestion is why? And how do we change it back? I have a 14yr. old and a 9yr. old and a 6yr. old daughters. It is hard to steer them right. Why can’t there be role modles who actually teach pride in ones self and not how their body looks in next to nothing (fashion)? Will we parents ever see the new age of conservative life in genral? I pray we do and the sooner the better.
Just found your blog – interesting stuff. Keep up the good work. Oh and for a less cerebral, more psycho-social take on things, visit me at my blog:
https://www.MixTapeTherapy.com
Until next time –
Caren
I have been checking out your blog and I’d like to suggest a video for you to blog about.
https://www.jewishreconnectionproject.com
youtube link to first episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WslLNTYzmzw
The video is the first in a web-only mini series I produced called the Jewish Reconnection Project. It shows young Jews in New York and Jerusalem talking to each other and sharing how their Judaism affects their lives. It’s meant to give viewers a sense of the diversity of Jews around the world and to let college age people express their own ideas about Judaism. Ultimately, we hope that helping disparate groups of Jews understand each other will make for a stronger, healthier Jewish community. New episodes will come out every Wednesday for the next six weeks.
Let me know what you think and if you’re interested in posting it. I’d love to hear your feedback on the video.
Best,
Todd
Do you think the IDF will deal with Gaza or the West Bank first? Or maybe a do over of the ’06 Lebanon debacle? I would put my money on Gaza. Either way there is gonna be a bloodbath soon.
Johnny,
Gaza is a more-pressing issue for Israel right now since Hamas is firing missiles from there nearly everyday. The West Bank is as calm as it can be. However, the issue is that the West Bank may erupt in protest if Israel decides to clamp down hard on Gaza to stop Hamas.
Hizbollah is quiet right now. I presume they (and Syria) are awaiting orders from Iran. We’ll see what happens. The big fear is that Hamas in Gaza, other terrorists in the West Bank, and Hizbollah in the north will attack Israel from three sides at once. Israelis fear this more than they like to admit because they are no longer confident in the IDF following the war in 2006.
i find your views rather narrow minded especially as a journalist. trans atlantic flights cheaper you not see how oil just goes up and up inflaion around the world is exploding yeah just stay in school study economics as for the palestinians i think there frightened let down by the global community and the media which continually portrays terrorists not a people that are occupied please get your head out of your arse cos thanx to people like you there is no peace on earth shalom
I have a trip to Jerusalem planned for April. With opening day right around the corner, do you know of any bars that might carry the Red Sox?
Interesting blog.
Chris
Your best bet it’s Mike’s Place — it’s a famous American-style bar that shows American sports. But it will only carry games that are broadcast on ESPN or Fox. No NESN, unfortunately.
Scott,
I stumbled upon your blog today and really enjoyed reading some of your posts. I appreciate the way that you write and the topics that you choose, Great job!
https://www.jonesview.wordpress.com
I’d like to have you contribute to my blog, in regards to Israel.
You have some great posts that I know many will benefit from reading 🙂
Shalom
Who the hell cares about a blog?
Wow! Living in Israel! That’s great! I was just wondering where some old Boston friends were and came across your info. Best of luck! —Vinnie
hi. I dropped in to do my homework.
nice to you meet you^^
you are good journalist!
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