I’d Like to Thank the Academy…

December 6, 2007 - 3:47 PM by Liza

Anyone who spends considerable time wandering around the blogosphere is aware of the veritable plethora blog award competitions, whether it be the general competitions like the Bloggies or the Weblog Awards, or those competitions of a more specific nature, such as the JIBs (Jewish & Israeli Blog Awards). Some of the competitions are akin to popularity contests, with nominees and finalists badgering their friends and readers to vote for them again and again, while other competitions rely upon a panel of judges to make the final decisions. Israeli blogs can often be found in these competitions (as Stephanie pointed out here), and some of them even do quite well.

Brass Crescent

What is the current blog award competition du jour? Why, it’s the Fourth Annual Brass Crescent Awards, “honoring the best of the Muslim blogosphere”. However, not only does this competition honor the best of the Muslim blogosphere (and many of the finalists are truly excellent), but it also has one category for the best non-Muslim blogs, and Israeli Jewish blogger Lisa Goldman, whose blog took first prize in this category last year, is once again in the running. Goldman, who writes “posts about her life and experiences in Israel and other parts of the Middle East” says, “I think the nomination (and last year’s win) shows that there is no contradiction between taking pride in one’s Israeli identity and being respectful of the religion practiced by the majority of the countries that are currently defined as Israel’s enemy states. I also give much credit to the Brass Crescent Organization for its willingness to nominate an Israeli blogger for a Muslim bloggers’ contest. I would like to think that, if there were a similar award offered for Jewish and/or Israeli bloggers, there would be a category for non-Israeli bloggers that included a Muslim blog.”

Go on then. Check out the Brass Crescent Awards. You know you want to…

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