Board
Jewish Universe Media
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Prof. Sidney Aster, Ph.D.,
FRHistS, (Fellow of the Royal Historical Society), University of Toronto. author, 1939: The Making of the Second World War
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Prof. Ruth R. Wisse, Ph.D., Professor
of Comparative Literature & Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature,
Harvard University
- Prof. David H. Gelernter, Ph.D., Department of Computer Science, Yale U.; Expert in Artificial Intelligence; Author, “Judaism, A Way of Being” (Yale U. Press)
- Prof. Allen Gersho, Ph.D. (Cornell); UC Santa Barbara (emeritus); expert in digital telephone technology; Co-author, “Vector Quantization and Signal Compression”
- Prof. Bernard Bernstein, Ed.D., Professor Emeritus, (CCNY); Expert in Jewish Ceremonial Art; Objects in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution
- Prof. Yale Strom, Former faculty NYU; Jewish Studies Program, San Diego State University; 12 book author; renowned exponent for Jewish and Yiddish culture
- Rabbi Scott Meltzer, B.A. Chemistry, Harvard University; President, San Diego Rabbinical Association;
- Rev. Carla Friedrich, M. Div., Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, Ca; Pastor, Swedenborgian Church, San Diego
- Cantor Sheldon Merel, Cantor Emeritus, Congregation Beth Israel, San Diego’s largest congregation; Holy Blossom Temple, Canada’s largest congregation
- Dr. Carol Williams, D.M.A (Doctor of Musical Arts) Manhattan School of Music; FRCO (Fellow of the Royal College of Organists); distinguished pipe organ soloist
- Albert Kallis, President, The Albert and Trudy Kallis Foundation for Documentary Film and Television; Documentarian; Winner, Silver Screen Award
- Gerald Fried, Julliard School of Music, composer; jointly shared Emmy with Quincy Jones for “Roots”; music for Stanley Kubrick’s “Paths of Glory”; “Star Trek” episodes
AND OTHERS….
DIRECTOR:
Stanley Tiger is an independent journalist, publicist, digital media producer and an advanced thinker on online communications including Internet radio, video and integrated marketing. He has developed and produced audio and video programs for online streaming and traditional media. With an eclectic education that includes science, art, Jewish history, and creative thought combined with an innate desire to explore the world of ideas and accomplishment, he describes himself as a “worlds explorer”.
Mr. Tiger has met, interviewed and encountered many renowned people. His article on the Hollywood entertainment industry was distributed by the New York Times News Syndicate. An item on apparatus for nuclear medical research was published in Medical Electronics and Data. A press release he put out was distributed on world press wires including Scripps Howard News Service and reported in the UK Mirror, Discover Magazine, National Geographic Kids, Xiaogevaini Magazine (China’s largest children’s science magazine) and others.
He has worked with network television to help produce segments seen on ABC’s “The View”, The Animal Planet and “Good Morning America” with many other local radio and television credits.
Working with The New York Aquarium, The Aquarium of the Pacific and UC Santa Barbara, he produced an audio series on ocean life.
He was the publicist for the international concert pipe organist, Dr. Carol Williams, who performed the inaugural concert series for the new Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, China. She now serves as the San Diego Civic Organist. Mr. Tiger's introduction to the Los Angeles Philharmonic resulted in her coming performance at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, 2011.
Mr. Tiger recently organized a television news publicity event held at the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta to initiate a meditation pond and water garden donated by the International Professional Pond Contractors Association (IPPCA) and Dow Chemical.
A trained gold and silversmith, his work has been displayed at the United Nations Gift Center, the American Museum of Natural History and at the 1976 Olympics. He crafted a religious object, a silver mezuzah, which is in the collection of The Great Synagogue of Jerusalem.
He has consulted on publicity for the traveling museum exhibit, "In Company of Angels", featuring the rediscovered Louis Comfort Tiffany stained glass windows to appear at the Museum of Biblical Art in New York, October of 2010.
Co-Founder:Michael M. Rosen is an attorney with Fish and Richardson P.C. specializing in intellectual property issues. He regularly contributes articles to The Jerusalem Post, The Los Angeles Daily Journal, The San
Diego Daily Transcript and others. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of San Diego. He can be reached at rosen@fr.com
CONTACT: Stanley Tiger, Email UniverseJcom@gmail.com
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Hi-Tech Rebirth of Jewish Oral Tradition
- San Diego Internet Producer Launches "Jewish Universe Media"
By Judd Handler
A long long time ago, in a desert land far far away, for many generations, Jews passed down stories and ideas through story-tellers. Had those ancient communities had Internet access, they probably would have done what digital media producer Stanley Tiger is doing – create an audio library of Internet radio programming available 24/7 for on demand listening.
The website, UniverseJ.com, might not be a household name yet, but Tiger believes that his new online database of interviews and conversations to be integrated with Wikipedia will one day become a popular venue offering entertaining and thought-provoking interviews with notable Jewish people telling their story.
A San Diego based website developer, producer and publicist, Tiger has dubbed the name of his media project, "Jewish Universe Media."
"There are so many fascinating individuals - members of the Jewish community - with such stellar accomplishments," says Tiger. "Many of them we know, mostly in entertainment, but there are many other areas of accomplishment that deserve attention - science, art, business, medicine, sports, law, spiritual philosophy – it’s impressive."
Tiger is producing his initial interviews with noted klezmer musician, film maker and expert on American and European Jewish culture, Yale Strom. The first program will be a tour of some of Strom’s research, titled, "The Blossoming of Broadway - How Jewish Immigrants Hit the Heights."
"Strom has marvelous anecdotes about the lives and accomplishments of these immigrant performers and their families," says Tiger. "For many of us, they entertained our grandfathers and great grandmothers." The program will talk about how these early 20th-century performers developed Yiddish Theater and how the Yiddish and Broadway Theaters interacted to build each other.
Tiger says he will use his online and offline marketing expertise to boost the popularity of UniverseJ.com into what he calls ‘a new digital oral tradition.’
"The oral tradition is an important concept in the development of Jewish thought," he explains. "By incorporating current technology, we can create a new application that would be reminiscent of this dimension in Jewish history. Passing down of stories and ideas is common among many cultures. We expect it to resonate further within our own."
By allowing access to listening and downloading free of charge, Tiger believes interest will be boosted. He also sees an opportunity for print syndication of the interviews in various Jewish publications predicting that Jewish Universe Media will distinguish itself through its uniqueness of scope and perspective.
Tiger says that he has been blessed to find others who are helping to realize the project. "I am particularly appreciative of Michael Rosen, an attorney with a distinguished 125 year old intellectual property law firm, Fish and Richardson. This same firm represented Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and The Wright Brothers. So, already, the project is steeped in history." Rosen oversaw the applications for the 501(c)(3) non-profit status and trademarks on a pro bono basis.
It would seem that a sluggish economy is not holding Tiger back. "Jews have a faith in new beginnings. There will always be those individuals, foundations and businesses who understand the mission and share the passion. We are connecting with these kindred spirits."
Believing that the content generated on UniverseJ.com will inspire present and future generations, Tiger says, "It really needs to be done. By recording, in their own words, the accomplishments, good works and wisdom of significant Jewish Americans, we have an opportunity to embed encounters with positive Jewish role models into this new world of electronic communications."
Contact: Stanley Tiger, Director, Jewish Universe Media; tel. 858-272-7558;
email: UniverseJcom@gmail.com
Photo: Stanley Tiger, founder of Jewish Universe Media, explains to Mayor Jerry Sanders (left) how Internet will be used by the Jewish Community to communicate stories and ideas. Photo credit: Max Ader Photographics
