What is BayJews.org?
BayJews.org is your portal to Bay Area Jewish life. It is a free resource where you can find out about upcoming community events and volunteer projects, join a minyan, post a free profile, search for available housing, and post your thoughts. You can subscribe and receive customized weekly e-mails and/or you can view your customized material online.
Our mission is to help us connect to our Jewish community. There is no fee for individuals or organizations to use the site. Members can get detailed e-mails for a subscription fee or summary information for free.
FAQs from Organizations
How do I post my organization?
Step 1: Click on the Log In / Sign Up button on the home page.
Step 2: Click on the Post Your Organization link.
Step 3: Fill in the form and click on the Post button.
You will receive a confirmation email with a link to click on or cut and paste into your browser.
How do I post a listing?
To post an employment listing, event, minyan, or volunteer project:
Step 1: Create or log in to your organization.
Step 2: Click on the Post a Listing button.
Step 3: Select the Listing Type and fill out the form.
Step 4: Click on the Post button.
*Note: if you want to post an Activity Partner listing, Housing Ad, Profile, or Thought, you will need to log in as an individual.
What is a distro list?
After you log in to your organization, you will see a Manage Distro List button.
If you mark(ed) the checkbox to "Allow individuals to subscribe" on your organization posting, then email addresses for new subscribers will be stored here.
You may also add (or remove) email addresses and maintain an organization distribution list. You may send messages including any listing(s) active on BayJews.org to the email addresses stored in your distro list by clicking on the Create Mass Email button.
What does the Create Mass Email button do?
After you log in to your organization, you will see a Create Mass Email button. Those emails only go to people on your distro list (see above).
Upcoming and recently posted listings also get emailed out to BayJews.org members once a week, usually on Wednesday mornings.
FAQs from Individuals
How do I subscribe to BayJews.org?
Step 1: Click on the Log In / Sign Up button on the home page.
Step 2: Click on the Subscribe link.
Step 3: Fill in the form and click on the Save & Refresh Results button.
You will receive a confirmation email with a link to click on or cut and paste into your browser.
If you will be posting other listings to the site, we recommend that you create a public profile to let people know a little bit about you.
Step 4: Click on the Post a Public Profile button.
Step 5: Fill in the form and click on the Save button.
Only the fields marked with an asterisk are required.
How do I post a listing?
To post an activity partner listing, housing ad, employment ad, or public thought:
Step 1: Subscribe or Log in as an individual.
Step 2: Click on the Post a Listing button.
Step 3: Select the Listing Type and fill out the form.
Step 4: Click on the Post button.
*Note: if you want to post an Event, Minyan, or Volunteer Project, you will need to log in as an organization.
How do I find upcoming events?
The default filter (the left drop-down box on the top right side of the home page) is Posted Within Last. With the sub-filter (the other drop-down box), you can select the number of days since a listing has been posted (or updated). If you change the filter to Upcoming, you can select the number of days until the activity will take place or view what's happening on a specific day or group of days. If you are logged in, you will also have a filter option called My Posts & Communications.
Note that listings such as profiles which do not have a future date will not show up in Upcoming results.
What are the section (and sub-section) checkboxes for on the home page?
The checkboxes reflect what information will be displayed or not displayed on the right side of the screen. For example, if you do not what to see any employment ads, uncheck the Employment Ad checkbox.
Alternatively, if you are interested in finding a congregation or minyan, then make sure that the Organizations checkbox under Sections is checked. Click on the plus sign to expand the Organizations subsection and make sure that Congregation / Minyan checkbox is checked.
If you only want to see what's in the East Bay, click on the plus sign to expand the Locations subsection and uncheck everything except East Bay.
After you have made your changes, click on the Refresh Results button.
FAQs from Sponsors
How do I post an ad on BayJews.org?
Send us a note
here. Ads on the site (where you currently see Google ads) are $1 per day per ad with a minimum of $7 (seven days). All ads must be received at least three days before going live on the site.
How do I sponsor an email?
Send us a note
here. Email sponsorship is $10 for up to three lines of text with up to 75 characters per line and $3 per extra line with a maximum of ten lines. Ad requests must be received by Sunday at 8am to be included in the Wednesday morning emails.
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