A Yearly Shpritz of Jewish Bits and creator Chari Pere were featured in two outstanding articles and reviews. Check them out:

The Jewish Star: http://thejewishstar.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/the-kosher-bookworm-the-annual-jewish-calendar-caper-meets-its-match/

Jewish Comics Blog: http://jewishcomics.blogspot.com/2008/09/yearly-shpritz-of-jewish-bits.html

Hey Yiddle Diddle Productions President and Founder Chari Pere is currently one of 16 fellows at the PresenTense Institute for Creative Zionism, an incubator for young social entrepreneurs with big ideas on how to impact the Jewish community and the world. A lot of great publicity has been happening, so here’s a recap:

A Yearly Shpritz of Jewish Bits was featured front page in the second section of the Jerusalem Post, Israel’s largest English newspaper. The article, “A Zionist Kick in the Pants”, focused on the PresenTense Institute founders and fellows, but also included one of the comic strips from the calendar large and in full color. Please check out the online article here, which includes a picture of the whole PresenTense ‘08 group.

The comic strip is scanned in and included here:

Before embarking on this six-week excursion, Chari Pere was also featured in the Staten Island Advance. Here is the online article, and below are the full article links:

Bulls Head cartoonist links generations through humor, page 1
Bulls Head cartoonist links generations through humor, page 2

Stay tuned for more updates!

“A Yearly Shpritz of Jewish Bits: The Ultimate Illustrated Calendar of Jewish Humor (Old & New)” was featured in an article about the WSJC’s Annual Jewish Artist Fest in Chelsea Now, a weekly magazine for the Chelsea area of NYC.

The full article can be found here.