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ewish life is about history and
religion, but also about the
stories passed down through
the generations — stories
about everyday life, not just great
events and ideas.
Bubbe's Back Porch is a Web site
that uses this new interactive medium
to bring a measure of that oral tradi-
tion back into a world where back
porches and what they represent are a
rarity.
The site offers a modest collection
of low-key stories online, but its real
value may be in its creator's determi-
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nation to get visitors to talk to the
people in their lives — in the case of
Bubbe's porch, the emphasis is on
Jewish women — and record and
share their stories in ways that take
advantage of the Web's ability to meld
pictures and text.
Bubbe's homepage opens with a
picture of a generic-looking grand-
mother welcoming visitors, and an
invitation: "Come in, sit down, share
with me a story."
Buttons offer a few preliminary
choices. A longish story accompanied
by '50s-vintage snapshots is about