Beware When You Share
In my recipe search for allergy-free Jewish foods, I came across an excellent article by Sara Atkins, Making Purim Allergy-Free. I found it at Chabad.org’s The Jewish Woman.
I noticed in the comment thread that some of Sara’s readers were looking for allergy-free Passover recipes. That’s great — my kind of people! Wanting to help her community of readers, I wrote the following comment.
I am new to this site, but very familiar with dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free Jewish holiday cooking! I have posted some of my family’s favorite Pesach recipes in my new blog: http://kidsfoodallergiesblog.com/
If you have other vegan and nut-free recipes that you would like to share, please leave a comment on my blog. Happy Passover to all!
Simple, straight-forward, and hardly controversial, right? Boy, was I wrong. Two days later, I got this surprise and aggravating response:
Hi, thank you so much for your comment. As site policy we cannot post comments with blogs listed or any websites for that matter. We will actually be posting some allergy free Pesach recipes as well though that you are more than welcome to give a link to on the blog. Hoping to run that next week! Take care, SE
Sara Esther Crispe
Editor, TheJewishWoman.org
WHAT? I wasn’t spamming sites for Viagra or casino gambling or cheap refinancing opportunities. I was trying to help them, to give timely advice to others who are scrambling to figure out what to serve food allergic kids for Passover.
Will I link to their recipes after they are posted? You bet I will. I believe in information sharing. That’s what this blog is all about. Too bad it’s a one-way street. Am I angry with Chabad? A little hurt, maybe, a bit disappointed. But it’s their loss. I make great food at Shabbat, Rosh Ha’Shana, Purim, and Hanukkah too. If they change their policy, they’re welcome to take notice.