Dear Blog Author, As the Director of the organization you accuse of such malicious behavior, I would like to take the opportunity to respond. The photo was photoshopped to adapt the image to reflect the sensitivities of many of our site visitors with respect to Jewish law. For these reasons, black sleeves and a neck line were added to the stock image. Regarding her chest, the reason was all-together a different one. The graphic artist adjusted the image so that the large logo "Jewpiter" would be most prominent and fit with the stock image and its background. If her chest had not been adjusted, then the J of the logo's lettering would begin a good deal closer to her chest than would any other letter of the logo to its nearest surroundings. This would have drawn the eye, and been a distraction to the purpose of the homepage. That the area in question is her chest adds to the distraction. That is the entirety of it. Those who intuit in our efforts other intentions are mistaken. It's likely that another professional graphic artist, acting without a sensitivity to Jewish law, would have made the same decisions, that is unless their intentions were to exploit the image in a sexist manner by PURPOSELY drawing attention to the logo's placement near her chest. Let me review by suggesting a principle for you to consider -- we actually may not be evil people; perhaps we are regular people who try hard and mean well. I credit you with refraining from accusing us of that of which you are unaware; however, was it too difficult to contact us directly about the image edits, before blasting us as you did? Are you by your post modeling a behavior of sensitivity, curiousity, and tolerance? Be well, Yaacov
Dear Blog Author, As the Director of the organization you accuse of such malicious behavior, I would like to take the opportunity to respond. The photo was photoshopped to adapt the image to reflect the sensitivities of many of our site visitors with respect to Jewish law. For these reasons, black sleeves and a neck line were added to the stock image. Regarding her chest, the reason was all-together a different one. The graphic artist adjusted the image so that the large logo "Jewpiter" would be most prominent and fit with the stock image and its background. If her chest had not been adjusted, then the J of the logo's lettering would begin a good deal closer to her chest than would any other letter of the logo to its nearest surroundings. This would have drawn the eye, and been a distraction to the purpose of the homepage. That the area in question is her chest adds to the distraction. That is the entirety of it. Those who intuit in our efforts other intentions are mistaken. It's likely that another professional graphic artist, acting without a sensitivity to Jewish law, would have made the same decisions, that is unless their intentions were to exploit the image in a sexist manner by PURPOSELY drawing attention to the logo's placement near her chest. Let me review by suggesting a principle for you to consider -- we actually may not be evil people; perhaps we are regular people who try hard and mean well. I credit you with refraining from accusing us of that of which you are unaware; however, was it too difficult to contact us directly about the image edits, before blasting us as you did? Are you by your post modeling a behavior of sensitivity, curiousity, and tolerance? Be well, Yaacov