Fortnite tops ADL’s new ‘leaderboard’ ranking video games on antisemitism safeguards
The ADL's Online Gaming Leaderboard ranks 10 top online games on their efforts to curb antisemitism.
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Culture The minotaur-slaying, dragon-battling hero of this video game is an old Jewish guy with back problems and an attitude
The upcoming ‘The Eternal Life of Goldman’ is a gorgeous, 2D fantasy-adventure centered on the exploits of the kippah-wearing Mr. Goldman
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Culture Could a video game help combat antisemitism on college campuses?
Julia Sebastien wants her PC game, 'StrangeLand,' to become a sort of guide to Jewish life on campus
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News Gaming platform Roblox has ‘zero tolerance’ for antisemitism. Holocaust reenactments keep reappearing anyway.
Roblox users persistently share antisemitic content through coded language
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Fast Forward Sheldon Adelson Closer To Winning Online Gambling Battle
The Justice Department offered a legal opinion that could further restrict online gambling — a move casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has been seeking, The Washington Post reported. The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel suggested that it could reverse an Obama-era rule that the Wire Act applied only to sports gambling. The opinion will probably…
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News Jewish Video Game Gunman Was Loner With ‘Significant Medical Problems’
David Katz, the electronic gaming enthusiast who fatally shot two rivals and wounded nine others in Florida, had a history of “significant medical problems,” according to multiple reports and court documents. David, 24, opened fire at a “Madden NFL” video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida on August 26, killing fellow gamers Elijah Clayton, 22, and…
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Culture The Secret Jewish History Of Sports Gambling
The Supreme Court has overturned a federal ban on state-authorized gambling on sporting events, thus reopening the door to a profession that has long boasted its fair share of Jewish participants, some legendary in the field. The likes of Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel, of course, were instrumental in organizing gambling on a host of…
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News How Sheldon Adelson’s Bet on Trump Made Him 2016 Election’s Biggest Winner
Sheldon Adelson made headlines in early January when he flew non-stop to Hawaii from Israel in his private jet. The 18-hour flight broke the record for the longest haul from Israel’s Ben Gurion airport. And that’s about all the public has heard about Adelson in recent months. The Republican kingmaker, who outsmarted nearly all his…
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