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Mark Zuckerberg Gets Social Media Accounts Back After Hack

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter and Pinterest accounts have been resecured, a spokesman from the social media platform said on Monday, responding to questions about weekend media reports that the founder’s sites had been hacked. Zuckerberg’s Twitter and Pinterest accounts were compromised over the weekend, according to a report on Sunday from technology news…

By Amy Tennery Jun 6, 2016 | 2 min read
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France’s Jewish Student Union Joins Social Media Hate-Speech Suit

— France’s Union of Jewish Students has joined two other French groups in suing Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for failing to remove anti-Semitic, racist and homophobic content. SOS Racisme, France’s largest anti-racism group, and SOS Homophobie, a gay rights movement, announced Sunday in a statement that they were taking legal action against the three social…

By Marcy Oster May 16, 2016 | < 1 min read
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Jewish Australians Pitch In for Victims of Massive Bush Fires

SYDNEY — Two Jewish men from Perth used Facebook to generate support for the victims of fires which destroyed the western Australian town of Yarloop claiming two lives. Shmoo Burnie, 34, and Daniel Gerson, 35, took to social media to seek support for the victims of the massive bush fires which have destroyed over 130…

By JTA Jan 11, 2016 | 2 min read
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Nothing Says Hanukkah Like Jenna Jameson Lighting a Menorah

It’s 2015 — if you didn’t post it to social media, it didn’t happen. And Jewish holidays are no exception. So, on this the festival of lights, Jewish celebrities and public figures from Jenna Jameson to Michael Bloomberg took to their feeds to wish their fans a Happy Hanukkah, and prove that their candles were indeed…

By Anne Cohen Dec 7, 2015 | < 1 min read
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It’s Snapchat, Bernie! Democrat Joins Social Media App

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders joined Snapchat on Monday, becoming the latest contender in the 2016 White House race to join the social media app popular with teens and millennials. On his official Twitter account (@BernieSanders), the 74-year-old U.S. senator from Vermont announced that he had joined Snapchat: “What is this Snapshot thing and…

By Angela Moon and Melissa Fares Nov 17, 2015 | < 1 min read
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Israel Military Frets Over Soldiers’ Use of Social Media

(Reuters) — Israel’s armed forces see a growing threat in instant messaging applications — both to battlefield secrecy and to the privacy of women soldiers. According to official military journal Bamahane, the number of troop indictments for sex crimes has almost doubled since 2012, with “infringement of privacy” counts, some involving the collection and sharing…

By Dan Williams Apr 30, 2015 | 2 min read
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#JeSuisJuif Hashtag Spreads After Paris Terror

(JTA) — In the wake of Wednesday’s deadly attack on the offices of the Charlie Hebdo newspaper, the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie (“I Am Charlie”) swept the internet in solidarity with the victims. Then came #JeSuisAhmed, to honor Ahmed Merabet, the Muslim police officer murdered during the Charlie Hebdo attacks, and who has become a symbol of inclusion…

By Anthony Weiss Jan 10, 2015 | 2 min read
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Five Arrested For Threats to Attack French Synagogue

French police arrested five men suspected of making threats online to attack a synagogue. Two of the suspects, all of whom are believed to be far-right activists, were arrested on Tuesday morning in the southern city of Montpellier, the French news agency AFP reported. The remaining three were apprehended in the nearby city of Beziers….

By JTA Dec 9, 2014 | < 1 min read

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Mark Zuckerberg Gets Social Media Accounts Back After Hack

France’s Jewish Student Union Joins Social Media Hate-Speech Suit

Jewish Australians Pitch In for Victims of Massive Bush Fires

Nothing Says Hanukkah Like Jenna Jameson Lighting a Menorah

It’s Snapchat, Bernie! Democrat Joins Social Media App

Israel Military Frets Over Soldiers’ Use of Social Media

#JeSuisJuif Hashtag Spreads After Paris Terror

Five Arrested For Threats to Attack French Synagogue

We tried to fix Hallmark’s Hanukkah problem. Here’s the movie we made instead

Holocaust survivor event features a Rob Reiner video address — recorded just weeks before his death

In Reykjavik, Hanukkah offers a chance for Iceland’s tiny, isolated Jewish community to come together

When my children decorate for Hanukkah, I don’t just see pride. I see pluralism in action.

Social Media

The Latest

Mark Zuckerberg Gets Social Media Accounts Back After Hack

France’s Jewish Student Union Joins Social Media Hate-Speech Suit

Jewish Australians Pitch In for Victims of Massive Bush Fires

Nothing Says Hanukkah Like Jenna Jameson Lighting a Menorah

It’s Snapchat, Bernie! Democrat Joins Social Media App

Israel Military Frets Over Soldiers’ Use of Social Media

#JeSuisJuif Hashtag Spreads After Paris Terror

Five Arrested For Threats to Attack French Synagogue

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