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Explore All 3,318 Synagogues In Europe With This Amazing Online Tool
A new interactive map shows all of Europe’s 3,318 synagogues.
Conservative Websites Are Losing Readers In Age Of Trump
It may be a sign that the election cycle is finally over and people no longer wish to follow that closely the ins and outs of politics.
Online Talmud Library Seeks To Make Sages Accessible to All
NEW YORK (JTA) — For centuries, studying a page of the Talmud has come with a bevy of barriers to entry. Written mostly in Aramaic, the Talmud in its most commonly printed form also lacks punctuation or vowels, let alone translation. Its premier explanatory commentary, composed by the medieval sage Rashi, is usually printed in…
Richard Spencer and White Supremacists Aim for Bigger Platform With ‘AltRight.com’
“AltRight.com brings together the best writers and analysts from Alt Right, in North America, Europe, and around the world,” reads the site’s online description.
‘Online Conversion’ Fulfills Spiritual Dreams — But Stirs Controversy
The morning of her conversion to Judaism, Diana Sewell was so nervous she “was running around like a headless chicken” in her Australia home. Meanwhile, some 9,000 miles away in Georgia, her rabbi was dealing with computer difficulties.
Walmart Pulls ‘Got Hitler?’ ‘Got Pepe?’ Mugs from Online Store
Styled in the same font as the famous “Got Milk?” phrase, the “Got Hitler?” mugs were being marketed through a third party vendor on the Walmart site, JM Holdings.
ADL Report Blames Trump Backers for Spike in Online Harassment of Journalists
(JTA) — An Anti-Defamation League task force tracking a “spike” in online harassment of journalists credited self-identified supporters of Donald Trump with the lion’s share of the anti-Semitic tweets aimed at reporters and broadcasters. While emphasizing that the study does not imply that the Republican presidential nominee’s campaign supports or endorses the Twitter activity, the task force…
Online Ads in the Synagogue Newsletter? Some Bristle, But Extra Cash Is Welcome
A New York technology company has a new service that’s sending targeted ads to Jewish consumers — and it’s doing it through synagogue newsletters.
ADL Creates Post To Combat Online Anti-Semitism
(JTA) — The Anti-Defamation League has created a position dedicated to fighting anti-Semitism and bigotry on the internet. The hiring of Brittan Heller, a lawyer who has prosecuted cyber crime at the U.S. Department of Justice and the International Criminal Court in The Hague, follows the ADL’s formation of a task force earlier this year to combat online harassment of…
West Bank Jewish Resident Charged With Inciting Attacks on Israeli Soldiers
A 24-year-old Jewish woman from the West Bank settlement of Yizhar was charged with incitement for online comments in support of attacks on Israeli soldiers and Arabs.
