Tag: JEWISH

Thousands of historical photos and documents from the Holocaust are now available online, thanks to a collaborative project from Google and Israel's Yad Vashem memorial. The initiative, which launched yesterday, will allow users to search through 130,000 photos from the Jerusalem-based institute, which houses the world's largest collection of Holocaust documents. With the help of experimental ...

Yom Kippur, the Jewish holy day commonly known as the Day of Atonement, occurs on the 10th day of the Hebrew month Tishrei. To honor the occasion, which just happens to be today, followers typically fast and, in order to atone and repent, spend the week leading up to the holiday asking specific acquaintances for forgiveness for perceived wrongs. According to the Detroit Free Press, at least ...

Do you feel like your tweets are falling on deaf ears? Well, you won't anymore, thanks to a Jew-centric (and hypothetical) alternative. 'Twitteleh' (video after the break) caters to "the one person who actually wants to hear about your day" -- your Jewish mother. It's much easier to use than Twitter, too. Just answer three questions: Where are you? What have you eaten? Are you wearing a sweater? ...

Orthodox Jewish rabbis place strict limitations on the faithful's Internet use. While the Web is an invaluable tool, it's also filled with images and sites that violate the rules of Orthodox Jewish living. But that's where Koogle comes into play. Koogle (a play on Google and Kugel) is a kosher search engine; it filters out things like pornography, immodest images of women, and forbidden products ...

The French Web site of online auctioneer eBay has temporarily changed its policy due to a user complaint linking the site's ranking system to a symbol of Nazi Germany, according to an AFP report in Yahoo! News. Earlier this month, Dominique Bellamy wrote to the site, complaining of eBay's 'yellow star' user rank and comparing it to the yellow Star of David that European Jews were forced to ...