Google’s future plans of fighting hate-speech
Google’s executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, was presented with the ADL International Leadership Award, and expressed his hope that one day there might be a more exciting option for dealing with hate speech: artificial intelligence. He said Google’s current philosophy is for its search engine to mirror what is available on the Internet as accurately as possible. Google searches are based on an algorithm that is content neutral, so the prospect of nudging aside hate speech would mark a shift.
Is the top Israeli airline violate US law?
A New York rabbi-attorney, Iris Richman, claimed that some El Al Airlines’ policies may violate US law in the wake of delays on flights because Haredi Orthodox men refused to sit next to women. Following a recent incident of such from several weeks ago, Richman called the US Department of Transportation’s Aviation Consumer Protection Division and was informed that the department was “willing to investigate any situation where any employee of a carrier, i.e., steward/ess participated in asking someone to change a seat because of their gender.”
Maccabi Tel-Aviv’s reunion with former coach
David Blatt hosted Maccabi Tel Aviv and successor Guy Goodes in his first game as the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday night.The game between Maccabi and Cleveland, which has been branded as Jewish Community Night by the organizers, was arranged before Blatt signed with the Cavs and long before LeBron James announced his return to Ohio. It came as no surprise when the blue and yellow team lost, but everyone had a great time.
If that’s not enough, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, alongside the “FIDF” organization, invited 16 Israeli soldiers who were injured during the most recent operation in Gaza to watch the game.
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Israeli gymnast disappoints at World Championship
For the first time since 2005, Alex Shatilov failed to qualify for the final of the floor exercise at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships on Saturday, ending the qualifiers in 18th place in Nanning, China. Shatilov registered a reasonable score of 15.300 points on Friday, a result which had previously almost always been good enough to qualify for major finals. However, it was only sufficient for a disappointing 18th place in Nanning, with a score of 15.433 required to finish in the top eight and reach the final.
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Alicia Keys and Idan Raichel – back together on stage
Last Saturday, the Global Citizen Festival took place in New-York, with 60,000 people arriving to the Great Lawn at Central Park to watch their favorite musicians. After performing together in Israel, Alicia Keys and Israeli musician Idan Raichel, joined forces again during this festival, alongside Ali Amr, of Palestinian background. Together, they performed a new song, “We Are Here,” made exclusively of spine-crushing treacle (“Let’s talk about Chi-town/ Let’s talk about Gaza”).