The Jewish New Media Innovation Fund has announced $500,000 in grants to nine digital media projects. The projects are designed to engage 18- to 40-year-olds in Jewish life, learning culture and community. The awards announced Monday are the first in the pilot program funded by the Jim Joseph, Righteous Persons, and Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family foundations.
For Josh, a Brooklyn computer technician who deals almost exclusively with a haredi Orthodox clientele, it was quite the conundrum: A man brings his computer to be cleaned of a virus that Josh believes was acquired while visiting a pornographic website. A few weeks later the man returns with the same problem. Should Josh (not his real name) advise his client about which sites will give him the rush he\’s after without harming his computer?
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has obtained a restraining order against Pradeep Manukonda, who allegedly stalked the billionaire and his family asking for money.
The website of the Jewish People Policy Institute was hacked Thursday by a group that the institute claims is affiliated with Hamas. The JPPI, a Jerusalem-based think tank that focuses on the Jewish future and Israel\’s security, issued a statement saying hackers took over its website, then posted a picture of an Israeli tank and a Palestinian child on the English section, and removed a recently uploaded assessment and analysis documents.
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has given the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology a $5 million grant to further develop a light, long-lasting and environmentally friendly battery for energy storage.
Yad Vashem has launched a YouTube channel in Farsi and an expanded version of its Farsi website. The Farsi YouTube channel launched Sunday contains survivor testimonies, archival footage and mini-lectures by Holocaust historians on topics such as contemporary anti-Semitism, and what makes the Holocaust a unique historical event. The comprehensive new website includes a chronological and thematic narrative about the Holocaust with related video, photos, documents and artifacts; frequently asked questions about the Holocaust; a lexicon of terms; online exhibitions including a multimedia presentation of the Auschwitz Album in Farsi; and stories of Righteous Among the Nations.
The U.S. chip-maker Intel Corp. will invest $2.7 billion to upgrade its plant in southern Israel. The Kiryat Gat plant will start producing the next generation of 22-nanometer chips in December, Intel announced at a news conference Tuesday. The investment in upgrading the plant includes a $210 million grant from the Israeli government.
Using a new iPhone application, the Western Wall is only a touch away.\n
Eight teeth found in a cave in central Israel are reportedly the earliest remains of Homo sapiens ever discovered.
The iPad is now officially available in Israel.
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