Category: Jewish Techs Blog
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Rabbi Danny Nevins Writes New Book on Torah and Technology
From The Jewish Standard (by Joanne Palmer) Rabbi Nevins, who grew up in River Vale, spent 13 years as a congregational rabbi in Detroit, another 13 years as the dean of the Jewish Theological Seminary’s rabbinical school, and now he’s head of school at the Golda Och Academy in West Orange. He’s also (in his…
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Lost Tribe Esports- Video Games for the Jewish People
I encountered Lost Tribe Esports at the 2019 JCC Maccabi Games at Jewish Community Center of Metro Detroit in West Bloomfield. Situated in the Teen Center of the JCC (which was the Holocaust Memorial Museum when I was a teen), I found dozens of Jewish teens playing video games. At first, I was a little…
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Zoom Fatigue for Synagogues
As Zoom fatigue sets in, religious leaders and congregants look to post-COVID prayer JNS – BY DOVID ZAKLIKOWSKI Something that appeared to be a sound solution at first is getting old. Still, some question whether worshippers will be running to synagogue doors once they open. Cantor Levi Cohen was looking forward to a beachfront Sabbath services…
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Say Hallelujah and Pass the Remote
From the Wall Street Journal Temple Israel, a reform synagogue in suburban Detroit, undertook a substantial renovation a few years ago. The makeover included a spruced-up atrium and social hall, new display cases, and the installation of two video screens flanking the pulpit. The screens made their debut in 2017 during Rosh Hashana services with…
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12 Free and Useful Android Applications
Here are 12 free and useful mobile apps for Android. Several of the programs are supported by ads and some have ad-free paid versions. [Note to Apple users: Many of these applications are also available for Apple iOS devices.] PriceZ Israeli food price comparison application including barcode scanner. The application is written in Hebrew but…
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Women Key to Israel’s Tech Growth
From Start-Up-Daily Now in its seventh year, Birthright Excel helps create a network of young Jewish business leaders around the world while also introducing future entrepreneurs to Israel as a place for business opportunities. The program is geared for college sophomores, juniors and select seniors. Participants are assigned an internship at a prominent global…
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Haifa Israel Team Creates Intel’s Fastest-Ever Processor
Intel Corp. announced Tuesday its most advanced, next-level processor, whose development was led by its facility in Haifa, Israel, with the promise of a double-digit rise in computer performance, longer battery life and better security. The seventh-generation new Intel Core enhanced 14-nanometer-plus processor, called Kaby Lake, is its “strongest and fastest ever,” Intel said in…
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WeKast Standalone Presentation Solution
As anyone who often gives presentations knows, things can go wrong with overhead projectors. Almost nothing is more embarrassing than tech failure in front of a room full of people. After working at an Israeli accelerator mentoring international startups and entrepreneurs, Noemie Alliel decided to fix how speakers present by eliminating the setup time. A…
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Israel’s Top Startups
Israel has become a very popular place for entrepreneurs to launch their startups, Tel Aviv in particular has become home for many tech based and other startups. This is because brilliant businessmen and women who have graduated from Israeli universities had dreams of making it big, even outside their country. If someone will look into…