An Ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jewish newspaper named Der Tzitung has determined that the photo of top U.S. leaders receiving an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden was too scandalous. What was so offensive about the image? U.S. Secretary of State Hillary …

Hillary Clinton Removed from History in Iconic White House Situation Room Photo by Hasidic Newspaper Read more »

A sign that your email server has been down is if you are a member of a Jewish community and you didn’t receive numerous email solicitations from non-profit organizations during the final week of 2010. Many of these charitable organizations …

Razoo.com Corrects Its Israel Problem Read more »

As more Jewish people acquire the latest in handheld technology – think iPhones, iPads, Android-powered smartphones, BlackBerrys and tablet PCs — there will be more Jewish-themed applications available for download. Some of these apps will be utilities for checking the …

Best Jewish Apps of 2010 Read more »

Sarcasm Alert: Jews aren’t sarcastic at all! Okay, that was me being sarcastic, but the problem with the Jewish tradition of sarcasm is that it doesn’t translate well in Cyberspace where tone of speech doesn’t come through in text. That’s …

Sarcasm Detection Device Invented by Hebrew University Read more »

The Israeli Army has been using Facebook to catch female draft dodgers. An article in All Facebook, the unofficial Facebook blog, reports that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has been using the social networking site to nab female Israelis who …

Female Soldiers in the Israeli Army on Facebook Read more »

For several years when you put whitehouse.com into your web browser it wouldn’t take you to the official home of our President on the Web, but rather to the home of a pornographic Web site. In 2004, the owner of …

Porn Website Owner Sells Twitter Handle to State of Israel Read more »

While Photoshop wasn’t around 100 years ago, the altering of images to change history sure was.  A couple weeks ago I ventured into the basement floor of the Steimatzky’s flagship bookstore in the Mamilla Mall in Jerusalem. The three-story store …

Doctored Photographs of Herzl and the Gaza Flotilla in Israel Read more »

In “The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment,” Peter Beinart argues that most of the mainstream American Jewish organizations have abandoned liberalism on the issues of the Middle East and are responsible for a generation of young Jews who hold …

Twitter and Israel’s Attack on the Mavi Marmara Flotilla in Gaza Read more »

A couple years ago, I learned about a new program that merges three areas I am passionate about –Jewish camping, Israel, and technology. Israel has always embraced high technology and modern communication. Part of what has made the almost sixty-year-old …

eCamp is Jewish Camping, Israel and Technology All Rolled Into One Camp Experience Read more »