Tag: Synagogues
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8 Great Jewish Apps for 8 Nights of Hanukkah
Let’s make Hanukkah a chai-tech holiday and list 8 great mobile apps for the Members of the Tribe. From the silly to the practical, here are 8 apps you’ll want if you’re a Jew in the Digital Age: 1) BETA MIDRASH (Download from Google Play for Android) BetaMidrash is revolutionizing the mobile Torah learning experience with one…
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How China is Embracing Israeli Technology Startups
Is there a better way for a country to encourage Jewish techies to come do business in their country than to offer kosher food? Probably not. And that’s why China has been making a strong push for technology entrepreneurs from Startup Nation to consider coming there to work. The Times of Israel reports that China…
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Synagogues and Jewish Nonprofits Should Upgrade Communications in 21st Century
“Because that’s how we’ve always done things!” I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard a professional in a synagogue or Jewish nonprofit utter those words. For some reason, synagogues and Jewish nonprofits are very late adopters to new technology. Even synagogues that have invested in expensive, dynamic websites are still sending…
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Best Websites for Jewish Organizations and Synagogues
Whenever I am asked to consult synagogues and Jewish nonprofits on their Web presence, the first thing I do is take a look at their current website and try to determine in which year it was created. I can usually tell its production date within a few years based on several factors. I then explain…
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Learning to Read Torah With an iPad Mobile App
Rabbi Eli Garfinkel has created Trope Tools, his first mobile app for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad family of Apple devices. Trope Tools allows users to learn, teach, and review trope for Torah and Haftarah reading. As he advertises: “Do you want to know how to leyn the “yerach ben yomo” that appears in…