Tech
Is There a Bright Future for the KosherSwitch®?
Orthodox Judaism often struggles with new technology. Its top problem is a simple question: “Can you use this on Shabbat?” While this sometimes comes up with manual/mechanical items, any time... Read More »
Steve Jobs, The Beatles and Revolutionizing Jewish Philanthropy
With the passing of the legendary Steve Jobs, co-founder and CEO of Apple, I was contemplating how he revolutionized and shaped multiple industries, from computers, to work style, telecom, movies,... Read More »
Thriving on Turmoil, a TEDxTelAviv production
Israel is now officially 62 years old. While the Israeli banks were extremely prepared for the economic turmoil America caused and while Israeli start-ups continue to become major players... Read More »
After 20 years, AIPAC is still behind the curve on how to use the Internet
Around twenty years ago when I was at MIT, I spent far more hours than I care to contemplate combating anti-Semitic, anti-Zionist and anti-Israel propaganda on Usenet. This was back... Read More »
A Jeff Pulver Breakfast in Tel Aviv
Yesterday morning, while going through the 150 or so feeds I try to keep up with, I came upon this video. A report on Jeff Pulver‘s breaksfast in Tel Aviv... Read More »
Young Geeks gather in Israel
Israelis are full of ideas. The Silicon Wadi is only behind the Silicon Valley in terms of sheer numbers startups. One guy, Shai Agassi, is working on a viable electric... Read More »
The Jewish Leadership Series: Jeremy Epstein
Jewneric recently had the opportunity to speak with Jeremy Epstein, Word of Mouth & Social Media Consultant and a prominent Jewish leader. We asked him a series of questions to... Read More »
Gary Vaynerchuk is a Real Mentch!
Last night I had the unique opportunity to hear from and talk to web personality, wine expert, and tremendously nice guy, Gary Vaynerchuk, of Wine Library TV. I first “met”... Read More »
Wordle Shows Visual Representations of Any Text with Cool Biblical Implacations
Today, someone sent me the link to a new web 2.0 site, Wordle. Wordle gives you a tag cloud of any text you put in. Someone already mashed up Vayikra... Read More »
MashBash Tel Aviv – The Official Jewneric.com Report
MashBash TLV the Official Jewneric.com Media Partner Report Last night, as previously reported, I had the pleasure of being a sponsored guest to MashBash TLV. For those who still don’t... Read More »
Google’s Holocaust Memorial Portal
I wish I had seen this last week. It’s good to see that Google is using its resources as one of the largest and most powerful information gateways to spread... Read More »
The Chosen Keyboard
For a long time there have been only a few options if you wanted Hebrew on your keyboard. Your options were to spend two hours pasting stickers onto your keyboard... Read More »
The Geek Guide to Kosher Machines
I just stumbled on a Wired article from November of 2004 which profiles Jonah Ottensoser, an engineer for the Star-K. “A retired helicopter engineer who is himself Orthodox, Ottensoser teaches... Read More »
Google, Yahoo & Facebook Officials to Attend Jerusalem Tech Conference
Sergey Brin, one of the founders of Google, will be attending the upcoming technical conference arranged by President Shimon Peres, to be held at Jerusalem’s Binyanei Ha’uma International Convention Center.... Read More »
“Purgamentum Init, Exit Pecuniam,” or “Wow, Staten Island Can Now Rival an Oil-Rich Arab Country!”
Reading one of my new favorite blogs (greenprophet.com) has caused me to ponder: Can the country that created a veritable oasis out of a desert simultaneously solve waste issues, lower... Read More »
Would you let someone shoot you with a puke ray?
Sharon Weinberger has written an article for Wired’s Danger Room about her experience as the subject of a test involving a Sonic Blaster at a Jeruslaem hotel. Sharon’s reaction when... Read More »
Israel vs. Google
The city of Kiryat Yam is suing Google for a description which was posted on Google Earth that portrays the history of the city in a negative light. The following... Read More »
New Jet Will Get You from New York to Tel Aviv in Under 3 Hours
Imagine flying to Israel and back in a day and still being able to get in a whole day’s worth of work, play and spiritual uplifting. That could be a... Read More »
Israel’s Robots Part I: Suicide Bomber Inspection
In the past few days, Annalee Newitz, editor of IO9, has come under fire for the images that she posted of what appears to be a bomb disposal robot inspecting... Read More »
The Wisdom of the Ancient World Gets Some Good Press!
An article in Slate Magazine from April 10, 1998, by Steven E. Landsburg, discusses the way in which modern economic theory backs up the rabbis of the Babylonian Talmud. How... Read More »
