Judaism Mega Site Unveils Monumental Rebuild by Libby Herz  In the late 1980s, years before the internet boom and long before anyone would pair Jewish outreach to computing, Rabbi Yosef Y. Kazen could be found sitting before a mammoth computer, dispatching Jewish texts across the globe. Prior to the advent of YouTube, Google and Yahoo, Kazen [...]

Haaretz  (lit. “The Land”) is Israel’s oldest daily newspaper. It was founded in 1918 and is now published in both Hebrew and English in Berliner format. The English edition is published and sold together with the International Herald Tribune. In North America, it comes out as a weekly newspaper, combining articles from the Friday edition with a roundup from the rest of the week. Both Hebrew and [...]

The new Apple iPhone 4S has a feature called Siri that understands your spoken commands, finds the information you’re looking for, and responds in a female voice.  Here’s the way Apple describes the service: Siri on iPhone 4S lets you use your voice to send messages, schedule meetings, place phone calls, and more. Ask Siri [...]

Jewish Geography is a fun and challenging app quiz game that measures by how many degrees you’re separated from your own Jewish geographical knowledge. Uniquely different than the traditional “Do you know so-and-so?” degrees of separation kibitzing, every intriguing photo and challenging question in Jewish Geography the app game is related to a geographical location [...]

Have problems reading Rashi script? Rashi decoder for iPhone and iPad is a calculator style app to change Rashi style fonts into block Hebrew for those who know Hebrew but not the flowing fine print of the commentators. Rashi Script is a 16th century Hebrew typeface. Like its Latin equivalent italic, the typeface was used to [...]

Pioneers For A Cure – Songs To Fight Cancer has released a new free interactive Purim Megillah for iPad in time for the Holiday. Using Apple’s new iBooks Author program and illustrated by fine artist Mira Sasson, the Purim Megillah contains the entire text of the traditional story in English and Hebrew. There’s also a [...]

Shabbat Saver is a free, cute little app that tells you Shabbat’s enter and exit times (Candle Lighting Times). It accomplishes the task without the need for an internet connection. Select your  location from a list of cities around the world by pressing the city label in the main screen (when the globe button is [...]

Monday night, at the Mesorah Dinner that celebrated the siyyum of the Schottenstein Hebrew Talmud and some other projects, Artscroll  has announced a digital edition of the Artscroll Talmud. This new Talmud app, B”H, will be available before  the  next  Daf  Yomi cycle begins in August. RustyBrick*, well know for its iSiddur, Mishna Torah and other Jewish Apps, [...]

Purim is less than 2 weeks away. (March 7 – evening and March 8, 2012) It isn’t the place for more detailed analysis of the holiday so, using the Amazon app, it’s worth to have a look at one of  the eBooks for iPhone or iPad:  Vedibarta Bam: And You Shall Speak of  Them – Megillat Esther - a compilation of [...]

New Android app Esther developed by ZigZag features Book of  Esther (Hebrew with English translation), Purim Service, and grogger. Reading the Scroll of Esther (Megillat Esther) is the centerpiece of the joyous holiday of Purim. This app adds to your holiday experience by bringing you the entire Hebrew text of Esther, fully pointed (all vowels [...]

Get to know the traditional Bentching tunes. The Bentching App  is a unique and personal way to learn the traditional Jewish “Grace After Meals” prayers & tunes. Based on highly acclaimed “Complete Bentching CD“  by Cantor Adam Davis. This LITE version includes all the text and translitterated English, with a sample page of the Audio Accompaniment available in the [...]

Museum Planet created a comprehensive narrated digital tour of the Jewish Ghetto (Ghetto Nuovo) in Venice, Italy. When on March 29th, 1516 the Government of the Serenissima Repubblica issued special laws, the first Ghetto of Europe was instituted. It was an area where Jews were forced to live and which they could not leave from [...]

Study Talmud anywhere night and day on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. The app downloads tractates and stores them for later use – so you will always have access to the Talmud. (Note: for entire Talmud you will need approximately 650 MB of free space). The pages are formated as a Vilna Talmud and have infinite [...]

The Jewish Funders Network (JFN) is an international organization dedicated to advancing the quality and growth of Jewish philanthropy.  JFN’s members include independent philanthropists,  foundation trustees and foundation professionals. The Jewish Funders Network is a unique community that seeks to transform the nature of Jewish giving in both thought and action. Through top-level presenters, innovative learning experiences, [...]

Rabbi Mordechai Blau of the Mishmeres Kodesh agreed to be interviewed by Channel 10 Israel TV, which was seeking to understand the “Threats of the iPhone” and similar devices as indicated by pashkavilim in Meah Shearim that warn against using such devices. Channel 10: Can you explain the dangers associated with the iPhone and Blackberry [...]