In 1936 a group of young, idealistic photographers, most of them Jewish, first-generation Americans, formed an organization in Manhattan called the Photo League. Their solidarity centered on a belief in the expressive power of the documentary photograph and on a progressive alliance in the 1930s of socialist ideas and art. The Radical Camera presents the contested [...]
Trivia apps for the iPhone are hardly a scarce resource, but Drivia is a new app that takes that simple quiz format and puts a different spin on it. The idea is to keep drowsy drivers from falling asleep behind the wheel using a voice controlled app that doesn’t require them to look away from the [...]
“Jewish Holidays” application will help you learn new things and check your knowledge of the Hebrew calendar, its central holidays and their symbolism. In addition to its educational value, the game is also fun and entertaining – it’s a great way to spend your free time. This app was created by Institute of Jewish Studies [...]
Tel-O-Fun – Ride around Tel Aviv-Yafo at your leisure. Tel Aviv-Yafo joins other large European cities in offering residents and visitors bikes for rent. Why walk or drive when you can ride? Now you can rent a bike in Tel Aviv! Forget about the traffic and looking for parking, and sign up to the Tel-O-Fun bike [...]
The official Israel Football Association iPhone app a genuine home for Israeli football fans. Live and breathe Israeli football? “Live from one Saturday to another”? The IFA free iPhone app keeps you updated on everything that has to do with Israeli football and Israeli national football teams. The new IFA iPhone app includes: real time updates [...]
It’s well known that parking is hell in the city. Every parking spot is worth fighting for or squeezing into, no matter how small. In addition, with the hectic urban lifestyle often people forget where they parked their cars. iPark, Hyundai’s Israel new parking app, helps Hyundai drivers park their cars and remember where they [...]
This modern day siddur includes prayers for the four types of traditions; Ashkenaz, Sefarad, Nusach Ari and Edut Hamizrach. It contains Shacharit, Mincha, Maariv and Birkat Hamazon. It is very convenient and easy to use, since it has all the prayers outlined for easy reach. The siddur is in Hebrew, an English and Spanish version [...]
Wallpaper “Gilad time”, counter that show the days that Gilad Shalit is away from home. On Sunday, June 26, 2006, at 05:40 in the morning, a terrorist group of several Palestinians abducted Gilad Shalit. This application set Live Wallpaper with “Gilad time” a counter that show the days, hours, minutes and seconds that Gilad is [...]
Gilad Shalit was captured on 25 June 2006 by Hamas in a cross-border raid. He was captured near the Kerem Shalom crossing (in Israel), and has been held as a prisoner in the Gaza Strip by Hamas since then. Shalit, holding a rank of corporal in the IDF’s Armor Corps at the time of his abduction, has since been promoted to staff sergeant. (read more) He [...]
Jewish prayers - Birkat Hamazon & Tfiltat Haderech for Android No Hebrew support is required on the device. The most frequently used Jewish prayers in Hebrew: 1) Birkat Hamazon (Prayer to say after eating) 2) Tfiltat Haderech (Prayer to say before traveling) התפילות היהודיות השימושיות ביותר: 1) ברכת המזון 2) תפילת הדרך שימו לב! לא נדרשת [...]
This is the official Brochos.com (Jewish Blessings) app for Android. Berachos is the hebrew-transliterated word for ברכות. App Brochos - Jewish Blessings for Android is the beta version of app. There are some features are still missing – updates in the coming weeks. Founded in October of 2006, Brochos.com was designed to ease the typical user’s retreival of [...]
Jewish Mourners Kaddish Prayer for Android. Kaddish is a prayer found in the Jewish prayer services. After death, the soul — the essence of life — lives on. Kaddish is about life and eternity; about the transcendent bond between this world and the next; about the timeless connection between you and someone you loved, and [...]
Make it all the way to 49 with this unique Sefirah app by Tizkor.com. With this app you will get: – Nightly and/or daily Sefirat Haomer reminders – Fully customizable times, including special times for Friday and Motzei Shabbos – The full Sefiras Haomer text that automatically changes based on the Hebrew date – A [...]
“Women and Jewish Law: The Essential Texts, Their History, and Their Relevance for Today” by Rachel Biale (Kindle Edition) How has a legal tradition determined by men affected the lives of women? What are the traditional Jewish views of marriage, divorce, sexuality, contraception, abortion? Women and Jewish Law gives contemporary readers access to the central texts [...]
The Jerusalem Post is an Israeli daily English-language broadsheet newspaper, founded on December 1, 1932 by Gershon Agron as The Palestine Post. While the daily readership numbers (tens of thousands) do not approach those of the major Hebrew newspapers, the Jerusalem Post has a much broader reach than these other newspapers in that its readership comprises Israeli politicians, foreign journalists, and [...]
