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Beyond the Headlines: Stronger than we think

A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news.

A protester waves the pre-Islamic Revolution Iranian flag outside UN headquarters during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Iran in New York on January 15, 2026.
 Israeli soldiers look up at pictures of victims of the Holocaust at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial centre, ahead of the Holocaust Remembrance Day starting this evening, at the Hall of Names, in Jerusalem April 27, 2022.

ISIS hack targets Yad Vashem Zoom seminar commemorating Tisha b'Av

 Artificial intelligence

Only getting better: AI technology offers a host of exciting new upgrades

How to make a good first impression in business, according to researchers


Jerusalem court recognizes couples in Zoom 'Utah weddings' to be registered as married

The Utah marriage is a wedding that is conducted in visual consultation with a marriage registrar in Utah and can also be conducted when both spouses are in Israel. 

 IN A DECISION announced earlier this week, the Lod District Court ruled that the Interior Ministry must recognize those civil marriages performed remotely via an online ceremony in Utah.

A tour guide carries on in war-torn Odesa

Olga Bokhonovskaya is continuing the virtual tours over Zoom that she began when COVID-19 hit.

 THE INTERIOR of the historic Main Synagogue, aka the Great Synagogue, which is now closed.

English Overseas: US Jewish volunteers teach Israelis English over Zoom

An idea born during the pandemic is continuing to spawn healthy educational and personal gain for all.

 STATESIDE VOLUNTEERS and Jerusalemite students get together for a Zoom chat.

Technology creating sustainable, scalable Israel education

We know the impact that an Israel experience can have on a teen’s Jewish identity. Now multiply that effect by 5,500. That is the power of RootOne powered by The Jewish Education Project.

MANHI IS working to make Zoom teaching more interesting and effective.

The end of COVID and the decline of Zoom - opinion

As summer winds down and we prepare for the High Holidays, I hope that more and more people will decide to exchange their seat at their dining room table for their seat in synagogue or Temple.

MANHI IS working to make Zoom teaching more interesting and effective.

These gestures give Zoom users more positive experiences - study

A certain set of gestures called Video Meeting Signals (VMS) can improve user experience in the video conference platform Zoom, according to a new study.

Video Meeting Signals

Grapevine: Four generations of Leiblers

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Isi Leibler addressing the third World Conference of Soviet Jewry in Jerusalem, 1983.

Bible study porn 'Zoombombing' case reaches $85 m. settlement

"The case itself and the settlement that we've obtained ... I think will become a standard for other technology companies going forward."

Close up of a woman hands working with a laptop and drawing in a digital tablet on a dek at home or office (Illustrative)

Self-consciousness correlates to feelings on virtual meetings - study

For self-conscious people, seeing themselves in the mirror more frequently was associated with worse attitudes, whereas the opposite was true for those with a low level of self-consciousness.

A family takes part in a Zoom shiva

In an era when we choose our own identities, why identify as Jewish?

Insisting that taking action is what matters most, Bodner proposes a creative new framework for “doing Jewish” based on an acronym from the Yiddish word “tachlis.”

 A YOUNG Polish Jew reads from a book in Yiddish, in the Jewish library at the Jewish Community Center (JCC) in Krakow.