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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.

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Conservative Jews consider whether to make Zoom prayer permanent

Initially doing so at the start of the pandemic technically violated a 2001 decision by the Conservative movement’s Jewish law authority.

The poor man’s Passover prayer

Online chess event takes place in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day

Participating nations included Sudan, Morocco, Indonesia, Abu Dhabi and others who do not have diplomatic ties with Israel.

Chess pieces

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Seeking: Nice Jewish shul (online services only need apply)

Married, midlife, Ashkenazi soulful Jewish female seeking spiritual community to join for online interaction. No in-person meetings. Serious virtual connections only, please.

FITZGERALD HEBREW Congregation Synagogue building, Fitzgerald, Georgia; dedicated on June 25, 1942.

Grandma's Stories: Unique program teaches pre-K children over Zoom

The idea was the result of a brainstorming session between the synagogue’s Rabbi Gustavo Surazski and student rabbi, Doron Rubin.

SIMCHA COHEN and her pre-kindergarten class.

Jews in mourning are finding unexpected comfort in virtual minyans

Keeping his father’s memory at the front of his mind has helped Aronson become the kind of person he wants to be.

Screenshot of the virtual Kaddish minyan hosted by My Jewish Learning on March 3, 2021.

Surgeon joins court trial from operating room via Zoom

Scott Green appeared before Sacramento Superior Court Commissioner Gary Link’s virtual courtroom at Carol Miller Justice Center, donning his surgical scrubs, ready to proceed.

Close up of female doctor holding syringe with injection (iilustrative)

Grapevine: Marvelous Marva

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

A family takes part in a Zoom shiva

Zoom-mitzvahs moving the bar on tradition - comment

One year ago, no one had ever heard of a Zoom bar or bat mitzvah.

DANIEL BREGMAN’S bar mitzvah on Zoom: There were all these people we could invite – Israeli friends and family in England and France who would have never been able to come.

Stanford researchers identify cases of 'Zoom fatigue'

The researchers also claim to have identified their simple fixes.

Eric Yuan, CEO of Zoom Video Communications