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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

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Netanyahu holds historic video call with UAE representative in Hebrew

The prime minister was surprised to discover that his interlocutor spoke the language so well.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with US President Donald Trump and UAE Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed via telephone.

Has Zoom been hacked a week before school starts?

The US, Israel and many other countries are planning on relying heavily on Zoom for all or part of children’s schooling starting in early September.

Eric Yuan, CEO of Zoom Video Communications

Majority of students say lockdown has negatively impacted their education

24% overall said that they had been "somewhat" impacted, and 16% overall said their education had been "very much" affected.

The top 14 ranked physics pupils in the country getting ready for the upcoming contest in Yakutsk, Russia

Netanyahu tells UAE Jewish community leaders 'I hope to visit you soon'

"We stand on the brink of a historic era of peace for peace...of peace that has grown and expanded between Israel and the Arab world," Netanyahu said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holding a Zoom meeting with the heads of the UAE Jewish community, August 20, 2020.

Comedians to hold Zoom event on what Seth Rogen doesn't get

The Sunday Zoom seminar is being co-hosted by the American Friends of Kaplan Medical Center (AFKMC) which has produced four monthly Zoom webinars since the onset of Covid-19.

Israeli-American comedians, Benji Lovitt and Avi Liberman

American Jewish summer camps spoiled for choice with virtual engagement

But to fill the summer void, almost all the 150 Jewish overnight camps in the US and Canada have offered virtual programming.

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Dallas prayer service ‘Zoom bombed’ with antisemitic messages

The incident took place on July 30, the Jewish fast day of Tisha B’Av.

FILE PHOTO: A student takes classes online with his companions using the Zoom app at home

Antisemites ‘Zoombombed’ our synagogue’s Shabbat services

An outsider — perhaps a bored prankster or possibly an extremist hacker — somehow accessed the annotating, audio and chat features of our Zoom session to share hateful messages.

Zoombombing

Jews are flocking to online classes during the pandemic

Craving connection and with time on their hands, Jews have been attending online courses with intense devotion.

Shacharit sevice takes place over Zoom

Israeli researchers discover, fix Zoom vulnerability

In January 2020, Check Point discovered a vulnerability that would allow hackers to potentially identify and join active meetings.

Eric Yuan, CEO of Zoom Video Communications