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81 Haredi women complete tech training

Posted on January 3, 2021

81 religious Jewish women completed the first two-year Adva program that trains women for tech development jobs. The virtual graduation event was attended by Israeli tech executives, who recruited the graduates for Apple, Facebook, Check Point, XM Cyber and others. … Continue reading →

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Jerusalem pianos festival

Posted on November 22, 2020

The Jerusalem Theater’s eighth annual Pianos Festival was held online and free of charge to all who registered. Each performance was broadcast live on both Youtube and Facebook. The festival was dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven, marking 250 years since … Continue reading →

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Oud Festival goes virtual

Posted on November 22, 2020

The Jerusalem International Oud Festival Nov 19 – 28 will be online, free of charge on the Confederation House Youtube channel and on Facebook. This year’s festival will focus on Israel artists. https://www.midnighteast.com/mag/?p=52006 ttp://www.confederationhouse.org/en/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPkD9PtB1oNpWeeSUJpCDpQ

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Instagram Lite

Posted on October 26, 2020

Facebook’s Israeli R&D center (one of Facebook’s largest hubs) launched Facebook Lite in 2015 for low-end phones and no WiFi (reported here previously). It is now developing Instagram Lite – under 2MB compared to the 32MB full version. The new … Continue reading →

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Untold News tells the news

Posted on August 23, 2020

Jacob Kamaras’ article below is a great advert for pro-Israel advocate Marcella Rosen and her Untold News initiative. Its Facebook page has over 725,000 followers including the important Hispanic community. The article itself describes many of Israel’s vital innovations to … Continue reading →

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Jaffa theater goes digital

Posted on August 9, 2020

For the next few months. Jaffa’s Gesher Theater is offering audiences worldwide the opportunity each Thursday to tune in to some of its best plays on Facebook. The theme is “A Journey Through Our History,” Each week Gesher will conduct … Continue reading →

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1000 videos and 6 billion hits

Posted on August 2, 2020

Israeli-Arab Nas Yassin (reported here previously) is the founder of Nas Daily – a Facebook page with 25 million followers in which he documents his travels and experiences around the world. Nas has produced 1000 videos in 1000 days, receiving … Continue reading →

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Stopping targeted ads

Posted on August 2, 2020

It can be very annoying – a friend asks you to search online for something and within a few hours you receive dozens of unsolicited advertisements for items that you have no desire whatsoever. Now Israel’s CodeFuel has a launched … Continue reading →

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Off Broadway, On HaMasger

Posted on July 20, 2020

19th July America-Israel Friendship League in partnership with Center Stage in Ra’anana and Jewish Plays Project presented 3 short performances.  Hudson’s Legacy, Madame Magician, and Refuge Malja. https://aifl.org/events/off-broadway-off-raanana https://www.facebook.com/events/2709052012700937/

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Answering questions automatically on social media

Posted on June 28, 2020

Israel’s Pudding.ai (founded as Nowtecc Technologies) generates insights and answers questions in real-time on companies’ social media accounts. These include Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3833717,00.html

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