Google stockholders vote against BDS proposal on Nimbus Project By Michael Starr, Jerusalem Post Jun 20, 2022 Alphabet stockholders voted not to approve a stockholder proposal against Google’s work on Israel’s Nimbus Project, after Alphabet’s annual meeting of stockholders on June 1. There were 544,653,039 votes against and 55,301,799 for the proposal for Alphabet’s board to issue a report reassessing its role in the $1.2 billion project to transfer Israeli government IT… Read More
Philanthropy Reclusive WhatsApp founder is a quiet Jewish megadonor The fighting in Ukraine has been called “a WhatsApp war” amid widespread reliance on messaging apps by journalists, soldiers and ordinary civilians, and… By Asaf Shalev, JTA Jun 15, 2022
California Doug Emhoff speaks to Holocaust survivor — and his AI twin — in L.A. When Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff sat down for a Zoom conversation with Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter on Wednesday, he opened by saying, “I feel… By Jacob Gurvis, JTA Jun 9, 2022
Tech Shabbat Zoom sex stream raises questions about streaming services It was a double mitzvah, the New York Post concluded: A couple tuned in online to Shabbat services at their Minnesota synagogue, then stripped and started… By Jackie Hajdenberg, JTA Jun 3, 2022
Religion WhatsApp group brings Counting Omer to local and global audience “Today is Day 31 of the Omer, an opportunity to connect with the divine energy of Tif’eret in Hod. Both of these attributes are related to beauty. When… By Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 24, 2022
Tech Conspiracy theories about the Rothschilds continue to swirl Once again, the Rothschilds are trending. This time, it’s not because Marjorie Taylor Greene said they had space lasers, but because an economist named… By Mira Fox, Forward May 20, 2022
Tech Why it’s so hard to take hate sites off the internet After a white supremacist allegedly gunned down 10 African-Americans at a Buffalo grocery store Saturday, two of the social media websites he used to plan… By Arno Rosenfeld, Forward May 19, 2022
Bay Area Teen tech CEO wants to make sure you don't miss your next Zoom A freshman in high school, 14-year-old Seth Raphael plays ice hockey, tennis and the piano, and he’s just started learning chess. A poster of the periodic… By Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 5, 2022
Bay Area Israeli 'unicorn' startups gallop to success in Bay Area A record number of mythical creatures have cropped up in the Bay Area. But these particular fantastic beasts, while thriving here, have roots in Israel.… By Maya Mirsky May 3, 2022