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Zoom headquarters in San Jose. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inEducation

Protest at Zoom HQ seeks to block S.F. State Leila Khaled event

by Gabriel Greschler September 21, 2020September 22, 2020
a man in his 40s stands smiling in front of a Zoom sign
Posted inRosh Hashanah

How one Zoom employee saved High Holidays streaming for 300 synagogues

by Ben Harris and JTA September 18, 2020
Democratic supporters on webcams celebrate after Joe Biden formally becomes the Democratic nominee for president during the virtual Democratic National Convention, Aug. 19, 2020. (Photo/JTA-David Cliff-NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inHigh Holidays

What synagogues streaming High Holiday services can learn from the political conventions

Steve Rabinowitz by Steve Rabinowitz and JTA August 31, 2020August 31, 2020
Chelm is a town known in European Jewish folklore as a community of holy fools. (Illustration/F. Halperin's "Khakme Khelm," Warsaw, 1926)
Posted inTorah

Live from Chelm: Online class provides some virtual wisdom from a mythical shtetl

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan August 14, 2020August 14, 2020
Rabbi Daniel Stein (top right) leads candle lighting and some songs over Zoom before Shabbat, March 13, 2020. (Screenshot/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inU.S.

17% of American Jews attended a virtual prayer service last month, compared to half of Christians

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA August 11, 2020August 12, 2020
a large brick and glass synagogue building
Posted inU.S.

Some synagogues are opting for high-quality over homegrown when it comes to online services. Is that a good thing?

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA August 4, 2020August 4, 2020
The Barcheinu Avinu Zoom event, commemorating the 26th anniversary of the Chabad Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson's death, was joined by more than 45,000 devices. (Photo/JTA-Itzik Roytman-Chabad.org)
Posted inReligion

100,000 people reportedly attended Zoom commemoration for Chabad Rebbe

Laura E. Adkins by Laura E. Adkins and JTA June 26, 2020June 26, 2020
Miriam Nehama Ani and Brandon Waloff at their Zoom wedding, May 31, 2020. (Photo/Éli Zaturanski-Visage Studios)
Posted inUncategorized

Oakland couple was hesitant, but Zoom wedding proved to be ‘magical’

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 15, 2020June 18, 2020
she stands at a podium talking
Posted inNews

‘Zoombombing’ disrupts Jewish Community Library lecture

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 20, 2020April 20, 2020
Screenshot from an Anti-Defamation League webinar on preventing "zoombombing."
Posted inTech

Taking action to protect online Jewish events from ‘zoombombing’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 17, 2020

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