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Twitter hack includes Obama, Spears


Facebook rules nix breast-feeding pix


MUSIC VIDEO: ‘Dem Phones Dem Phones Dem iPhones—Hear the Word of the Lord’

A recreation? A mashup of old video and new audio? Whatever, it's great!

A new high for the Scrabulous-deprived

Brother and sister team Guy and Galia Ben-Artzi aim to make game development easier with their new online game site.


Vatican invites rabbi to speak; IDF using Facebook to catch draft dodgers

The Vatican for the first time invited a rabbi to speak at its World Synod of Bishops

Jewish identity defined—a la Facebook

Facebook has become far more than a social network; it is a virtual social necessity. The Jewish community has created a haven for there, claiming hundreds of groups, applications and pieces of Jewish flair.

My leather-bound life


Status symbol

Status used to be about social hierarchy -- whether you made a good living or were born into the right family or had achieved prominence in your community. But these days, if you say the word "status" to Generation Single-and-Facebooking, you may be understood very differently

Briefs: Israel apologizes to the Beatles, Europe commemorates the Holocaust

Israel is trying to atone for a decision to bar a tour by the Beatles 43 years ago. Israel's ambassador to London, Ron Prosor, has written a letter to relatives of the late Beatles singer John Lennon and guitarist George Harrison apologizing for a 1965 government ban on the British pop group and inviting its surviving members -- Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr -- to play in the Jewish state.

"We should like to take this opportunity to correct the historic error which to our great regret occurred in 1965, when you were invited to Israel," Yediot Achronot quoted the letter as saying. "We should like to see you sing in Israel."

Linked Out

Today I received the 50th e-mail from someone I vaguely know, someone who isn't spam, but is spam of a different sort. "You are invited to join LinkedIn."

Briefs: Hebron settlers removed, Olmert plans land swap, Romney backs off Hezbollah

News briefs.

New congregations net results online

For dozens of new congregations and minyans, or prayer communities, like Ikar, the Internet is not just a faster, more convenient communication tool. It's a central organizing mechanism and community-building tool, filling the roles performed in more traditional synagogues by administrative staff, newsletters, membership committees, religious school, even rabbis.

A Face in the Internet Crowd

As soon as incoming freshman Chana Ickowitz received her UC Berkeley e-mail address, she registered on the online directory facebook.com. There, on her personal profile, she described herself as someone with moderate political views who likes sushi, rainy days, Urban Outfitters and "Jane Eyre" ... and who is a member of a group called Jew Crew.