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A woman from the Bulgarian Jewish community attends a commemoration ceremony at Sofia's synagogue on March 10, 2013 (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)

Coronavirus crisis is testing the resilience of Europe’s small Jewish communities

The suspension of international travel and foreign tourism is making the financial model of communal groups in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and beyond “unsustainable,” their leaders say.

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 21, 2020 4:29 pm

The Italian Jewish Programmers Making Auschwitz a Virtual Reality ‘Experience’

Perhaps not as exciting as the latest installment in the Super Mario franchise, the Italian studio 101% is working on something really big: a virtual-reality game. Featuring Auschwitz. Witness: Auschwitz, currently under development by a team of Jewish programmers, promises players—or “experiencers”—an authentic look at the “everyday life of people in the camp.” According to Daniele […]

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Atone! With The Yom Kippur eScapegoat.

With the High Holidays upon us, the good folks who brought us quirky digital takes on the weekly Torah portion and that Leviticus-inspired iPhone game are back with something new: a website that lets you create a virtual scapegoat. That is, an eScapegoat. Say what? Intrigued by the ancient Yom Kippur ritual in which the High Priest chose a goat to symbolically take on all […]

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Coronavirus crisis is testing the resilience of Europe’s small Jewish communities

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A Virtual Jerusalem

Coronavirus crisis is testing the resilience of Europe’s small Jewish communities

The Italian Jewish Programmers Making Auschwitz a Virtual Reality ‘Experience’

Atone! With The Yom Kippur eScapegoat.

Jerusalem in Google’s Eyes

A Virtual Jerusalem

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