How the Wild West of social media will be won
Facebook and other social media sites are fuelling the haters. What can be done to combat it? Jesse Hirsh investigates.
From Yoni’s Desk: Facebook and the Holocaust: is it time to un-friend?
Sure, no one wants to have to scroll past an anti-Semitic post on their news feed, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that such offensive material is freely available on Facebook. When you realize that you’re sharing space with Holocaust deniers, you might stop to wonder whether it’s time to move on.
Your Daily Spiel For August 8
Israeli actress Gal Gadot will be starring in a limited Showtime series about Hedy Lamarr; Holocaust experts want to meet with Mark Zuckerberg; nearly 600 rabbis from North America have signed a letter calling on Orthodox rabbis in Israel to retract homophobic comments.
Your Daily Spiel For July 23
Demonstrations kicked off across Israel on Sunday to protest a new surrogacy law that does not include gay couples; Randi Zuckerberg agrees with her brother’s choice to not ban Holocaust deniers from Facebook; a new Israeli bill will allow pregnant women to skip to the head of lines.
Your Daily Spiel For July 20
A Teen Vogue columnist compares the policing of minority communities in the United States and Israel, Gold medalist Aly Raisman and 140 sexual abuse victims received the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage at the ESPYS awards, Mark Zuckerberg’s recent announcement is contrary to German law.
Your Daily Spiel For July 19
Orthodox students hold separate-gender services at the egalitarian section of the Western Wall, Mark Zuckerberg clarifies remark on not automatically removing Holocaust-denying Facebook posts, recent study on the rate of sexual abuse among people who have left the Orthodox community.
Your daily spiel for Friday, May 26
In today’s spiel: Jews join nonviolent protest in South Hebron Hills; Mark Zuckerberg’s prayer to Harvard grads and an Israeli becoming Wonder Woman.
