Internet & Technology

With three days to go until the close of voting in the second-annual Jewish Community Heroes contest, dozens of Chabad-Lubavitch leaders, including three campus Chabad House directors, are in the running for $25,000 to boost their non-profit projects.

Rabbi Michoel Ogince has always had a passion for photography, and when he decided two years ago to fuse his love of the camera with his love for Judaism, he gave birth to what he considers a masterpiece.

Even after the close of the 2010 World Cup – Spain’s national team bested Holland last Sunday – “Reaching Goals,” which was filmed in February at the Cape Town Stadium made famous by several World Cup matches, continues to log thousands of more views each day.

Jewish Educational Media announced the release of a new installment in its acclaimed “Early Years” series focusing on the Rebbe’s life prior to his taking the helm of Chabad-Lubavitch in 1950.

Shiloh Sundstrom is a farmer from Deadwood, Ore. Although not many Jewish residents call the unincorporated mountain community home, he annually hosts some 40 people at his Seder table. This year, he’s relying on Passover.org for vital explanations and material.

With his foot up in bed after surgery from a broken ankle, Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz, a teacher at SAR High School in Riverdale, N.Y., contemplated how to reach students taking his senior elective Kabbalah course.

A report from Internet security company McAfee vindicated the Jewish Web site Chabad.org, revealing that unknown persons stole the site’s logo and e-mail template. A McAfee official added that the scheme has since moved on to other companies.

A comprehensive study of the Jewish community’s Internet presence has revealed that overall traffic to major Jewish news sites and educational sites is on the rise.

Jews scattered across the globe turned to the Internet to answer their holiday-related questions on everything from the proper arrangement of a Seder plate to the deeper meanings of freedom.

Perusing the more than 600 reflections submitted by readers to Chabad.org in the days after India’s worst terrorist attack, one thing becomes clear: In the course of their short lives, Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg managed to touch many lives.

The central Chabad-Lubavitch library in New York posted 1,000 Passover Haggadahs online, some of which are the only copies in the world.

Noah’s Ark, the newest addition to the Chabad.org family, presents children and their parents with Torah lessons and interesting insights culled from the animal kingdom.

A personalized High Holidays greeting makes its pitch through laughs with the help of a Chabad.org cartoon character.

New Kabbalah-inspired cartoon debuts on Chabad.org.

The new Jewish Marriage site offers tips, insights and explanations about getting married.

The redesign of Chabad.org and ChabadOnline.com is no mere facelift, it is a complete recreation of the site from ground up to give you more of what you have been asking for: more content and more features in a more easily accessible format.