Sunday, April 27, 2008

166 Educational Websites about the Holocaust

Shalom.

Holocaust Remembrance Day is Thursday, May 1, 2008.
I posted on my website 166 links to learn about the Holocaust.
Site languages include English, Hebrew, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. All 166 links have been reviewed / checked this week.

The web address is:
http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/j-holoc.htm

The top of the page should display the 2008 date. If the page has an older date, hold the control key and press the F5 key to refresh your browser with the updated page.

Please forward this message to relatives and friends, so they can benefit from these educational resources.

We must not forget.

Jacob

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

My Hebrew Name on Facebook passes 80,000 installations

Hi Everyone!

My Facebook application called My Hebrew Name, which I launched in October 2007, passed 80,000 installations.

If you would like to display your Hebrew name on your Facebook profile, visit:
http://apps.facebook.com/myhebrewname/

If you would like to use the program outside of Facebook, visit:

http://www.my-hebrew-name.com/

Feedback is welcome!
Chag Sameach,
Jacob

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Pictures of A.H.A.V.A. Readathon Awards Ceremony

Hi Everyone!

Sunday I attended the A.H.A.V.A. Readathon Awards Ceremony at Eshkol Hapayis in Ma'ale Adumim.

You can view the pictures at:
http://www.jr.co.il/ma/pic/2008/ma248.htm

When the first page comes up, press the F11 key on the top of your keyboard for a full page view. Use the icon buttons on the bottom of each page to navigate.

Congratulations to everyone that participated in the readathon.

Chag Sameach,
Jacob

Sunday, April 13, 2008

The Passover Humor Files

Hi Everyone!

I posted on my website 50 Passover humor files. They range from funny jokes and stories to song parodies. You may want to print several of them before Passover and distribute copies to your family and guests between the seder meal courses. Both kids and adults will find them entertaining (and sometimes educational).

The humor files are located at:
http://www.jr.co.il/humor/passover.htm

The files include:
- The Computer Engineer's Haggadah
- The Dr. Seuss 4 questions
- An Adam Sandler Passover
- Seder Pickup Lines
- Halachik Issues for Peisach
- Exodus of the 3 Stooges
- Passover Story by The New York Times
- Passover Song (tune of "Hotel California")
- Passover Songs (Beatles Paradoy)
- The Plague Song (tune of "This Old Man” )
- Pharaoh, Pharaoh (tune of "Louie, Louie")
- Pesach Macarena (tune of "Macarena")
- Those Were the Plagues (tune of "Those Were the Days")
- The Ten Plagues (tune of "Adams Family")

and many more...

Enjoy!
Happy Passover,
Jacob

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Uploaded New Learn Hebrew Video - Nature

Hi Everyone!

I uploaded a new Learn Hebrew video to the Internet.
The topic of the new video is Nature.

The video address is:
http://www.learn-hebrew.co.il/videos/index.html

Learn Hebrew is a free, on-line, educational resource to learn Hebrew words. The flash site incorporates 46 topics, along with over 1,700 Hebrew words and phrases. Each Hebrew word is presented as an image with nikud [vowels]. When you click on a word or phrase you can hear it spoken. The high quality audio was created in a sound studio.

The site is multilingual. The menus, transliterations and translations are in five languages: English, French, Russian, Spanish and Dutch.

The address is:
http://www.learn-hebrew.co.il

Please forward this message to anyone that may be interested in learning Hebrew. Thank you!

Shavua Tov - Have a good week,
Jacob