Israel’s Jews and tattoos, AI Jewish matchmaker, Jewish roots of France’s newest PM, and more!
Israel’s Jews and tattoos, AI Jewish matchmaker, Jewish roots of France’s newest PM, and more!
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Every week, we browse the web to find you the most intriguing content from around the Jewish world! Yalla, let’s go:
What are the Jewish roots of France’s newest prime minister?
Elisabeth Borne is the second woman to hold the position. Her family fled the Nazis in Poland in 1939.
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The love affair between Israel’s Jews and tattoos
For the less observant Jew, as tattoos have become more popular in the last decade or so, many have been drawn to this fascinating art form.
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Israeli AI chat bot Algo seeks to matchmake Jews worldwide
A new online AI bot and algorithm aims to have learned the patterns of successful marriages in the Jewish world and, based on this, find matches for singles. Its pilot in Israel has matchmade 20 engagements in just a few months.
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Sacha Baron Cohen to Narrate Comedy Special on Classic Jewish Folktales of ‘Chelm’
Academy Award-nominated British-Jewish actor Sacha Baron Cohen will narrate a television special featuring classic Yiddish folktales set in Chelm, a fictitious town of fools made famous in Ashkenazi Jewish folklore.
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Spanish foundation teaches millions of Spaniards that they have Jewish roots
The mission of the Fundacion HispanoJudia (FHJ – the Hispanic Jewish Foundation) “is to teach future generations that Judaism is an intrinsic element to Spanish and Hispanic identity and to establish bridges of mutual understanding between the Spanish-speaking and Jewish worlds.
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