[ha-Safran]: Google Books now in Hebrew

Google Books has come to Israel. According to Globes, "Keter Publishing House Ltd. is the first Israeli publisher to collaborate with Google, which wants to sign agreements with other publishers to enrich its online library. Google said that, in addition to access to Hebrew books for surfers, t

[ha-Safran]: Google does Yiddish

See the article in CNet http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10322250-248.html -- Lee Jaffe Assessment & Planning Librarian 3366 McHenry Library University of California 1156 High Street Santa Cruz, California 95064 831.459.3297

[ha-Safran]: Google, digital access to books, and reading

I congratulate Google for their commitment to digitizing the world's knowledge (defined by the knowledge represented by the 5 major libraries that are participating at this time). This will cost them millions of dollars, and I think it's well spent. Even though, as someone observed, this proj

Re: [ha-Safran]: Google and US

go to npr to hear the discussion with the pres. of ALA http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4227895 Abigail Yasgur, M.L.S., Director Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles "promoting Jewish literacy" Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual au

[ha-Safran]: Google

I am forwarding to Hasafran the response of a colleague at the Yale Library to the Google announcement. He inserts a note of reality to the Google hype. Nanette It's a shame that Google so terribly skews users' expectations with announcements like this. They will be able to scan some books and

RE: [ha-Safran]: Google and US

Marion Thank you so much for putting this item on our collective agendas. I completely agree that this is a magnificent opportunity, and hope you posting leads to some good collaborative thinking and action. Arnie Rabbi Arnold D. Samlan Director of Nassau/Queens Services Board of Jewish Educ

[ha-Safran]: Google and US

I'm sure that I'm not the only one who read or heard about the astounding developments in the world of information delivery that was announced yesterday. In fact the NYTimes had it as the lead article on the front page. My question for all of us is: How does this impact our work right now and go

Re: [ha-Safran]: Google and Blogs

Thanks for making more widely known the New York Public Library sign! I love it! Madeleine Cohen Oakley Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy Rockville, MD 20850 * "Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting." -- Elizabeth Bibe

Re: [ha-Safran]: GOOGLE story in the Jerusalem Post

Dr. Weinshank, I agree with you, and thank you for your efforts in making a very strong case in this matter. Have you sent a copy of your statement to Sen. Shumer (sp?) of New York, who has been so agitated about this? I would ask that you please do so. We (that is, those agitating to change th

[ha-Safran]: GOOGLE story in the Jerusalem Post

Safranim: Please read this story from the J'lem Post. Jerusalem Post: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid =1081998816187 You need the free sign-in to the site to read this article directly. I again caution everybody that two can play at this game. The sof

[ha-Safran]: Google and Blogs

--- Message requiring your approval -- From: S B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Google and Blogs I just came across a news item that says that Google may be addressing the "blog problem" by indexing blogs separately from the rest of the WWW, perhaps giving blog

Re: [ha-Safran]: GOOGLE and anti-Semitism

Very interesting-enjoyed reading all the comments but wonder why people would feel it necessary to click on the site giving them additional "hits". I would think they would know that would happen. I have been writing letters to Yahoo (uses google) and to news editors for all the good that may do.Bu

Re: [ha-Safran]: GOOGLE and anti-Semitism

June is on the right track and, as she points out, the website should have the word "Jew" in it, as that is the word that is, at the moment, directing people to Jewwatch. A key part of it is that we all would have to go to the ONE chosen site for it to be really effective. No, this isn't exactly a

Re: [ha-Safran]: GOOGLE and anti-Semitism

Right. It seems logical, based on the information we have been receiving here, that a good way to counter the anti-Semitic site is to promote another site by visiting it frequently, as Joel suggests. We need to focus on just one site. And it's important that this site does not mention the name o

Re: [ha-Safran]: GOOGLE and anti-Semitism

To all Google conscious Safranim Fighting the anti-Semitic site by drawing attention to it and unintentinally linking to it appears to be counterproductive. A more sensible approach is to find and visit a pro-Jewish web site that is more to your liking (there are plenty out there) and en

RE: [ha-Safran]: GOOGLE and anti-Semitism

Almonit: Let me restate my argument yet once more in response to your posting. GOOGLE uses an algorithm to determine frequency of links to a site, nothing more, nothing less. Stop looking for the "ghost in the machine." There is no sentient creature doing hand-editing of the GOOGLE algorithm. The

Re: [ha-Safran]: GOOGLE and anti-Semitism

Didn't someone tell us that Google does not endorse or list hate sites? Does someone have evidence for this claim? If so, then all of Dr. Weinshank's arguments below are irrelevant. If Google says it does not list hate sites, then it needs to pull this site from the rankings in order to be true

Re: [ha-Safran]: Google and "the barricades"

I agree completely with Andrea Rapp. If the effort required results in publicity to the extent this has, one of the outcomes (especially con- sidering Google was also playing political games with us) is a level of publicity that could not otherwise be obtained for the proverbial 'love nor money'! B

[ha-Safran]: GOOGLE and anti-Semitism

--- Message requiring your approval -- From: "Dr. Donald J. Weinshank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [ha-Safran]: GOOGLE and anti-Semitism Stop the nonsense: GOOGLE is not anti-Semitic and this petition is actually helping the anti-Semites.

[ha-Safran]: GOOGLE and anti-Semitism

--- Message requiring your approval -- From: "Dr. Donald J. Weinshank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [ha-Safran]: GOOGLE and anti-Semitism Stop the nonsense: GOOGLE is not ant-Semitic and this petition is actually helping the anti-Semites.

Re: [ha-Safran]: Google & anti-Semitic website

I just looked at it is still at the top. Bernie Maengen Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lis

RE: [ha-Safran]: Google & anti-Semitic website

--- Stanley Nachamie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think I read last week that Google has already taken action and done something to prevent jewwatch from being at the top of the search results for "Jew." Can anyone confirm this? Stanley, I didn't read that yet. But ... I just did a sea

RE: [ha-Safran]: Google & anti-Semitic website

Rivka wrote: > Help us get Google.com to remove jewwatch.com from > their search engine. I think I read last week that Google has already taken action and done something to prevent jewwatch from being at the top of the search results for "Jew." Can anyone confirm this? Thanks, and enjoy the re

[ha-Safran]: Google search for "Jew"

While (ironically) doing a search for an article using the News area of Google (http://news.google.com), I came across one of the recent articles about the Google petition to remove Jew Watch from its database. An example of one such article is this one from Cleveland Jewish News : http://www.cle

RE: [ha-Safran]: Google & anti-Semitic website

Subject: Jewish google Removal !! When performing a search for the word "Jew" on google.. the first result is a site that has been notorious for being anti-semitic.. the site is called jewwatch.com Google is the # 1 search site and the fact that The first search

[ha-Safran]: Google

I'm glad to see that Google acquiesced re their webiste and Jews, but, in spite of the fact that I've kept all the ems relating to this, I'm not quite certain what they changed. I'd appreciate some enlightment on this. I am forwarding this to my Rabbi - HaSafran is one source that he doesn't ha

RE: [ha-Safran]: Google & anti-Semitic website

The search engine is neither philo-Semitic nor anti-Semitic. It is an algorithm which reports the hits on sites, no more, no less. Forgive my bluntness, but complaining about the GOOGLE search algorithm makes as much sense as saying that God is unfair because people fall off ladders due to gravity

RE: [ha-Safran]: Google & anti-Semitic website

Never fear. I forwarded your email on to every Jew in the world I know including one rabbi who runs www.koshertorah.com. He also gives classes on Torah and Kabbalah on PalTalk at www.paltalk.com. At any rate he sent the message on to all his students at his yeshiva and told everyone at paltalk w

RE: [ha-Safran]: Google & anti-Semitic website

Thanks to all my colleagues who responded to my posting. Yes, I was tempted to petition Google, but I think such an effort would be in vain. The main point I wanted to get across was that I believe it is our responsibility to ensure that our patrons question the validity of web sources. The Mart

Re: [ha-Safran]: Google search for "Jew"

--- Rivka Strom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The one Hatewatch was bought by the SPLC and Morris > Dees, the name dropped > and integrated into Tolerance.Org. > > As to the other I am unaware. Yes, the one (legitimate, IMO) Hatewatch site (i.e. http://www.hatewatch.org) was bought by the SPLC

Re: [ha-Safran]: Google search for "Jew"

The one Hatewatch was bought by the SPLC and Morris Dees, the name dropped and integrated into Tolerance.Org. As to the other I am unaware. Rivka Strom [EMAIL PROTECTED] === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs

Re: [ha-Safran]: Google search for "Jew"

The sponsored sites are above the line while the ones that come up because of the algorithmic system they use to determine which site is clicked on the most are below the line. You will see the next time you do a search on Google. Rivka Strom [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===

Re: [ha-Safran]: Google search for "Jew"

There used to be 2 sites called > "Hatewatch". One listed racist sites and one listed > sites that try to counter the racist sites (i.e. == Another example is Daniel Pipes' antiterrorism website, which is danielpipes.org. His opponents have put up danielpipes.com Andrea __

Re: [ha-Safran]: Google search for "Jew"

Since vendors can pay to have their sites come to the top of the list for specific keyword searches (a form of ad), maybe that's what happened here. If so, it would seem that Google has a responsibility to reverse this and the matter not dropped. Google's ad policy states: Site may not include:

Re: [ha-Safran]: Google search for "Jew"

--- Andrea Rapp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >So true. Students must be taught this. You can > begin by directing them to the site: > martinlutherking.org which anyone might assume > would > be a logical place to look for information on Dr. > King. > Andrea That reminds me of something

Re: [ha-Safran]: Google search for "Jew"

>I feel we have a responsibility to at least tell our >patrons to question the validity of information they find on the web. === So true. Students must be taught this. You can begin by directing them to the site: martinlutherking.org which anyone might assume would be a logical place to loo

Re: [ha-Safran]: Google search for "Jew"

My understanding is that the methodology that Google uses employs an algorithm that identifies the sites that most often are selected, or linked, as a result of a given search, enhancing the probability that the site will be appropriate for future users. Since Google does not manually assign t

RE: [ha-Safran]: Google search for "Jew"

COMMENTS: 1. GOOGLE uses an algorithm based on most frequently visited sites. There is nothing anti-Semitic about the fact that they list the site, although I can perhaps guess that some automated programs could be used by somebody outside the GOOGLE organization to inflate the number of times thi

[ha-Safran]: Google search for "Jew"

It was brought to my attention that when you Googled the word 'Jew,' the antisemitic hate site, Jew Watch, comes up as the top result on what is beyond a doubt the most frequently relied upon search engine in the world. Apparently, troubled by his recent discovery of this fact, a staff reporter at