Monthly Archives: April 2008

Jewish Standard: Area native’s Website helps Israelis find work

Area native’s Website helps Israelis find work By Abigail Klein LeichmanPublished  04/18/2008at http://www.jstandard.com/articles/4172/1/Area-native%92s-Website-helps-Israelis-find-work   Zvi Landsman was determined to make a living in Israel, and he also wants to help other educated and motivated immigrants make ends meet. In September, the 28-year-old Teaneck native launched JobShuk, a Web-based employment network that seeks to pair Israel-based freelancers …

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The Jerusalem Post: Businesses go to market

Apr 7, 2008 10:01 | Updated Apr 7, 2008 11:54at http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1207486210267&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Businesses go to market By ABE SELIG Jobshuk.com, an on-line networking site geared toward connecting Israeli businesses and overseas companies, on Tuesday is launching a real-time, interactive exhibition via the Internet to bring together its users and potential clients worldwide. Photo: Courtesy Using Skype, a program …

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Israel National News: New Web Site Facilitates Zionist Outsourcing

Published: 04/02/08, 11:20 AMat: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/125773 New Web Site Facilitates Zionist Outsourcing by Ezra HaLevi if (sLinkData != “”) document.write(“Edit“); (IsraelNN.com) A new immigrant has launched a web site to help fellow olim as well as Jews worldwide who want to help on the direct, grassroots level. JobShuk.com (“shuk” is Hebrew for “market”) was created by …

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The Jewish Press: Help Wanted. Must Live In Israel

Help Wanted. Must Live In Israel By: Jeremy Wimpfheimer Date Posted: March 12, 2008Originally Printed at http://www.thejewishpress.com/displaycontent_new.cfm?contentid=30661&mode=a   The option of doing business with Israeli-based service providers has recently become much easier. A new online initiative, JobShuk.com is essentially just as its name describes, a network of individuals and small companies in Israel who are …

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Remote Recruiters Pros and Cons

Many recruiting and headhunting firms have adopted a business model that incorporates off-site, geographically dispersed personnel under the moniker of remote recruiters. Much of the increasing popularity of this model is attributable to the flexibility made possible by the growth of the Internet. Connectivity permits a firm to increase its market presence without incurring the …

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Nisht in Shabbos Gereht, vol. 22: Parshat Tzav

Why does the Torah go into so much detail about Korbanot? Most people nowadays fall asleep when the Parsha goes into detail about the Mishkan construction and the sacrifices. We even see in the Haftorah for Tzav, taken from Yirmiyahu, that Hashem didn’t command the forefathers with sacrifices. All He asked was that they hear …

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Nisht in Shabbos Gereht, vol. 21: Parshat Vayikra

The parsha begins "Adam ki yakriv michem korban laHashem", when man brings from yourself a [voluntary] sacrifice to G-d, and continues with the details of the sacrifice. Some of the commentaries note that the extraneous use of michem,  from yourself, comes to teach us that sacrifices are of little value when given from our pockets …

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Real-time video with Israel: How to modify your programs for sending high-speed video to Israel

Advanced computer users in Israel know that there is much to be desired about Internet speeds in Israel.  In particular, viewing streaming or live video, such as Skype or Slingbox, are choppy at best, and often impossible. Without contacting the Internet Service Providers, I conducted my own experiments and found a way to make it …

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