Israel Internet Association

	Welcome to the Israeli Chapter of the Internet Society! The Israel Internet Association is a not-for-profit membership organization, dedicated to promoting the use of the Internet for research, communication and collaboration. ISOC-IL is an International Chapter of the Internet Society and serves as a forum for government, industry, and individuals.

Conference 2010

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The Israel Internet Association web'10 conference will be held on February 22-23.

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Promoting e-Inclusion for the Arab Society in Israe

In Israel, despite the rapid penetration of Internet technology there is a persistent digital divide between Jews and Arabs. While almost 70 percent of the Jewish population has access only 50 percent of the Arab population have access.

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Newsletter - January 2010

The Winners of the Videoclip Competition of OneWebDay 2009: Students from Beit Shean, Ofakim and Netivot

The big winners of the national multimedia competition conducted as part of OneWebDay are elementary school children from Beit Shean, Ofakim and Netivot. The competition opened in November to mark Universal Children's Day and ended in December on Civil Rights Day. The national competition, initiated by the Israel Internet Association, Lehava Centers and the Lab for Media Innovation in the Interdisciplinary Center, included participation by 1000 students who planned, designed and produced video clips and games in the Scratch program that dealt with messages promoting safe and intelligent use of the Internet and raising awareness of children's rights.

Participants in the contest learned how to plan, design and produce video clips and games with messages promoting safe and wise use of the Internet and awareness of children's rights. The works were uploaded by the students to the global Scratch website.

Additional partners were the Department for Student Rights of the Education Ministry and the Education Section in the Association for Civil Rights in Israel.

For more information on the competition click here [Hebrew]
For the gallery of clips and games

Pikiwiki – Sons on Fathers

While browsing the online picture collection site Pikiwiki, an interesting phenomenon of parents being commemorated by children and grandchildren comes to light. Photos scattered in the drawer or negatives wrapped in old bags sometimes turn out to be a veritable treasure, uncovering snippets of both personal and public history. In this way, the Pikiwiki collection provides a tool for commemorating previous generations.

Two notable examples are the photographs contributed by Moti Canari and Yehonatan Loirer. Moti Canari contributed to the collection dozens of photographs from the album of his father, Moshe Asiass Canari, whose life story is interwoven with the Ha’apalah period, the War of Independence, and the establishment of the State of Israel. In this collection we are exposed to the absorption of immigrant youths in a kibbutz, photographs of the Jewish Brigade and service in the Hagannah, and the IDF during the War of Independence.

Yehonatan Loirer contributed to the collection over a hundred photographs taken by his grandfather in 1934. The grandfather, Dr. Hans Loirer, arrived from Germany for a visit in Israel to figure out whether it was worthwhile immigrating here with his family. His tours of Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Haifa, Tiberias and other sites were commemorated in the photographs and letters sent to family members, and led to the fateful decision to make aliyah.
Some of the photographs in this collection lack basic information. We invite the public to help identify landmarks appearing in the photographs. For every photograph displayed on Pikiwiki, you can send the editors a message about it and suggest information updates.

The road leading to Mandelbaum Crossing in Jerusalem, May 1949. Photograph: Moshe Asiass Canari.

The Water Distributor, Jerusalem, 1934. Photograph: Dr. Hans Loirer.