by Danny Oberman and Raissa Hacohen

Judaism is a religion based on tradition. Our Jewish heritage is passed from generation to generation, and, without the transfer of custom from parent to child, the fabric of traditions quickly unravel. The break in continuity is fast, and red flags are raised in discussions of the Jewish future. As we enter the 21st century, there are signs that technology is about to play a significant role in the transfer of tradition.

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While technically not directly Passover related, we thought this was worthy enough of our Passover Newsletter to get you thinking about how our people and society has changed since our Exodus from Egypt.

So sit back and enjoy this TED talk with Dan Meslin in "The Antidote to Apathy".

Historian Matthew Mausner presents The New Jerusalem Talmud at Leadel's Digital Jewish Education Forum (LEADJEF) in Tel Aviv. This state of the art learning tool is modeled after how we learn and study the Gemara, and is revolutionizing how we view and analyze global issues today.

Written By: Dan Brown

Approximately two weeks ago we set out on an experiment to crowdsource a video.  We asked our audience (that's you) to send in ideas to explore for our Leadel Hanukkah video.

A Big, Bright Hanukkah shout out and kol hakavod to Aaron Rotenberg, Shani Lachmish, Matan Lax, and Ben R. and their performers: Inbar Amir, Keren Apfelbaum, Ilana Brill, Omer Gil, Shachar Goldberg, Tamar Gur, Yoav Hoze, Micha Jesselson, Shani Lachmish, Matan Lax, Pinkas Matan, Aaron Rotenberg, Rephael Tsalyuk, Noa Yammer - for making an awesome music video!

Not sure what it is about Jewish boy bands these days, but there's definitely a burst of Hanukkah joy this season in the land of A Capella.

For tonight's candle we bring you Six13 of NCSY, International youth movement of the OU dedicated to connecting, inspiring and empowering the over 35,000 teens it sees each year.

Amazing what goes "viral" today in the Internet stratuspheres.  Between the burst of Chanukah spirit songs this week, not counting Matisyahu's 'Miracle' and his celebrity status, these Yeshiva University boys, who call themselves the "Maccabeats" are doing pretty well on the charts.

In the spirit of the Web, Chanukah and giving, we give you a JewishJournal.com initiated 'exclusive video' of Matisyahu's new 'Miracle' Chanukah Song.