CNN, Nations dropped from Monopoly site after Jerusalem fuss, 22 Feb 08, "An Israeli lobbying group, One Jerusalem, is driving an Internet campaign that pushed the city to 5th place in the Monopoly vote -- guaranteeing Jerusalem a spot on the board -- before Hasbro made the leaderboard a secret to add mystery to the final days of voting."

Reuters/Yahoo, Orthodox gays in Israel find support in Web site, 14 Feb 08 "An underground movement of gay Orthodox Jews in Israel has created a Web site to help homosexuals cope with living in a strict, religious community that is often hostile to their lifestyle.

"The site is the first public forum in the Jewish state where gay members of the Orthodox community can seek support and advice."

Here's a link for information on the film Orthodox Stance (shown on BBC4 on 12 Feb 08), about boxer Dmitriy Salita. "As he fights in New York in front of Russian immigrants, Hasidic Jews and hard-core boxing fans, Dmitriy's celebrity grows and he is ultimately invited to the White House for President Bush's Hanukkah party. Through his uncompromising devotion to boxing and Judaism, and comfort and confidence with who he is, the film shows how Dmitriy is part of these very different worlds on his own terms, in ways that feel both true to him and new to us." The film features a performance by Matisyahu.

AKI, Vatican: Bid to sell sacred bones in online auction provokes outrage, 11 Feb 08 "Sacred bones allegedly belonging to dead saints and other religious figures are being sold on the online auction site Ebay despite complaints to the Vatican.

"According to the Italian daily, La Stampa, two organisations, the International Crusade for Holy Relics and the Italian Telefono Antiplagio, have complained that the bones, known by the Latin term 'ex-ossibus', are being sold on the English and Italian Ebay sites respectively."

The Register, Israel gets kosher phone service, 6 Feb 08 "Bezeq's new service is aimed at the ultra-Orthodox customer. It's been endorsed by leading rabbis, but they are expecting to be able to sell it to a much broader audience including concerned parents. The service is far from unique in Israel, though as the dominant operator Bezeq's move into the market is significant. It is interesting to see the use of religious endorsement to sell the service to secular parents - it's hard to imagine the Church of England (or Scotland) being trusted to endorse a pornography-free communications service."

Guardian, Hackers declare war on Scientologists amid claims of heavy-handed Cruise control, 4 Feb 08 "The hackers were infuriated by the removal from YouTube last month of a Scientologists' video clip featuring Tom Cruise. They have alleged that Scientologists forced YouTube to remove the embarrassing footage, in which the actor hailed the religion as "a blast"."