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Fans cheer on their favorite team competing in The Fortnite Global Championship on September 7, 2025 in the Decines-Charpieu LDLC Arena. (JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)
March 26, 2026, 9:15 am
Fortnite tops ADL’s ‘leaderboard’ ranking video games on efforts to curb antisemitism
Watchdog rates 10 popular online games based on safety features, moderation, player protections, policies against hate; next slots taken by Grand Theft Auto Online, Call of Duty, Minecraft
By Grace Gilson
Streamers in Utah held a #FreeSchlep protest in front of the state capitol on behalf of a banned Roblox user by that name, August 15, 2025. (Screenshot from YouTube)
August 16, 2025, 9:45 pm
‘Schlep,’ self-appointed watchdog with Yiddish name, is banned from gaming platform
Roblox bars ‘To Catch a Predator’-style sleuth, then blasts ‘vigilantes’ — sparking real-world lawsuit and giving the classic Jewish loanword a moment in the sun
By Grace Gilson
An image from 'The Light in the Darkness,' a video game designed by Luc Bernard to teach players about the Holocaust. Bernard released the game in 2023 after 15 years of development. (Voices of the Forgotten via YouTube/via JTA)
August 26, 2023, 5:28 am
A Holocaust museum is launching in Fortnite. Can video games fight antisemitism?
Game designer Luc Bernard seeks to educate people on a platform with 3 billion players and so rife with bigotry it’s almost the norm, but groups like the ADL express skepticism
By Andrew Lapin
Screen grab from a GIF tweeted by The Sims account (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 18, 2023, 12:13 pm
‘The Sims’ video game adds Jewish foods after players’ campaign
Update allows players to serve foods such as challah and matzah ball soup, in move to increase representation
By PHILISSA CRAMER
For illustration: Minnesota State Lottery website, which features eScratch Games. (AP Photo)
May 15, 2023, 4:03 pm
Australia’s Aristocrat to buy Israel’s NeoGames in deal worth $1.2 billion
Nasdaq-listed NeoGames is a Tel Aviv-based online gaming tech solutions provider for iLottery, iGaming and online sports betting operators
By Sharon Wrobel
Nathan Steuer is the 2022 World Champion of Magic: The Gathering. (Courtesy of Steuer/ via JTA)
November 19, 2022, 1:56 am
Meet the Jewish world champion of Magic: The Gathering
California native Nathan Steuer has parlayed the game he grew up playing at Jewish summer camp into a $100,000 tourney win, and possibly his dream career
By jacob gurvis
Illustrative: A young man is seen wearing a headset and playing an online video game. (DisobeyArt/iStock by Getty Images)
December 9, 2021, 7:36 pm
Game of foes: Israeli AI startup hunts ‘bad actors’ across the internet
ActiveFence says its solutions can help companies and organizations stay ahead of malicious content such as hate speech and child abuse
By Ricky Ben-David
Illustrative: A young man is seen wearing a headset and playing an online video game. (DisobeyArt/iStock by Getty Images)
September 16, 2021, 10:16 pm
Over 1 in 5 adult Jewish US gamers face online antisemitism, ADL survey finds
Harassment and bigotry is common among Americans who play multiplayer games in general; only 7% of Jewish teens say they were harassed over their identity
By Ben Sales
The streaming video platform Twitch logo seen on a tablet screen in July 2019. (Martin Bureau/AFP via Getty Images/JTA)
August 29, 2021, 11:14 am
Twitch gamers protest ‘hate raids’ suffered by LGBTQ, Black, Jewish streamers
Online campaign accuses video gaming giant of failing to take adequate action against torrent of antisemitic, sexist and homophobic abuse
By Julie JAMMOT and Katy Lee
Rabbi Shayna Golkow and Ben Zauzmer created VirtualDreidel.com to add a competitive option during the pandemic. (Courtesy Golkow and Zauzmer/ via JTA)
December 11, 2020, 11:33 am
A game for the times: Virtual Dreidel lets you spin with distant friends
Rabbi Shayna Golkow and LA Dodgers analyst Ben Zauzmer come up with online platform to let pandemic-era players face off in the traditional Hanukkah game from anywhere in the world
By PHILISSA CRAMER
A screenshot from a Lost Tribe Esports tournament where participants played Rocket League, a game in which flying cars play soccer. (Screenshot/ via JTA)
October 16, 2020, 3:33 am
Jewish and into video games? There’s an esports league for that
The Lost Tribe unites Jewish Gen Z-ers, of which 75% of boys and girls share the hobby. And while there’s a bit of culture involved, the focus is on friendly, and safe, competition
By Ben Sales
Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives leave the family home, in Baltimore, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018, of the suspect in a mass shooting earlier in the day in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
August 28, 2018, 1:28 am
Florida shooting suspect had history of mental illness
Court records show David Katz played video games obsessively as a young adolescent, often refusing to go to school or to bathe, and was twice hospitalized in psychiatric facilities
By Michael Biesecker and David McFadden
Jacksonville, Florida shooting suspect David Katz, alleged to have killed two and taken his own life, August 26, 2018 (YouTube screenshot)
August 27, 2018, 10:39 pm
Florida gunman may have pinpointed his victims with a laser dot
‘I felt he was targeting, but I don’t think it was the people who beat him,’ says a player who defeated David Katz in video game tourney; Katz killed 2, then turned gun on himself
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Reported Jacksonville shooter David Katz plays Madden NFL game (video screenshot)
August 27, 2018, 9:27 am
Jewish suspected gunman in gamer tourney shooting described as loner
24-year-old David Katz thought to be shooter who killed 2, injured 11 before turning gun on himself
By Agencies and ToI Staff
CouponRoller screenshot (Photo credit: Courtesy)
December 4, 2014, 6:08 pm
Start-up’s ‘coupon games’ get shoppers to buy more online
CouponRoller combines two favorite online activities – shopping and game-playing – and web retailers benefit
By David Shamah
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