JewTube

{{Short description|Video sharing website}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox website | name = JewTube | logo = JewTube.png | screenshot = | caption = | revenue = | owner = Jeremy Kossen | registration = Optional<br />(required to upload) | language = English | company_type = Private | foundation = February 2, 2006 | location_city = Los Angeles, California | location_country = U.S. | homepage = {{url|https://jewtube.com/}} | launch_date = | current_status = Inactive | website_type = Video sharing }}

'''JewTube''' was a free video sharing website comprising Jewish-oriented user-generated content. It offered a selection of curated Jewish-themed videos. JewTube was founded by Jeremy Kossen, a Los Angeles-based entrepreneur, and David Abitbol, founder of Jewlicious.

Visitors to the site viewed videos on a wide array of Jewish-themed content, with subjects as varied as Jewish cooking and "alternative animated endings" to the Sacha Baron Cohen film ''Borat''.<ref>Amiram Barkat. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210416163536/https://www.haaretz.com/1.4950534 "Seeking a skullcap for your dog? Try www.JewTube.com"]. ''Ha'aretz'' (Haaretz.com). July 8, 2007. Retrieved August 26, 2020.</ref>

In September 2007, Google challenged a New York City based company, NetParty, for the use of the name "JewTube", on trademark grounds, as they felt the name was too similar to that of the YouTube video sharing website. NetParty is not related or affiliated with the JewTube website.<ref>Elinor Mills: [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/google-jewtube-is-not-kos_n_64490?guccounter=1 "Google: JewTube Is Not Kosher"]. ''The Huffington Post''. March 28, 2008. Retrieved August 26, 2020.</ref> Google was successful in blocking NetParty's attempt to trademark the name.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2007/09/24/jewtube-bid-bites-the-dust/|title='JEWTUBE' BID BITES THE DUST|newspaper=New York Post|date=September 24, 2007|last=Calder|first=Rich|accessdate=August 18, 2015}}</ref>

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== External links == *[http://jewtube.com/ Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226145023/http://www.jewtube.com/ |date=December 26, 2007 }}

Category:Jewish culture Category:Websites about Jews and Judaism Category:Internet properties established in 2006