# JewTube

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{{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](/source/Los_Angeles%2C_California)
| location_country = U.S.
| homepage         = {{url|https://jewtube.com/}}
| launch_date      =
| current_status   = Inactive
| website_type     = [Video sharing](/source/Video_sharing)
}}

'''JewTube''' was a free [video sharing](/source/video_sharing) website comprising Jewish-oriented [user-generated content](/source/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](/source/Jewlicious).

Visitors to the site viewed videos on a wide array of Jewish-themed content, with subjects as varied as [Jewish cooking](/source/Jewish_cooking) and "alternative animated endings" to the [Sacha Baron Cohen](/source/Sacha_Baron_Cohen) film ''[Borat](/source/Borat_(film))''.<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](/source/Ha'aretz)'' (Haaretz.com). July 8, 2007. Retrieved August 26, 2020.</ref>

In September 2007, [Google](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/New_York_Post)|date=September 24, 2007|last=Calder|first=Rich|accessdate=August 18, 2015}}</ref>

== References ==
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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

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