@God
An entrepreneur in Jerusalem is using Twitter to bring the prayers of the Jewish Diaspora to the Western Wall. After seeing the social networking site’s potential in last month’s Iranian elections, Alon Nil began a service where Jews abroad could tweet him their prayers, which he then prints out and places in the sacred spaces ...
An entrepreneur in Jerusalem is using Twitter to bring the prayers of the Jewish Diaspora to the Western Wall. After seeing the social networking site’s potential in last month’s Iranian elections, Alon Nil began a service where Jews abroad could tweet him their prayers, which he then prints out and places in the sacred spaces between the 2,000-year-old stones at Judaism’s holiest site. Nil has been besieged with messages since he started the “hobby” three weeks ago:
You name the country, I’ve gotten prayers from them. I hope in some way that by tweeting their prayers, these people are helping themselves somehow. Once you figure out what you want, in 140 characters or less, you can start to take action.
I’m swamped. I can’t keep up with all the tweets…But I’m determined to not lose even one prayer.
Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty images
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