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society historically, it has traditions on which it can draw to thicken the idea of a Jewish network. At the same time, new social networks have diminished, if not erased, a traditional "added value" of Jewish belonging: having a Jewish network larger than one’s local acquaintances. How can we best bring back the added value of belonging to a Jewish network? Do we need a virtual porthole in which Jews participate in building communities, new Jewish projects, or an ideal, virtual Jewish civilization? Source: Fischer, S & Last Stone, S. (2012). Jewish identity and identification: new patterns, meanings and networks. JPPI. Retrieved from http://jppi.org.il/uploads/Jewish_Identity_and_Identification-New_Paterns_Meanings_and_Networks.pdfn e patterns, Meanings, and networks 16