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Keeping faith in Second Life
0 Comments | AFP, August, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — It is a Friday evening in Second Life and Beth Odets lights Shabbat candles at Temple Beit Israel, which she created in the virtual world a year and a half ago.
"Shabbat Shalom everyone!" Odets says in a typed instant message to animated figures standing patiently in the synagogue.
The congregants appear to be youthful characters, some dressed in hats with horns on them, form-flattering pants, and decorated shirts.
They respond in kind to Odets before candles are lit and a blessing recited.
After a ceremony marking the start of the Jewish holy day, the "avatars" serving as Second Life proxies for real-world people chat about the Torah, Passover, and films.
Second Life had approximately 2,000 residents when Odets built...
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