Davka Corporation is a software company specializing in applications related to
Jewish
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history, customs and traditions and the
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. Founded in 1982, Davka is notable as the publisher of several early games for the Apple II series of computers including ''The Lion's Share'' (1983 video game) by Robert Aaron and '' The Philistine Ploy'' by Robert Aaron and Alan Rosenbaum. The company has published numerous software titles for the PC,
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and
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platforms including the ubiquitous Davkawriter Hebrew/English Word processor.
Name
The name ''Davka'' comes from a Hebrew word that is difficult to translate. At times the intent is to say "exactly so"; often, the word "specifically" can be used as a synonym, but it has many other translations.
About
In the late 1990s and somewhat beyond, its major competitor was
Jerusalem-based
Torah Educational Software
Torah Educational Software (TES) is a distributor of Judaic software based in Jerusalem. Its product ''Let's Keep Kosher'' received a rabbinical endorsement.
Software for Jewish texts
* A 1996 followup to a 1994 Davka-vs-TES (Torah Educational So ...
.
Davkawriter
DavkaWriter is a Hebrew-English
word processing
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program for
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. (A Mac version is available as well.)
Its built-in tools include a dictionary, a thesaurus, and a translating tool. It comes with the complete Hebrew texts of the Bible and many other volumes of Jewish literature. Its spellchecker recognizes both English and Hebrew words.
DavkaWriter PlatinumFrom an image of the box was reviewed in 2002, 2004 and 2006 issues of
The Jewish Press
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, referring to updated versions.
CD-ROM - Soncino Classics Collection
Davka also released a CD-ROM named Soncino Classics Collection that contains:
* Hebrew and English of
Soncino Talmud
* Soncino Midrash Rabbah
* Soncino Zohar
In addition to ''
The New York Times
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'' ' 9 paragraph 1998 review, a full page was devoted in
The Jewish Press
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to this CD in 2003.
See also
*
Torah Educational Software
Torah Educational Software (TES) is a distributor of Judaic software based in Jerusalem. Its product ''Let's Keep Kosher'' received a rabbinical endorsement.
Software for Jewish texts
* A 1996 followup to a 1994 Davka-vs-TES (Torah Educational So ...