headquarters chicago illinois united states products judaic games encyclopediae word processors etc. website http www.davka.com davka corporation is a software company specializing in applications related to jewish history customs and traditions and the hebrew language . 1 2 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 by robert aaron and the philistine ploy by robert aaron and alan rosenbaum . 3 4 the company currently publishes numerous software titles for the pc macintosh and palm platforms . 5 contents 1 name 2 see also 3 references 4 external links name edit the name davka comes from a hebrew word that is difficult to translate . often the word specifically can be used as a synonym but it has many other translations . from the urban dictionary a yiddish word used in english by yiddish speakers or in general speakers of jewish influenced english because there s no precise english equivalent . it is variously translated as unexpectedly just to spite despite everything whaddayaknow of course just my luck in fact actually ... basically it s an adverb which captures the essence of murphy s law because of course something has to go wrong . see also edit davkawriter references edit helping the amateur cantor to lead . the jerusalem post . 10 september 2007 . retrieved 2008 11 07 . dead link a textual treasure study while you write . the jerusalem post . 22 january 2006 . retrieved 2008 11 07 . dead link persson hans ; stefan meier . adventureland davka . retrieved 2008 11 03 . hague james . the giant list of classic game programmers . retrieved 2008 11 03 . davka corporation . about davka . retrieved 2008 11 03 . external links edit official website this united states video game corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title davka & oldid 743336441 categories video game companies of the united statesprivately held companies based in illinoiscompanies based in chicagounited states video game company stubshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from february 2014all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 04 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view