08 Nov What’s a Kosher Phone?
Kosher phones is one of many ways Hasidim navigate their complex relationship with technology....
21 Aug From Quora: What are the internet usage restrictions among Hasidic Jews
Intro note: to understand what restrictions there are on the internet for Hasidim, you have to understand how restrictions work in the Hasidic community. Unlike, say, in China, where the government can point-blank block domains, Hasidim who live in New York City cannot simply physically be blocked from using the internet. Instead, customs are enforced among Hasidim through a combination...
08 Jul Streetsigns July 2017
This belongs to the genre of "internet warnings", among the ways in which the Hasidic community has been responding to access to the outside world through the internet. The number of posters alone is immense. ...
08 Jul Streetsigns July 2017
This belongs to the genre of ways in which the Hasidic community has been responding to access to the outside world through the internet. The number of posters alone is immense. ...
08 May Streetsign – re smartphones
This belongs to the genre of ways in which the Hasidic community has been responding to access to the outside world through the internet. The number of posters alone is immense. Text of poster: In this no one doubts! That to take out a smartphone in public...
16 Jun Whassup on Whatsapp?
A screenshot taken from a Whatsapp group titled in Yiddish "Satmer Worldwide" is circulating on Whatsapp, the social media platform of choice for many Hasidim. It suggests that as part of the ongoing campaign amongst Hasidim to limit their use of internet and smartphones for non-commercial ends, the focus has now turned to the widespread use of Whatsapp and Whatsapp-groups. This...
27 Jun Wall poster June 2014 – against Whatsapp
Relevant Text / Last Paragraph: Let’s make a commitment to sign off from the “Whatsapp” groups that are the opposite of all things Torah and fear of God, and install the strongest filter - even if it isn’t comfortable - and that way hasten the coming of the Messiah, soon, in our days, amen. ...
