%0 Journal Article %J Israel Affairs %D 2011 %T Religious engagement with the internet within Israeli Orthodox groups %A Heidi Campbell %K Authority %K community %K internet %K Israel %K Judaism %K Orthodox %K religion %K ultra Orthodox %X This article provides an overview of research on religion and the Internet within the Israeli context, highlighting how Orthodox Jewish groups have appropriated and responded to the Internet. By surveying Orthodox use of the Internet, and giving special attention to the ultra Orthodox negotiations, a number of key challenges that the Internet poses to the Israeli religious sector are highlighted. Exploring these debates and negotiations demonstrates that while the Internet is readily utilized by many Orthodox groups, it is still viewed by some with suspicion. Fears expressed, primarily by ultra Orthodox groups, shows religious leaders often attempt to constrain Internet use to minimize its potential threat to religious social norms and the structure of authority. This article also highlights the need for research that addresses the concerns and strategies of different Orthodox groups in order to offer a broader understanding of Orthodox engagement with the Internet in Israel. %B Israel Affairs %V 17 %P 364-383 %U http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13537121.2011.584664#preview %N 3 %0 Journal Article %J Review of Communication %D 2011 %T Divergent Attitudes within Orthodox Jewry Toward Mass Communication %A Rashi, T %K Communication %K Jewish %K Jews %K Orthodox %X This paper examines the divergent attitudes toward mass media among the streams of Orthodox Jewry. According to most Ultra-Orthodox Jewish leaders, media spread blasphemy, provoke gossip and slander, and steal time from religious studies, but Rabbi M. Schneerson, late leader of the Chabad movement, believed that the media should be exploited to spread the tenets of Judaism. Modern Orthodox rabbis generally favor limited access to media*filtering out its negative aspects, embracing its positive features, and using it to impart religious knowledge. Understanding these various attitudes may help media professionals deal with religion-based criticism and encourage media-borne moderate religious dialogue. %B Review of Communication %V 11 %P 20-38 %G English %U http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15358593.2010.504883#preview %N 1 %0 Book Section %B Digital Judaism: Jewish Negotiations with Digital Media and Culture %D 2015 %T Communicating Identity through Religious Internet Memes on the ‘Tweeting Orthodoxies’ Facebook Page %A Yadlin-Segal, A %K internet meme %K Orthodox %K religious %X It is the well-known “bulletproof” scene from The Matrix movie. We see Keanu Reeves in a green hallway, wearing a black trench coat, dark sunglasses, and a Kippah. His hand is stretched out, holding back a stream of hovering candies, instead of machine-gun bullets. The caption above the photo states “Neo’s Bar-Mitzvah.” This is not a Jewish remake of The Matrix, it is an internet meme shared on the religious Facebook page “Tweeting Orthodoxies,” that playfully presents the custom of throwing candies at the Bar-Mitzvah boy after reading the Haphtarah on his Aliyah La-Thorah. This meme, and many others like it, demonstrates how digital culture provides a group of National Religious Jews with unique opportunities to communicate about and engage in the reconstruction of their religious identity. This engagement is studied in the current chapter by investigation of the ways a specific National Religious Facebook group employs internet memes. %B Digital Judaism: Jewish Negotiations with Digital Media and Culture %I Routledge %C New York %P 110-123 %G eng %U https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781317817345/chapters/10.4324%2F9781315818597-11 %1 H. Campbell