Ultra-Orthodox rabbis in Israel are losing the Internet war

JERUSALEM — Ultra-Orthodox rabbis have waged a battle in recent years to stop the Internet from infiltrating their insular communities. Their efforts have included declarations that smartphones aren't kosher, conferences on the evils of the Internet and rabbinic edits demanding that the pious stop using WhatsApp. But the rabbis, it seems, are losing the fight. Research by […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/05/12/israeli-rabbis-are-trying-to-ban-the-internet-but-ultra-orthodox-jews-cant-stop-surfing/