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Sep 24, 2009
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50% of the problems in the city: shalom bayis, educational issues, etc., the source for [the problems] is the internet. There is a hidden fire in the city. An atom bomb is waiting under the city. There are people who have in their houses explosive materials. This is the war of this generation.
----- Rav Tzvi Braverman, a rav in Beitar Ilit, regarding the reason he is formulating a plan to eradicate internet from all homes in Beitar Ilit.
Mayor Meier Rubinstein has sent a message to Rav Braverman that he would ensure that all computers used in City Hall would be connected to the Internet only through the "Kosher Internet" system.
----- Rav Tzvi Braverman, a rav in Beitar Ilit, regarding the reason he is formulating a plan to eradicate internet from all homes in Beitar Ilit.
Mayor Meier Rubinstein has sent a message to Rav Braverman that he would ensure that all computers used in City Hall would be connected to the Internet only through the "Kosher Internet" system.
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Perhaps one test of this statement is to measure current problems in the city with those of a similar population 20 years ago.
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Joel Rich
This is a democracy. Is he going to ban dirty or heretic books, the radio, and TVs?
ReplyDeleteyes because without internet, there were never any problems ever. :/ I'm sorry, but it's statements like these that make me think of radical charediism as a cult and in no way related to legitimate judaism.
ReplyDeleteAccording to VIN, it's been announced already:
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And another brave step is taken right into the 18th century.
The ban is against unfiltered internet, for non-livelihood reasons. In Beitar Ilit, a completely shomer-Shabbos city, with 99% chareidi population, isn't that inherently reasonable? Why do people pay tens of thousands of dollars more for their apartments to live in a frum neighborhood if not to protect themselves and their children from negative influences?
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