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Internet is unstoppable, while others
expect Yosef to sign a separate order
soon.
Nevertheless, the ruling clearly
marks the latest attempt of haredi
leadership to resist technological
change. In the 1940s, rabbi'S banned
the radio but eventually recanted.
They had more success with later pro-
hibitions on television and cinema,
since these are things that can be pub-
licly monitored.
"The big change for the rabbis is
the privacy of the Internet," says
Menachem Friedman, professor of
sociology at Bar Ilan University near
Tel Aviv and an expert on religious
Jews. "The loss of supervision and the
inability to know what people are

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doing is frightening for them --- and
the most dangerous thing for haredi
society."
Out on the streets of Geula, most
people appear to agree with the rabbis,
even though many have never used
the Internet.
"Our goal is to remain a holy and
special nation," says Pesach Berman,
42, who owns a chain of shoe stores.
"The moment we are exposed to the
Internet, we will be exposed to all
sorts of things and we will start to
deteriorate."
Meanwhile, Orthodox groups in
Israel and abroad realize the Internet can
be harnessed to help preserve tradition,
and have built a plethora of Web sites
for precisely this reason. But cyberspace
is a very dangerous place for the devout,
and balancing between desirable and
undesirable content can be tricky.
For example, the Internet domain
name tora.net has been shrewdly
snatched up by pornographers.
Some religious groups have
already created innovative solutions
to these problems. The KosherNet,
for example, is a Brooklyn-based
Web site that filters content in the
same way that parents protect their
children using popular tools such as
Net Nanny.

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