Ultra Relligous Sticking to Root while embracing modern age

[mike435]

This thread is dedicated to everything that shows ultra religious with old world costume can or cant cope with today modern society, technology, culture and etc

or how they incorporate it or totally shun it

lets try to put commentaries out and just participate with examples

but if you feel it will add to the thread than by all means gi ahead

[mike435]

According to the New York Times, ultra-Orthodox Jews living in Israel have developed a phone that flashes the insignia of a rabbinical council on startup. It can't send or receive text messages, take pictures or run a browser. If you try to call one of over 10,000 "900" numbers known to promote sex, dating or other illicit activities, you will be blocked. On the plus side, calls to other registered ultra-Orthodox phones get you a steep discount—2 cents rather than 9 cents per minute, but if you make a call on Shabbat (Friday from sundown to sunset, cant work,cant make fire,by extentioncant use electricity), they dock you a serious $2.44 per minute!

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/02/wo...2orthodox.html