Digital Judaism: Jewish Negotiations with Digital Media and Culture
London; New York: Routledge (2017), vi, 213 pp.
Contains index
Series: Routledge Studies in Religion and Digital Culture
ISBN 978-1-138-05351-9; 978-0-415-73624-4
"In this volume, contributors consider the ways that Jewish communities and users of new media negotiate their uses of digital technologies in light of issues related to religious identity, community and authority. Digital Judaism presents a broad analysis of how and why various Jewish groups negotiate with digital culture in particular ways, situating such observations within a wider discourse of how Jewish groups throughout history have utilized communication technologies to maintain their Jewish identities across time and space. Chapters in this volume address issues related to the negotiation of authority between online users and offline religious leaders and institutions not only within ultra-Orthodox communities but also within the broader Jewish religious culture, taking into account how Jewish engagement with media in Israel and the Diaspora raises a number of important issues related to Jewish community and identity." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction: Studying Jewish Engagement with Digital Media and Culture / Heidi A. Campbell, 1
2 The Jewish Communication Tradition and its Encounters with (the) New Media / Menahem Blondheim, 16
3 Appropriation & Innovation: Pop-up Communities: Facebook, Grassroots Jews and Offline Post-Denominational Judaism / Nathan Abrams, 40
4 Yoatzot Halacha: Ruling the Internet, One Question at a Time / Michal Raucher, 57
5 Sanctifying the Internet: Aish HaTorah’s use of the Internet for Digital Outreach / Heidi A. Campbell and Wendi Bellar, 74
6 Jewish Games for Learning: Renewing Heritage Traditions in the Digital Age / Owen Gottlieb, 91
7 Communicating Identity through Religious Internet Memes on "Tweeting Orthodoxies" Facebook Page / Aya Yadlin-Segal, 110
8 Resistance & Reconstruction: Legitimation of New Media and Community Building amongst Jewish Denominations in the USA / Oren Golan, 125
9 On Pomegranates and Etrogs: Internet Filters as Practices of Media Ambivalence among National Religious Jews in Israel / Michele Rosenthal and Rivki Ribak, 145
10 Pashkevilim in Campaigns Against New Media: What Can Pashkevillim Accomplish that Newspapers Cannot? / Hananel Rosenburg and Tsuriel Rashi, 161
11 The Israeli Rabbi and the Internet / Yoel Cohen, 205
2 The Jewish Communication Tradition and its Encounters with (the) New Media / Menahem Blondheim, 16
3 Appropriation & Innovation: Pop-up Communities: Facebook, Grassroots Jews and Offline Post-Denominational Judaism / Nathan Abrams, 40
4 Yoatzot Halacha: Ruling the Internet, One Question at a Time / Michal Raucher, 57
5 Sanctifying the Internet: Aish HaTorah’s use of the Internet for Digital Outreach / Heidi A. Campbell and Wendi Bellar, 74
6 Jewish Games for Learning: Renewing Heritage Traditions in the Digital Age / Owen Gottlieb, 91
7 Communicating Identity through Religious Internet Memes on "Tweeting Orthodoxies" Facebook Page / Aya Yadlin-Segal, 110
8 Resistance & Reconstruction: Legitimation of New Media and Community Building amongst Jewish Denominations in the USA / Oren Golan, 125
9 On Pomegranates and Etrogs: Internet Filters as Practices of Media Ambivalence among National Religious Jews in Israel / Michele Rosenthal and Rivki Ribak, 145
10 Pashkevilim in Campaigns Against New Media: What Can Pashkevillim Accomplish that Newspapers Cannot? / Hananel Rosenburg and Tsuriel Rashi, 161
11 The Israeli Rabbi and the Internet / Yoel Cohen, 205
