Articles written by Brian Schaefer

Brian Schaefer, JTA|Aug 21, 2015

(JTA)—Most schools forbid the use of cellphones by students during class, but in the Hasidic Jewish village of Kiryas Joel, New York, it’s the parents who are being required to power down. At the end of July, a notice was sent to families in the haredi Orthodox community about 50 miles northwest of New York City detailing strict parental prohibitions on smartphone use as a prerequisite for their children’s enrollment at the local yeshiva. “Make sure to put your devices in order and send in the filled out rules form for both parents (enclos... Full story