Jewish Techs

Tag: Unplug

  • Unplugging from Technology and Electronics at Summer Camp

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    Rabbi Jason Miller
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    Reposted from URJ.org Back to the Future: An Update on “Unplugging” at Camp By Rebecca Lunstroth What happens when a camp dutifully drafts and implements an electronics policy? (read the blog explaining the new policy here) For starters, it brings back phenomenal memories of days gone by. As a camper in the 70s, I spent…

  • Technology’s Yom Kippur

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    Rabbi Jason Miller
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    The Offlining campaign has been gaining popularity. It’s the brainchild of Eric Yaverbaum and Mark DiMassimo. They partnered to launch Offlining, an initiative to promote unplugging that was introduced on Father’s Day, to ask people to make a pledge to have 10 device-free dinners between then and Thanksgiving. To date, more than 10,500 have signed…

  • Unplugging from Technology at Summer Camp

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    Rabbi Jason Miller
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    Almost about every summer camp today has policies in place regarding the use of technology by campers. Rules governing whether campers can bring their cell phones, iPods, digital readers, and smartphones to camp (and if so, when they can use them) have been part of ongoing discussions as new forms of technology are introduced into…