Challenges in Jewish Communities Online

Porat, Chen Sabag-Ben; Rosenberg, Hananel; Blondheim, Menahem

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“…The regulation of the group's media environment and the communicative practices of its members is another significant element of the authoritarian control. This control is exerted by the hierarchical leadership structure of the group, which oversees the strictly enforced self-discipline of community members (Sabag-Ben Porat et al 2022). In Haredi society, mass media are subject to strict supervision.…”

Section: The Ultra-orthodox (Haredi) Communitymentioning

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Oppositional Mirror on the Wall: Discursive Practices of Humorous Pashkevilim in Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Community

2023

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Pashkevilim, printed wall notices posted around Jewish ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods, serve as one of the religious community’s popular communication channels. The Pashkevilim mostly deal with controversial intra-community issues and feature a unique style, extremist rhetoric, and vocabulary derived from the religious literature. Humorous imitations of the genre arose over the years, which circulated in the community and outside of it, posing a challenge to the rabbinic hegemony. Although humorous Pashkevilim have likely been present for as long as Pashkevilim themselves, there is currently a lack of research investigating them. By adopting a critical discourse analysis approach, the current study aims to address this gap by identifying the predominant types of humorous Pashkevilim and analyzing the discursive practices they employ. The findings indicate three main discursive practices that characterize humorous Pashkevilim: parody, satire, and irony. While parody exaggerates the formal characteristics of the genre and mocks them, satire and irony criticize the content and topics discussed in traditional Pashkevilim, especially on the subject of Jewish law and religious stringency. These practices express an oppositional reading of the genre, which challenges its function as well as its socio-cultural, political, and religious significance.

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Section: The Ultra-orthodox (Haredi) Communitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Oppositional Mirror on the Wall: Discursive Practices of Humorous Pashkevilim in Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Community

2023

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“…The attitude of ultra-Orthodox society toward mass media is suspicious and stems from the conflict between their conservative world and modern culture mediated by new technologies (Blondheim & Rosenberg, 2017;Sabag-Ben Porat et al, 2022). Television, for example, is completely rejected and is almost nonexistent in ultra-Orthodox households, with the secular press and radio stations seen as problematic, although their ultra-Orthodox counterparts exist.…”

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Ultra-Orthodox Telelearning During COVID-19: Parent, Teacher, and Principal Perspectives on Its Effectiveness

Rosenberg,

Sabag-Ben Porat,

Billig

2023

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Aim/Purpose: This study addresses telephone learning channels during the coronavirus period in the ultra-Orthodox sector in Israel. The purpose of the study is to examine the effectiveness of the online and recorded telephone channels and the way they were perceived by the student’s parents and educators. Background: The ultra-orthodox society’s lack of use of online means has created many distant learning challenges for learners and educators. Methodology: The study combines quantitative and qualitative methods based on a comprehensive survey of parents of elementary school-aged children (N=395) and semistructured interviews (N=45) with parents, principals, and teachers in ultra-Orthodox schools. Contribution: The study describes a unique learning system in a unique population group, which does not use online means, from various points of view in the educational system. Findings: The results of the study indicate that parent attitudes toward telephonic learning – synchronous and asynchronous – are critical and that evaluations of its effectiveness are negative and ineffective. This evaluation stems from a variety of challenges faced by the learners: technical challenges related to the problematic infrastructure and terminal accessibility issues; didactic challenges related to adapting the learning style to the character of the students and their age; challenges arising from the characteristics of the medium: the lack of a visual dimension, its function as a one-way channel, and the lack of potential for effective interactivity; and the need for parental involvement and spatial challenges resulting from the crowded and limited learning space at home. Recommendations for Practitioners: Based on the research results, and in order to meet the challenges of a future pandemic or similarly disruptive crisis, telelearning spaces must be improved significantly. Recommendation for Researchers: The results can be used to examine how other unique communities, especially those that avoid the use of online means, are managing distance learning in a crisis. Impact on Society: It was found that telephone learning in ultra-Orthodox society during COVID-19 failed to realize the learning potential inherent in this channel for a number of reasons discussed in the article and failed to create the learning conditions necessary for telephone learning to succeed, as demonstrated in previous studies. Future Research: In a similarly disruptive crisis, future research should see whether or how telelearning spaces have improved or whether other learning methods have been adopted by the ultra-orthodox public.

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Challenges in Jewish Communities Online

Cited by 2 publications

References 4 publications

Oppositional Mirror on the Wall: Discursive Practices of Humorous Pashkevilim in Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Community

Oppositional Mirror on the Wall: Discursive Practices of Humorous Pashkevilim in Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Community

Ultra-Orthodox Telelearning During COVID-19: Parent, Teacher, and Principal Perspectives on Its Effectiveness

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