“…Agudah finally threw in the towel and accepted the internet, setting up a website for the convention and broadcasting live…”

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This past year, we were told that it was Agudath Israel of America’s 93rd convention. This convention was significant as the Agudah finally threw in the towel and accepted the internet, setting up a website for the convention and broadcasting live. …

This new policy came in through the back door, with no explanation as to why something that, until now, has been forbidden is now permitted. This was typical for the Agudah and, years from now, we will probably be able to read in the official history of Agudath Israel of America how the Agudah was among the first to recognize the great value of the internet for spreading Torah, and how the Agudah immediately seized this opportunity.

Marc B. Shapiro, “Open Orthodoxy and Its Main Critic, part 1”, The Seforim Blog (8 February 2016) [http://seforim.blogspot.com/2016/02/open-orthodoxy-and-its-main-critic-part.html]

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