“…the most modern technology is providing outreach to people in search of an older, traditional lifestyle”

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The use of the internet by orthodox groups also suggests a paradox: the most modern technology is providing outreach to people in search of an older, traditional lifestyle. The Internet provides a forum for the Orthodox movement to create a dialogue with as well as to educate the secular community about their traditions, rituals, values, politics, and lifestyle.

Rachel Schiff, “Jewish Subcultures Online: Outreach, Dating, and Marginalized Communities” (Master’s thesis, California State University, Fullerton, 2016), 18.

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