'Offlining’ campaign backs Yom Kippur ‘no-device’ day

'Offlining’ campaign backs Yom Kippur ‘no-device’ day: "“I happen to think turning our phones and other devices off on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur would be a wonderful way to demonstrate to ourselves and others that we are serious about making people, not electronic tools, our priority,” said Rabbi Maurice Salth of Central Synagogue in New York, who plans on speaking about the role of technology in his 5771 High Holy Days sermon.

“I am hoping this New Year will be a time for those of us with a penchant for electronic and other personal technology to take the time to prioritize what is most important to us so that we can say hineni, here I am, to those most important to us,” he said.

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