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• Day of Unplugging is “Humanistic and Inclusive”

  March 16th, 2010 by admin

  Jodi Kushins, a chaplain for Jewish Life at Ohio Wesleyan University writes on her blog, OWUJew, that the National Day of Unplugging is “a humanistic and inclusive approach to the notion of observing Shababat.”

  “This month, a group of Jewish artists are planning The National Day of Unplugging (March 19-20) as one way to ‘reboot the cultures, traditions and rituals of Jewish life.’ This is an invitation to Jews, and anyone who’d like to join us, to take advantage of our mandated break from the busy-ness of 21st century life.  Interestingly, this project does not address prayer at all.  Rather, it takes a humanistic and inclusive approach to the notion of observing Shabbat.  You decide your level of participation.  You decide what rest means to you.  This video offers some ideas.”

  Read the full blog here: http://owujew.wordpress.com/2010/03/11/shabbat-unplugged-an-ancient-mitzvah-a-modern-day-challenge/

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• Tablet Magazine Embraces the Sabbath Manifesto

  March 16th, 2010 by admin

  Tablet Magazine is recommending our Unplugged Video. Check it out here

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• Join us in a National Day of Unplugging!

  March 10th, 2010 by admin

  Take the challenge of the Sabbath Manifesto’s Principle Number 1: AVOID TECHNOLOGY, by joining us in fighting back against the tidal wave of technology taking over society and our lives.

  Put down the cell phone, stop the status updates on Facebook, shut down Twitter, sign out of e-mail and relax, as part of our National Day of Unplugging.

  People across the nation will tune out to reclaim time to slow life down and reconnect with friends, family, the community and themselves for 24 hours, from sundown, Friday, March 19, to sundown, Saturday, March 20. The Sabbath Manifesto’s principles were created for individual styling, but for one day we are asking you to take on the challenge of Principle Number 1: AVOID TECHNOLOGY.

  Posted by  SabbathManifestoHQ

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• iPhone is new Golem

  March 10th, 2010 by admin

  Daniel Schifrin says in an article in The Jewish Week  that the Golem, the monster that stalks the republic of his home is the iPhone. He mentions Reboot’s National Day of Unplugging as one way to fight back and reclaim the Day of Rest:

  Read the full article here:

  http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c56_a17964/Editorial__Opinion/The_Last_Word.html

  Posted by SabbathManifestoHQ

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