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In Jerusalem, an old-fashioned medium goes online (AP)

02.10.2011 9:15   27 views   0 comments
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In this photo taken Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011 An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man reads pashkevilim, posters used to publicize news and important messages in the ultra-Orthodox community, in Jerusalem's religious Mea Shearim neighborhood. An ultra-Orthodox collector has teamed up with Israel's National Library to bring this old-fashioned form of communication into the 21st century by scanning more than 20,000 of the posters into a digital online archive. The project offers a glimpse into one of the main media used by a group trying to hold the line against the march of modernity.(AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)AP - For ultra-Orthodox Jews who shun secular newspapers, radio and the Internet, the best way to hear the news has long been by literally reading the writing on the wall.




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