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24.“The Sabbath Manifesto was created by a group of Jewish artists in search of a modern way to observe a weekly day of rest. The group are all members of Reboot, a non-profit group designed to“reboot” the cultures, traditions and rituals of Jewish life.” See http://rebooters.net/.
25. Reboot’s“Ten Principles” overlap significantly with many of the lists of Shabbat mitzvot in Reform writings: /. Avoid Technology 2. Connect with your loved ones 3. Nurture your health 4. Get outside 5. Avoid commerce 6. Light candles 7. Drink wine 8. Eat bread 9. Find silence 10. Give back. In the“About” section, the authors describe their aims as follows:“Way back when, God said,“On the seventh day thou shalt rest.” The meaning behind it was simple: Take a break. Call a timeout. Find some balance. Recharge. Somewhere along the line, however, this mantra for living faded from modern consciousness. The idea of unplugging every seventh day now feels tragically close to impossible. Who has time to take time off? We need eight days a week to get tasks accomplished, not six. The Sabbath Manifesto was developed in the same spirit as the Slow Movement, slow food, slow living, by a small group of artists, writers, filmmakers and media professionals who, while not particularly religious, felt a collective need to fight back against our increasingly fast-paced way of living. The idea is to take time off, deadlines and paperwork be damned. In the Manifesto , we’ve adapted our ancestors’ rituals by carving out one day per week to unwind, unplug, relax, reflect, getoutdoors, and get with loved ones. The ten principles are to be observed one day per week, from sunset to sunset. We invite you to practice, challenge and/or help shape what we’re creating.” See http:/sabbathmanifesto.org
26. Your Brain on Computers, a series of seven articles by various authors from the
New York Times , June 7,2010-Nov. 21, 2010. Nicholas Carr , The Shallows: What
the Internet is Doing to our Brains, New York , 2010. Sherry Turkle , Alone
Together Why We Expect More from Technology and Less From Each Other, New ork, 2011.
27. The following is a list of the seven articles in the series, in chronological order: Marjorie Connelly,“More Americans Sense a Downside to an Always Plugged-In Existence,” June 7, 2010; Tara Parker-Pope ,“An Ugly Toll of Technology: Impatience and Forgetfulness,” June 7, 2010; Matt Richtel ,“Attached to Technology and Paying a Price,” June 7, 2010; Julie Scelfo,“The Risks of Parenting While Plugged In,” June 10, 2010; Matt Richtel ,“Outdoors and Out of Reach, Studying the Brain, ” August 16, 2010; Matt Richtel ,“Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime,” August 25, 2010; Matt Richtel ,“Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction,” November 21, 2010.