I Don't Text on Shabbas

Turn It Off

Gershom Gorenberg responds to Jonathan Safran Foer's recent article on paying attention to other people by finding time to turn off electronic devices.

Published Jun. 17 2013 1:45PM EDT

I was sitting in a café and talking to a friend on the phone while naturally checking text messages that kept popping up on the little screen, when I got a tweet with a link to Jonathan Safran Foer's article,

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I Don't Text on Shabbas

Gershom Gorenberg responds to Jonathan Safran Foer's recent article on paying attention to other people by finding time to turn off electronic devices.

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Gershom Gorenberg