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January 20, 2013

AP: Kosher high-tech? Israel’s booming digital sector offers religious Jews the path to a job

by Aron Heller
The Associated Press

JERUSALEM — In a chic auditorium typically reserved for late-night concerts, Israel’s next generation of high-tech entrepreneurs are gathered. Though their vocation is modern, their appearance and lifestyle are distinctly traditional and they are seated separately — men to the left, woman to the right.

It’s a first for Israel, a high-tech conference designed specifically for haredim, or ultra-Orthodox Jews.

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