Israel’s Newest Cyberwarriors: Ultra-Orthodox Jews – Christa Case Bryant (Christian Science Monitor)
(dailyalert.org, Jun. 6, 2014)
On a campus in Jerusalem, 16 young ultra-Orthodox men are being prepared for two-year stints as cyberdefenders in the Israeli Defense Forces.
The men spend their daytime hours poring over religious texts and engaging in vigorous theological debates, but in the evenings, they apply those critical thinking skills to the 1,000 hours of cyber training.