Rabbi Mordechai Lightstone announces it's time to turn off the cell phones for Shabbat at the tech-heavy South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas.
#OpenShabbat: Pulling the Plug at SXSW
The first time that Rabbi Mordechai Lightstone and his wife, Chana, attended the South by Southwest (better known as SXSW) music, film and interactive festival in Austin, Texas, attendees approached them and said: “We have a rabbi and his family here; we should do something Jewish,” recalls Chana Lightstone.
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