JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israelis who don’t want to see racy content have a new streaming service that allows them to skip the immodest parts.
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The Tov TV service, dubbed the “kosher Netflix” by the Israeli daily Haaretz, is geared toward observant Jews who follow the religious laws of modesty.
Women prescreen films and television series to identify the problematic content, according to the newspaper report.
Viewers can choose their level of censorship, from a warning text that pops up during a scene, allowing the viewer to press a button and skip that part, to shows in which some content is previously erased. Some shows are taboo, including “Game of Thrones,” according to Haaretz.
The service, which has been two years in the making, is the brainchild of Israeli businessman Israel Zeira, who supports the national religious Jewish Home party. Zeira has already invested over $1 million in the project, according to Haaretz.
Tov TV believes its target audience includes about 400,000 Israeli households, according to the report.
Its content library now contains about 400 viewing hours with 170 titles, but the company plans to add up to 40 viewing hours a month, according to Haaretz.
The newspaper reported that a similar model exists for airlines, which censor some content to make it family-friendly.
KOL hakavod although it would be better If people didn’t waste their time watching movies, at least this is a first step for them
Bitul Torah, bitul zman – with a hecksher?
What a tragedy and travesty for Klal Yisrael! And if you remove the “racy” parts, now it’s kosher?
Klal yisrael needs this like a submarine needs a screen door.
Voting for Joe Biden is much worse than this new Netflix thing.
All you deniers, I’m sure you only learn Torah all day long, and never visit the internet… (except to post derogatory comments), but for those Yidden who are not on your holy level and have a yetzer horah, this is an amazing step forwards. This would be great for adults (both men and women) who want to unwind but not sink to shmutzy level. It would also be good for young adults, and maybe teenagers too for some kosherized worldly entertainment, for those already watching you tube and the like. It would also be great if they can do the same with the kids movies, nowadays even those are often immodest and include things and language that would never fly when I was a kid.
Wow! That’s really called a Kosher Chazir Feesl. And its deemed a WOW. How low have we fallen. But again, what does one expect of a irreligious State that spites Hashems name? This shld be a cause of celebration? Well, I refuse to celebrate. Not Erev Tisha B’av. I’ll continue mourning the what has become of the holy land. Deserted from all thats holy.
Have you all an easy meaningful fast.
why are you all wasting your time posting useless comments
kosher v’yosher , mosher osher .