Does an ad that supposedly aims to warn of the dangers of the unfiltered Internet, and is published in Hasidic seminaries in Haredi concentrations throughout the country, convey a venomous and disparaging message to the Lithuanian public?
The ad shows binoculars, with two Hasidic 'Haider' children, with curly wigs, immersed in study, on one side, and a Lithuanian boy with glasses, touching high-tech bubbles, after being 'broken' by... the Internet, on the other side.
The ad, which bears the logo of the Agudath Israel Federation, reads: "Thinking about the future," while under the two Hasidic children it says "For us and our children," and under the Lithuanian child it says "For our enemies, O God" - where "our enemies" refers, of course, to the Lithuanian child.
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Many of the Lithuanian public who were exposed to the ad expressed shock at the "disparaging and brazen message," as they defined it, "as if a Lithuanian child is a 'spoiler', God forbid.".
Young people affiliated with the Degel HaTorah movement, who are angry about the ads, said they expect the Histadrut Agudat Israel to disavow the ad, remove what they call the "shameful smear campaign" from the billboards, and apologize to the Lithuanian public.
