Ichud HaKehillos LeTohar HaMachane


The Ichud HaKehillos LeTohar HaMachane is an Orthodox Jewish organization. It educates Jews about pornography-use habits, Internet addiction, and other problems that can result from Internet usage.

Technology Awareness Group

The Ichud HaKehillos has founded a sister group called the Technology Awareness Group. It provides various services to its target market, including installing and configuring Web filtering and monitoring software on computers, smartphones and other devices. TAG is a nonprofit organization staffed by volunteers, and there is no fee for any of its services. TAG has offices in the US, Canada, Europe, Australia and elsewhere; TAG also provides certain services worldwide using remote desktop software. In total, TAG fields about 1000 phone calls from around the world every day.
As of January 2020, TAG operates 40 offices in 16 countries and territories, staffed by over 400 volunteers. TAG operates 6 offices in the UK, as well as 3 offices in Israel; other similar Israeli organizations include OutNet and the היעוץ המקצועי שעל ידי ועידת הרבנים לביצור חומת הדת technology advice hotline.

Gatherings

To help promote awareness of the issues at hand, the Ichud HaKehillos has organized some gatherings.
On September 27, 2005, a gathering was held in Lakewood, NJ, shortly before Rosh Hashana. The leaders enacted a policy that children with Internet access are subject to being dismissed from any private Orthodox Jewish school in Lakewood.
On May 20, 2012, a rally was held in New York City, to promote the use of filters and further raise awareness. The rally was held at Citi Field and Arthur Ashe Stadium. Over 60,000 people attended.