From an article on privacy in a Norwegian computer magazine, When you consider the historic attitude toward privacy rights in the Judaic tradition, Israel’s position at the forefront of privacy protection is not surprising. In his book The Unwanted Gaze: The Destruction of Privacy in America, George Washington University professor Jeffrey Rosen writes that hezzek re’iyyah is a concept in Jewish law meaning “the injury caused by seeing.” Quoting the Encyclopedia Talmudit, Rosen says, “Even

Source:The Jewish Law of Privacy in the News