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Kosher Calling?

Thursday October 9, 2008

Categories: Pop Culture
It's the new calling plan sweeping the ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities, or Haredi, in Jerusalem--the kosher cellphone number. BBC News reports that the latest means "religious adaptation to modern technology" for those of the strictly adherent group, involves cellphones that "cannot...
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Lucy Silver
October 19, 2008 12:11 PM

Just as long as it automatically shuts off on Shabbat. THEN IT'S KOSHER.

LAURA MUSHKAT
October 19, 2008 8:37 PM

hey there always is a new way to make a buck! wonder if the cell is unuseable on Shabbat except for emergencies???????

After all people can not police themselves and know not to answer phones.

Its called a circle of friend and is used by many phone companies so big deal!

Hugs
Laura

Your Name
October 19, 2008 8:41 PM

So Lucy-what about an emergency on Shabbat and who is to say what a emergency is anyway?

Like I said if you can make a buck out of something there always will be a ___________ to buy it.
Hugs
Laura

S H Ziegler
October 20, 2008 10:20 AM

What a silly way to publisize a mockery of Judism

Al Eastman
October 20, 2008 1:36 PM

Thus we see the danger of ANY set of religious beliefs intruding into the secular world. Would those who think this is so cute if it were the results of Muslim or Evangelical Christians?

Cheryl S.
October 29, 2008 10:20 PM

Being Reform my entire life, I have never understood the lengths to which the Orthodox community will go. The idea of kosher soap is what I thougt was the last straw (for me). Now the Ultra- Orthodox of Israel have come up with THE most ridiculous kosher item I have ever heard of. The kosher cellphone is totally idiotic. What's next? kosher toilets?

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