Basic Cell Phones
This quote is from the NPR broadcast:
"Among the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, there is concern that cell phones with certain features could lead to immodesty among its community members. In an effort to combat that, but make cell phones available still, the community's rabbis have decided to review and kosher certify certain phones with limited features."
Photo Credit: How to Keep Kosher: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding Jewish Dietary Laws
"The rabbinate was very concerned that cell phones with texting facility should not be used by youngsters," said Rabbi Chanoch Kesselman.
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According to Reuters, in Israel "Hundreds of thousands of mobile phones, popularly dubbed kosher because they block access to services frowned upon by ultra-Orthodox rabbis, have been operating in the Jewish state for years."
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"So the rabbinate decided to grant certain cell phones official approval, calling them kosher - a system that has been most well-known for its use in food. The kosher phones are stripped down devices that can only receive and make calls. It helps the community feel more comfortable about choosing a phone, he said, much like shopping for kosher food."
~from the NPR article
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Kosher Dietary Laws
"So no network would come really and make those changes," Maxi Rose of Rose Communications said.
"So the changes had to made from the hardware and software in the device, rather than from network level. So the devices are modified. No cameras allowed, no SMS allowed, no Internet allowed."
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What do you think of kosher cell phones?
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veryirie
May 29, 2012 @ 11:32 pm | delete
- I'm not Jewish, but the kosher cell phone sounds perfect for me. I don't want anything fancy on my phone. ha
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vallain May 23, 2012 @ 7:32 pm | delete
- Kosher or not, this is the kind of basic phone that my mom would prefer to use or my brother who's not interested in taking photos or going on the internet.
Even my smartphone is getting too smart for me. I have to keep consulting the manual.
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poddys
Feb 5, 2012 @ 2:13 pm | delete
- I think this is another case of the religious community going too far yet again. It's unbelievable isn't it. Or maybe not... I wonder how many Jewish people actually have Kosher phones...
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sherioz
Feb 4, 2012 @ 3:02 am | delete
- Living in Israel, I am well aware of this product. Sometimes I think that as a society we have all become a bit ADHD, with all the stimuli available all the time. Might be nice to just have a simple phone that you just used to talk with (oh, and texting, I wouldn't want to be without texting).
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I only use my cell phone for talking
but that's because I'm about 10 years behind the times.
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