Orthodox Jews in Britain aren’t afraid of modernity, but they are worried about the negative influences it can have on young people. Rabbis there have now sanctioned a “kosher” phone that blocks the internet and text messages.
The Islamic Ennahda party has the largest bloc in Tunisia’s new constitutional assembly. Critics of Ennahda worry it will change the country’s predominantly secular legal codes. Tunisia’s Jews say they’re not worried, at least not yet.
Organic and Kosher
Living on Earth’s Cynthia Graber reports on an Orthodox Jewish organic communal farm in western Massachusetts.
The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is China. The kosher food industry is on the rise there as Chinese factory owners hope to tap into the US kosher food market. The BBC’s Frances Harrison has that story.
