Trendsetters

In January, British actor Eddie Redmayne made headlines around the world as he became the latest in a growing band of smartphone refuseniks.
“It was a reaction against being glued permanently to my iPhone during waking hours,” he explained, turning instead to an old-fashioned “dumb phone” handset that could only make and take calls.
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A number of months ago, the Economist published an article about Haredi rabbis limiting use of appllications on smartphones. Little did they know that they would be trendsetters.


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Today a question was posed at TripAdvisor, "Any advice? We are going to be in Oxford England and were going to take the train to paris for 5 nights but are being told it's not safe these days."
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTopic-g187147-i14-k9289272-o20-Safety_of_Jewish_tourists_in_Paris-Paris_Ile_de_France.html

It is ironic that the person posing the question is concerned about safety in Paris when he should be more concerned about safety in England as a building collapse at a power station in Oxfordshire resulted in at least one fatality a number of hours ago.

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