Haredi labeling on books
I recently bought a children's book, in Hebrew no less, with questions and answers about the world and all it's aspects- science, nature, history… everything but religion. I would be fine with it if there were questions about religion, but I'm not at all fine with it that science and nature questions are answered with religion.
The only question where a Jewish religious view was acceptable (un-called for, but I can understand why one would be interested) was the one about where on earth do Turkey birds come from (in a continental meaning). After explaining the regional issue (America vs. Turkey), the book goes on to say that when the Turkey bird was discovered, the great minds of the time were debating whether or not it was OK to eat it. Now this sort of answer assumes that the great minds of the time were Jewish, and that they were as focused on Kashrus laws back then, as we are today. Well, in my opinion, most of the great minds of the time probably had bigger things to worry about, because they have just realized the world isn't flat! And even the great Jewish minds of the time were far more interested in science and medicine, so only a few of them gave some thought to one measly bird.
At the end of the book I understood why the book had a religious flavor: the author thanked the lord all mighty, his family and the Heredi publisher.
I looked at the book before I bought it, and it seemed really nice. Most of the answers are very well answered, in a scientific but easy to understand manner. Only 4 questions out of 181 got me rattled because the general phrasing was semi-scientific (with inaccuracies) and with a lot of "isn't it wonderful that god made it this way?". So of course I missed these when I scanned the book at the store.
For my religious friends, I suppose it would be like buying a children's cook book, only to discover that among the brownie and ice cream recipes were cheeseburgers and chicken Kiev recipes.
For an adult it's pretty easy to ignore these (the religious answers or the non-kosher recipe), but a child (and I mean under 7 years old) will not understand this.
Cook books in Israel come with a Kashrus labeling, so that the religious population can avoid such inconveniences. Why can't books also come with a Haredi labeling, so that I may avoid such inconveniences?