Taking the entire globe, if North America and Western Europe can be called the 'cities of the world', then Asia, Africa and Latin America constitute 'the rural areas of the world'.
Bio: Irwin Kula is an American rabbi and author, currently serving as the president of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. In 2008, he was listed as 7th in Newsweek’s “50 most influential rabbis” list.
