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Israel: No Swine Flu

Written byAmira Al Hussaini
Posted 27 April 2009 16 years ago

Times Online religion correspondent Ruth Gledhill calls for help from Jewish readers on why the swine flu cannot be named after the non-kosher meat in Israel here.

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  • gzuckier

    no reason, really. jewish law forbids specifically eating of pigs; you are however free to own them, play with them, ride on their backs, name diseases after them, etc.

    27 April 2009, 17:49 pm
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