Giraffe milk declared kosher

" Observant Jews yearning for something a little more exotic than usual to celebrate the festival of Shavuot may be excited to learn that giraffe milk has been pronounced as kosher. Vets treating a giraffe at the...

Manhattan grocery store goofs by advertising hams as Hanukkah food

"NEW YORK - Here's a food ad that REALLY wasn't kosher. A grocery store in Manhattan is apologizing after touting its hams as "Delicious for Chanukah." Chanukah - an alternate spelling for Hanukkah - is the...

The Future Of Copyright Protection Is Here And It Costs $11 An Hour

"It’s no secret that video sites like YouTube benefited from added traffic generated by hosting copyrighted content. But as these sites get acquired, integrate advertising, or just want to avoid a billion dollar lawsuit, they seek to shed their seedy past to stay kosher...

Hebrew National: Now with pork!

DURHAM, NC - The Durham Bulls Athletic Park concessions stands are selling Hebrew National hot dogs covered in pork barbecue. I'm sure they're delicious, but I have to wonder if the Hebrew National folks...

Kosher artist merges faith, ethnicity in his music

"For most people, "kosher" isn’t a term that springs to mind when thinking about gospel music. Yet for Joshua Nelson, who’s black and Jewish, “kosher gospel” makes total sense. It’s a genre he created, merging his ethnicity and his faith. Nelson, 28,...

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Observant Israeli supermodel talks with 'Israel At Level Ground' (Podcast)

Havi Mond, a fast-rising Israeli star in London's fashion modeling firmament, says that while getting kosher vittles catered to her modeling shoots and sometimes-missed lucrative weekend gigs may be a limitation, her agency and a bevy of major clients and magazines, including...

McDonald's - I'm Hatin' it!

A group of about 15 "twenty-something," self-described animal-rights supporters and anarchists held a protest vigil outside the downtown Jerusalem branch of McDonald's Monday evening. The group, blowing whistles and shouting through a megaphone, called on passersby near the...

In Israel, Whales Are Not Kosher

"The good thing about being a small country, is that when an emergency presents itself, the whole population can group together, focus and take swift action. That's what happened recently when the US Secretary of...

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