Eating pork is prohibited under Jewish dietary laws, and to many Jews the pig has a deep cultural symbolism representing all that is unholy.
Raising pigs for pork has been banned in Israel since 1963, apart from in a small, traditionally Arab-Christian area in the north of the country.
But the kibbutz maintains vehemently that the primary purpose of its herd is for medical research, which makes the operation legal. Eating pork is prohibited under Jewish dietary laws, and to many Jews the pig has a deep cultural symbolism representing all that is unholy.
Raising pigs for pork has been banned in Israel since 1963, apart from in a small, traditionally Arab-Christian area in the north of the country.
But the kibbutz maintains vehemently that the primary purpose of its herd is for medical research, which makes the operation legal.
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