EasyJet apologizes for pork sandwiches

Published on February 23, 2011

EasyJet apologized to Jewish passengers who were offered ham melts and bacon baguettes. The budget airline has featured kosher and vegetarian sandwiches since its London-Tel Aviv route was introduced late last year, a spokeswoman told media outlets Tuesday. It is also the airline's policy not to have any pork products on board the planes on that route.

References to pork, Jesus lead to retrial

Published on January 11, 2011

References to the trial of Jesus and a pork comment made by a defense lawyer for Cisco Systems during a federal trial have led a judge to grant a new trial. Jurors in Marshall, Texas, last May awarded Commil USA more than $3.7 million in patent infringement damages, though the company asked for $57 million. Commil charged in a motion for a new trial that the remarks and illusions to the trial of Jesus Christ prejudiced the jury in the case, The American Lawyer reported. Judge Charles Everingham IV, who presided over the original trial, on Dec. 29 granted the motion for a new trial.

‘The Longing’ documents crypto-Jews caught between two worlds

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on November 7, 2008

When Gabriela Böhm set out to create her documentary, "The Longing: The Forgotten Jews of South America," several years ago, she hoped to profile an as-yet-undiscovered secret community of Crypto Jews -- descendants of Jews forced to flee the Spanish Inquisition who continued practicing rituals covertly.

Balancing Acts of Faith and Pork

By Micah D. Halpern
Published on July 22, 2004

The question: How Jewish vs. how democratic should the Jewish State of Israel actually be?

That was really the question before Israel's Supreme Court.

More than a legal question, it led to serious and heated debate. The answer would be a defining factor in the very nature of the state itself. It came to the fore as the court was asked to decide if three cities, Jerusalem included, could ban the selling of pork.

The ruling: That cities cannot outright forbid the sale of pork and should respect communities that are predominantly religious but may sell pork in other areas of the city.

My Year with Pork

By Bob Andrews
Published on March 15, 2001

About a year and a half ago I found myself in need of employment. I scoured the papers in search of openings in my field, which is quality control of food products.