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Spain investigates possible lab leak behind African swine fever outbreak

The court-ordered move follows concerns raised this month that the outbreak detected in wild boars could have been caused by a laboratory leak.

Police and others stand at the entrance during the registration of the IRTA CReSA laboratory amid an investigation of African swine fever in Bellaterra, north of Barcelona, Spain, December 18, 2025.
Wild boars cross a road in a residential area after the government ordered residents to stay home to fight the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Haifa, northern Israel April 16, 2020.

'A 3,000-Year History of Jews and the Pig': A Hebrew, Talmud, rabbinic expert goes ‘whole hog’

 MANY KASHRUT agencies have provided certification for items such as non-dairy margarine.

Why the word 'pork' makes something kosher deemed non-kosher

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Letters to the editor October 13, 2021: Ben & Jerry trip on a query


Impossible Pork shouldn't be kosher - opinion

"We should be glad that technology has created a meaningful difference between veggie beef and veggie pork — but if the distinction is there, the ban on the pork must be, too."

The Reubecca is a pork-heavy take on a Reuben sandwich.

Impossible Pork is here — but plant-based meat won’t be certified kosher

For Jews who keep kosher, the Impossible Burger has allowed some food experiences that would otherwise be off-limits because of the prohibition in dietary law on mixing milk and meat.

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Cultured pork next order of business for MeaTech

Israeli food-tech company MeaTech announced that it will dedicate R&D assets to expand its offering to include mass production of cultivated pork, the most consumed meat across worldwide.

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Medieval Islamic Sicily ate pork, study finds

Despite pork being forbidden in Islamic dietary law, a study found evidence that it was consumed in the rural areas of Sicily while the island was under Muslim rule in the Middle Ages.

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Jewish student forced to eat pork after missing football training session

If the student refused, he would have been kicked off the team, and the entirety of the squad would have been forced to run extra exercise drills for his defiant behavior.

A football is seen with the NFL logo.

AstraZeneca says COVID vaccine pork-free, counters Indonesian Muslims

A vial and sryinge are seen in front of a displayed AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken January 11, 2021

No evidence COVID vaccine contains pork, causes infertility - report

An open letter signed by more than 70 medical doctors sought to quash conspiracy theories circulating that the vaccine contains products that are non-kosher.

An illustrative photo of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

Los Angeles pop-up The Bad Jew serves nonkosher takes on Jewish deli food

The Bad Jew has been selling homemade pork-based deli sandwiches, and people – including Jews – are gobbling it up.

The Reubecca is a pork-heavy take on a Reuben sandwich.

Italy seized and destroyed 9.5 tonnes of Chinese pork to stop disease

The illegally-imported pig meat was hidden under a shipment of vegetables from China in a storage facility near Padoa managed by a Chinese citizen.

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Definitely not kosher: Haifa overrun by wild boars

It all started when the northern Israeli municipality halted efforts to keep down the pigs’ population.

A wild boar roams in the snow near Kibbutz Merom Golan in the Golan Heights, near Israel's border with Syria

A Christian enclave confronts a proposal to attract Muslim tourists

Lake Toba's local tourist industry has struggled since the 1997 Asian financial crisis and 2002 Bali bombing.

LAKE TOBA’S tourist industry has struggled since the 1997 Asian financial crisis and 2002 Bali bombing.