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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 429

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'Why does the pig matter?' Jordan D. Rosenblum asks in his new book, 'Forbidden: A 3,000-Year History of Jews and the Pig.' (Steve Evans/Wikimedia Commons)
October 14, 2024, 3:22 am
From snout to tail: New book tells 3,000-year-old story of Jews and the pig
While the ‘other thing’ is just as unkosher as oysters or cheeseburgers, the taboo around it practically delineates Judaism itself, Jordan D. Rosenblum argues in ‘Forbidden’
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Pigs look up from their enclosure at the San Matias shelter for migrants in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. (AP/Christian Chavez)
August 4, 2022, 12:00 am
Treating death? Scientists revive cells in dead pigs, raising hopes — and questions
Researchers say method might be used to aid organ transplantation and may open door to idea of death as treatable, though philosophical, ethical and biological concerns abound
By Daniel Lawler
In this photo provided by NYU Langone Health, surgeons prepare a genetically modified pig heart for transplant into a recently deceased donor at NYU Langone Health on July 6, 2022, in New York (Joe Carrotta/NYU Langone Health via AP)
July 13, 2022, 2:33 pm
Scientists put pig hearts in brain-dead people in bid to improve odds for the living
Researchers use special new methods to check for animal viruses; experiments come after historic but ultimately failed attempt to use a pig’s heart to save a dying man
By lauren neergard
The so-called "Judensau," or "Jew pig," sculpture is displayed on the facade of the town church in Wittenberg, Germany (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File)
May 30, 2022, 7:13 pm
German court mulls bid to remove antisemitic ‘Jew pig’ church sculpture
Middle Ages relic shows Jews suckling pig’s teats; German judge calls statue ‘antisemitism chiseled into stone’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Dr. Bartley Griffith takes a selfie photo with patient David Bennett in Baltimore in January 2022. (Dr. Bartley Griffith/University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP)
March 9, 2022, 9:02 pm
First patient to undergo pig heart transplant dies after two months
Maryland team behind operation say they’re still hopeful David Bennett’s case will one day help advance cross-species organ donations
By AFP
Many pet pig owners like Tom Fanning of Florida treat their pigs as they do their dogs or cats, as seen in 'Magnificent Beast.' (Courtesy Donkey Universe Films)
January 22, 2022, 5:58 am
What’s with Judaism’s pork taboo? Documentary film ‘Magnificent Beast’ bores into it
Mother-son duo Tess and Josh Gerritsen travel the world to find out why pigs are so controversial in the movie screening virtually at the Miami Jewish Film Festival through Jan. 26
By Rich Tenorio
US surgeons prepare to transplant kidneys from a genetically modified pig into the body of a deceased recipient in September 2021. (University of Alabama at Birmingham via AP)
January 20, 2022, 5:16 pm
After heart transplant, researchers successfully test pig-to-human kidney donation
US study shows no sign of rejection by donated body of brain-dead man, with experts saying string of breakthroughs are promising — but many hurdles remain
By LAURAN NEERGAARD
In this photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, members of the surgical team show the pig heart for transplant into patient David Bennett in Baltimore on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. (Mark Teske/University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP)
January 11, 2022, 1:13 am
In world first, US surgeons successfully transplant a pig heart into human patient
Doctors at Baltimore hospital say 57-year-old, who did not qualify for human heart, doing well 3 days after operation to implant organ genetically modified against rejection
By Carla K. Johnson
Miami Mayor Daniella Levine Cava pardoned piglets Manchita, David, Shlomo and Sakura at a ceremony Tuesday. (Daniella Levine Cava via JTA)
December 15, 2021, 9:21 pm
Christmas pigs raised by Jewish farmers get pardon
Shlomo, Manchita, Sakura and David given new lease on life Tuesday in pig-pardoning ceremony led by Jewish Miami mayor
By Shira Hanau
A surgical team at the hospital in New York examines a pig kidney attached to the body of a deceased recipient for any signs of rejection, September 2021. (Joe Carrotta/NYU Langone Health via AP)
October 20, 2021, 9:01 am
US scientists successfully attach working pig kidney to human body
Decades-long quest to use animal organs for life-saving transplants takes major new leap as swine kidney successfully filters waste and produces urine without being rejected
By Carla K. Johnson
Articulated pig skeleton as found in City of David excavation. (Oscar Bejerano, Israel Antiquities Authority)
July 15, 2021, 3:20 pm
This little piggy went to Jerusalem 2,700 years ago, raising some questions
Bones of small pig pulled out of home being excavated in City of David, adding to rare, but not nonexistent, series of finds showing Judeans did occasionally ham it up
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Medics from Beijing Fengsheng Special Hospital of Traditional Medical Traumatology and Orthopaedics prepare for their shift at the Jinrong Street testing site, inside a room where a Communist Party flag and a piece of red tissue with words that reads "Beijing Fengsheng Special Hospital of Traditional Medical Traumatology and Orthopaedics" (back on wall) in Beijing on June 24, 2020. (NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP)
June 30, 2020, 8:22 am
New swine flu strain found in China has pandemic potential
Tests indicate G4 strain of pig-carried H1N1 may have already infected 4.4% of general population, but no evidence yet of human-to-human transmission
By AFP
Pigs at a farm in Goudelin, western France, on February 13, 2019. (Damien Meyer/AFP)
April 17, 2019, 9:45 pm
In breakthrough, scientists revive some brain activity of slaughtered pigs
Researchers stress that procedure did not restore ability to think or feel, but findings nonetheless raises questions about brain death
By Malcolm Ritter
A sample of the offerings at Meshuggah Bagels in Kansas City. (Victor Wishna/JTA)
December 7, 2018, 9:03 pm
PETA: ‘Bring home the bagel’ — not the bacon
Activist animal rights group suggests list of animal- and fauna-friendly alternatives to common idioms
By JTA
Avi Katz (Facebook)
August 1, 2018, 1:52 pm
Jerusalem Post defends axing ‘Animal Farm’ pigs cartoonist, keeps cartoon online
Amid free speech furor, editorial says Avi Katz’s nation-state law critique ‘reminiscent of antisemitic memes,’ should not have run; it remains at top of Jerusalem Report homepage
By ToI Staff
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