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Buy them, Arcadi
The fact that a Jewish, Zionist kibbutz deals with producing and marketing pork is disgusting
Pig disgusts me. Jews who deal with raising pigs, or producing or marketing “delicacies” made out of this non-kosher meat send chills of loathing down my spine. It’s nothing personal against them, but against their occupation. If it weren’t for the occupation, there would be no loathing.
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No one talks about it, because it doesn’t sound liberal enough, and “it's none of your business.” But in the year marking 50 years since the foundation of Ma'adanei Mizra Meat Delicacies it’s legitimate to say that to establish a Jewish and Zionist kibbutz in the land of Israel by dedicated pioneers, only to have it transformed years later to a center for producing and marketing pork – sounds wacky to me. The fact that an ideological group of Jews makes a living by producing and marketing pork, is horrifying. The children’s studies, the dining hall, the extra-curricular activities, the cultural events, the assembly hall and the lawns – were all obtained through the same thing - pork.
The people of Aristobulus, while sieging the Temple Mount, sent in a pig as a sacrifice instead of the kosher beasts they used to send till then. Following the shock aroused by the act, it was said, “Damned be the man who raises pigs in the Land of Israel.” The Jewish, national and religious memory perceives pork as something that goes way beyond another violation of the rules of religion.
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Even if it’s unpractical to use state laws to ban the production of pig meat, surely the national heritage and Jewish instincts should arouse the necessary repulsion. Most certainly when the proud producers are members of a kibbutz in the land of Israel. The marketing of pork by Jews gives secularity a bad name.
And another piquant detail. On Ma'adanei Mizra’s website (don’t say I didn’t spend time on research), which is sickeningly filled with pride over the factory’s history, quality and cleanliness, the public is invited to visit all of the factory’s stores, in the north and south, the coastal area and the plains, and of course - Jerusalem. Each region’s listing is accompanied by a picture of the typical landscape. And in Jerusalem’s sections, you guessed correctly, appear the Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock. Two sites that symbolize Jerusalem and represent the two faiths that are disgusted by pork and forbid eating it.
Jews, Muslims, press the picture of the Western Wall and the Mosque, and get the list of pork delis in the city. It seems that in Kibbutz Mizra they not only sell pork, but also have very poor taste.
Buy them, Arcadi, pay them plenty of money and send them to undergo career retraining, so that they can work in something fitting for Jews.
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