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Last update - 14:35 27/04/2009
'Israel must call new disease Mexico Flu, as swine unkosher'
By The Associated Press
Tags: mexico flu, swine flu 

Ultra-Orthodox Deputy Health Minister Yakov Litzman on Monday declared that Israel would call the new potentially deadly disease that has already struck two continents 'Mexico Flu,' rather than 'Swine Flu, as pigs are not kosher.

"We will call it Mexico flu. We won't call it swine flu," Litzman told a news conference on Monday, assuring the Israeli public that authorities were prepared to handle any cases.

Under Jewish dietary laws, pigs are considered unclean and pork is forbidden food, although the non-kosher meat is available in some stores in Israel.
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Two cases of suspected swine flu have been detected in Israel, but Health Ministry officials have said chances are low that either hospitalized men has actually contracted the disease.

Both men, one 47 years old and the other 26, were quarantined after checking into hospital with flu-like symptoms upon their return from Mexico this week.

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      1.   good to see litzman is on top of things 14:32  |  g. lee 27/04/09
      2.   the brink of a pandemic... 14:57  |  JDR 27/04/09
      3.   How absolutely silly 15:00  |  Davids 27/04/09
      4.   Using a Coutnry`s Name is Unkosher 15:01  |  Free_Thinker 27/04/09
      5.   When reality becomes humor 15:01  |  Mark Lincoln 27/04/09
      6.   Litzman is an idiot 15:05  |  Charles 27/04/09
      7.   Lunacy 15:05  |  leo 27/04/09
      8.   no one is calling it swine flu other than ignorant media 15:06  |  B 27/04/09
      9.   Why not call it 15:15  |  Chris Linthwaite 27/04/09
      10.   Thats what happens .... 15:16  |  JW 27/04/09
      11.   From "Swine" to "Mexicans" 15:17  |  Big Bill 27/04/09
      12.   PUBLIC RELATIONS VICTORY 15:18  |  Jay A Friedman 27/04/09
      13.   since when is flu kosher or not kosher! 15:25  |  richelle 27/04/09
      14.   Ministery of Health and Humor 15:29  |  Lis 27/04/09
      15.   Swine Flu 15:33  |  Lee Lipman 27/04/09
      16.   Mexico Flu? WAKE UP!!! 15:36  |  Mylan 27/04/09
      17.   Mexico isn`t Kosher either, and neither is Litzman 15:39  |  Bruno 27/04/09
      18.   So are you allowed to drink hot milk if you have swine fever? 15:40  |  Bruno 27/04/09
      19.   H1N1 to 9 15:40  |  Joanna 27/04/09
      20.   Poor Miss Piggy 15:42  |  Yaakov Sullivan 27/04/09
      21.   Is flu kosher ? 15:47  |  David Plane 27/04/09
      22.   White Meat Flu 15:48  |  Ken 27/04/09
      23.   The first pearl-of-wisdom from our deputy Health Min... 15:55  |  Esther 27/04/09
      24.   Are the two victims kosher or not...? 15:57  |  Esther 27/04/09
      25.   When do we change the hebrew word for cancer? 16:03  |  Israeli 27/04/09
      26.   So if a disease first appears in Israel... 16:03  |  Isadora 27/04/09
      27.   How to Avoid an Epidemic 16:13  |  Kosher Police 27/04/09
      28.   Call it the Treif Flu 16:15  |  Zev 27/04/09
      29.   religious indoctrination is 16:18  |  T A Sheppard 27/04/09
      30.   Swine Flu 16:20  |  Steve 27/04/09
      31.   What fools! Better to associate it with pork! 16:25  |  Rob 27/04/09
      32.   `Israel must call new disease Mexico Flu, as swine unkosher` 16:27  |  Mike Levy 27/04/09
      33.   And the regular Human Flu Virus? 16:28  |  Ehud 27/04/09
      34.   Swine Vs Mexico Flu 16:36  |  M Karpas 27/04/09
      35.   Swine Flu 16:38  |  Howard 27/04/09
      36.   Litzman is a wazark 16:43  |  Mervin 27/04/09
      37.   Swine flu. 16:44  |  Jaime 27/04/09
      38.   i HAVE TO ADMIT THAT IS FUNNY SWINE IS UNKOSHER SO mEX FLU 16:51  |  Big Sur 27/04/09
      39.   What Mr. Litzman really wanted to say is that 16:54  |  Jew- and Bookburner 27/04/09
      40.   Why not call it Swine Flu? 17:17  |  W 27/04/09
      41.   `Israel must call new disease Mexico Flu, as swine unkosher` 17:21  |  Michael 27/04/09
      42.   The weakness for calling spades spoons 17:23  |  sh 27/04/09
      43.   Why not call it the Unkosher flu? 17:28  |  quidpro 27/04/09
      44.   Is it "Kosher" for the Israeli settlers to keep ferocious... 17:29  |  Maureen Ann 27/04/09
      45.   Respect the Viruses 17:35  |  Henry 27/04/09
      46.   KOSHER FLU? WHAT NEXT? 17:48  |  JOHN ISH ISHMAEL 27/04/09
      47.   All Miss Piggy References to Be Banned by Rabbinate 17:58  |  Yaakov Sullivan 27/04/09
      48.   This has got to be the joke of the week! 18:00  |  Johnboy 27/04/09
      49.   Kosher for Consumption? 18:14  |  Persian Kitty 27/04/09
      50.   #19 Joanna good point 18:18  |  Chris Linthwaite 27/04/09
      51.   Mexico Flu 18:35  |  James 27/04/09
      52.   Because eating Mexicans is kosher? 18:36  |  EW 27/04/09
      53.   #48 jaja 18:47  |  James 27/04/09
      54.   week 18:49  |  James 27/04/09
      55.   Splitting hairs - pilpul 18:49  |  Yonatan 27/04/09
      56.   Never mix religion and politics. Here`s why. 18:53  |  Michael 27/04/09
      57.   Ah yes. Very very high intelligence. 18:55  |  Lou Medel 27/04/09
      58.   p-g 19:10  |  david 27/04/09
      59.   I`m making my famous rolled pork roast today... 19:19  |  BBSNews 27/04/09
      60.   Nice Job, Litzman. You Just Insulted A Friendly State 19:24  |  Jeff Northridge 27/04/09
      61.   #4 19:26  |  David 27/04/09
      62.   BBSNews 19:32  |  Persian Kitty 27/04/09
      63.   Kosher Flu 19:41  |  Chris 27/04/09
      64.   It`s good to see... 19:47  |  leven5 27/04/09
      65.   Litzman should crawl back in his cave 19:48  |  SJ 27/04/09
      66.   Sinister a jerk for saying, Haaretz a twice a jerk for publishing 21:17  |  C.Linton 27/04/09
      67.   Football no longer "pigskin" 21:19  |  Harold 27/04/09
      68.   Another absurdity 21:19  |  Marlene N. 27/04/09
      69.   rust Big Sur to miss the real point here. 21:29  |  Labhras 27/04/09
      70.   Apparently, Israel is governed by quacks. 21:37  |  RG 27/04/09
      71.   Are jackasses kosher? 21:45  |  TR 27/04/09
      72.   OFFENDED MEXICAN JEW!!!!!!!!! 01:32  |  Alin 28/04/09
      73.   WAIT WAIT WAIT! did anyone check to see if mexico is kosher? 02:06  |  eric 28/04/09
      74.   Thank You All :) 02:09  |  Mike 28/04/09
      75.   Pig Flu or Swine Flu? 02:44  |  Avi Segal 28/04/09
      76.   You guys don`t get it - Litzman banned swine flu! 05:53  |  Humble Jew 28/04/09
      77.   OMG, Did He Really Say That? 09:10  |  B`galil 28/04/09
      78.   Call it Smithfield Flu 12:53  |  srini gypsy 28/04/09
      79.   "Mexico Flu" vs. "Swine Flu" 17:46  |  Jeff 28/04/09
      80.   Maybe there`s a flu for stupid people 17:52  |  Bob 28/04/09
      81.   Is Litzman condoning cannibalism? 19:17  |  Jeff 28/04/09
      82.   With a smile? 19:36  |  Ehud 28/04/09
      83.   A disease by any other name.... 19:44  |  Di 28/04/09
      84.   Rabbis should resolve the following 23:07  |  TR 28/04/09
      85.   Kosher viruses? Viruses were not identified 01:24  |  Tony Price 29/04/09
      86.   name a swine "chicken"! will it be a chicken? 01:27  |  Adam 30/04/09
      87.   Smithfield flu 21:03  |  jan 30/04/09
      88.   Misunderstanding as usual 01:37  |  Dave 02/05/09
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