Pigs

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’

Doctor lifting pig's kidney for transplant

Some Jews are willing to risk their lives rather than receive a porcine transplant - study

 JUDAISM BEFORE swine?

Scientists succesfully transplant pig lung into human body for first time


Pigs catch coronavirus but don't get sick, scientists may know why - study

When infected with the novel coronavirus, pig cells undergo a sort of strategic suicide called apoptosis, which kills the infected cells and stops them from spreading the virus.

 Pigs and COVID-19: They can catch the coronavirus, but not get sick. Why is that?

Christmas pigs raised by Jewish farmers get pardoned by Miami’s Jewish mayor

Miami's Jewish mayor pardoned a pig in an annual Christmas ceremony, while the farmers themselves were Jewish as well.

Workers move young pigs at a farm in Guangxi, China, March 21, 2018

Why is Thanksgiving so popular with American Jews?

What if the motif of Thanksgiving was "oink oink" and not "gobble gobble?"

 THE KOSHER bird.

Giving thanks and slaughtered pigs - opinion

This week’s Torah portion, Vayetzei, is all about babies. Lots and lots of babies.

Calculating taxes

Wild boars in Jerusalem terrify residents, damage property

Currently, the Jerusalem area locality with the biggest boar problem is Mevaseret Zion, with the animals terrifying residents. 

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.

Grave of Rabbi Nachman's daughter vandalized with pig skulls - report

The vandalization took place in the city of Kremenchuk, Ukraine, where she was buried 186 years ago, with other family members being buried in the same cemetery.

JEWISH CEMETERY in Chernivtsi, Western Ukraine

Cryptic 2,700 year-old pig skeleton found in Jerusalem’s City of David

The remains of the animal were found in a luxurious First Temple Period building. Was it there to be eaten?

An ancient pig skeleton is seen in Jerusalem, having been discovered in a building dating back to the First Temple.

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.

Brown pig

'Three little pigs': Musk's Neuralink puts computer chips in animal brains

Musk later turned to what he described as the "three little pigs demo." A pig with a Neuralink implant in the part of its brain that controls the snout required some coaxing by Musk.

SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk attends a post-launch news conference to discuss the SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut capsule in-flight abort test at the Kennedy Space Center

New virus in pigs with 'pandemic potential' found in China

China took action against an outbreak of avian H1N1 in 2009, restricting incoming flights from affected countries and putting tens of thousands of people into quarantine.

Workers move young pigs at a farm in Guangxi, China, March 21, 2018