MMM haaam... well maybe you can invite some non Jewish friends for dinner and feed it to them! :D

Mmmmm... forbidden Gentile ham...

Could be worse...it could be Eucharist Wafers...

Would someone please explain the problem for those of us who aren't religious, or just aren't Jewish?

It complements the Ramadan Pork nicely.

Actually, as someone who lives with a Jew and works for Jews, let me be the first to puncture your attempted sarcasm by informing you that many, MANY jews do not keep kosher, even for their holy days.

Well, to be fair, I know plenty of Jews who observe Hannukah but don't keep kosher. Still, I don't know if they're planning on serving swine.

Every Xmas my family and I (big jews) get together and eat a big ham (no spiral crap, bone in orange glazed!) and make fun of our fellow jews.

not kidding

Oy Veh!

BURAN- orthodox Jews do not eat pig (FYI- neither to Muslims). Old Testament (which is part of Torah).

As an analogy: For Catholics it would be a picture of ground beef and the sign would say, "Great for Fridays during Lent"

A Jewish buddy of mine said it best, "A gentle loving God wants to be happy so he wants me to eat bacon."

*shrug* My husband is Muslim and I was raised Jewish. We're not Orthodox and certainly not Kosher/Halal, but neither of us eat swine.

@Buran: Pork is never Kosher (as far as I know). For more detailed information, watch Pulp Fiction

Vince Vega: "Bacon tastes good... pork chops taste good..."

Jules Winfield: "Sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie but I'll never know cause I'll never eat the filthy mothafucka."

Well, theres always those like my friend...

"During passover, I keep to my normal diet but with the additional passover restrictions"

"So that's a bacon cheeseburger on Matza?"

"yeup"

$8.99 per lb? Thats awfully spendy.

Last I checked (and it's been a while since hebrew school so I'm rusty), Hanukkah is all about the miracle of the oil burning for 8 days so traditionally you cook all your foods in oil or eat fried items. Ham doesn't fall into this category nor is it kosher. Hanukkah is more about those delightful latkes anyway! We also used to enjoy brisket and little puffed honey donut things. If you're totally reform, not kosher, and don't care about tradition then sure, this is a great idea. Otherwise, I find it mildly insulting, but mostly it's just a stupidity leak.

I can see this happening in Missouri or Oregon -- but right in New York City?

Oof, what's next, Diwali Burgers?

"oy gevalt" (A yiddish term meaning "Oh goodness!" An expression of utmost anxiety or shock).

This just shows that marketing departments really do not have a clue.

a jewish buddy of mine refers to pork and pork related products as "jew poison"

i killed myself laughing when he said that!

@Chongo:

you just made my day. happy Hanukkah.

@hexychick: Howzabout some BBQ pork rinds then?

A hebrew I grew up with used to stash Bac-O's under her bed. I kid you not.

My fiancee refers to himself as "second generation bacon."

I'm still pretty sure you're not going to find a HAM on the Hanukkah table.

Are orthodox Jew's allowed to be ham radio operators?

Well it still IS delicious Hanukkah or not. I mean it doesen't say only jews eat ham or anything. I used the gift card my Jewish boss gave me on thanksgiving to buy a ham..is that wrong?

My understanding of the old testiment was that you couldn't eat anything that chews cud and cloven hoof something or other. Along with all sorts of birds and seafood.

14:8 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the
cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor
touch their dead carcase.

@Jaysyn: Bacos are actually Kosher-they are made out of soy and contain no meat products or flavor.

@Jaysyn: Ain't no MEAT, let alone bacon, in Bac-O's...

This is a real dilema for Jews. On one hand, it's not kosher, but on the other hand, it's a great deal.

About 15 years ago a local grocery store was running and add for, I kid you not, Passover ham. I wish I saved that gem. This store is located in a city in upstate New York, across the street from a synagogue.

It's slightly unrelated....

A few years ago in Montreal, the Quebec government got uppity about special products imported for hannukah (or whatever the jewish holiday was). The products had English-only labels which was a no-no in Quebec where everything must be labelled 50/50 French/English (or more than 50% French).

This happened despite the fact that nearly all the jews in Montreal only speak English, and not French....

@pyloff: Doesn't chew cud. Otherwise beef wouldn't be kosher.
Seafood has to have scales to be kosher (salmon yes, shellfish no).
I can't remember the rule for birds but I think it has to do with the feet.

@Nemesis_Enforcer: The problem is that the sign says "Delicious for Chanukah" not just delicious. Someone like Buran (well before someone answered the question) might buy this for a Hannukah party or for someone they know is Jewish.

It's just silly to target advertising for a product or service at a group of people who can't or won't use it. It'd be like Comcast sending salespeople just to Amish people's houses or Burger King ads for the Whopper targeted at Hindu people.

@jemmerth: FWIW, Chanukah is a holiday/festival, but it's not considered a "holy day" for Jews.

Yeah, the ham is traditionally served when you're partying on Yom Kippur.

@Rectilinear Propagation: The basic rules: mammals have to both chew their cud and have hooves cloven in two; birds cannot be birds of prey or scavengers; fish must have both scales and fins; and reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates are never kosher.

ARBY- you're right, its actually considered a "minor" holiday but gets a lot more hype because of its proximity to X-mas.

OMG I am LOLling out loud right now!!!

@ RECTILINEAR PROPAGATION I thought it was FINS! Tadow.

There was a place near Boston that advertised Pork Ribs as perfect for Passover.

This might only be funny to the Jews in the room, but I love this joke:

G-d: And remember Moses, in the laws of keeping Kosher, never cook a calf in its mother's milk. It is cruel.
Moses: Ohhhhhh! So you are saying we should never eat milk and meat together.

G-d: No, what I'm saying is, never cook a calf in its mother's milk.
Moses: Oh, Lord forgive my ignorance! What you are really saying is we should wait six hours after eating meat to eat milk so the two are not in our stomachs.

G-d: No, Moses, what I'm saying is, never cook a calf in it's mother's milk!!!
Moses: Oh, Lord! Please don't strike me down for my stupidity! What you mean is we should have a separate set of dishes for milk and a separate set for meat and if we make a mistake we have to bury that dish outside...

G-d: Moses, do whatever you want....

I'm quietly doing my non believer dance.

I think I just found the image for my Hannukah cards next year.

@pyloff: It's both, arby is right.

I'm not sure why I thought the bird rule had something to do with feet but then I don't eat a bird other than chicken so it's not like I've ever had to use it.

@Rectilinear Propagation: I can't figure why this showed up under Arby's post instead of Pyloff's.

Should probably provide a city for this story...

@loganmo:
Soy & tons of salt.
Watch your blood pressure after eating them!

Ok, to clarify some things (I'm an Orthodox Jew):

With mammals, the animal has to have both fully split hooves AND chew its cud (i.e. deer, sheep, cows, etc.) Pigs have split hooves but do not chew their cud and is therefore NOT kosher. Camels chew their cud but do not have fully split hooves and are therefore NOT kosher.

With fish, it has to have both fins and scales. Shellfish don't have either, so they're not kosher. Sharks have fins but no scales, so they're not kosher.

Birds are kosher on a case-by-case basis, as the Torah (Old Testament) specifically lists which birds are not kosher.

Any other questions?

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