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It might not be the most pressing Jewish problem on the planet, but Jews looking both to support Israel and have a comfy but strange pair of shoes are going to have a little harder time of it these days.
That’s because not long ago, reports the Haaretz newspaper, the Israeli Nature and Parks Authority decided not to renew for this year the regulation that allows crocodile and ostrich farming for commercial purposes — and that means no mean crocodile shoes, Israeli croc skin being sold to foreign countries for that purpose.
As the paper goes on to note, “It is expected that additional limits will be placed on commercial use of crocodiles, and that eventually crocodile farming in Israel will be completely outlawed.”
Now, the good news is that zoos and other venues holding crocodiles for “non-commercial purposes,” such as the Hamat Gader Crocodile Farm in the Galilee, will not be
subject to these regulations.
Of course, one would wonder what those other purposes could be.
— Neil Rubin
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