But will it tell you if your Mohel is kosher?

It seems there's a new search engine out there, aimed at the Orthodox Jewish market.

Religiously devout Jews barred by rabbis from surfing the Internet may now 'Koogle' it on a new 'kosher' search engine, the site manager said yesterday.

Yossi Altman said Koogle, a play on the names of a Jewish noodle pudding and the ubiquitous Google, appears to meet the standards of Orthodox rabbis, who restrict use of the web to ensure followers avoid viewing sexually explicit material.

The site . . . omits religiously objectionable material, such as most photographs of women which Orthodox rabbis view as immodest, Altman said.




Its links to Israeli news and shopping sites also filter out items most ultra-Orthodox Israelis are forbidden by rabbis to have in their homes, such a television sets.

'This is a kosher alternative for ultra-Orthodox Jews so that they may surf the Internet,' Altman said by telephone.

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Nothing can be posted on the Jewish Sabbath, when religious law bans all types of work and business, Altman said.

'If you try to buy something on the Sabbath, it gets stuck and won't let you,' he said.

There's more at the link.

One could make all sorts of remarks about what an orthodox search engine might produce, but I'll restrain myself (with difficulty). However, I did go to the site, click on its English mode (the little US flag), and type in, "Is a Mohel Kosher?" I got an error message saying, "The Page Cannot Be Found".



Peter