A "Krembo" is a round biscuit topped with foamy cream and chocolate. It is a seasonal kosher treat popular with Jews all over the world.
No one at the border crossing between Gaza and Israel had ever heard of "Sambo's Krembos" before (I'm serious....I am not making this up!). After some investigation the Krembos were found to have been made in Gaza and packaged with forged kosher lables and certificates.
When the question arose as to whether the "Sambo Krembos" might possibly have been successfully exported overseas, one man claimed that he had seen them in a kosher store in Cooper City, Florida.
It is not true that Israeli border guards spent several hours checking out each fraudulent Krembo to see if plastic explosives, ammunition or suicide bombers had been hidden inside.
When questioned concerning this rumor the guards were unable to answer. It seems that they were still too busy licking their fingers.
(Sambo's? You've got to be kidding...Right?.....)
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Article comments
1 - Victor Plenty
Isn't it possible (okay, maybe not likely, I'll admit, but still possible) that these confections were actually prepared in accordance with kosher dietary laws, and that the manufacturers were forced to use forged labels simply because it's too difficult to arrange for the certifying rabbis to visit their factory in Gaza?
Wouldn't they still be kosher, just as home-cooked dishes can be kosher without being inspected by a certifying rabbinical organization?
Just some food for thought.
2 - Anthony Grande
And the Editor say that the goal of the Palestinians isn't to harm the Jews.
3 - Ruvy in Jerusalem
Shavua Tov Victor,
That is bending over backwards pretty far to give the benefit of the doubt to people who happily fill the streets screaming "Itbáhh al Yahúd" (slaughter the Jews).
On the e-mail lists I belong to here, the word is out that this stuff isn't kosher.
I don't like them anyway and wouldn't buy them, but that is an issue between the few shekels in my wallet, my tastebuds and me.