NO PORK AND SHELLFISH FOR YOU

That's pretty expensive for spiral ham. Especially for targeting such a notoriously frugal group.

I don't think this will ever get old.

That's not Kosher...

/oblig.

Silly Jews...when will you learn that bacon is God's favorite food? That whole banning of eating pork? Dude just wanted it all to himself!

Delicious for Chanukah: Old News!

/will think of it as "re-gifted"

Stop complaining and just run ads in the New York and Hollywood circulars

PizzaJedi81: Silly Jews...when will you learn that bacon is God's favorite food? That whole banning of eating pork? Dude just wanted it all to himself!

Whoever invented that religion is a genius.

Rule #1: Every time you eat, I get paid.
Rule #2: Don't eat any bacon, so there's more for me.

"We always have difficulties reaching Jewish customers because Jewish people make up 2.5 percent of the American population," Roberts said. "Any kind of secular advertising we do, we have to expect it is only reaching 2.5 percent of the market. Sometimes we are priced out of advertising."

...?

Nobody cares what the traditions/holidays/whatever are about. It's marketing and you are a consumer, CONSUME!

cjmook21: PizzaJedi81: Silly Jews...when will you learn that bacon is God's favorite food? That whole banning of eating pork? Dude just wanted it all to himself!

Whoever invented that religion is a genius.

Rule #1: Every time you eat, I get paid.
Rule #2: Don't eat any bacon, so there's more for me.

Don't forget the lobster! And the bacon-wrapped lobster! And the bacon-STUFFED lobster!

Silly Jews and their thousands-years-old traditions. They're so stupid. Not like our good Christian thousands-years-old traditions of putting cheap baubles on trees, tacky lighting, and waiting for an imaginary fat man to come put gifts in comically oversized footwear that no one uses.

Oh wait, wrong religion... I'll repost this when they advertise Ramadan Ham on sale...

PizzaJedi81: Silly Jews...when will you learn that bacon is God's favorite food? That whole banning of eating pork? Dude just wanted it all to himself!

according to the Gospel of Biff, Jesus's Childhood friend, The savior discovered, and fell in love with bacon during his tutelage under Balthazar. It was also during this time that jesus learned Jew-fu, and did battle with the demon catch.

To all my Friends who are of the Chosen people, I would just like to remind you that Legend Beer Is Kosher certified. so why not ditch the Manischewitz this year? A nice hoppy Golden Ale with it's crisp hop notes and malty finish pairs very well both Bitter root and gefilte fish!

rmz: "We always have difficulties reaching Jewish customers because Jewish people make up 2.5 percent of the American population," Roberts said. "Any kind of secular advertising we do, we have to expect it is only reaching 2.5 percent of the market. Sometimes we are priced out of advertising."

...?

I stumbled on that too. I think the quote was in the context of "we do a some religious advertising that's targeted, but if we want to reach out into secular sources to broaden our base, we only reach a small number of people and can't justify the expense."

That's my best guess, anyhow.

Cerebral Knievel: according to the Gospel of Biff, Jesus's Childhood friend, The savior discovered, and fell in love with bacon during his tutelage under Balthazar. It was also during this time that jesus learned Jew-fu, and did battle with the demon catch.

I can only assume that you mean the Way of the Jew...Jew-Do.

I don't know a single Jew that keeps kosher so I'm thinking subby is the dumbass

GoodyearPimp: Silly Jews and their thousands-years-old traditions. They're so stupid. Not like our good Christian thousands-years-old traditions of putting cheap baubles on trees, tacky lighting, and waiting for an imaginary fat man to come put gifts in comically oversized footwear that no one uses.

I see what you did there.

$8.99 per pound... Really??? Seems kind of pricy to me.

1) Most of my jewish friends aren't kosher.
2) If it's not Honeybaked Ham (tm), it's not great.

What, people can't both celebrate Hanuka and eat ham? Racist much, subby? I celebrate Christmas even as someone raised non-religiously. And I'd celebrate Hanuka too if it didn't sound boring and lame.

secularsage: rmz: "We always have difficulties reaching Jewish customers because Jewish people make up 2.5 percent of the American population," Roberts said. "Any kind of secular advertising we do, we have to expect it is only reaching 2.5 percent of the market. Sometimes we are priced out of advertising."

...?

I stumbled on that too. I think the quote was in the context of "we do a some religious advertising that's targeted, but if we want to reach out into secular sources to broaden our base, we only reach a small number of people and can't justify the expense."

That's my best guess, anyhow.

Well, the company is a "Judaica and Jewish merchandise retailer." There might be a few non-Jewish people that could buy something, I suppose, but I'd bet that 99% of their customers are Jewish.

Perhaps it was a verbal interview and she just misspoke, because there's no way I can mentally twist "secular" into meaning "Jewish" or even just "non-Christian."

Lit my Hanukah candles not long ago here in Jerusalem -- Hag Hanukah Sameach, Jewish Farkers!

One of the retailers seemed to be upset that products targeted at 2.5% of the population accounted for 5% of his sales? I guess we should be glad he's not in banking or accountancy.

PizzaJedi81: I can only assume that you mean the Way of the Jew...Jew-Do.

Actually....

Most Jews I know are not very orthodox and eat scallops wrapped in bacon wrapped in ham and dipped in a cream sauce.

It's sort of like all the Catholics I grew up with were having sex before marriage if the opportunity presented itself.

PizzaJedi81: Cerebral Knievel: according to the Gospel of Biff, Jesus's Childhood friend, The savior discovered, and fell in love with bacon during his tutelage under Balthazar. It was also during this time that jesus learned Jew-fu, and did battle with the demon catch.

I can only assume that you mean the Way of the Jew...Jew-Do.

ah yes, you are correct, Ive been letting my studies slide. But I have been reading The Last Testament, I'm so glad that God finally got around to writing his memoirs.

bostonguy: Lit my Hanukah candles not long ago here in Jerusalem -- Hag Hanukah Sameach, Jewish Farkers!


Make me a Hanukah Sameach!


/Hold the ham

WhyteRaven74: PizzaJedi81: I can only assume that you mean the Way of the Jew...Jew-Do.

Actually....

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While that is amusing, it actually is called Jew-Do in Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Friend, by Christopher Moore. Which, by the way, appropriately inappropriate Christmas reading material.

PizzaJedi81: I can only assume that you mean the Way of the Jew...Jew-Do.

As opposed to Jew-Dough, which makes...



/ hot
// like a tasty bagel

As the husband of Jennifer Rivlin Roberts, I'm getting a kick out of these replies. You try having a 1-hour conversation with a journalist, and see if you don't get misquoted. Jennie knows her shiat, and advertising to a niche market is difficult.

And don't miss out on the Lil' Kosher Ham shirts, the Pork Lobby shirts and the Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to be Kosher gift set.

w1: As the husband of Jennifer Rivlin Roberts, I'm getting a kick out of these replies. You try having a 1-hour conversation with a journalist, and see if you don't get misquoted. Jennie knows her shiat, and advertising to a niche market is difficult.

And don't miss out on the Lil' Kosher Ham shirts, the Pork Lobby shirts and the Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to be Kosher gift set.


The social networking at work already!


/Pass the Kosher Spam

Seriously? Advertising to a 100% defined small community of interest is hard? Go fark yourself lady. Advertising to the Jewish community is about the easiest thing EVER. Try doing national or regional advertising to everyone (regardless of faith, age, origin, language, race or gender) and then tell us how farking hard it is to advertise to one small easily defined group.

WhyteRaven74: [farm3.staticflickr.com image 500x375]

I personally know the woman who printed that sign.

w1: As the husband of Jennifer Rivlin Roberts, I'm getting a kick out of these replies. You try having a 1-hour conversation with a journalist, and see if you don't get misquoted. Jennie knows her shiat, and advertising to a niche market is difficult.

And don't miss out on the Lil' Kosher Ham shirts, the Pork Lobby shirts and the Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to be Kosher gift set.

Eh, as a marketer, I'm getting a kick out of this reply. It's not that difficult.

Research what media your niche consumes that is specifically relevant to that niche/target demographic, and then market through that niche. For a Jewish audience, dozens of publications and websites come to mind within a few seconds. (Though I'm Jewish, so that helps.)

Though, if your market is left-handed Martians with blond hair and who read the Geek tab on Fark but not any other tabs, that might be more difficult.

You know who else wanted to sell Jews ham?

mmm, Sacrilicious

Gin and tonickkah?
Marijuanakkah?

/props to A.S.

domo_kun_sai: You know who else wanted to sell Jews ham?

Joey Moscatone, owner of Joey's Deli on the Lower East Side?

I think the whole "no pork" rule was slipped in by a Rabbi who happened to own a major poultry concern.

domo_kun_sai: You know who else wanted to sell Jews ham?


Shem and Japheth?

Not eating pork is more of a regional custom rather than a religious edict. You'd be hard pressed to find a Jew in America who didn't eat pork. In Israel, though, the no pork rule is still in effect. It's silly to restrict yourself from any food and once a person is exposed to more than a single culture, the person realizes that all these rules and religious mandates are simply geographical customs.

My dad was Navy, so we spent a lot of time in China while I was growing up. Over there, dog meat has been a source of food since at least the time of Confucius, and possibly even before. I never thought anything of preparing and eating a domestic dog or cat. To me, it was another source of meat that was easily raised, slaughtered, and prepared. I returned to the states when I was 19 to go to college while my parents remained in China. I found a room for rent with four other college students, though none of them had ever been out of country. After I'd settled in for a few weeks, I wanted to cook a familiar meal after a particularly tough day, so I stopped at PetsMart on my way home and bought a rescue Golden Retriever -- five years old, 45 pounds, perfect size and weight. Well, my roommates got home from bowling en masse that afternoon, just as I was skinning the meat. Needless to say, they freaked out -- bawling, screaming obscenities at me, the one guy even wanted to fight but I was holding a filet knife, so he was discouraged. They took the carcass from me and threw me out, right then and there.

It's still amazing to me how narrow minded people can allow themselves to be. For a while I just cut myself off from my culture - no more cat, or dog, or guinea pig - but you miss the dishes of your homeland. There's no reason to restrict myself, though I do keep everything on the down low. The only people that look at me weird work at our local animal shelter, and I'm in there every month buying meat! I assure them every time, though, that I sincerely am a dog lover.

Amos Quito: domo_kun_sai: You know who else wanted to sell Jews ham?


Shem and Japheth?

+1 Jewish Internet to you -- kol havavod!

The Hanukkah Ham story is old and fake. It belongs over in the Courtney Stoddard thread.

bostonguy: Amos Quito: domo_kun_sai: You know who else wanted to sell Jews ham?


Shem and Japheth?

+1 Jewish Internet to you -- kol havavod!

AAAAAAAaaaand that should be "kol ha kavod!" (All the respect to you!)