'Jacob sheep' from the Bible return to Israel after red tape shorn away
A breed of sheep believed to have been raised by the Jewish patriarch Jacob may soon be brought to Israel, its biblical homeland, after an Israeli couple gathered a herd in Canada and brokered a bureaucratic detente to import the animals.
According to Hebrew and Christian holy books, Jacob had received a flock of a speckled and spotted sheep, as well as goats, as wages.
“It should be the national animal of the Jewish people,” Jenna Lewinsky said. “It would be a very important and historic moment when the sheep return after basically 2,000 years.”
The couple said the sheep were expected to reach Israel this year, subject to passing medical tests, and would be used for educational and heritage purposes....
Dr. Alan Cairns | 5/18/2009
